Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken by the Community within the Association Council established by the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Czech Republic, of the other part, which entered into force on 1 February 1995, concerning the export of certain steel products from the Czech Republic to the European Community
Date: 1997-12-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Association Council (EU), Czechia, export monitoring, iron and steel product, trade agreement (EU)

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  05.12.1997 
COM(97) 660 final 

97/  0343  (ACC) 
97/  0344  (ACC) 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL  DECISION 

on the position to be taken by the Community within the Association Council established 
by the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, 
of the one part, and the Czech Republic, of the other part, which entered into force on 1 
February 1995, concerning the export of certain steel products from the Czech Republic 
to the European Community 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  ŒO 

concerning the export of certain ECSC and EC steel products from the Czech Republic to 
the European Community for the period  1  January to 31 December  1998 (renewal of the 
double-checking system established by Decision N° 2/96 of the Association Council as 
extended by Decision N° 4/96) 

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EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

The aim of the double-checking  system is to improve transparency and to  avoid  possible 
diversions  of  trade.  It  is  founded  on  the  provision  in  the  EC-Czech  Republic  Europe 
Agreement1  which allows either Party to introduce an administrative procedure having as 
its  purpose  the  rapid  provision  of  information  on  the  trend  of  trade  flows.  The  Parties 
agreed  to  establish  such  a  system  in  1997  in  respect  of  certain  ECSC  and  EC  steel 
products by means  of  Association  Council  Decision  N°  4/962.  Council  Regulation  (EC) 
N° 7/973 established the corresponding implementing legislation for the Community. 

At  its  meeting  on  31  October  1997,  the  Contact  Group  agreed  to  recommend  that  the 
Association  Council  should  renew the  double-checking  system for the period  between 1 
January and 31 December  1998. 

The  attached  proposals  consequently  seek  to  renew  the  double-checking  system  for  the 
period between  1  January and 31 December 1998. 

lOJN°L360,  31.12.94, p. 2. 
2OJN°L64,5.3.97,p. 13. 
3 OJ N° L 4, 8.1.97, p. 1. and corrigendum in OJ L 71,  13.3.97, p. 46. 

Proposal for a Council Decision 

on the position to be taken by the Community within the Association Council established 
by the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, 
of the one part, and the Czech Republic, of the other part, which entered into force on 1 
February 1995, concerning the export of certain steel products from the Czech Republic 
to the European Community 

The Council of the European Union, 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular 
Article  113 together with Article 228, para 2, first sentence, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 

Having regard to the Decision of the Council and the Commission of 19 December  1994 
on the conclusion of the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their 
-Member States, of the one part, and the Czech Republic, of the other part, and in 
particular Article 2(1) thereof, 

Whereas the Contact Group referred to in Article 10 of Protocol 2 of the Europe 
Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States of the one part 
and the Czech Republic of the other part, which entered into force on 1  February 1995 ^ 
met on 31 October  1997 to discuss trends in imports of ECSC and EC products from the 
Czech Republic into the Community and recognised the need to find appropriate solutions 
in the framework of Article 34.2 of the Agreement in order to ensure that the attainment 
of the objectives of the Agreement will not be jeopardised; 

Whereas the Contact Group therefore agreed to recommend to the Association Council 
established under Article  104 of the Agreement that the double-checking system 
introduced in 1997 by Association Council Decision N° 4/962 should be renewed for the 
period between  1  January and 31 December 1998; 

Whereas the Parties are desirous to promote the orderly and equitable development of 
trade in steel between the Community and the Czech Republic; 

Whereas the Association Council, having been supplied with all relevant information, has 
determined that the solution acceptable to the two parties which least disturbs the 
functioning of the Agreement is the renewal of the double-checking system, without 
quantitative limits, for the import into the Community of certain steel products covered by 
the ECSC and EC Treaties between  1  January and 3i  December 1998, 

^ J ^ L S ô O,  31.12.94, p. 2 
2  OJL 64, 5.3.97, p. 13. 

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 

The position to be taken by the Community within the Association Council established by 
the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of 
the one part, and the Czech Republic, of the other part, concerning the export of certain 
steel products from the Czech Republic to the European Community, and in particular the 
renewal of the double-checking system, shall be based on the draft decision of the 
Association Council annexed to this Decision. 

Done at Brussels 

For the Council 

Draft Decision N° 

/97 of the Association Council, 

association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, 

and the Czech Republic, of the other part 

of 

1997 

concerning the export of certain ECSC and EC steel products from the Czech Republic to 
the European Community for the period  1  January to 31 December  1998 (renewal of  the 
double-checking system established by Decision N° 2/96 of the Association Council as 
extended by Decision N° 4/96) 

(97/ 

/ECSC) 

THE ASSOCIATION COUNCIL 

Whereas  the  Contact  Group  referred  to  in  Article  10  of  Protocol  2  of  the  Europe 
Agreement  establishing  an  association  between  the  European  Communities  and  their 
Member States, of the one part, and the Czech Republic, of the other part, which entered 
into force on  1  February  1995, met on 31 October  1997 and agreed to recommend to the 
Association  Council  established  under  Article  104  of  the  Agreement  that  the  double-
checking  system introduced  in  1997 by Association  Council Decision N°  4/96  should be 
renewed for the period between  1  January and 31 December 1998; 

Whereas the Association Council,  having been supplied with all relevant information, has 
agreed with this recommendation, 

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS : 

Article 1 

1.  For the period  1 January to  31  December  1998, imports into  the  Community  of the 
products  listed  in  Annex  I  originating  in  the  Czech  Republic  shall  be  subject  to  the 
presentation  of  a  surveillance  document  conforming  to  the  model  shown  at  Annex  II 
issued by the authorities in the Community. 

2.  The classification  of the  products  covered  by this Decision  is based  on  the  tariff and 
statistical  nomenclature  of 
'combined 
nomenclature',  or in  abbreviated  form 'CN'). The origin of the products  covered  by this 
Decision shall be determined in  accordance with the rules in force in the Community. 

(hereinafter  called 

the  Community 

the 

3. For the period  1  January to 31 December  1998, imports into the Community of the iron 
and steel  products listed in Annex I and which originate in the Czech Republic  shall, in 
subject  to  the  issue  of  an  export  document  by  the  competent  Czech 
addition,  be 
authorities. 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 where  shipped.  Shipment  is considered to  have taken place on the data  of 
loading onto the exporting means of  transport. 

4.  The export document  shall conform to the model  shown in Annex III. It shall be valid 
for exports throughout the customs territory of the Community. 

5. The Czech Republic  shall notify the Commission of the European Communities of the 
names  and  addresses  of  the  appropriate  Czech  governmental  authorities  which  are 
authorized to issue and to verify export documents together with specimens of the stamps 
and  signatures  they  use.  The  Czech  Republic  shall  also  notify  the  Commission  of  any 
change in these particulars. 

6.  Certain technical  provisions  on the implementation  of the  double-checking  system are 
set out in  Annex IV. 

Article 2 

1.  The  Czech  Republic  undertakes  to  supply  the  Community  with  precise  statistical 
information  on the export documents issued by the Czech authorities pursuant to  Article 
1.  Such  information  shall  be  transmitted  to  the  Community  by  the  end  of  the  month 
following the month to which the statistics relate. 

2.  The  Community  undertakes  to  supply  the  Czech  authorities  with  precise  statistical 
information  on surveillance  documents issued by Member  States in respect  of the export 
documents issued by the  Czech  authorities pursuant  to  Article  1.  Such information  shall 
be transmitted  to  the  Czech  authorities by the end of the month following  the  month to 
which the statistics relate. 

Article 3 

If  necessary,  at  the  request  of  either  of  the  Parties,  consultations  shall  be  held  on  any 
problems  arising from the  operation  of  this  Decision.  Such  consultations  shall  be  held 
promptly. Any consultations held under this Article shall be approached by both Parties in 
a spirit  of cooperation and with a desire to reconcile the difference between them. 

Any notices to be given hereunder shall be given: 

Article 4 

-  in  respect  of  the  Community,  to  the  Commission  of  the  European  Communities  (DG 
I.D.2andDG  III.C.l), 

- in respect of the Czech Republic, to the Mission of the Czech Republic to the European 
Communities; and the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic. 

Article 5 

This  Decision  shall  be  binding  on  both  the  Community  and  the  Czech  Republic  which 
shall take the measures necessary to implement it. 

Article 6 

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of signature. 

It shall apply with effect from 1  January 1998. 

Done at 

For the Association Council 

The President 

ANNEX.I 

CZECH REPUBLIC 

List of products subject to double-checking (1998) 

Heavy Plates 

(excluding ex-CN Codes) 
7208 40 10 
7208 5130 
7208 5150 
7208 5191 
7208 51 99 
7208 52 91 
7208 52 99 
7208 54 10 
7208 90 10 
7208 90 90 

Cold-rolled sheet 

7209 15 00 
7209 16 90 
7209 17 90 
7209 18 91 
7209 18 99 
7209 25 00 
7209 26 90 
7209 27 90 
7209 28 90  * 

721123 10 
721123 51 
721129 20 

Wire rod 

7213 10 00 
7213 20 00 
7213 91  10 
7213 9120 
7213 9141 
7213 91 49 
7213 9170 
7213 9190 
7213 99 10 
7213 99 90 

7221 00 10 
7221 00 90 

7227 10 00 
7227 20 00 
7227 90 10 
7227 90 50 
7227 90 95 

Beams and sections 

7216 3111 
7216 31 19 
7216 3191 
7216 31 99 
7216 32 11 
7216 32 19 
7216 32 91 
7216 32 99 

Welded Tubes 

Complete CN heading 7306 

JOINT DECLARATION 

In the context  of Association Council Decision N° 
Republic  declared  that,  if  so  requested  by the  producers  of  products  subject  to  double-
checking, they will inform each other immediately in the event of any problems relating to 
the  operation  of  the  Decision  and  the  products  concerned  which  might  require 
consultations as provided for in Article 3 thereof. 

191',  the Community and the Czech 

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SURVEILLANCE  DOCUMENT 

1.  Consignee (name, full address, country. VAT number) 

2.  Issue  number 

ANNEX 11 

3.  Proposed place and date 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 geonomenclature code) 

7.  Country of consignment 

(and geonomenclature  code) 

8.  Last day of validity 

9.  Description of goods 

10.  CN code and category 

11.  Quantity in kilograms (net mass) or in 

additional units 

12.  Value in ecus, cif 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 

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 

1 

2 

1 

2 

1 

2 

1 

2 

1 

2 

1 

2 

1 

2 

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Extension pages to be attached hereto. 

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EUROPEAN COMMUNITY 

SURVEILLANCE  DOCUMENT 

1.  Consignee  (name,  full  address,  country,  VAT  number) 

2.  Issue number 

3.  Proposed place and date of import 

4.  Authority responsible for issue 
(name, adress and telephone No) 

5.  Declarant/representative  as applicable 

(name and full address) 

6.  Country of origin 

(and geonomenclature code) 

7.  Country  of  consignment 

(and geonomenclature code) 

8.  Last day of  validity 

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9.  Description of  goods 

10.  CN code and category 

11.  Quantity in  kilograms  (net mass)  or  in 

additional  units 

12.  Value  in ecus, cif  at Community  frontier 

13.  Additional  remarks 

14.  Competent  authority's  endorsement 

Date: 

Signature: 

Stamp: 

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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 

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 

1 

2 

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Extension pages to be attached hereto. 

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1  Exporter  (name,  full  address,  country) 

5  Consignee  (name,  full  address,  country) 

ANNEX 

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ORIGINAL 

No 

3  Year 

4  Producr  group 

EXPORT  DOCUMENT 

(ECSC  and  EC steel  products) 

6  Country  of  origin 

7  Country  of  destination 

8  Place  and  date  of  shipment  —  means  of  transport 

9  Supplementary  details 

10  Description  ot  goods  —  manufacturer 

11  CN  code 

12  Quantity(') 

13  Fob  valuer) 

14  CERTIFICATION  BY  THE  COMPETENT  AUTHORITY 

IS  Competent  authority  (name,  full  address,  country) 

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(Stamp) 

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COPY 

No 

3  Year 

4  Product  group 

5  Consignee  (name,  full  address,  country) 

EXPORT  DOCUMENT 

(ECSC and EC steel products) 

6  Country  of  origin 

7  Cauntrv  of  destination 

S  Place  and  date  of  shipment  —  means  ot  transport 

9  Supplementary  derails 

10  Description  of  goods  —  manufacturer 

11  CN  code 

12  Quantity!1) 

13  Fob  value  -

14  CERTIFICATION  BY THE  COMPETENT  AUTHORITY 

15  Competent  authority  (name,  full  address,  country) 

At 

(Signature) 

(Stamp) 

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ANNEX IV 

CZECH REPUBLIC 

TECHNICAL ANNEX ON THE DOUBLE-CHECKING  SYSTEM 

1.  The export  documents  shall  measure 210  x 297  mm.  The paper used  shall  be  white 
writing paper, sized, not  containing mechanical pulp, and weighing not less than 25 g/m2. 
They shall be made out in English.  If they are completed by hand, entries must be in ink 
and in printed script. These documents may  comprise additional copies duly indicated as 
such.  If the documents have several  copies  only the  top  copy is the original.  This copy 
shall be clearly marked as 'original' and other copies as  'copies'. Only the original shall be 
accepted by the competent authorities of the Community as  being valid for the control  of 
export  to  the  Community  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  double-checking 
system. 

2.  Each  document  shall  bear  a  standardized  serial  number,  whether  or  not  printed,  by 
which it can  be identified.  This number shall be composed of the following elements: 

- two letters identifying the exporting country as follows: CZ, 

- two letters identifying the intended Member State of customs clearance as follows: 

BE = Belgium 
DK = Denmark 
DE = Germany 
EL = Greece 
ES = Spain 
FR = France 
IE = Ireland 
IT =  Italy 
LU = Luxembourg 
NL = Netherlands 
AT = Austria 
PT = Portugal 
FI = Finland 
SE = Sweden 
GB=  United Kingdom. 

- a one-digit number identifying the year, corresponding to the last figure in the respective 
year,  e. g. 8 for 1998, 

-  a two-digit  number from 01 to  99, identifying  the particular issuing office  concerned in 
the  exporting country, 

- a five-digit number running consecutively from 00001 to 99999 allocated to the intended 
Member  State of customs clearance. 

3.  The export documents shall be valid for six months from the date of their issue, but not 
beyond 31 December of the year appearing in Box N° 3 of the export document. 

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4.  Since the importer needs to  present the original  export  document  when requesting an 
import  document,  export  documents  should,  as fas  as possible,  be  issued  in  respect  of 
individual commercial transactions, not global contracts. 

5. The Czech Republic need not show price information on the export document if there is 
a genuine  need to protect commercial confidentiality.  In such cases, box 9 of the export 
document  should  indicate the reason for not showing the price information and that it is 
available to the competent  authorities of the Community on request. 

6.  Export  documents  may  be  issued  after  the  shipment  of  the  products  to  which  they 
relate. In such  cases they must bear the endorsement 'issued retrospectively'. 

7.  In the  event  of  a theft,  loss  or destruction  of an export  document,  the  exporter may 
apply to the competent governmental authority which issued the document for a duplicate 
to be made out on  the basis of the export documents in his possession.  The duplicate  of 
any such document  so issued  shall bear the endorsement  'duplicate'.  The duplicate shall 
bear the date of the original export  document. 

8.  The  competent  authorities  of  the  Community  shall  be  informed  immediately  of  the 
withdrawal  or modification  of any export documents already issued  and, where  relevant, 
of the basis for such  action. 

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PROPOSAL FOR A 

y 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) N° 

/97 

of 

1997 

concerning the export of certain ECSC and EC steel products from the Czech Republic to 
the European Community for the period 1  January to 31 December  1998 (renewal of the 
double-checking system established by Decision N° 2/96 of the Association Council as 
extended by Decision N° 4/96) 

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  Europe  Agreement  establishing  an  association  between  the  European 
Communities and their Member States,  of,  the one  part, and the Czech Republic,  of the 
other part, entered into force on  1  February 19951; 

Whereas  the  Parties  decided  in  Association  Council  Decision  N°  ..../972  to  renew  the 
double-checking  system  introduced  by  Decision  N°  4/963  for  *the  period  between  1 
January and 31 December 1998; 

Whereas it  is  consequently  necessary  to  renew the  Community  implementing  legislation 
introduced by Council Regulation (EC) N° 7/974, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

1. For the period  1 January to  31 December  1998, in accordance with  the provisions  of 
Association Council Decision N° 
/97, imports into the Community of certain iron and 
steel products covered by the ECSC and EC Treaties originating in the Czech Republic, as 
listed in Annex I, shall be subject to the presentation of a surveillance document issued by 
the authorities in the Community. 

2. The surveillance document shall be made out on a form corresponding to the model set 
out in Annex II. 

3.  The classification  of the products covered by this Regulation is based on the tariff and 
statistical  nomenclature  of 
'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 the Community. 

(hereinafter  called 

the  Community 

the 

lOJN°L360,  31.12.94, p. 2. 
2 See page... of this Official  Journal. 
3OJN°L64,  5.3.97, p. 13. 
4 OJ N° L 4, 8.1.97, p. 1. and corrigendum in OJ L 71,  13.3.97, p. 46. 

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4.  For the  period  1 January to  31  December  1998,  imports  into  the  Community  of  the 
products listed in Annex I shall, in addition, be subject to the issue of an export document 
issued by the competent Czech authorities. 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. 

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 III. 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 IV shall be valid throughout the Community. 

3.  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; 

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(g) whether the products concerned are seconds or of substandard quality5 ; 

(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'. 

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. 

5.  The importer shall return surveillance documents to the issuing authority at the end of 
their period of validity. 

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 
than  5%  shall  not  preclude  the  release  for  free  circulation  of  the 
document  by  less 
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). 

5 Under the criteria given in OJ No C  180,  11. 7. 1991, p. 4 

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The information provided by Member States shall be broken down by product,  CN code 
and by country. 

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  and shall be communicated  electronically  within the integrated  network  set 
up  for  this purpose,  unless  for  imperative  technical  reasons  it  is  necessary  to  use  other 
means of communication temporarily. 

Article 6 

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official  Journal 
of the European Communities. 

This Regulation shall apply with effect from 1  January 1998. 

This  Regulation  shall  be  binding  in  its  entirety  and  directly  applicable  in  all  Member 
States. 

Done at 

For the Council 

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ANNEX I 

CZECH REPUBLIC 

List of products subject to double-checking ( 1998) 

Heavy Plates 

(excluding ex-CN Codes) 
7208 40 10 
7208 5130 
7208 51 50 
7208 5191 
7208 5199 
7208 52 91 
7208 52 99 
7208 54 10 
7208 90 10 
7208 90 90 

Cold-wiled sheet 

7209 15 00 
7209 16 90 
7209 17 90 
7209 18 91 
7209 18 99 
7209 25 00 
7209 26 90 
7209 27 90 
7209 28 90 

721123 10 
721123 51 
721129 20 

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Wire rod 

7213 10 00 
7213 20 00 
7213 9110 
7213 91  20 
7213 9141 
7213 9149 
7213 91  70 
7213 9190 
7213 99 10 
7213 99 90 

7221 00 10 
722100 90 

7227 10 00 
7227 20 00 
7227 90 10 
7227 90 50 
7227 90 95 

Beams and sections 

7216 3111 
7216 31 19 
7216 3191 
7216 31  99 
7216 32 11 
7216 32 19 
7216 32 91 
7216 32 99 

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