Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the Russian Federation amending the Agreement between the European Coal and Steel Community and the Government of the Russian Federation on trade in certain steel products of 9 July 2002
Date: 2003-12-26
Institutions: European Community, Russia
Subjects: Russia, agreement (EU), iron and steel product, trade agreement (EU)

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between the European Community and the Government of the Russian Federation amending the
Agreement between the European Coal and Steel Community and the Government of the Russian
Federation on trade in certain steel products of 9 July 2002

AGREEMENT

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY,

of the one part, and

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION,

of the other part,

being the Parties to this Agreement,

WHEREAS the Parties are desirous of promoting the orderly and equitable development of trade in steel between the
European Community (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Community’) and the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as
‘Russia’),

WHEREAS the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities
and their Member States, of the one part, and the Russian Federation, of the other part, entered into force on 1
December 1997,

WHEREAS Article 21 of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement provides that trade in European Coal and Steel
Community (hereinafter referred to as ‘the ECSC’) products is to be governed by Title III, save for Article 15 thereof, and
by the provisions of an agreement,

WHEREAS the ECSC and the Government of the Russian Federation concluded on 9 July 2002 such an Agreement on
trade in certain steel products, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’,

WHEREAS the ECSC Treaty expired on 23 July 2002; whereas the Community took over all rights and obligations
contracted by the ECSC; whereas the Agreement is not affected by such expiry as further stipulated in Article 10 thereof,

WHEREAS in order to address the concerns raised by the Community in view of the important increase of imports into
the Community of boron-alloyed steel products from Russia, the Parties entered into consultations as provided for in
Agreed Minute No 2 of the Agreement and concluded that the product coverage of the Agreement has to be extended
to include also product groups SA5 and SA6,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreement is amended as follows:

1. Annex I is replaced by the text of Annex I hereto.

Article 3

Imports into the Community of goods from Russia falling
within product groups SA5 and SA6 accompanied by a surveil-
lance document (1) issued before the date of entry into force of
this Agreement shall not require an import authorisation as
referred to in the Agreement, notably in Article 9(2) of Protocol
A thereto.

2. Annex II is replaced by the text of Annex II hereto.

Article 4

This Agreement shall enter into force on the day of its signa-
ture.

Article 2

Article 5

The Parties agree that imports into the Community from Russia
of products falling within product groups SA5 and SA6 as
defined in Annex I, as from 1 January 2003 until the entry into
force of this Agreement, shall be deducted from the quantita-
tive limits of those product groups for the year 2003 set out in
Annex II.

This Agreement shall be drawn up in duplicate in the Danish,
Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portu-
guese, Spanish, Swedish and Russian languages, each of these
texts being equally authentic.

(1) Issued in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 76/2002
(OJ L 16, 18.1.2002, p. 3). Regulation as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 2385/2002 (OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 125).

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Hecho en Moscú, el

Udfærdiget i Moskva, den

Geschehen zu Moskau am
Έγινε στη Μόσχα, στις

Done at Moscow,

Fait à Moscou, le

Fatto a Mosca, addì

Gedaan te Moskou,

Feito em Moscovo, em

Tehty Moskovassa

Utfärdat i Moskva den

Por la Comunidad Europea

For Det Europæiske Fællesskab

Für die Europäische Gemeinschaft

Για την Ευρωπαϊκή Κοινότητα

For the European Community

Pour la Communauté européenne

Per la Comunità europea

Voor de Europese Gemeenschap

Pela Comunidade Europeia

Euroopan yhteisön puolesta

På Europeiska gemenskapens vägnar

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Per el Gobierno de la Federación de Rusia

For regeringen for Den Russiske Føderation

Für die Regierung der Russischen Föderation

Για την Κυβέρνηση της Ρωσικής Οµοσπονδίας

For the Government of the Russian Federation

Pour le gouvernement de la Fédération de Russie

Per il governo della Federazione russa

Voor de regering van de Russische Federatie

Pelo Governo da Federação da Rússia

Venäjän federaation hallituksen puolesta

För Ryska federationens regering

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ANNEX I

‘ANNEX I

SA5 — Alloyed
quarto plates

7225 40 20
7225 40 50
7225 99 10

SA6 — Alloyed cold-
rolled and coated
sheets

7225 50 00
7225 91 10
7225 92 10

7226 92 10

SB — LONG
PRODUCTS

SB1 — Beams

7207 19 31
7207 20 71

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

SB2 — Wire rod

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

7221 00 10
7221 00 90

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

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 14 90
7211 19 90
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

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

7225 40 80

SA4 — Alloyed
products

7226 20 20
7226 91 10
7226 91 90
7226 99 20

SB3 — Other long
products

7207 19 11
7207 19 14

7207 19 16
7207 20 51
7207 20 55
7207 20 57

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 40 10
7216 40 90
7216 50 10
7216 50 91
7216 50 99
7216 99 10

7218 99 20

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

7224 90 31
7224 90 39

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’

SA — FLAT-ROLLED
PRODUCTS

SA1 — Coils

7208 10 00
7208 25 00
7208 26 00
7208 27 00
7208 36 00
7208 37 90
7208 38 90
7208 39 90

7211 14 10
7211 19 20

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

7225 20 20
7225 30 00

SA1a — Hot-rolled coils
for re-rolling

7208 37 10
7208 38 10
7208 39 10

SA2 — Heavy plate

7208 40 10
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

7211 13 00

SA3 — Other flat-
rolled products

7208 40 90
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

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ANNEX II

‘ANNEX IV

QUANTITATIVE LIMITS

Products

2002

2003

2004

(tonnes)

SA — Flat products

SA1 — Coils

SA1.a — Hot-rolled coils for re-rolling

SA2 — Heavy plate

SA3 — Other flat products

SA4 — Alloyed products

SA 5 — Alloyed quarto plates

SA 6 — Alloyed cold-rolled and coated sheets

SB — Long products

SB1 — Beams

SB2 — Wire rod

SB3 — Other long products

Notes:
SA and SB are product categories.
SA1 to SA6 and SB1 to SB3 are product groups.’

259 000

485 000

60 000

80 000

90 000

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—

15 000

60 000

165 000

256 250

497 130

61 500

82 000

92 250

20 000

95 000

15 380

61 500

169 130

262 660

509 550

63 040

84 050

94 560

20 500

97 375

15 760

63 040

173 350