Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION adapting Council Regulation (EC) No 1340/2008 of 8 December 2008 on trade in certain steel products between the European Community and the Republic of Kazakhstan by reason of the accession of Croatia to the European Union
Date: 2014-07-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Croatia, Kazakhstan, accession to the European Union, cooperation agreement (EU), export licence, import licence, iron and steel product, quantitative restriction, trade agreement (EU)













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Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION adapting Council Regulation (EC) No 1340/2008 of 8 December 2008 on trade in certain steel products between the European Community and the Republic of Kazakhstan by reason of the accession of Croatia to the European Union /* COM/2014/0448 final - 2014/0207 (NLE) */









EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.           CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL
Article 17(1) of the Partnership and
Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States,
and the Republic of Kazakhstan provides that trade in certain steel products
are to be subject to a specific agreement on quantitative arrangements. 
The Bilateral Agreement between the
European Community and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on trade in
certain steel products concluded on 19 July 2005 expired on 31 December 2006.
Since 2007 autonomous measures established by Council Regulation (EC) No
1870/2006 and Council Regulation (EC) No 1531/2007 have governed the trade in
certain steel products between the European Community and Kazakhstan. Pending
the signature and entry into force of a new agreement or Kazakhstan’s accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), quantitative limits starting
in 2009 were established with Council Regulation (EC) No 1340/2008. In
addition, this Regulation provides for a procedure to administer this regime
whereby the competent authorities of the Member States do not issue import
licences before obtaining confirmation from the Commission that appropriate
amounts remain available within the quantitative limit. 
On 1 July 2013 Croatia became a member
state of the EU. The current proposal is an adaptation in order to take account
of Croatia’s accession to the EU.
The current proposal does not envisage any
modifications of the existing quota levels. According to data from the Croatian
State Office for Trade Policy during the last three years Croatia did not have any imports from Kazakhstan of steel products falling within the scope of the
regulation. Furthermore, the existing quota has not been used. The quota
utilisation was 0% in 2012 and 0% in 2013. 
2.           LEGAL ELEMENTS OF THE
PROPOSAL
Article 50 of the Act of Accession of
Croatia provides that where acts of the institutions adopted prior to accession
require adaptation by reason of accession, and the necessary adaptations have
not been provided for in the Act of Accession or its Annexes, the Council,
acting by qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission should adopt the
necessary acts. Where those acts are adopted after accession, they may be
applied as of the date of accession.
The envisaged amendments to the regulation
are directly and exclusively linked to Croatia’s accession to the European
Union, therefore Article 50 of Act of Accession is used as the sole legal
basis.
The envisaged amendments consist of:
1)           Amending Article 9.6 to
add the two letters HR identifying Croatia as a member state intended of
destination in the standardised serial number attached to each export licence
or equivalent document, and
2)           Amending Annex IV to add
the Croatian national authority in the list of competent national authorities
in charge of implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1340/2008.
3.           BUDGETARY IMPLICATION
No budgetary implications are envisaged.
2014/0207 (NLE)
Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION
adapting Council Regulation (EC) No
1340/2008 of 8 December 2008 on trade in certain steel products between the
European Community and the Republic of Kazakhstan by reason of the accession of
  Croatia to the European Union
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the
Functioning of the European Union, 
Having regard to the Act of Accession of
Croatia, and in particular Article 50 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the
European Commission,
Whereas:
(1)       Pursuant to Article 50 of
the Act of Accession of Croatia, where acts of the institutions remain valid
beyond 1 July 2013, and require adaptation by reason of accession, and the
necessary adaptations have not been provided for in the Act of Accession or its
Annexes, the necessary acts are to be adopted by the Council.
(2)       Council Regulation (EC) No
1340/2008 of 8 December 2008 on trade in certain steel products between the
European Community and the Republic of Kazakhstan[1] was adopted prior to
the accession of Croatia, requires adaptation by reason of this accession and
such an adaptation is not provided for in the Act of Accession of Croatia or
its Annexes.
(3)       Therefore, it is
appropriate to add the two letters identifying Croatia as a Member State of intended destination in the standardised serial number attached to each export
licence or equivalent document and add the Croatian national authority to the
list of competent national authorities in charge of implementation of Council
Regulation (EC) No 1340/2008.
(4)       Retroactive application is
necessary to ensure that trade in steel products under Council Regulation (EC)
No 1340/2008 is not affected.
(5)       Regulation (EC) No
1340/2008 should be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 1340/2008 shall be
amended as follows:
(1)          Article 9 paragraph 6 shall be
replaced by the following:
“6.     The serial number shall be composed of
the following elements:
–              
two letters identifying the exporting country as
follows:
KZ = Republic of Kazakhstan,
–              
two letters identifying the Member State of intended destination as follows:
BE = Belgium
BG = Bulgaria
CZ = Czech Republic
DK = Denmark
DE = Germany
EE = Estonia
IE = Ireland
GR = Greece
ES = Spain
FR = France
HR = Croatia
IT = Italy
CY = Cyprus
LV = Latvia
LT = Lithuania
LU = Luxembourg
HU = Hungary
MT = Malta
NL = Netherlands
AT = Austria
PL = Poland
PT = Portugal
RO = Romania
SI = Slovenia
SK = Slovakia
FI = Finland
SE = Sweden
GB = United Kingdom,
–              
a one-digit number identifying the quota year
corresponding to the last figure in the year in question, e.g. ‘9’ for 2009,
–              
a two-digit number identifying the issuing
office in the exporting country,
–              
a five-digit number running consecutively from
00 001 to 99 999 allocated to the specific Member State of destination.”
(2)          Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No
1340/2008 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on
the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Union.
It shall apply from 1 July 2013.
This Regulation shall be binding
in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels,
                                                                       For
the Council
                                                                       The
President
[1]               Council Regulation (EC) No 1340/2008 of 8 December
2008 on trade in certain steel products between the European Community and the Republic of   Kazakhstan (OJ L 348, 24.12.2008, p. 1.)
ANNEX
'Annex IV
СПИСЪК
НА
КОМПЕТЕНТНИТЕ
НАЦИОНАЛНИ
ОРГАНИ
LISTA DE LAS AUTORIDADES NACIONALES COMPETENTES
SEZNAM PŘÍSLUŠNÝCH VNITROSTÁTNÍCH ORGÁNŮ
LISTE OVER KOMPETENTE NATIONALE MYNDIGHEDER
LISTE DER ZUSTÄNDIGEN BEHÖRDEN DER MITGLIEDSTAATEN
PÄDEVATE RIIKLIKE ASUTUSTE NIMEKIRI
ΔΙΕΥΘΥΝΣΕΙΣ ΤΩΝ ΑΡΧΩΝ ΕΚΔΟΣΗΣ ΑΔΕΙΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΚΡΑΤΩΝ ΜΕΛΩΝ
LIST OF THE COMPETENT NATIONAL AUTHORITIES
LISTE DES AUTORITÉS NATIONALES COMPÉTENTES
POPIS NADLEZNIH NACIONALNIH TIJELA
ELENCO DELLE COMPETENTI AUTORITÀ NAZIONALI
VALSTU KOMPETENTO IESTĀŽU SARAKSTS
ATSAKINGŲ NACIONALINIŲ
INSTITUCIJŲ SĄRAŠAS
AZ ILLETÉKES NEMZETI HATÓSÁGOK LISTÁJA
LISTA TAL-AWTORITAJIET NAZZJONALI KOMPETENTI
LIJST VAN BEVOEGDE NATIONALE INSTANTIES
WYKAZ WŁAŚCIWYCH ORGANÓW KRAJOWYCH
LISTA DAS AUTORIDADES NACIONAIS COMPETENTES
LISTA AUTORITĂȚILOR NAȚIONALE
COMPETENTE
ZOZNAM PRÍSLUŠNÝCH ŠTÁTNYCH ORGÁNOV
SEZNAM PRISTOJNIH NACIONALNIH ORGANOV
LUETTELO TOIMIVALTAISISTA KANSALLISISTA
VIRANOMAISISTA
FÖRTECKNING ÖVER
BEHÖRIGA NATIONELLA MYNDIGHETER
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1
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ÖSTERREICH
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ROMÂNIA
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Comerciale
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