CELEX: 41972D0433
Language: en
Date: 1972-12-19 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 19 December 1972 of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community, meeting in Council, opening tariff preferences for certain steel products originating in developing countries

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                                                    COUNCIL DECISION
                                                     of 19 December 1972
             of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal
             and Steel Community, meeting in Council, opening tariff preferences for certain steel
                                         products originating in developing countries
                                                         (72/433/ECSC)
THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS                              4. Subject to the provisions of Article 2 and within
OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN
                                                                    each ceiling thus calculated, charges of products orig­
COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY , MEETING IN
COUNCIL ,                                                           inating in any one of the countries or territories afore­
                                                                    mentioned should not exceed a maximum amount
                                                                    equivalent to 50% of this ceiling.
In agreement with the Commission,
                                                                    5 . Any amendment to Annex B , in particular by the
                                                                    addition of new countries or territories enjoying tariff
HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :                                           preferences, shall entail a corresponding adjustment
                                                                    to the ceilings and maximum amounts referred to in
                                                                    paragraphs 3 and 4.
                         A ', -tide 1
                                                                                            Article 2
1 . From 1 January to 21 December 1973 , the duties
applicable in the Community to the imports of the                   1 . As soon as the ceilings calculated in accordance
products listed in Annex A shall be totally suspended,              with the provisions of Article 1 (3), which are laid
subject to the provisions of Article 2.                             down for Community imports of products originating
                                                                    in all of the countries and territories referred to in
2. This suspension shall be enjoyed solely by products              Article 1 (2), are reached at Community level, the
originating in the countries and territories listed in              Member States may at any time, at the request of any
Annex B. For the purposes of the application of this                one of them or of the Commission and in respect of
Decision, the concept of originating products shall be              the whole of the Community, reintroduce the levying
determined in accordarce with the procedure laid                    of the corresponding duties on imports of the products
down in Article 1^ of Council Regulation (EEC) No                   in question from all the countries and territories con­
802/68 (x) of 27 June 1958 on the common definition                 cerned until the end of the period referred to in Article
of the concept of the origin of goods.                               1 (1 ).
3 . This suspension shall be granted within a ceiling                2 . As soon as the maximum amounts calculated in
which shall be equal to the amount obtained, in res­                 accordance with the provisions of Article 1 (4), which
pect of each category of products, by adding together,               are laid down for Community imports of products
in units of account, the value for 1968 of c.i.f. imports            originating in each of the countries and territories
of the products concerned to the Community from the                  referred to in Article 1 (2) and (3), are reached for
countries and territories aforementioned, excluding                  any one of these countries or territories at Community
those already enjoying various preferential tariff ar­               level, the Member States may at any time, at the request
rangements granted by the six Member States of the                   of any one of them and in respect of the whole of the
European Coal and Steel Community, and 5% of the                     Community, reintroduce the levying of the corres­
value of c.i.f. imports i.i 1970 from other countries                ponding duties on imports of the products in question
and from the countries and territories already enjoying              from the country ot territory concerned until the end
such arrangements.                                                   of the period referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ).
 Imports already enjoying exemption from customs                                            Article 3
 duties under such arrangements shall not be charged
 against the aforementioned ceiling.                                 1 . The Member States shall charge imports of the
                                                                     products in question against the ceilings and maxi­
                                                                     mum amounts as and when they are presented for
                                                                     customs clearance under cover of declarations that
 (2) OJ No L 14S , 28.6.1 963 , p . 1 .                              they have been entered into consumption and on the
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basis of the customs value of the products concerned.         ally charged against the ceilings and maximum amounts
                                                              laid down in Article 1 (3) and (4).
2. The extent to which ceilings and maximum amounts
have been used up shall be recorded at Community
level on the basis of the imports charged in the con­                                 Article 6
ditions defined in paragraph 1 .
                                                              The Member States shall take all measures necessary
                       Article 4                              for the implementation of this Decision.
Member States , in close cooperation with the Com­
mission, shall take all necessary measures to ensure
that the above provisions are applied .                       Done at Brussels , 19 December 1972 .
                       Article 5
                                                                                                    For the Council
Member States shall inform the Commission at regular                                                 The President
intervals of imports of the products in question actu­                                             T. WESTERTERP
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                                                    ANNEX A
List of products in respect of which the Common Customs Tariff duties are totally suspended
in the context of the Generalized Tariff Preferences for 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 : (J)
                   A. Blooms and billets :
               j       I. Rolled (ECSC)
               !   B. Slabs and sheet bars (including tinplate bars) :
              s        I. Rolled (ECSC)
     73.09 I       Universal plates of iron or steel (ECSC)
     73.12 !       Hoop and strip, of iron or steel, hot-rolled or cold-rolled :
              ! A. Not further worked than hot-rolled (ECSC)
              J    B. Not further worked than cold-rrolled :
              !        I. In coils for the manufacture of tinplate (a) (ECSC)
              j C. Clad, coated or otherwise surface-treated:
              I        III. Tinned :
              !              a) Tinplate (ECSC)
              !         V. Other (for example, copper-plated, artificially oxidized ; lacquered, nickel­
              !              plated, varnished, clad, parkerized, printed):
              !              a) Not further worked than clad :
              j                  1. Hot-rolled (ECSC)
     "3.15 !       Alloy steel and high carbon steel in the forms mentioned in headings Nos 73.06
              j to 73.14:
              1    A. High carbon steel :
                          I. Ingots , blooms , billets, slabs and sheet bars :
              I              b) Other
                                 2. Blooms, billets, slabs and sheet bars (ECSC)
                        III. Coils for re-rolling (ECSC)
                        IV. Universal plates (ECSC)
                         V. Bars and rods (including wire rod) and hollow mining drill steel ; anglesj
                             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 (ECSC)
( 1) By way of derogation from the rule in Article 1 (3 ), a fixed maximum of 5 000000 u.a is imposed on products
     falling with this heading .
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      CCT
     heading                                             Description
       No
     73.15          VI. Hoop and strip :
    Ccont'd)              a) Not further worked than hot-rolled (ECSC)
                          c) Clad ; coated or otherwise surface-treated :
                              1 . Not further worked than clad :
                                   (aa) Hot-rolled (ECSC)
                  VII . Sheets and plates :
                         a ) Not further worked than hot-rolled (ECSC)
                          b) Not further worked than cold-rolled , of a thickness of :
                             2. Less than 3 mm (ECSC)
                         c) Polished , clad , coated or otherwise surface-treated (ECSC)
                         d) Otherwise shaped or worked :
                             1 . Cut into shapes other than rectangular shapes, but not further
                                  worked (ECSC)
             B. Alloy steel :
                      T. Ingots , blooms , billets , slabs and sheet bars :
                             Other :
                             2 . Blooms , billets , slabs and sheet bars (ECSC)
                   III. Coils for re-rolling (ECSC)
                   IV . Universal plates (ECSC)
                     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 (ECSC)
                   VI . Hoop and strip :
                         a) Not further worked than hot-rolled (ECSC)
                         c) Clad , coated or otherwise surface-treated :
                             1 . Not further worked than clad :
                                  aa ) Hot-rolled ( ECSC)
                  VII . Sheets and plates :
                         a) 'Electrical' sheets and plates
                         b) Other sheets and plates :
                             1 . Not further worked than hot-rolled (ECSC)
                             2 . Not further worked than cold-rolled , of a thickness of :
                                  bb ) Less than 3 mm (ECSC)
                             3 . Polished, clad, coated or otherwise surgace-treated (ECSC)
                             4. Otherwise shaped or worked :
                                  aa) Cut into shapes other than rectangular shapes, but not further
                                  worked (ECSC)
    73.16    Railway and tramway track construction material 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 :
                 II . Other
             B. Check-rails (ECSC)
             V. Sleepers (ECSC)
             D. Fish-plates and sole plates :
                 I. Rolled
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                                                       ANNEX B
             List of developing countries and territories benefiting under the Generalized Tariff Preferences
                                             INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES
Afghanistan                             Honduras                                 Qatar
Algeria                                 India                                   Rwanda
Argentina                               Indonesia                               Saudi Arabia
Bahrain                                 Iran                                     Senegal
Bangladesh                              Iraq                                     Sierra Leone
Barbados                                Ivory Coast                              Singapore
Bhutan                                  Jamaica                                  Somalia •
Bolivia                                 Jordan                                   South Vietnam
Botswana                                Kenya                                    Southern Yemen
Brazil                                  Khmer Republic                           Sri Lanka
Burma                                   Korea , Republic of (South Korea)        Sudan
Burundi                                 Kuwait                                   Swaziland
Cameroun                                Laos                                     Syria
Central African Republic                Lebanon                                  Tanzania
Chad                                    Lesotho                                  Thailand
Chile                                   Liberia                                  Togo .
Colombia                                Libya                                    Tonga
Congo, People's Republic of             Malagasy Republic                        Trinidad and Tobago
Costa Rica                              Malawi                                   Tunisia
Cuba                                     Malaysia                                Uganda
Cyprus                                   Maldive Islands                         Union of Arab Emirates :
Dahomev                                  Mali                                         Abu Dhabi
Dominican Republic                       Mauritania                                   Dubai
Ecuador                                  Mauritius                                    Ras al Khaimah
Egypt, Arab Republic of                  Mexico                                       Sharjah
El Salvador                              Morocco                                      Ajman
Equatorial Guinea                        Nauru                                        Umm al Qaiwain
Ethiopia                                 Nepal                                        Fujairah
Fiji                                     Nicaragua                               Upper Volta
Gabon                                    Niger                                   Uruguay
Gambia                                   Nigeria, Federal Republic of            Venezuela
Ghana                                    Pakistan                                Western Samoa
Guatemala                                Panama                                  Yemen
Guinea , Republic of                     Paraguay                                Yugoslavia
Guyana                                   Peru                                    Zaire, Democratic Republic of
Haiti                                    Philippines                             Zambia
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                                            COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES
    dependent or administered, or for the conduct of whose external affairs Member States of the
                        Community or third countries are wholly or partly responsible
    Afars and Issas (Territory of the)
    Angola (including Cabinda)
    Bahamas
     Bermuda
    British Honduras
    British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago, Des Roches)
    British Oceania (Territories under the jurisdiction of the Western Pacific High Commission) (x)
    Brunei
    Cape Verde Islands
    Cayman Islands and Dependencies
    Comoro Archipelago
    Cook Islands
    Falkland Islands (Malvinas) and Dependencies
    French Polynesia
    French Southern and Antarctic Territories
    Gibraltar
    Hong Kong
    Macao
    Mozambique
    Netherlands Antilles
    New Caledonia and Dependencies                                          %
    New Guinea (Australian) and Papua
    Pacific Islands administered by the United States of America or under United States trusteeship (2)
    Papua (see Australian New Guinea )
    Portuguese Guinea -
    Portuguese Timor
    St Helena (including Ascension , Gough Island, and Tristan da Cunha)
    Saint Pierre and Miquelon
    Sao Tomé and Principe
    Seychelles (including Amirantes)
    Sikkim
    Spanish territory in Africa
    Surinam
    Territories for which New Zealand is responsible (Niuwe Island, Tokelau Islands)
    Turks and Caicos Islands
    Virgin Islands of the United States (St Croix, St Thomas, St John etc.)
    Wallis and Futuna Islands
    West Indies (3)
    Note : The above lists may be amended subsequently to take account of changes in the inter­
              national status of countries or territories .
    (*) Gilbert and Ellice Islands, British Solomon Islands, New Hebrides, Condominium, Canton , Enderbury and Pitcairn
        Islands .
    O 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, Mariana and Marshall Islands).
    (®) Leeward Islands, Antigua, Montserrat, St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Windward Islands, Dominica ,
        Grenada , St Lucia . St Vincent.