2002/665/EC: Decision No 3/2002 of the EU-Romania Association Council of 21 June 2002 concerning the export of certain steel products from Romania to the Community for the period 1 July to 31 December 2002 (double-checking system)
Date: 2002-06-21
Institutions: EC–Romania Association Council
Subjects: Romania, association agreement (EU), document, exchange of information, export, export monitoring, iron and steel product

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COUNCIL

DECISION No 3/2002 OF THE EU-ROMANIA ASSOCIATION COUNCIL

of 21 June 2002

concerning the export of certain steel products from Romania to the Community for the period 1
July to 31 December 2002 (double-checking system)

(2002/665/EC)

THE ASSOCIATION COUNCIL,

Whereas:

(1)

The Contact Group referred to in Article 11 of Protocol
2 to the Europe Agreement establishing an association
between the European Communities and their Member
States, of
the other
the one part, and Romania, of
part (1), which entered into force on 1 February 1995,
met on 22 January 2002 and agreed to recommend to
the Association Council established under Article 106 of
the Agreement
the double-checking system last
extended for 2001 by Decision No 1/2001 (2) should be
re-introduced for the period 1 July to 31 December
2002.

that

(2)

The Association Council, having been supplied with all
relevant information, has agreed with this recommenda-
tion,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

3.
For the period stipulated in paragraph 1, imports into the
Community of the iron and steel products listed in Annex I
originating in Romania shall, in addition, be subject to the issue
of an export document by the competent Romanian authorities.
The importer must present the original of the export document
not later than 31 March of the year following that in which the
goods covered by the document were shipped. Shipment is
considered to have taken place on the date of loading on to the
exporting means of transport.

The export document shall conform to the model shown
the

It shall be valid for exports throughout

4.
in Annex III.
customs territory of the Community.

5.
Romania shall notify the Commission of the European
Communities of the names and addresses of the appropriate
Romanian governmental authorities which are authorised to
issue and to verify export documents, together with specimens
of the stamps and signatures they use. Romania shall also notify
the Commission of any change in these particulars.

Article 1

Certain technical provisions on the implementation of the

6.
double-checking system are set out in Annex IV.

For the period 1 July to 31 December 2002, imports into
1.
the Community of the products listed in Annex I originating in
Romania shall be subject to the presentation of an import docu-
ment conforming to the European Community Surveillance
Document model shown in Annex II issued by the authorities
in the Community.

The classification of the products covered by this Decision
2.
is based on the tariff and statistical nomenclature of
the
Community (hereinafter called the Combined Nomenclature, or
in abbreviated form CN). The origin of the products covered by
this Decision shall be determined in accordance with the rules
in force in the Community.

(1) OJ L 357, 31.12.1994, p. 2.
(2) OJ L 35, 6.2.2001, p. 36.

Goods shipped before 1 July 2002 are not covered by this

7.
Decision.

Article 2

1.
Romania undertakes to supply the Community with
precise statistical information on the export documents issued
by the Romanian authorities pursuant to Article 1. Such infor-
mation shall be transmitted to the Community by the end of
the month following the month to which the statistics relate.

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The Community undertakes to supply the Romanian
2.
authorities with precise statistical information on import docu-
ments issued by Member States in connection with the export
documents issued by the Romanian authorities under Article 1.
Such information shall be transmitted to the Romanian authori-
ties by the end of the month following the month to which the
statistics relate.

— in respect of Romania, to the Romanian Mission to the
European Communities and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of Romania, Department of Foreign Trade and Economic
Promotion.

Article 5

Article 3

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

If necessary, at the request of either of the Parties, consultations
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 cooperation and with a desire to
reconcile the difference between them.

Article 4

Any notifications to be given hereunder shall be given:

— in respect of the Community, to the Commission of the

European Communities (DG Trade E.2),

It shall apply from 1 July 2002.

Done at Brussels, 21 June 2002.

For the Association Council

The President

M. GEOANA

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ANNEX I

ROMANIA

List of products subject to double-checking (2002)

7202 11 20
7202 11 80
7202 99 11

7203 90 00

7206 10 00
7206 90 00

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
7208 40 10
7208 40 90
7208 51 10
7208 51 30
7208 51 50
7208 51 91
7208 51 99
7208 52 10
7208 52 91
7208 52 99
7208 53 10
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
7210 69 10
7210 70 31
7210 70 39
7210 90 31
7210 90 33
7210 90 38

7211 13 00
7211 14 10
7211 14 90
7211 19 20
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

7213 10 00
7213 20 00
7213 91 10
7213 91 20
7213 91 41
7213 91 49
7213 91 70
7213 91 90
7213 99 10
7213 99 90

7214 20 00
7214 30 00
7214 91 10
7214 91 90
7214 99 10
7214 99 31
7214 99 39
7214 99 50
7214 99 61
7214 99 69
7214 99 80
7214 99 90

7215 90 10

7216 10 00
7216 21 00
7216 22 00
7216 31 11
7216 31 19
7216 31 91
7216 31 99
7216 32 11
7216 32 19
7216 32 91
7216 32 99
7216 33 10
7216 33 90
7216 40 10
7216 40 90
7216 50 10
7216 50 91
7216 50 99
7216 99 10

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

7220 11 00
7220 12 00
7220 20 10
7220 90 11
7220 90 31

7221 00 10
7221 00 90

7222 11 11
7222 11 19
7222 11 21
7222 11 29

7222 11 91
7222 11 99
7222 19 10
7222 19 90
7222 30 10
7222 40 10
7222 40 30

7225 11 00
7225 19 10
7225 19 90
7225 20 20
7225 30 00
7225 40 20
7225 40 50
7225 40 80
7225 50 00
7225 91 10
7225 92 10
7225 99 10

7226 11 10
7226 19 10
7226 19 30
7226 20 20
7226 91 10
7226 91 90
7226 92 10
7226 93 20
7226 94 20
7226 99 20

7227 10 00
7227 20 00
7227 90 10
7227 90 50
7227 90 95

7228 10 10
7228 10 30
7228 20 11
7228 20 19
7228 20 30
7228 30 20
7228 30 41
7228 30 49
7228 30 61
7228 30 69
7228 30 70
7228 30 89
7228 60 10
7228 70 10
7228 70 31
7228 80 10
7228 80 90

7301 10 00

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ANNEX IV

ROMANIA

Technical provisions on the implementation of the double-checking system referred to in Article 1(6)

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. 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:

— two letters identifying the exporting country as follows: RO,

— 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,

— a one-digit number identifying the year, corresponding to the last figure in the respective year, e. g. 2 for 2002,

— a two-digit number from 01 to 99, identifying the particular issuing office concerned in the exporting country,

— a five-digit number running consecutively from 00001 to 99999 allocated to the intended Member State of

customs clearance.

3. The export documents shall be valid for six months from the date of their issue. They may be renewed or prolonged,

but not beyond 31 December of the calendar year appearing in box 3 of the export document.

4. Since the importer needs to present the original export document when requesting an import document, export docu-

ments should, as far as possible, be issued in respect of individual commercial transactions, not global contracts.

5. Romania need not show price information on the export document if there is a genuine need to protect commercial
confidentiality. In such cases, box 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.

6. Export documents may 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 govern-
mental authority which issued the document for a duplicate to be made out on the basis of the export documents in
his possession. The duplicate of 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.