CELEX: 51996PC0490
Language: en
Date: 1996-10-11
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) concerning the export of certain ECSC and EC steel products from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the European Community (double-checking system)

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                   Brussels, 11.10.1996
                                                   COM(96) 490 final
                                                   96/0245 (ACC)
                                    Proposal for a
                          COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
concerning the export of certain ECSC and EC steel products from the Former Yugoslav
    Republic of Macedonia to the European Community (double-checking system)
                           (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                            EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. On 22 December 1995, the Council authorized the Commission to open negotiations
   with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia with a view to concluding a
   Cooperation Agreement, a Protocol on Financial Cooperation and an agreement in the
   Field of Transport. On the basis of these negotiating directives, negotiations started on
   28 March 1996.
2. On 19 June 1996, the Commission and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
   reached agreement on the texts of a Cooperation Agreement (including Protocols on
   additional trade arrangements for certain iron and steel products, financial cooperation
   and rules of origin) and an Agreement in the Field of Transport.
3. The Protocol on additional trade arrangements for certain iron and steel products
   establishes, inter alia, a double-checking system without quantitative limits so as to
   improve transparency and to avoid possible diversions of trade. The Community
   already operates similar double-checking systems with Romania, Bulgaria, the Czech
   and Slovak Republics.
4. The Commission is submitting proposals to the Council for the conclusion of the
   Cooperation Agreement and its Protocols and of the Agreement in the Field of
   Transport. In addition, the Commission invites the Council to adopt the attached draft
   Council Regulation which is necessary for the Community and its Member States to
   implement the double-checking system for certain steel products.
 ---pagebreak---                          COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) N° #
                                   of              ....
 concerning the export of certain ECSC and EC steel products from the Former Yugoslav
       Republic of Macedonia to the European Community (double-checking system)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular
Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas a Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia entered into force on # ;
Whereas the Parties agreed in the protocol to the Agreement concerning additional trade
arrangements for certain iron and steel products to establish a double-checking system,
without quantitative limits, for the import into the Community of steel products
originating in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                           Article 1
 1. From the date of entry into force of the Cooperation Agreement until further notice, in
accordance with the provisions of the protocol on additional trade arrangements for
certain iron and steel products, imports into the Community of certain iron and steel
products covered by the ECSC and EC Treaties originating in the Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia, as listed in Annex I, shall be subject to the presentation of a
surveillance document issued by the authorities in the Community.
2. The classification of the products covered by this Regulation is based on the tariff and
statistical nomenclature of the Community (hereinafter called the 'combined
nomenclature', or in abbreviated form 'CN'). The origin of the products covered by this
Regulation shall be determined in accordance with the rules in force in thé Community.
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 ---pagebreak--- 3. From the date of entry into force of the Cooperation Agreement until further notice,
imports into the Community of the products originating in the Former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia listed in Annex I shall, in addition, be subject to the issue of an export
document issued by the competent authorities of the exporting country. Presentation by
the importer of the original of the export document must be effected not later than 31
March of the year following that in which the goods covered by the document were
shipped.
4. An export document will not be required for goods originating in the Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia already shipped to the Community before the date of entry into
force of the Cooperation Agreement, provided that the destination of such products is not
changed from a non-Community destination and that those products which, under the
prior surveillance regime in force at the time, may be put into free circulation only on
presentation of a surveillance document are in fact accompanied by such a document.
5. Shipment is considered to have taken place on the date of loading onto the exporting
means of transport.
6. The export document shall conform to the model shown in Annex H. It shall be valid
for exports throughout the customs territory of the Community.
                                          Article 2
 1. The surveillance document referred to in Article 1 (1) shall be issued automatically by
the competent authority in the Member States, without charge for any quantities
requested, within five working days of presentation of an application by any Community
importer, wherever established in the Community. This application shall be deemed to
have been received by the competent national authority no later than three working days
after submission, unless it is proven otherwise.
2. A surveillance document issued by one of the competent national authorities listed in
Annex III shall be valid throughout the Community.
3. The surveillance document shall be made out on a form corresponding to the model set
out in Annex IV. The importer's application shall include the following elements:
 (a) the name and full address of the applicant (including telephone and telefax numbers,
 and possible identification number used by the competent national authorities) and VAT
 registration number, if subject to VAT;
 (b) if applicable, the name and full address of the declarant or representative of the
 applicant (including telephone and telefax numbers);
 (c) the full name and address of the exporter;
 ---pagebreak---                (d) the exact description of the goods, including
               - their trade name,
               - the combined nomenclature (CN) code(s),
               - the country of origin,
               - the country of consignment;
               (e) the net weight, expressed in kg and also quantity in the unit prescribed where other
               than net weight, by combined nomenclature heading;
               (f) the cif value of the goods in ECU at the Community frontier by combined
               nomenclature heading;
               (g) whether the products concerned are seconds or of substandard quality (1);
                (h) the proposed period and place of customs clearance;
                (i) whether the application is a repeat of a previous application concerning the same
                contract;
                (j) the following declaration, dated and signed by the applicant with the transcription of
                his name in capital letters:
                'I, the undersigned, certify that the information provided in this application is true and
                given in good faith, and that I am established in the Community'. y •
                The importer shall also submit a copy of the contract of sale or purchase, the pro forma
                invoice and/or, in cases where the goods are not directly purchased in the country of
                production, a certificate of production issued by the producing steel mill.
                4. Surveillance documents may be used only for such time as arrangements for
                 liberalization of imports remain in force in respect of the transactions concerned.
                 Without prejudice to possible changes in the import regulations in force or decisions
                 taken in the framework of an agreement or the management of a quota:
                 - the period of validity of the surveillance document is hereby fixed at four months,
                 - unused or partly used surveillance documents may be renewed for an equal period.
(') Under the crireria given in Commission communication
    concerning identification criteria of non-prime steel products
    from third countries applied by customs services of Member
    States (OJ No C 180, 11. 7. 1991, p. 4).
 ---pagebreak---                                            Article 3
1. A finding that the unit price at which the transaction is effected exceeds that indicated
in the surveillance document by less than 5 % or that the total value or quantity of the
products presented for import exceeds the value or quantity given in the surveillance
document by less than 5 % shall not preclude the release for free circulation of the
products in question.
2. Applications for surveillance documents and the documents themselves shall be
confidential. They shall be restricted to the competent authorities and the applicant.
                                          Article 4
1. Within the first 10 days of each month, the Member States shall communicate to the
Commission:
(a) details of the quantities and values (calculated in ecus) for which surveillance
documents were issued during the preceding month; (b) details of imports during the
month preceding the month referred to in subparagraph (a).
The information provided by Member States shall be broken down by product, CN code
and by country. It shall be communicated electronically in the form a^eed for this
purpose.
2. The Member States shall give notification of any anomalies or cases of fraud which
they discover and, where relevant, the basis on which they have refused to grant a
surveillance document.
                                          Article 5
Any notices to be given hereunder shall be given to the Commission of the European
Communities (DG I.D.2 and DG m.C.2).
                                           Article 6
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal
of the European Communities. It shall apply with effect from # 1997.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at
For the Council
The President
 ---pagebreak---                                       ANNEXI
                      Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
                     List of products subject to double-checking
Complete CN heading 7208
Complete CN heading 7209
Complete CN heading 7210
Complete CN heading 7211
Complete CN heading 7212
Complete CN heading 7303
Complete CN heading 7304
Complete CN heading 7305
Complete CN heading 7306
 ---pagebreak---                                                Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
                                                             Export Document
      1.  Exporter (name, full address, country)                                  ORIGINAL             2.  No.
                                                                          3. Year                      4. Product group
                                                                                           EXPORT DOCUMENT
                                                                                               (ECSC products)
      5.   Consignee (name, full address, country)
                                                                          6. Country of origin         7. Country of destination
      8.   Place and date of shipment - Means of transport                9.  Supplementary details
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                                                                               (Signature)                      (Stamp)
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                                                               3. Year                      4.  Product group
                                                                             EXPORT DOCUMENT
                                                                                    (ECSC products)
     5.   Consignee (name, full address, country)
                                                               6. Country of origin         7.  Country of destination
     8.   Place and date of shipment - Means of transport      9.  Supplementary details
      10. Description of goods - Manufacturer                          11. CNcode       12. Quantity     13. FOB
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      15. Competent authority (name, full address, country) At                             on         ,
                                                                    (Signature)                      (S>tamp)
 ---pagebreak---                                                                     ANNEX III
                                    LISTA DE LAS AUTORIDADES NACIONALES COMPETENTES
                                      LISTE OVER KOMPETENTE NATIONALE MYNDIGHEDER
                                 LISTE DER ZUSTANDIGEN BEHORDEN DER MITGLIEDSTAATEN
                             AIEYeYNEElï TON APXÎÎN EKAOIHI AAElftN TON KPATON MEAQN
                                        LIST OF THE COMPETENT NATIONAL AUTHORITIES
                                        LISTE DES AUTORITÉS NATIONALES COMPÉTENTES
                                       ELENCO DELLE COMPETENTI AUTORITÀ NAZIONALI
                                           LIJST VAN BEVOEGDE NATIONALE INSTANTIES
                                       LISTA DAS AUTORIDADES NACIONAIS COMPETENTES
                                LUETTELO TOIMIVALTAISISTA KANSALLISISTA VIRANOMAISISTA
                                     LISTA ÔVER KOMPETENTA NATIONELLA MYNDIGHETER
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 ---pagebreak---                                                         ANNEX IV
                                                   Surveillance Document
   EUROPEAN COMMUNITY                                         SURVEILLANCE DOCUMENT
1   1.   Consignee                                               2. Issue number
         (name, full address, country, VAT number)
                                                                 3. Proposed place and date of import
                                                                 4. Authority responsible for issue
                                                                    (name, address and telephone No)
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                                                                    (and geonomendature code)
                                                                 8. Last day of validity
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    9.   Description of goods                                                 10. CN code and category
                                                                              11. Quantity In kHograms (net mass) or in
                                                                                  additional units
                                                                              12. Value in ecus, df at Community frontier
    13. Additional remarks
     14. Competent authority's endorsement
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     stating the unit)                                            and number) or extract No                    signature of tree attributing
                                                                  and date of attribution                      authority                       \
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 1.   Consignee                                        2. Issue number
      (name, full address, country, VAT number)
                                                       3. Proposed plaça and data of Import
                                                       4. Authority responsible for issue
                                                          (name, address and telephone No)
 5.   Declarant/representative as applicable           6. Country of origin
      (name and full address)                              (and geonomendature code)
                                                       7. Country of consignment
                                                           (and geonomendature code)
                                                       8.  Last day of validity
 9.   Description of goods                                           10. CN coda and category
                                                                     11. Quantity in kHograms (nat mass) or. In
                                                                         additional units
                                                                     12. Value In ecus, elf at Community frontier
  13. Additional remarks
  14. Competent authority's endorsement
            Date:
            Signature:                          Stamp:
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 ---pagebreak---   15. ATTRIBUTIONS
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  16. Net quantity (net mass or other unit of measure          19. Customs document (form                   20. Name, Member State, stamp and
      stating the unit)                                            and number) or extract No                    signature of the attributing
                                                                   and date of attribution                      authority
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