Council Regulation (EC) No 87/98 of 19 December 1997 concerning the export of certain ECSC and EC steel products from the Czech Republic to the Community for the period 1 January to 31 December 1998 (renewal of the double-checking system)
Date: 1997-12-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Czechia, European Community, export, import policy, iron and steel product, transport document

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COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC)  No  87/98

of  19  December  1997

concerning  the  export  of  certain  ECSC  and  EC  steel  products  from  the  Czech  Republic  to  the
Community  for  the  period  1  January  to  31  December  1998  (renewal  of  the  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  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  1995 (1);

Whereas  the  Parties  decided  in  Association  Council
Decision  No  3/97 (2)  to  extend  the  double-checking
system  introduced  by  Decision  No  4/96 (3)  for  the  period
1  January  to  31  December  1998;

Whereas  it  is  consequently  necessary  to  renew  the
introduced  by
implementing 
Community 
Regulation  (EC)  No  7/97 (4),

legislation 

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 No 3/97, 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.

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

issued  by 

Shipment  is  considered  to  have  taken  place  on  the
5.
date  of  loading  on  to  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

The 

referred 

surveillance  document 

to 
issued  automatically  by 

in
1.
Article  1(1)  shall  be 
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  proved  otherwise.

2.
A  surveillance  document  issued  by  one  of  the
competent national authorities listed in Annex IV shall be
valid  throughout  the  Community.

The 

3.
following  elements:

importer’s  application 

shall 

include 

the

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

(a)

The  classification  of  the  products  covered  by
3.
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  the  Community.

the name and full address of the applicant (including
telefax  numbers,  and  possible
telephone  and 
the  competent
identification  number  used  by 
national authorities) and VAT registration number, if
subject  to  VAT;

(b)

if  applicable,  the  name  and  full  address  of  the
the  applicant
representative  of 
declarant  or 
(including  telephone  and  telefax  numbers);

(1) OJ  L  360,  31.  12.  1994,  p.  2.
(2) See  page  99  of  this  Official  Journal.
(3) OJ  L  64,  5.  3.  1997,  p.  13.
(4) OJ L 4, 8. 1. 1997, p. 1 and corrigendum in OJ L 71, 13. 3.

1997,  p.  46.

(c)

the  full  name  and  address  of  the  exporter;

(d)

the  exact  description  of  the  goods,  including:

— their  trade  name,

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— the  Combined  Nomenclature  (CN)  code(s),

— the  country  of  origin,

— the  country  of  consignment;

(e)

the  net  weight,  expressed  in  kilograms  and  also
quantity  in  the  unit  prescribed  where  other  than  net
weight,  by  combined  nomenclature  heading;

(f)

the  cif  value  of  the  goods  in  ecus  at  the  Community
frontier  by  Combined  Nomenclature  heading;

(g) whether  the  products  concerned  are  seconds  or  of
substandard  quality,  using  the  criteria  laid  down  in
Commission  Communication  91/C  180/04 (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;

The  surveillance  document  may  be 

issued  by
7.
electronic  means  as  long  as  the  customs  offices  involved
have  access 
this  document  across  a  computer
network.

to 

Article  3

1.
A  finding  that  the  unit  price  at  which  the
transaction  is  effected  varies  from  that  indicated  in  the
surveillance document by less than 5 % in either direction
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.

(j)

the  following  declaration,  dated  and  signed  by  the
applicant  with  the  transcription  of  his  name  in
capital letters:

1. Member 
Commission:

Article  4

States 

shall 

communicate 

to 

the

‘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  and  of  the  pro  forma  invoice.  If  so
requested,  for  example  in  cases  where  the  goods  are  not
directly  purchased  in  the  country  of  production,  the
importer  shall  present  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.

The 

competent  authorities  may,  under 

6.
the
conditions  fixed  by  them,  allow  the  submission  of
declarations  or  requests  to  be  transmitted  or  printed  by
electronic  means.  However,  all  documents  and  evidence
must  be  available  to  the  competent  authorities.

(a) on  as  regular  and  up-to-date  a  basis  as  possible  and
at  least  by  the  last  by  the  last  day  of  each  month,
details  of  the  quantities  and  values  (calculated  in
ecus)  for  which  surveillance  documents  have  been
issued;

(b) within  six  weeks  of  the  end  of  each  month,  details
in  accordance
of 
with  Article  26  of  Commission  Regulation  (EC)
No  840/96 (2).

imports  during 

that  month, 

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.

(1) OJ  C  180,  11.  7.  1991,  p.  4.

(2) OJ  L  114,  8.  5.  1996,  p.  7.

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

Done  at  Brussels,  19  December  1997.

For  the  Council

The  President

F.  BODEN

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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 51 30
7208 51 50
7208 51 91
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

7211 23 10
7211 23 51
7211 29 20

Wire  rod

7213 10 00
7213 20 00
7213 91 10
7213 91 20
7213 91 41
7213 91 49
7213 91 70
7213 91 90
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 31 11
7216 31 19
7216 31 91
7216 31 99
7216 32 11
7216 32 19
7216 32 91
7216 32 99

Welded  tubes

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ANNEX II

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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Signature: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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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

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(form and number) or
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of attribution

20. Name, Member State, stamp and

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4. Authority responsible for issue

(name, address and telephone No)

5. Declarant/representative as applicable

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ANNEX  III

O R I G I N A L

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3 Year

4 Product  group

E X P O R T   D O C U M E N T

(ECSC  and  EC  steel  products)

6 Country  of  origin

7 Country  of  destination

8 Place  and  date  of  shipment  —  Means  of  transport

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ANEXO  IV  —  BILAG  IV  —  ANHANG  IV  —  ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ  IV  —  ANNEX  IV  —  ANNEXE  IV  —
ALLEGATO  IV  —  BIJLAGE  IV  —  ANEXO  IV  —  LIITE  IV  —  BILAGA  IV

LISTA  DE  LAS  AUTORIDADES  NACIONALES  COMPETENTES

LISTE  OVER  KOMPETENTE  NATIONALE  MYNDIGHEDER

LISTE  DER  ZUSTÄNDIGEN  BEHÖRDEN  DER  MITGLIEDSTAATEN

∆ΙΕΥΘΥΝΣΕΙΣ  ΤΩΝ  ΑΡ(cid:204)ΩΝ  ΕΚ∆ˆΣΗΣ  Α∆ΕΙΩΝ  ΤΩΝ  ΚΡΑΤΩΝ  ΜΕΛΩΝ

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  ÖVER  BEHÖRIGA  NATIONELLA  MYNDIGHETER

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