CELEX: 41975D0695
Language: en
Date: 1975-11-17 00:00:00
Title: Decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community, meeting in Council of 17 November 1975 opening tariff preferences for certain steel products originating in developing countries

29. 11 . 75                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                     169
                                                              DECISION
                   OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER
               STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY, MEETING IN
                                                             COUNCIL
                                                       of 17 November 1975
               opening tariff preferences for certain steel products originating in developing countries
                                                           (75/695/ECSC)
 THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS                              from customs duties under such arrangements shall
 OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN                                 not be charged against the aforementioned ceiling.
 COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY, MEETING IN
 COUNCIL,
                                                                     4. Subject to Article 2, within each ceiling thus
                                                                      calculated, charges of products originating in any
                                                                      one of the countries or territories listed in Annex B
 In agreement with the Commission,                                    should not exceed a maximum amount equivalent to
                                                                      50% of this ceiling, except for the specific cases
                                                                      indicated in Annex A.
 HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                                                      5 . Any amendment to Annex B, in particular by
                                                                      the addition of new countries or territories enjoying
                            Article 1
                                                                      tariff preferences, may entail a corresponding
                                                                      adjustment to the ceilings and maximum amounts
 1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1976 the duties                    referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4.
 applicable in the Community to the imports of the
 products listed in Annex A shall be completely
 suspended, subject to the provisions of Article 2.                                            Article 2
 2. This suspension shall be enjoyed solely by                         1 . As soon as the ceilings calculated in accordance
 products originating in the countries and territories                with the provisions of Article 1 (3) which are laid
  listed in Annex B. For the purposes of the application               down for Community imports of products originating
  of this Decision the concept of originating products                in all of the countries and territories referred to in
  shall be determined in accordance with the procedure                 Article 1 (2) are reached at Community level, the
  laid down in Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC)                  Member States may at any time, at the request of
  No 802/68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common                          any one of them or of the Commission and in respect
  definition of the concept of the origin of goods.                    of the whole of the Community, re-introduce the
                                                                       levying of the corresponding duties on imports of
                                                                       the products in question from all the countries and
  3 . Subject to Article 2, this suspension shall be                   territories concerned until the end of the period
  granted within 105% of a ceiling which shall be                      referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ).
  equal to the amount obtained, in respect of each
  category of products, by adding together, in units                   2. As soon as the maximum amounts calculated in
   of account, the value for 1971 of cif imports of the                accordance with the provisions of Article 1 (4) which
   products concerned to the Community from the                        are laid down for the Community imports of prod­
   countries and territories enjoying these arrangements,              ucts originating in each of the countries and territories
   excluding those already enjoying various preferential               referred to in Article 1 (2) and (3) are reached for
   tariff arrangements granted by the nine Member                       any one of these countries or territories at Commu­
   States of the Community, and 5% of the value of cif                 nity level, the Member States may at any time, at
   imports in 1972 from other countries and from the                    the request of any of them and in respect of the
   countries and territories already enjoying such                      whole of the Community, re-introduce the levying
   arrangements. Imports already enjoying exemption                     of the corresponding duties on imports of the
                                                                        products in question from the country or territory
                                                                        concerned until the end of the period referred to in
   (J ) OJ No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 1 .                               Article 1 ( 1 ).
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                       Article 3                                                      Article 4
                                                               Member States, in close cooperation with the Com­
1 . Imports of the said goods shall be actually                mission, shall take all necessary measures to ensure
charged against the ceilings and maximum amounts               that the above provisions are applied.
as and when they are entered for home use, on the
basis of the customs value of the said goods, and are                                 Article 5
accompanied by a certificate of origin in accordance
with the rules referred to in Article 1 (2).                   Member States shall inform       the   Commission     at
                                                               regular intervals of imports of the products in
                                                               question actually charged against the ceilings and
 2. Goods may be charged against a ceiling or maxi­            maximum amounts laid down in Article 1 (3 ) and (4).
mum amount only if the certificate of origin
mentioned in paragraph 1 is presented before the                                      Article 6
date on which the levying of duties is re-introduced.
                                                               The Member States shall take all measures necessary
                                                               for the implementation of this Decision.
3 . The extent to which ceilings and maximum
amounts have been used up shall be recorded at                 Done at Brussels, 17 November 1975.
Community level on the . basis of imports charged
in the manner laid down in paragraphs 1 and 2.                                                      The President
                                                                                                    E. COLOMBO
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                                                                    ANNEX A
                                                                                                              i
            List of products in respect of which the Common Customs Tariff duties are completely suspended
                    under the generalized tariff preferences granted to developing countries and territories
                   CCT
                 heading                                                  Description
                    No
                 73.07             Blooms, billets, slabs and sheet bars (including tinplate bars), of iron or steel ;
                                   pieces roughly shaped by forging, of iron or steel :
                                   A. Blooms and billets :
                                        I. Rolled
                                   B. Slabs and sheet bars (including tinplate bars) :
                                        I. Rolled
                 73.09             Universal plates of iron or steel
                 73.11 (*)         Angles, shapes and sections, of iron or steel, hot-rolled, forged , extruded, cold­
                                    formed or cold-finished ; sheet piling of iron or steel, whether or not drilled,
                                   punched or made from assembled elements :
                                   A. Angles, shapes and sections :
                                            I. Not further worked than hot-rolled or extruded
                                         IV. Clad or surface-worked (for example, polished, coated):
                                               a) Not further worked than clad :
                                                  1 . Hot-rolled or extruded
                                   B. Sheet piling
                 73.12             Hoop and strip , of iron or steel, hot-rolled or cold-rolled :
                                   A. Not further worked than hot-rolled
                                   B. Not further worked than cold-rolled :
                                            I. In coils for the manufacture of tinplate
                                   C. Clad , coated or otherwise surface-treated :
                                        III . Tinned :
                                               a) Tinplate
                                          V. Other (for example, copper-plated, artificially oxidized , lacquered,
                                               nickel-plated, varnished, clad, parkerized, printed):
                                               a) Not further worked than clad :
                                                  1 . Hot-rolled
            (*) For the products covered by heading No 73.11 and with respect to Yugoslavia, the maximum amount referred to in
                Article 1 (4) has been lowered to 529 800 u.a.
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     CCT
    heading                                       Description
      No
    73.15   Alloy steel and high carbon steel in the forms mentioned in heading Nos 73.06
            to 73.14 :
            A. High carbon steel :
                  I. Ingots, blooms, billets, slabs and sheet bars :
                     b) Other :
                         2. Blooms, billets, slabs and sheet bars
                III. Coils for re-rolling
                IV. Universal plates
                 V. Bars and rods (including wire rod) and hollow mining drill steel ; angles,
                     shapes and sections :
                     b) Not further worked than hot-rolled or extruded
                     d) Clad or surface-worked (for example, polished, coated):
                          1 . Not further worked than clad :
                                aa) Hot-rolled or extruded
                 VI. Hoop and strip :
                      a) Not further worked than hot-rolled
                      c) Clad, coated or otherwise surface-treated :
                          1 . Not further worked than clad :
                                aa) Hot-rolled
                VII. Sheets and plates :
                      a) Not further worked than hot-rolled
                      b) Not further worked than cold-rolled, of a thickness of :
                          2 . Less than 3 mm
                      c) Polished, clad, coated or otherwise surface-treated
                      d) Otherwise shaped or worked :
                           1 . Cut into shapes other than rectangular shapes , but not further
                                worked
             B. Alloy steel :
                   1. Ingots, blooms, billets, slabs and sheet bars :
                      b) Other :
                           2. Blooms, billets , slabs and sheet bars
                 III. Coils for re-rolling
                 IV. Universal plates
                  V. Bars and rods (including wire rod) and hollow mining drill steel ; angles ,
                       shapes and sections :
                       b) Not further worked than hot-rolled or extruded
                       d) Clad or surface-worked (for example, polished , coated):
                            1 . Not further worked than clad :
                                 aa) Hot-rolled or extruded
                 VI. Hoop and strip :
                       a) Not further worked than hot-rolled
                       c) Clad , coated or otherwise surface-treated :
                            1 . Not further worked than clad :
                                 aa) Hot-rolled
                 VII. Sheets and plates :
                       a) 'Electrical' sheets and plates
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              CCT
             heading                                       Description
               No
             73.15             b) Other sheets and plates :
            (cont'd)              1 . Not further worked than hot-rolled
                                  2. Not further worked than cold-rolled, of a thickness of :
                                      bb) Less than 3 mm
                                  3 . Polished , clad , coated or otherwise surface-treated
                                  4. Otherwise shaped or worked :
                                       aa) Cut into, shapes other than rectangular shapes, but not
                                           further worked
            73 . 16  Railway and tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the following :
                     rails, check-rails, switch blades, crossings (or frogs), crossing pieces, point rods,
                     rack rails, sleepers, fish-plates, chairs, chair-wedges, sole plates (base plates),
                     rail clips, bedplates, ties, and other material specialized for joining or fixing
                     rails :
                     A. Rails :
                         II. Other
                     B. Check-rails
                     C. Sleepers
                     D. Fish-plates and sole plates :
                         I. Rolled
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                                                       ANNEX B
                    List of developing countries and territories enjoying generalized tariff preferences
                                             INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES
Afghanistan                              Haiti                                      Qatar
Algeria                                   Honduras                                  Rwanda
Argentina                                India                                      Saudi Arabia
Bahamas                                  Indonesia                                  Senegal
Bahrain                                   Iran                                      Sierra Leone
Bangladesh                                Iraq                                      Singapore
Barbados                                  Ivory Coast                               Somalia
Bhutan                                    Jamaica                                   Sri Lanka
Bolivia                                   Jordan                                    Sudan
Botswana                                  Kenya                                     Surinam
 Brazil                                   Khmer Republic                            Swaziland
 Burma                                    Korea (South)                             Syria
 Burundi                                  Kuwait                                    Tanzania
 Cameroon                                 Laos                                      Thailand
 Cape Verde Islands                       Lebanon                                   Togo
 Central African Republic                 Lesotho                                   Tonga
 Chad                                     Liberia                                   Trinidad and Tobago
 Chile                                    Libya                                     Tunisia
 Colombia                                 Malagasy Republic                         Uganda
 Congo, People's Republic of              Malawi                                    United Arab Emirates :
 Costa Rica                               Malaysia                                       Abu Dhabi
 Cuba                                     Maldive Islands                                Dubai
 Cyprus                                   Mali                                           Ras al Khaimah
 Dahomey                                  Mauritania                                     Fujairah
 Dominican Republic                       Mauritius                                      Ajman
 Ecuador                                  Mexico                                         Sharjah
 Egypt, Arab Republic of                  Morocco                                        Ummal Qaiwain
 El Salvador                              Nauru                                     Upper Volta
 Equatorial Guinea                        Nepal                                     Uruguay
 Ethiopia                                 Nicaragua                                 Venezuela
 Fiji                                     Niger                                      Vietnam, Republic of
 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
 Guyana                                   Philippines
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                                                    COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES
            dependent or administered, or for whose external relations Member States of the Community
                                         or third countries are wholly or partly responsible
            Afars and Issas (Territory of the)
            Angola (including Cabinda)
            Australian Antarctic Territory
            Belize
            Bermuda
            British Antarctic Territory
            British Indian Ocean Territory (Aldabra, Farquhar, Chagos Archipelago, Desroches)
            British Pacific Ocean (*)
            Brunei
            Cayman Islands and Dependencies
            Christmas Island
            Cocos (Keeling) Islands
            Comoro Archipelago
            Corn Islands and Swan Islands
            Falkland Islands and Dependencies
            French Polynesia
            French Southern and Antarctic Territories
            Gibraltar
            Heard Island and McDonald Islands
            Hong Kong
            Leeward Islands (*)
            Macao
            Mozambique
            Netherlands Antilles
            New Caledonia and Dependencies
            Norfolk Island
            Pacific Islands administered by the United States of America or under United States trusteeship (*)
            Portuguese Timor
            St Helena (including Ascension, Gough Island, and Tristan da Cunha)
            Saint Pierre and Miquelon
            Sao Tome and Principe
            Seychelles (including Amirantes)
            Sikkim
            Spanish territories in Africa
            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.
             O 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.