5. 11.84 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 294/219 
Draft Decision 
OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE 
MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL 
COMMUNITY, MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL, 
of... 
applying for 1985 the generalized tariff preferences for certain steel products originating 
in developing countries 
(84/.. ./ECSC) 
(84/C 294/04) 
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. From 1 January to 31 December 1985, the cus­
toms duties applicable to the products listed in 
Annexes A and B shall be totally suspended within 
the framework of tariff quotas and ceilings. 
Imports into Greece of the products referred to 
above shall be subject to the customs duties estab­
lished in accordance with Article 117 of the Act of 
Accession of 1979. 
2. The arrangements provided for in paragraph 1 
shall apply solely: 
— in all customs areas of the Community, to each 
of the countries or territories listed in column 4 
of Annex A against each category of products 
listed in columns 2 and 3, 
— in the Community, to each of the other countries 
or territories listed in Annex C, with the excep­
tion of Yugoslavia, for the same categories of 
products, 
— in the Community, to each of the countries or 
territories listed in Annex C for the other catego­
ries of products in Annex B, 
subject to observance of the concept of originating 
products. 
3. Imports exempt from customs duties under 
other preferential tariff arrangements granted by the 
Community may not be charged against these tariff 
quotas or ceilings. Preferential entry as provided for 
in this Decision shall be subject to conformity with 
the definition of the origin of products determined 
in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 ('). How­
ever, the Community preference arrangements 
applicable to Yugoslavia shall result exclusively 
from the provisions contained in the Agreement 
with that country concerning ECSC products (2); 
consequently, for products submitted under the said 
Agreement to Community tariff ceilings or listed in 
Annex A to this Decision, the movement certificate 
EUR.l shall be deemed the only documentary evi­
dence for the granting of tariff preferences. 
4. The Community tariff quotas and ceilings shall 
be administered in accordance with the provisions 
set out below. 
SECTION I 
Provisions concerning the administration of the 
Community tariff quotas relating to products listed in 
Annex A 
Article 2 
The total suspension of customs duties within the 
limits of the Community tariff quotas referred to in 
Article 1(1) shall be accorded to each country or ter­
ritory listed in column 4 of Annex A in respect of 
the products indicated against its name in columns 
2 and 3 together with details in column 5 of the 
amount of the individual quotas. 
Article 3 
1. The Member States shall administer their tariff 
quotas in accordance with their own provisions. 
2. The extent to which a Member State has used 
up its share shall be determined on the basis of 
imports of the goods in question which have been 
entered for free circulation, on the basis of the cus­
toms value of the said goods, and which are accom­
panied by a certificate of origin in accordance with 
the rules referred to in Article 1 (2). 
(i) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 1. 
O OJ No L 41, 14.2. 1983, p. 113 and OJ No L 237, 
27.8. 1983, p. 1. 
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Article 4 
Each Member State shall reintroduce the levying of 
duties which have been suspended in respect of a 
country or territory listed in column 4 of Annex A as 
soon as it finds that the charges against its national 
quota of the products concerned originating in that 
country or territory have reached the amount laid 
down in column 6 of Annex A. 
SECTION II 
Provisions concerning the administration of the 
Community tariff ceilings relating to the products 
listed in Annexes A and B 
Article 5 
Subject to Articles 6 and 7, the preferential tariff 
ceiling arrangements shall be accorded: 
— for products in Annex A, to each of the countries 
or territories listed in Annex C, other than those 
which may be listed in column 4 of Annex A, 
within the limits of the amounts specified in 
column 7 of Annex A, against each category of 
products, 
— for products in Annex B, to the countries or terri­
tories listed in Annex C, considered individually, 
within the limits of a Community ceiling equal 
to the highest maximum amount valid for 1980 
under each of the preferential ceilings opened 
for that year. The individual ceiling thus estab­
lished shall be increased by 2 % to take account 
of the application by Greece of Community 
tariff preferences. 
Article 6 
1. As soon as the individual ceilings fixed or cal­
culated in accordance with the provisions of 
Article 5, which are laid down for imports into the 
Community, under the conditions which it shall 
determine, of products originating in any of the 
countries or territories referred to in Article 1 (2), are 
reached at Community level, the Member States 
may at any time, at the request of any one of them 
or of the Commission and in respect of the whole of 
the Community, reintroduce the levying of the cor­
responding duties on imports of the products in 
question from each of the countries or territories 
concerned until the end of the period referred to in 
Article 1 (1). 
2. Within the framework of the foregoing provi­
sions, the Commission shall coordinate the proce­dures for reintroducing normal customs duties, in 
particular by notifying the date common to the 
whole of the Community and directly applicable in 
each Member State. This notification shall be pub­
lished in the Official Journal of the European Com­
munities. 
3. However, paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to 
the countries listed in Annex D. 
Article 7 
The extent to which ceilings have been used up shall 
be determined at Communitiy level on the basis of 
imports charged in the manner laid down in 
Article 8(1) and (2). 
SECTION III 
General provisions 
Article 8 
1. Imports of the products in question shall be 
charged against the quota shares and Community 
ceilings as and when the products are entered for 
free circulation, on the basis of the customs value of 
the said products, and are accompanied by a certifi­
cate of origin in accordance with the rules laid down 
in Article 1 (2). 
2. Goods may be charged against a ceiling or 
admitted under a tariff quota only if the certificate 
of origin referred to in paragraph 1 is presented 
before the date on which the levying of duties is 
reintroduced. 
3. For the purposes of the application of this Deci­
sion, the value of the ECU, in which the preferential 
amounts are expressed, and the rate of conversion 
into national currencies shall be that provided for in 
the Common Customs Tariff. 
However, for products listed in Annex A under 
order Nos 2, 3 and 5, conversion into national cur­
rencies of the preferential amounts expressed in 
ECU shall be carried out in accordance with the fol­
lowing rates: 
4. An amendment to the list of beneficiaries, in 
particular by the addition of new countries or terri­
tories, may entail a corresponding adjustment to 
Community tariff quotas or ceilings. 
Article 9 
1. The Member States shall, within six weeks of 
the end of each quarter at the latest, forward to the 
Statistical Office of the European Communities the 
relevant statistical data for the products entered for 
free circulation in the quarter concerned under 
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generalized preferential treatment in accordance 
with the provisions of the present Decision. This 
data, transmitted according to the headings of the 
nomenclature of goods for external trade statistics 
of the Community and statistics of trade between 
Member States (NIMEXE), shall show the country 
of origin, value, quantity and any supplementary 
units as defined by Council Regulation (EEC) No 
1736/75 (»). 
2. However, in the case of products in Annex A 
subject to quotas, the Member States shall, by the 
11th day of each month at the latest, forward the list 
of charges effected during the previous month. In 
the case of products of Annex A subject to ceilings, 
the Member States shall forward to the Commission, 
at its request and under the same conditions, the list 
of charges effected during the previous month. 
At the Commission's request, when the level of 75 % 
of the ceiling is reached, the Member States shall 
(') Entry under this subheading is subject to the condi­
tions to be determined by the competent authorities. forward the lists of charges to the Commission every 
10 days; these lists shall be forwarded within five 
days of the end of each 10-day period. 
Article 10 
The Member States shall, in close cooperation with 
the Commission, take all necessary measures to 
ensure that this Decision is applied. 
Article 11 
The Member States shall take all measures neces­
sary for the implementation of this Decision. 
Article 12 
This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 
1985. 
Done at Brussels, 
The President 
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ANNEX II 
List of products in respect of which the Common Customs Tariff duties are completely suspended 
under the generalized tariff preferences granted to developing countries and territories 
Order 
No 
32.0010 
32.0020 
32.0030 
32.0040 CCT heading No 
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NIMEXE code 
73.09 
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73.12 
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73.13 
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73.15 
(73.65-53) 
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(73.75-53, 54, 59) 
(a) Description 
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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 oxidized, lac­
quered, nickel-plated, varnished, clad, parkerized, printed): 
a) Not further worked than clad: 
1. Hot-rolled 
Sheets and plates, of iron or steel, hot-rolled or cold-rolled: 
B. Other sheets and plates: 
II. Not further worked than cold-rolled, of a thickness of: 
a) 3 mm or more 
Alloy steel and high carbon steel in the forms mentioned in heading 
Nos 73.06 to 73.14: 
A. High carbon steel: 
VII. Sheets and plates: 
b) Not further worked than cold-rolled, of a thickness of: 
1. 3 mm or more 
B. Alloy steel: 
VII. Sheets and plates: 
b) Other sheets and plates: 
2. Not further worked than cold-rolled, of a thickness 
of: 
aa) 3 mm or more 
(a) Preferences are also granted in respect of products falling within this subheading, originating 
in Romania. 
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Order 
No 
32.0050 CCT heading No 
and 
NIMEXE code 
73.16 
(73.16-14, 16, 
17,20,40,51) Description 
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 
B. Check-rails 
C. Sleepers 
D. Fish-plates and sole plates: 
I. Rolled 
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ANNEX III 
List of developing countries and territories enjoying generalized tariff preferences (') 
I. INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES 
660 Afghanistan (2) 
208 Algeria 
330 Angola 
459 Antigua and Barbuda 
528 Argentina 
453 Bahamas 
640 Bahrain 
666 Bangladesh (2) 
469 Barbados 
421 Belize 
284 Benin (2) 
675 Bhutan (2) 
516 Bolivia 
391 Botswana (2) 
508 Brazil 
703 Brunei 
676 Burma 
328 Burundi (2) 
302 Cameroon 
306 Central African Republic (2) 
244 Chad(2) 
512 Chile 
720 China 
480 Colombia 
375 Comoros (2) 
318 Congo 
436 Costa Rica 
448 Cuba 
600 Cyprus 
338 Djibouti (2) 
460 Dominica 
456 Dominican Republic 
500 Ecuador 
220 Egypt 
428 El Salvador 
310 Equatorial Guinea (2) 
334 Ethiopia (2) 
815 Fiji 
314 Gabon 
252 Gambia (2) 
276 Ghana 
473 Grenada 
416 Guatemala 
260 Guinea (2) 257 
488 
452 
424 
664 
700 
616 
612 
272 Guinea Bissau (2) 
Guyana 
Haiti (2) 
Honduras 
India 
Indonesia 
Iran 
Iraq 
Ivory Coast 
464 Jamaica 
628 Jordan 
696 
346 
812 
636 
684 
604 
395 
268 
216 
370 
386 
701 
667 
232 
228 
373 
412 
204 
366 
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672 
432 
240 
288 
652 
649 
662 
442 
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520 Kampuchea (Cambodia) 
Kenya 
Kiribati 
Kuwait 
Laos (2) 
Lebanon 
Lesotho (2) 
Liberia 
Libya 
Madagascar 
Malawi (2) 
Malaysia 
Maldives (2) 
Mali (2) 
Mauritania 
Mauritius 
Mexico 
Morocco 
Mozambique 
Nauru 
Nepal (2) 
Nicaragua 
Niger (2) 
Nigeria 
North Yemen (2) 
Oman 
Pakistan 
Panama 
Papua New Guinea 
Paraguay 504 Peru 
708 Philippines 
644 Qatar 
247 Republic of Cape Verde (2) 
324 Rwanda (2) 
819 Western Samoa (2) 
311 Sao Tome and Principe (2) 
632 Saudi Arabia 
248 Senegal 
355 Seychelles and dependencies (2) 
264 Sierra Leone (2) 
706 Singapore 
806 Solomon Islands 
342 Somalia (2) 
728 South Korea 
656 South Yemen (2) 
669 Sri Lanka 
450 St Christopher and Nevis 
465 St Lucia 
467 St Vincent 
224 Sudan (2) 
492 Surinam 
393 Swaziland 
608 Syria 
352 Tanzania (2) 
680 Thailand 
280 Togo (2) 
817 Tonga (2) 
472 Trinidad and Tobago 
212 Tunisia 
807 Tuvalu 
350 Uganda (2) 
647 United Arab Emirates 
236 Upper Volta (2) 
524 Uruguay 
816 Vanuatu 
484 Venezuela 
690 Vietnam 
048 Yugoslavia 
322 Zaire 
378 Zambia 
382 Zimbabwe 
(') The code number preceding the name of each beneficiary country or territory is that given in 
'Geonomenclature' (Regulation (EEC) No 3537/82 (OJ No L 371, 30. 12. 1982, p. 7), ex­
tended by Regulation (EEC) No 3655/83 (OJ No L 361, 24. 12. 1983, p. 31)). 
(2) This country is also included in Annex IV. 
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II. COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES 
dependent or administered, or for whose external relations Member States of the Community or third countries are 
wholly or partly responsible 
808 American Oceania (') 
802 Australian Oceania (Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, 
Norfolk Island) 
413 Bermuda 
357 British Indian Ocean Territory 
463 Cayman Islands 
529 Falkland Islands and dependencies 
822 French Polynesia 
044 Gibraltar 
740 Hong Kong 
743 Macao 
377 Mayotte 
476 Netherlands Antilles 
809 New Caledonia and dependencies 
814 New Zealand Oceania (Tokelau and Niue Islands; Cook Islands) 
813 Pitcairn 
890 Polar regions (French Southern and Antarctic Territories, Australian Antarctic Territories, British Antarctic 
Territories) 
329 St Helena and dependencies 
454 Turks and Caicos Islands 
457 Virgin Islands of the United States 
811 Wallis and Futuna Islands 
450 West Indies 
Note: The above lists may be amended subsequently to take account of changes in the international status of 
countries or territories. 
(') American Oceania includes: Guam, American Samoa (including Swain's Island), Midway Is­
lands, Johnston and Sand Islands, Wake Island and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands 
(the Caroline, Marianas and Marshall Islands). 
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ANNEX IV 
List of least-developed developing countries 
6o0 Afghanistan 
666 Bangladesh 
284 Benin 
675 Bhutan 
391 Botswana 
328 Burundi 
306 Central African Republic 
244 Chad 
375 Comoros 
338 Djibouti 
310 Equatorial Guinea 
334 Ethiopia 
252 Gambia 
260 Guinea 
257 Guinea Bissau 
452 Haiti 
684 Laos 
395 Lesotho 
386 Malawi 667 
232 
672 
240 
652 
247 
324 
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264 
342 
656 
224 
352 
280 
817 
350 Maldives 
Mali 
Nepal 
Niger 
North Yemen 
Republic of Cape Verde 
Rwanda 
Western Samoa 
Sao Tome and Principe 
Seychelles and dependencies 
Sierra Leone 
Somalia 
South Yemen 
Sudan 
Tanzania 
Togo 
Tonga 
Uganda 
236 Upper Volta