CELEX: 41987D0564
Language: en
Date: 1987-11-17 00:00:00
Title: 87/564/ECSC: Decision of the representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community, meeting within the Council of 17 November 1987 applying for 1988 the generalized tariff preferences for certain steel products originating in developing countries

12 . 12 . 87                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                     No L 350/ 1 11
                                                                II
                                            (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 WITHIN THE COUNCIL,
                                                      of 17 November 1987
                    applying for 1988 the generalized tariff preferences for certain steel products originating
                                                     in developing countries
                                                         (87 /564/ ECSC)
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 (').
WITHIN THE COUNCIL,
In agreement with the Commission ,                                   However, the Community preference arrangements
                                                                     applicable to Yugoslavia shall result exclusively from
                                                                     the provisions contained in the Agreement with that
HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :                                            country concerning ECSC products (2); consequently,
                                                                     for products submitted under the said Agreement to
                            Article 1                                Community tariff ceilings or listed in Annex I to this
                                                                     Decision , the movement certificate EUR 1 shall be
1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1988 , the customs                 deemed the only documentary evidence for the grant­
duties applicable to the products listed in Annexes I                ing of tariff preferences .
and II shall be totally suspended within the framework
of tariff quotas and ceilings .                                      4. The Community tariff quotas and ceilings shall be
                                                                     administered in accordance with the provisions set out
Spain and Portugal shall apply on the imports of prod­               below .
ucts referred to above the customs duties established in
accordance with Articles 178 and 365 of the 1985 Act of
Accession .
                                                                                                   SECTION I
2 . The arrangements provided for in paragraph 1 shall
apply solely :                                                               Provisions concerning the administration of the
— in all customs areas of the Community, to each of                       Community tariff quotas relating to products listed in
     the countries or territories listed in column 4 of                                              Annex I
     Annex I against each category of products listed in
     columns 2 and 3 ,                                                                               Article 2
— in the Community, to each of the other countries or               The total suspension of customs duties within the limits
     territories listed in Annex III , with the exception of         of the Community tariff quotas referred to in Article 1
     Yugoslavia, for the same categories of products,                ( 1 ) shall be accorded to each country or territory listed
— in the Community, to each of the countries or terri­               in column 4 of Annex I in respect of the products indi­
     tories listed in Annex III for the other categories of          cated against its name in columns 2 and 3 together with
                                                                     details in column 5 of the amount of the individual
     products in Annex II ,
                                                                     quotas .
subject to observance of the concept of originating
products .
                                                                    (')     OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 1 .
3 . Preferential entry as provided for in this Decision             (2)     OJ No L41 , 14.2 . 1983 , p . 1 13 ; OJ No L 237 , 27 . 8 . 1983 ,
shall be subject to conformity with the definition of the                   p. 1 .
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                           Article 3                               territories concerned until the end of the period
                                                                   referred to in Article 1(1 ).
  1.  The Member States shall administer their tariff
 quotas in accordance with their own provisions .                  2 . Within the framework of the foregoing provisions,
                                                                   the Commission shall coordinate the procedures for
 2 . The extent to which a Member State has used up its           reintroducing normal customs duties, in particular by
 share shall be determined on the basis of imports of the          notifying the date common to the whole of the Com­
 goods in question which have been entered for free cir­           munity and directly applicable in each Member State .
 culation , on the basis of the customs value of the said          This notification shall be published in the Official
goods, and which are accompanied by a certificate of               Journal of the European Communities.
origin in accordance with the rules referred to in
Article 1 (3 ).                                                   3.    However, paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to the
                                                                  countries listed in Annex IV.
                           Article 4
                                                                                                Article 7
Each Member State shall reintroduce the levying of
duties which have been suspended in respect of a                  The extent to which ceilings have been used up shall be
country or territory listed in column 4 of Annex I as             determined at Communitiy level on the basis of
soon as it finds that the charges against its national            imports charged in the manner laid down in Article 8
quota of the products concerned originating in that               ( l)and (2).
country or territory have reached the amount laid down
in column 6 of Annex I.
                                                                                             SECTION III
                         SECTION II                                                       General provisions
                                                                                                Article 8
       Provisions concerning the administration of the
   Community tariff ceilings relating to the products listed
                      in Annexes I and II                          1 . Imports of the products in question shall be
                                                                  charged against the quota shares and Community
                           Article 5                              ceilings as and when the products are entered for free
                                                                  circulation , on the basis of the customs value of the
Subject to Articles 6 and 7, the preferential tariff ceiling      said products, and are accompanied by a certificate of
arrangements shall be accorded :                                  origin in accordance with the rules laid down in
                                                                  Article 1 (3).
— for products in Annex I , to each of the countries or
     territories listed in Annex III , other than those           2 . Goods may be charged against a ceiling or admit­
     which may be listed in column 4 of Annex I , within          ted under a tariff quota only if the certificate of origin
     the limits of the amounts specified in column 7 of           referred to in paragraph 1 is presented before the date
     Annex I , against each category of products,                 on which the levying of duties is reintroduced .
— for products in Annex II , to the countries or terri­           3 . For the purposes of the application of this Deci­
     tories listed in Annex III , considered individually,        sion, the rates of conversion into national currencies of
     within the limits of a Community ceiling corre­              the value in ECU in which the preferential amounts are
     sponding to 102 % of the highest maximum amount              expressed shall be those fixed on 1 October 1987 and
     valid for 1980 under each of the preferential ceilings       they shall remain in force from 1 January to 31 Decem­
     opened for that year.                                        ber 1988 (').
                                                                  4. An amendment to the list of beneficiaries, in par­
                                                                  ticular by the addition of new countries or territories,
                           Article 6
                                                                  may entail a corresponding adjustment to Community
                                                                  tariff quotas or ceilings .
 1 . As soon as the individual ceilings fixed or calcu­
lated in accordance with the provisions of Article 5 ,
which are laid down for imports into the Community,
under the conditions which it shall determine, of prod­                                         Article 9
ucts originating in any of the countries or territories
referred to in Article 1 (2), are reached at Community            1 . The Member States shall , within six weeks of the
level , the Member States may at any time, at the                 end of each quarter at the latest, forward to the Statisti­
request of any one of them or of the Commission and               cal Office of the European Communities the relevant
in respect of the whole of the Community, reintroduce
the levying of the corresponding duties on imports of
the products in question from each of the countries or           (')    OJ No C 263 , 2 . 10. 1987, p. 1 .
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statistical data for the products entered for free circula­             these lists shall be forwarded within five days of the
tion in the quarter concerned under generalized prefer­                 end of each 10-day period .
ential treatment in accordance with the provisions of
the present Decision . This data, transmitted according                                         Article 10
to the codes of the combined nomenclature and , where
applicable, of the Taric, shall show the country of ori­
gin, value, quantity and any supplementary units as                     The Member States shall , in close cooperation with the
defined by Regulations ( EEC) No 1736/75 (') and                        Commission, take all necessary measures to ensure that
( EEC) No 3367/87 (2).                                                  this Decision is applied .
                                                                                                Article 11
2 . However, in the case of products in Annex I sub­
ject to quotas, the Member States shall , by the 1 1th day              The Member States shall take all measures necessary
of each month at the latest, forward the list of charges                for the implementation of this Decision .
effected during the previous month . In the case of
products of Annex I subject to ceilings, the Member
States shall forward to the Commission, at its request                                          Article 12
and under the same conditions, the list of charges
effected during the previous month .                                    This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 1988 .
                                                                        Done at Brussels, 17 November 1987 .
At the Commission 's request, when the level of 75 % of
the ceiling is reached, the Member States shall forward                                                       The President
the lists of charges to the Commission every 10 days ;                                                        L. T0RN /ES
                                                                                                                                   \
 (')   OJ No L 183 , 14.7 . 1975 , p. 3 .
 (2)   OJ No L 321 , 11 . 11 . 1987 , p. 1 .
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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
                Combined                                                                                                           Amount of       ceiling for
   Order                                                                                                                                            countries
    No
              Nomenclature                             Description                            Beneficiary       Individual         shares allo­
                                                                                                                                                  or territories
                   code                                                                       countries or    quota amount     cated to Member
                                                                                                                                                   other than
                                                                                               territories        (ECU)               States
                                                                                                                                                  those under
                                                                                                                                     (ECU)          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              3 327 451        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       i6 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   21 90           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
             721440 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 5091       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 arid rods
                                    Of non-alloy steel
 60.0040    7207 19 31      Semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy
            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                                            1 908 900
          - 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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     (i)         (2)                            (3)                      (4)      (5) (6)       (7
 60.0050     7208  35 91       Other, of a thickness of 4,75 mm or
 (cont'd)    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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    (1)         (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
            721020 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
            721060 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)
                                   Plated or coated with aluminium-
                                   zinc alloys
                                   Other
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     (1)         (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
             7211 41 10 steel , of a width of less than 600 mm , not
             7211 49 10 clad, plated or coated
             7211 90 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
             7212 40 91         Other
             7212 50 31             Of a width exceeding 500 mm
             7212 5051                  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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    (1)        (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 1 1 — 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                              1     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
                               Other
                                  Of circular or polygonal cross-sec­
                                  tion
                                      Rolled or obtained by contin­
                                     uous casting
                                         Of free-cutting steel
                                      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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 60.0060     7218 90   11     Stainless steel in ingots or other primary
 (cont 'd)   7218 90   13     forms , semi-finished products of stainless
             7218 90   15     steel
             721890    19     — Other
             7218 90   50            Of     rectangular   (including   square)
                                     cross-section
                                         Rolled or obtained by continous
                                         casting
                                     Other
                                         Rolled or obtained by continuous
                                         casting
             7219 11 10       Flat-rolled products of stainless steel , of a
             7219 11 90       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  1490           (cold-reduced)
             7219  21 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 1 1 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 (all
              numbers)
                               Bars and rods , hot-rolled , in irregularly
                               wound coils , of other alloy steel                           I
                                                                                            I
              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  1 1    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  1 1    — 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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    (1)         (2)                                (3)                        (4)         (5) (6)   (7)
 60.0060                 — Other bars and rods
 (cont'd)                        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  1 1        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 1 1   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 1 1  — Of hij>h 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   — Other, not further worked than cold-rolled
                            (cold-reduced)
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     (1)         (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  91 00 — 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
                 Combined
   Order
               Nomenclature                                                      Description
     No
                    code
     (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 having
                                       a minimum yield point of 275 MPa or of a thickness of 3 mm or more and having a mini­
                                       mum 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 11 00         Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of less than 600 mm, not clad, plated
                7211 21 00         or coated
                                   — 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
                                           Rolled on four faces or in a closed box pass, of a width exceeding 150 mm and of a thick­
                                           ness 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 thick­
                                           ness 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 minimum
                7211   1991            yield point of 275 MPa or of a thickness of 3 mm or more and having a minimum yield point
                7211   19 99           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  41 91                   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
                                   — Otherj not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced)
                                          Containing by weight less than 0,25 % of carbon
                                              Of a width not exceeding 500 mm
                                                 In coils intended for the manufacture of tinplate
                                   — Clad
                                          Of a width not exceeding 500 mm
                                              Not further worked than surface-treated
                                                 Hot-rolled, not further worked than clad
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       (1)                (2)                                                                (3)
    62.0030          7209 1 1 00          Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel , of a width of 600 mm or more, cold-rolled (cold­
                     7209 21 00          reduced), not clad, plated or coated
                     7209 31 00          — In coils, not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced), of a thickness of less than 3 mm
                     7209 41 00              and having a minimum yield point of 275 MPa or of a thickness of 3 mm or more and hav­
                          (a)                ing 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          7219 31 10           Flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a width of (500 rtim or more
                     7219 31 90          — 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
                          (a)                       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-rails
                      7302  10 39         and rack rails, switch blades, crossing frogs, point rods and other crossing pieces, sleepers
                      7302  10 90         (cross-ties), fish-plates, chairs, chair wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties
                      7302  20 00         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
(a) Preferences are also granted in respect of products falling within these combined nomenclature codes originating in Romania.
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                                                                       ANNEX III
                                 List of developing countries and territories enjoying generalized tariff preferences (')
                                                        A. INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES
        048 Yugoslavia                                     373 Mauritius                                 604 Lebanon
        204 Morocco                                        375 Comoros (2)                               608 Syria
        208 Algeria                                        378 Zambia                                    612 Iraq
        212 Tunisia                                        382 Zimbabwe                                  616 Iran
        216   Libya                                        386 Malawi (2)                                628  Jordan
        220   Egypt                                        391 Botswana (2)                              632  Saudi Arabia
        224   Sudan (2)                                    393 Swaziland                                 636  Kuwait
        228   Mauritania (2)                               395 Lesotho (2)                               640  Bahrain
        232   Mali (2)                                     412  Mexico                                   644 Qatar
        236   Burkina Faso (2)                             416  Guatemala                                647 United Arab Emirates
        240   Niger (2)                                    421  Belize                                   649 Oman
        244   Chad (2)                                     424  Honduras                                 652 North Yemen (2)
        247   Republic of Cape Verde (2)                   428  El Salvador                              656 South Yemen
        248   Senegal                                      432 Nicaragua                                 660 Afghanistan (2)
        252   Gambia (2)                                   436 Costa Rica                                662 Pakistan
        257   Guinea Bissau (2)                            442 Panama                                    664 India
        260 Guinea (2)                                     448 Cuba                                      666 Bangladesh (2)
        264 Sierra Leone (2)                               449 St Christopher and Nevis                  667 Maldives (2)
        268 Liberia                                        452 Haiti (2)                                 669 Sri Lanka
        272 Ivory Coast                                    453 Bahamas                                   672 Nepal (2)
        276 Ghana                                          456 Dominican Republic                        675 Bhutan (2)
        280 Togo (2)                                       459 Antigua and Barbuda                       676 Burma (2)
        284 Benin (2)                                      460 Dominica                                  680 Thailand
        288 Nigeria                                        464 Jamaica                                   684 Laos (2)
        302 Cameroon                                       465 St Lucia                                  690 Vietnam
        306 Central African Republic (2)                   467 St Vincent                                696 Kampuchea (Cambodia)
        310 Equatorial Guinea (2)                          469 Barbados                                  700 Indonesia
        3 1 1 Sao Tome and Principe (2)                    472 Trinidad and Tobago                       701 Malaysia
        314 Gabon                                          473 Grenada                                   703 Brunei Darussalam
        318 Congo                                          480 Colombia                                  706 Singapore
        322 Zaire                                          484 Venezuela                                 708 Philippines
        324   Rwanda (2)                                   488 Guyana                                    720 China
        328   Burundi (2) .                                492  Surinam                                 728 South Korea
        330   Angola                                       500  Ecuador                                 801 Papua New Guinea
        334   Ethiopia (2)                                 504  Peru                                     803 Nauru
        338   Djibouti (2)                                 508  Brazil                                  806 Solomon Islands
        342   Somalia (2)                                  512  Chile                                   807 Tuvalu (2)
        346   Kenya                                        516  Bolivia                                 812 Kiribati (2)
        350   Uganda (2)                                   520 Paraguay                                 815 Fiji.
        352   Tanzania (2)                                 524 Uruguay                                  816 Vanuatu
        355   Seychelles and dependencies (2)              528 Argentina                                817 Tonga (2)
        366   Mozambique                                   600 Cyprus                                   819 Western Samoa (2)
        370   Madagascar
(') 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 . 1 1 . 1 986, 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 (')
             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
             476 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 (2)
             809 New Caledonia and dependencies
             81 1 Wallis and Futuna Islands
             8 1 3 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 .
             (') As from the entry into force of the Treaty, signed in Brussels on 13 March 1984, amending the treaties establishing
                  the European Communities with regard to Greenland or of interim measures agreed in the Council .
             (2) 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                                         342 Somalia
              228   Mauritania                                    350 Uganda
              232   Mali                                          352 Tanzania
              236   Burkina Faso                                  355 Seychelles and dependencies
              240 Niger                                           375 Comoros
              244 Chad                                            386 Malawi
              247 Republic of Cape Verde                          391 Botswana
              252 Gambia                                          395 Lesotho
              257 Guinea Bissau                                   452 Haiti
              260 Guinea                                          652 North Yemen
              264 Sierra Leone                                    656 South Yemen
              280 Togo                                            660 Afghanistan
              284 Benin                                           666 Bangladesh
              306 Central African Republic                        667 Maldives
              310 Equatorial Guinea                               672 Nepal
              3 1 1 Sao Tome and Principe                         675 Bhutan
              324 Rwanda                                          676 Burma
              328 Burundi                                         684 Laos
              334 Ethiopia                                        807 Tuvalu
              338 Djibouti                                        812 Kiribati
                                                                  817 Tonga
                                                                  819 Western Samoa