Decision No 3/97 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 22 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: 1997-12-22
Institutions: EC–Czech Republic Association Council
Subjects: Association Council (EU), Czechia, 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  Czech  Republic,  of  the  other  part

of  22  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)

(98/76/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 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 
in  1997  by  Association  Council
Decision  No  4/96  should  be  renewed  for  the  period
1  January  to  31  December  1998;

introduced 

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

information,  has  agreed 

to 

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 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 

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

Certain  technical  provisions  on  the  implementation

6.
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
issued  by  the  Czech  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  Czech
2.
authorities  with  precise 
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  forwarded  to  the  Czech  authorities  by  the  end  of  the
month  following  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  the
Czech  Republic  shall,  in  addition,  be  subject  to  the  issue
of  an  export  document  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.  Shipment  is
considered to have taken place on the date of loading on
to  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  Czech  Republic,  to  the  Mission  of
the  Czech  Republic  to  the  European  Communities
and  to  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.

This  Decision  shall  enter  into  force  on  the  day  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

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

Complete  CN  heading  7306

Joint  declaration

In  the  context  of  Association  Council  Decision  No  3/97,  the  Community  and  the  Czech
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.

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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

Date: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

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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

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(form and number) or
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of attribution

20. Name, Member State, stamp and

signature of the attributing authority

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

(ECSC  and  EC  steel  products)

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8 Place  and  date  of  shipment  —  Means  of  transport

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ANNEX  IV

CZECH  REPUBLIC

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:  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  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 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’.

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