90/672/ECSC: Decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community, meeting within the Council of 20 December 1990 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1991 in respect of certain steel products originating in developing countries
Date: 1990-12-20
Institutions: Representatives of the Governments of the Member States
Subjects: generalised preferences, iron and steel industry, tariff quota













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90/672/ECSC: Decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community, meeting within the Council of 20 December 1990 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1991 in respect of certain steel products originating in developing countries  


Official Journal L 370 , 31/12/1990 P. 0133 - 0150 





DECISION   OF   THE   REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE   GOVERNMENTS   OFTHE   MEMBER    STATES   OF   THE   EUROPEAN   COAL   AND   STEELCOMMUNITY,   MEETING   WITHIN   THE    COUNCILof 20 December 1990applying generalized tariff preferences for 1991 in respect of  certain steel productsoriginating in developing countries(90/672/ECSC)<(BLK0)LA ORG="CCF"> EN</(BLK0)LA> 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 1991, the customs duties  applicable to the products listed in Annexes  I and II shall be totally suspended within the  framework of tariff quotas and ceilings. Spain and Portugal shall apply on the imports of products referred to above the customs duties  established in accordance with Articles  178 and 365 of the 1985 Act of Accession. 2. The arrangements provided for in paragraph  1 shall apply solely: - to each of the countries or territories listed in column  4 of Annex  I against each category of  products listed in columns  2 and 3, - to each of the other countries or territories listed in Annex  III, with the exception of  Romania, for the same categories of products, - to each of the countries or territories listed in Annex  III for the other categories of  products in Annex  II, subject to observance of the concept of originating products. However, the Community preference arrangements applicable to Yugoslavia shall result exclusively  from the provisions contained in the Agreement with that country concerning ECSC products  (1). 3. The preferences granted by this Decision are suspended, on a temporary basis, for products  originating in the Republic of Korea. 4. Preferential entry as provided for in this Decision shall be subject to conformity with the  definition of the origin of products adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article   14 of Regulation (EEC) No  802/68  (2) and contained in Regulation (EEC) No  693/88  (3). 5. The Community tariff quotas and ceilings shall be administered in accordance with the  provisions set out below. SECTION   IProvisions concerning the administration of the Community tariff quotas relating to  products listed in Annex  IArticle 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  territory listed in column  4 of Annex  I 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  customs value of the said goods, and which are accompanied by a certificate of origin in accordance  with the rules referred to in Article  1  (4). 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  I 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  I. SECTION   IIProvisions concerning the administration of the Community tariff ceilings relating  to the products listed in Annexes  I and IIArticle 5  Subject to Articles  6 and 7, the  preferential tariff ceiling arrangements shall be accorded: - for products in Annex  I, to each of the countries or territories listed in Annex  III, other  than Romania and those which may be listed in column  4 of Annex  I, within the limits of the  amounts specified in column  7 of Annex  I, against each category of products, - for products in Annex  II, to the countries or territories listed in Annex  III, considered  individually, within the limits of a Community ceiling corresponding to 102  % of the highest  maximum amount valid for 1980 under each of the preferential ceilings opened for that year. Article 6  1. As soon as the individual ceilings fixed or calculated 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 corresponding 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 provisions, 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  published in the Official Journal of the European Communities. 3. However, paragraphs  1 and 2 shall not apply to the countries listed in Annex  IV. Article 7  The extent to which ceilings have been used up shall be determined at Community level  on the basis of imports charged in the manner laid down in Article  8   (1) and (2). SECTION   IIIGeneral provisionsArticle 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  certificate of origin in accordance with the rules laid down in Article  1 (4). 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 Decision, the rates of conversion into national  currencies of the value in ecus in which the preferential amounts are expressed shall be those  fixed on 1  October 1990 and they shall remain in force from 1  January to 31  December 1991  (1). 4. An amendment to the list of beneficiaries, in particular by the addition of new countries or  territories, 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 generalized  preferential treatment in accordance with the provisions of the present Decision. This data,  transmitted according to the codes of the combined nomenclature and, where applicable, of the  TARIC, shall show the country of origin, value, quantity and any supplementary units as defined by  Regulations (EEC) No  1736/75  (1) and (EEC) No  3367/87  (2). 2. However, in the case of products in Annex  I subject to ceilings, the Member States shall, by  the 11th day of each month at the latest, forward to the Commission, at its request, 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 forward these 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 necessary for the implementation of this  Decision. Article 12  This Decision shall enter into force on 1  January 1991. Done at Brussels, 20 December 1990. The PresidentG.   RUFFOLO  ANNEX I <(BLK0)LA ORG="CCF">EN</(BLK0)LA>>TABLE>' ANNEX II<(BLK0)LA ORG="CCF">EN</(BLK0)LA>>TABLE>' ANNEX   III<(BLK0)LA ORG="CCF">EN</(BLK0)LA>>TABLE>     >TABLE  POSITION> ANNEX  IV <(BLK0)LA ORG="CCF">EN</(BLK0)LA>>TABLE>