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COMMISSION  OF THE  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
COM (83) 104  final 
Brussels,  2 March 1983 
Draft of a 
DECISION  OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE  GOVERNMENTS  OF THE  MEMBER  STATES OF 
THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL  COMMUNITY,  MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL 
establishing  ceilings  and Community  supervision  for imports  of certain  goods 
originating  in Yugoslavia 
(1983) 
COM(83)  104 final 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 
1. The Agreement  between  the Member  States  of the  European  CoaL and 
SteeL Community  and the  European  CoaL and Steel Community  on the one  hand and 
the Socialist  Federal Republic  of Yugoslavia  on the  other hand provides 
for dutyfree import  into the Community  of certain  steel  products 
falling  under Chapters  26, 27 and 73 of the  Common  Customs  Tariff  and origina­
ting in Yugoslavia.  As an  exception  to this provision  Article  3 sti­
pulates  that the imports  of some of  these goods  shall be subject  to 
ceilings  above  which the customs  duties applicable  to third countries 
may be  reintroduced  until the end of the  calendar year  (1). 
2. The draft  Decision joined hereto  has as  its objective  : 
- to establish  the ceilings  to be  applied  in 1983 for imports  of certain 
steel products  originating  in Yugoslavia  ; 
- to establish  the rules  under which  customs  duties  may be  reintroduced 
under certain  conditions  and 
- to establish  a system  of surveillance  relating  to imports  of the 
product subject  to ceilings  and to  certain  other products. 
3. Implementation  of these two measures  : 
(a) annual  ceilings,  and 
(b) reintroduction  of customs  duties  ; 
implies  the adoption  of precise  common  rules  to be  applied uniformly 
by all  Member  States.  These  requirements  may be met by the  establishment  of 
a Community  system  of surveillance  of actual imports from  the 
partner  country.  To this end, the Member  States should take appropriate 
measures  to permit  the rapid  collection  of statistical  returns  at Com­
munity  level.  In this connection  it is  necessary  to take into account 
only imports  of the  products  in question  as and when  they are entered 
with Customs  authorities  for free circulation  and accompanied  by a 
movement  certificate  conforming  to the  rules  contained  in the  Agreement 
referred  to under 1 above.  / 
(1) The amounts  of certain  of these  ceilings  have been increased autonomously 
by DECISION  OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE  GOVERNMENTS  OF THE  MEMBER  STATES 
OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND  STEEL  COMMUNITY  MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL of 
1983 laying  down the  arrangements applicable  to trade 
between  Greece  and Yugoslavia  in products covered  by that Communty. 

- 2 -
These returns should  be drawn up by  each Member  States  at the end of  every 
month and forwarded  by the  fifteenth  day of the  following  month to the 
Commission  so as to  enable  the latter  to communicate  to all the Member 
States the overall,  product-by-product returns  for the  imports  in question 
in the preceding  month.  The system  of surveillance  will require  diligent 
and close co-operation  between  the responsible  departments  of the Member 
States and the  Commission. 
4. The following  system  would  be adopted  for setting  in train machinery  to 
reintroduce duties  : if one of the  overall  monthly  returns  drawn  up by 
the Commission  revealed that  75 % of the  ceiling  fixed  for a  given product 
had been  reached, consultations could  be held, for example  in the  working 
Party on Economic  Tariff  Problems,  either  at the  request  of a Member 
State or upon the Commission's  initiative.  The aim of  these consultations 
would be to  examine,  case by case, the reintroduction  or not of the 
leveying  of customs  duties applicable  to third  countries  once the ceiling 
is actually reached. 
Monthly  returns  would  still be made in respect  of imports  of the  product 
in question  or, if  requested  by the  Commission,  by telex at intervals 
of ten days. The maximum  delay for the  transmission  of this last mentioned 
information  is five days. 
5. As far as  application  of the  rule on ceilings  and reintroduction  of duties 
is concerned,  the draft makes  provisions  for conferring  powers  of the 
Council  upon the Commission. 
In these condifbns  the Commission  would be able, within  the shortest 
possible time, either  to take measures  leading  to the  reintroduction  of 
customs  duties  in respect  of the  partner country  until  the end of the 
calendar year,  or to  coordinate  the necessary  procedures  in the  case of 
the initiative  being taken  by a Member  State. 
The draft Decision  does no more  than outline  in broad terms how these 
powers are to be  exercised  so that, the machinery  to be  established 
may be  adapted  flexioly  and rapidly,  in close collaboration with  the 
Member  States. 
Annex 
1 Draft Decision 

Draft of a 
DECISION 
OF THE REPRESENTATIVES  OF THE GOVERNMENTS  OF THE MEMBER 
STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL  AND STEEL COMMUNITY,  MEETING 
WITHIN THE COUNCIL, 
establishing  ceilings  and Community  supervision  for imports of 
certain  goods  originating  in Yugoslavia  (1983) 
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, 
HAVE DECIDED  AS FOLLOWS ! 
Article 1 
1. Imports  of certain products originating  in 
Yugoslavia  and indicated  in Article 3 of the 
Agreement  between the Member  States  of the 
European  Coal and Steel Community and the 
European  Coal and Steel Community, of the one 
part, and the  Socialist  Federal Republic  of 
Yugoslavia  (1) of the  other part,  shall be 
subject  to annual  ceilings  and to 
Community  supervision  from 1 April to 31 December  1983. 
For 1983 the ceilings  are to be applied "prorata 
tempori s". 
The description of the  goods  referred to in the preceding 
subparagraph,  their  tariff  headings and statistical 
numbers and the  levels  of the indicative ceilings are given 
in the Annex  of this Decision. 
2. Amounts shall be set off against the ceilings as and 
when the  goods  are entered with customs authorities for 
free circulation and accompanied by a movement 
certificate conforming to the rules contained  in Protocol 3 ^ 0 ^  y 
CoopoFation  Agreement between the  Common 
Economic  Community and the  Socialist  Federal 
Republic  of Yugoslavia  (2) 
Goods  shall be set off against the ceilinft only if the 
movement certificate has been submitted before the date 
on which customs duties are reimposed. 
The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at 
Community  level on the  basis  of imports set off against it 
in the manner defined in the preceding subparagraphs. 
(1) OJ 
(2) OJ 

The Member  States  shall periodically inform the 
Commission of imports  effected  in accordance with the 
above  rules; such information shall be supplied under the 
conditions laid down in paragraph  4. 
3. As soon as the ceilings  are reached  at Community 
level, the Member  States  may at any  time,  at the 
request  of anyone of them or of the Commission 
and in  respect  of the whole of the Community 
reintroduce  the levying  of the customs 
duties  applicable  to third  countries. 
In the  case  of such a reimposition, Greece shall 
reintroduce the levying of the  customs  duties  which it 
applies to  third  countries at the  date  in question. 
Within  the framework of the foregoing  provi­
sions,  the Commission shall coordinate the proce­
dures for reintroducing  the  customs  duties, 
applicable  to Yugoslavia,  in 
particular  by notifying the  date  common to the 
whole  of the Community and directly applicable in 
each Member  State.  This notification shall be 
published in the Official Journal of the European 
Communities. 
4. Member  States  shall forward to the Commission 
not later than the 15th day of each month  statements  of 
the amounts set off during the preceding month. They 
shall, if the Commission so  requests,  make up such 
statements  for periods of 10  days  and forward them 
within five clear  days  of expiry of the preceding  10-day 
period. 
Article 2 
From  1 Apri  I to 31 December 198J imports of the 
goods  originating in Yugoslavia referred to in the  Annex  for 
which the ceiling level is not specified shall be  subject  to 
Community  supervision. 
Member  States  shall forward to the Commission not later 
than the 15th day of each month  statements  of imports of 
the products in question  effected  during the preceding 
month; to  this  end, only products submitted to the 
customs  authorities under cover of an entry for  free 
circulation  and accompanied by a  movement  certificate 
confoiming to the rules contained in Protocol 3^  indicated 
in Article  1 (2). 
They  shall, if the Commission so  requests,  make up 
import  statements  for periods of 10  days  and forward 
them within five clear  days  of expiry of the preceding 
10-day  period. 

•3-
ArticLe  3 
The Member  States  and the  Commission  shall  cooperate 
closely to ensure  that this Decision  is complied  with. 
Article  4 
The Member  States  shall  take all measures  required 
to implement  this Decision. 
Article  5 
This Decision  shall  enter  into force  on 1  April 1983. 
Done at Brussels, 
The President 

1 ANNEX 
Order 
No 
ECSC 
1 
ECSC 
2 
ECSC 
3 
ECSC 
4 
ECSC 
5 
ECSC 
6 
ECSC 
7 
ECSC 
8 CCT 
hotting 
No 
26.01 
26.02  " 
27.01 
27.02 
27.04 
73.01 
73.02 
73.0.1 Description 
Metallic  ore* and concentrate! and roasted  iron  pyrites: 
A. Iron ores and concentrates and roasted  iron  pyrites: 
II. Other 
B. Manganese ores and concentrates,  including  manganiferout  iron  ores 
and concentrates  with  a manganese content of 20% or more by weight 
Slag,  dross, scalings and  similar  waste  from  the manufacture of  iron  or 
steel: 
A. Blastfurnace dust 
Coal;  briquettes, ovoids and  similar  solid  fuels manufactured  from  coal' 
Lignite,  whether or not agglomerated 
Coke  and semi-coke of  coal,  of lignite  or of  peat,  whether or not agglomerated; 
retort carbon: 
EEmm  si i 
II. Other 
B. Coke  and semi-coke of  lignite 
Pig iron,  cast iron and spiegeleisen, 
in pigs, blocks,  lumps and similar 
forms: 
A. Spiegeleisen 
B. Haematite  pig iron and cast iron 
C. Phosphoric  pig iron and cast iron 
D. Other pig iron and cast iron: 
II. other 
Ferro-alloys: 
A. Ferro-manganesc: 
1. Containing  more  than  2% by  |weight  of carbon  (high  carbon ferro-
manganesc)  , 
Waste and scrap metal of  iron or steel NIMtXt  code 
26.01-15,18, 
26.01-21,29 
26.02-10 
27.01 -
all Nos 
27.02 -
all Nos 
27.04-19 
27.04-30 
73.01-10 
73.01-21,23, 
25,27 
73.01-31,35 
73.01-49 73.01-31,35 
73.01-49 
73.02-01,09 
73.03 -
all Nos Level of 
telling 
(tonnes) 
.14 983 

2 ANNEX 
Order 
No 
f: CSC 
9 
ECSC 
10 
ECSC 
11 
ECSC 
12 
ECSC 
13 
ECSC 
14 CCT 
heading 
No 
73.05 
73.06 
.73.07 
73.08 
73.09 
73.10 Description 
Iron or steel powders; sponge  iron  or steel: 
B. Sponge  iron or seed 
Puddled  bars and  pilings;  ingots, blocks, lumps and  similar  forms, of  iron 
or steel, 
Blooms,  billets,  slabs  anil  sheet  bars (including tinplate bars), of  iron  or 
steel; pieces roughly shapci by forging, of  iron  or steel: 
A. Blooms  and billets: 
1. Rolled 
B. Slabs and  sheet  bars (including  tinplate bars):-
I. Rolled, 
Iron or steel coi Is for re-rolling 
Universal  plates of  iron or steel 
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 
D. Clad or surface-worked  (for 
example,  polished,  coated): 
I. Not further  worked  than clad: 
a) Hot-rolled  or extruded NIMEXE  code 
73.05-20 
73.06 -
all Nos 
73.07-12 
73.07-21,24 
73.08 -
all Nos 
73.09 -
all Nos 
73.10-11,13, 
16,18 
73.10-42 Lewi of 
ceiling 
(tunnel) 
21 751 
14 332 

3 ANNEX 
Order 
No CCT 
heading 
No Description NIMtXt  code Level  of 
tciling 
(uinnr*) 
ECSC 
15 
ECSC 
16 73.11 
73.12 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 
IV. Clad  or surface-worked (for 
example,  polished,  coated): 
a) not  further  worked than 
clad: 
1. Hot-rolled  or extruded 
B. Sheet  piling 
Hoop and  strip, of iron or steel, 
hot-rolled  or cold-rolled: 
A. Not further  worked than  hot-rolled 
B. Not further  worked than  cold-rolled: 
I. In coils for the manufacture  ! 
of tinplate 
C. Clad, coated  or otherwise 
surface-treated: 
III. Tinned: 
a) Tinplate 
V. Other (for example, copper-
plated,  artificially  oxidised, 
lacquered,  nickel-plated, 
varnished,  clad, parkerised, 
printed): 
a) Not further  worked than 
c lad: 
1. Hot-rolled 73.11-11,12, 
14,16,19 
73.11-41 
73.11-50 
73.12-11,19 
73.12-21 
73.12-51 
73.12-71 2 046 
4 228 

4 ANNEX 
Order 
No 
ECSC 
17 CCT 
heading 
No 
73.13 Description 
Sheets and plates,  of iron or steel, 
hot-rolled  or cold-rolled: 
A. "Electrical"  sheets  and plates: 
B. Other  sheets  and plates: 
I. Not further  worked  than hot-
rolled .. . 
II. Not further  worked  than cold-
rolled, of a thickness  of: 
b) More than 1 mm but less 
than 3 mm 
c) 1 mm or less 
III. Not further  worked  than 
burnished,  polished  or 
glazed 
IV. Clad,  coated or otherwise  sur-: 
face-treated: 
b) Tinned: 
c) Zinc-coated  or lead-coated 
d) Other (for example,  copper-
plated,  artificially  j 
oxidised,  lacquered,  ! 
nickel-plated,  varnished,  I 
clad, parkerised,  printed) 
V. Otherwise  shaped  or worked: 
a) Cut  into shapes  other  than 
rectangular  shapes, but 
not further  worked: 
2. Other NIMEXE  code 
73.13-11,16 
73.13-17,19,21 
23,26,32 
34,36 
73.13-43,45 
73.13-47,49 
73.13-50 
73.13-64,65 
'3.13-67,68, 
72,74 
73.13-76,78, 
79,82,84 
86,87,88,89 
73.13-92 Level  of 
ceiling 
(lunnct) 
26 214 

5 ΑΜΝΕ Χ 
Order 
No 
ECSC 
18 CCT 
heading 
No 
73.15 Deter  ι pi ton 
Alloy steel anid high carbon  steel in 
the forms mentioned  in headings 
Nos 73.06 to 73.14: 
A. High carbon<  steel: 
I. Ingots,  blooms,  billets, 
slabs and sheet bars: 
b) Other: 
III. Coils for re-rolling 
IV. Universal  plates 
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 
d) Clad or surface-worked 
(for example,  polished, 
coated):' 
1. Not further  worked 
than clad: 
aa) Hot-rolled  or 
extruded 
VI. Hoop and strip: 
a) Not further  worked  than 
hot-rolled 
c) Clad, coated  or otherwise 
surface-treated: 
1. Not further  worked 
than clad: 
aa) Hot-rolled 
VII. Sheets  and plates: 
a) Not further  worked  than 
hot-rolled 
b) Not further  worked  than 
cold-rolled,  of a thick­
ness of: 
2. Less than  3 mm 
c) Polished,  clad, coated or 
otherwise  surface-treated 
d) Otherwise  shaped or 
worked: 
1. Cut into shapes  other 
ihan rectangular 
shapes, but not  further 
worked NIMtXt  code 
71.61-20,50 
73.62-10 
73.62-30 
73.63-21,29 
73.63- 72 
73.64- 20 
73.64-72 
73.65-21,23 
•25 ' ' 
73.65-55 
73.65-70 
73.65-81 Level  oi 
ceiling 
(funnel) 
\ 14 280 

6 ANNEX 
Order 
No CCT 
heading 
No Description NIMKXE  code Uvelol 
IClllUg 
(ton net) 
ECSC  ?3.15 
(cont'd)^cont'd) B. Alloy  steel: 
I. Ingots,  blooms,  billets, 
slabs and sheet bars: 
b) others: 
1. Ingots: 
bb) autres 
2. Blooms,  billets,  brames,~ 
targets 
Coils for re-rolling III 
IV Universal plates 
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 
d) Clad or surface-worked 
(for example,  polished, 
coated): 
1. Not further  worked 
than clad: 
aa) Hot-rolled  or 
extruded 
VI. Hoop and strip: 
a) Not further  worked  than 
hot-rolled 
c) Clad, coated  or otherwise 
surface-treated: 
1. 'Not further  worked  than 
jelad: 
ga) Hot-rolled 
VII. Sheets*and  plates: 
a) "Elfectrical"  sheets and 
plages • 
b) other sheets  and plates: 
1. not further  worked  than 
rjot-rol  led 
2. not further  worked  than 
cold-rolled,  of a thick­
ness of: 
bb) Less than  3 mm ; 
3. Polished, clad,  coated 
or otherwise surface-
treated 
4. Otherwise  shaped or 
worked: 
aa) cut into shapes 
other than rectangu-, 
lar shapes,  but not 
further worked 73.7-1-25,24,29 
73.71-53,54,55 
56, 59 
73.72*11,13,19 
i73.72-33,39 
73.73-23,24,25, 
.-.26/,29,33, 
«A>35,36 
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73.73-72 
73.74-21,23,29 
73.74-72 
73;"7,5-7t:,t9 
73.75-23,24,29,1 
33,34,39, 
43,44,49 
73.75-63,64,69 
73.75-73,79 
73.75-83,84,89  ^ 

7 ANNEX 
Order 
No CCT 
heading Description NIMEXE  code Level  oi 
ceiling 
donnei) 
ECSC 
19 73.16 Railway  and tramway track construction material of  iron  or steel, the 
following:  rail.,  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 specialised 
for joining  or fixing  rails: 
A. Rails:  a 
II. Other: 
B. Check-rails 
C. Sleepers 
D. Fish-plates and  sole  plates: 
I. Rolled 73.16-14,16, 
17 
73.16-20 
73.16-40 
73.16-51