CELEX: 41977D0769
Language: en
Date: 1977-11-28 00:00:00
Title: 77/769/ECSC: Decision of the representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community, meeting within the Council, of 28 November 1977 opening tariff preferences for certain steel products originating in developing countries

19 , 12 . 77                           Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 324/ 155
                                                           DECISION
               OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES
               OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY, MEETING WITHIN THE
                                                           COUNCIL,
                                                      of 28 November 1977
                  opening tariff preferences for certain steel products originating in developing countries
                                                         (77/769/ECSC)
 THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF                          4. Subject to Article 2, within each ceiling thus calcu­
 THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND                         lated, charges of products originating in any one of the
 STEEL COMMUNITY, MEETING WITHIN THE COUN­                          countries or territories listed in Annex B should not
 CIL,
                                                                    exceed a maximum amount equivalent to 50% of this
                                                                    ceiling, except for the specific cases indicated in Annex
In agreement with the Commission,                                   A.
  HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                                                    5 . Any amendment to Annex B, in particular by the
                                                                    addition of new countries or territories enjoying tariff
                                                                    preferences, may entail a corresponding adjustment to
                            Article 1                               the ceilings and maximum amounts referred to in
                                                                    paragraphs 3 and 4 .
 1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1978 , the duties
 applicable in the Community to the imports of the
 products listed in Annex A shall be completely sus­
pended, subject to the provisions of Article 2 .                                             Article 2
 2. This suspension shall be enjoyed solely by products
 originating in the countries and territories listed in            1 . As soon as the ceilings calculated in accordance
 Annex B. For the purposes of the application of this              with the provisions of Article 1 (3 ) which are laid down
 Decision the concept of originating products shall be             for Community imports of products originating in all of
 determined in accordance with the procedure laid down             the countries and territories referred to in Article 1 (2)
 in Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 802/68               are reached at Community level, the Member States
 of 27 June 1968 on the common definition of the con­              may at any time, at the request of any one of them or of
 cept of the origin of goods (*).                                  the Commission and in respect of the whole of the
                                                                   Community, re-introduce the levying of the correspond­
 3 . Subject to Article 2, this suspension shall be granted        ing duties on imports of the products in question from
                                                                   all the countries and territories concerned until the end
 generally up to the limit of a ceiling equal to the amount
 obtained, in respect of each category of products, by             of the period referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ).
 adding together, in units of account, the value for 1971
 of cif imports of the products concerned to the Com­               2.  As soon as the maximum amounts calculated in
munity from the countries and territories enjoying these            accordance with the provisions of Article 1 (4) which
 arrangements, excluding those already enjoying various             are laid down for the Community imports of products
preferential tariff arrangements granted by the nine                originating in each of the countries and territories refer­
Member States of the Community, and 5% of the value                 red to in Article 1 (2 ) and (3 ) are reached for any one of
of cif imports in 1974 from other countries and from                these countries or territories at Community level, the
the countries and territories already enjoying such ar­             Member States may at any time, at the request of any of
rangements.                                                         them or of the Commission and in respect of the whole
                                                                    of the Community, re-introduce the levying of the cor­
For the particular purpose of the abovementioned cal­              responding duties on imports of the products in ques­
culations, the statistics referring to the year 1974, ex­          tion from the country or territory concerned until the
pressed in EUR, are to be considered as being expressed            end of the period referred to in Article 1(1 ).
in units of acpount of the Common Customs Tariff.
                                                                   3 . Within the framework of the foregoing provisions,
Imports already enjoying exemption from customs                    the Commission shall coordinate the procedures for
duties under such arrangements shall not be charged                re-introducing normal customs duties, in particular, by
against the aforementioned ceiling.                                notifying the date common to the whole of the Com­
                                                                   munity and directly applicable in each Member State.
                                                                   This notification shall be published in the Official Jour­
(*) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 1 .                           nal of the European Communities.
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                          Article 3                                                        Article 4
                                                                 Member States, in close cooperation with the Commis­
1 . Imports of the said goods shall be charged against           sion, shall take all necessary measures to ensure that the
the ceilings and maximum amounts as and when they                above provisions are applied.
are entered for home use, on the basis of the customs
value of the said goods, and are accompanied by a cer­                                      Article 5
tificate of origin in accordance with the rules referred to
in Article 1 (2).                                                Member States shall inform the Commission period­
                                                                 ically of imports of the products in question charged
                                                                 against the ceilings and maximum amounts laid down
2. Goods may be charged against a ceiling or maxi­               in Article 1 (3 ) and (4).
 mum amount only if the certificate of origin mentioned
in paragraph 1 is presented before the date on which the                                  Article 6
levying of duties is re-introduced.
                                                                 The Member States shall take all measures necessary for
                                                                 the implementation of this Decision.
3 . The extent to which ceilings and maximum amounts             Done at Brussels, 28 November 1977 .
have been used up shall be recorded at Community level
                                                                                                         The President
on the basis of imports charged in the manner laid
down in paragraphs 1 and 2.                                                                               L. OUTERS
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                                                                          ANNEX A
             List of products in respect of which the Common Customs Tariff duties are completely suspended under .
                              the generalized tariff preferences granted to developing countries and territories
                      CCT
                     heading                                                           Description
                       No
                  73.07 (!)         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
                  73.11 ( 2 ) p )   Angles, shapes and sections, of iron or steel , hot-rolled, forged, extruded, cold­
                                    formed 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
             (') For products covered by heading No 73.07, the ceiling referred to in Article 1 ( 3 ) has been lowered to 6 899 000 u.a .
             ( 2 ) For products covered by heading No 73.1 1 and with respect to Yugoslavia, the maximum amount referred to in Article 1 (4 ) has been
                   lowered to 594 150 u.a.
             (') For products covered by heading No 73.1 1 , the ceiling referred to in Article 1 ( 3 ) has been lowered to 3 961 000 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 :
                                         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 ) ' Electrical ' sheets and plates
            C1 ) For products covered by heading No 73.15, the ceiling referred to in Article 1 (3 ) has beeh 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 rjiaterial of iron or steel , the following:
                        rails, check-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 :
                             11 . 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
 660   Afghanistan                                     . 416 Guatemala                                                          66 2 Pakistan
 208   Algeria                                           260 Guinea                                                             440 Panama
 330   Angola                                            257 Guinea Bissau                                                      801 Papua New Guinea
 528   Argentina                                         488 Guyana                                                             520 Paraguay
 453 Bahamas                                             452 Haiti                                                              504 Peru
 640 Bahrain                                             424 Honduras                                                           708 Philippines
 666 Bangladesh                                          664 India                                                              644 Qatar
 469 Barbados                                            700 Indonesia                                                          324 Rwanda
 284 Benin                                               616 Iran                                                               819 Samoa
 675 Bhutan                                              612 Iraq                                                               311 Sao Tome and Principe
 516 Bolivia                                             272 Ivory Coast                                                        632 Saudi Arabia
 391 Botswana                                            464 Jamaica                                                            248 Senegal
 508 Brazil                                              628 Jordan                                                             355 Seychelles and Dependencies
 676 Burma                                               696 Kampuchea, Democratic                                              264 Sierra Leone
 328 Burundi                                             346 Kenya                                                              706 Singapore
 302 Cameroon                                            728 Korea, Republic of                                                 342 Somalia
 247 Cape Verde Islands                                  636 Kuwait                                                             669 Sri Lanka
 306 Central African Empire                              684 Laos                                                                224 Sudan
 244 Chad                                                604 Lebanon                                                            492 Surinam
 512 Chile                                               395 Lesotho                                                            393 Swaziland
480 Colombia                                             268 Liberia                                                             608 Syria
 375 Comoros                                             216 Libya                                                               352 Tanzania
 318 Congo, People's Republic of                         370 Madagascar                                                          680 Thailand
436 Costa Rica                                           386 Malawi                                                              280 Togo
448 Cuba                                                 701 Malaysia                                                            817 Tonga
600 Cyprus                                               667 Maldive Islands                                                     472 Trinidad and Tobago
338 Djibouti                                             232 Mali                                                                212 Tunisia
456 Dominican Republic                                   228 Mauritania                                                          350 Uganda
500 Ecuador                                              373 Mauritius                                                           647 United Arab Emirates
220 Egypt                                                412 Mexico                                                              236 Upper Volta
428 El Salvador                                          204 Morocco                                                             524 Uruguay
310 Equatorial Guinea                                    366 Mozambique                                                          484 Venezuela
334 Ethiopia                                             803 Nauru                                                               690 Vietnam
815 Fiji                                                 672   Nepal                                                             652 Yemen
314 Gabon                                                432   Nicaragua                                                         656 Yemen, Democratic
252 Gambia                                               240   Niger                                                             048 Yugoslavia
276 Ghana                                                288   Nigeria                                                           322 Zaire
473 Grenada                                              649 Oman                                                                378 Zambia
( ) The code number preceding the name of each beneficiary country or territory is that given in 'Geonomenclature 1977*, published by the Statistical Office of the European
    Communities.
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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
              890 Australian Antarctic Territory
              421 Belize
              413 Bermuda
              890 British Antarctic Territory
              357 British Indian Ocean Territory
              812 British Pacific Ocean
              703 Brunei
              202 Canary Islands
              463 Cayman Islands and Dependencies
              205 Ceuta and Melilla
              802 Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Norfolk Island
              529 Falkland Islands and Dependencies
              822 French Polynesia
              890 French Southern and Antarctic Territories
              044 Gibraltar
              740 Hong Kong
              743 Macao
              377 Mayotte
             476 Netherlands Antilles
              809 New Caledonia and Dependencies
              808 Pacific Islands administered by the United States of America or under United States trusteeship ( a)
              329 St Helena and Dependencies
              814 Territories for which New Zealand is responsible (Cook Islands, Niue Island, Tokelau Islands)
             454 Turks anti Caicos Islands
             457 Virgin Islands of the United States
              811 Wallis and Futuna Islands
             471 West Indies
             Note: The above lists may be amended subsequently to take account of changes in the international
                       status of countries or territories.
             (') 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).