Proposal for a Council Regulation concerning the export of certain steel products from Romania to the Community for the period from the date of entry into force of this Regulation up to the date of accession by Romania to the European Union (extension of the double-checking system)
Date: 2002-12-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Romania, association agreement (EU), customs regulations, import (EU), iron and steel product, trading operation

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 2.12.2002
COM(2002) 678 final

2002/0285 (ACC)

Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

concerning the export of certain steel products from Romania to the Community for the
period from the date of entry into force of this Regulation up to the date of accession by
Romania to the European Union (extension of the double-checking system)

(presented by the Commission)

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

The purpose of the double-checking system is to improve transparency and to avoid possible
diversions  of  trade.  It  is  founded  on  the  provision  in  the  EU-Romania  Europe  Agreement1
allowing either Party to introduce an administrative procedure having as its purpose the rapid
provision of information on the trend of trade flows. In 1996 the Parties agreed to introduce
such a system for exports of certain steel products from Romania to the Community.

Until 2001 this double-checking system was each year renewed by common agreement for the
period  1 January-31 December.  It  was  reintroduced  in  2002  with  Association  Council
Decision N° 3/20022 for the period 1 July to 31 December 2002

At its meeting on 23 October 2002, the bilateral 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  Romania  to  the  European
Union.

The  attached  proposal  is  therefore  aimed  at  extending  the  double-checking  system  for  the
period  from  the  date  of  entry  into  force  of  this  Regulation  up  to  the  date  of  accession  by
Romania to the European Union.

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2

OJ L 357, 31.12.1994, p. 2.
OJ L 227, 23.8.2002, p. 38.

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2002/0285 (ACC)

Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

concerning the export of certain steel products from Romania to the Community for the
period from the date of entry into force of this Regulation up to the date of accession by
Romania 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 Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The  Europe  Agreement  establishing  an  association  between 
the  European
Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part,
entered into force on 1 February 1995.3

The Parties have agreed, by Association Council Decision No ..../2002,4 to extend the
double-checking system reintroduced by Decision N° 3/20025 for the period from the
date of entry into force of this Regulation up to the date of accession by Romania to
the European Union.

It  is  consequently  necessary  to  extend  the  Community  implementing  legislation
introduced  by  Council  Regulation  (EC)  N°  1499/20026  of  20  June  2002,  concerning
the  export  of  certain  steel  products  from  Romania  to  the  Community  for  the  period
from 1 July to 31 December 2002 (extension of the double-checking system)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) N° 1499/2002 shall continue to apply for the period from the date of  entry
into force of this Regulation up to the date of accession by Romania 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 Romania,
of the other part.

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4

5

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OJ L 357, 31.12.1994, p. 2.
See page ... of this Official Journal
OJ L 227, 23.8.2002, p. 38.
OJ L 227, 23.8.2002, p. 1.

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Article 2

Regulation (EC) N° 1499/2002 shall in consequence be amended as follows:

1.
In  the  title,  preamble  and  Article  1(1)  of  the  Regulation,  references  to  the  period
‘1 July 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 Romania to the European Union’.

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

2.
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

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

Article 4

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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