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Language: en
Date: 1993-03-03 00:00:00
Title: Decision of the representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council of 25 February 1993 establishing ceilings and Community surveillance for imports of certain products falling within the ECSC Treaty and originating in the Republic of Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia and in the territory of the former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia

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                                                      COUNCIL
                 DECISION OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE
                           MEMBER STATES, MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL |
                                                    ofv 25 February 1993
                 establishing ceilings and Community surveillance for imports of certain
                 products falling within the ECSC Treaty and originating in the Republic of
                 Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia and in the territory of the former
                                           Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia
                                                         (93/ 129/ECSC)
THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF                           3.    Within the limits of these tariff ceilings, the
THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND                          Portuguese Republic shall apply the duties calculated in
STEEL COMMUNITY, MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL,                        accordance      with   Decision       87/603/ECSC        of   the
                                                                    representatives of the Governments of the Member States,
 In agreement with the Commission,                                  meeting within the Council, and the Commission of 21
                                                                    December 1987 amending Decisions 86/69/ECSC and
                                                                    87/456/ECSC (2).
 HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                                                    4.    Amounts shall be set off against the ceilings as and
                                                                    when the goods are entered with customs authorities for
                          Article 1                                 free circulation and accompanied by movement certificate
                                                                    in accordance with the rules of origin adopted in
                                                                    accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 14 of
 1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1993 imports into
the Community of certain products originating in the                Council Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 of 27 June 1968 on
Republics of Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia and in           the common definition of the concept of the origin of
                                                                   goods (3).
the territory of the former Yugoslavian Republic of
Macedonia and referred to in Article          1 of Decision
92/607/ECSC       of   21    December       1992    of    the      Goods shall be set off against the ceilings only if the
Representatives of the Governments of the Member States            movement certificate has been submitted before the date
meeting within the Council concerning the arrangements             on which the levying of customs duties is reintroduced.
applicable to the import into the Community of products
covered by the ECSC Treaty (') shall be admitted into the
Community free of quantitative restrictions and measures           The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at
having equivalent effect and free of customs duty and              Community level on the basis of imports set off against it
charges having equivalent effect.                                  in    the   manner    defined     in   the    first  and   second
                                                                   subparagraphs.
2. Imports of the products listed in the Annex to
Decision 92/607/ECSC shall, however, be subject to                 The Member States shall periodically inform the
annual ceilings and Community surveillance.                        Commission of imports effected in accordance with the
                                                                   rules laid down in this paragraph ; such information shall
The description of the goods referred to in the preceding          be supplied in the manner laid down in paragraph 6.
subparagraph, their CN codes and the levels of the
ceilings are given in the Annex thereto.
                                                                   (2) OJ No L 389, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 61 .
                                                                   (3) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 1 . Regulation as last amended by
(') OJ No L 406, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 40.                                 Regulation (EEC) Np 456/91 (OJ No L 54, 28 . 2. 1991 , p. 4).
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5. As soon as the ceilings are reached at Community                                    Article 2
level, Member States may at any time, at the request of
any one of them or of the Commission, and in respect of        Member States and the Commission shall cooperate
the whole of the Community, reintroduce the levying of         closely to ensure that this Decision is complied with.
the customs duties applicable to third countries.
Within the framework of the foregoing provisions, the                                  Article 3
Commission shall coordinate the procedures for
reintroducing the customs duties applicable to third           Member States shall take all measures necessary to
countries, in particular by notifying the date common to       implement this Decision.
the whole of the Community and directly applicable in
each Member State. The notification shall be published in
the Official Journal of the European Communities.              Done at Brussels, 25 February 1993.
6.    Member States shall forward to the Commission, not
later than the 1 5th day of each month, statements set off
during the preceding month. They shall, if the
Commission so requests, make up such statements for                                          The President
periods of 10 days and forward them within five clear
days of expiry of the preceding 10 day period.                                               J. TR0JBORG