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II
(Acts whosepublication is not obligatory)
COUNCIL
t
DECISION OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF
THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL
COMMUNITY, MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL,
of 16 December 1986
applying for 1987 the generalized tariff preferences for certain steel products originating
in developing countries
(86/638/ECSC)
THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS
OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN
COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY, MEETING
WITHIN THE COUNCIL,
In agreement with the Commission,
origin of products adopted in accordance with the pro
cedure laid down in Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) v
No 802/68 (').
However, the Community preference arrangements
applicable to Yugoslavia shall result exclusively from
the provisions contained in the Agreement with that
country concerning ECSC products (2); consequently,
for products submitted under the said Agreement to
( Community tariff ceilings or listed in Annex I to this
Decision , the movement certificate EUR 1 shall be
deemed the only documentary evidence for the grant
ing of tariff preferences .
4. The Community tariff quotas and ceilings shall be
administered in accordance with the provisions set out
below.
HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
Article 1
1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1987, the customs
duties applicable to the products listed in Annexes I
and II shall be totally suspended within the framework
of tariff quotas and ceilings .
Spain and Portugal shall apply on the imports of prod
ucts referred to above the customs duties established in
accordance with Articles 178 and 365 of the 1985 Act of
Accession .
2 . The arrangements provided for in paragraph 1 shall
apply solely :
— in all customs areas of the Community, to each of
the countries or territories listed in column 4 of
Annex I against each category of products listed in
columns 2 and 3 ,
— in the Community, to each of the other countries or
territories listed in Annex III , with the exception of
Yugoslavia, for the same categories of products,
— in the Community, to each of the countries or terri
tories listed in Annex III for the other categories of
products in Annex II ,
subject to observance of the concept of originating
products .
3 . Preferential entry as provided for in this Decision
shall be subject to conformity with the definition of the
SECTION I
Provisions concerning the administration of the
Community tariff quotas relating to products listed in
Annex I
Article 2
The total suspension of customs duties within the limits
of the Community tariff quotas referred to in Article 1
( 1 ) shall be accorded to each country or territory listed
in column 4 of Annex I in respect of the products indi
cated against its name in columns 2 and 3 together with
details in column 5 of the amount of the individual
quotas .
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968, p . 1 .
0 OJ No L 41 , 14 . 2 . 1983 , p . 113 ; OJ No L 237, 27. 8 . 1983 ,
p. 1 .
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Article 3
1 . The Member States shall administer their tariff
quotas in accordance with their own provisions .
the levying of the corresponding duties on imports of
the products in question from each of the countries or
territories concerned until the end of the period
referred to in Article 1(1 ).
2 . Within the framework of the foregoing provisions,
the Commission shall coordinate the procedures for
reintroducing normal customs duties , in particular by
notifying the date common to the whole of the Com
munity and directly applicable in each Member State .
This notification shall be published in the Official
Journal of the European Communities.
2 . The extent to which a Member State has used up its
share shall be determined on the basis of imports of the
goods in question which have been entered for free cir
culation, on the basis of the customs value of the said
goods, and which are accompanied by a certificate of
origin in accordance with the rules referred to in
Article 1 (2).
3 . However, paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to the
countries listed in Annex IV.
Article 4
Each Member State shall reintroduce the levying of
duties which have been suspended in respect of a
country or territory listed in column 4 of Annex I as
soon as it finds that the charges against its national
quota of the products concerned originating in that
country or territory have reached the amount laid down
in column 6 of Annex I.
Article 7
The extent to which ceilings have been used up shall be
determined at Communitiy level on the basis of
imports charged in the manner laid down in Article 8
( 1 ) and (2).
SECTION II
Provisions concerning the administration of the
Community tariff ceilings relating to the products listed
in Annexes I and II
Articles
f
Subject to Articles 6 and 7, the preferential tariff ceiling
arrangements shall be accorded :
— for products in Annex I , to each of the countries or
territories listed in Annex III , other than those
which may be listed in column 4 of Annex I, within
the limits of the amounts specified in column 7 of
Annex I , against each category of products,
— for products in Annex II , to the countries or terri
tories listed in Annex III , considered individually,
within the limits of a Community ceiling corre
sponding to 102 % of the highest maximum amount
valid for 1980 under each of the preferential ceilings
opened for that year.
SECTION III
General provisions
Article '8
1 . Imports of the products in question shall be
charged against the quota shares and Community
ceilings as and when the products are entered for free
circulation, on the basis of the customs value of the
said products, and are accompanied by a certificate of
origin in accordance with the rules laid down in
Article 1 (2).
2 . Goods may be charged against a ceiling or admit
ted under a tariff quota only if the certificate of origin
referred to in paragraph 1 is presented before the date
on which the levying of duties is reintroduced.
3 . For the purposes of the application of this
Decision, the value of the ECU, in which the preferen
tial amounts are expressed, and the rate of conversion
into national currencies shall be that provided for in
the Common Customs Tariff.
4. An amendment to the list of beneficiaries, in par
ticular by the addition of new countries or territories,
may entail a corresponding adjustment to Community
tariff quotas or ceilings .
Article 6
1 . As soon as the individual ceilings fixed or calcu
lated in accordance with the provisions of Article 5 ,
which are laid down for imports into the Community,
under the conditions which it shall determine, of prod
ucts originating in any of the countries or territories
referred to in Article 1 (2), are reached at Community
level , the Member States may at any time, at the
request of any one of them or of the Commission and
in respect of the whole of the Community, reintroduce
Article 9
1 . The Member States shall, within six weeks of the
end of each quarter at the latest, forward to the Statisti
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these lists shall be forwarded within five days of the
end of each 10-day period.
Article 10
The Member States shall, in close cooperation with the
Commission, take all necessary measures to ensure that
this Decision is applied.
The Member States shall take all measures necessary
for the implementation of this Decision .
Article 12
This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 1987 . -
Done at Brussels , 16 December 1986 .
cal Office of the European Communities the relevant
statistical data for the products entered for free circula
tion in the quarter concerned under generalized prefer
ential treatment in accordance with the provisions of
the present Decision . This data, transmitted according
to the headings of the nomenclature of goods for exter
nal trade statistics of the Community and statistics of
trade between Member States (NIMEXE), shall show
the country of origin , value, quantity and any supple
mentary units as defined by Council Regulation (EEC)
No 1736/75 (').
2 . However, in the case of products in Annex I sub
ject to quotas , the Member States shall , by the 1 1th day
of each month at the latest, forward the list of charges
effected during the previous month . In the case of
products of Annex I subject to ceilings , the Member
States shall forward to the Commission, at its request
and under the same conditions, the list of charges
effected during the previous month .
At the Commission's request, when the level of 75 % of
the ceiling is reached, the Member States shall forward
the lists of charges to the Commission every 10 days ;
The President
G. HOWE
(') OJ No L 183 , 14.7 . 1975 , p. 3 .
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ANNEX I
List of products subject to zero duty Community preferential tariff quotas and ceilings (a)
Community tariff quotas Ceilings
Order
No
CCT
heading
No
(NIMEXE
code)
Description Beneficiary
countries or
territories
Individual
quota
amount
(ECU)
Amount of shares
allocated to
Member States
(ECU)
Individual
ceiling
for countries
or territories
other than
those
under column
4
(ECU)
( 1 ) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
60.0010 73.07
(73.07-12,21 ,
24)
Blooms, billets, slabs and sheet bars (includ
ing tinplate bars), of iron or steel ; pieces
roughly shaped by forging, of iron or steel :
A. Blooms and billets :
I. Rolled
B. Slabs and sheet bars (including tinplate
bars):
I. Rolled
•
s
3 324 600
60.0020 73.08 (*)
(73.08-01,03 ,
05,07,21,25 ,
29,41,45,49)
Iron or steel coils for re-rolling Brazil
South Korea
Venezuela
3 237 451 BNL 310 795
DK 148 923
D 809 363
E 236 334
GR 58 274
F 563 316
IRL 16 187
I 427 344
P 45 324
UK 621 591
3 237 451
60.0030 73.10 (*)
(73.10-11 , 12 ,
14, 15 , 17 , 18 ,
42)
Bars and rods (including wire rod), of iron or
steel , hot-rolled, forged, extruded, cold-
formed or cold-finished (including preci
sion-made); hollow mining drill steel :
A. Not further worked than hot-rolled or ex
truded
D. Clad or surface-worked (for example,
polished, coated):
I. Not further worked than clad :
a) Hot-rolled or extruded
Argentina
Brazil
Venezuela
2 006 493 BNL 192 623
DK 92 299
D 501 623
E 146 474
GR 36 117
F 349 130
IRL 10 032
I 264 857
P 28 091
UK 385 247
2 006 493
60.0040 73.11
(73.11-11,12,
14,16,19,41 ,
50)
Angles, shapes and sections, of iron or steel ,
hot-rolled, forged, extruded, cold-formed or
cold-finished ; sheet piling of iron or steel,
whether or not drilled, punched or made
from assembled elements :
A. Angles, shapes and sections :
I. Not further worked than hot-rolled
or extruded
IV. Clad or surface-worked (for ex
ample, polished, coated):
a) Not further worked than clad :
I. Hot rolled or extruded
B. Sheet piling
-
1 908 900
(a) Preferences are not granted in respect of the products, marked with an asterisk, originating in China.
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( 1 ) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) ' (7) .
60.0050 73.13 (*)
(73.13-11 , 16,
17,19,21,23 ,
26, 32, 34, 36,
43, 45,47,49,
50, 64,65, 67,
68, 72,74, 76,
78, 79, 82, 84,
86, 87, 88, 89,
92)
Sheets and plates, of iron or steel, hot-rolled
or cold-rolled :
A. 'Electrical ' sheets and plates
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
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, lac
quered, nickel-plated, varnished,
clad, parkerized, printed)
V. Otherwise shaped or worked :
a) Cut into shapes other than rec
tangular shapes, but not, further
worked :
2 . Other
Argentina
Brazil
South Korea
5 500 000 BNL 528 000
DK 253 000
D 1 375 000
E 401 500
GR 99 000
F 957 000
IRL 27 500
I 726 000
P 77 000
UK 1 056 000
6 276 000
60.0060 73.15
(73.61-50)
(73.62-10,30)
(73.63-21,29,
72)
(73.64-20, 72)
Alloy steel and high carbon steel in the forms
mentioned in heading Nos 73.06 to 73.14 :
A. High carbon steel :
I. Ingots, blooms, billets, slabs and
sheet bars :
b) Other :
2 . Blooms, billets, slabs and
sheet bars
III . Coils for re-rolling
IV. Universal plates
V. Bars and rods (including wire rod)
and hollow mining drill steel ;
angles, shapes and sections :
b) Not further worked than hot-
rolled or extruded
d) Clad or surface-worked (for
example, polished, coated):
I. Not further worked than
clad :
aa) Hot-rolled or extruded
VI . Hoop and strip :
a) Not further worked than hot-
rolled
c) Clad, coated or otherwise sur
face-treated :
I. Not further worked than
clad :
aa) Hot-rolled
Brazil
South Korea
5 564 100 BNL 534 154
DK 255 949
D 1 391 025
E 406 179
GR 100 154
F 968 153
IRL 27 821
I 734 461
P 77 897
UK 1 068 307
5 891 400
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( 1 ) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (?)
60.0060
(cont'd)
73.15
(cont'd)
(73.65-21,23,
25, 55,70,81 )
(73.71-51,52,
54, 55, 56, 59)
(73.72-11 , 13,
19., 33, 39)
(73.73-23,24,
25,26,29,33,
34,35,36,39,
72)
(73.74-21,23,
29,72)
(73.75-11 , 19,
23 , 24, 29, 33,
34,39,43,44,
49, 63, 64, 69,
73,79, 83, 84,
89)
A. VII . Sheets and plates :
a) Not further worked than hot
rolled
b) Not further worked than cold
rolled, of a thickness of:
2 . Less than 3 mm
c) Polished, clad,- coated or other
wise surface-treated
d) Otherwise shaped or worked :
1 . Cut into shapes other than
rectangular shapes, but not
further worked
B. Alloy steel :
I. Ingots, blooms, billets, slabs and
sheet bars :
b) Other :
2 . Blooms, billets , slabs and
sheet bars
III . Coils for re-rolling
IV. Universal plates
V. Bars and rods (including wire rod)
and hollow mining drill steel ;
angles, shapes and sections :
b) Not further worked than hot
rolled or extruded
d) Clad or surface-worked (for
example, polished, coated) :
1 . Not further worked than
clad :
aa) Hot-rolled or extruded
VI . Hoop and strip :
a) Not further worked than hot
rolled
c) Clad, coated or otherwise sur
face-treated :
1 . Not further worked than
clad :
aa) Hot-rolled
VII. Sheets and plates :
a) 'Electrical ' sheets and plates
b) Other sheets and plates :
1 . Not further worked than
hot-rolled
2. Not further worked than
cold-rolled, of a thickness of:
bb) Less than 3 mm
3 . Polished, clad, coated or
otherwise surface-treated
4. Otherwise shaped or worked :
aa) Cut into shapes other
than rectangular shapes, but
not further worked
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ANNEX II
List of products in respect of which the Common Customs Tariff duties are completely suspended
under the generalized tariff preferences granted to developing countries and territories
Order
No
CCT heading No
(NIMEXEcode) Description
62.0010 73.09
(73,09-00)
Universal plates of iron or steel
62.0020 73.12
(73.12-11,19,
21,51,71 )
Hoop and strip, of iron or steel , hot-rolled or cold-rolled :
A. Not further worked than hot-rolled
B. Not further worked than cold-rolled :
I. In coils for the manufacture of tinplate
C. Clad, coated or otherwise surface-treated :
III . Tinned :
a) Tinplate
V. Other (for example, copper-plated, artificially oxidized, lacquered, nickel-plated,
varnished, clad, parkerized, printed):
a) Not further worked than clad :
1 . Hot-rolled
62.0030 73.13
(73.13-41 )
(a)
Sheets and plates, of iron or steel , hot-rolled or cold-rolled :
B. Other sheets and plates :
II . Not further worked than cold-rolled, of a thickness of:
a) 3 mm or more v
62.0040 73.15
(73.65-53)
(a)
(73.75-53 , 54, 59)
(a)
Alloy steel and high carbon steel in the forms mentioned in heading Nos 73.06 to 73.14 :
A. High carbon steel :
VII . Sheets and plates :
b) Not further worked than cold-rolled, of a thickness of :
1 . 3 mm or more
B. Alloy steel :
VIL Sheets and plates :
b) Other sheets and plates :
2 . Not further worked than cold-rolled, of a thickness of:
aa) '3 mm or more
t
62.0050 73.16
(73.16-14, 16,
17 , 20,40,51 )
Railway and tramway track construction material of iron or steel , the following : rails , check
rails , switch blades, crossings (or frogs), crossing pieces , point rods, rack rails, sleepers, fish
plates, chairs, chair-wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties, and other
material specialized for joining or fixing rails :
A. Rails :
II . Other
B. Check-rails
C. Sleepers
D. Fish-plates and sole plates : »
I. Rolled
(a) Preferences are also granted in respect of products falling within this subheading, originating in Romania.
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ANNEX III
List of developing countries and territories enjoying generalized tariff preferences (')
A. INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES
048 Yugoslavia 373 Mauritius 604 Lebanon
204 Morocco 375 Comoros 0 608 Syria
208 Algeria 378 Zambia 612 Iraq
212 Tunisia ' 382 Zimbabwe 616 Iran
216 Libya 386 Malawi 0 628 Jordan
220 Egypt 391 Botswana 0 632 Saudi Arabia
224 * Sudan (2) ' 393 Swaziland 636 Kuwait
228 Mauritania 395 Lesotho 0 640 Bahrain
232 Mali (2) 412 Mexico 644 Qatar
236 Burkina Faso (2) 416 Guatemala 647 United Arab Emirates
240 Niger (2) 421 Belize • 649 Oman
244 Chad (?) 424 Honduras 652 North Yemen 0
247 Republic of Cape Verde 0 428 El Salvador 656 South Yemen
248 Senegal 432 Nicaragua 660 Afghanistan 0
252 Gambia (2) 436 Costa Rica 662 Pakistan
257 Guinea Bissau (2) 442 Panama 664 India
260 Guinea (2) 448 Cuba 666 Bangladesh 0
264 Sierra Leone 0 449 St Christopher and Nevis 667 Maldives 0
268 Liberia 452 Haiti 0 669 Sri Lanka
272 Ivory Coast 453 Bahamas 672 Nepal 0
276 Ghana 456 Dominican Republic 675 Bhutan 0
280 Togo 0 459 Antigua and Barbuda 676 Burma
284 Benin 0 460 Dominica 680 Thailand
288 Nigeria 464 Jamaica 684 Laos 0
302 Cameroon 465 St Lucia 690 Vietnam
306 Central African Republic 0 467 St Vincent 696 Kampuchea (Cambodia)
310 Equatorial Guinea 0 469 Barbados 700 Indonesia
311 Sao Tome and Principe 0 472 Trinidad and Tobago 701 Malaysia
314 Gabon 473 Grenada 703 Brunei Darussalam
318 Congo 480 Colombia 706 Singapore
322 Zaire 484 Venezuela 708 Philippines
324 Rwanda 0 488 Guyana 720 China
328 Burundi 0 492 Surinam 728 South Korea
330 Angola 500 Ecuador 801 Papua New Guinea
334 Ethiopia 0 504 Peru 803 Nauru
338 Djibouti 0 508 Brazil 806 Solomon Islands
342 Somalia 0 512 Chile 807 Tuvalu
346 Kenya 516 Bolivia 812 Kiribati
350 Uganda 0 520 Paraguay 815 Fiji
352 Tanzania 0 524 Uruguay 816 Vanuatu
355 Seychelles and dependencies 0 528 Argentina 817 Tonga 0
366 Mozambique 600 Cyprus 819 Western Samoa 0
370 Madagascar
(') The code number preceding the name of each beneficiary country or territory is that given in 'Geonomenclature' (Regulation (EEC) No 3639/86
(OJ No L 336, 29. 1 1 . 1986, p. 46)).
(2) This country is also included in Annex IV.
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B. COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES
dependent or administered, or for whose external relations Member States of the Community or third
countries are wholly or partly responsible
044 Gibraltar
329 St Helena and St Helena dependencies
357 British Indian Ocean Territory
377 Mayotte
406 Greenland (')
413 Bermuda
446 Anguilla
454 Turks and Caicos Islands
457 Virgin Islands of the United States
461 British Virgin Islands and Montserrat
463 Cayman Islands
474 Aruba
478 Netherlands Antilles
529 Falkland Islands and Falkland dependencies
740 Hong Kong
743 Macao
802 Australian Oceania (Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Heard Island and McDonald
Islands, Norfolk Island)
808 American Oceania (2)
809 New Caledonia and dependencies
811 Wallis and Futuna Islands
813 Pitcairn
814 New Zealand Oceania (Tokelau arid Niue Islands ; Cook Islands)
822 French Polynesia
890 Polar regions (French Southern and Antarctic Territories, Australian Antarctic Territories, British
Antarctic Territories)
Note: The above lists may be amended subsequently to take account of changes in the international
status of countries or territories .
(') As from the entry into force of the Treaty, signed in Brussels on 13 March 1984, amending the treaties establishing
the European Communities with regard to Greenland or of interim measures agreed in the Council .
(2) American Oceania includes : 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).
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ANNEX IV
List of least-developed developing countries
224 Sudan
232 Mali
236 Burkina Faso
240 Niger
244 Chad
247 Republic of Cape Verde
252 Gambia
257 Guinea Bissau
260 Guinea
264 Sierra Leone
280 Togo
284 Benin
306 Central African Republic
310 Equatorial Guinea
31 1 Sao Tome and Principe
324 Rwanda
328 Burundi
334 Ethiopia
338 Djibouti
342 Somalia
350 Uganda
, 352 Tanzania
355 Seychelles and dependencies
375 Comoros
386 Malawi
« 391 Botswana
395 Lesotho
452 Haiti
652 North Yemen
656 South Yemen
660 Afghanistan
666 Bangladesh
667 Maldives
672 , Nepal
675 Bhutan
684 Laos
817 Tonga
819 Western Samoa
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