CELEX: 41978D1037
Language: en
Date: 1978-12-29 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 29 December 1978 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for certain steel products originating in developing countries

30 . 12 . 78                         Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 375 / 163
                                                              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 29 December 1978
               opening, allocating and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for certain steel
                                        products originating in developing countries
                                                      (78 / 1037/ECSC)
THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF                         originating products shall be determined in accordance
THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND                        with the procedure laid down in Article 14 of Council
 STEEL      COMMUNITY,       MEETING       WITHIN      THE        Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 of 27 June 1968 on the
 COUNCIL,                                                         common definition of the concept of the origin of
                                                                  goods (*).
 In agreement with the Commission,                                3 . The amount to be charged in respect of each
                                                                  country or territory referred to in paragraph 2 against
                                                                  each of the tariff quota amounts indicated in column 5
                                                                  of Annex A shall be limited to the maximum amount
 HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                                                  given as a percentage in column 4 of Annex A against
                                                                  each category of products.
                                                                  4 . Any amendment to Annex B, in particular by the
                         Article 1                                addition of new countries or territories enjoying tariff
                                                                  preferences, may entail a corresponding adjustment to
 1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1979 , the duties              the maximum amounts expressed as percentages laid
 applicable in all customs areas of the Community to the          down in column 4 of Annex A and to the tariff ceilings
 products listed in Annex A shall be completely                   and quotas laid down respectively in columns 3 and 5
 suspended within the framework of Community tariff               of Annex A.
 quotas of amounts which shall be expressed in
 European units of account and which shall be indicated                                         Article 2
 against each product in column 3 of that Annex.
                                                                  1.   The Member States shall administer their tariff
 2 . These tariff quotas shall be enjoyed solely by               quotas in accordance with their own provisions in this
 products originating in the countries and territories            respect.
 listed in Annex B. However, those imports which
 already enjoy exemption from customs duties under                2 . The extent to which a Member State has used up its
 other preferential tariff arrangements granted by the            share shall be determined on the basis of imports of the
 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                 f 1) OJ No L 148 , -28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 1 .
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 said goods which have been entered for home use, on                                      Article 5
 the basis of the customs value of the said goods, and
 which are accompanied by a certificate of origin in              Member States, in close cooperation with the
 accordance with the rules referred to in Article 1 (2 ).         Commission, shall take all necessary measures to ensure
                                                                  that the above provisions are applied.
 3 . Goods may be imported under the tariff quota only
 if the certificate of origin mentioned in paragraph 2 is
presented before the date on which customs duties are                                     Article 6
 re-introduced .
                                                                  The Member States shall take all measures necessary for
                                                                  the implementation of this Decision.
                           Article 3
 Each Member State shall re-introduce the levying of                                      Article 7
 duties which have been suspended in respect of a
 country or territory mentioned in Annex B as soon as it         For the purposes of applying this Decision, the
 records that the charges against its national quota of the      preferential amounts expressed in European units of
products concerned originating in such country or                 account (EUA) shall be converted into national
territory have reached the maximum amount laid down               currencies at the following rates :
in column 4 of Annex A.
                                                                       1 EUA = 3.6043955 DM
                                                                              =    49.508625 Bfrs/Lfrs
Such re-introduction shall be notified immediately to                         =     5-5616255 FF
the Commission, which shall inform the other Member
                                                                              =     3.577043 5 Fl
States forthwith . At the request of a Member State or of                     = 647-971 Lit
the Commission, the possible consequences of such a                                 7-4775175 Dkr
situation (with regard to the aggregate appearing in                                0.42930445 I £
column 3 of Annex A) shall be jointly examined                                =     0.4293044 £
immediately.
After the quotas opened under this Decision have been            The application of these rates may not result, in terms
                                                                 of national currency, in charges against each of the
used up , Common Customs Tariff duties on imports of
the products in question originating in the countries             quotas concerned being lower than those resulting from
listed in Annex C shall continue to be totally suspended.        the corresponding minimum obligations laid down for
                                                                  1978 .
                          Article 4                              Done at Brussels, 29 December 1978 .
Member States shall inform the Commission at least                                                    The President
monthly of imports of the products in question charged
against their quotas .                                                                              H.-D . GENSCHER
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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                                                                             Aggregate    amount
                                                                                                                  Volume of shares allocated to
     heading                                 Description                             of column 5 per country            Member States
       No                                                                              (in EUA)  and territory             ( in EUA )
                                                                                                      (% )
       ( 1)                                       ( 2)                                    ( 3)        ( 4)                     ( 5)
    73.08       Iron or steel coils for re-rolling                                 12 091 800       40         Germany                3 325 245
                                                                                                               Benelux                1 269 640
                                                                                                               France                 2 297 440
                                                                                                               Italy                   1 813 770
                                                                                                               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      Germain                6 446 055
                 cold-rolled :                                                                                 Benelux                2 461 220
                                                                                                               France                 4 453 640
                 A. ' Electrical ' sheets and plates
                                                                                                               Italy                  3 516 030
                 B. Other sheets and plates :                                                                  Denmark                 1 172 010
                          I. Not further worked than hot-rolled                                                Ireland                   234 400
                        II . Not further worked than cold-rolled , of                                          United Kingdom         5 156 845
                             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
   660     Afghanistan ( 2)                                         488 Guyana                                                 520 Paraguay
   208     Algeria                                                  452 Haiti (2)                                              504 Peru
   330     Angola                                                   424 Honduras                                               708     Philippines
   528     Argentina                                                664 India                                                  644     Qatar
   453 Bahamas                                                      700 Indonesia                                              247     Republic of Cape Verde
   640 Bahrain                                                      616 Iran                                                   324     Rwanda ( 2)
   666 Bangladesh ( 2)                                              612 Iraq                                                   819     Samoa ( 2)
   469 Barbados                                                     272 Ivory Coast                                            311 Sao Tome and Principe
   284 Benin ( 2)                                                   464 Jamaica                                                632 Saudi Arabia
   675 Bhutan ( 2)                                                  338 Jibuti                                                 248 Senegal
   516 Bolivia                                                      628 Jordan                                                 355 Seychelles and dependencies
   391 Botswana ( 2)                                                696 Kampuchea ( Cambodia)                                  264 Sierra Leone
   508 Brazil                                                       346 Kenya                                                  706 Singapore
   676 Burma                                                        636 Kuwait                                                 812 Solomon Islands
  328 Burundi ( 2)                                                  684 Laos ( 2)                                              342 Somalia ( 2)
  302 Cameroon                                                      604 Lebanon                                                728 South Korea
  306 Central African Empire (2)                                    395 Lesotho (2)                                           656 South Yemen (2)
  244 Chad (2)                                                      268 Liberia                                               669 Sri Lanka
  512 Chile                                                         216 Libya                                                  224 Sudan ( 2)
  480 Colombia                                                      370 Madagascar                                            492 Surinam
  375 Comoros                                                       386 Malawi (2)                                            393 Swaziland
  318 Congo                                                         701 Malaysia                                               608 Syria
  436 Costa Rica                                                    667 Maldives (2)                                          352 Tanzania ( 2)
  448 Cuba                                                          232 Mali ( 2)                                             680 Thailand
  600 Cyprus                                                        228 Mauritania                                            280 Togo
  456 Dominican Republic                                            373 Mauritius                                             817 Tonga
  500 Ecuador                                                       412 Mexico                                                472 Trinidad and Tobago
  220 Egypt                                                         204 Morocco                                               212 Tunisia
  428 El Salvador                                                   366 Mozambique                                            812 Tuvalu
  310 Equatorial Guinea                                             803 Nauru                                                 350 Uganda (2)
  334 Ethiopia ( 2)                                                 672 Nepal (2)                                             647 United Arab Emirates
  815 Fiji                                                          432 Nicaragua                                             236 Upper Volta ( 2)
  314 Gabon                                                         240 Niger ( 2)                                            524 Uruguay
  252 Gambia ( 2)                                                   288 Nigeria                                               484 Venezuela
 276 Ghana                                                          652 North Yemen ( 2)                                      690 Vietnam
 473 Grenada                                                        649 Oman                                                  048 Yugoslavia
 416 Guatemala                                                      662 Pakistan                                              322 Zaire
 260 Guinea ( 2)                                                    440 Panama                                                378 Zambia
 257 Guinea Bissau                                                  801 Papua New Guinea
(•) The code number preceding the name of each beneficiary country or territory is that given in 'Geonomenclature 1979' (Regulation ( EEC) No 2843/78 — OJ No 1. 339,
     .S. 12 . 197S . n . S ).
( 2) This country is also included in Annex C.
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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
             808 American Oceania (*)
             802 Australian Oceania (Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Heard Island and McDonald
                     Islands, Norfolk Island )
             421 Belize
             413 Bermuda
              357 British Indian Ocean Territory
              812 British Oceania
              703 Brunei
             463 Cayman Islands
              529 Falkland Islands and dependencies
              822 French Polynesia
              044 Gibraltar
              740 Hong Kong
             743 Macao
             377 Mayotte
             476 Netherlands Antilles
              809 New Caledonia and dependencies
              814 New Zealand Oceania (Tokelau and Niue Islands ; Cook Islands )
              890 Polar regions (French Southern and Antarctic Territories, Australian Antarctic Territories, British
                     Antarctic Territories )
              329 St Helena and dependencies
              454 Turks and Caicos Islands
              457 Virgin Islands of the United States
              811 Wallis and Futuna Islands
              471 West Indies
              Note: The above lists may be amended subsequently to take account of changes in the international
                        status of countries or territories .
             (*) 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 C
                                         List of least developed developing countries
             660 Afghanistan                                                 386 Malawi
             666 Bangladesh                                                  667 Maldives
             284 Benin                                                       232 Mali
             675 Bhutan                                                      672 Nepal
             391 Botswana                                                    240 Niger
             328 Burundi                                                     652 North Yemen
             306 Central African Empire                                      324 Rwanda
             244 Chad                                                        819 Samoa
             334 Ethiopia                                                    342 Somalia
             252 Gambia                                                      656 South Yemen
             260 Guinea                                                      224 Sudan
             452 Haiti                                                       352 Tanzania
             684 Laos                                                        350 Uganda
             395 Lesotho                                                     236 Upper Volta