98/402/ECSC: Decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council of 17 June 1998 on certain measures applicable with regard to Kazakhstan concerning trade in certain steel products covered by the ECSC Treaty
Date: 1998-06-17
Institutions: Representatives of the Governments of the Member States
Subjects: ECSC Treaty, Kazakhstan, import licence, iron and steel product, quantitative restriction

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

DECISION OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE
MEMBER STATES, MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL

of 17 June 1998

on certain measures applicable with regard to Kazakhstan concerning trade in
certain steel products covered by the ECSC Treaty

(98/402/ECSC)

THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF
THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND
STEEL COMMUNITY, MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL,

In agreement with the Commission,

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 3

shall

Member States
issue licences and inform the
Commission thereof immediately. The Commission shall
keep the Member States regularly informed of the extent
to which the quantities have been used up.

The Member States and the Commission shall confer in
order to ensure that these quantities are not exceeded.

Article 1

Article 4

During the period from 1 July to 31 December 1998,
imports into all
the Member States of steel products
covered by the ECSC Treaty referred to in Annex I ori-
ginating in Kazakhstan shall be subject
to licensing.
Licences shall be issued only within the limits defined in
Article 2. Steel products originating in Kazakhstan,
covered by a valid import
licence or licences issued
pursuant to Decision 97/862/ECSC (1), and which were
already sent to the Community before the date of entry
into force of this Decision, shall be admitted within the
limits applicable for the period from 1 January to 30
June 1998.

Article 2

Quantities of authorised imports shall be determined, for
each product group and for the whole of the Community,
according to the quotas indicated in Annex II.

The period of validity of the import licence is hereby
fixed at four months. Unused or partially used import
licences may be renewed for two months.

Should an agreement between the European Coal and
Steel Community and Kazakhstan on trade in certain
steel products be concluded and enter into force during
the period of application of this Decision, the provisions
of that agreement together with any measures taken to
give effect to it, shall, as from the date on which the
agreement enters into force, replace the provisions of this
Decision.

Article 5

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

It shall apply from 1 July 1998.

Done at Luxembourg, 17 June 1998.

The President
M. MEACHER

(1) OJ L 351, 23. 12. 1997, p. 60.

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SA. Flat-rolled products

SA1. Coils

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

7211 14 10
7211 19 20

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

7225 20 20
7225 30 00

SA2. Heavy plate

7208 40 10
7208 51 10
7208 51 30
7208 51 50
7208 51 91
7208 51 99
7208 52 10

ANNEX I

7208 52 91
7208 52 99
7208 53 10

7211 13 00

SA3. Other flat-rolled

products

7208 40 90
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

ANNEX II

QUOTAS

7210 69 10
7210 70 31
7210 70 39
7210 90 31
7210 90 33
7210 90 38

7211 14 90
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

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

7225 40 80

Flat-rolled products

SA1 (coils):

SA2 (heavy plate):

SA3 (other flat products):

(tonnes)

14 629

5 123

4 140