CELEX: 51996PC0525(02)
Language: en
Date: 1996-10-25
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) concerning the export of certain ECSC steel porducts from Romania to the European Communities for the period 1 January to 31 December 1997 (extension of the double-checking system)

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                            Brussels, 25.10.1996
                                            COM(96) 525 final
                                            96/0257 (ACC)
                                            96/0258 (ACC)
                                  Proposal for a
                             COUNCIL DECISION
on the position to be taken by the Community within the Association Council
  established by the Europe Agreement between the European Communities
   and their Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part,
    which entered into force on 1 February 1995, concerning the export of
      certain steel products from Romania to the European Communities
                                  Proposal for a
                        COUNCIL REGULATION (EQ
  concerning the export of certain ECSC steel porducts from Romania to the
     European Communities for the period 1 January to 31 December 1997
                   (extension of the double-checking system)
                         (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                                EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The aim of the double-checking system is to improve transparency and to avoid possible
diversions of trade. It is founded on the provision in the EC-Romania Europe Agreement1
which allows either Party to introduce an administrative procedure having as its purpose
the rapid provision of information on the trend of trade flows. The Parties agreed to
establish such a system in 1996 in respect of certain ECSC steel products by means of
Association Council Decision N° 3/952. Council Regulation (EC) N° 3054/953
established the corresponding implementing legislation for the Community.
At its meeting on 17 September 1996, the Contact Group agreed to recommend that the
Association Council should extend the double-checking system, with certain
amendments, for the period between 1 January and 31 December 1997.
The attached proposals consequently seek to extend Association Council Decision N°
3/95 and Council Regulation (EC) N° 3054/95, with certain amendments, for the period
between 1 January and 31 December 1997.
In view of the time which these procedures could take, the Contact Group also agreed, if
necessary, to extend the double-checking system on a temporary basis by means of
autonomous measures, pending the entry into force of the Association Council Decision
and of the implementing legislation.
• O J ^ L 357, 31.12.94, p. 12.
2
  OJN°L 325, 30.12.95, p. 51.
3
  OJN°L 325, 30.12.95, p. 1.
 ---pagebreak---                               Proposai for a Council Decision          96/0257      (ACC)
     on the position to be taken by the Community within the Association Council
   established by the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and
     their Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part, which
     entered into force on 1 February 1995, concerning the export of certain steel
                 products from Romania to the European Communities
 The Council of the European Union,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular
 Article 113 together with Article 228, para 2, first sentence,
 Having regard to the Decision of the Council and the Commission of 19 December 1994
 on the conclusion of the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and
 their Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part, and in particular
 Article 2(1) thereof,
 Whereas the Contact Group referred to in Article 11 of Protocol 2 of the Europe
 Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States of the one part
 and Romania of the other part, which entered into force on 1 February 19951 , met on 17
 September 1996 to discuss trends in imports of ECSC products from Romania into the
Community and recognised the need for an administrative procedure, having as its
purpose the rapid provision of information on the trend of trade flows, in order to ensure
that the attainment of the objectives of the Agreement will not be jeopardised;
Whereas such an administrative procedure would help to increase transparency and
avoid possible diversions of trade;
Whereas the Contact Group therefore agreed to recommend to the Association Council
established under Article 106 of the Agreement that the double-checking system
introduced in 1996 by Association Council Decision N° 3/952 should be renewed for the
period between 1 January and 31 December 1997;
Whereas the Parties are desirous to promote the orderly and equitable development of
trade in steel between the Community and Romania;
Whereas the Association Council, having been supplied with all relevant information,
has determined that the solution acceptable to the two parties which least disturbs the
functioning of the Agreement is the renewal of the double-checking system, without
quantitative limits, for the import into the Community of certain steel products covered
by the ECSC Treaty between 1 January and 31 December 1997,
1
  OJL357, 31.12.94, p. 1
2
  OJL 325, 30.12.95, p.51
 ---pagebreak--- HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
The position to be taken by the Community within the Association Council established
by the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States,
of the one part, and Romania, of the other part, concerning the export of certain steel
products from Romania to the European Communities, and in particular the renewal of
the double-checking system, shall be based on the draft decision of the Association
Council annexed to this Decision.
Done at Brussels
                                                                      For the Council.
 ---pagebreak---                           Decision N°    /96 of the Association Council,
 association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part,
                                  and Romania, of the other part
    concerning the export of certain ECSC steel products from Romania to the European
   Communities for the period 1 January to 31 December 1997 (extension of the double-
         checking system established by Decision N° 3/95 of the Association Council)
                                        (96/    /ECSC)
THE ASSOCIATION COUNCIL
Whereas the Contact Group referred to in Article 11 of Protocol 2 of the Europe
Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their
Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part, which entered into force
on 1 February 1995l , met on 17 September 1996 and agreed to recommend to the
Association Council established under Article 106 of the Agreement that the double-
checking system introduced in 1996 by Association Council Decision N° 3/952 should be
extended for the period between 1 January and 31 December 1997 subject to certain
amendments;
Whereas the Association Council, having been supplied with all relevant information, has
agreed with this recommendation,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                           Article 1
The double-checking system established by Association Council Decision N° 3/95 for the
period 1 January to 31 December 1996 shall continue to apply for the period between 1
January and 31 December 1997, subject to the amendments to that Decision shown in
Article 2. In the Preamble and Article 1(1) and (3) of the Decision, references to the
period 1 January to 31 December 1996 are hereby replaced by the words "1 January to 31
December 1997".
' O J N ° L 357, 31.12.94, p. 12.
2
  OJN°L 325, 30.12.95, p. 51.
                                                 ST
 ---pagebreak---                                             Article 2
 1. In Article 2 of the Decision, the first sentence of paragraph 2 shall be amended to read
     as follows:
     "The Community undertakes to supply the Romanian authorities with precise
     statistical information on import documents issued by Member States in respect of the
     export documents issued by the Romanian authorities pursuant to Article 1."
2. Annex I shall be replaced by the text contained in the Annex to this Decision.
3. In Annex IV, paragraph 3 shall be amended to read as follows:
     "The export documents shall be valid for six months from the date of their issue.
     Export documents may be renewed or prolonged."
                                            Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of signature.
It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1997.
Done at
For the Association Council
The President
                                                6
 ---pagebreak---                                  ANNEX
                                ANNEX I
                               ROMANIA
           List of products subject to double-checking (1997)
7202 11 20 7209 26 90         7213 91 10        7219 12 90    7225 20 20
7202 11 80 7209 27 10         7213 91 20        7219 13 10    7225 30 00
7202 99 11 7209 27 90         7213 91 41        7219 13 90    7225 40 20
           7209 28 10         7213 91 49        7219 14 10    7225 40 50
7203 90 00 7209 28 90         7213 91 70        7219 14 90    7225 40 80
           7209 90 10         7213 91 90        721921 10     7225 50 00
7206 10 00                    7213 99 10        7219 21 90    7225 91 10
7206 90 00 7210 11 10         7213 99 90        7219 22 10    7225 92 10
           7210 12 11                           7219 22 90    7225 99 10
7208 10 00 7210 12 19         7214 20 00        7219 23 00
7208 25 00  7210 20 10        7214 30 00        7219 24 00    7226 11 10
7208 26 00 7210 30 10         7214 91 10        7219 3100     7226 19 10
7208 27 00 7210 41 10         7214 91 90        7219 32 10    7226 19 30
7208 36 00 7210 49 10         7214 99 10        7219 32 90    7226 20 20
7208 37 10 7210 50 10         7214 99 31        7219 33 10    7226 91 10
7208 37 90 721061 10          7214 99 39        7219 33 90    7226 91 90
7208 38 10 7210 69 10         7214 99 50        7219 34 10    7226 92 10
7208 38 90 7210 70 31         7214 99 61        7219 34 90    7226 93 20
7208 39 10 7210 70 39         7214 99 69        7219 35 10    7226 94 20
7208 39 90 7210 90 31         7214 99 80        7219 35 90    7226 99 20
7208 4010  7210 90 33         7214 99 90        7219 90 10
7208 40 90 7210 90 38                                         7227 10 00
7208 51 10                    7215 90 10        7220 11 00    7227 20 00
7208 51 30 7211 13 00                           7220 12 00    7227 90 10
7208 51 50 7211 14 10         7216 10 00        7220 20 10    7227 90 50
7208 51 91 7211 14 90         7216 21 00        7220 90 11    7227 90 95
7208 51 99 7211 19 20         7216 22 00        7220 90 31
7208 52 10 7211 19 90         721631 11                       7228 10 10
7208 52 91 7211 23 10         7216 31 19        7221 00 10    7228 10 30
7208 52 99 7211 23 51         7216 31 91        7221 00 90    7228 20 11
7208 53 10 7211 29 20         7216 31 99                      7228 20 19
7208 53 90 7211 90 11         7216 32 11        7222 1111     7228 20 30
7208 54 10                    7216 32 19        7222 11 19    7228 30 20
7208 54 90 7212 10 10         7216 32 91        7222 11 21    7228 30 41
7208 90 10 7212 10 91         7216 32 99        7222 11 29    7228 30 49
           7212 20 11         7216 33 10        7222 11 91    7228 30 61
7209 15 00 7212 30 11         7216 33 90        7222 11 99    7228 30 69
7209 16 10 7212 40 10         7216 40 10        7222 19 10    7228 30 70
7209 16 90 7212 40 91         7216 40 90        7222 19 90    722830 89
7209 17 10 7212 50 31         7216 50 10        7222 30 10    7228 60 10
7209 17 90 7212 50 51         7216 50 91        7222 40 10    7228 70 10
7209 18 10 7212 60 11         7216 50 99        7222 40 30    7228 70 31
7209 18 91 7212 60 91         7216 99 10                      7228 80 10
7209 18 99                                      7225 1100     7228 80 90
7209 25 00 7213 10 00         7219 11 00        7225 19 10
7209 26 10 7213 20 00         7219 12 10        7225 19 90    7301 10 00
 ---pagebreak---                                   COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) N°        /96      96/0258     (ACC)
    concerning the export of certain ECSC steel products from Romania to the European
   Communities for the period 1 January to 31 December 1997 (extension of the 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 Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European
Communities and their Member States, of, the one part, and Romania, of the other part,
entered into force on 1 February 19951;
Whereas the Parties decided in Association Council Decision N° ..../962 to extend the
double-checking system introduced by Decision N° 3/953 for the period between 1
January and 31 December 1997 subject to certain amendments;
Whereas it is consequently necessary to extend the Community implementing legislation
introduced by Council Regulation (EC) N° 3054/954,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                              Article 1
Council Regulation (EC) N° 3054/95 shall continue to apply for the period between 1
January and 31 December 1997, in accordance with the provisions of Association
Council Decision N° ...796 between the European Communities and their Member
States, of, the one part, and Romania, of the other part, subject to the amendments to that
Regulation shown in Article 2. In the Preamble and Article 1 (1) and (3) of the
Regulation, references to the period 1 January to 31 December 1996 are hereby replaced
by the words "1 January to 31 December 1997". Article 1 (4) shall be deleted.
 1
   OJN°L 357, 31.12.94, p. 12.
2
   See page ... of this Official Journal.
3
   OJN°L 325, 30.12.95, p. 51.
4
  OJN°L325, 30.12.95, p. I.
                                                   §
 ---pagebreak---                                          Article 2
Annex II shall be replaced by the text contained in the Annex to this Regulation.
                                         Article 3
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 1 January 1997.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at
For the Council
The President
                                                9
 ---pagebreak---                                  ANNEX
                                ANNEX II
                               ROMANIA
           List of products subject to double-checking (1997)
7202 11 20 7209 26 90         7213 91 10        7219 12 90    7225 20 20
7202 11 80 7209 27 10         7213 91 20        7219 13 10    7225 30 00
7202 99 11 7209 27 90         7213 91 41        7219 13 90    7225 40 20
           7209 28 10         7213 91 49        7219 14 10    7225 40 50
7203 90 00 7209 28 90         7213 91 70        7219 14 90    7225 40 80
           7209 90 10         7213 91 90        7219 21 10    7225 50 00
7206 10 00                    7213 99 10        7219 21 90    7225 91 10
7206 90 00 7210 11 10         7213 99 90        7219 22 10    7225 92 10
           7210 12 11                           7219 22 90    7225 99 10
7208 10 00 7210 12 19         7214 20 00        7219 23 00
7208 25 00 7210 20 10         7214 30 00        7219 24 00    7226 11 10
7208 26 00 7210 30 10         7214 91 10        7219 31 00    7226 19 10
7208 27 00 7210 41 10         7214 91 90        7219 32 10    7226 19 30
7208 36 00 7210 49 10         7214 99 10        7219 32 90    7226 20 20
7208 37 10 7210 50 10         7214 99 31        7219 33 10    7226 91 10
7208 37 90 7210 61 10         7214 99 39        7219 33 90    7226 91 90
7208 38 10 7210 69 10         7214 99 50        7219 34 10    7226 92 10
7208 38 90 7210 70 31         7214 99 61        7219 34 90    7226 93 20
7208 39 10 7210 70 39         7214 99 69        7219 35 10    7226 94 20
7208 39 90 7210 90 31         7214 99 80        7219 35 90    7226 99 20
7208 40 10 7210 90 33         7214 99 90        7219 90 10
7208 40 90 7210 90 38                                         7227 10 00
7208 51 10                    7215 90 10        7220 11 00    7227 20 00
7208 51 30 7211 13 00                           7220 12 00    7227 90 10
7208 51 50 7211 14 10         7216 10 00        7220 20 10    7227 90 50
7208 5191  7211 14 90         7216 2100         7220 90 11    7227 90 95
7208 51 99 7211 19 20         7216 22 00        7220 90 31
7208 52 10 7211 19 90         7216 31 11                      7228 10 10
7208 52 91 7211 23 10         7216 31 19        7221 00 10    7228 10 30
7208 52 99 7211 23 51         7216 31 91        7221 00 90    7228 20 11
7208 53 10 7211 29 20         7216 31 99                      7228 20 19
7208 53 90 7211 90 11         7216 32 11        7222 1111     7228 20 30
7208 54 10                    7216 32 19        7222 11 19    7228 30 20
7208 54 90 7212 10 10         7216 32 91        7222 1121     7228 30 41
7208 90 10 7212 10 91         7216 32 99        722211 29     7228 30 49
           7212 20 11         7216 33 10        7222 11 91    7228 30 61
7209 15 00 7212 30 11         7216 33 90        7222 11 99    7228 30 69
7209 16 10 7212 40 10         7216 40 10        7222 19 10    7228 30 70
7209 16 90 7212 40 91         7216 40 90        7222 19 90    7228 30 89
7209 17 10 7212 50 31         7216 50 10        7222 30 10    7228 60 10
7209 17 90 7212 50 51         7216 50 91        7222 40 10    7228 70 10
7209 18 10 7212 60 11         7216 50 99        7222 40 30    7228 70 31
7209 18 91 7212 60 91         7216 99 10                      7228 80 10
7209 18 99                                      7225 1100     7228 80 90
7209 25 00 7213 10 00         7219 1100         7225 19 10
7209 26 10 7213 20 00         7219 12 10        7225 19 90    7301 10 00
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