Proposal for a Council Regulation concerning the export of certain steel products from the Slovak Republic to the Community for the period from the date of entry into force of this Regulation up to the date of accession by the Slovak Republic to the European Union (extension of the double-checking system)
Date: 2002-11-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Slovakia, association agreement (EU), extra-EU trade, import (EU), iron and steel product, trade agreement (EU)

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 29.11.2002
COM(2002) 665 final

2002/0276 (ACC)

Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

concerning the export of certain steel products from the Slovak Republic to the
Community for the period from the date of entry into force of this Regulation up to the
date of accession by the Slovak Republic to the European Union
(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 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.  By
Decision N° 3/20026 of the Association Council the system was extended for the period from
1  January  to  31  December  2002.  Council  Regulation  (EC)  N°  85/987,  amended  by  Council
Regulation (EC) N° 288/998, extended by Council Regulations (EC) N° 543/009, N°238/0110
and  N°  1093/200211established 
the
the  corresponding 
Community.

legislation  for 

implementing 

At  its  meeting  on  28  October  2002  ,  the  Contact  Group  agreed  to  recommend  that  the
Association Council should extend the double-checking system for the period from the date of
entry into force of this Regulation up to the date of accession by the Slovak Republic to the
European Union.

The attached proposal consequently seeks to extend Council Regulation (EC) N° 85/98 for the
period from the date of entry into force of this Regulation up to the date of accession by the
Slovak Republic to the European Union.

1 OJ N° L 359, 31.12.94, p. 2.
2 OJ N° L 13, 19.01.98, p. 71.
3 OJ N° L 36, 10.02.99, p. 18.
4 OJ N° L 67, 15.03.00, p. 36.
5 OJ N° L 35, 6.2.01, p. 38.
6 OJ N° L 166, 25.6.2002, p. 22.
7 OJ N° L 13, 19.01.98, p. 15.
8 OJ N° L 36, 10.02.99, p. 1.
9 OJ N° L 67, 15.03.00, p. 3.
10 OJ N° L 35, 6.2.01, p. 2
11 OJ N° L 166, 25.6.2002, p. 1.

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2002/0276 (ACC)

Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

concerning the export of certain steel products from the Slovak Republic to the
Community for the period from the date of entry into force of this Regulation up to the
date of accession by the Slovak Republic to the European Union
(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 Commission12,

Whereas:

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

The  Europe  Agreement  establishing  an  association  between 
the  European
Communities  and  their  Member  States,  of  the  one  part,  and  the  Slovak  Republic,  of
the other part, entered into force on 1 February 199513;

The  Parties  decided  by  Decision  N°  ..../200214  of  the  Association  Council  to  extend
the double-checking system introduced by Decision N° 3/9715, for the period from the
date  of entry into  force of this Regulation  up  to  the  date  of  accession  by  the  Slovak
Republic to the European Union;

It  is  consequently  necessary  to  extend  the  Community  implementing  legislation
introduced by Council Regulation (EC) N° 85/9816 of 19 December 1997, concerning
the export of certain steel products from the Slovak Republic to the Community for the
period  from  1  January  to  31  December  1998  (extension  of  the  double-checking
system);

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

12OJ C
13 OJ N° L 359, 31.12.94, p. 2.
14 See page ... of this Official Journal.
15 OJ N° L 13, 19.01.98, p. 71.
16 OJ N° L 13, 19.01.98, p. 15.

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Article 1

Regulation (EC) N° 85/98 shall continue to apply for the period  from the  date of  entry into
force of this Regulation up to the date of accession by the Slovak Republic to the European
Union, in accordance with the provisions of Decision N° ..../2002 of the Association 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

1.

2.

In the title, preamble and Article 1 (1) and (4) references to the period ‘1 January to
31 December 2002’ shall be replaced by references to ‘the date of entry into force of
this Regulation up to the date of accession by the Slovak Republic to the European
Union’.

Annex IV to that Regulation shall be replaced by the text contained in the Annex to
this Regulation.

Goods  shipped  to  the  EC  as  from  1  January  2003  until  the  date  of  entry  into  force  of  this
Regulation shall be excluded from the scope of this Regulation.

Article 3

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 10th day following its publication in the Official
Journal of the European Communities.

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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ANNEX

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LISTA DE LAS AUTORIDADES NACIONALES COMPETENTES
LISTE DES AUTORITES NATIONALES COMPETENTES
ELENCO DELLE COMPETENTI AUTORITA NAZIONALI
LIJST VAN BEVOEGDE NATIONALE INSTANTIES
LISTA DAS AUTORIDADES NACIONAIS COMPETENTES
LUETTELO TOIMIVALTAISISTA KANSALLISISTA VIRANOMAISISTA
FÖRTECKNING ÖVER BEHÖRIGA NATIONELLA MYNDIGHETER
LIST OF THE COMPETENT NATIONAL AUTHORITIES

BELGIQUE/BELGIË
Ministère des Affaires Economiques
Administration des Relations Economiques
Services Licences
Rue Général Leman 60
B-1040 Bruxelles
Fax: +32-2-230 83 22
Ministerie van Economische Zaken
Bestuur van de Economische Betrekkingen
Dienst Vergunningen
Generaal Lemanstraat 60
B-1040 Brussel
Fax:+32-2-230 83 22

DANMARK
Erhvervsfremme Styrelsen
Økonomi- og Erhvervsministeriet
Vejlsøvej 29
DK-8600 Silkeborg
Fax: +45 35 46 64 01

FRANCE
Service des Industries Manufacturières
DIGITIP
12, rue Villiot – Bâtiment LE BERVIL
F-75572 Paris cedex 12
Fax: +33-1-53 44 91 81

IRELAND
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Import/ Export Licensing, Block C
Earlsfort Centre
Hatch Street
Dublin 2
Fax :+353-1-631 28 26

ITALIA
Ministero delle Attivita Produttive
Direzione generale per la politica commerciale e per
la gestione del regime degli scambi
Viale America 341
I-00144 Roma
Fax : +39-6-59 93 22 35 / 59 93 26 36

DEUTSCHLAND
Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle,
(BAFA)
Frankfurter Strasse 29-35
D-65760 Eschborn 1
Fax : +49-61 96 9 42 26

LUXEMBOURG
Ministère des affaires étrangères
Office des licences
BP 113
L-2011 Luxembourg
Téléfax : +352-46 61 38

ΕΛΛΑΣ
Υπουργείο Εθνικής Οικονοµίας
Γενική Γραµµατεία ∆ιεθνών Σχέσεων
∆ιεύθυνση ∆ιεθνών Οικονοµικών Ροών
Κορνάρου 1
GR-105 63 Αθήνα
Fax : +301-3286094

NEDERLAND
Belastingdienst/Douane  centrale  dienst  voor  in-  en
uitvoer
Postbus 30003, Engelse Kamp 2
NL-9700 RD Groningen
Fax : +31-50 526 06 98
m.i.v. 18.01.2002
Fax :+31-50 5232341

ESPAÑA
Ministerio de Economía
Secretaría General de Comercio Exterior
Paseo de la Castellana 162
E-28046 Madrid
Fax : +34-1-563 18 23/349 38 31

ÖSTERREICH
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit
Aussenwirtschaftsadministration
Landstrasser Hauptstrasse 55-57
A-1030 Wien
Fax: +43-1-711 00/8386

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PORTUGAL
Ministério das Finanças
Direcção  Geral  das  Alfândegas  e  dos  Impostos
Especiais sobre o Consumo
Rua  Terreiro  do  Trigo,  Edifício  da  Alfândega  de
Lisboa
1140-060 Lisboa - Portugal
Fax: (351) 218 814 261

SVERIGE
Kommerskollegium
Box 6803
S-11386 Stockholm
Fax: 46-8-30 67 59

SUOMI
Tullihallitus
PL 512
FIN-00101 Helsinki
Telekopio: + 358 9 614 2852

UNITED KINGDOM
Department of Trade and Industry
Import Licensing Branch
Queensway House - West Precinct
Billingham, Cleveland
UK-TS23 2NF
Fax : 44-1642-533 557

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