Commission Regulation (EC) No 283/2008 of 27 March 2008 replacing Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 673/2005 establishing additional customs duties on imports of certain products originating in the United States of America
Date: 2008-03-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, United States, common tariff policy, import, originating product, tariff nomenclature

28.3.2008

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 283/2008

of 27 March 2008

replacing Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 673/2005 establishing additional customs duties
on imports of certain products originating in the United States of America

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 673/2005 of
25 April 2005 establishing additional customs duties on
imports of certain products originating in the United States of
America (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

As a result of the United States’ failure to bring the
Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act (CDSOA)
in compliance with its obligations under
the WTO
agreements, Regulation (EC) No 673/2005 imposed a
15 % ad valorem additional customs duty on imports of
certain products originating in the United States of
America as from 1 May 2005. In conformity with the
WTO authorisation to suspend the
application of
concessions to the United States, the Commission shall
adjust the level of suspension annually to the level of
nullification or impairment caused by the CDSOA to
the Community at that time.

The CDSOA disbursements for the most recent year for
which data are available relate to the distribution of anti-
dumping and countervailing duties collected during the
Fiscal Year 2007 (1 October 2006 to 30 September
the data published by the
2007). On the basis of
United States’ Customs and Border Protection, the level
of nullification or impairment caused to the Community
is calculated at USD 33,38 million.

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Since the level of nullification or impairment and conse-
quently of suspension has decreased, the last 30 products
of the list in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 673/2005
should be removed from the list in Annex I to that
Regulation.

The effect of a 15 % ad valorem additional import duty on
imports from the United States of the products in the
amended Annex I represents, over one year, a value of
trade that does not exceed USD 33,38 million.

To make sure that there are no delays in the customs
clearance of goods removed from the scope of the 15 %
ad valorem additional import duty, this Regulation should
enter into force on the day of its publication.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Committee on
trade retaliation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 673/2005 is replaced by the
Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 May 2008.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 27 March 2008.

For the Commission

Peter MANDELSON
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 110, 30.4.2005, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 409/2007 (OJ L 100, 17.4.2007,
p. 16).

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

The products on which additional duties are to apply are identified by their eight-digit CN codes. The description of
products classified under these codes can be found in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987
on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1) as amended by Regulation (EC)
No 493/2005 (2).

6204 63 11

6204 63 18

6204 63 90

6204 69 18

6204 69 90

6301 30 10

6301 30 90

6301 40 10

6301 40 90

8467 21 99

8705 10 00

9003 19 30

9009 11 00

9009 12 00

0710 40 00

4803 00 31

4818 30 00

4818 50 00

4820 10 50

4820 10 90

4820 30 00

4820 50 00

4820 90 00

6103 43 00

6104 63 00

6203 43 11

6203 43 19

6203 43 90

(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 82, 31.3.2005, p. 1.’