Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1342/2007 on administering certain restrictions on imports of certain steel products from the Russian Federation
Date: 2011-11-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Russia, World Trade Organisation, import (EU), iron and steel product, trade agreement (EU)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION 

Brussels, 9.11.2011 
COM(2011) 715 final 

2011/0315 (COD) 

Proposal for a 

REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1342/2007 on administering certain restrictions 
on imports of certain steel products from the Russian Federation 

 
 
  
 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

The trade in certain steel products between the European Union and the Russian Federation 
has been governed by an Agreement, establishing also quotas for imports into the European 
Union  of  steel  originating  in  the  Russian  Federation.  As  foreseen  in  Article  10(4)  of  the 
Agreement, with the accession of the Russian Federation to the World Trade Organization the 
Agreement must be terminated and the quotas abolished. 

The present proposal therefore foresees the repeal of Council Regulation (EC) No 1342/2007 
implementing that Agreement in the European Union which would take effect on the date on 
which the Russian Federation will become a member of the World Trade Organization. 

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2011/0315 (COD) 

Proposal for a 

REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1342/2007 on administering certain restrictions 
on imports of certain steel products from the Russian Federation 

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  on  the  Functioning  of  the  European  Union,  and  in  particular 
Article 207 thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, 

After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national Parliaments, 

Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

(2) 

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(4) 

(5) 

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 part1, hereinafter referred to as “the PCA”, entered into force 
on 1 December 1997. 

Article 21(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  15  thereof,  and  by  the 
provisions of an agreement on quantitative arrangements. 

On  26  October  2007,  the  European  Community  and  the  Government  of  the  Russian 
Federation  concluded  such  an  Agreement  on  trade  in  certain  steel  products2, 
hereinafter referred to as “the Agreement”. 

On  22  October  2007,  the  Council  adopted  Regulation  (EC)  No  1342/2007  on 
administering certain restrictions on imports of certain steel products from the Russian 
Federation3 in order to implement the Agreement. 

The Agreement stipulates that in the event that the Russian Federation accedes to the 
World Trade Organization before the expiration of the Agreement, the Agreement will 
be terminated and as a consequence the quantitative limits will be abolished as of the 
date of accession. 

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OJ L 327, 28.11.1997, p. 3. 
OJ L 300, 17.11.2007, p. 52. 
OJ L 300, 17.11.2007, p. 1. 

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On  the  date  when  the  Russian  Federation  becomes  a  member  of  the  World  Trade 
Organization the Regulation to implement the Agreement will no longer be necessary. 
Regulation (EC) No 1342/2007 should therefore be repealed with effect from that date, 

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Regulation (EC) No 1342/2007 is hereby repealed. 

Article 1 

Article 2 

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

It shall take effect on the date on which the Russian Federation accedes to the World Trade 
Organization. 

The Commission shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union to that 
effect. 

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

Done at Brussels, 

For the European Parliament 
The President 

For the Council 
The President 

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