CELEX: 41972D0432
Language: en
Date: 1972-12-19 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 19 December 1972 of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community, meeting in Council, opening, allocating and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for certain steel products originating in developing countries

108                                  Official Journal of the European Communities
 No L 296/106                        Official Journal of the European Communities                             30 . 12 . 72
                                                 COUNCIL DECISION
                                                  of 19 December 1972
              of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal
              and Steel Community, meeting in Council, opening, allocating and providing for the
              administration of tariff quotas for certain steel products originating in developing
                                                        countries
                                                     (72/432/ECSC)
THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS                          in column 4 of Annex A in respect of each category
 OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN
                                                                of products .
 COAL AND       STEEL COMMUNITY , MEETING              IN
 COUNCIL,                                                       4. Any amendment to Annex B, in particular by the
                                                                addition of new countries or territories enjoying tariff
In agreement with the Commission ,                              preferences, may entail a corresponding adjustment to
                                                                the maximum amounts expressed as percentages and
HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :                                       to the tariff quotas fixed in columns 4 and 5 of Annex
                                                                A.
                        Article 1
                                                                                        Article 2
1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1973, the duties
applicable within the Community to imports of the               1 . The Member States shall administer their tariff
products listed in Annex A shall be completely sus­             quotas in accordance with their own provisions in this
pended within the framework of tariff quotas, ex­               respect .
pressed in units of account and which shall, in respect
of each Member State, be equal to the respective
amounts indicated in column 5 of Annex A, these                 2. The extent to which the quotas of Member States
various amounts being recapitulated as an aggregate             have been used up shall be recorded on the basis of
in column 3 of the same Annex .                                 imports of the products in question presented for
                                                                customs clearance under cover of declarations that
                                                                they have been entered into consumption and on the
2. These tariff quotas shall be enjoyed solely by prod­         basis of the customs value of the products concerned .
ucts originating in the countries and territories listed
in Annex B. However, those imports which already
enjoy exemption from customs duties under other                                          Article 3
preferential tariff arrangements granted by the six
Member States of the European Coal and Steel Com­               Each Member State shall reintroduce the levying of
munity may not be charged against these tariff quotas .         duties which have been suspended in respect of a coun­
For the purposes of the application of this Decision ,          try or territory mentioned in Annex B as soon as it
the concept of originating products shall be deter­             records that the charges against its national quota of
mined in accordance with the procedure laid down in             the products concerned originating in such country or
Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 802/6S ( L)           territory have reached the maximum amount laid
of 27 June 1968 on the common definition of the con­            down in column 4 of Annex A.
cept of the origin of goods .
                                                                Such reintroduction shall be notified immediately to
3 . The amount to be charged in respect of each country         the Commission, which shall inform the other Member
 or territory referred to in paragraph 2 against each           States forthwith. At the request of a Member State or
of the tariff quota amounts mentioned above shall be            of the Commission , the possible consequences of such
limited to the maximum amounts given as a percentage            a situation (with regard to the aggregate appearing in
                                                                column 3 of Annex A) shall be jointly examined im­
C) OJ No L 148 , 28.6.1968 , p . 1 .                            mediately.
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                       Article 4                                                   Article 6
Member States shall inform the Commission at regular         The Member States shall take all measures necessary
intervals of imports of the products in question actu­       for the implementation of this Decision.
ally charged against their quotas.
                       Article 5                             Done at Brussels, 19 December 1972.
Member States, in close cooperation with the Com­                                               For the Council
mission, shall take all necessary measures to ensure                                            The President
that the above provisions are applied .                                                        T. WESTERTERP
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                                                          ANNEX A
            List of products subject to zero-duty Community tariff quotas under the Generalized Tariff
                               Preferences granted in favour of certain developing countries
   CCT                                                                    Quota      Maximum    Share of quota amount allocated
  heading                            Description                         amount       amount            to Member States
    No                                                                   (in u.a .) per Country             •(in u.a.)
                                         (2)                                            in %
    (1 )                                                                    (3)           (4)                   (5)
   73.08  Iron or steel coils for re -rolling                           8 932 000        50     Germany :           3 349 500
                                                                                                Benelux :           1 348 732
                                                                                                France :            2 420 572
                                                                                                Italy :             1 813 196
   73.10  Bars and rods (including wire rod), of iron or steel,         4 371 000        50     Germany :           1 639 125
          hot-rolled, forged, extruded, cold-formed or cold­                                    Benelux :             660 021
          finished (including precision-made); hollow mining                                    France :            1 184 541
          drill steel :                                                                         Italy :               887 313
          A. Not further worked than hot-rolled or extruded
           D. Clad or surface-worked (for example, polished,
              coated ) :
              I. Not further worked than clad :
                  a) Hot-rolled or extruded (ECSC)
   73.11  Angles, shapes and sections, of iron or steel, hot-rolled,    3 270 000        50     Germany :           1 226 250
          forged , extruded, cold-formed , or cold-finished ; sheet                             Benelux :             493 770
          piling of iron or steel, whether or not drilled, punched                              France :              886 170
           or made from assembled elements :                                                    Italy :               663 810
           A. Angles, shapes and sections
                 I. Not further worked than hot-rolled or extruded
                     (ECSC)
              IV. Clad or surface-worked (for example, polished,
                    coated) :
                     a ) Not further worked than clad :
                         1 . Hot-rolled or extruded (ECSC)
           B. Sheet piling (ECSC)
   73.13  Sheets and plates, of iron or steel, hot-rolled or cold­     14 587 000        30     Germany :           5 470 125
          rolled :                                                                              Benelux :           2 202 637
                                                                                                France :            3 953 077
          A. ' Electrical ' sheets and plates :
                                                                                                Italy :             2 961 161
          B. Other sheets and plates :
                I. Not further worked than hot-rolled
               II . Not further worked than cold-rolled , of a
                    thickness of :
                     b) More than 1 mm but less than 3 mm
                         (ECSC)
                    c) 1 mm or less (ECSC)
              III. Not further worked than burnished, polished
                    or glazed (ECSC)
               IV. Clad, coated or otherwise surface-treated :
                    b) Tinned
                    c) Zinc-coated or lead-coated (ECSC)
                    d) Other (for example, copper-plated, artifici­
                         ally oxidized, lacquered, nicked-plated,
                         varnished , clad parkerized, printed) (ECSC)
               V     Otherwise shaped or worked :
                     a) Cut into shapes other than rectangular
                         shapes, but not further worked :
                         2 . Other (ECSC)
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                                                         ANNEX B
              List ot deve oping countries and territories benefiting under the Generalized Tariff Preferences
                                              INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES
Afghanistan                              Honduras                                 Qatar
Algeria                                  India                                    Rwanda
Argentina                                Indonesia                                Saudi Arabia
Bahrain                                  Iran                                     Senegal
Bangladesh                               Iraq                                     Sierra Leone
Barbados                                 Ivory Coast                              Singapore
Bhutan                                   Jamaica                                  Somalia
Bolivia                                  Jordan                                   South Vietnam
Botswara.                                Kenya                                    Southern Yemen
Brazil                                   Khmer Republic                           Sri Lanka
Burma                                    Korea , Republic of (South Korea)        Sudan
Burundi                                  Kuwait                                   Swaziland
Cameroun                                 Laos                                     Syria
Central African Republic                 Lebanon                                  Tanzania
Chad                                     Lesotho                                  Thailand
Chile                                    Liberia                                  Togo
Colombia                                 Libya                                    Tonga
Congo, People's Republic of              A4alagasy Republic                       Trinidad and Tobago
Costa Rica                               Malawi                                   Tunisia
Cuba                                     Malaysia                                 Uganda
Cyprus                                   Maldive Islands                          Union of Arab Emirates :
Dahomey                                  Mali                                         Abu Dhabi
Dominican Republic                       Mauritania                                    Dubai
Ecuador                                  Mauritius                                     Ras al Khaimah
Egypt , Arab Republic ot                 Mexico                                        Sharjah
E! Salvador                              Morocco                                       Ajman
Equatorial Guinea                        Nauru                                        Umm al Qaiwain
Ethiopia                                 Nepal                                         Fujairah
Fiji                                     Nicaragua                                Upper Volta
Gabon                                    Niger                                    Uruguay ■
Gambia                                   Nigeria , Federal Republic of            Venezuela
Ghana                                    Pakistan                                 Western Samoa
Guatemala                                Panama                                   Yemen
Guinea , Republic of                     Paraguay                                 Yugoslavia
Guyana                                   Peru                                     Zaire , Democratic Republic of
Haiti                                    Philippines                              Zambia
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                                            COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES
    dependent or administered, or for the conduct of whose external affairs Member States of the
                         Community or third countries are wholly or partly responsible
    Afars and Issas (Territory of the)
    Angola (including Cabinda)
    Bahamas
    Bermuda
    British Honduras
    British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago , Des Roches)
    British Oceania (Territories under the jurisdiction of the Western Pacific High Commission) (*)
    Brunei
    Cape Verde Islands
    Cayman Islands and Dependencies
    Comoro Archipelago
    Cook Islands
    Falkland Islands (Malvinas ) and Dependencies
    French Polynesia
    French Southern and Antarctic Territories
    Gibraltar
    Hong Kong
    Macao
    Mozambique
    Netherlands Antilles
    New Caledonia and Dependencies
    New Guinea (Australian) and Papua
    Pacific Islands administered by the United States of America or under United States trusteeship (2)
    Papua (see Australian New Guinea )
    Portuguese Guinea
    Portuguese Timor
    St Helena (including Ascension , Gough Island , and Tristan da Cunha )
    Saint Pierre and Miquelon
    Sao Tomé and Principe
    Seychelles (including Amirantes)
    Sikkim
    Spanish territory in Africa
    Surinam
    Territories for which New Zealand is responsible ( Niuwe Island , Tokelau Islands)
    Turks and Caicos Islands
    Virgin Islands of the United States (St Croix , St Thomas , St John etc .)
    Wallis and Futuna Islands
    West Indies (3)
    Note : The above lists may be amended subsequently to take account of changes in the international
              status of countries or territories .
    (1) Gilbert and Ellice Islands , British Solomon Islands , New Hebrides, Condominium , Canton, Enderbury and Pitcairn
        Islands .
    (2) The Pacific Islands administered by the United States of America include : 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, Mariana and Marshall Islands.)
    (3) Leeward Islands, Antigua, Montserrat, St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, British Virgin Islands , "Windward Islands, Dominica ,
        Grenada , St Lucia, St Vincent.