CELEX: 51988PC0352(04)
Language: en
Date: 1988-07-15
Title: DRAFT DECISION OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY, MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL APPLYING FOR 1989 THE GENERALIZED TARIFF PREFERENCES FOR CERTAIN STEEL PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

28. 11.88                             Official Journal of the European Communities                              No C 302/123
                  DRAFT DECISION OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS
                  OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COM-
                                    MUNITY, MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL,
                                                            of...
                  applying for 1989 the generalized tariff preferences for certain steel products originating
                                                   in developing countries
                                                       (88/C 302/04)
THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS                             origin of products adopted in accordance with the pro-
OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN                               cedure laid down in Article 14 of Regulation (EEC)
COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY, MEETING                                  No 802/68 (2) and contained in Regulation (EEC)
WITHIN THE COUNCIL,                                                No 693/88 (3).
In agreement with the Commission,
                                                                   5. The Community tariff quotas and ceilings shall be
                                                                   administered in accordance with the provisions set out
                                                                   below.
HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
                          Article 1                                                          SECTION I
1. From 1 January to 31 December 1989, the customs                       Provisions concerning the administration of the
duties applicable to the products listed in Annexes I                 Community tariff quotas relating to products listed in
and II shall be totally suspended within the framework                                        Annex I
of tariff quotas and ceilings.
                                                                                              Article 2
Spain and Portugal shall apply on the imports of prod-
ucts referred to above the customs duties established in           The total suspension of customs duties within the limits
accordance with Articles 178 and 365 of the 1985 Act of            of the Community tariff quotas referred to in Article
Accession.                                                         1 (1) shall be accorded to each country or territory
2. The arrangements provided for in paragraph 1 shall              listed in column 4 of Annex I in respect of the products
apply solely:                                                      indicated against its name in columns 2 and 3 together
                                                                   with details in column 5 of the amount of the indivi-
— to each of the countries or territories listed in col-           dual quotas.
    umn 4 of Annex I against each category of products
    listed in columns 2 and 3,
— to each of the other countries or territories listed in                                     Article 3
    Annex III, with the exception of Romania, for the
    same categories of products,                                   1. The Member States shall administer their tariff
                                                                   quotas in accordance with their own provisions.
— to each of the countries or territories listed in
    Annex III for the other categories of products in              2. The extent to which a Member State has used up its
    Annex II,                                                      share shall be determined on the basis of imports of the
                                                                   goods in question which have been entered for free cir-
subject to observance of the concept of originating                culation, on the basis of the customs value of the said
products.                                                          goods, and which are accompanied by a certificate of
                                                                   origin in accordance with the rules referred to in
However, the Community preference arrangements                     Article 1 (4).
applicable to Yugoslavia shall result exclusively from
the provisions contained in the Agreement with that
country concerning ECSC products (').
                                                                                              Article 4
3. The preferences granted by this Decision are sus-
pended, on a temporary basis, for products originating             Each Member State shall reintroduce the levying of
in the Republic of Korea.                                          duties which have been suspended in respect of a coun-
                                                                   try or territory listed in column 4 of Annex I as soon as
4. Preferential entry as provided for in this Decision             it finds that the charges against its national quota of the
shall be subject to conformity with the definition of the          products concerned originating in that country or terri-
(') OJ No L41, 14. 2. 1983, p. 113; OJ No L 237, 27. 8. 1983,      (2) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 1.
     p. I.                                                         O OJ No L 77, 22. 3. 1988, p. 1.
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tory have reached the amount laid down in column 6 of             charged in the manner laid down in Article 8 (1) and
Annex I.                                                          (2).
                         SECTION II
                                                                                          SECTION III
      Provisions concerning the administration of the
 Community tariff ceilings relating to the products listed                             General provisions
                      in Annexes I and II
                                                                                             Article 8
                           Article 5
                                                                   1. Imports of the products in question shall be
Subject to Articles 6 and 7, the preferential tariff ceiling      charged against the quota shares and Community ceil-
arrangements shall be accorded:                                   ings as and when the products are entered for free cir-
                                                                  culation, on the basis of the customs value of the said
— for products in Annex I, to each of the countries or            products, and are accompanied by a certificate of ori-
    territories listed in Annex III, other than Romania           gin in accordance with the rules laid down in Article 1
    and those which may be listed in column 4 of                  (4).
    Annex I, within the limits of the amounts specified
    in column 7 of Annex I, against each category of
                                                                  2. For the purposes of the application of this Deci-
    products,
                                                                  sion, the rates of conversion into national currencies of
— for products in Annex II, to the countries or territo-          the value in ecu in which the preferential amounts are
    ries listed in Annex III, considered individually,            expressed shall be those fixed on 1 October 1988 and
    within the limits of a Community ceiling corres-              they shall remain in force from 1 January to 31 Decem-
    ponding to 102 % of the highest maximum amount                ber 1989 (').
    valid for 1980 under each of the preferential ceilings
    opened for that year.                                         3. An amendment to the list of beneficiaries, in parti-
                                                                  cular by the addition of new countries or territories,
                                                                  may entail a corresponding adjustment to Community
                                                                  tariff quotas or ceilings.
                           Article 6
1. As soon as the individual ceilings fixed or calcu-
lated in accordance with the provisions of Article 5,                                        Article 9
which are laid down for imports into the Community,
under the conditions which it shall determine, of prod-
ucts originating in any of the countries or territories            1. The Member States shall, within six weeks of the
referred to in Article 1 (2), are reached at Community            end of each quarter at the latest, forward to the Statisti-
level, the Member States may at any time, at the                  cal Office of the European Communities the relevant
request of any one of them or of the Commission and               statistical data for the products entered for free circula-
in respect of the whole of the Community, reintroduce             tion in the quarter concerned under generalized prefer-
                                                                  ential treatment in accordance with the provisions of
the levying of the corresponding duties on imports of
                                                                  the present Decision. This data, transmitted according
the products in question from each of the countries or
                                                                  to the codes of the combined nomenclature and, where
territories concerned until the end of the period
                                                                  applicable, of the Taric, shall show the country of ori-
referred to in Article 1(1).
                                                                  gin, value, quantity and any supplementary units as
                                                                  defined by Regulations (EEC) No 1736/75 (2) and
2. Within the framework of the foregoing provisions,              (EEC) No 3367/87 (3).
the Commission shall coordinate the procedures for
reintroducing normal customs duties, in particular by
notifying the date common to the whole of the Com-                2. However, in the case of products in Annex I sub-
munity and directly applicable in each Member State.              ject to quotas, the Member States shall, by the eleventh
This notification shall be published in the Offical Jour-         day of each month at the latest, forward to the Com-
nal of the European Communities.                                  mission the list of charges effected during the previous
                                                                  month.
3. However, paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to the
countries listed in Annex IV.                                      At the Commission's request, when the level of 75 % of
                                                                  the ceiling is reached, the Member States shall forward
                                                                  these lists of charges to the Commission every 10 days;
                           Article 7
                                                                  C1) OJNoC...
The extent to which ceilings have been used up shall be           O OJ No L 183, 14. 7. 1975, p. 3.
determined at Community level on the basis of imports             (•') OJ No L 321, 11. 11. 1987, p. 3.
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these lists shall be forwarded within five days of the                               Article 12
end of each 10-day period.
                                                              This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 1989.
                        Article 10
The Member States shall, in close cooperation with the
Commission, take all necessary measures to ensure that        Done at Brussels,...
this Decision is applied.
                        Article 11                                                                  The President
The Member States shall take all measures necessary
for the implementation of this Decision.
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                                                                           ANNEX I
                               List of products subject to zero duty Community preferential tariff quotas and ceilings (a)
                                                                                                           Community tariff quotas                Ceilings
                                                                                                                                                Individual
    Order            CN                                                                                                            Amount of    ceiling for
                    code                                Description                            Beneficiary      Individual        shares allo-   countries
     No                                                                                                                                        or territories
                                                                                              countries or    quota amount     cated to Member
                                                                                               territories        (ECU)              States     other than
                                                                                                                                    (ECU)      those under
                                                                                                                                                 column 4
                                                                                                                                                  (ECU)
     (1)             (2)                                    (3)                                    (4)              (5)               (6)           (7)
  60.0010       7207 11 19         Semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy                                                                  3 324 600
                7207 12 11         steel
                7207 12 19        — Containing by weight less than 0,25 % of
                7207 20 15             carbon
                7207 20 31                Of rectangular (including square)
                7207 20 33                cross-section, the width measuring less
                                          than twice the thickness
                                              Rolled or obtained by continuous
                                             casting
                                                 Other
                                          Other, of rectangular (other than
                                          square) cross-section
                                             Rolled or obtained by continuous
                                             casting
                                  — Containing by weight 0,25 % or more of
                                      carbon
                                          Of rectangular (including square)
                                          cross-section, the width measuring less
                                          than twice the thickness
                                             Rolled or obtained by continuous
                                             casting
                                                 Other, containing by weight
                                                     0,25 % or more but less than
                                                     0,6 % of carbon
                                          Of rectangular (other than square)
                                          cross-section
                                             Rolled or obtained by continous
                                             casting
  60.0020       7208 11 00        Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy                Brazil              3 237 451       BNL     310 795 3 237 451
    (*)         7208 12 10        steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, hot-                South Korea                         DK      148 923
                7208 12 91        rolled, not clad, plated or coated                       Venezuela                           D       809 363
                7208 12 99        — In coils, not further worked than hot-                                                     E       236 334
                7208 13 10            rolled, of a thickness of less than 3 mm                                                 GR       58 274
               7208 13 91             and having a minimum yield point of                                                      F       563 316
                7208 13 99            275 MPa or of a thickness of 3 mm or                                                     IRL      16 187
                7208 14 10            more and having a minimum yield point                                                    I       427 344
                7208 14 90            of 355 Mpa                                                                               P        45 324
                7208 21 10        — Other, in coils, not further worked than                                                   UK      621 591
               7208 2190              hot-rolled
                7208 22 10
               7208 22 91
               7208 22 99
               7208 23 10
               7208 23 91
               7208 23 99
               7208 24 10
               7208 24 90
(a) Preferences are not granted in respect of the products, marked with an asterisk, originating in China.
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    (i)        (2)                             (3)                             (4)    (5)        (6)           (7)
 60.0020   7211 12  10 Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy
 (cont'd)  7211 19  10 steel, of a width of less than 600 mm, not
           7211 22  10 clad, plated, or coated
           7211 29  10 — Not further worked than hot-rolled of a
                          thickness of less than 3 mm and having a
                           minimum yield point of 275 MPa or of a
                          thickness of 3 mm or more and having a
                           minimum yield point of 355 Mpa
                              Other, of a thickness of 4,75 mm or
                              more
                                  Of a width exceeding 500 mm
                              Other
                                  of a width exceeding 500 mm
                       — Other, not further worked than hot-rolled
                              Other, of a thickness of 4,75 mm or
                              more
                                  Of a width exceeding 500 mm
                              Other
 60.0030   7207 19 15  Semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy      Argentina  2 006 493 BNL  192 623   2 006 493
    (*)    7207 20 55  steel                                            Brazil               DK    92 299
                       — Containing by weight less than 0,25 % of       Venezuela            D    501 623
                           carbon                                                            E    146 474
                                  Other                                                      GR    36 117
                                     Of circular or polygonal cross-                         F    349 130
                                     section                                                 IRL    10 032
                                         Rolled or obtained by contin-                       I    264 857
                                         ous casting                                         P     28 091
                                         Other                                               UK   385 247
                       — Containing by weight 0,25 % or more of
                           carbon
                               Of circular or polygonal cross-section
                                  Rolled or obtained by continous
                                  casting
                                     Other
                                         Containing by weight 0,25 %
                                         or more but less than 0,6 % of
                                         carbon
           7213 10 00  Bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly
           7213 31 00  wound coils of iron or non-alloy steel
           3213 39 00  — Containing identations, ribs, grooves or
           7213 41 00      other deformations produced during the
           7213 49 00      rolling process
                       — Other, containing by weight less than
                           0,25 % of carbon
                       — Other, containing by weight 0,25 % or
                           more but less than 0,6 % of carbon
           7214 20 00  Other bars and rods of other alloy steel, not
           7214 40 10  further worked than forged hot-rolled, hot-
           72144091    drawn or hot-extruded but including those
           7214 40 99  twisted after rolling
           7214 50 10  — Containing indentations, ribs, grooves, or
           7214 50 91      other deformations produced during the
           7214 50 99      rolling process or twisted after rolling
                       — Other, containing by weight less than
                           0,25 % of carbon
                       — Other, containing by weight 0,25 % or
                           more but less than 0,6 % of carbon
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    (1)        (2)                            (3)                            (4)      (5)        (6)          (7)
 60.0030              Other bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel
 (cont'd)             — Other
                             Hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded not
                             further worked than clad
           7215 90 10 Other bars and rods of other alloy steel, an-
          7228 80 90  gles, shapes and sections of other alloy steel
                      — Hollow drill bars and rods
                             Of non-alloy steel
 60.0040   7207 19 31 Semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy                                          1 908 900
          7207 20 71  steel
                      — Containing by weight less than 0,25 % of
                          carbon
                             Other
                                 Blanks for angles, shapes and sec-
                                 tions
                                     Rolled or obtained by contin-
                                    uous casting
                      — Containing by weight 0,25 % or more of
                          carbon
                             Blanks for angles, shapes and sections
                                 Rolled or obtained by continous
                                 casting
           7216 10 00 Angles, shapes and sections of iron of non-
           7216 21 00 alloy steel
           7216 22 00 — U, I or H sections, not further worked
           7216 31 00     than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, of
           7216 32 00     a height of less than 80 mm
           7216 33 00 — L or T sections, not further worked than
           7216 40 10     hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded of a
           7216 40 90     height of less than 80 mm
           7216 50 10 — U, I or H sections, not further worked
           7216 50 90     than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded of
           7216 90 10     a height of 80 mm or more
                      — L or T sections, not further worked than
                          hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, of a
                          height of 80 mm or more
                      — Other angles, shapes and sections, not fur-
                          ther worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or
                          extruded
                      — Other
                              Hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, not
                              further worked than clad
           7301 10 00 Sheet piling of iron or steel, whether or not
                      drilled, ponched or made from assembled
                      elements, welded angles, shapes and sec-
                      tions, of iron or steel
                      — Sheet piling
 60.0050   7208 32 10 Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy       Argentina    5 500 000 BNL 528 000   6 276 000
    (*)    7208 32 30 steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, hot-       Brazil                 DK 253 000
           7208 32 51 rolled, not clad, plated or coated              South Korea            D 1 375 000
           7208 32 59 — Not in coils, not further worked than hot-                           E    401 500
           7208 32 91     rolled, of a thickness of less than 3 mm                           GR     99 000
           7208 32 99     and having a minimum yield point of                                F    957 000
           7208 33 10     275 MPa or of a thickness of 3 mm or                               IRL    27 500
           7208 33 91     more and having a minimum yield point                              I     726 000
           7208 33 99     of 355 MPa                                                         P      77 000
           7208 34 10         Other, of a thickness exceeding 10 mm                          UK 1 056 000
           7208 34 90
           7208 35 10
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               (2)                             (3)                       (4)     (5) (6)       (7)
           7208 35 91         Other, of a thickness of 4,75 mm or
           7208 35 93         more but not exceeding 10 mm
           7208 35 99         Other, of a thickness of 3 mm or more
           7208 42 10         but less than 4,75 mm
           7208 42 30         Other, of a thickness of less than 3 mm
           7208 42 51         Other, not in coils, not further worked
           7208 42 59         than hot-rolled
           7208 42 91         Other, of a thickness exceeding 10 mm
           7208 42 99         Other, of a thickness of 4,75 mm or
           7208 43 10         more but not exceeding 10 mm
           7208 43 91         Other, of a thickness of 3 mm or more
           7208 43 99         but less than 4,75 mm
           7208 44 10         Other, of a thickness of less than 3 mm
           7208 44 90  — Other
           7208 45 10         Not further worked than surface-treat-
           7208 45 91         ed or simply cut into shapes other than
           7208 45 93         rectangular (including square)
           7208 45 99
           7208 90 10
           7209 12 10  Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel
           7209 12 90  of a width of 600 mm or more, cold-rolled
           7209 13 10  (cold-reduced) not clad, plated, not coated
           7209 13 90  — In coils, not further worked than cold-
           7209 14 10     rolled (cold-reduced) of a thickness of less
           7209 14 90     than 3 mm and having a minimum yield
           7209 22 10     point of 275 MPa or of a thickness of
           7209 22 90     3 mm or more and having a minimum
           7209 23 10     yield point of 355 MPa
           7209 23 90          Of a thickness exceeding 1 mm but less
           7209 24 10          than 3 mm
           7209 24 91          Of a thickness of 0,5 mm or more but
           7209 24 99          not exceeding 1 mm
            7209 32 10         Of a thickness of less than 0,5 mm
            7209 32 90 — Other, in coils not further worked than
            7209 33 10    cold-rolled (cold reduced)
            7209 33 90         Of a thickness exceeding 1 mm but less
            7209 34 10         than 3 mm
            7209 34 90         Of a thickness of 0,5 mm or more but
            7209 42 10         not exceeding 1 mm
            7209 42 90         Of a thickness of less than 0,5 mm
            7209 43 10 — Not in coils, not further worked than
            7209 43 90     cold-rolled (cold-reduced) of a thickness
            7209 44 10     of less than 3 mm and having a minimum
            7209 44 90     yield point of 275 MPa or of a thickness
            7209 90 10     of 3 mm or more and having a minimum
                           yield point of 355 MPa
                               Of a thickness exceeding 1 mm but less
                                than 3 mm
                                Of a thickness of 0,5 mm or more but
                                not exceeding 1 mm
                                Of a thickness of less than 0,5 mm
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   (i)        (2)                             (3)                         (4)         (5) (6)   (7)
 60.0050              — Other, not in coils, not further worked
 (cont'd)                than cold-rolled (cold-reduced)
                             Of a thickness exceeding 1 mm but not
                             exceeding 3 mm
                             Of a thickness of 0,5 mm or more but
                             not exceeding 1 mm
                             Of a thickness of less than 0,5 mm
                      — Other
                             Not further worked than surface-treat-
                             ed or simply cut into shapes other than
                             rectangular (including square)
           7210 11 10 Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy
           7210 12 11 steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, clad,
           7210 12 19 plated or coated
           7210 20 10 — Plated or coated with tin
           721031 10         Of a thickness of 0,5 mm or more
           7210 39 10            Not further worked than surface-
           721041 10             treated or simply cut into shapes
           7210 49 10            other than rectangular (including
           7210 50 10            square)
           7210 60 11        Of a thickness of less than 0,5 mm
           7210 60 19            Not further worked than surface-
           7210 70 11            treated or simply cut into shapes
           7210 70 19            other than rectangular (including
           72109031              square)
           7210 90 33 — Plated or coated with lead, including
           7210 90 35    terne-plate
           7210 90 39        Not further worked than surface treat-
                             ed or simply cut into shapes other than
                             rectangular (including square)
                      — Electrolitically plated or coated with zinc
                             Of steel of a thickness of less than
                             3 mm and having a minimum yield
                             point of 275 MPa or a thickness of
                             3 mm or more and having a minimum
                             yield point of 355 MPa
                                 Not further worked than surface-
                                 treated or simply cut into shapes
                                 other than rectangular (including
                                 square)
                             Other
                                 Not further worked than surface-
                                 treated or simply cut into shapes
                                 other than rectangular (including
                                 square)
                      — Otherwise plated or coated with zinc
                             Corrugated
                                  Not further worked than surface-
                                 treated or simply cut into shapes
                                 other than rectangular (including
                                 square)
                             Other
                                  Not further worked than surface-
                                 treated or simply cut into shapes
                                  other than rectangular (including
                                  square)
                      — Plated or coated with chromium oxides or
                          with chromium and chromium oxides
                              Not further worked than surface-treat-
                              ed or simply cut into shapes other than
                             rectangular (including square)
                      — Plated or coated with aluminium
                              Not further worked than surface-treat-
                              ed or simply cut into shapes other than
                              rectangular (including square)
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    (I)       (2)                             (3)                     (4)      (5) (6)       (7)
 60.0050             — Painted, varnished or plastic coated
 (cont'd)                   Not further worked than surface-treat-
                            ed or simply cut into shapes other than
                            rectangular (including square)
                     — Other
                            Other
                               Not further worked than surface-
                               treated or simply cut into shapes
                               other than rectangular (including
                               square)
          7211 30 10 Flat-rolled products, of iron or non-alloy
          721141 10  steel, of a width of less than 600 mm, not
          721149 10  clad, plated or coated
          721190 11  — Not further worked than cold-rolled
                        (cold-reduced) of a thickness of less than
                        3 mm and having a minimum yield point
                        of 275 MPa or of a thickness of 3 mm or
                        more and having a minimum yield point
                        of 355 MPa
                            Of a width exceeding 500 mm
                     — Other, not further worked than cold-rolled
                        (cold-reduced)
                            Containing by weight less than 0,25 %
                            of carbon
                               Of a width exceeding 500 mm
                            Other
                               Of a width exceeding 500 mm
                     — Other
                            Of a width exceeding 500 mm
                               Not further worked than surface-
                               treated
          7212 10 10 Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy
          7212 1091  steel, of a width of less than 600 mm, clad,
          721221 11  plated or coated
          7212 29 11 — Plated or coated with tin
          7212 30 11        Tinplate, not further worked than sur-
          7212 40 10        face-treated
          72124091          Other
          72125031             Of a width exceeding 500 mm
          7212 50 51               Not further worked than sur-
          7212 60 11               face-treated
                     — Electrolitically plated or coated with zinc
                            Of steel of a thickness of less than
                            3 mm and having a minimum yield
                            point of 275 MPa or of a thickness of
                            3 mm or more and having a minimum
                            yield point of 355 MPa
                               Of a width exceeding 500 mm
                                    Not further worked than sur-
                                   face-treated
                            Other
                                Of a width exceeding 500 mm
                                    Not further worked than sur-
                                   face-treated
                     — Otherwise plated or coated with zinc
                            Of a width exceeding 500 mm
                                Not further worked than surface-
                                treated
                     — Painted, varnished or plastic coated
                            Tinplate, not further worked than var-
                            nished
                            Other
                                Of a width exceeding 500 mm
                                    Not further worked than sur-
                                    face-treated
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   (i)        (2)                             (3)                           (4)      (5)        (6)          (7)
 60.0050                 Otherwise plated or coated
 (cont'd)                — Of a width exceeding 500 mm
                                Lead-coated
                                    Not further worked than sur-
                                    face-treated
                                Other
                                    Not further worked than sur-
                                    face-treated
                         Clad
                         — Of a width exceeding 500 mm
                                Not further worked than surface-
                                treated
 60.0060  7207 1111   Semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy    Brazil       5 564 100 BNL 534 154   5 891 400
          7207 19 11  steel                                          South Korea            DK 255 949
          7207 20 11  — Containing by weight less than 25 % of                              D 1 391 025
          7207 20 17      carbon                                                            E    406 179
          7207 20 51         Of rectangular (including square)                              GR 100 154
          7207 20 57         cross-section, the width measuring less                        F    968 153
                             than twice the thickness                                       IRL    27 821
                                Rolled or obtained by continous                             I    734 461
                                casting                                                     P      77 897
                                    Free-cutting steel                                      UK 1 068 307
                      — Containing by weight 0,25 % or more of
                          carbon
                             Of rectangular (including square)
                             cross-section, the width measuring less
                             than twice the thickness
                                Rolled or obtained by continous
                                casting
                                    Free-cutting steel
                                    Other, containing by weight
                                       0,6 % or more of carbon
                             Of circular or polygonal cross-section
                                Rolled or obtained by continuous
                                casting
                                    Free-cutting steel
                                    Other
                                       Containing by weight 0,6 % or
                                       more of carbon
           7213 20 00 Bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly
           7213 50 00 wound coils of iron or non-alloy steel
                      — Of free-cutting steel
                      — Other, containing by weight 0,6 % of more
                          of carbon
           7214 30 00 Other bars and rods of iron or non-alloy
           7214 60 00 steel, not further worked than forged, hot-
                      rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, but in-
                      cluding those twisted after rolling
                      — Of free-cutting steel
                      — Other, containing by weight 0,6 % or more
                          of carbon
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             (2)                             (3)                      (4)      (5) (6)       (7)
          72189011   Stainless steel in ingots or other primary
          72189013   forms, semi-finished products of stainless
          72189015   steel
          7218 90 19 —Other
          7218 90 50         Of rectangular (including square)
                             cross-section
                                Rolled or obtained by continous
                                casting
          721911 10  Flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a
          7219 1190  width of 600 mm or more
          7219 12 10 — Not further worked than hot-rolled in
          7219 12 90     coils
          7219 13 10 — Not further worked than hot-rolled not in
          7219 13 90     coils
          7219 14 10 — Not further worked than cold-rolled
          7219 14 90     (cold-reduced)
          721921 10          Of a thickness exceeding 1 mm but less
          7219 21 90         than 3 mm
          7219 22 10         Of a thickness of 0,5 mm or more but
          7219 22 90         not exceeding 1 mm
          7219 23 10         Of a thickness of less than 0,5 mm
          7219 23 90 — Other
          7219 24 10         Not further worked than surface-treat-
          7219 24 90         ed, including cladding, or simply cut
          7219 33 10         into shapes other than rectangular (in-
          7219 33 90         cluding square)
          7219 34 10
          7219 34 90
          7219 35 10
          7219 35 90
          7219 90 11
          7219 90 19
          7220 11 00 Flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a
          7220 12 00 width of less than 600 mm
                     — Not further worked than hot-rolled
          7221 00 10 Bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly
          7221 00 90 wound coils, of stainless steel
          7227        Bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly
                     wound coils, of other alloy steel
          7228 10 10 Other bars and rods of other alloy steel an-
          7228 10 30 gles, shapes and sections of other alloy steel,
          7228 20 11  hollow drill bars and rods, of alloy or non-
          7228 20 19  alloy steel
          7228 20 30 — Bars and rods, or alloy or non-alloy steel
          7228 30 10          Not further worked than hot-rolled,
          7228 30 90          hot-drawn or extruded
          7228 60 10          Other
          7228 70 10             Hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded
          7220 20 10             not further worked than clad
          7220 90 11 — Bars and rods, of silico-manganese steel
          7220 90 31          Not further worked than hot-rolled,
                              hot-drawn or extruded
                              Other
                                 Hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded
                                 not further worked than clad
                      — Other bars and rods, not further worked
                          than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded
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              (2)                             (3)                         (4)
                     — Other bars and rods
                             Hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded not
                             further worked than clad
                     — Angles, shapes and sections
                             Not further worked than hot-rolled,
                             hot-drawn or extruded
                     — Not further worked than cold-rolled
                         (cold-reduced)
                             Of a width exceeding 500 mm
                     — Other
                            Of a width exceeding 500 mm
                                Not further worked, than surface-
                                treated, including cladding
                            Of a width not exceeding 500 mm
                                Not further worked than surface-
                                treated, including cladding
                                    Hot-rolled, not further worked
                                   than clad
          7222 10 11 Other bars, and rods of stainless steel; shapes
          7222 10 19 and sections of stainless steel
          7222 10 91 — Bars and rods, not further worked than
          7222 10 99     hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded
          7222 30 10 — Other bars and rods
          7222 40 11        Hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded not
          7222 40 19        further worked than clad
          7222 40 30 — Angles, shapes and sections
                            Not further worked than hot-rolled,
                            hot-drawn or extruded
                            Other
                                Hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded
                                not further worked than clad
          7224 90 11 Other alloy steel in ingots or other primary
          7224 90 30 forms, semi-finished products of other alloy
                     steel
                     — Other
                            Of rectangular (including square)
                            cross-section
                                Hot-rolled or obtained by continous
                                casting
                            Other
                                Hot-rolled or obtained by contin-
                                uous casting
          7225 10 10 Flat-rolled products of other alloy steel, of a
          7225 10 91 width of 600 mm or more
          7225 10 99 — Of silicon-electrical steel
          7225 20 11 — Of high speed steel
          7225 20 19        Not further worked than hot-rolled
          7225 20 30        Not further worked than surface-treat-
          7225 30 00        ed, including cladding or simply cut
          7225 40 10        into shapes other than rectangular (in-
          7225 40 30        cluding square)
          7225 40 50 — Other, not further worked than hot-rolled,
          7225 40 70    in coils
          7225 40 90 — Other, not further worked than hot-rolled,
          7225 50 00    not in coils
          7225 90 10
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    (i)       (2)                            (3)                       (4)    (5) (6)       (7)
 60.0060             — Other
 (cont'd)                   Not further worked than surface-treat-
                            ed including cladding or simply cut
                            into shapes other than rectangular (in-
                            cluding square)
          7226 10 10 Flat-rolled products or other alloy steel, of a
          7226 10 30 width of less than 600 mm
          7226 20 10 — Of silicon-electrical steel
          7226 20 31        Not further worked than hot-rolled
          7226 20 51        Other
          7226 20 71           Of a width exceeding 500 mm
          7226 9100  — Of high-speed steel
          7226 92 10        Not further worked than hot-rolled
          7226 99 11        Not further worked than cold-rolled
          7226 99 31        (cold reduced)
          7228 70 31           Of a width exceeding 500 mm
          7228 80 10        Other
                               Of a width exceeding 500 mm
                                   Not further worked than surface
                                  treated, including cladding
                               Of a width not exceeding 500 mm
                                      Not further worked than sur-
                                      face-treated including clad-
                                      ding
                                      Hot-rolled,      not     further
                                      worked than clad
                     — Other
                            Not further worked than hot-rolled
                            Not further worked than cold-rolled
                            (cold-reduced)
                               Of a width exceeding 500 mm
                            Other
                               Of a width exceeding 500 mm
                                   Not further worked than sur-
                                   face-treated, including cladding
                               Of a width not exceeding 500 mm
                                   Not further worked than sur-
                                   face-treated, including cladding
                                      Hot-rolled,      not     further
                                      worked than clad
                            Other
                               Hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded
                               not further worked than clad
                     — Hollow drill bars and rods
                            Of alloy steel
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                                                                     ANNEX II
                 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 (a)
     Order             CN code                                                             Description
      No
      (1)                  (2)                                                                 (3)
   62.0010            7208 31 00             Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, hot-rolled, not
                      7208 41 00             clad, plated or coated
                                             — Not in coils, not further worked than hot-rolled, of a thickness of less than 3 mm and hav-
                                                 ing a minimum yield point of 275 MPa or of a thickness of 3 mm or more and having a
                                                 minimum yield point of 355 MPa
                                                     Rolled on four faces or in a closed box pass, of a width not exceeding 1 250 mm and of
                                                    a thickness of not less than 4 mm, without patterns in relief
                                             — Other, not in coils, not further worked than hot-rolled
                                                     Rolled on four faces or in a closed box pass, of a width not exceeding 1 250 mm and of
                                                    a thickness of not less than 4 mm, without patterns in relief
                     7211 1100               Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of less than 600 mm, not clad, plat-
                      7211 21 00             ed or coated
                                             — Not further worked than hot-rolled, of a thickness of less than 3 mm and having a mini-
                                                 mum yield point of 275 MPa or of a thickness of 3 mm or more and having a minimum
                                                 yield point of 355 MPa
                                                    Rolled on four faces or in a closed box pass, of a width exceeding 150 mm and of a
                                                    thickness of not less than 4 mm, not in coils and without patterns in relief
                                             — Other, not further worked than hot-rolled
                                                     Rolled on four faces or in a closed box pass, of a width exceeding 150 mm and of a
                                                    thickness of not less than 4 mm, not in coils and without patterns in relief
   62.0020            7211 12 90             — Not further worked than hot-rolled, of a thickness of less than 3 mm and having a mini-
   (**)               7211 1991                  mum yield point of 275 MPa or of a thickness of 3 mm or more and having a minimum
                      7211 19 99                 yield point of 355 MPa
                      7211 22 90                    Other, of a thickness of 4,75 mm or more
                      7211 29 91                        Of a width nor exceeding 500 mm
                      7211 29 99                    Other
                      7211 4191                         Of a width not exceeding 500 mm
                      72126091                             Of a thickness of 3 mm or more but less than 4,75 mm
                                                           Of a thickness of less than 3 mm
                                             — Other, not further worked than hot-rolled
                                                    Other, of a thickness of 4,75 mm or more
                                                        Of a width not exceeding 500 mm
                                             — Other, not further worked than hot-rolled
                                                    Other
                                                    — Of a width not exceeding 500 mm
                                                           Of a thickness of 3 mm or more but less than 4,75 mm
                                                           Of a thickness of less than 3 mm
                                             — Clad
                                                    Of a width not exceeding 500 mm
                                                        Not further worked than surface-treated
                                                           Hot-rolled, not further worked than clad
(a) Preferences are also granted in respect of products marked with two asterisks, originating in Romania.
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      (1)      (2)                                                    (3)
   62.0030 7209 11 00  Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, cold-rolled
           7209 2100   (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated
           7209 3100   — In coils, not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced), of a thickness of less than
           7209 41 00     3 mm and having a minimum yield point of 275 MPa or of a thickness of 3 mm or more
                          and having a minimum yield point of 355 MPa
                              Of a thickness of 3 mm or more
                       — Other, in coils, not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced)
                              Of a thickness of 3 mm or more
                       — Not in coils, not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced), of a thickness of less than
                          3 mm and having a minimum yield point of 275 MPa or of a thickness of 3 mm or more
                          and having a minimum yield point of 355 MPa
                              Of a thickness of 3 mm or more
                       — Other, not in coils, not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced)
                              Of a thickness of 3 mm or more
   62.0040 721931 10   Flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a width of 600 mm or more
           7219 3190   — Not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced)
           7219 32 10         Of a thickness of 4,75 mm or nore
           7219 32 90             Containing by weight 2,5 % or more of nickel
                                  Containing by weight less than 2,5 % of nickel
                              Of a thickness of 3 mm or more but less than 4,75 mm
                                  Containing by weight 2,5 % or more of nickel
                                  Containing by weight less than 2,5 % of nickel
   62.0050 7302 10 31  Railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the following: rails, check-
   (**)    7302 10 39  rails and rack rails, switch blades, crossing frogs, point rods and other crossing pieces, slee-
           7302 10 90  pers (cross-ties), fish-plates, chairs, chair wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail clips, bed-
           7302 20 00  plates, ties and other material specialized for jointing or fixing rails
           7302 40 10  — Rails
           7302 90 10         Other
                                  New
                                     Of a weight per m of 20 kg or more
                                     Of a weight per m of less than 20 kg
                                  Used
                       — Sleepers (cross-ties)
                       — Fish-plates and sole plates
                              Rolled
                       — Other
                              Check-rails
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                                                                   ANNEX III
                              List of developing countries and territories enjoying generalized tariff preferences (')
                                                     A. INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES
        048  Yugoslavia                                 370 Madagascar                                604 Lebanon
        066   Romania                                   373 Mauritius                                 608 Syria
        204  Morocco                                    375 Comoros (2)                               612 Iraq
        208  Algeria                                    378 Zambia                                    616 Iran
        212  Tunisia                                    382 Zimbabwe                                  628 Jordan
        216  Libya                                      386 Malawi (2)                                632 Saudi Arabia
        220  Egypt                                      391 Botswana (2)                              636 Kuwait
        224  Sudan (2)                                  393 Swaziland                                 640 Bahrain
        228  Mauritania (2)                             395 Lesotho (2)                               644 Qatar
        232  Mali(2)                                    412 Mexico                                    647 United Arab Emirates
        236  Burkina Faso (2)                           416 Guatemala                                 649 Oman
        240  NigerO                                     421 Belize                                    652 North Yemen (2)
        244  Chad( 2 )                                  424 Honduras                                  656 South Yemen
        247  Republic of Cape Verde (2)                 428 El Salvador                               660 Afghanistan (2)
        248  Senegal                                    432 Nicaragua                                 662 Pakistan
        252 Gambia (2)                                  436 Costa Rica                                664 India
        257 Guinea Bissau (2)                           442 Panama                                    666 Bangladesh (2)
        260 Guinea (2)                                  448 Cuba                                      667 Maldives (2)
        264  Sierra Leone (2)                           449 St Christopher and Nevis                  669 Sri Lanka
        268  Liberia                                   452 Haiti (2)                                  672 Nepal (2)
       272   Ivory Coast                               453 Bahamas                                    675 Bhutan (2)
       276   Ghana                                     456 Dominican Republic                         676 Burma (2)
       280  Togo (2)                                   459 Antigua and Barbuda                        680 Thailand
       284   Benin (2)                                 460 Dominica                                   684 Laos (2)
       288   Nigeria                                   464 Jamaica                                    690 Vietnam
       302   Cameroon                                  465 St Lucia                                   696 Kampuchea (Cambodia)
       306  Central African Republic (2)               467 St Vincent                                 700 Indonesia
       310   Equatorial Guinea (2)                     469 Barbados                                   701 Malaysia
       311  Sao Tome and Principe (2)                  472 Trinidad and Tobago                        703 Brunei Darussalam
       314   Gabon                                     473 Grenada                                    706 Singapore
       318  Congo                                      480 Colombia                                   708 Philippines
       322  Zaire                                      484 Venezuela                                  720 China
       324   Rwanda (2)                                488 Guyana                                     728 South Korea
       328  Burundi (2)                                492 Surinam                                    801 Papua New Guinea
       330  Angola                                     500 Ecuador                                    803 Nauru
       334   Ethiopia (2)                              504 Peru                                       806 Solomon Islands
       338  Djibouti (2)                               508 Brazil                                     807 Tuvalu (2)
       342  Somalia (2)                                512 Chile                                      812 Kiribati (2)
       346   Kenya                                     516 Bolivia                                    815 Fiji
       350  Uganda (2)                                 520 Paraguay                                   816 Vanuatu
       352  Tanzania (2)                               524 Uruguay                                    817 Tonga (2)
       355  Seychelles and dependencies (2)            528 Argentina                                  819 Western Samoa (2)
       366   Mozambique                                600 Cyprus
(') The code number preceding the name of each beneficiary country or territory is that given in 'Geonomenclature' (Regulation (EEC) No 3639/86
    (OJ No L 336, 29. 11. 1986, p. 46)).
(2) This country is also included in Annex IV.
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                                             B. COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES
          dependent or administered, or for whose external relations Member States of the Community or third
                                             countries are wholly or partly responsible
          044  Gibraltar
          329  St Helena and St Helena dependencies
          357  British Indian Ocean Territory
          377  Mayotte
          406  Greenland
          408  St Pierre and Miquelon
          413  Bermuda
          446  Anguilla
          454  Turks and Caicos Islands
          457  Virgin Islands of the United States
          461  British Virgin Islands and Montserrat
          463  Cayman Islands
          474  Aruba
          478  Netherlands Antilles
          529  Falkland Islands and Falkland dependencies
          740  Hong Kong
          743  Macao
          802  Australian Oceania (Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Heard Island and McDonald
               Islands, Norfolk Island)
          808  American Oceania (')
          809  New Caledonia and dependencies
          811  Wallis and Futuna Islands
          813  Pitcairn
          814  New Zealand Oceania (Tokelau and Niue Islands; Cook Islands)
          822  French Polynesia
          890  Polar regions (French Southern and Antarctic Territories, Australian Antarctic Territories, British
               Antarctic Territories)
          Note: The above lists may be amended subsequently to take account of changes in the international
                 status of countries or territories.
          (') American Oceania includes: 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).
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                                               ANNEX IV
                              List of least-developed developing countries
             224 Sudan                                          350 Uganda
             228 Mauritania                                     352 Tanzania
             232 Mali                                           355 Seychelles and dependencies
             236 Burkina Faso                                   375 Comoros
             240 Niger                                          386 Malawi
             244 Chad                                           391 Botswana
             247 Republic of Cape Verde                         395 Lesotho
             252 Gambia                                         452 Haiti
             257 Guinea Bissau                                  652 North Yemen
             260 Guinea                                         656 South Yemen
             264 Sierra Leone                                   660 Afghanistan
             280 Togo                                           666 Bangladesh
             284 Benin                                          667 Maldives
             306 Central African Republic                       672 Nepal
             310 Equatorial Guinea                              675 Bhutan
             311 Sao Tome and Principe                          676 Burma
             324 Rwanda                                         684 Laos
             328 Burundi                                        807 Tuvalu
             334 Ethiopia                                       812 Kiribati
             338 Djibouti                                       817 Tonga
             342 Somalia                                        819 Western Samoa