CELEX: 41976D0908
Language: en
Date: 1976-12-13 00:00:00
Title: Decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community, meeting within the Council of 13 December 1976 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for certain steel products originating in developing countries

No L 349/ 164                       Official Journal of the European Communities                             20. 12. 76
                                                            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 13 December 1976
             opening, allocating and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for certain
                                  steel products originating in developing countries
                                                      (76/908/ECSC)
THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS                          originating products shall be determined in accord­
OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN                            ance with the procedure laid down in Article 14 of
COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY , MEETING WITH­                        Council Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 of 27 June 1968
IN THE COUNCIL,                                                 on the common definition of the concept of the
                                                                origin of goods (1 ).
In agreement with the Commission,
                                                                3 . The amount to be charged in respect of each
                                                                country or territory referred to in paragraph 2 against
HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :                                       each of the tariff quota amounts indicated in column
                                                                5 of Annex A shall be limited to the maximum
                        Article 1                               amount given as a percentage in column 4 of Annex A
                                                                against each category of products.
1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1977, the duties
applicable in all customs areas of the Community                4. Any amendment to Annex B, in particular by the
to the products listed in Annex A shall be com­                 addition of new countries or territories enjoying tariff
pletely suspended within the framework of Com­                  preferences, may entail a corresponding adjustment
munity tariff quotas of amounts which shall be                  to the maximum amounts expressed as percentages
                                                                laid down in column 4 of Annex A and to the tariff
expressed in units of account and which shall be
indicated against each product in column 3 of that              ceilings and quotas laid down respectively in columns
Annex .
                                                                3 and 5 of Annex A.
2. These tariff quotas shall be enjoyed solely by                                         Article 2
products originating in the countries and territories
listed in Annex B. However, those imports which                 1 . The Member States shall administer their tariff
already enjoy exemption from customs duties under               quotas in accordance with their own provisions in
other preferential tariff arrangements granted by the           this respect.
nine Member States of the Community may not be
charged against these tariff quotas. For the purposes
of the application of this Decision, the concept of             (l) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 1 .
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2. The extent to which a Member State has used up            of such a situation (with regard to the aggregate
its share shall be determined on the basis of imports        appearing in column 3 of Annex A) shall be jointly
of the said goods which haive been entered for home          examined immediately.
use, on the basis of the customs value of the said
goods, and which are accompanied by a certificate
                                                                                    Article 4
of origin in accordance with the rules referred to
in Article 1 (2).
                                                             Member States shall inform the Commission at least
3 . Goods may be imported under the tariff quota             monthly of imports of the products in question
                                                             charged against their quotas.
only if the certificate of origin mentioned in para­
graph 2 is presented before the date on which cus­
toms 'duties are re-introduced .                                                    Article 5
                                                             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 re-introduce 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          The Member States shall take all measures necessary
quota of the products concerned originating in such          for the implementation of this Decision.
country or territory have reached the maximum
amount laid down in column 4 of Annex A.
Such re-introduction shall be notified immediately           Done at Brussels, 13 December 1976.
to the Commission, which shall inform the other
                                                                                                The President
Member States forthwith. At the request of a Member
State or of the Commission, the possible consequences                                         M. van der STOEL
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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
    CCT                                                                                    amount
                                                                             Aggregate                  Volume of shares allocated to
   heading                               Description                       of column 5   per country'
                                                                                             and             Member States in u.a .
     No                                                                       in u.a .
                                                                                          territory
                                                                                             (% )
     (1 )                                    ( 2.)                              (*)            4}                    (5 )
   73.08        Iron or steel coils for re-rolling                          12 091 800        40      Gerrnany              3 325   245
                                                                                                      Benelux               1 269   640
                                                                                                      France                2 297   440
                                                                                                      Italy                 I 813   770
                                                                                                      Denmark                 604   590
                                                                                                      Ireland                 120   920
                                                                                                      United Kingdom 2 660 195
   73.10        Bars and rods (including wire rod), of iron or               7 493 900        50      Germany               2 060   810
                steel, hot-rolled, forged, extruded, cold-formed                                      Benelux                 786   860
                or cold-finished (including precision-made);                                          France                1 423   840
                hollow mining drill steel :                                                           Italy                 1 124   090
                                                                                                      Denmark                 374   700
                A. Not further worked than               hot-rolled or                                Ireland                  74   940
                    extruded                                                                          United Kingdom        1 648   660
                D. Clad or surface-worked (for example, pol­
                    ished , coated) :
                    I.   Not further worked than clad :
                         a) Hot-rolled or extruded
   73.13        Sheets and plates , of iron or steel , hot-rolled or       23 440 200        30       Germany               6 446   055
                cold-rolled :                                                                         Benelux               2 461   220
                                                                                                      France                4 453   640
                A. ' Electrical ' sheets and plates                                                   Italy­                3 516   030
                                                                                                      Denmark               1 172   010
                B. Other sheets and plates :                                                          Ireland                 234   400
                       I. Not further worked than hot-rolled                                          United Kingdom 5 156 845
                     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 burnished ,
                          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 , varnished , clad, parkerized ,
                              printed )
                     V. Otherwise shaped or worked :
                          a) Cut into shapes other than rectangu­
                              lar shapes, but not further worked :
                              2.  Other
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                                                      ANNEX B
                  List of developing countries and territories enjoying generalized tariff preferences
                                          I. INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES
Afghanistan                              Guyana                                    Philippines
Algeria                                  Haiti                                     Qatar
Angola                                   Honduras                                  Rwanda
Argentina                                India                                     Sao Tome and Principe
Bahamas                                  Indonesia                                 Saudi Arabia
Bahrain                                  Iran
                                                                                   Senegal
Bangladesh                               Iraq                                      Seychelles
Barbados                                 Ivory Coast                               Sierra Leone
Bénin                                    Jamaica                                   Singapore
Bhutan                                   Jordan                                    Somalia
Bolivia                                  Kenya                                     Sri Lanka
Botswana                                 Khmer Republic                            Sudan
Brazil                                   Korea (South)                             Surinam
Burma                                    Kuwait
                                                                                   Swaziland
                                         Laos
Burundi                                                                            Syria
                                         Lebanon
Cameroon                                                                           Tanzania
                                         Lesotho
Cape Verde Islands                                                                  Thailand
                                         Liberia
Central African Republic                                                           Togo
Chad                                     Libya
                                                                                   Tonga
Chile                                    Malagasy Republic
                                                                                    Trinidad and Tobago
Colombia                                 Malawi
                                                                                    Tunisia
Comoros                                  Malaysia
                                                                                    Uganda
                                         Maldive Islands
Congo, People's Republic of                                                         United Arab Emirates :
Costa Rica                               Mali
                                                                                         Abu Dhabi
Cuba                                     Mauritania
                                                                                         Dubai
                                         Mauritius                                       Ras al Khaimah
Cyprus
                                         Mexico                                          Fujairah
Dominican Republic
Ecuador                                  Morocco                                         Ajman
Egypt, Arab Republic of                  Mozambique                                      Sharjah
El Salvador                              Nauru                                           Ummal Qaiwain
                                                                                    Upper Volta
Equatorial Guinea                        Nepal
                                                                                    Uruguay
Ethiopia                                 Nicaragua
                                                                                    Venezuela
Fiji                                     Niger
                                                                                    Vietnam
Gabon                                    Nigeria
                                                                                    Western Samoa
Gambia                                    Oman
                                                                                    Yemen, People's Democratic
Ghana                                     Pakistan                                  Republic of
Grenada                                   Panama                                    Yemen Arab Republic
Guatemala                                 Papua New Guinea                          Yugoslavia
Guinea                                    Paraguay                                  Zaire
 Guinea Bissau                            Peru                                      Zambia
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                                                  II. 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)
             Australian Antarctic Territory
             Belize
             Bermuda
             British Antarctic Territory
             British Indian Ocean Territory (Aldabra, Farquhar, Chagos Archipelago, Desroches)
             British Pacific Ocean (*)
             Brunei
             Cayman Islands and Dependencies
             Christmas Island
             Cocos (Keeling) Islands
             Corn Islands and Swan Islands
             Falkland Islands and Dependencies
             French Polynesia
             French Southern and Antarctic Territories
             Gibraltar
            Heard Island and McDonald Islands
             Hong Kong
             Leeward Islands (2)
             Macao
             Mayotte
             Netherlands Antilles
             New Caledonia and Dependencies
             Norfolk Island
             Pacific Islands administered by the United States of America or under United States trusteeship (s)
            Portuguese Timor
            St Helena (including Ascension, Gough Island, and Tristan da Cunha)
             Spanish territories in Africa
             Territories for which New Zealand is responsible (Cook Islands, Niue Island, Tokelau Islands
                 and Ross Dependency)
             Turks and Caicos Islands
             Virgin Islands of the United States (St Croix, St Thomas, St John, etc.)
            Wallis and Futuna Islands
            Windward Islands (4)
             Note: The above lists may be amended subsequently to take account of changes in the inter­
                      national status of countries or territories.
            (') Gilbert Islands, Tuvalu, British Solomon Islands, New Hebrides Condominium, and Pitcairn Islands.
            {') Antigua, Montserrat, St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, British Virgin Islands.
            {') 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, St Lucia. St Vincent.