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

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COUNCIL

DECISION  No  3/97  OF  THE  ASSOCIATION  COUNCIL,

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

of  22  December  1997

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

(98/73/EC)

THE  ASSOCIATION  COUNCIL,

Whereas  the  contact  group  referred  to  in  Article  11  of
Protocol  2  to  the  Europe  Agreement  establishing  an
association between the European Communities and their
Member  States,  of  the  one  part,  and  Romania,  of  the
other part, which entered into force on 1 February 1995,
met  on  3  June  1997  and  agreed  to  recommend  to  the
Association  Council  established  under  Article  106  of  the
Agreement that the double-checking system introduced in
1997  by  Association  Council  Decision  No  2/96  should
be  renewed  for  the  period  1  January  to  31  December
1998;

Whereas  the  Association  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  Romania  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.

2.
The  classification  of  the  products  covered  by
this  Decision  is  based  on  the  tariff  and  statistical
nomenclature  of  the  Community  (hereinafter  called  the
in  abbreviated  form,
‘Combined  Nomenclature’,  or, 
‘CN’).  The  origin  of  the  products  covered  by  this
Decision shall be determined in accordance with the rules
in  force  in  the  Community.

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
Romania  shall,  in  addition,  be  subject  to  the  issue  of  an
competent  Romanian
the 
export  document  by 
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.

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

to 

Certain  technical  provisions  on  the  implementation

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

Article  2

Romania undertakes to supply the Community with
1.
precise  statistical  information  on  the  export  documents
issued by the Romanian authorities pursuant to Article 1.
Such  information  shall  be  forwarded  to  the  Community

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by  the  end  of  the  month  following  the  month  to  which
the  statistics  relate.

to 

supply 

The  Community  undertakes 

2.
the
Romanian  authorities  with  precise  statistical  information
on  surveillance  documents  issued  by  Member  States  in
respect  of  the  export  documents  issued  by  the  Romanian
authorities  pursuant  to  Article  1.  Such  information  shall
be  forwarded  to  the  Romanian  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.

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

— in  respect  of  Romania,  to  the  Romania  Mission  to
the  European  Communities  and  to  the  Ministry  of
Industry  and  Trade  Romania.

Article  5

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

Article  6

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.

Article  4

Any  notices  to  be  given  hereunder  shall  be  given:

For  the  Association  Council

The  President

J.  POOS

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ANNEX  I

ROMANIA

List  of  products  subject  to  double-checking  (1998)

7202 11 20
7202 11 80
7202 99 11

7203 90 00

7206 10 00
7206 90 00

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
7208 40 10
7208 40 90
7208 51 10
7208 51 30
7208 51 50
7208 51 91
7208 51 99
7208 52 10
7208 52 91
7208 52 99
7208 53 10
7208 53 90
7208 54 10
7208 54 90
7208 90 10

7209 15 00
7209 16 10
7209 16 90
7209 17 10
7209 17 90
7209 18 10
7209 18 91
7209 18 99
7209 25 00
7209 26 10
7209 26 90
7209 27 10
7209 27 90
7209 28 10
7209 28 90
7209 90 10

7210 11 10
7210 12 11
7210 12 19
7210 20 10
7210 30 10

7210 41 10
7210 49 10
7210 50 10
7210 61 10
7210 69 10
7210 70 31
7210 70 39
7210 90 31
7210 90 33
7210 90 38

7211 13 00
7211 14 10
7211 14 90
7211 19 20
7211 19 90
7211 23 10
7211 23 51
7211 29 20
7211 90 11

7212 10 10
7212 10 91
7212 20 11
7212 30 11
7212 40 10
7212 40 91
7212 50 31
7212 50 51
7212 60 11
7212 60 91

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

7214 20 00
7214 30 00
7214 91 10
7214 91 90
7214 99 10
7214 99 31
7214 99 39
7214 99 50
7214 99 61
7214 99 69
7214 99 80
7214 99 90

7215 90 10

7216 10 00
7216 21 00
7216 22 00
7216 31 11
7216 31 19
7216 31 91
7216 31 99
7216 32 11
7216 32 19
7216 32 91
7216 32 99
7216 33 10
7216 33 90
7216 40 10
7216 40 90
7216 50 10
7216 50 91
7216 50 99
7216 99 10

7219 11 00
7219 12 10
7219 12 90
7219 13 10
7219 13 90
7219 14 10
7219 14 90
7219 21 10
7219 21 90
7219 22 10
7219 22 90
7219 23 00
7219 24 00
7219 31 00
7219 32 10
7219 32 90
7219 33 10
7219 33 90
7219 34 10
7219 34 90
7219 35 10
7219 35 90
7219 90 10

7220 11 00
7220 12 00
7220 20 10
7220 90 11
7220 90 31

7221 00 10
7221 00 90

7222 11 11
7222 11 19
7222 11 21
7222 11 29

7222 11 91
7222 11 99
7222 19 10
7222 19 90
7222 30 10
7222 40 10
7222 40 30

7225 11 00
7225 19 10
7225 19 90
7225 20 20
7225 30 00
7225 40 20
7225 40 50
7225 40 80
7225 50 00
7225 91 10
7225 92 10
7225 99 10

7226 11 10
7226 19 10
7226 19 30
7226 20 20
7226 91 10
7226 91 90
7226 92 10
7226 93 20
7226 94 20
7226 99 20

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

7228 10 10
7228 10 30
7228 20 11
7228 20 19
7228 20 30
7228 30 20
7228 30 41
7228 30 49
7228 30 61
7228 30 69
7228 30 70
7228 30 89
7228 60 10
7228 70 10
7228 70 31
7228 80 10
7228 80 90

7301 10 00

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4. Authority responsible for issue

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5. Declarant/representative as applicable

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6. Country of origin

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8. Last day of validity

9. Description of goods

10. CN code and category

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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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4 Product  group

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

(ECSC  steel  products)

6 Country  of  origin

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8 Place  and  date  of  shipment  —  Means  of  transport

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ANNEX  IV

ROMANIA

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:  RO,

— 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. They may be renewed
or  prolonged,  but  not  beyond  31  December  of  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. Romania 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  edorsement  ‘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.