CELEX: 41977D0768
Language: en
Date: 1977-11-28 00:00:00
Title: 77/768/ECSC: Decision of the representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community, meeting within the Council, of 28 November 1977 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for certain steel products originating in developing countries

No L 324/ 150                           Official Journal of the European Communities                               19 . 12 . 77
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                                           (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                       COUNCIL
                                                            DECISION
               OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES
               OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY, MEETING WITHIN THE
                                                            COUNCIL ,
                                                      of 28 November 1977
               opening, allocating and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for certain steel
                                          products originating in developing countries
                                                         (77/768 /ECSC)
 THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF                           3 . The amount to be charged in respect of each coun­
 THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND
                                                                     try or territory referred to in paragraph 2 against each
 STEEL COMMUNITY, MEETING WITHIN THE COUN­                           of the tariff quota amounts indicated in column 5 of
 CIL,
                                                                     Annex A shall be limited to the maximum amount given
                                                                     as a percentage in column 4 of Annex A against each
 In agreement with the Commission,                                   category of products.
 HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                                                    4. Any amendment to Annex B, in particular by the
                                                                    addition of new countries or territories enjoying tariff
                                                                    preferences, may entail a corresponding adjustment to
                            Article 1                                the maximum amounts expressed as percentages laid
                                                                     down in column 4 of Annex A and to the tariff ceilings
 1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1978 , the duties                 and quotas laid down respectively in columns 3 and 5
applicable in all customs areas of the Community to the              of Annex A.
products listed in Annex A shall be completely sus­
pended within the framework of Community tariff
quotas of amounts which shall be expressed in units of
account and which shall be indicated against each                                            Article 2
product in column 3 of that Annex.
                                                                    1 . The Member States shall administer their tariff
2. These tariff quotas shall be enjoyed solely by pro­
ducts originating in the countries and territories listed in        quotas in accordance with their own provisions in this
                                                                    respect.
Annex B. However, those imports which already enjoy
exemption from customs duties under other preferential
tariff arrangements granted by the nine Member States               2. The extent to which a Member State has used up its
of the Community may not be charged against these                   share shall be determined on the basis of imports of the
tariff quotas. For the purposes of the application of this          said goods which have been entered for home use, on
Decision, the concept of originating products shall be              the basis of the customs value of the said goods, and
determined in accordance with the procedure laid down               which are accompanied by a certificate of origin in
in Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 802/68                 accordance with the rules referred to in Article 1 (2).
of 27 June 1968 on the common definition of the con­
cept of the origin of goods ( 1).
                                                                   3 . Goods may be imported under the tariff quota only
                                                                   if the certificate of origin mentioned in paragraph 2 is
                                                                   presented before the date on which customs duties are
(!) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 1 .                           re-introduced .
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                         Article 3                                                        Article 5
Each Member State shall re-introduce the levying of
duties which have been suspended in respect of a coun­          Member States, in close cooperation with the Commis­
try or territory mentioned in Annex B as soon as it re­         sion, shall take all necessary measures to ensure that the
cords that the charges against its national quota of the        above provisions are applied.
products concerned originating in such country or ter­
ritory have reached the maximum amount laid down in
column 4 of Annex A.
                                                                                         Article 6
Such re-introduction shall be notified immediately to
the Commission, which shall inform the other Member
States forthwith. At the request of a Member State or of
the Commission, the possible consequences of such a             The Member States shall take all measures necessary for
                                                                the implementation of this Decision.
situation (with regard to the aggregate appearing in
column 3 of Annex A) shall be jointly examined im­
mediately.
                         Article 4                              Done at Brussels, 28 November 1977 .
Member States shall inform the Commission at least
                                                                                                       The President
monthly of imports of the products in question charged
against their quotas.                                                                                    L. OUTERS
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                                                                    ANNEX A
             List of products subject to zero-duty tariff ceilings under the generalized tariff preferences granted to
                                                         developing countries and territories
                                                                                                  Maximum
     CCT                                                                              Aggregate     amount
                                                                                                                   Volume of shares allocated to
   heading                                   Description                             of column 5  per country
      No                                                                               (in u.a.)                     Member States (in u.a.)
                                                                                                 and territory
                                                                                                      (%)
      (D                                      ■   (2)                                     ( 3)     ■ ( 4)                      ( 5)
  7.108        Iron or steel coils for re-rolling                                  12 091 800        40        Germany                3 325 245
                                                                                                               Benelux                 1 269 640
                                                                                                               France                 2 297 440
                                                                                                               Italy                   1813 770
                                                                                                               Denmark                   604 590
                                                                                                               Ireland                    120 920
                                                                                                               United Kingdom         2 660 195
  73.10        Bars and rods ( including wire rod ), of iron or                    7 493 900         50        Germany                2 060 810
               steel , hot-rolled , forged , extruded , cold-formed                                            Benelux                   786 860
               or cold-finished             ( including precision-made);                                       France                  1 423 840
               hollow mining drill steel :                                                                     Italy                   1 124 090
                                                                                                               Denmark                   374 700
               A. Not further             worked       than   hot-rolled   or                                  Ireland                     74 940
                   extruded
                                                                                                               United Kingdom          1 648 660
               D. Cri ad or surface-worked ( for example, pol­
                    ished , coated ):
                   I. Not further worked than clad :
                       a ) Hot-rolled or extruded
   73.13        Sheets and plates, of iron or steel , hot-rolled or                 23 440 200        30       Germany                6 446 055
                cold - rol I ed :                                                                              Benelux                2 46 1 220
                                                                                                               France                 4 453 640
                A. ' Electrical 1 sheets and plates
                                                                                                               Italy                  3 516 030
                B. Other sheets and plates :                                                                   Denmark                 1172 010
                        I. Not further worked than hot-rolled                                                  Ireland                   234 400
                      II . Not further worked than cold-rolled , of                                            United Kingdom         5 156 845
                           a thickness of:
                           h ) More than I mm but less than 3 mm
                           c) 1 mm or less
                     III . Not further worked than burnished ,
                           polished or glazed
                     IV . Clad ,      coated       or    otherwise    surface­
                           treated :
                           b ) Tinned
                           c) Zinc-coated or lead-coated
                           d) Other ( for example, copper-plated
                               artificially oxidized , lacquered , nickel­
                               plated , varnished , clad , parkerized ,
                               printed )
                      V. Otherwise shaped or worked :
                           a ) Cut into shapes other than rectangu­
                               lar shapes, but not further worked :
                               2.   Other
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                                                                             ANNEX B
                               List of developing countries and territories enjoying generalized tariff preferences ( l)
                                                               I. INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES
660   Afghanistan                                       416 Guatemala                                                            662 Pakistan
208    Algeria                                          260 Guinea                                                               440 Panama
330    Angola                                           257 Guinea Bissau                                                        801 Papua New Guinea
528   Argentina                                         488   Guyana                                                             520 Paraguay
453 Bahamas                                              452 Haiti                                                               504 Peru
640 Bahrain                                              424 Honduras                                                            708 Philippines
666 Bangladesh                                           664 India                                                               644 Qatar
469 Barbados                                             700 Indonesia                                                         ' 324 Rwanda
284 Benin                                                616 Iran                                                                819 Samoa
675 Bhutan                                               612   Iraq                                                              311 Sao Tome and Principe
516 Bolivia                                              272   Ivory Coast                                                       632 Saudi Arabia
391 Botswana                                             464   Jamaica                                                           248 Senegal
508 Brazil                                               628   Jordan                                                            355 Seychelles and Dependencies
676 Burma                                                696   Kampuchea, Democratic                                             264 Sierra Leone
328 Burundi                                              346   Kenya                                                              706 Singapore
302 Cameroon                                             728   Korea, Republic of                                                 342 Somalia
247 Cape Verde Islands                                   636 Kuwait                                                               669 Sri Lanka
306 Central African Empire                               684 Laos                                                                 224 Sudan
244 Chad                                                 604 Lebanon                                                              492 Surinam
512 Chile                                                395 Lesotho                                                              393 Swaziland
480 Colombia                                             268 Liberia                                                              60 8 Syria
375 Comoros                                              216   Libya                                                              352 Tanzania
318 Congo, People's Republic of                          370   Madagascar                                                         680 Thailand
436 Costa Rica                                           386 Malawi                                                               280 Togo
448 Cuba                                                 701   Malaysia                                                           817 Tonga
600 Cyprus                                               667 Maldive Islands                                                      472 Trinidad and Tobago
338 Djibouti                                             232 Mali                                                                 212 Tunisia
456 Dominican Republic                                   228 Mauritania                                                           350 Uganda
500 Ecuador                                              373 Mauritius                                                            647 United Arab Emirates
220 Egypt                                                412 Mexico                                                               236 Upper Volta
428 El Salvador                                          204 Morocco                                                              524 Uruguay
310 Equatorial Guinea                                    366   Mozambique                                                         484 Venezuela
334 Ethiopia                                             803 Nauru                                                                690 Vietnam
815 Fiji                                                 672   Nepal                                                              652 Yemen
314 Gabon                                                432   Nicaragua                                                          656 Yemen, Democratic
252 Gambia                                               240   Niger                                                              048 Yugoslavia
276 Ghana                                                288   Nigeria                                                            322 Zaire
473 Grenada                                              649 Oman                                                                 378 Zambia
(') The code number preceding the name of each beneficiary country or territory is that given in 'Geonomenclature 1977', published by the Statistical Office of the European
    Communities .
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                                                        II . COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES
             dependent or administered, or for whose external relations Member States of the Community or third
                                                      countries are wholly or partly responsible
             890 Australian Antarctic Territory
             421 Belize
             413 Bermuda
             890 British Antarctic Territory
             357 British Indian Ocean Territory
             812 British Pacific Ocean
             703 Brunei
             202 Canary Islands
            463 Cayman Islands and Dependencies
             205 Ceuta and Melilla
             802 Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Norfolk Island
             529 Falkland Islands and Dependencies
             822 French Polynesia
             890 French Southern and Antarctic Territories
             044 Gibraltar
             740 Hong Kong
             743 Macao
             377 Mayotte
            476 Netherlands Antilles
             809 New Caledonia and Dependencies
             808 Pacific Islands administered by the United States of America or under United States trusteeship ( x)
             329 St Helena and Dependencies
             814 Territories for which New Zealand is responsible (Cook Islands, Niue Island, Tokelau Islands)
            454 Turks and Caicos Islands
            457 Virgin Islands of the United States
             811 Wallis and Futuna Islands
            471 West Indies
            Note: The above lists may be amended subsequently to take account of changes in the international
                      status of countries or territories.
            (') 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, Marianas and Marshall
                Islands).