Proposal for a Council Regulation concerning the export of certain ECSC and EC steel products from the Slovak Republic to the Community for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2002 (extension of the double-checking system)
Date: 2001-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Slovakia, customs inspection, export, iron and steel product, renewal of an agreement

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 28.12.2001
COM(2001) 797 final

2001/0323 (ACC)

Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

concerning the export of certain ECSC and EC steel products from the Slovak Republic
to the Community for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2002 (extension of the
double-checking system)

(presented by the Commission)

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-Slovak  Republic  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 and EC steel products by means of
Decision  N°  3/972  of  the  Association  Council.  By  Decision  N°  1/993  of  the  Association
Council  the  system  was  extended,  with  amended  product  coverage,  for  the  period  from  1
January to 31 December 1999. By Decision N° 1/20004 of the Association Council the system
was extended for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2000. By Decision N° 1/20015 of
the  Association  Council  the  system  was  extended  for  the  period  from  1  January  to  31
December 2001. Council Regulation (EC) N° 85/986, amended by Council Regulation  (EC)
N° 288/997, extended by Council Regulations (EC) N° 543/008 and N°238/019 established the
corresponding implementing legislation for the Community.

At  its  meeting  on  29  October  2001,  the  Contact  Group  agreed  to  recommend  that  the
Association Council should extend the double-checking system for the period from 1 January
to 31 December 2002.

The  attached  proposal  consequently  seeks  to  extend  Council  Regulation  (EC)  N°  85/98,
amended  by  Council  Regulation  N°  288/99  and  extended  by  Council  Regulation  (EC)  N°
543/00 and 238/01, for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2002.

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OJ N° L 359, 31.12.94, p. 2.
OJ N° L 13, 19.01.98, p. 71.
OJ N° L 36, 10.02.99, p. 18.
OJ N° L 67, 15.03.00, p. 36.
OJ N° L 35, 6.2.01, p. 38.
OJ N° L 13, 19.01.98, p. 15.
OJ N° L 36, 10.02.99, p. 1.
OJ N° L 67, 15.03.00, p. 3.
OJ N° L 35, 6.2.01, p. 2

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2001/0323 (ACC)

Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

concerning the export of certain ECSC and EC steel products from the Slovak Republic
to the Community for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2002 (extension of the
double-checking system)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article
133 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

the  European
The  Europe  Agreement  establishing  an  association  between 
Communities and their Member States, of, the one part,  and  the Slovak  Republic, of
the other part, entered into force on 1 February 199510;

The  Parties  decided  by  Decision  N°  ..../200111  of  the  Association  Council  to  extend
the double-checking system introduced by Decision N° 3/9712, for the period from 1
January to 31 December 2002;

It  is  consequently  necessary  to  extend  the  Community  implementing  legislation
introduced by Council Regulation (EC) N° 85/9813 of 19 December 1997, concerning
the  export  of  certain  ECSC  and  EC  steel  products  from  the  Slovak  Republic  to  the
Community  for  the  period  from  1  January  to  31  December  1999  (extension  of  the
double-checking system);

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Regulation  (EC)  N°  85/98  shall  continue  to  apply  for  the  period  from  1  January  to  31
December 2002, in accordance with the provisions of Decision N° ..../2001 of the Association

Article 1

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OJ N° L 359, 31.12.94, p. 2.
See page ... of this Official Journal.
OJ N° L 13, 19.01.98, p. 71.
OJ N° L 13, 19.01.98, p. 15.

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Council between the  European Communities and  their Member  States, of, the one  part,  and
the Slovak Republic, of the other part.

Regulation (EC) 85/98 shall in consequence be amended as follows:

Article 2

In the title, the preamble and Article 1 (1) and (4) references to the period ‘1 January to 31
December 2001’ shall be replaced by references to ‘1 January to 31 December 2002’.

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

Article 3

It shall apply with effect from 1 January 2002.

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

Done at Brussels,

For the Council
The President

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