CELEX: 41974D0596
Language: en
Date: 1974-12-02 00:00:00
Title: Decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community, meeting in Council of 2 December 1974 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for certain steel products originating in developing countries

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                                                  COUNCIL
                                                        DECISION
                  OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER
             STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY, MEETING IN
                                                        COUNCIL
                                                   of 2 December 1974
              opening, allocating and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for certain
                                    steel products originating in developing countries
                                                      (74/596/ECSC)
 THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS                          June 1968 on the common definition of the concept
 OF THE     MEMBER STATES          OF THE EUROPEAN               of the origin of goods.
 COAL AND      STEEL COMMUNITY, MEETING IN
 COUNCIL,
                                                                 3 . The amount to be charged in respect of each
                                                                 country or territory referred to in paragraph 2
 In agreement with the Commission,                               against each of the tariff quota amounts indicated
                                                                 in column 5 of Annex A shall be limited to the
 HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :                                       maximum amount given as a percentage in column
                                                                 4 of Annex A against each category of products .
                         Article 1
 1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1975 the duties               4 . Any amendment to Annex B, in particular by the
 applicable in all customs areas of the Community                addition of new countries or territories enjoying tariff
 to the products listed in Annex A shall be com­                 preferences , may entail a corresponding adjustment
 pletely suspended within the framework of Com­                  to the maximum amounts expressed as percentages
 munity tariff ceilings of amounts which shall be ex­            laid down in colum 4 of Annex A and to the tariff
 pressed in units of account and which shall be indi­            ceilings and quotas laid down respectively in columns
 cated against each product in column 3 of that                  3 and 5 of Annex A.
 Annex .
                                                                                          Article 2
 2. These tariff ceilings shall be enjoyed solely by
 products originating in the countries and territories            1 . The Member States shall administer their tariff
 listed in Annex B. However, those imports which                  quotas in accordance with their own provisions in
 already enjoy exemption from customs duties under                this respect.
 other preferential tariff arrangements granted by the
 nine Member States of the Community may not be                   2 . The extent to which a Member State used up its
 charged against these tariff quotas. For the purposes            share shall be determined on the basis of imports of
 of the application of this Decision, the concept of              the said goods which have been entered for home
 originating products shall be determined in accord­
 ance with the procedure laid down in Article 14
 of Council Regulation (EEC ) No 802/68 ( l ) of 27               0 OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 1 .
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use, on the basis of the customs value of the said           quences of such a situation (with regard to the aggre­
goods, and which are accompanied by a certificate            gate appearing in column 3 of Annex A) shall be
of origin in accordance with the rules referred to           jointly examined immediately.
in Article 1 ( 2).
                                                                                    Article 4
3 . Goods may be imported under the tariff quota
only if the certificate of origin mentioned in para­         Member States shall      inform the Commission          at
graph 2 is presented before the date on which cus­           regular intervals of imports of the products in
toms duties are re-introduced .                              question actually charged against their quotas.
                                                                                    Article 5
                        Article 3
                                                             Member States, in close cooperation with the Com­
Each Member State shall re-introduce the levying of          mission, shall take all necessary measures to ensure
duties which have been suspended in respect of a             that the above provisions are applied.
country or territory mentioned in Annex B as soon
as it records that the charges against its national                                 Article 6
quota of the products concerned originating in such
country or territory have reached the maximum                The Member States shall take all measures necessary
amount aid down in column 4 of Annex A.                      for the implementation of this Decision.
Such re-introduction shall be notified immediately to
the Commission, which shall inform the other Mem­            Done at Brussels, 2 December 1974 .
ber States forthwith . At the request of a Member
State or of the Commission , the possible conse­                                             The President
                                                                                        J. SAUVAGNARGUES
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                                                                ANNEX A
             List of products subject to zero-duty traiff ceilings under the generalized tariff preferences granted
                                                   to developing countries and territories
                                                                                           Maximum
                                                                                             amount
       CCT                                                                      Aggregate                 Volume of shares allocated to
     heading                                Description                        of column 5 per country
                                                                                               and            Member States in u.a .
        No                                                                        in u.a .
                                                                                            territory
                                                                                               (% )
        (1)                                      (2)                                 3)         4                      5
      73.08       Iron or steel coils for re-rolling                           11 516 000      50      Germany                3  166 900
                                                                                                       Benelux                1  209 180
                                                                                                       France                 2  188 040
                                                                                                       Italy                  1  727 400
                                                                                                       Denmark                   575 800
                                                                                                       Ireland                   115 160
                                                                                                       United Kingdom         2 533 520
       3.10       Bars and rods (including wire rod), of iron or                 7 137 000      50     Germany                1 962  675
                  steel , hot-rolled, forged , extruded, cold-formed                                   Benelux                   749 385
                  or cold-finished (including precision-made) ;                                        France                 1 356  030
                  hollow mining drill steel :                                                          Italy                  1 070  550
                                                                                                       Denmark                   356 850
                  A. Not further worked than                hot-rolled  or                             Ireland                    71 370
                      extruded                                                                         Linited Kingdom        1 570  140
                  D. Clad or surface-worked (for example, pol­
                      ished , coated) :
                      I.    Not further worked than clad :
                            a ) Hot-rolled or extruded
      73.13       Sheets and plates , of iron or steel , hot-rolled or         22 324 000       30     Germany                6  139  100
                  cold-rolled :                                                                        Benelux                2  344 020
                                                                                                       France                 4  241 560
                  A. ' Electrical' sheets and plates :                                                  Italy                 3  348  600
                                                                                                        Denmark                1 116 200
                  B. Other sheets and plates :                                                          Ireland                  223 240
                         I. Not further worked than hot-rolled                                          United Kingdom        4 911  280
                        II . Not further worked than cold-rolled , of
                              a thickness of :
                              b) More than 1 mm but less than 3 mm
                              c) 1 mm or less
                      III . Not further worked than burnished ,
                              polished or glazed
                      IV. Clad , coated or otherwise surface­
                              treated :
                               b ) Tinned
                              c) Zinc-coated or lead-coated
                               d ) Other (for example, copper-plated
                                   artificially oxidized lacquered, nickel­
                                   plated , varnished , clad parkerized ,
                                   printed )
                        V. Otherwise shaped or worked :
                               a ) Cut into shapes other than rectangu­
                                   lar shapes, but not further worked :
                                   2.   Other
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                                                          ANNEX B
                   List of developing countries and territories enjoying generalized tariff preferences
                                              INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES
Afghanistan                                Honduras                                 Qatar
Algeria                                    India                                    Rwanda
Argentina                                  Indonesia                                Saudi Arabia
Bahamas                                    Iran                                     Senegal
Bahrain                                    Iraq                                     Sierra Leone
Bangladesh                                 Ivory Coast                              Singapore
Barbados                                   Jamaica                                  Somalia
Bhutan                                     Jordan                                   Sri Lanka
Bolivia                                    Kenya                                    Sudan
Botswana                                   Khmer Republic                           Swaziland
Brazil                                     Korea ( South)                           Syria
Burma                                      Kuwait                                   Tanzania
Burundi                                    Laos                                     Thailand
Cameroon                                   Lebanon                                  Togo
Central African Republic                   Lesotho                                  Tonga
Chad                                       Liberia                                  Trinidad and Tobago
Chile                                      Libya                                    Tunisia
Colombia                                   Malagasy Republic                        Uganda
Congo, People's Republic of                Malawi                                   United Arab Emirates :
Costa Rica                                 Malaysia                                      Abu Dhabi
Cuba                                       Maldive Islands                               Dubai
Cyprus                                     Mali                                          Ras al Khaimah
Dahomey                                    Mauritania                                    Fujairah
Dominican Republic                       , Mauritius                                     Ajman
Ecuador                                    Mexico                                        Sharjah
Egypt, Arab Republic of                    Morocco                                       Ummal Qaiwain
El Salvador                                Nauru                                    Upper Volta
Equatorial Guinea                          Nepal                                    Uruguay
Ethiopia                                   Nicaragua                                Venezuela
Fiji                                       Niger                                    Vietnam , Republic of
Gabon                                      Nigeria                                  Western Samoa
Gambia                                     Oman                                     Yemen , People's Democratic
Ghana                                      Pakistan                                 Republic of
Guatemala                                  Panama                                   Yemen Arab Republic
Guinea                                     Paraguay                                 Yugoslavia
Guyana                                     Peru                                     Zaïre
Haiti                                      Philippines                              Zambia
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                                                  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)
           Angola (including Cabinda)
           Australian Antarctic Territory
           Belize
           Bermuda
           British Antarctic Territory
           British Indian Ocean Territory ( Aldabra , Farquhar, Chagos Archipelago, Des Roches)
           British Pacific Ocean (*)
           Brunei
           Cape Verde Islands
           Cayman Islands and Dependencies
           Christmas Island
           Cocos (Keeling) Islands
           Comoro Archipelago
           Corn Islands and Swan Islands
           Falkland Islands and Dependencies
           French Polynesia
           French Southern and Antarctic Territories
           Gibraltar
           Heard Island and MacDonald Islands
           Hong Kong
           Leeward Islands (2)
           Macao
           Mozambique
           Netherlands Antilles
           New Caledonia and Dependencies
           Norfolk Islands
           Pacific Islands administered by the United States of America or under United States trusteeship (3 )
           Papua-New Guinea
           Portuguese Guinea
           Portuguese Timor
           St Helena (including Ascension, Gough Island, and Tristan da Cunha)
           Saint Pierre and Miquelon
           Sao Tome and Principe
           Seychelles (including Amirantes)
           Sikkim
           Spanish territories in Africa
           Surinam
           Territories for which New Zealand is responsible ( Cook Islands, Niuwe Island , Tokelau Islands
                and Ross Dependency)
           Turks and Caocos 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 .
           I1) Gilbert and Fllice Islands , British Solomon Islands, New Hebrides Condominium , and Pitcairn Islands.
           (2) Antigua , Montserrat , St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla , British Virgin Islands.
           (3) 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 ).
           (4) Dominica, Grenada, St Lucia , St Vincent .