CELEX: 41973D0444
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-18 00:00:00
Title: Decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community, meeting in Council of 18 December 1973 opening tariff preferences for certain steel products originating in developing countries

No L 358 / 192                          Official Journal of the European Communities                              28 . 12 . 73
                                                           DECISION
              of the representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal
                                         and Steel Community, meeting in Council
                                                     of 18 December 1973
              opening tariff preferences for certain steel products originating in developing countries
                                                         (73/444/ECSC)
THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS                             4. Subject to Article 2, within each ceiling thus cal­
OF    THE   MEMBER       STATES       OF  THE EUROPEAN             culated, charges of products originating in any one
COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY , MEETING IN                              of the countries or territories listed in Annex B should
COUNCIL ,                                                          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 preferences, may entail a corresponding adjust­
HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :                                          ment to the ceilings and maximum amounts referred
                                                                   to in paragraphs 3 and 4.
                          Article 1
                                                                                            Article 2
1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1974 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 completely sus­                with the provisions of Article 1 (3 ) which are laid
pended, 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 prod­                Article 1 (2) are reached at Community level, the
ucts originating in the countries and territories                  Member States may at any time, at the request of any
listed in Annex B. For the purposes of the appli­                  one of them or of the Commission and in respect of
cation of this Decision the concept of originating                  the whole of the Community, reintroduce the levying
products shall be determined in accordance with the                of the corresponding duties on imports of the products
procedure laid down in Article 14 of Council Regu­                  in question from all the countries and territories
lation ( EEC) No 802/68 H of 27 June 1968 of the                    concerned until the end of the period referred to in
common definition of the concept of the origin of                   Article 1 ( 1 ).
goods .
                                                                    2 . As soon as the maximum amounts calculated in
3 . Subject to Article 2, this suspension shall be                  accordance with the provisions of Article 1 (4) which
granted within a ceiling which shall be equal to the                 are laid down for the Community imports of prod­
 amount obtained, in respect of each category of prod­               ucts originating in each of the countries and terri­
 ucts, by adding together, in units of account, the                 tories referred to in Article 1 (2) and (3 ) are reached
value for 1971 of cif imports of the products con­                  for any one of these countries or territories at Com­
cerned to the Community from the countries and                      munity level, the Member States may at any time,
territories enjoying these arrangements, excluding                  at the request of any one of them and in respect of
those already enjoying various preferential tariff                  the whole of the Community, reintroduce the levying
arrangements granted by the nine Member States of                    of the corresponding duties on imports of the prod­
the Community, and 5% of the value of cif imports                    ucts in question from the country or territory con­
 in 1971 from other countries and from the countries                 cerned until the end of the period referred to in
 and territories already enjoying such arrangements .                Article 1 ( 1 ).
Imports already enjoying exemption from customs
 duties under such arrangements shall not be charged                                        Article 3
 against the aforementioned ceiling.
                                                                     1 . Imports of the said goods shall be actually charged
                                                                     against the ceilings and maximum amounts as
(x) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 1 .                              and when they are entered for home use, on the
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basis of the customs value of the said goods, and                                   Article 5
are accompanied by a certificate of origin in accord­
ance with the rules referred to in Article 1 (2).             Member States shall inform the Commission at regu­
2. Goods may be charged against a ceiling or maxi­            lar intervals of imports of the products in question
mum amount only if the certificate of origin                  actually charged against the ceilings and maximum
mentioned in paragraph 1 is presented before the              amounts laid down in Article 1 (3 ) and (4).
date on which the levying of duties is reintroduced.
                                                                                    Article 6
3 . The extent to which ceilings and maximum
amounts have been used up shall be recorded at
Community level on the basis of imports charged               The Member States shall take all measures necessary
in the manner laid down in paragraphs 1 and 2.                for the implementation of this Decision.
                        Article 4                             Done at Brussels, 18 December 1973 .
Member States, in close cooperation with the Com­                                                   The President
mission, shall take all necessary measures to ensure
that the above provisions are applied.                                                             I. N0RGAARD
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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
               73.12
                           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
                '3 15      Alloy steel and high carbon steel in the forms mentioned in headings 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
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               CCT
             heading                                        Description
                No
              73.15             c) Polished, clad , coated or otherwise surface-treated
            (cont d)            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
                                b) Other sheets and plates :
                                   1 . Not further worked than hot-rolled
                                   2. Not further worked than cold-rolled, of a thickness of :
                                       bb) less than 3 mm
                                   3 . Polished, clad, coated or otherwise surface-treated
                                   4. Otherwise shaped or worked :
                                       aa) Cut into shapes other than rectangular shapes, but not further
                                            worked
             73.16   Railway and tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the following :
                     rails, 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
                     C. Sleepers
                     D. Fish-plates and sole plates :
                           II . Rolled
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                                                      ANNEX B
                  List of developing countries and territories enjoying generalized tariff preferences
                                            INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES
Afghanistan                              India                                     Saudi Arabia
Algeria                                  Indonesia                                 Senegal
Argentina                                Iran                                      Sierra Leone
Bahamas                                  Iraq                                      Singapore
Bahrain                                  Ivory Coast                               Somalia
Bangladesh                               Jamaica                                   Sri Lanka
Barbados                                 Jordan                                    Sudan
Bhutan                                   Kenya                                     Swaziland
Bolivia                                  Khmer Republic                            Syria
Botswana                                 Korea ( South)                            Tanzania
Brazil                                   Kuwait                                    Thailand
Burma                                    Laos                                      Togo
Burundi                                  Lebanon                                   Tonga
Cameroon                                 Lesotho                                   Trinidad and Tobago
Central African Republic                 Liberia                                   Tunisia
Chad                                     Libya                                     Uganda
Chile                                    Malagasy Republic                         United Arab Emirates :
Colombia                                 Malawi                                          Abu Dhabi
Congo, People's Republic of              Malaysia                                        Dubai
Costa Rica                               Maldive Islands                                 Ras al Khaimah
Cuba                                     Mali     v                                      Fuj airah
Cyprus                                   Mauritania                                      Ajman
Dahomey                                  Mauritius                                       Sharjah
Dominican Republic                       Mexico                                          Ummal Qaiwain
Ecuador                                  Morocco                                   Upper Volta
Egypt, Arab Republic of                  Nauru                                     Uruguay
El Salvador                              Nepal                                     Venezuela
Equatorial Guinea                        Nicaragua                                 Vietnam, Republic of
Ethiopia                                 Niger                                     Western Samoa
Fiji                                     Nigeria                                    Yemen, People's Democratic
Gabon                                    Oman                                       Republic of
Gambia                                   Pakistan                                   Yemen Arab Republic
Ghana                                    Panama                                     Yugoslavia
Guatemala                                Paraguay                                   Zaire
Guinea                                   Peru                                       Zambia
Guyana                                   Philippines
Haiti                                    Qatar
Honduras                                 Rwanda
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                                                    COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES
             dependent or administered, or for whose external relations Member States of the Community
                                          or third countries are wholly or partly responsible
             Afars and Issas (Territory of the)
             Angola (including Cabinda)
             Australian Antarctic Territory
             Belize
             Bermuda
             British Antarctic Territory
             British Indian Ocean Territory (Aldabra, Farquhar, Chagos Archipelago, Des Roches)
             British Pacific Ocean (x)
             Brunei
             Cape Verde Islands
             Cayman Islands and Dependencies
             Christmas Island
             Cocos (Keeling) Islands
             Comoro Archipelago
             Corn Islands and Swan Islands
             Falkland Islands and Dependencies
             French Polynesia
             French Southern and Antarctic Territories
             Gibraltar
             Heard Island and MacDonald Islands
             Hong Kong
             Leeward Islands (2)
             Macao
             Mozambique
             Netherlands Antilles
             New Caledonia and Dependencies
             Norfolk Islands
             Pacific Islands administered by the United States of America or under United States trusteeship (3)
             Papua-New Guinea
             Portuguese Guinea
             Portuguese Timor
             St Helena (including Ascension, Gough Island, and Tristan da Cunha)
             Saint Pierre and Miquelon
             Sao Tome and Principe
             Seychelles (including Amirantes)
             Sikkim
              Spanish territories in Africa
              Surinam
              Territories for which New Zealand is responsible (Cook Islands, Niuwe Island, Tokelau Islands
                    and Ross Dependency)
              Turks and Caocos Islands
              Virgin Islands of the United States (St Croix, St Thomas, St John, etc.)
              Wallis and Futuna Islands
              "Windward Islands (4)
              Note : The above lists may be amended subsequently to take account of changes in the inter­
                          national status of countries or territories.
               (*) Gilbert and Ellice Islands, British Solomon Islands, New Hebrides Condominium, and Pitcairn Islands.
               (2) Antigua , Montserrat, St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, British Virgin Islands.
               (3) The Pacific Islands administered by the United States of America include : Guam, American Samoa (including Swain's
                   Island), Midway Islands, Johnston and Sand Islands, Wake Island and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (the
                   Caroline, Marianas and Marshall Islands).
               (4) Dominica , Grenada, St Lucia, St Vincent.