Commission Recommendation No 556/91/ECSC of 7 March 1991 on Community surveillance of imports of certain iron and steel products covered by the ECSC Treaty and originating in non-member countries
Date: 1991-03-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, import policy, iron and steel product, market supervision, third country













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Commission Recommendation No 556/91/ECSC of 7 March 1991 on Community surveillance of imports of certain iron and steel products covered by the ECSC Treaty and originating in non-member countries  


Official Journal L 062 , 08/03/1991 P. 0018 - 0022 





COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION No 556/91/ECSC  of 7 March 1991  on Community surveillance of imports of certain iron and steel products covered by the ECSC Treaty and originating in non-member countriesTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES,  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Article 74 thereof,  Whereas by recommendation No 3979/89/ECSC (1), the Commission subjected to a Community monitoring system the imports into the Community of certain iron and steel products covered by the ECSC Treaty;  Whereas the reasons which originally led the Commission to introduce this measure continue to apply and the said surveillance system should therefore be continued so as to provide more detailed information on foreseeable imports and the terms and  conditions of such imports;  Whereas an abnormal increase in imports of seconds and products of substandard quality has recently been observed, and these imports should be monitored more closely,  MAKES THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATION:  Article 1  1. The release for free circulation in the Community of iron and steel products covered by the ECSC Treaty, listed in Annex II and originating in non-member countries other than EFTA, shall be subject to the issue of an import document.  2. The products referred to in paragraph 1 shall be considered as being of first-choice quality until the importer provides proof to the contrary.  3. The import document shall be issued or endorsed by the Member States, free of charge and for any quantities requested, upon receipt of the application and in any case within not more than 10 working days from the submission of the completed  application and presentation of two duplicates of the relevant purchase contract(s) and the vendor's order confirmation(s). The originals of these documents as well as the pro forma invoice must be produced if required by the licence-issuing authority.   4. Paragraph 1 shall apply without prejudice to the maintenance of existing quantitative restrictions imposed by Member States on certain iron and steel products in respect of certain non-member countries.  5. The period of validity of the import document is hereby fixed at three months, without prejudice to possible changes in the import arrangements in force.  Article 2  1. The importer's application must state:  (a) the name, address, occupation, telephone, telefax and telex numbers of the importer;  (b) the description of the goods and the CN code (2);  (c) the country of origin;  (d) the country of consignment;  (e) the net weight, by individual lots;  (f) the currency and value invoiced (cif or daf);  (g) the proposed date and place of customs clearance;  (h) where the products concerned are seconds or of substandard quality, the precise characteristics establishing that this is the case, in accordance with the instructions given by the Commission in its communication on distinguishing criteria.  2. The following additional information shall also be supplied by the importer:  A. For goods originating in and consigned direct from one of the countries listed in Annex I (direct importation):  (a) the commercial description of the goods, including exact specifications, whether they are for use in shipbuilding, details of the exporter and place of delivery;  (b) the delivered price per tonne, exclusive of VAT, including details of all the items figuring in the calculation of the delivered price, particularly extras, rebates and transport costs to the point of delivery;  (c) particulars of:  (i) the Community producer's price list chosen for calculating the delivered price, including the date of the chosen list; or  (ii) where appropriate, the non-member country offer on which the terms of the delivery have been aligned, in sufficient detail to identify the offer and including the date;  (d) for goods falling within CN code 7201, the name and address of the final purchaser, where known.  B. For goods originating in one of the countries listed in Annex I but consigned from any non-member country other than the country of origin (indirect importation), and for goods originating in a non-member country not listed in Annex I:  (a) a complete description corresponding to that appearing in the list of products subject to the basic prices in force, and details of the exporter and the place of delivery;  (b) the cif or daf price at the Community frontier, per tonne, in the currency of the contract, plus customs duties applicable and unloading costs;  (c) for goods falling within CN code 7201, the name and address of the final purchaser, where known.  3. The importer shall declare that neither he nor the purchaser will be granted any reduction, rebate or other form of refund not mentioned in the contract for the transaction, either at the time of the transaction or subsequently.  4. The importer shall certify that his application for an import document is accurate.  5. The importer shall state whether his application is a repeat of a previous application concerning the same delivery.  Article 3  1. When an import document for goods originating in the countries listed in Annex I is granted, the Member States shall notify the Commission of any differences between:  - the delivered price calculated on the basis of the reference price list, and  - the delivered price calculated on the basis of the contract or the pro forma invoice.  They shall also furnish all necessary documents, in particular the duplicates of import licence applications, purchase contracts and vendor's order confirmations, whenever the price difference noted is considerable or relates to a large quantity.  If abnormally high levels of imports of seconds or substandard goods are observed, the Commission shall in addition request that Member States provide, for a period that it shall determine, proof as to the nature of these products, in accordance with  the criteria referred to in Article 2 (1) (h). This shall apply to imports in which the proportion of seconds or substandard goods exceeds 10 % of the total delivery specified in the contract, and where their quantity exceeds 50 tonnes.  2. When an import document is granted for goods:  - originating in non-member countries other than those listed in Annex I,  - originating in a country listed in Annex I, but consigned from a non-member country other than the country of origin (indirect importation),  Member States shall inform the Commission of any difference, in ecus per tonne, between:  - the basic price as published in the Official Journal of the European Communities, and  - the cif or daf price at the Community frontier, including customs duties applicable and unloading costs.  If abnormally high levels of imports of seconds or substandard goods are observed, the Commission shall in addition request that the Member States provide, for a period that it shall determine, proof as to the nature of these products, in accordance  with the criteria referred to in Article 2 (1) (h). This shall apply to imports in which the proportion of seconds or substandard goods exceeds 10 % of the total delivery specified in the contract, and where their quantity exceeds 50 tonnes.  3. Within the first 10 days of each month, the Member States shall notify the Commission of the tonnage and values (calculated on the basis of the cif or daf prices) for which import documents were issued during the preceding month.  4. The information supplied by the Member States shall include:  (a) a breakdown by country of origin;  (b) a breakdown by product (combined nomenclature) for each country of origin;  (c) for each country of origin, the quantities of products declared as being seconds or of substandard quality;  (d) within the total of any one product originating in any one country, the quantities not imported direct from that country and, in such cases, an indication of the country of consignment;  (e) full details of each case detected by customs of fraud relating to a large quantity (in accordance with the standard set out under paragraphs 1 and 2) of products declared as being seconds or of substandard quality.  5. Within the first 10 days of each month, Member States shall notify to the Commission:  (a) the tonnage and the values (calculated on the basis of the cif or daf price) for which import documents expired during the preceding month without having been fully or partially used;  (b) the tonnage and the values (calculated on the basis of the cif or daf price) for which previously-issued import documents were renewed in whole or in part in the preceding month.  Article 4  The recommendation is addressed to the Member States.  Article 5  This recommendation shall take effect on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.  It shall apply until 31 December 1991.  Done at Brussels, 7 March 1991. For the Commission  Frans ANDRIESSEN  Vice President  (1) OJ No L 380, 29. 12. 1989, p. 17.  (2) OJ No L 247, 10. 9. 1990, p. 1.    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