Proposal for a Council Regulation repealing Regulation (EC) No 152/2002 concerning the export of certain ECSC and EC steel products from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the European Community (double-checking system)
Date: 2007-10-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Community, North Macedonia, association agreement, customs inspection, import, iron and steel product, originating product, repeal

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 17.10.2007 
COM(2007) 436 final 

2007/0158 (ACC) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION 

repealing Regulation (EC) No 152/2002 concerning the export of certain ECSC and EC 
steel products from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the European 
Community (double-checking system)  

(presented by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

In the proposal for a Council Decision on a Community Position concerning a Decision of the 
EC  –  the  former  Yugoslav  Republic  of  Macedonia  Stabilisation  and  Association  Council 
amending  Protocol  2  on  steel  products  to  the  Stabilisation  and  Association  Agreement,  the 
Commission proposes to abolish the double-checking system for the imports of certain steel 
products from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia into the Community. 

Where  the  Stabilisation  and  Association  Council  would  take  such  a  decision,  the  present 
proposal  would  implement  that  Decision  as  far  as  the  Community  is  concerned.  As  the 
Stabilisation and Association Council Decision it should enter into force on [1 January 2008]. 

The Council is therefore invited to approve the attached proposal. 

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2007/0158 (ACC) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION 

repealing Regulation (EC) No 152/2002 concerning the export of certain ECSC and EC 
steel products from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the European 
Community (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) 

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The Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and 
their Member States, of the one part, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 
of the other part, established in Protocol 2 on steel products a double-checking system, 
without  quantitative  limits,  for  the  import  into  the  Community  of  steel  products 
originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. 

Regulation  (EC)  No  152/2002  of  21  January  2002  concerning  the  export  of  certain 
ECSC and EC steel products from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the 
European  Community  (double-checking  system)  and  repealing  Regulation  (EC)  No 
190/981, implemented the double-checking system. 
By decision on xxx2 the Stabilisation and Association Council amended Protocol 2 on 
steel  products  to  repeal  the  double-checking  system.  Regulation  (EC)  No  152/2002 
should therefore be repealed with effect from [1 January 2008], 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Regulation (EC) No 152/2002 is hereby repealed. 

Article 1 

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OJ  L  25,  29.1.2002,  p.  1.  Regulation  as  last  amended  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  1791/2006  (OJ  L  363, 
20.12.2006, p. 1). 
OJ L xx, xx.xx.xxxx, p. x. 

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This Regulation shall enter into force on [1 January 2008]. 

Article 2 

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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