Decision No 2/1999 of the Association Council established under the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Poland, of the other part of 1 April 1999 establishing a double-checking system for exports of certain ECSC steel products from the Republic of Poland to the European Community for the period 1 April to 31 December 1999
Date: 1999-04-01
Institutions: EC–Poland Association Council
Subjects: Poland, association agreement (EU), export monitoring, iron and steel product, trade policy, transitional period (EU)

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

DECISION No 2/1999 OF THE ASSOCIATION COUNCIL

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

of 1 April 1999

establishing a double-checking system for exports of certain ECSC steel products
from the Republic of Poland to the European Community for the period 1 April
to 31 December 1999

(1999/348/EC)

THE ASSOCIATION COUNCIL,

Whereas the contact group referred to in Article 10 of
Protocol 2 of the Europe Agreement establishing an asso-
ciation between the European Communities and their
Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of
Poland (hereinafter referred to as ‘Poland'), of the other
part, which entered into force on 1 February 1994, met on
29 January 1999 and agreed to recommend the Associa-
tion Council established under Article 102 of the Europe
Agreement
a double-checking system without
quantitative restrictions should be established for the
period from 1 April to 31 December 1999;

that

Whereas the Association Council, having been supplied
with all relevant information, has agreed with this recom-
mendation,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

For

the period 1 April

1.
to 31 December 1999,
imports into the Community of the products listed in
Annex I originating in Poland shall be subject to the
presentation of a surveillance document conforming to
the model shown in Annex II issued by the competent
authorities of the Community.

2.
The classification of the products covered by this
Decision 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 Decision shall be deter-
mined in accordance with the rules in force in the
Community.

For

the period 1 April

3.
to 31 December 1999,
imports into the Community of the iron and steel prod-
ucts listed in Annex I which originate in Poland shall, in
addition, be subject to the issue of an export document by
the competent Polish authorities. Presentation by the
importer of the original of the export document shall be
effected not later than 31 March of the year following that
in which the goods covered by the document were
shipped. Shipment shall be considered to have taken
place on the date of loading on to the exporting means of
transport.

4.
The export document referred to in paragraph 3
shall conform to the model shown in Annex III. It shall
be valid for exports throughout the customs territory of
the Community.

An export document will not be required for goods
5.
already shipped to the Community before the date of
application of this Decision, provided that their destina-
tion has not changed from a non-Community to a
Community destination and provided that those goods
which, under the prior surveillance regime applicable in
1999, could be imported only on presentation of a surveil-
lance document are in fact accompanied by such a docu-
ment.

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Poland shall notify the Community of the names
6.
and addresses of
the appropriate Polish governmental
authorities which are authorised to issue and verify export
documents together with specimens of the stamps and
the
they use. Poland shall
signatures
Community of any change in these particulars.

also notify

7.
Certain technical provisions on the implementation
of the double-checking system are set out in Annex IV.

Article 2

1.
Poland shall undertake to supply the Community
with precise statistical information on the export docu-
ments issued by the Polish authorities pursuant to Article
1. Such information shall be
transmitted to the
Community by the end of
the month following the
month to which the statistics relate.

The Community shall undertake to supply Poland
2.
with precise statistical information on surveillance docu-
ments issued by Member States in respect of the export
documents issued by Poland pursuant to Article 1. Such
information shall be transmitted to the Polish authorities
by the end of the month following the month to which
the statistics relate.

tion and with a desire to reconcile the difference between
them.

Article 4

Any notices to be given under this Decision shall be
given:

(cid:190) in respect of the Community, to the Commission of
(DG I.D.2 and DG

the European Communities
III.C.1),

(cid:190) in respect of Poland, to the Mission of Poland to the
European Communities; and to the Ministry of
Economy of Poland.

Article 5

This Decision shall be binding on both the Community
and Poland which shall, each for its part, take the meas-
ures necessary to implement it.

Article 6

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

It shall apply with effect from 1 April 1999.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 1 April 1999.

If necessary, at the request of either of the Parties, consul-
tations 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 coopera-

For the Association Council

The President

B. GEREMEK

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ANNEX I

POLAND

LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO DOUBLE CONTROL (1999)

Angles, shapes and sections of iron or non-alloy steel

U Sections

7216 31 11

7216 31 19

7216 31 91

7216 31 99

I Sections

7216 32 11

7216 32 19

7216 32 91

7216 32 99

H Sections

7216 33 10

7216 33 90

EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

SURVEILLANCE DOCUMENT

1. Consignee

(name, full address, country, VAT number)

2. Issue number

ANNEX II

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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13. Additional remarks

14. Competent authority’s endorsement

Date: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Signature: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Stamp:

15. ATTRIBUTIONS

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

20. Name, Member State, stamp and signa-

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(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

10. CN code and category

11. Quantity in kilograms (net mass) or in additional

units

12. Value in euros, cif at Community frontier

13. Additional remarks

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Date: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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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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1. Eksporter (nazwa, pełny adres, kraj) / Exporter (name, full address, country)

ORYGINAŁ / ORIGINAL

2. Nr / No

ANNEX III

5. Odbiorca (nazwa, pełny adres, kraj) / Consignee (name, full address, country)

3. Rok / Year

4. Grupa wyrob(cid:155)w /
Product group

DOKUMENT WYWOZOWY / EXPORT DOCUMENT

(wyroby stalowe EWWiS i WE) / (ECSC and EC steel products)

6. Kraj pochodzenia /
Country of origin

7. Kraj przeznaczenia /

Country of destination

8. Miejsce i data wysyłki – S´ rodek transportu / Place and date of shipment –

9. Dodatkowe informacje / Supplementary details

Means of transport

10. Opis towar(cid:155)w – Producent / Description of goods – Manufacturer

11. Kod CN /
CN code

12. Ilos´c´ (1) /
Quantity

13. Wartos´c´
FOB (2) /
FOB value

14. POS´ WIADCZENIE PRZEZ WŁAS´ CIWE WŁADZE /

CERTIFICATION BY THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY

15. Władze włas´ciwe (nazwa, pełny adres, kraj) / Competent

Miejscowos´c´ / Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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ANNEX IV

POLAND

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:

(cid:190) two letters identifying the exporting country as follows: PL,

(cid:190) 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,

(cid:190) a one-digit number identifying the year, corresponding to the last figure in the respective year, e.g. 9 for

1999,

(cid:190) a two-digit number from 01 to 99, identifying the particular issuing office concerned in the exporting

country,

(cid:190) a five-digit number running consecutively from 00001 to 99999 allocated to the intended Member State

of customs clearance.

3. Products shall be shipped during the calendar year appearing in Box No 3 of the export document.

4. Since the importer needs to present the original export document when requesting an import document,
export documents should, as far as possible, be issued in respect of individual commercial transactions, not
global contracts.

5. Poland need not show price information on the export document if there is a genuine need to protect
commercial confidentiality. In such cases, Box No 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.

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6. Export documents may exceptionally be issued after the shipment of the products to which they relate. In

such cases they must bear the endorsement ‘issued retrospectively'.

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 on 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.