Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken by the Community within the Association Council established by the Europe Agreement 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, concerning the export of certain steel products from Romania to the Community
Date: 1998-12-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Association Agreement, Romania, export, import policy, iron and steel product

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  11.12.1998 
COM(199)736  final 

98/0340 (ACC) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL DECISION 

on the position to be taken by the Community within the Association Council  established 
by the Europe Agreement 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, concerning the export of certain steel products from Romania to the Community 

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EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

The aim of the double-checking  system is to improve transparency  and to avoid  possible 
diversions of trade. It is founded on the provision in the EC-Romania Europe Agreement1 
which  allows either Party to  introduce  an administrative procedure having  as its purpose 
the  rapid  provision  of  information  on  the  trend  of  trade  flows.  The  Parties  agreed  to 
establish  such  a system  in  1998  in  respect  of  certain  ECSC  steel  products  by  means  of 
Association  Council  Decision  N°  3/972.  Council  Regulation  (EC)  N°  84/983  established 
the corresponding implementing legislation for the Community. 

At  its  meeting  on  14  October  1998,  the  Contact  Group  agreed  to  recommend  that  the 
Association  Council  should  extend the double-checking  system  for the period between 1 
January and 31 December  1999. 

The  attached  proposal  consequently  seeks  to  extend  Association  Council  Decision  N° 
3/97  for the period between  1 January and 31  December  1999. 

' O J N °L  357, 31.12.94, p. 2. 
2O J N °L  13,  19.01.98, p. 57. 
-*OJN°L  13,  19.01.98, p.  I. 

Proposal for a Council Decision 

on the position to be taken by the Community within the Association Council  established 
by the Europe Agreement 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, concerning the export of certain steel products from Romania to the Community 

The Council of the European Union, 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular 
Article 113 together with Article 228, para 2, first sentence, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 

Having regard to the Decision of the Council and the Commission of 19 December 1994 
on the conclusion of the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and 
their Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part, and in particular 
Article 2(1) thereof, 

Whereas the Contact Group referred to in Article  11 of Protocol 2 of the Europe 
Agreement 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  19951, met on 14 
October  1998 to discuss trends in imports of ECSC products from Romania into the 
Community and recognised the need to find appropriate solutions in the framework  of 
Article 34.2 of the Agreement in order to ensure that the attainment of the objectives of 
the Agreement will not be jeopardised; 

Whereas the Contact Group therefore agreed to recommend to the Association Council 
established under Article 106 of the Agreement that the double-checking system 
introduced in 1998 by Association Council Decision N° 3/972 should be renewed for the 
period between  1  January and 31 December 1999; 

Whereas the Parties are desirous to promote the orderly and equitable development of 
trade in steel between the Community and Romania; 

Whereas the Association Council, having been supplied with all relevant information, has 
determined that the solution acceptable to the two parties which least disturbs the 
functioning  of the Agreement is the renewal of the double-checking system, without 
quantitative limits, for the import into the Community of certain steel products covered 
by the ECSC Treaty between  I January and 31 December 1999, 

1  O J N °L  357, 31.12.94,  p.2 
2O J N °L  13,  19.01.98, p. 57. 

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 

The position to be taken by the Community within the Association Council  established 
by the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, 
of the one part, and Romania, of the other part, concerning the export of certain steel 
products from  Romania to the European Communities, and in particular the renewal of 
the double-checking system, shall be based on the draft  decision of the Association 
Council annexed to this Decision. 

Done at Brussels 

For the Council 

Decision N° 

/98 of the Association Council, 

established under the Europe Agreement, 
between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and 
Romania, of the other part 

of 

1998 

extending the double-checking system established by Decision N° 3/97 of the 
Association Council for the period 1  January to 31 December 1999 

(98/ 

/EC) 

THE ASSOCIATION COUNCIL 

Whereas  the  Contact  Group  referred  to  in  Article  11  of  Protocol  2  of  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  14  October  1998  and  agreed  to  recommend  to  the 
Association  Council  established  under Article  106  of  the  Agreement  that  the  double-
checking system introduced in 1998 by Association Council Decision N° 3/97  should be 
extended for the period between 1  January and 31 December 1999; 

Whereas the Association Council, having been supplied with all relevant information, has 
agreed with this recommendation, 

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS : 

Article  1 

The double-checking system established by Association Council Decision N° 3/97 for the 
period  1 January to 31 December  1998 shall continue to apply for the period between 1 
January  and  31  December  1999.  In  the  Preamble  and  Article  1  (1)  and  (3)  of  the 
Decision, references to the period  1  January to 31 December 1998 are hereby replaced by 
references to 1  January to 31 December 1999. 

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

Article 2 

It shall apply with effect from 1  January 1999. 

Done at 

For the Association Council 

The President 

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