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31979D0662

Den Europæiske UnionAfgørelse1979

European Union

§ ARTICLE 1

ARTICLE 1

BY WAY OF DEROGATION FROM THE OBLIGATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 1 OF HIGH AUTHORITY RECOMMENDATION 1/64 , THE MEMBER STATES ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED

1 . FOR THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS , TARIFF QUOTAS WITH A NIL RATE OF DUTY

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CCT HEADING NO // DESCRIPTION // QUOTA ATTRIBUTED TO MEMBER STATES ( IN EUA ) //

73.08 // IRON AND STEEL COILS FOR RE-ROLLING // GERMANY3 325 245 //

// // BENELUX1 269 640 //

// // FRANCE2 297 440 //

// // ITALY1 813 770 //

// // DENMARK 604 590 //

// // IRELAND 120 920 //

// // UNITED KINGDOM2 660 195 //

73.10 // BARS AND RODS ( INCLUDING WIRE ROD ) OF IRON OR STEEL , HOT-ROLLED , FORGED , EXTRUDED , COLD-FORMED OR COLD-FINISHED ( INCLUDING PRECISION-MADE ); HOLLOW MINING DRILL STEEL : //

// 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 //

73.13 // 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 , LACQUERED , NICKEL-PLATED , VARNISHED , CLAD , PARKERIZED , PRINTED ) //

// V . OTHERWISE SHAPED OR WORKED : //

// A ) CUT INTO SHAPES OTHER THAN RECTANGULAR SHAPES , BUT NOT FURTHER WORKED : //

// 2 . OTHER //

IMPORTS ORIGINATING IN COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES ALREADY ENJOYING VARIOUS PREFERENTIAL REGIMES GRANTED BY THE NINE ECSC MEMBER STATES ARE NOT TO BE CHARGED AGAINST THE ABOVE TARIFF QUOTAS . FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE DEFINITION OF THE ABOVE QUOTAS , THE PREFERENTIAL AMOUNTS EXPRESSED IN EUROPEAN UNITS OF ACCOUNT ( EUA ) SHALL BE CONVERTED INTO NATIONAL CURRENCIES AT THE FOLLOWING RATES :

1 EUA À DM 3.6043955

1 EUA À BFRS/LFRS 49.508625

1 EUA À FF 5.5616255

1 EUA À FL 3.5770435

1 EUA À LIT 647.971

1 EUA À DKR 7.4775175

1 EUA À POUND ST . IRL 0.42930445

1 EUA À POUND ST . 0.4293044

THE APPLICATION OF THESE RATES MAY NOT RESULT , IN TERMS OF NATIONAL CURRENCY , IN CHARGES AGAINST EACH OF THE QUOTAS CONCERNED BEING LOWER THAN THOSE RESULTING FROM THE CORRESPONDING MINIMUM OBLIGATIONS LAID DOWN FOR 1978 .

GERMANY2 060 810 BENELUX786 860 FRANCE1 423 840 ITALY1 124 090 DENMARK374 700 IRELAND74 940 UNITED KINGDOM1 648 660 GERMANY6 446 055 BENELUX2 461 220 FRANCE4 453 640 ITALY3 516 030 DENMARK1 172 010 IRELAND234 400 UNITED KINGDOM5 156 845

2 . FOR THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS , NIL RATES OF DUTY

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CCT HEADING NO // DESCRIPTION //

73.07 ( 1 ) // BLOOMS , BILLETS , SLABS AND SHEET BARS ( INCLUDING 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 //

73.09 // UNIVERSAL PLATES OF IRON OR STEEL //

73.11 ( 2 ) ( 3 ) // 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 EXAMPLE , POLISHED , COATED ): //

// A ) NOT FURTHER WORKED THAN CLAD : //

// 1 . HOT-ROLLED OR EXTRUDED //

// B . SHEET PILING //

73.12 // 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 //

73.15 ( 4 ) // 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 //

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CCT HEADING NO // DESCRIPTION //

73.15 ( CONT ' D ) // 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 SURFACE-TREATED :

1 . NOT FURTHER WORKED THAN CLAD :

AA ) HOT-ROLLED

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 OTHERWISE 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 SUFACE 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 SURFACE-TREATED :

1 . NOT FURTHER WORKED THAN CLAD :

AA ) HOT-ROLLED

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CCT HEADING NO // DESCRIPTION //

73.15 ( CONT ' D ) // VII . SHEETS AND PLATES : //

// A ) ' ELECTICAL ' 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 //

73.16 // RAILWAY AND TRAMWAY 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 OTHERS MATERIAL SPECIALIZED FOR JOINING OR FIXING RAILS : //

// A . RAILS : //

// II . OTHER //

// B . CHECK-RAILS //

// C . SLEEPERS //

// D . FISH-PLATES AND SOLE PLATES : //

// I . ROLLED //

( 1 ) FOR PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN THIS TARIFF HEADING , THE CEILING PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) MAY NOT EXCEED 6 899 000 EUA .

( 2 ) FOR PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN THIS TARIFF HEADING , THE CEILING PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) MAY NOT EXCEED 3 961 000 EUA .

( 3 ) FOR PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN THIS TARIFF HEADING , THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 2 MAY IN THE CASE OF YUGOSLAVIA NOT EXCEED 594 150 EUA .

( 4 ) FOR PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN THIS TARIFF HEADING , THE CEILING PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) MAY NOT EXCEED 12 224 000 EUA .

ONCE IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE OF PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN BENEFICIARY COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES HAVE REACHED THE CEILING DEFINED HEREINAFTER , THE MEMBER STATES MAY AGREE TO RESTORE DUTIES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY .

THE CEILING SHALL BE EQUAL TO A FIGURE REPRESENTING , FOR EACH CATEGORY OF PRODUCT , THE VALUE IN EUROPEAN UNITS OF ACCOUNT OF CIF IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION INTO THE COMMUNITY IN 1971 FROM THE ABOVEMENTIONED COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES , OTHER THAN THOSE ALREADY ACCORDED PREFERENTIAL TARIFF TREATMENT BY THE NINE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY , PLUS 5 % OF THE VALUE OF CIF IMPORTS IN 1974 FROM OTHER COUNTRIES AND FROM THOSE ALREADY ENJOYING SUCH PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT . FOR THE PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED CALCULATIONS , THE STATISTICS ARE TO BE CONSIDERED AS BEING EXPRESSED IN EUROPEAN UNITS OF ACCOUNT OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF .

IMPORTS ALREADY EXEMPTED FROM CUSTOMS DUTIES UNDER SUCH PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT SHALL NOT BE COUNTED AGAINST THE SAID CEILING .

§ ARTICLE 2

ARTICLE 2

MEMBER STATES , ACTING IN LIAISON WITH THE COMMISSION , SHALL ENSURE THAT IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY UNDER THE TARIFF PREFERENCES PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 1 FROM ANY ONE OF THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES CONCERNED DO NOT EXCEED A SPECIFIED FRACTION OF THE TOTAL QUANTITY WHICH MAY BE IMPORTED INTO THE COMMUNITY UNDER THOSE PREFERENCES .

THIS FRACTION SHALL BE 50 % FOR ALL PRODUCTS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE OF HEADING NO 73.08 , FOR WHICH IT SHALL BE 40 % , AND HEADING NO 73.13 , FOR WHICH IT SHALL BE 30 % .

§ ARTICLE 3

ARTICLE 3

AFTER THE QUOTAS OPENED UNDER ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) HAVE BEEN USED UP , COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES ON IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THE COUNTRIES LISTED IN TABLE III OF THE ANNEX SHALL CONTINUE TO BE TOTALLY SUSPENDED .

THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF DUTIES , WHEN THE CEILINGS AND MAXIMUM AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN REACHED , SHALL NOT APPLY FOR THE COUNTRIES LISTED IN TABLE III OF THE ANNEX .

§ ARTICLE 4

ARTICLE 4

MEMBER STATES SHALL NOTIFY THE COMMISSION AT MONTHLY INTERVALS OF THE QUANTITIES IMPORTED UNDER THE TARIFF QUOTAS , AND AT REGULAR INTERVALS OF THE QUANTITIES IMPORTED UNDER THE CEILINGS PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 1 .

EACH MEMBER STATE SHALL IMMEDIATELY INFORM THE COMMISSION AND THE OTHER MEMBER STATES :

IF IMPORTS OF A PRODUCT REACH THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE QUOTA OR CEILING SPECIFIED IN ARTICLE 1 IN RESPECT OF THAT PRODUCT ,

IF IMPORTS OF PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN ONE OF THE BENEFICIARY COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES REACH THE PERCENTAGE AS SPECIFIED IN ARTICLE 2 OF THE AMOUNT OF A QUOTA OR CEILING SPECIFIED IN ARTICLE 1 .

§ ARTICLE 5

ARTICLE 5

THIS DECISION SHALL APPLY UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1979 .

THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 4 JULY 1979 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

WILHELM HAFERKAMP

VICE-PRESIDENT

ANNEX

LIST OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES ENJOYING GENERALIZED TARIFF PREFERENCES

I . INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES

660 AFGHANISTAN

208 ALGERIA

330 ANGOLA

528 ARGENTINA

453 BAHAMAS

640 BAHRAIN

666 BANGLADESH

469 BARBADOS

284 BENIN

675 BHUTAN

516 BOLIVIA

391 BOTSWANA

508 BRAZIL

676 BURMA

328 BURUNDI

302 CAMEROON

306 CENTRAL AFRICAN EMPIRE

244 CHAD

512 CHILE

480 COLOMBIA

375 COMOROS

318 CONGO

436 COSTA RICA

448 CUBA

600 CYPRUS

456 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

500 ECUADOR

220 EGYPT

428 EL SALVADOR

310 EQUATORIAL GUINEA

334 ETHIOPIA

815 FIJI

314 GABON

252 GAMBIA

276 GHANA

473 GRENADA

416 GUATEMALA

260 GUINEA

257 GUINEA BISSAU

488 GUYANA

452 HAITI

424 HONDURAS

664 INDIA

700 INDONESIA

616 IRAN

612 IRAQ

272 IVORY COAST

464 JAMAICA

338 JIBUTI

628 JORDAN

696 KAMPUCHEA ( CAMBODIA )

346 KENYA

636 KUWAIT

684 LAOS

604 LEBANON

395 LESOTHO

268 LIBERIA

216 LIBYA

370 MADAGASCAR

386 MALAWI

701 MALYSIA

667 MALDIVES

232 MALI

228 MAURITANIA

373 MAURITIUS

412 MEXICO

204 MOROCCO

366 MOZAMBIQUE

803 NAURU

672 NEPAL

432 NICARAGUA

240 NIGER

288 NIGERIA

652 NORTH YEMEN

649 OMAN

662 PAKISTAN

440 PANAMA

801 PAPUA NEW GUINEA

520 PARAGUAY

504 PERU

708 PHILIPPINES

644 QATAR

247 REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE

324 RWANDA

819 SAMOA

311 SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE

632 SAUDI ARABIA

248 SENEGAL

355 SEYCHELLES AND DEPENDENCIES

264 SIERRA LEONE

706 SINGAPORE

812 SOLOMON ISLANDS

342 SOMALIA

728 SOUTH KOREA

656 SOUTH YEMEN

669 SRI LANKA

224 SUDAN

492 SURINAM

393 SWAZILAND

608 SYRIA

352 TANZANIA

680 THAILAND

280 TOGO

817 TONGA

472 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

212 TUNISIA

812 TUVALU

350 UGANDA

647 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

236 UPPER VOLTA

524 URUGUAY

484 VENEZUELA

690 VIETNAM

048 YOUGOSLAVIA

322 ZAIRE

378 ZAMBIA

( 1 ) 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 ).

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

808 AMERICAN OCEANIA ( 1 )

802 AUSTRALIAN OCEANIA ( CHRISTMAS ISLAND , COCOS ( KEELING ) ISLANDS , HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS , NORFOLK ISLAND )

421 BELIZE

413 BERMUDA

357 BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY

812 BRITISH OCEANIA

703 BRUNEI

463 CAYMAN ISLANDS

529 FALKLAND ISLANDS AND DEPENDENCIES

822 FRENCH POLYNESIA

044 GIBRALTAR

740 HONG KONG

743 MACAO

377 MAYOTTE

476 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES

809 NEW CALEDONIA AND DEPENDENCIES

814 NEW ZEALAND OCEANIA ( TOKELAU AND NIUE ISLANDS ; COOK ISLAND )

890 POLAR REGIONS ( FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES , AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES , BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES )

329 ST HELENA AND DEPENDENCIES

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 .

III . LIST OF LEAST DEVELOPED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

// 660 AFGHANISTAN // 386 MALAWI //

666 BANGLADESH // 667 MALDIVES //

284 BENIN // 232 MALI //

675 BHUTAN // 672 NEPAL //

391 BOTSWANA // 240 NIGER //

328 BURUNDI // 652 NORTH YEMEN //

306 CENTRAL AFRICAN EMPIRE // 324 RWANDA //

244 CHAD // 819 SAMOA //

334 ETHIOPIA // 342 SOMALIA //

252 GAMBIA // 656 SOUTH YEMEN //

260 GUINEA // 224 SUDAN //

452 HAITI // 352 TANZANIA //

684 LAOS // 350 UGANDA //

395 LESOTHO // 236 UPPER VOLTA //

Metadata

Type: Afgørelse
År: 1979
Ikrafttrædelsesdato: 1. januar 1970