CELEX: 51973PC1710
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Date: 1973-10-12
Title: DRAFT REVISED STANDARD NOMENCLATURE FOR THE CARRIAGE BY RAIL OF COAL AND STEEL (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                         COM (73 ) 1710 Final
                                                         Brussels , 12 October 1973
                                        DRAFT
                REVISED STANDARD NOMENCLATURE FOR THE CARRIAGE BY RAIL
                                   OF COAL AND STEEL
                     ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
   COM (7 3 ) 1710 Final
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REVISED STMDARD ITOIMTC LATURE FOR TH3 CARRIAGE BY PAIL OF COAL
           Generic designation                        Products covered
                                      I Solid mineral iuels
1 .     Coal                             – Coal
                                                        1
                                         – Anthracite
                                         rte.thrftoirtic low–volatile coal , low-
                                            volatile coal and semi–"bituminous
                                                                «j
                                            coal ( quart gras )
                                         – Semi-tiituminous coal ( demi gras )
                                         - Bituminous coal ( trois quarts gras )
                                         - Bituminous coal                           i
                                                          1
                                         - Coking coals
                                         - High volatile bituminous coals ,
                                           "both caking and non-calcing'            ]
                                         - Slurry                                   j
                                         - Pulverized fuel                          j
                                              ( 1 ) for heating and firing          I
                                                                                    i
                                              ( 2 ) for other uses                  j
        Manufactured fuels                                                          s
                                                                                    I
                                                                                    i
        derived from coal                - Briquettes , ovoids etc manufactured •   i
                                            directly from coals or anthracites j
                                                                              ..... J
                                         - Degradation products recovered from J
                                            the manufacture of these                )
1
  This term applies to mineral fuels of the type specified of all sizes ,
  including slack, whether consigned in the raw state , or after simple
  preparation "by crushing, mixing, screening, sieving, washing, sorting,
  drying, or in the form of dusts or other waste
 ---pagebreak---               Cfancric designation                      Products covered
                                         Solid mineral fuels ( cont 'd )
   3.   Brown coal                          – Brown coal                '   )for- the
                                            - brown
                                              Degradedcoal(undersize ) ffj^cture
                                                                            )of briquettes
                                                                            jand semi-coke!
                                                           - .  - ... .   .           2 »
                                           – Brown ooal for other' purposes - ) ■
  |4 «  Brown coal. "briquettes             – Brown coal briquettes (BKB) and
                                              similar products ( ovoids etc )
                                           – Degraded (undersize ) "brown coal
        Coke and semi-coke from coal "     - Coke from coal
                                                              ù
                                           - Foundry coke
                                           - Blast furnace coke^     ,4
                                           - Industrial coke ( for metallurgical
                                              and other industries ) 4
                                           - Domestic colce^
                                           - Formed coke from coal
                                           - Semi-coke from coal^
                                           - Formed semi-coke from coal
                                           _ Gas coke ^ 4 )
                                           - Pulverized coke from coal
                                              (1 ) for heating and firing
                                              ( 2 ) for other uses
1 6.    Coke and semi-coke from "brown     - Brown coal coke
                                              «    _< ^             i     _1._4
i       coal                               – Crushed brown coal coke
                                           - Degraded (undersize ) brown coal
                                              coke^
    The term "brown coal for other purposes" has been included in the column
    headed " Products covered" in case the High Authority should decide ,
    pursuant to paragraph 3 of Annex I to the Treaty , to take action on this
  - product . "
    The term " gas coke" has been included in the column headed " Products ■ -
    covered" in case the High Authority should decide , pursuant to paragraph
   .3 of Annex I to the Treaty , to take action on this product .
    This term applies to coke and semi-coke of all sizes , • including breeze ,
    whether consigned in the raw state , or after simple, preparation by mixing,
    crushing, screening, sieving, sorting, drjring, or in the form of waste or
    dusts . .
    Breeze of coal or brown coal coke of a size not exceeding' 3 mm is classed
    as coal for freight tariff purposes .
    The inclusion of particles of up to 5 mm in size is allowed , provided that
    the proportion thereof does not exceed 10      of the consignment .
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              Generic designation                           Products covered
        Coke and semi-coke frqm ."brown         - Formed coke from "brown coal
        coal (cont*d) .               .         - Semi-coke from "brown coal^
                                                - Degraded ( undersize ) "brown coal
                                                  semi-coke^"
                                                - Pulverized "brown coal coke
                                                    (1 ) for heating and firing
                                                    ( 2 ) for other uses
        Reserved
                                            II Metallic ores
        Iron ores "                             - Iron ores , crude , whether crushed,
                                                  ground , washed, dried , roasted,
                                                  concentrated, agglomerated or
                                                          . ,5                      •: .
                                                  pelleted
 9-   _ Manganèse ores                          - Manganese ores (natural manganese
                                                  peroxide ,dioxide and carbonate )
                                                  crude , whether crushed , ground ,
                                                  washed , dried , roasted , concentrated
                                                  agglomerated or pelleted
no *    Screenings from "blast furnaces         - Screenings from "blast furnaces
        ( flue dust )                             ( flue dust )
ni .    Reserved
   This term applies' to coke and se&i-colce of all sizes , including "breeze ,
   whether consigned in the raw siate , or after simple preparation by mixing,
   crushing, - screening, sieving, sorting, drying, or in the for::i of waste or
   dusts .                                                     """"                 "
   Breeze of coal or "brown 'coal coke of a size not exceeding 3 mm is classed
   as coal for freight tariff purposes . The inclusion of particles of up to
   5 mm in size is allowed , provided that the proportion thereof does not
   exceed 1 0% of the 1 consignment .
                         v  ..... .     , .
   This generic designation does not include roasted iron pyrites or
   artificially produced magnetite . •
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          Generic designation                         Products covered
                                  III Iron and steel products
                           A - Basic products of the iron and steel industries
12 .  Pig iron , cast iron and              - Pig iron and cast iron .
      spiegeleisen in pigs , blocks ,       - Spiegeleisen
                                                                          m pigs ,
      lumps and similar forms^              - Haematite pig iron        ) ^ooks
                                                                          blocks ,
                                              and cast iron             ) .         ,
                                                                        ' lumps and
                                            - Phosphoric pig iron       ) giiailar
                                                                          similar
                                              and cast iron,            ) forms ^
                                            ( including ferrb-          )
                                              phosphorus    containing)
                                              less than 15 per cent phosphorus )
                                          –   Othor pic iron and cast iron
                                                                      7
13 .
      Sponge iron and steel            J    - Sponge iron and steel
14 . High carbon ferromanganese        |j - High carbon ferromanganese
      (containing more than 2 per centjJ . (containing more than 2 per cent
     "by weight of carbon), in pigs j         by weight of carbon), in pigs or
     or in pieces                      !      in pieces
                                        i '   „
15 *  Scrap                                 - Scrap
                                            - Iron or steel structural scrap
                                              Miscellaneous used articles of
                                              iron or steel , for recovery of
                                              metal .
                                            - Used rolling stock and permanent
                                              way material ( rails of a length of
                                              less than 1 . 50 m , tyres , wheels ,
                                              whether broken or cut up ; sleepers
                                              etc ), unserviceable
                                            - Old steel shell cases free from .
                                              explosive material
                                            - Heavy scrap
                                            ~ Short scrap
                                            - Steelworks * or rolling mills'
                                              ari sings of scrap
 This generic designation covers all pig and cast iron for steelmaking and
 foundry pig and cast iron .
^This includes sponge iron, whether as such or in the form of briquettes ,
 lumps (Rennluppen ) and similar products , bufc, excluding sponge iron powders ,
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               Generic designation                               Products covered
  15> Scrap ( cont 'd /                        j- Iron or steel turnings , whether
                                               I
                                               ;     oxidized or not
                                               !- Light scrap :
                                                     ( l ) in "bulk ( old sheet scrap ) or new!
                                                                                                   j
                                                            sheet cuttings , uncoated              |
                                                     (2 ) in pressed or tied "bales                !
                                              j - Old cast iron , including old broken ;■
                                                     cast iron ( cast iron scrap )                 i
                                              i                                                    |
                                              j- Alloy steel scrap and waste                       j
                                              i – Miscellaneous used articles of                   j
                                             I
                                                     alloy steel , for recovery of netal           !
  16.Tinplate waste for det inning               - Tinplate waste for detinning                    i
  1 7 - Reserved
                                      B – Crude steel
  18. Crude steel ingots , blocks , lumps !~ Crude steel in ingots ( of square or
        and similar forms * 8                        flat seotion etc ), blocks , lumps
                                                     and similar forms , ( including
                                                     puddled bars and pilings ), for
                                                                             8
                                                   - forging or rolling
  1 9. Reserved
                                      C - Semifinished products
I 20. Semi-finished rolled products          j - Semi-finished rolled steel products ,
                                                                                             i
                                                     of square or rectangular cross-
                                                     section , without sharp edges , in the
                                                  : form of :                                      !
                                                                                               f • *
                                                     - billets        )                            i
                                                         ,,
                                                     - blooms
                                                                      \) of steel ,' for hot       !;
                                           I -                        ) *<"*>"* or                 j
                                           ! - sheet-bars ) re~r0^^:'-nS
                                           t
  21- Hot-rolled wide strip , in coils     i - Hot-rolled wide strip , in coils for I
                                           !                      o                                I
        for re-rolling^                    • . re-rolling^              -                 ......
                  Ingots having undergone certain preliminary operations ( such
     as dressing, descaling, grinding, etc ) intended solely to remove surface
     defects shall continue to be regarded as crude steel *                 -
   ?
     Depending: on width , hot-rolled strip is classed ei t her SB :
     – wide strip , where the width is 600 mm or more ; or as
     – strip , where the width is less than 600 mm .
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               Generic designation                        Products covered
  21 , Hot-rolled wide strip , in coils        - Hot-rolled wide strip cold-finished
       for re-rolling^ ( cont 'd)                by simple skin-pass , in coils for
                                                  ro-rolling^
  22, Reserved
                                        D – Spécial products
  23» Rolled sheet bars , for uses other - Rolled sheet bars , for uses other
       than hot forging or re–rolling             than hot forging or re-rolling
  24,        t         Hot rolled rounds ,     - Hot-rolled rounds,' for the
       for the manufacture of tubes               manufacture of tubes
  25,                  Hot–rolled strip and - Hot–rolled strip for the
       vride strip for the manufacture of         manufacture of tubes 9
       tubes 9                                 - Hot-rolled ifide strip for the
                                                  manufacture of tubes 9
  26,                  Hot-rolled strip        - Hot-rolled strip for re-rolling^
       for re-rolling 9
  27, Hot-rolled strip and wide strip          - Hot-rolled strip for the
       for the manufacture of angles ,            manufacture of angles , shapes end
                                                           9
       shapes and sections Q                      sections
                                               - Hot-rolled wide strip for the
                                                  manufacture of angles , shapes and
                                                  sections
  28, Hot-rolled sheet , and plate , for       – Hot–rolled sheet and plate , for the
       the manufacture of tubes                   manufacture of tubes
( 29, Used roils for re-rolling,              (- Used rails for re**rolling, prepared
        prepared for such by cutting , and'        for such by cutting ,find unscrviceaq le
       unserviceable for their original •         for their ori,^in?l use )             i
       use 10 .)                            '
  30, Reserved
  •^ Depending on width , hot-rolled strip is classed either as t
    - wide strip, where the width is 600 mm or more ; or as          "
    •• strip ,- where the width is less than 600 mm .
 . Whether the hew generic designation '• Used rails for re-rolling, prepared
    for such by cutting,' ami unserviceable for their .original use " is retained
    in the Nomenclature, will depend on a , subsequent decision as to products for
    revise and for re^rolling .)                 -
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                 Generic designation                                Products covered
                                       E - Finished products
   31 . Universai plates , unworked               - Universai plates , unworked
   32. wire rod                                   - hire rod .
   33. Hollow mining drill steel , not            - Hollow mining drill steel , not
         further worked than rolled                     further worked than rolled
   34. Hot-rol,led; bars and angles , shapes      - Hot-rolled merchant "bars ,
         and sections                                   unworked^ ^
                                                  - Steel rounds and squares for
                                                        reinforcing concrete
                                                  - Hot-rolled "beams or joists (not
                                                        fabricated ) unworked or .simply
                                                                                                                   11
                                                        drilled or punched at each end
                                                  – Hot–rolled special sections ,
                                                                           11
                                                        unworked
                                                                                                            11
                                                  - Hot-rolled spring steels
                                                  - Steel sheet-pilings , whether or
                                                                                                         11
                                                        not drilled or punched
                                                  - Steel sheet-piling, whether or not
                                                        drilled or punched , with component
                                                                                                            11
                                                        parts ready for assembly
                            v   .      11                                                                      11
   35 » Hot-rolled liars for drawing               - Hot-rolled bars for drawing
   36.Hot-rolled squares-, for the                – Hot–rolled squares , for the
  . .            –              YT-  ""                                 r–               1     ~Ti          1
         manufacture of tubes                           manufacture of tubes
                                                      . –    -<-ιι - ι ι -    γ      ι ι· ι . - ■■ . _
   37 ..                  Hot-rolled strip ,       - Hot–rolled strip , imitforlced ( or
                                                                ...                .                              n <j 2 '
         unworlced ( or not further worked           . not further worked than clad )
         than clad)^ ^                                  Including :
                                                        Strip , hot–clad with different
                                                        qualities of steel , or with a non- ;
                                                        ferrous metal not constituting the
                                                        greater part by weight
   9
   ^Depending on width , hot-rolled strip is classed either as : , '
    – wide strip , where the width is 600 mm' or more ; or as
     - strip , where the width is less than 600 mm .                  .       •'                       '
     This designation also covers extruded steels but not polished steels .
12
     This designation does not cover strip neither wide strip if »
     ( a) coated, plated or clad with a precious metal ;
     (b ) plated or clad with a non-ferrous metal constituting the greater part
             by weight , or otherwise covered , or polished ; ' '
     ( c ) for the manufacture of tubes or for' ro-rolling or for the manufacture of
■     'l ••• angles , shapes or sections .   .     •       '• .            •   ...v        :
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             Generic designation                            Products covered
38 . Cold-rolled strip , in coils for             Cold-rolled strip , in coils for the
        the manufacture of tinplate               manufacture of tinplate
39 . Hot-rolled wide strip , and               - Hot-rolled wide strip,9      12 13 14
        sheet or plate 9 12 13 14                                                  13 14
                                               - Hot-rolled sheet oder plate
                                                  Including :
                                                 (a ) Wide strip , sheet or plate hot
                                                      (?Iad with different qualities
                                                       of steel , or with a non-ferrous
                                                       metal not constituting the greatet*
                                                       part by weight , and not other­
                                                       wise worked ;
                                                (b ) Wide strip , sheet or plate
                                                       coated or plated with copper ,
                                                       tin , lead , zinc , cadmium , chrome ,
                                                       nickel or with one or more other
                                                       "base metals or their alloys
                                                                                 13 14
                                                - Hot-rolled floor plates
                                                - Armour plates
9
  Depending on width , strip ir        classed either as :
  - wide strip , where the width is 600 mm or more : or as
  - strip , where the width is less than 600 mm
12
    This designation does not - cover neither strip nor wide strip if :
  (a.) coated, plated or clad with a precious metal j
  (b) plated or clad, with a non-ferrous metal constituting the greater
         part bjf weight , or otherwise covered , or polished ;
  ( c ) for the manufacture of tubes or for re-rolling or for the manufacture
         of angles , shapes or sections ,
*^This. designation includes :                      –                                   •
    fa ) unworked wide strip , sheet or plate j
    (b ) wide strip, sheet or plate , the surface of which has been prepared by
            pickling , burnishing , polishing or glazing j'                    _     . -
    ( o ) wide strip . sheet or plate , the surface of which has been' oiled ,
     ..     exidized , painted , prepainted , lacquered , prelacquered , varnished ,
            parkerized , printed or covered with paper, or with plastic material
            not constituting the greater part by . weight ;
    (d ) wide strip , sheet or plate out into various shapes j
^^The following are not included:
- (a) wide strip . sheet or plate , coated , plated or olad with a precious metal
          • or enamelledj
    ( b)' wide strip , sheet or plate clad with a non-ferrous metal constituting
            the greater part by weight .                                              /
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              Generic " designation                                      Product s ' covered
40 . Cold-rolled sheet or plate * ■                               Cold-rolled steel sheet or plate ,
               4. 1
          in cut
               •fc
                   lengths A
                   1 AU .m l Vi M
                                   or
                                    m
                                       •
                                      m coils
                                      1 M
                                               -1 x 3 14 1%
                                          «/■>•! I r+t •' *   I
                                                                                      13 14 15
                                                                  Cold-rolled steel sheet or plate .
                                                                  in coils 13 14r 15   J
                                                                  Including :
                                                                  ( a ) Sheet or plate cold-clad with :
                                                                        different qualities of steel ,
                                                                        or vdth a non-ferrous metal
                                                                        not constituting the greater
                                                                        part "by weight , and not other­
                                                                        wise worked j
                                                                  (b ) Sheet or plate coated or plated
                                                                        with copper , tin , lead , zinc , ;
                                                                        cadmium , chrome , nickel , or
                                                                        with one or more base metals
                                                                        or their ailiXoye*
                                                                - Blackplate
41 . Corrugated sheet or plate .                                                sheet or plate , whether
         whether or not galvanized ^ 15                           or not galvanized
                                                                                         14 15
13,
    This designation includes :
    ft(,b ) wide strip ,
            unworked wide strip . sheet or plates
                                  sheet or plate , the surface of wMoh has "been prepared by
            pickling , burnishing , polishing or glazingj
    (c ) wide strip . sheet or plate , the surface of which has been oiled,
            oxidized, painted , prepainted , lacquered , prelacquered , varnished ,
            parkerized , printed or covered with paper , or with plastic material
            not constituting the greater part by weight j
    (d ) wide strip . sheet or plate cut into various shapes }
14,
    The following are not included :
    (a) wide strip , sheet or plate , coated , plated or clad with a precious
            metal or enamelled 5
    (b ) wide strip , sheet or plate clad with a non-ferrous metal constituting
            the greater part by weight .
15,
    This designation does not include cold-rolled sheet or plate of a thick­
   ness of 3 mm or more .
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I             Generic designation                      Products covered
  42 .,                Tinplate              - Tinplate in strip or sheets ,       [
                                               whether or not cut into various
                                               shapes'                            I
                                           I   Corrugated tinplate                j
                                               Varnished , lacquered or printed
                                               tinplate                           ^
  43.                  Steel rails and         Steel railway and tramway rails    f
        check rails                            Steel rails for crânes or          J
                                               travelling gantries                J
                                               Steel check rails                   j
  44.                  Railway and             Railway and tramway sleepers        I
        tramway sleepers
  45.                  Rolled steel            Rolled steel fishplates            1
        fishplates , soleplates and            Rolled steel soleplates          < I
        compensating plates , for railways     Rolled steel compensating plates i
        and tramways
 16 .
                    Current-conducting rails with parts of non-ferrous metal are
      not included .