COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION No 85/94/ECSC of 19 January 1994 on prior Community surveillance of imports of certain iron and steel products covered by the ECSC Treaty originating in non-member countries

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Article 74 thereof,

Whereas by Recommendation No 3772/92/ECSC (1), the Commission made imports into the Community of certain iron and steel products covered by the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community subject to Community surveillance;

Whereas the completion of the internal market requires that the formalities to be accompanished by Community importers be the same wherever the goods may be cleared;

Whereas the import documents issued for the purposes of Community surveillance must be valid throughout the Community, regardless of the Member State of issue;

Whereas the issue of import documents, while subject to standard conditions at Community level, is to be the responsibility of the national authorities,

MAKES THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATION:

Article 1

1. The release for free circulation in the Community of iron and steel products covered by the ECSC Treaty listed in Annex I, originating in non-member countries other than the countries of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), shall be subject to the issue of an import document.

2. The import document or licence (import authorization) shall be issued by the competent authority in the Member States, free of charge and for any quantities requested, upon receipt of the application and in any case within not more than 10 working days of the submission by a Community importer of the completed application, regardless of the importer's place of establishment in the Community.

3. Paragraph 2 shall apply without prejudice to the applicability of Community quantitative limits.

4. An import document or licence issued by one of the authorities listed in Annex II shall be valid throughout the Community.

5. The importer's application shall include the particulars provided for in Article 2 (1). Where the goods are to clear customs in a Member State other than that which issued the import document or licence, the form provided for in Annex III must be used.

6. The period of validity of the import document or licence is hereby fixed at three months, without prejudice to possible changes in the import regulations in force or decisions taken in the frame of the management of a quota or an arrangement.

7. Unused or partly used import documents or licences may be renewed.

Article 2

1. The importer's application must state:

(a) the third-country consignor's name and address;

(b) the full name and address of the importer (consignee);

(c) the exact description of the goods and the EEC nomenclature code(s);

(d) the country of origin;

(e) the country of consignment;

(f) the net weight, by EEC nomenclature heading;

(g) the cif value at Community frontier by EEC nomenclature heading;

(h) whether the products concerned are seconds or of substandard quality (2);

(i) the proposed period and place(s) of customs clearance.

2. The importer shall state whether his application is a repeat of a previous applications concerning the same contract.

3. The importer shall certify that his application is accurate and shall submit a copy either of the purchase contract(s) or of the vendor's order confirmation(s); confirmations shall be accompanied by the pro forma invoice.

Article 3

1. Without prejudice to Article 1 (3), Article 2 (1) (g) shall not prevent release for free circulation in cases where the unit price for the transaction exceeds that indicated in the import document.

2. Without prejudice to Article 1 (3), Article 2 (1) (f) shall not prevent release for free circulation where the quantity of products presented on import does not exceed that stipulated in the import document or licence by more than 5 % on aggregate.

3. Where the goods are to clear customs in a Member State other than the one in which the import document or licence was issued, the authority which issued the authorization shall send it, together with the application referred to in Article 1 (5), to the licensing authority in the Member State of importation. The latter authority shall if necessary automatically endorse or confirm the authorization issued by the first authority, which shall then be forwarded immediately to customs at the intended place of importation.

4. Applications for import documents or licences and the licences themselves shall be confidential. They shall be restricted to the competent authorities and the applicant.

Article 4

1. Within the first ten days of each month, the Member States shall notify the Commission of the tonnage and values (calculated in ECU) for which import documents or licences were issued during the preceding month, giving the particulars entered in the importers' applications under Article 2 (1) (c) to (h).

2. The Member States shall give notification of any anomalies or cases of fraud which they discover.

Article 5

This recommendation shall be applicable from 1 January 1994.

It shall apply until 31 December 1994.

Done at Brussels, 19 January 1994.

For the Commission

Leon BRITTAN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 383, 29. 12. 1992, p. 39.

(2) Under the criteria given in OJ No C 180, 11. 7. 1991, p. 4.

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ANNEX II

MEMBER STATES' LICENSING OFFICES BELGIUM

Ministère des affaires économiques

Office central des contingents et licences

rue J. A. De Mot 24-26

B-1040 Bruxelles

Fax: 02/230 83 22

Ministerie van Economische Zaken

Centrale Dienst voor Contingenten en Vergunningen

J.-A. De Motstraat 24-26

B-1040 Brussel

Fax: 02/230 83 22

SPAIN

Ministerio de Comercio y Turismo

Dirección General de Comercio Exterior

Paseo de la Castellana 162

E-28046 Madrid

Fax: 34/15 63 18 23

GREECE

Ypoyrgeio Ethnikis Oikonomias

Diefthynsi Rythmistikon Thematon

Exoterikoy Emporioy

Mitropoleos 1, Plateia Syntagmatos

GR-105 57 Athina

Fax: 00301/3234393

UNITED KINGDOM

Department of Trade and Industry, North East

Import Licensing Branch

Queensway House - West Precinct

UK-Billingham, Cleveland

TS23 2NF

Fax: 0642 533 557

IRELAND

Department of Trade and Industry

Trade Regulation Branch

Frederick Building, Setanda Centre

South Frederick Street

IRL-Dublin 2

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DENMARK

Erhvervsfremme Styrelsen

Soendergade 25

DK-8600 Silkeborg

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GERMANY

Bundesamt fuer Wirtschaft, Dienst 01

Postfach 5171

D-6235 Eschborn 1

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FRANCE

SAFICO

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THE NETHERLANDS

Centrale Dienst voor In- en Uitvoer

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NL-9722 AX Groningen

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PORTUGAL

Direcçao-Geral do Comércio Externo

Av. da Republica, 79

P-1000 Lisboa

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ITALY

Ministero per il Commercio estero

D.G. Import-export, Division V

Via Boston

I-00144 Roma EUR

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LUXEMBOURG

Ministère des affaires étrangères

Office des licences

BP 113

L-2011 Luxembourg

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