Commission Decision No 2788/1999/ECSC of 22 December 1999 derogating from High Authority Recommendation No 1/64 concerning an increase in the protective duty on iron and steel products at the external frontiers of the Community (167th derogation)
Date: 1999-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ECSC, customs duties, derogation from EU law, import, iron and steel product, tariff quota

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COMMISSION DECISION No 2788/1999/ECSC

of 22 December 1999

derogating from High Authority Recommendation No 1/64 concerning an increase in the protec-
tive duty on iron and steel products at the external frontiers of the Community (167th derogation)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and in particular the
third paragraph of Article 71 thereof,

Having regard to High Authority Recommendation No 1/64 of 15 January 1964 to the Governments of the
Member States concerning an increase in the protective duty on iron and steel products at the external
frontiers of the Community (1), as last amended by Commission Recommendation 88/27/ECSC (2), and in
particular Article 3 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Certain iron and steel products indispensable to the manufacture of certain goods and having very
special physical and chemical characteristics are not produced in the Community, or are produced in
insufficient quantities; whereas for a number of years the insufficiency has been overcome by
duty-free tariff quotas; whereas Community producers are still not in a position to comply with the
present quality requirements put forward by the users; whereas duty-free tariff quotas at a level
securing the supply of users is consequently required;

Import of these products on preferential terms is unlikely to cause injury to iron and steel
undertakings in the Community which produce directly competing products;

These tariff quotas are unlikely to jeopardise the objectives of Recommendation No 1/64, but will
help to maintain existing trade flows between the Community and non-member countries;

These are special cases in the commercial policy field justifying the authorisation of derogations
pursuant to Article 3 of Recommendation No 1/64;

It is necessary to make sure that the tariff quotas granted will have no other function than meeting
the specific needs of certain transforming industries;

The Governments of the Member States have been consulted on the tariff quotas set out below;

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1427/97 of 23 July 1997 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93
laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 estab-
lishing the Community Customs Code (3) fixes rules for managing tariff quotas to be used in
chronological order of the dates of declarations,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

1. Member States are hereby authorised to derogate from the obligations arising pursuant to Article 1 of
High Authority Recommendation No 1/64 to the extent necessary to suspend at the levels indicated the
customs duties on the products set out below, within the quantities of the tariff quotas set out below:

Order No

CN code

TARIC
code

Description

Quota
(tonnes)

Quota duty
(%)

End of quota
period

200

0

31.12.2000

09.2921

(a)

ex 7209 16 90

10

(1) OJ 8, 22.1.1964, p. 99/64
(2) OJ L 15, 20.1.1988, p. 13.
(3) OJ L 196, 24.7.1997, p. 31.

iron or
Flat-rolled products of
non-alloy steel, of a width of
600 mm or more,
cold-rolled
(cold-reduced) not clad, plated or
coated:

Of a thickness exceeding 1 mm
but less than 3 mm

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Order No

CN code

TARIC
code

Description

Quota
(tonnes)

Quota duty
(%)

End of quota
period

500

0

31.12.2000

920

0

31.12.2000

ex 7209 17 90

10

Of a thickness of 0,5 mm or
more but not exceeding 1 mm

09.2922

(b)

ex 7219 32 10

ex 7219 33 10

ex 7219 34 10

09.2927

(c)

ex 7219 33 10

ex 7219 34 10

Flat-rolled products of
stainless
steel, of a width of 600 mm or
more not
further worked than
cold-rolled (cold-reduced):
Of a thickness of 3 mm or more
but less than 4,75 mm containing
by weight 2,5 % or more of nickel
Of a thickness exceeding 1 mm
but less than 3 mm containing by
weight 2,5 % or more of nickel

Of a thickness of 0,5 mm or
more but not exceeding 1 mm,
containing by weight 2,5 % or
more of nickel

Flat-rolled products of
stainless
steel, of a width of 600 mm or
more not
further worked than
cold-rolled (cold-reduced):
Of a thickness exceeding 1 mm
but less than 3 mm containing by
weight 2,5 % or more of nickel

Of a thickness of 0,5 mm or
more but not exceeding 1 mm,
containing by weight 2,5 % or
more of nickel

11
12

11
12

11
12

13
14
15
16
17
18

13
14
15
16
17
18

2.

The abovementioned products must, in addition, comply with the following physical specifications:

(a) Products falling within CN codes ex 7209 16 90 and ex 7209 17 90:

High carbon steel with a carbon content by weight of 0,64 to 0,70 % for the production of process or
transport belts with a permissible operating temperature of 400 °C. Tensile strength 1 200 N/mm2
(± 10 %). Other elements or properties following special technical specification (HM 1708).

(b) Products falling within CN codes ex 7219 32 10 11/12, ex 7219 33 10 11/12 and ex 7219 34 10 11/

12:

Stainless steel ‘Nicro’ for the production of process or transport belts with a permissible operating
temperature of 350 °C.

Type (1): tensile strength 1 050 N/mm2 (± 10 %). Chemical composition: maximum carbon content
0,06 %; 13 % chromium content; 4 % nickel content.

Other elements or properties following special technical specification (HM 1708).

Type (2): tensile strength 1 200 N/mm2 (± 15 %). Chemical composition: maximum carbon content
0,15 %; 17 % chromium content; 7 % nickel content.

Other elements or properties following special technical specification (HM 1708).

(c) Products falling within CN codes ex 7219 33 10 13/14/15/16/17/18 and ex 7219 34 10 13/14/15/

16/17/18:

Stainless steel for the production of process or transport belts.

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Type (1): tensile strength 1 200 N/mm2. Chemical composition: 0,1 % carbon content; 0,6 % silicon
content; 1,4 % manganese content; 17,5 % chromium content; 7,5 % nickel content.

Other elements or properties following special technical specification (HM 1712).

Type (2): tensile strength 1 200 N/mm2. Chemical composition: 0,06 % carbon content; 0,6 % silicon
content; 1,4 % manganese content; 18,5 % chromium content; 8,5 % nickel content.

Other elements or properties following special technical specification.

Type (3): tensile strength 1 000 N/mm2. Chemical composition: 0,05 % carbon content; 0,6 % silicon
content; 1,7 % manganese content; 17,5 % chromium content; 12,5 % nickel content; 2,7 % molyb-
denum content.

Other elements or properties following special technical specification.

Type (4): tensile strength 1 080 N/mm2. Chemical composition: maximum carbon content 0,05 %;
maximum silicon content 1 %; 13 % chromium content; 4 % nickel content; 0,3 % titanium content.

Other elements or properties following special technical specification (HM 1710).

Type (5): tensile strength 1 150 N/mm2. Chemical composition: maximum carbon content 0,08 %;
1,5 % silicon content; 14 % chromium content; 7 % nickel content; 0,7 % copper content.

Other elements or properties following special technical specification (HM 1701).

Type (6): tensile strength 1 200 N/mm2. Chemical composition: 0,03 % carbon content; 0,6 % silicon
content; 15,25 % chromium content; 4,9 % nickel content; 3,25 % copper content.

Other elements or properties following special technical specification.

Note: The composition of products (a), (b) and (c) (1) to (6) may vary within the limits of the standards

applicable to analysis.

Article 2

Member States are hereby authorised to derogate from the obligations arising pursuant to Article 1 of High
Authority Recommendation No 1/64 to the extent necessary to suspend at the levels indicated the customs
duties on the products set out below, within the quantities of the tariff quotas set out below:

Order No

CN code

TARIC
code

Description

Quota
(tonnes)

Quota duty
(%)

End of quota
period

Special wire rod for the manu-
facture of oil-tempered valve
spring wire with a diameter of
5 mm or more
but not
exceeding 15 mm, of other
alloy
by
weight:

containing

steel

5 000

0

31.12.2000

09.2923

(a) ex 7227 90 95

15

0,5 % or more but not more
than 0,8 % of carbon
0,1 % or more but not more
than 1,7 % of silicon
0,5 % or more but not more
than 0,8 % of manganese
0,03 % or less of sulphur
0,03 % or less of phosphorus
0,4 % or more but not more
than 0,8 % of chrome
0,1 % or more but not more
than 0,3 % of vanadium

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Order No

CN code

TARIC
code

Description

Quota
(tonnes)

Quota duty
(%)

End of quota
period

Special wire rod for the manu-
facture of oil-tempered valve
spring wire with a diameter of
5,5 mm or more but not
exceeding 10 mm, of other
alloy
by
weight:

containing

steel

500

0

31.12.2000

09.2924

(b) ex 7227 90 95

25

0,63 % or more, but not more
than 0,72 % of carbon
0,15 % or more but not more
than 0,3 % of silicon
0,5 % or more but not more
than 0,9 % of manganese
0,02 % or less of sulphur
0,02 % or less of phosphorus
0,4 % or more but not more
than 0,6 % of chrome
0,06 % or less of copper
0,06 % or less of nickel
0,1 % or more but not more
than 0,2 % of vanadium

Article 3

The tariff quotas referred to in Articles 1 and 2 shall be managed by the Commission, in accordance with
Articles 308a to 308c of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (1). The Commission may take any
appropriate administrative measures to ensure that they are managed efficiently.

Article 4

Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the products in question have equal and continuous
access to the quotas for as long as the balance of the relevant quota volume so permits.

Article 5

The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure that this Decision is complied
with.

Article 6

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

It shall apply from 1 January until 31 December 2000.

(1) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 December 1999.

For the Commission

Pascal LAMY

Member of the Commission