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DECISION OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES, MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL

of 16 September 1986

suspending imports of certain iron and steel products originating in South Africa

(86/459/ECSC)

THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY, MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL,

In agreement with the Commission,

Whereas the refusal of the Government of the Republic of South Africa to take concrete measures leading to the abolition of apartheid and the deteriorating situation in South Africa have given rise to discussions in the context of European political cooperation which have led, in particular, to the decision that economic measures should be taken with regard to the Republic of South Africa;

Whereas, in these circumstances, it is an appropriate response for the Member States to suspend temporarily imports of the products, set out in the Annex, originating in South Africa;

Whereas import documents issued and contracts concluded before the date of publication of this Decision should not be affected thereby,

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The putting into free circulation in the Community of the products listed in the Annex and originating in South Africa is hereby suspended.

Article 2

This Decision shall not preclude the putting into free circulation of products originating in South Africa:

- accompanied by import documents, issued before the date of publication of this Decision, which mention the Republic of South Africa as the country of origin, or

- to be imported in execution of contracts concluded before that date, or

- in course of shipment to the Community at that date.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 27 September 1986.

Done at Brussels, 16 September 1986.

The President

G. HOWE

ANNEX

LIST OF ECSC PRODUCTS

1.2 // // // CCT heading No // Description // // // // // 73.01 // Pig iron, cast iron and spiegeleisen, in pigs, blocks, lumps and similar forms: // // A. Spiegeleisen (ECSC) // // B. Haematite pig iron and cast iron (ECSC) // // C. Phosphoric pig iron and cast iron (ECSC) // // D. Other pig iron and cast iron: // // I. Containing, by weight, not less than 0,30 % but not more than 1 % of titanium and not less than 0,50 % but not more than 1 % of vanadium (ECSC) // // II. Other (ECSC) // 73.03 // Waste and scrap metal of iron or steel (ECSC) // 73.05 // Iron or steel powders, sponge iron or steel: // // B. Sponge iron or steel (ECSC) // 73.06 // Puddled bars and pilings; ingots, blocks, lumps and similar forms, of iron or steel (ECSC) // 73.07 // Blooms, billets, slabs and sheet bars (including tinplate bars), of iron or steel; pieces roughly shaped by forging, of iron or steel: // // A. Blooms and billets: // // I. Rolled (ECSC) // // B. Slabs and sheet bars (including tinplate bars): // // I. Rolled (ECSC) // 73.08 // Iron or steel coils for re-rolling: // // A. Less than 1,50 m in width, intended for re-rolling (ECSC) // // B. Other (ECSC) // 73.09 // Universal plates of iron or steel (ECSC) // 73.10 // Bars and rods (including wire rod), of iron or steel, hot-rolled, forged, extruded, cold-formed or cold-finished (including precision-made); hollow mining drill steel: // // A. Not further worked than hot-rolled or extruded: // // I. Wire rod (ECSC) // // II. Bars and rods (ECSC) // // III. Hollow mining drill steel (ECSC) // // D. Clad or surface-worked (for example, polished, coated): // // I. Not further worked than clad: // // a) Hot-rolled or extruded (ECSC) // // // CCT heading No // Description // // // // 73.11 // Angles, shapes and sections, of iron or steel, hot-rolled, forged, extruded, cold-formed or cold-finished; sheet piling of iron or steel, whether or not drilled, punched or made from assembled elements: // // A. Angles, shapes and sections: // // I. Not further worked than hot-rolled or extruded (ECSC) // // IV. Clad or surface-worked (for example, polished, coated): // // a) Not further worked than clad: // // 1. Hot-rolled or extruded (ECSC) // // B. Sheet piling (ECSC) // 73.12 // Hoop and strip, of iron or steel, hot-rolled or cold-rolled: // // A. Not further worked than hot-rolled (ECSC) // // B. Not further worked than cold-rolled: // // I. In coils for the manufacture of tinplate (ECSC) // // C. Clad, coated or otherwise surface treated: // // III. Tinned // // a) Tinplate (ECSC) // // V. Other (for example, copper-plated, artificially oxidized, lacquered, nickel-plated, varnished, clad, parkerized, printed): // // a) Not further worked than clad: // // 1. Hot-rolled (ECSC) // 73.13 // Sheets and plates, of iron or steel, hot-rolled or cold-rolled: // // A. 'Electrical' sheets and plates: // // I. With a watt-loss, regardless of thickness, of 0,75 watt or less (ECSC) // // II. Other (ECSC) // // B. Other sheets and plates: // // I. Not further worked than hot-rolled, of a thickness of: // // a) 2 mm or more (ECSC) // // b) Less than 2 mm (ECSC) // // II. Not further worked than cold-rolled, of a thickness of: // // a) 3 mm or more (ECSC) // // b) More than 1 mm but less than 3 mm (ECSC) // // c) 1 mm or less (ECSC) // // III. Not further worked than burnished, polished or glazed (ECSC) // // IV. Clad, coated or otherwise surface-treated: // // b) Tinned: // // 1. Tinplate (ECSC) // // 2. Other (ECSC) // // c) Zinc-coated or lead-coated (ECSC) // // d) Other (for example, copper-plated, artificially oxidized, lacquered, nickel-plated, varnished, clad, parkerized, printed) (ECSC) // // V. Otherwise shaped or worked: // // a) Cut into shapes other than rectangular shapes, but not further worked: // // 2. Other (ECSC) // // // CCT heading No // Description // // // // 73.15 // Alloy steel and high carbon steel in the forms mentioned in heading Nos 73.06 to 73.14: // // A. High carbon steel: // // I. Ingots, blooms, billets, slabs and sheet bars: // // b) Other: // // 1. Ingots (ECSC) // // 2. Blooms, billets, slabs and sheet bars (ECSC) // // III. Coils for re-rolling (ECSC) // // IV. Universal plates (ECSC) // // V. Bars and rods (including wire rod) and hollow mining drill steel; angles, shapes and sections: // // b) Not further worked than hot-rolled or extruded: // // 1. Wire rod (ECSC) // // 2. Other (ECSC) // // d) Clad or surface-worked (for example, polished, coated): // // 1. Not further worked than clad: // // aa) Hot-rolled or extruded (ECSC) // // VI. Hoop and strip: // // a) Not further worked than hot-rolled (ECSC) // // c) Clad, coated or otherwise surface-treated: // // 1. Not further worked than clad: // // aa) Hot-rolled (ECSC) // // VII. Sheets and plates: // // a) Not further worked than hot-rolled (ECSC) // // b) Not further worked than cold-rolled // // c) Polished, clad, coated or otherwise surface-treated (ECSC) // // d) Otherwise shaped or worked: // // 1. Cut into shapes other than rectangular shapes, but not further worked (ECSC) // // B. Alloy steel: // // I. Ingots, blooms, billets, slabs and sheet bars: // // b) Other: // // 1. Ingots: // // aa) Waste or scrap in ingot form (ECSC) // // bb) Other (ECSC) // // 2. Blooms, billets, slabs and sheet bars (ECSC) // // III. Coils for re-rolling (ECSC) // // IV. Universal plates (ECSC) // // V. Bars and rods (including wire rod) and hollow mining drill steel; angles, shapes and sections: // // b) Not further worked than hot-rolled or extruded: // // 1. Wire rod (ECSC) // // 2. Other (ECSC) // // d) Clad or surface-worked (for example, polished, coated): // // 1. Not further worked than clad: // // aa) Hot-rolled or extruded (ECSC) // // VI. Hoop and strip: // // a) Not further worked than hot-rolled (ECSC) // // c) Clad, coated or otherwise surface-treated: // // 1. Not further worked than clad: // // aa) Hot-rolled (ECSC) // // // CCT heading No // Description // // // // 73.15 (cont'd) // B. VII. Sheets and plates: // // a) 'Electrical' sheets and plates: // // 1. With a watt-loss, regardless of thickness, of 0,75 watt or less (ECSC) // // 2. Other (ECSC) // // b) Other sheets and plates: // // 1. Not further worked than hot-rolled (ECSC) // // 2. Not further worked than cold-rolled, of a thickness of: // // aa) 3 mm or more (ECSC) // // bb) Less than 3 mm (ECSC) // // 3. Polished, clad, coated or otherwise surface-treated (ECSC) // // 4. Otherwise shaped or worked: // // aa) Cut into shapes other than rectangular shapes, but not further worked (ECSC) // 73.16 // Railway and tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the following: rails, check-rails, switch blades, crossings (or frogs), crossing pieces, point rods, rack rails, sleepers, fish-plates, chairs, chair wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties and other material specialized for joining or fixing rails: // // A. Rails: // // II. Other: // // a) New (ECSC) // // b) Used (ECSC) // // B. Check-rails (ECSC) // // C. Sleepers (ECSC) // // D. Fish-plates and sole plates: // // I. Rolled (ECSC) // //