Decision No 3/97 of the Association Council Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Slovak Republic, of the other part of 22 December 1997 concerning the export of certain ECSC and EC steel products from Slovakia to the Community for the period 1 January to 31 December 1998 (renewal of the double-checking system)
Date: 1997-12-22
Institutions: EC–Slovakia Association Council
Subjects: Association Council (EU), Slovakia, export, import policy, iron and steel product, transport document

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DECISION  No  3/97  OF  THE  ASSOCIATION  COUNCIL

Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and
the  Slovak  Republic,  of  the  other  part

of  22  December  1997

concerning the export of certain ECSC and EC steel products from Slovakia to the Community
for  the  period  1  January  to  31  December  1998  (renewal  of  the  double-checking  system)

(98/74/EC)

THE  ASSOCIATION  COUNCIL,

Whereas  the  contact  group  referred  to  in  Article  10  of
Protocol  2  to  the  Europe  Agreement  establishing  an
association between the European Communities and their
Member States, of the one part, and the Slovak Republic,
of the other part, which entered into force on 1 February
1995,  met  on  23  October  1997  and  agreed 
to
recommend  to  the  Association  Council  established  under
Article  104  of  the  Agreement  that  the  double-checking
system 
in  1997  by  Association  Council
Decision  No  1/97  should  be  renewed  for  the  period
1  January  to  31  December  1998;

introduced 

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

information,  has  agreed 

to 

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

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

shall  also  notify 

Certain  technical  provisions  on  the  implementation

6.
of  the  double-checking  system  are  set  out  in  Annex  IV.

HAS  DECIDED  AS  FOLLOWS:

Article  2

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  Slovakia  shall  be  subject  to  the
presentation  of  a  surveillance  document  conforming  to
the model shown in Annex II issued by the authorities in
the  Community.

is  based  on 

The  classification  of  the  products  covered  by  this
2.
statistical
the 
Decision 
nomenclature  of  the  Community  (hereinafter  called  the
‘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.

tariff  and 

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

statistical 

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

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
Slovakia  shall,  in  addition,  be  subject  to  the  issue  of  an
export  document  by  the  competent  Slovak  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.  Shipment  is  considered  to  have
taken  place  on  the  date  of  loading  on  the  the  exporting
means  of  transport.

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.

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Article  4

Article  6

Any  notices  to  be  given  hereunder  shall  be  given:

— in  respect  of  the  Community,  to  the  Commission
of  the  European  Communities  (DG  I.D.2  and  DG
III.C.1),

— in  respect  of  the  Slovak  Republic,  to  the  Mission  of
the  Slovak  Republic  to  the  European  Communities
and  to  the  Ministry  of  Economy  of  the  Slovak
Republic.

Article  5

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

This  Decision  shall  enter  into  force  on  the  date  of  its
adoption.

It  shall  apply  with  effect  from  1  January  1998.

Done  at  Brussels,  22  December  1997.

For  the  Association  Council

The  President

J.  POOS

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ANNEX  I

SLOVAKIA

List  of  products  subject  to  double-checking  (1998)

Hot-rolled  coils  and  pickled  coils

Hot-rolled  strip  and  hoop

7208 10 00
7208 25 00
7208 26 00
7208 27 00
7208 36 00
7208 37 10
7208 37 90
7208 38 10
7208 38 90
7208 39 10
7208 39 90

7219 11 00
7219 12 10
7219 12 90
7219 13 10
7219 14 10
7219 14 90

7225 19 10
7225 20 20
7225 30 00

Cut  lengths

7208 40 10
7208 40 90
7208 51 10
7208 51 99
7208 52 10
7208 52 99
7208 53 10
7208 53 90
7208 54 10
7208 54 90
7208 90 10
7208 90 90

Cold-rolled  sheets  and  coils

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
7209 90 10
7209 90 90

7211 14 10
7211 14 90
7211 19 20
7211 19 90

7212 60 91

7220 11 00
7220 12 00
7220 90 31

7226 19 10
7226 20 20
7226 91 10
7226 91 90
7226 93 20
7226 94 20
7226 99 20

Cold-rolled  strip  and  hoop

7211 23 10
7211 23 51
7211 23 99
7211 29 20
7211 90 19
7211 90 90

7226 92 90
7226 93 80
7226 94 80
7226 99 80

Hot  dip  galvanized  sheets,  coils  and  strip

7210 11 90
7210 41 10
7210 41 90
7210 49 10
7210 49 90
7210 61 10

7212 30 90

Tinplate  in  coils,  sheet  and  strip

7210 11 10
7210 12 11
7210 70 31
7210 70 39

7212 10 99

Non-oriented  grain  steel  sheets,  coils
and  strip  for  electrotechnics

7209 17 10
7209 27 10

7211 23 91

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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

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Indicate the quantity available in part 1 of column 17 and the quantity attributed in part 2 thereof.

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17. In figures

18. In words for the quantity

attributed

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(form and number) or
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(name, address and telephone No)

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8 Place  and  date  of  shipment  —  Means  of  transport

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ANNEX  IV

SLOVAKIA

Technical  Annex  on  the  double-checking  system

1. The export documents shall measure 210 × 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  standardised  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:  SK,

— 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. Products  shall  be  shipped  during  the  calendar  year  appearing  in  Box  3  of  the  export  document.

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

5. The Slovak 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’.

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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  withdrawel  or
modification  of  any  export  documents  already  issued  and,  where  relevant,  of  the  basis  for  such
action.