Proposal for a Council Regulation repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 752/2007 of 30 May 2007 on administering certain restrictions on imports of certain steel products from Ukraine
Date: 2008-05-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Council of the European Union, EC Regulation, Ukraine, import policy, import restriction, iron and steel product, originating product, repeal

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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 13.5.2008 
COM(2008) 302 final 

2008/0094(ACC) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION 

repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 752/2007 of 30 May 2007 on administering 
certain restrictions on imports of certain steel products from Ukraine  

(presented by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

The trade in certain steel products between the European Community and Ukraine has been 
governed  by  an  Agreement,  establishing  also  quota  for  imports  into  Europe  of  steel 
originating in Ukraine. As foreseen in Article 10(4) of the Agreement, with the accession of 
Ukraine  to  the  World  Trade  Organisation  the  Agreement  will  be  terminated  and  the  quota 
abolished.  The  date  of  accession  is  foreseen  for  16  May  2008.  Therefore,  the  Commission 
proposes now to repeal the Regulation implementing the Agreement in the Community. 

The Council is invited to adopt the proposal of the Commission and publish the Regulation in 
the Official Journal. 

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2008/0094(ACC) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION 

repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 752/2007 of 30 May 2007 on administering 
certain restrictions on imports of certain steel products from Ukraine  

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: 

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(7) 

The  Partnership  and  Cooperation  Agreement  establishing  a  partnership  between  the 
European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the 
other part1, hereinafter referred to as “the PCA”, entered into force on 1 March 1998. 

Article 22(1) of the PCA provides that trade in certain steel products shall be governed 
by  Title  III  of  that  Agreement,  with  the  exception  of  Article  14  thereof,  and  by  the 
provisions of an agreement on quantitative arrangements. 

On  18  June  2007,  the  European  Community  and  the  Government  of  Ukraine 
concluded such an Agreement on trade in certain steel products2, hereinafter referred 
to as “the Agreement”. 

On 30 May 2007, the Council adopted Regulation (EC) No 752/2007 on administering 
certain  restrictions  on  imports  of  certain  steel  products  from  Ukraine3  in  order  to 
implement the Agreement. 

The  Agreement,  in  Article  10(4)  rules  that  in  the  event  that  Ukraine  accedes  to  the 
World  Trade  Organisation  before  the  expiration  of  the  Agreement,  the  Agreement 
shall  be  terminated  and  the  quantitative  limits  shall  be  abolished  as  of  the  date  of 
Accession. 

On 16 May 2008 Ukraine will become a member of the World Trade Organisation. 

On  that  date  the  Regulation  to  implement  the  Agreement  will  become  without 
substance. 

(8) 

For reasons of clarity it is therefore necessary to repeal Regulation (EC) No 752/2007, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Regulation (EC) No 752/2007 is hereby repealed. 

Article 1 

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OJ L 49, 19.2.1998, p. 3. 
OJ L 178, 6.7.2007, p. 24. 
OJ L 178, 6.7.2007, p. 1. 

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This  Regulation  shall  enter  into  force  on  the  day  following  that  of  its  publication  in  the 
Official Journal of the European Union. 

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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