Decision No 3/97 of the Association Council Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part of 23 December 1997 concerning the export of certain ECSC steel products from Bulgaria to the Community for the period 1 January to 31 December 1998 (renewal of the double-checking system)
Date: 1997-12-23
Institutions: EC–Bulgaria Association Council
Subjects: Association Council (EU), Bulgaria, 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  Republic  of  Bulgaria,  of  the  other  part

of  23  December  1997

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

(98/75/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  the  Republic  of
Bulgaria,  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  105  of  the  Agreement  that  the  double-checking
in  1997  by  Association  Council
system 
Decision  No  1/96  should  be  extended  for  the  period
1  January  to  31  December  1998;

introduced 

Whereas  the  Associaction  Council,  having  been  supplied
this
with  all  relevant 
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  Bulgaria  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.
Decision 
statistical
the 
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 

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

shall  notify 

The  Republic  of  Bulgaria 

5.
the
Commission  of  the  European  Communities  of  the  names
and addresses of the appropriate Bulgarian governmental
authorities  which  are  authorized  to  issue  and  verify
export  documents  and  shall  send  it  specimens  of  the
stamps and signatures they use. The Republic of Bulgaria
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

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

licences 

statistical 

The Community undertakes to supply the Bulgarian
2.
authorities  with  precise 
information  on
surveillance  documents  issued  by  Member  States  in
respect  of  the  export  documents  issued  by  the  Bulgarian
authorities  pursuant  to  Article  1.  Such  information  shall
be  forwarded  to  the  Bulgarian  authorities  by  the  end  of
the  period  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.

Article  4

Any  notices  to  be  given  hereunder  shall  be  given:

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

the  Republic  of  Bulgaria 

— in  respect  of  the  Republic  of  Bulgaria,  to  the  Mission
the  European
of 
Communities  and  to  the  Ministry  of  Trade  and
Tourism  of  the  Republic  of  Bulgaria.

to 

Article  6

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

It  shall  apply  with  effect  from  1  January  1998.

Article  5

Done  at  Brussels,  23  December  1997.

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

For  the  Association  Council

The  President

J.  POOS

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ANNEX  I

BULGARIA

List  of  products  subject  to  double-checking  (1998)

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

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

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4. Authority responsible for issue

(name, address and telephone No)

5. Declarant/representative as applicable

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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. Authority responsible for issue

(name, address and telephone No)

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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

7 Country  of  destination

8 Place  and  date  of  shipment  —  Means  of  transport

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ANNEX  IV

REPUBLIC  OF  BULGARIA

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 printed 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:  BG,

— 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.  Products  shall  be

shipped  during  the  calendar  year  appearing  in  box  3  of  the  export  document.

4. Each  export  document  may  be  used  for  one  or  more  consignments  of  the  products  in  question.
However,  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 Republic of Bulgaria 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.

9. The  Republic  of  Bulgaria  intends  to  include  a  description  of  the  classification  of  the  goods  (i.e.  first  or

second  choice  or  other  substandard  products)  in  box  10  of  the  export  document.