CELEX: 41976D0909
Language: en
Date: 1976-12-13 00:00:00
Title: Decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community, meeting within the Council, of 13 December 1976 opening tariff preferences for certain steel products originating in developing countries

20.12.76                                Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 349/ 169
                                                           DECISION
             OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER
             STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY, MEETING
                                                  WITHIN THE COUNCIL,
                                                     of 13 December 1976
             opening tariff preferences for certain steel products originating in developing countries
                                                         (76/909/ECSC)
THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS                             For the particular purpose of the a'bovementioned
OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN                               calculations, the statistics referring to the year 1974,
COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY, MEETING WITHIN                           expressed in EUR, are to be considered as being ex­
THE COUNCIL,                                                       pressed in units of account of the Common Customs
                                                                   Tariff.
In agreement with the Commission,
                                                                   Imports already enjoying exemption from customs
                                                                   duties under such arrangements shall not be charged
HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :                                          against the aforementioned ceiling.
                         Article 1                                 4. Subject to Article 2, within each ceiling thus
                                                                   calculated, charges of products originating in any
1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1977, the duties                 one of the countries or territories listed in Annex B
applicable in the Community to the imports of the                  should not exceed a maximum amount equivalent to
products listed in Annex A shall be completely                     50% of this ceiling, except for the specific cases
suspended, subject to the provisions of Article 2.                 indicated in Annex A.
2. This suspension shall be enjoyed solely by                      5 . Any amendment to Annex B, in particular by
products originating in the countries and territories              the addition of new countries or territories enjoying
listed in Annex B. For the purposes of the application             tariff preferences, may entail a corresponding
of this Decision the concept of originating products               adjustment to the ceilings and maximum amounts
shall be determined in accordance with the procedure               referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4.
laid down in Article 14 of Council Regulation ( EEC)
No 802/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common
definition of the concept of the origin of goods (*).
                                                                                            Article 2
3 . Subject to Article 2, this suspension shall be                  1 . As soon as the ceilings calculated in accordance
granted generally up to t'he limit of a ceiling equal to            with the provisions of Article 1 (3 ) which are laid
the amount obtained, in respect of each category of                down for Community imports of products originating
products, by adding together, in units of account, the             in all of the countries and territories referred to in
value for 1974 of cif imports of the products con­                 Article 1 (2) are reached at Community level, the
cerned to the Community from the countries and                      Member States may at any time, at the request of
territories enjoying these arrangements, excluding                  any one of them or of the Commission and in respect
those already enjoying various preferential tariff                  of the whole of the Community, re-introduce the
arrangements granted by the nine Member States of                   levying of the corresponding duties on imports of
the Community, and 5% of the value of cif imports                   the products in question from all the countries and
in 1974 from other countries and from the countries                 territories concerned until the end of the period
and territories already enjoying such arrangements .                referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ).
                                                                   2 . As soon as the maximum amounts calculated in
O O ] No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p . 1 .                             accordance with the provisions of Article 1 (4) which
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are laid down for the Community imports of prod­               Community level on the basis of imports charged
ucts originating in each of the countries and territories      in the manner laid down in paragraphs 1 and 2.
referred to in Article 1 (2) and (3 ) are reached foi
any one of these countries or territories at Commu­
nity level, the Member States may at any time, at                                     Article 4
the request of any of them and in respect of the
whole of the Community, re-introduce the levying               Member States, in close cooperation with the Com­
of the corresponding duties on imports of the                  mission, shall take all necessary measures to ensure
products in question from the country or territory             that the above provisions are applied.
concerned until the end of the period referred to in
Article 1 ( 1 ).                                                                      Article 5
                                                               Member      States  shall   inform   the   Commission
                        Article 3
                                                               periodically of imports of the products in question
                                                               charged against the ceilings and maximum amounts
1 . Imports of the said goods shall be charged against         laid down in Article 1 (3 ) and (4).
the ceilings and maximum amounts as and when
they are entered for home use, on the basis of the
customs value of the said goods, and are                                              Article 6
accompanied by a certificate of origin in accordance
 with the rules referred to in Article 1 (2).                  The Member States shall take all measures necessary
                                                               for the implementation of this Decision.
2. Goods may be charged against a ceiling or maxi­
 mum amount only if the certificate of origin                   Done at Brussels, 13 December 1976.
 mentioned in paragraph 1 is presented before the
 date on which the levying of <duties is re-introduced.
                                                                                                      The President
 3 . The extent to which ceilings and maximum
 amounts have been used up shall be recorded at                                                     M. van der STOEL
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                                                                    ANNEX A
            List of products in respect of which the Common Customs Tariff duties arc completely suspended
                    under the generalized tariff preferences granted to developing countries and territories
                   CCT
                  heading                                                    Description
                    No
                 73.07 i1)        Blooms, billets , slabs and sheet bars (including tinplate bars), of iron or steel ;
                                  pieces roughly shaped by forging, of iron or steel :
                                  A. Blooms and billets :
                                      I. Rolled
                                  B. Slabs and sheet bars (including tinplate bars) :
                                      I. Rolled
                 73.09            Universal plates of iron or steel
                  73.1 1 (V)      Angles, shapes and sections , of iron or steel , hot-rolled , forged , extruded , cold­
                                   formcd or cold-finished ; sheet piling of iron or steel, whether or not drilled,
                                  punched or made from assembled elements :
                                  A. Angles, shapes and sections :
                                         I. Not further worked than hot-rolled or extruded
                                       IV. Clad or surface-worked (for example, polished , coated) :
                                            a) Not further worked than clad :
                                                1.  Hot-rolled or extruded
                                  B. Sheet piling
                 73.12            Hoop and strip , of iron or steel , hot-rolled or cold-rolled :
                                  A. Not further worked than hot-rolled
                                  B. Not further worked than cold-rolled :
                                         I. In coils for the manufacture of tinplate
                                   C. Clad , coated or otherwise surface-treated :
                                      III . Tinned :
                                            a) Tinplate
                                         V. Other (for example, copper-plated, artificially oxidized , lacquered,
                                            nickel-plated, varnished, clad, parkerized, printed) :
                                            a ) Not further worked than clad :
                                                1 . Hot-rolled
             (M tor products covered by heading No 73.07, the ceiling referred to in Article 1 ( 3 ) has been lowered to (•>     000 u.a .
             (^) For products covered by heading No 73.11 and with respect to Yugoslavia , the maximum amount referred to in Article
                 1 (4) has been lowered to 594 150 u.a .
             (3) For products covered by heading No 73.11 , the ceiling referred to in Article 1 ( 3 ) has been lowered to 3 % I 000 u.a .
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                CCT
               heading                                                     Description
                 No
              73.15 ( )        Alloy steel and high carbon steel in the forms mentioned in heading Nos 73.06
                               to 73.14 :
                               A. High carbon steel :
                                       I. Ingots, blooms, billets, slabs and sheet bars :
                                           b) Other :
                                               2. Blooms, billets , slabs and sheet bars
                                    III. Coils for re-rolling
                                    IV. Universal plates
                                      V. Bars and rods (including wire rod) and hollow mining drill steel ; angles,
                                           shapes and sections :
                                           b) Not further worked than hot-rolled or extruded
                                         ' d) Clad or surface-worked (for example, polished, coated):
                                               1 . Not further worked than clad :
                                                    aa) Hot-rolled or extruded
                                    VI. Hoop and strip :
                                           a) Not further worked than hot-rolled
                                           c) Clad , coated or otherwise surface-treated :
                                               1 . Not further worked than clad :
                                                    aa) Hot-rolled
                                    VII. Sheets and plates :
                                           a) Not further worked than hot-rolled
                                           b) Not further worked than cold-rolled, of a thickness of :
                                               2 . Less than 3 mm
                                           c) Polished , clad , coated or otherwise surface-treated
                                           d) Otherwise shaped or worked :
                                               1 . Cut into shapes other than rectangular shapes, but not further
                                                    worked
                                B. Alloy steel :
                                        1. Ingots, blooms, billets, slabs and sheet bars :
                                           b) Other :
                                               2. Blooms , billets , slabs and sheet bars
                                     III. Coils for re-rolling
                                     IV. Universal plates
                                      V. Bars and rods (including wire rod) and hollow mining drill steel ; angles,
                                           shapes and sections :
                                           b) Not further worked than hot-rolled or extruded
                                           d) Clad or surface-worked (for example, polished, coated):
                                                1 . Not further worked than clad :
                                                    aa) Hot-rolled or extruded
                                     VI. Hoop and strip :
                                            a) Not further worked than hot-rolled
                                           c) Clad , coated or otherwise surface-treated :
                                                1 . Not further worked than clad :
                                                    aa) Hot-rolled
                                    VII. Sheets and plates :
                                            a) 'Electrical' sheets and plates
           0) For products covered by heading No 73.15 , the ceiling referred to in Article 1 (3 ) has been lowered to 12 224 000 u.a .
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              CCT
             heading                                         Description
               No
             73.15 (*)           b) Other sheets and plates :
            (cont'd)                1 . Not further worked than hot-rolled
                                    2. Not further worked than cold-rolled, of a thickness of :
                                        bb) Less than 3 mm
                                    3 . Polished , clad , coated or otherwise surface-treated
                                    4. Otherwise shaped or worked :
                                         aa) Cut into shapes other than rectangular shapes, but not
                                             further worked
            73.16      Railway and tramway track construction material of iron or steel , the following :
                       rails, chéck-rails, switch blades, crossings (or frogs), crossing pieces, point rods,
                       rack rails, sleepers, fish-plates, chairs, chair-wedges, sole plates (base plates),
                       rail clips, bedplates, ties, and other material specialized for joining or fixing
                       rails :
                       A. Rails :
                           II. Other
                       B. Check-rails
                       C. Sleepers
                       D. Fish-plates and sole plates :
                           I. Rolled
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                                                       ANNEX B
                   List of developing countries and territories enjoying generalized tariff preferences
                                           I. INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES
Afghanistan                               Guyana                                    Philippines
Algeria                                   Haiti                                     Qatar
Angola                                    Honduras                                  Rwanda
Argentina                                 India                                     Sao Tome and Principe
Bahamas                                   Indonesia                                 Saudi Arabia
Bahrain                                   Iran
                                                                                    Senegal
Bangladesh                                Iraq                                      Seychelles
Barbados                                  Ivory Coast                               Sierra Leone
Bénin                                     Jamaica                                   Singapore
Bhutan                                    Jordan                                    Somalia
Bolivia                                   Kenya                                     Sri Lanka
Botswana                                  Khmer Republic                            Sudan
Brazil                                    Korea (South )                            Surinam
Burma                                     Kuwait
                                                                                    Swaziland
                                          Laos
Burundi                                                                             Syria
                                          Lebanon
Cameroon                                                                            Tanzania
                                          Lesotho
Cape Verde Islands                                                                  Thailand
                                          Liberia
Central African Republic                                                            Togo
Chad                                      Libya
                                                                                    Tonga
Chile                                     Malagasy Republic
                                                                                    Trinidad and Tobago
Colombia                                  Malawi
                                                                                    Tunisia
Comoros                                   Malaysia
                                                                                    Uganda
                                          Maldive Islands
Congo, People's Republic of                                                         United Arab Emirates :
Costa Rica
                                          Mali
                                                                                          Abu Dhabi
Cuba                                      Mauritania                                      Dubai
                                          Mauritius                                       Ras al Khaimah
Cyprus
                                          Mexico                                          Fujairah
Dominican Republic
Ecuador                                   Morocco                                         Ajman
Egypt, Arab Republic of                   Mozambique                                      Sharjah
El Salvador                               Nauru                                           Ummal Qaiwain
                                                                                    Upper Volta
Equatorial Guinea                         Nepal
                                                                                    Uruguay
Ethiopia                                  Nicaragua
                                                                                    Venezuela
Fiji                                      Niger
                                                                                    Vietnam
Gabon                                     Nigeria
                                                                                    Western Samoa
Gambia                                    Oman
                                                                                    Yemen, People's Democratic
Ghana                                     Pakistan                                  Republic of
Grenada                                   Panama                                    Yemen Arab Republic
Guatemala                                 Papua New Guinea                          Yugoslavia
Guinea                                    Paraguay                                   Zaire
Guinea Bissau                             Peru                                      Zambia
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                                                 II. COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES
             dependent or administered, or for whose external relations Member States of the Community
                                          or third countries are wholly or partly responsible
             Afars and Issas (Territory of the)
             Australian Antarctic Territory
             Belize
             Bermuda
             British Antarctic Territory
             British Indian Ocean Territory (A)dabra, Farquhar, Chagos Archipelago, Desroches)
             British Pacific Ocean (*)
            Brunei
             Cayman Islands and Dependencies
             Christmas Island
             Cocos (Keeling) Islands
             Corn Islands and Swan Islands
             Falkland Islands and Dependencies
             French Polynesia
             French Southern and Antarctic Territories
            Gibraltar
            Heard Island and McDonald Islands
            Hong Kong
            Leeward Islands (2)
             Macao
            Mayotte
            Netherlands Antilles
            New Caledonia and Dependencies
            Norfolk Island
            Pacific Islands administered by the United States of America or under United States trusteeship (s)
            Portuguese Timor
            St Helena (including Ascension, Gough Island, and Tristan da Cunha)
            Spanish territories in Africa
            Territories for which New Zealand is responsible (Cook Islands, Niue Island, Tokelau Islands
                 and Ross Dependency)
            Turks and Caicos Islands
            Virgin Islands of the United States (St Croix, St Thomas, St John, etc.)
            Wallis and Futuna Islands
            Windward Islands (4)
            Note: The above lists may be amended subsequently to take account of changes in the inter­
                      national status of countries or territories.
           (*) Gilbert Islands, Tuvalu, British Solomon Islands, New Hebrides Condominium, and Pitcairn Islands.
            (*) Antigua, Montserrat, St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, British Virgin Islands.
            (') The Pacific Islands administered by the United States of America include: Guam, American Samoa (including
                Swain's Island), Midway Islands, Johnston and Sand Islands, Wake Island and the Trust Territory of the Pacific
                Islands (the Caroline, Marianas and Marshall Islands).
           (*) Dominica, St Lucia. St Vincent,