CELEX: 51998PC0739
Language: en
Date: 1998-12-11
Title: 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 the Slovak Republic, of the other part, which entered into force on 1 February 1995, concerning the export of certain steel products from the Slovak Republic to the Community

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                                                    Brussels, 11.12.1998
                                                    COM(1998) 739 final
                                                    98/0338 (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 the Slovak Republic, of the other part, which entered into force on 1
February 1995, concerning the export of certain steel products from the Slovak Republic
                                     to the Community
                            (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-Slovak Republic 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 1998 in respect of certain ECSC and EC steel
products by means of Association Council Decision N° 3/972. Council Regulation (EC)
N° 85/983 established the corresponding implementing legislation for the Community.
At its meeting on 1 October 1998, the Contact Group agreed to recommend that the
Association Council should extend the double-checking system, with amended product
coverage, for the period between 1 January and 31 December 1999.
The attached proposal consequently seeks to extend Association Council Decision N°
3/97 with amended product coverage, for the period between 1 January arid 31 December
 1999.
  1
    OJN°L 359, 31.12.94, p. 2.
 2
    OJN°L 13,19.01.98, p. 71.
  3
    OJN°L13,19.01.98, p. 15.
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 ---pagebreak---                                    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 the Slovak Republic, of the other part, which entered into force on 1
 February 1995, concerning the export of certain steel products from the Slovak Republic
                                         to the Community
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 proposal from the Commission,
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 the Slovak Republic, of the other part, and in
particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas the Contact Group referred to in Article 10 of Protocol 2 of the Europe
Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States of the one part
and the Slovak Republic of the other part, which entered into force on 1 February 19951,
met on 1 October 1998 to discuss trends in imports of ECSC and EC products from the
Slovak Republic into the Community and recognised the need to find appropriate
solutions in the framework of Article 34.2 of the Agreement in order to ensure that the
attainment of the objectives of the Agreement will not be jeopardised;
Whereas the Contact Group therefore agreed to recommend to the Association Council
established under Article 104 of the Agreement that the double-checking system
introduced in 1998 by Association Council Decision N° 3/972 should be renewed for the
period between 1 January and 31 December 1999 with amended product coverage;
Whereas the Parties are desirous to promote the orderly and equitable development of
trade in steel between the Community and the Slovak Republic;
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 and EC Treaties between 1 January and 31 December 1999,
 • O J ^ L 359, 31.12.94, p. 1
2
  O J N ° L 1 3 , 19.01.98, p. 71.
 ---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 the Slovak Republic, of the other part, concerning the export of
certain steel productsfromthe Slovak Republic 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
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                                           Decision N°             /98 of the Association Council,
                                              established under the Europe Agreement,
  between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the
                                                  Slovak Republic, of the other part
                                                           of                          1998
           extending the double-checking system established by Decision N° 3/97 of the
                       Association Council for the period 1 January to 31 December 1999
                                                                     (98/       /EC)
THE ASSOCIATION COUNCIL
Whereas the Contact Group referred to in Article 10 of Protocol 2 of the Europe
Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their
Member States, of the one part, and the Slovak Republic, of the other part, which entered
into force on 1 February 1995 , met on 1 October 1998 and agreed to recommend to the
Association Council established under Article 104 of the Agreement that the double-
checking system introduced in 1998 by Association Council Decision N° 3/97 should be
extended for the period between 1 January and 31 December 1999;
Whereas the Association Council, having been supplied with all relevant information, has
agreed with this recommendation,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                                                      Article 1
1. The double-checking system established by Association Council Decision N° 3/97 for
the period 1 January to 31 December 1998 shall continue to apply for the period between
1 January and 31 December 1999. In the Preamble and Article 1 (1) and (3) of the
Decision, references to the period 1 January to 31 December 1998 are hereby replaced by
references to 1 January to 31 December 1999.
2. Annex I to the Decision shall be replaced by the text contained in the Annex to this
Decision.
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 ---pagebreak---                                           Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1999.
Done at
For the Association Council
The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                      ANNEX
                                                   ANNEXI
                                          SLOVAK REPUBLIC
                       List of products subject to double-checking (1999)
  Hot-rolled coils  7209 28 90          7212 30 90       7212 30 11 7225 11 00
  and pickled coils 720990 10                            7212 40 10 7225 19 90
                    7209 90 90          Tinplate in      7212 40 91 7225 40 80
  7208 10 00                            Coils, sheet     7212 50 31
  7208 25 00        Hot-rolled strip    And strip        7212 50 51 7226 1110
  7208 26 00        And hoop                             7212 60 11 7226 1190
  7208 27 00                            7210 11 10                  7226 19 30
  7208 36 00        7211  14 10         7210 12 11       7213 10 00 7226 19 90
  7208 37 10        7211  14 90         7210 70 31       7213 20 00
  7208 37 90        7211  19 20         7210 70 39       7213 91 10 7228 10 10
  7208 38 10        7211  19 90                          7213 91 20 7228 10 30
  7208 38 90                            7212 10 99       7213 9141  7228 20 11
  7208 39 10        7212 60 91                           7213 91 49 7228 20 19
  7208 39 90                            Non-oriented     7213 91 70 7228 20 30
                    7220 11 00          Grain steel      7213 9190  7228 30 20
  7219 1100         7220 12 00          Sheets, coils    7213 99 10 7228 30 41
  7219 12 10        7220 90 31          And strips for   7213 99 90 7228 30 49
  7219 12 90                            Electrotechnics             7228 30 61
  7219 13 10        7226 19 10                           7214 20 00 7228 30 69
  7219 14 10        7226 20 20           7209 17 10      7214 30 00 7228 30 70
  7219 14 90        7226 9110            7209 27 10      7214 91 10 7228 30 89
                    7226 91 90           721123 91       7214 91 90 7228 60 10
  7225 19 10        7226 93 20                           7214 99 10 7228 70 10
  7225 20 20        7226 94 20          Other products   7214 99 31 7228 70 31
  7225 30 00        7226 99 20                           7214 99 39 7228 80 10
                                         7208 5130       7214 99 50 7228 80 90
  Cut lengths       Cold-rolled strip    7208 51 50      7214 99 61
                    And hoop             7208 5191       7214 99 69 7301 10 00
  7208 40 10                             7208 52 91      7214 99 80
  7208 40 90        721123 10                            7214 99 90 Complete C N
  7208 51 10        721123 51            7209 16  10                heading 7306
  7208 5199         721123 99            7209 18  10     7215 90 10
  7208 52 10        721129 20            7209 26 10
  7208 52 99        721190 19            7209 28  10     7216 10 00
1 7208 53 10
  7208 53 90
                    721190 90
                                         7210 12 19
                                                         7216 2100
                                                         7216 22 00
                                                                                 1
  7208 54 10        7226 92  90          7210 20 10      7216 31 11
  7208 54 90        7226 93  80          7210 30 10      721631 19
  7208 90 10        7226 94  80          7210 50 10      7216 3191
1 7208 90 90        7226 99  80          7210 69 10      7216 3199
                                         7210 90 31      7216 32 11
J Cold-rolled       Hot dip Galvanized   7210 90 33      7216 32 19
1 Sheets and coils  Sheets, coils        7210 90 38      7216 32 91
  7209 15 00
                    And strip
                                       1 7213 13 00
                                                         7216 32 99
                                                         7216 33 10
                                                                                " 1
  7209 16 90        7210 11 90           721129 50       7216 33 90
  7209 17 90        721041 10            721129 90       7216 40 10
   7209 18 91        7210 4190           721190 11       7216 40 90
   7209 18 99        7210 49 10                          7216 50 10
   7209 25 00        7210 49 90          7212 10 10      7216 50 91
   7209 26 90        7210 61 10          7212 10 91      7216 50 99
   7209 27 90                            7212 20 11      7216 99 10
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