CELEX: 41973D0443
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, allocating and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for certain steel products originating in developing countries

No L 358/ 186                       Official Journal of the European Communities                            28 . 12 . 73
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                                       (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                 COUNCIL
                                                       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, allocating and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for certain
                                  steel products originating in developing countries
                                                     (73/443/ECSC)
THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS                         of Council Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 (*) of 27
OF THE MEMBER STATES              OF THE EUROPEAN              June 1968 on the common definition of the concept
COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY, MEETING IN                           of the origin of goods.
COUNCIL ,
                                                               3 . The amount to be charged in respect of each
In agreement with the Commission,                              country or territory referred to in paragraph 2
                                                               against each of the tariff quota amounts indicated
                                                               in column 5 of Annex A shall be limited to the
                                                               maximum amount given as a percentage in column
HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :                                      4 of Annex A against each category of products.
                        Article 1                              4. Any amendment to Annex B, in particular by the
                                                               addition of new countries or territories enjoying tariff
1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1974 the duties              preferences, may entail a corresponding adjustment
applicable in all customs areas of the Community               to the maximum amounts expressed as percentages
to the products listed in Annex A shall be com­                laid down in colum 4 of Annex A and to the tariff
pletely suspended within the framework of Com­                 ceilings and quotas laid down respectively in column
munity tariff ceilings of amounts which shall be ex­           3 and 5 of Annex A.
pressed in units of account and which shall be indi­
cated against each product in Column 3 of that
Annex.                                                                                  Article 2
2. These tariff ceilings shall be enjoyed solely by             1 . The Member States shall administer their tariff
products originating in the countries and territories          quotas in accordance with their own provisions in
listed in Annex B. However, those imports which                this respect.
already enjoy exemption from customs duties under
other preferential tariff arrangements granted by the          2. The extent to which a Member State used up its
nine Member States of the Community may not be                 share shall be determined on the basis of imports of
charged against these tariff quotas. For the purposes          the said goods which have been entered for home
of the application of this Decision, the concept of
originating products shall be determined in accord­
ance with the procedure laid down in Article 14                 0 OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 1 .
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use, on the basis of the customs value of the said                                  Article 4
goods, and which are accompanied by a certificate
of origin in accordance with the rules referred to           Member States shall inform the Commission             at
in Article 1 (2).                                            regular intervals of imports of the products in
                                                             question actually charged against their quotas.
3 . Goods may be imported under the tariff quota
only if the certificate of origin mentioned in para­
graph 2 is presented before the date on which cus­                                  Article S
toms duties are reintroduced.
                                                             Member States, in close cooperation with the Com­
                       Article 3                             mission, shall take all necessary measures to ensure
                                                             that the above provisions are applied.
Each Member State shall reintroduce the levying of
duties which have been suspended in respect of a
                                                                                    Article 6
country or territory mentioned in Annex B as soon
as it records that the charges against its national
quota of the products concerned originating in such          The Member States shall take all measures necessary
country or territory have reached the maximum                for the implementation of this Decision.
 amount aid down in column 4 of Annex A.
 Such reintroduction shall be notified immediately to
 the Commission, which shall inform the other Mem­
                                                              Done at Brussels, 18 December 1973 .
 ber States forthwith. At the request of a Member
 State or of the Commission, the possible conse­
 quences of such a situation (with regard to the aggre­                                           The President
 gate appearing in column 3 of Annex A) shall be
 jointly examined immediately.                                                                   I. N0RGAARD
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                                                           ANNEX A
               List of products subject to zero-duty tariff ceilings under the generalized tariff preferences
                                          granted to developing countries and territories
                                                                                          Maximum
                                                                                           amount
     CCT                                                                    Aggregate                  Volume of shares allocated to
                                                                           of column 5  per country
   heading                              Description                                          and          Member States in u.a .
      No                                                                      in u.a .
                                                                                          territory
                                                                                             (% )
      (1)                                    2                                  (3 )          (4)                   5)
   73.08            Iron or steel coils for re-rolling                     11 150 000         50    Germany                3 066   250
                                                                                                    Benelux                1 170   750
                                                                                                    France                 2 118   500
                                                                                                    Italy                  1 672   000
                                                                                                    Denmark                  557   500
                                                                                                    Ireland                  111   500
                                                                                                    United
                                                                                                    Kingdom                2 453 000
   73.10            Bars and rods (including wire rod), of                  6 581 000        50     Germany                1 809   775
                    iron or steel, hot-rolled, forged, extruded,                                    Benelux                  691   005
                    cold-formed or cold-finished (including                                         France                 1 250   390
                    precision-made) ; hollow mining drill                                           Italy                    987   150
                    steel :                                                                         Denmark                  329   050
                                                                                                    Ireland                    65  810
                    A. Not further worked than hot-rolled                                           United
                         or extruded                                                                Kingdom                1 447 820
                    D. Clad or surface-worked (for example,
                         polished, coated):
                         I. Not further worked than clad :
                             a) Hot-rolled or extruded
    73.11            Angles, shapes and sections, of iron or                3 270 000         50    Germany                  899   250
                     steel, hot-rolled, forged, extruded, cold­                                     Benelux                  343   350
                    formed, or cold-finished ; sheet piling of                                      France                   621   300
                    iron or steel whether or not drilled,                                           Italy                    490   500
                    punched or made from assembled                                                  Denmark                  163   500
                    elements :                                                                      Ireland                    32  700
                                                                                                    United
                    A. Angles, shapes and sections :                                                Kingdom                  719 400
                            I. Not further worked than hot­
                               rolled extruded
                         IV. Clad or surface-worked (for
                               example, polished, coated) :
                               a) Not      further  worked    than
                                   clad :
                                   1 . Hot-rolled or extruded
                     B. Sheet piling
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                                                                              Maximum
                                                                               amount
       CCT                                                        Aggregate
                                                                             per country    Volume of shares allocated to
     heading                     Description                      of colum 5
                                                                                  and          Member States in u.a.
       No                                                           in u.a .
                                                                               territory
                                                                                   %
        (D                           (2)                              (3 )         (4)                  (5 )
      73.13  Sheets and plates , of iron or steel , hot­         18 967 000       30     Germany                5 215 925
             rolled or cold-rolled :                                                     Benelux                1 991 535
                                                                                         France                 3 603 730
             A. 'Electrical' sheets and plates :                                         Italy                  2 845 050
                                                                                         Denmark                  948 350
             B. Other sheets and plates :                                                Ireland                  189 670
                   I. Not further worked than hot­                                       United
                       rolled                                                            Kingdom                4 172 740
                  II . Not further worked than cold­
                       rolled, of a thickness of :
                       b) More than 1 mm but less
                           than 3 mm
                       c) 1 mm or less
                 III . Not further worked than bur­
                       nished, polished or glazed
                 IV. Clad, coated or otherwise surface­
                       treated :
                       b) Tinned
                       c) Zinc-coated or lead-coated
                       d) Other (for example, copper­
                           plated artificially oxidized
                           lacquered, nickel-plated, var­
                           nished, clad parkerized,
                           printed)
                  V. Otherwise shaped or worked :
                       a) Cut into shapes other than
                           rectangular shapes, but not
                           further worked :
                           2 . Other
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                                                        ANNEX B
                   List of developing countries and territories enjoying generalized tariff preferences
                                             INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES
Afghanistan                               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
                                                                                         Fujairah
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
            Sâo 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.
             P) 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,