Council Regulation (EC) No 190/98 of 19 January 1998 concerning the export of certain ECSC and EC steel products from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the Community (double-checking system)
Date: 1998-01-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: North Macedonia, cooperation agreement (EU), customs document, customs regulations, import policy, iron and steel product

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 190/98

of 19 January 1998

concerning the export of certain ECSC and EC steel products from the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the Community (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 Cooperation Agreement between the European
Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of Mace-
donia (1) entered into force on 1 January 1998;

Whereas the Parties agreed in the Protocol to the Agree-
ment on additional trade arrangements for certain iron
and steel products to establish a double-checking system,
into the
without quantitative limits,
Community of steel products originating in the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,

the import

for

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
From the date of entry into force of the Cooperation
Agreement until further notice, in accordance with the
provisions of the Protocol on additional trade arrange-
ments for certain iron and steel products, imports into the
Community of certain iron and steel products covered by
the ECSC and EC Treaties originating in the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, as listed in Annex I,
shall be subject to the presentation of a surveillance docu-
ment issued by the authorities in the Community.

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

From the date of entry into force of the Cooperation
3.
Agreement until further notice, imports into the Commu-
nity of the products originating in the former Yugoslav

(1) OJ L 348, 18. 12. 1997, p. 2.

Republic of Macedonia listed in Annex I shall, in addi-
tion, be subject to the issue of an export document issued
by the competent authorities of the exporting country.
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.

4.
An export document will not be required for goods
originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Mace-
donia already shipped to the Community before the date
of entry into force of
the cooperation Agreement,
provided that
the destination of such products is not
changed from a non-Community destination and that
those products which, under the prior surveillance regime
in force at the time, may be put into free circulation only
on presentation of a surveillance document are in fact
accompanied by such a document.

Shipment is considered to have taken place on the

5.
date of loading on to the exporting means of transport.

The export document shall conform to the model
shall be valid for exports

6.
shown in Annex II.
throughout the customs territory of the Community.

It

Article 2

1.
The surveillance document referred to in Article 1
(1) shall be issued automatically by the competent auth-
ority in the Member States, without charge for any quant-
ities 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 not later than three working days after submis-
sion, unless it is proved otherwise.

A surveillance document

2.
the
competent national authorities listed in Annex III shall
be valid throughout the Community.

issued by one of

3.
The surveillance document shall be made out on a
form corresponding to the model set out in Annex IV.
The importer’s application shall
include the following
elements:

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(a) the name and full address of the applicant (including
telephone and fax numbers, and possible identifica-
tion number used by the competent national autho-
rities) and VAT registration number, if subject to VAT;

(b) if applicable, the name and full address of the dec-
(including

the applicant

larant or representative of
telephone and fax numbers);

(c) the full name and address of the exporter;

(d) the exact description of the goods, including

— their trade name,

— 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 appli-

cation concerning the same contract;

(j)

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

the undersigned, certify that

the information
‘I,
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 liberalisation 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 agree-
ment 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 peirod of validity.

6.
The competent authorities may, under the condi-
tions 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.

7.
The surveillance document may be issued by elec-
tronic means as long as the customs offices involved have
access to this document across a computer network.

Article 3

1.
A finding that the unit price at which the transac-
tion is effected varies from that indicated in the surveil-
lance 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 pre-
clude 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.

Article 4

1. Member States shall communicate to the Commis-
sion:

(a) on as regular and up-to-date a basis as possible and at
least 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 of
in accordance with
(EC)

imports during that month,
Article
No 840/96 (2).

of Commission Regulation

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The information provided by Member States shall be
broken down by product, CN code and by country.

2. Member States shall give notification of any anom-
alies or cases of fraud which they discover and, where
relevant, the basis on which they have refused to grant a
surveillance document.

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

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

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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.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal
of the European Communities.

Article 6

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

Done at Brussels, 19 January 1998.

For the Council

The President

G. BROWN

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ANNEX I

FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO DOUBLE-CHECKING

Complete CN heading 7208

Complete CN heading 7209

Complete CN heading 7210

Complete CN heading 7211

Complete CN heading 7212

Complete CN heading 7303

Complete CN heading 7304

Complete CN heading 7305

Complete CN heading 7306

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ORIGINAL

2. No

3. Year

4. Product group

ANNEX II

5. Consignee (name, full address, country)

EXPORT DOCUMENT

(ECSC and EC steel products)

6. Country of origin

7. Country of destination

8. Place and date of shipment – Means of transport

9. Supplementary details

10. Description of goods – Manufacturer

11. CN code

12. Quantity (1)

13. FOB

Value (2)

14. CERTIFICATION BY THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY

15. Competent authority (name, full address, country)

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ANEXO III — BILAG III — ANHANG III — PAQAQTGLA III — ANNEX III — ANNEXE III — ALLEGATO III —
BIJLAGE III — ANEXO III — LIITE III — BILAGA III

LISTA DE LAS AUTORIDADES NACIONALES COMPETENTES
LISTE OVER KOMPETENTE NATIONALE MYNDIGHEDER
LISTE DER ZUSTÄNDIGEN BEHÖRDEN DER MITGLIEDSTAATEN
DIEUHUMSEIS TYM AQWYM EJDOSGS ADEIYM TYM JQATYM LEKYM

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 KOMPETENTA NATIONELLA MYNDIGHETER

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SURVEILLANCE DOCUMENT

ANNEX IV

1. Consignee

(name, full address, country, VAT number)

2. Issue number

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

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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

19. Customs document
(form and number)
or extract No and
date of attribution

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SURVEILLANCE DOCUMENT

1. Consignee

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2. Issue number

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

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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

19. Customs document
(form and number)
or extract No and
date of attribution

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