COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Brussels, 11.10.1996 
COM(96) 490 final 
96/0245 (ACC) 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 
concerning the export of certain ECSC and EC steel products from the Former Yugoslav 
Republic of Macedonia to the European Community (double-checking system) 
(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
1. On 22 December 1995, the Council authorized the Commission to open negotiations 
with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia with a view to concluding a 
Cooperation Agreement, a Protocol on Financial Cooperation and an agreement in the 
Field of Transport. On the basis of these negotiating directives, negotiations started on 
28 March 1996. 
2. On 19 June 1996, the Commission and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 
reached agreement on the texts of a Cooperation Agreement (including Protocols on 
additional trade arrangements for certain iron and steel products, financial cooperation 
and rules of origin) and an Agreement in the Field of Transport. 
3. The Protocol on additional trade arrangements for certain iron and steel products 
establishes, inter alia, a double-checking system without quantitative limits so as to 
improve transparency and to avoid possible diversions of trade. The Community 
already operates similar double-checking systems with Romania, Bulgaria, the Czech 
and Slovak Republics. 
4. The Commission is submitting proposals to the Council for the conclusion of the 
Cooperation Agreement and its Protocols and of the Agreement in the Field of 
Transport. In addition, the Commission invites the Council to adopt the attached draft 
Council Regulation which is necessary for the Community and its Member States to 
implement the double-checking system for certain steel products. 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) N° # 
of .... 
concerning the export of certain ECSC and EC steel products from the Former Yugoslav 
Republic of Macedonia to the European Community (double-checking system) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular 
Article 113 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas a Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the Former 
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia entered into force on #; 
Whereas the Parties agreed in the protocol to the Agreement concerning additional trade 
arrangements for certain iron and steel products to establish a double-checking system, 
without quantitative limits, for the import into the Community of steel products 
originating in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
1. From the date of entry into force of the Cooperation Agreement until further notice, in 
accordance with the provisions of the protocol on additional trade arrangements for 
certain iron and steel products, imports into the Community of certain iron and steel 
products covered by the ECSC and EC Treaties originating in the Former Yugoslav 
Republic of Macedonia, as listed in Annex I, shall be subject to the presentation of a 
surveillance document issued by the authorities in the Community. 
2. The classification of the products covered by this Regulation is based on the tariff and 
statistical nomenclature of the Community (hereinafter called the 'combined 
nomenclature', or in abbreviated form 'CN'). The origin of the products covered by this 
Regulation shall be determined in accordance with the rules in force in thé Community. 
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3. From the date of entry into force of the Cooperation Agreement until further notice, 
imports into the Community of the products originating in the Former Yugoslav Republic 
of Macedonia listed in Annex I shall, in addition, be subject to the issue of an export 
document issued by the competent authorities of the exporting country. Presentation by 
the importer of the original of the export document must be effected not later than 31 
March of the year following that in which the goods covered by the document were 
shipped. 
4. An export document will not be required for goods originating in the Former Yugoslav 
Republic of Macedonia already shipped to the Community before the date of entry into 
force of the Cooperation Agreement, provided that the destination of such products is not 
changed from a non-Community destination and that those products which, under the 
prior surveillance regime in force at the time, may be put into free circulation only on 
presentation of a surveillance document are in fact accompanied by such a document. 
5. Shipment is considered to have taken place on the date of loading onto the exporting 
means of transport. 
6. The export document shall conform to the model shown in Annex H. It shall be valid 
for exports throughout the customs territory of the Community. 
Article 2 
1. The surveillance document referred to in Article 1 (1) shall be issued automatically by 
the competent authority in the Member States, without charge for any quantities 
requested, within five working days of presentation of an application by any Community 
importer, wherever established in the Community. This application shall be deemed to 
have been received by the competent national authority no later than three working days 
after submission, unless it is proven otherwise. 
2. A surveillance document issued by one of the competent national authorities listed in 
Annex III shall be valid throughout the Community. 
3. The surveillance document shall be made out on a form corresponding to the model set 
out in Annex IV. The importer's application shall include the following elements: 
(a) the name and full address of the applicant (including telephone and telefax numbers, 
and possible identification number used by the competent national authorities) and VAT 
registration number, if subject to VAT; 
(b) if applicable, the name and full address of the declarant or representative of the 
applicant (including telephone and telefax numbers); 
(c) the full name and address of the exporter; 
(d) the exact description of the goods, including 
- their trade name, 
- the combined nomenclature (CN) code(s), 
- the country of origin, 
- the country of consignment; 
(e) the net weight, expressed in kg and also quantity in the unit prescribed where other 
than net weight, by combined nomenclature heading; 
(f) the cif value of the goods in ECU at the Community frontier by combined 
nomenclature heading; 
(g) whether the products concerned are seconds or of substandard quality (1); 
(h) the proposed period and place of customs clearance; 
(i) whether the application is a repeat of a previous application concerning the same 
contract; 
(j) the following declaration, dated and signed by the applicant with the transcription of 
his name in capital letters: 
'I, the undersigned, certify that the information provided in this application is true and 
given in good faith, and that I am established in the Community'. y • 
The importer shall also submit a copy of the contract of sale or purchase, the pro forma 
invoice and/or, in cases where the goods are not directly purchased in the country of 
production, a certificate of production issued by the producing steel mill. 
4. Surveillance documents may be used only for such time as arrangements for 
liberalization of imports remain in force in respect of the transactions concerned. 
Without prejudice to possible changes in the import regulations in force or decisions 
taken in the framework of an agreement or the management of a quota: 
- the period of validity of the surveillance document is hereby fixed at four months, 
- unused or partly used surveillance documents may be renewed for an equal period. 
(') Under the crireria given in Commission communication 
concerning identification criteria of non-prime steel products 
from third countries applied by customs services of Member 
States (OJ No C 180, 11. 7. 1991, p. 4). 
Article 3 
1. A finding that the unit price at which the transaction is effected exceeds that indicated 
in the surveillance document by less than 5 % or that the total value or quantity of the 
products presented for import exceeds the value or quantity given in the surveillance 
document by less than 5 % shall not preclude the release for free circulation of the 
products in question. 
2. Applications for surveillance documents and the documents themselves shall be 
confidential. They shall be restricted to the competent authorities and the applicant. 
Article 4 
1. Within the first 10 days of each month, the Member States shall communicate to the 
Commission: 
(a) details of the quantities and values (calculated in ecus) for which surveillance 
documents were issued during the preceding month; (b) details of imports during the 
month preceding the month referred to in subparagraph (a). 
The information provided by Member States shall be broken down by product, CN code 
and by country. It shall be communicated electronically in the form a^eed for this 
purpose. 
2. The Member States shall give notification of any anomalies or cases of fraud which 
they discover and, where relevant, the basis on which they have refused to grant a 
surveillance document. 
Article 5 
Any notices to be given hereunder shall be given to the Commission of the European 
Communities (DG I.D.2 and DG m.C.2). 
Article 6 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal 
of the European Communities. It shall apply with effect from # 1997. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States. 
Done at 
For the Council 
The President 
ANNEXI 
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 
List of products subject to double-checking 
Complete CN heading 7208 
Complete CN heading 7209 
Complete CN heading 7210 
Complete CN heading 7211 
Complete CN heading 7212 
Complete CN heading 7303 
Complete CN heading 7304 
Complete CN heading 7305 
Complete CN heading 7306 
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 
Export Document 
1. Exporter (name, full address, country) 
5. Consignee (name, full address, country) ORIGINAL 
3. Year 2. No. 
4. Product group 
EXPORT DOCUMENT 
(ECSC products) 
6. Country of origin 7. Country of destination 
8. Place and date of shipment - Means of transport 9. Supplementary details 
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Value (*) 
14. CERTIFICATION BY THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY 
15. Competent authority (name, full address, country) At on 
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5. Consignee (name, full address, country) 
8. Place and date of shipment - Means of transport COPY 
3. Year 2. No. 
4. Product group 
EXPORT DOCUMENT 
(ECSC products) 
6. Country of origin 7. Country of destination 
9. Supplementary details 
10. Description of goods - Manufacturer 
14. CERTIFICATION BY THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY 
15. Competent authority (name, full address, country) 11. CNcode 12. Quantity 
(1) 13. FOB 
Value (2) 
At 
(Signature) on , 
(S >tamp) 
ANNEX III 
LISTA DE LAS AUTORIDADES NACIONALES COMPETENTES 
LISTE OVER KOMPETENTE NATIONALE MYNDIGHEDER 
LISTE DER ZUSTANDIGEN BEHORDEN DER MITGLIEDSTAATEN 
AIEYeYNEElï TON APXÎÎN EKAOIHI AAElftN TON KPATON MEAQN 
LIST OF THE COMPETENT NATIONAL AUTHORITIES 
LISTE DES AUTORITÉS NATIONALES COMPÉTENTES 
ELENCO DELLE COMPETENTI AUTORITÀ NAZIONALI 
LIJST VAN BEVOEGDE NATIONALE INSTANTIES 
LISTA DAS AUTORIDADES NACIONAIS COMPETENTES 
LUETTELO TOIMIVALTAISISTA KANSALLISISTA VIRANOMAISISTA 
LISTA ÔVER KOMPETENTA NATIONELLA MYNDIGHETER 
BELGIQUE/BELGIË 
Administration des relations économiques 
Quatrième division: mise en œuvre des politiques commerciales 
internationales — Services 'Licences' 
Rue Général Léman 60 
B-1040 Bruxelles 
Télécopieur: (32 2) 230 83 22 
Bestuur van de Economische Betrekkingcn 
Vierdc Afdeling: Toepassing van het Inrernationaal Handels-
beleid — Dienst Vergunningen 
Generaal Lemanstraat 60 
B-1040 Brussel 
Fax: (32-2) 230 83 22 «FRANCE 
SERIBE 
3-5 rue Barbet-de-Jouy 
F-75357 Paris 07 SP 
Fax: (33 I) 43 19 43 69>. 
IRELAND 
Licensing Unit 
Department of Tourism and Trade 
Kildare Street 
IRL-Dublin 2 
Fax: (353 1) 676 61 54 
DANMARK 
Erhvervsfremme Styrelsen 
Sondergade 25 
DK-8600 Silkeborg 
Fax (45) 87 20 40 77 ITALIA 
Ministero per il Commercio estero 
D.G. Import-export, Division V 
Viale Boston 
1-00144 Roma 
Fax: (39-6) 59 93 26 36/59 93 26 37 
DEUTSCHLAND 
Bundcsamt fiir Wirtschaft, Dienst 01 
Postfach 5171 
D-65762 Eschborn 1 
Fax: (49) (61 96) 40 42 12 
EAAAAA LUXEMBOURG 
Ministère des affaires étrangères 
Office des Licences 
Boîte postale 113 
L-2011 Luxembourg 
Télécopieur: (352) 46 61 38 
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KoçvâQou 1 
GR-105 63 Aenva 
Téteq>a|: (30-1) 328 60 29/328 60 59/328 60 39 NEDERLAND 
Centrale Dienst voor In- en Uitvoer 
Postbus 30.003,-Engelse Kamp 2 
NL-9700 RD Groningen 
Fax: (31-50) 526 06 98 
ESPANA ÔSTERREICH 
Ministerio de Comercio y Turismo 
Direcciôn General de Comercio Exterior 
Paseo de la Castellana, 162 
E-28046 Madrid 
Fax: (34 1) 563 18 23 Bundesministeritim fur wirtschaftliche Angelegcnheiten 
Au(?enwirtschaftsadministration 
Landstrasser HauptstraBe 55—57 
A-1030 Wien 
Fax: (43-1) 715 83 47 
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PORTUGAL SVERIGE 
Direcçâo-Gera! do Comercio Kommerskol/egium 
Avenida da Republics, 79 Box 1209 
P-1000 Lisboa S-lll 82 Stockholm 
Telefax: (351-1) 793 22 10 Fax: +46 8 20 03 24 
UNITED KINGDOM 
SUOMI Department of Trade and industry 
Import Licensing Branch 
Tuiiihallitus Queensway House — West Precinct 
PL -512 Billingham, Cleveland 
FIN-00101 Helsinki UK-TS23 2NF 
Fax: +358 0 614 2852 Fax (44 1642) 533 557 
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Surveillance Document 
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1. Consignee 
(name, full address, country, VAT number) 
5. Declarant/representative as applicable 
(name and full address) SURVEILLANCE DOCUMENT 
2. Issue number 
3. Proposed place and date of import 
4. Authority responsible for issue 
(name, address and telephone No) 
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6. Country of origin 
(and geonomencfature code) 
7. Country of consignment 
(and geonomendature code) 
8. Last day of validity 
9. Description of goods 10. CN code and category 
11. Quantity In kHograms (net mass) or in 
additional units 
12. Value in ecus, df at Community frontier 
13. Additional remarks 
14. Competent authority's endorsement 
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15. ATTRIBUTIONS ! 
Indicate the quantity available in part 1 of column 17 and the quantity attributed in part 2 thereof. 
16. Net quantity (net mass or other unit of measure 
stating the unit) 
17. In figures 
1 
2 
1 
2 
1 
2 
1 
2 
1 
2 
1 
2 
1 
2 18. In words for the quantity 
attributed 
-19: Customs document (form 
and number) or extract No 
and date of attribution 
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signature of tree attributing 
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Extension pages to be attached hereto. 
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY SURVEILLANCE DOCUMENT 
1. Consignee 
(name, full address, country, VAT number) 2. Issue number 
3. Proposed plaça and data of Import 
4. Authority responsible for issue 
(name, address and telephone No) 
5. Declarant/representative as applicable 
(name and full address) 6. Country of origin 
(and geonomendature code) 
7. Country of consignment 
(and geonomendature code) 
8. Last day of validity 
9. Description of goods 10. CN coda and category 
11. Quantity in kHograms (nat mass) or. In 
additional units 
12. Value In ecus, elf at Community frontier 
13. Additional remarks 
14. Competent authority's endorsement 
Date: 
Signature: Stamp: 
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15. ATTRIBUTIONS 
Indicate thé quantity available in part 1 of column 17 and the quantity attributed in part 2 thereof. 
16. Net quantity (net mass or other unit of measure 
stating the unit) 
17. In figures 
1 
2 
-1 
2 
1 
2 
1 
2 
1 
2 
1 
2 
1 
2 18. In words for the quantity 
attributed 
' 19. Customs document (form 
and number) or extract No 
and date of attribution 20. Name, Member State, stamp and 
signature of the attributing 
authority 
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