32002R1337

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1337/2002

of 24 July 2002

amending Regulation (EC) No 76/2002 introducing prior Community surveillance of imports of certain iron and steel products covered by the ECSC and EC Treaties originating in certain third countries

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3285/94 of 22 December 1994 on common rules for imports and repealing Regulation (EC) No 518/94(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2474/2000(2), and in particular Article 11 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 519/94 of 7 March 1994 on common rules for imports from certain third countries and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 1765/82, (EEC) No 1766/82 and (EEC) No 3420/83(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1138/98(4), and in particular Article 9(1) thereof,

Consultations having taken place within the committees set up under the Regulations referred to above,

Whereas:

(1) On 20 March 2002, the United States of America introduced a "Section 201" safeguard in the shape of tariff quotas and additional duties ranging from 8 % to 30 % ad valorem on various categories of steel products. These severe American restrictions threaten to deflect a large amount of such products away from the United States of America and onto the Community market and thus to harm Community producers.

(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 560/2002(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1287/2002(6), imposed provisional safeguard measures against imports of fifteen categories of steel products, after the Commission had noted a considerable increase in these imports over the period 1998 to 2001 and had made a preliminary determination that there was clear evidence that this increase in imports, at low prices, threatened to damage Community producers. The Commission also concluded that the increased imports were being caused by trade deflection resulting from the increasingly protectionist stance of the United States of America. Furthermore, the Commission is currently conducting a "safeguard" inquiry into the products covered by these provisional measures and six other categories of products.

(3) External trade statistics for the Community are not available within the time limits laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1917/2000 of 7 September 2000 laying down certain provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 as regards statistics on external trade(7), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1669/2001(8).

(4) Commission Regulation (EC) No 76/2002(9) introduced prior Community surveillance of imports of certain iron and steel products covered by the ECSC and EC Treaties. The products covered by the Regulation do not correspond exactly to those covered by the United States of America safeguard measures. Furthermore, the Regulation does not apply to imports originating in countries belonging to the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), in countries party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA) or in Turkey. It is apparent that there is a need for statistics to enable rapid analysis of import trends for all iron and steel products liable to be deflected onto the Community market in the wake of the United States of America measures referred to above, irrespective of their geographic origin.

(5) The scope of prior surveillance must therefore be extended in terms of both the products covered and geographic origin.

(6) Regulation (EC) No 76/2002 must be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 76/2002 is amended as follows:

1. Article 1(1) is replaced by the following: "1. The release for free circulation in the Community of iron and steel products covered by the ECSC and the EC Treaties listed in Annex 1 shall be subject to prior Community surveillance in accordance with Articles 11 and 12 of Regulation (EC) No 3285/94 and Articles 9 and 10 of Regulation (EC) No 519/94. This applies to imports originating in all non-member countries. However, products which are subject to a double-checking agreement established between a non-member country and the Community shall be subject to the conditions established by that agreement and not to this Regulation."

2. The Annex is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the eighth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 24 July 2002.

For the Commission

Pascal Lamy

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 349, 31.12.1994, p. 53.

(2) OJ L 286, 11.11.2000, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 67, 10.3.1994, p. 89.

(4) OJ L 159, 3.6.1998, p. 1.

(5) OJ L 85, 28.3.2002, p. 1.

(6) OJ L 187, 16.7.2002, p. 25.

(7) OJ L 229, 9.9.2000, p. 14.

(8) OJ L 244, 21.8.2001, p. 3.

(9) OJ L 16, 18.1.2002, p. 3.

ANNEX

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List of products subject to prior surveillance

7207 11 14

7208 10 00

7208 25 00

7208 26 00

7208 27 00

7208 36 00

7208 37 10

7208 37 90

7208 38 10

7208 38 90

7208 39 10

7208 39 90

7208 40 10

7208 40 90

7208 51 10

7208 51 30

7208 51 50

7208 51 91

7208 51 99

7208 52 10

7208 52 91

7208 52 99

7208 53 10

7208 53 90

7208 54 10

7208 54 90

7208 90 10

7208 90 90 (1)

7209 15 00

7209 16 10

7209 16 90

7209 17 10

7209 17 90

7209 18 10

7209 18 91

7209 18 99

7209 25 00

7209 26 10

7209 26 90

7209 27 10

7209 27 90

7209 28 10

7209 28 90

7209 90 10

7209 90 90

7210 11 10

7210 11 90 (2)

7210 12 11

7210 12 19

7210 12 90 (3)

7210 20 10

7210 20 90 (4)

7210 30 10

7210 30 90 (5)

7210 41 10

7210 41 90 (6)

7210 49 10

7210 49 90 (7)

7210 50 10

7210 50 90 (8)

7210 61 10

7210 61 90 (9)

7210 69 10

7210 69 90 (10)

7210 70 31

7210 70 39

7210 70 90 (11)

7210 90 31

7210 90 33

7210 90 38

7210 90 90 (12)

7211 13 00

7211 14 10

7211 14 90

7211 19 20

7211 19 90

7211 23 10

7211 23 51

7211 23 91 (13)

7211 23 99 (14)

7211 29 20

7211 29 50 (15)

7211 29 90 (16)

7211 90 11

7211 90 19 (17)

7211 90 90 (18)

7212 10 10

7212 10 91

7212 10 93 (19)

7212 10 99 (20)

7212 20 11

7212 20 19 (21)

7212 20 90 (22)

7212 30 11

7212 30 19 (23)

7212 30 90 (24)

7212 40 10

7212 40 91

7212 40 93 (25)

7212 40 95 (26)

7212 40 98 (27)

7212 50 31

7212 50 51

7212 50 58 (28)

7212 50 75 (29)

7212 50 91 (30)

7212 50 93 (31)

7212 50 97 (32)

7212 50 99 (33)

7212 60 11

7212 60 19 (34)

7212 60 91

7212 60 93 (35)

7212 60 99 (36)

7213 10 00

7213 20 00

7213 91 10

7213 91 20

7213 91 41

7213 91 49

7213 91 70

7213 91 90

7213 99 10

7213 99 90

7214 20 00

7214 30 00

7214 91 10

7214 91 90

7214 99 10

7214 99 31

7214 99 39

7214 99 50

7214 99 61

7214 99 69

7214 99 80

7214 99 90

7215 90 10

7216 10 00

7216 21 00

7216 22 00

7216 31 11

7216 31 19

7216 31 91

7216 31 99

7216 32 11

7216 32 19

7216 32 91

7216 32 99

7216 33 10

7216 33 90

7216 40 10

7216 40 90

7216 50 10

7216 50 91

7216 50 99

7216 99 10

7221 00 10

7221 00 90

7222 11 11

7222 11 19

7222 11 21

7222 11 29

7222 11 91

7222 11 99

7222 19 10

7222 19 90

7222 20 11 (37)

7222 20 19 (38)

7222 20 21 (39)

7222 20 29 (40)

7222 20 31 (41)

7222 20 39 (42)

7222 20 81 (43)

7222 20 89 (44)

7222 30 10

7222 30 51 (45)

7222 30 91 (46)

7222 30 98 (47)

7222 40 10

7222 40 30

7222 40 91 (48)

7222 40 93 (49)

7222 40 99 (50)

7223 00 11 (51)

7223 00 91 (52)

7223 00 19 (53)

7223 00 99 (54)

7225 11 00

7225 19 10

7225 19 90

7225 20 20

7225 20 90

7225 30 00

7225 40 20

7225 40 50

7225 40 80

7225 50 00

7225 91 10

7225 91 90 (55)

7225 92 10

7225 92 90 (56)

7225 99 10

7225 99 90 (57)

7226 11 10

7226 11 90 (58)

7226 19 10

7226 19 30

7226 19 90 (59)

7226 91 10

7226 91 90

7226 92 10

7226 92 90 (60)

7226 93 20

7226 93 80 (61)

7226 94 20

7226 94 80 (62)

7226 99 20

7226 99 80 (63)

7227 90 10

7228 10 10

7228 10 30

7228 20 11

7228 20 19

7228 20 30

7228 30 20

7228 30 41

7228 30 49

7228 30 61

7228 30 69

7228 30 70

7228 30 89

7228 60 10

7228 70 10

7228 70 31

7228 80 10

7228 80 90

7301 10 00 (64)

Complete CN heading 7304 (65)

Complete CN heading 7306 (66)

7307 91 00 (67)

7307 93 11 (68)

7307 93 19 (69)

7307 99 30 (70)

7307 99 90 (71)

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DANMARK

Erhvervsfremme Styrelsen

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DEUTSCHLAND

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ESPAÑA

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IRELAND

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Hatch Street

Dublin Ireland Fax: (353-1) 631 28 26

ITALIA

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LUXEMBOURG

Ministère des affaires étrangères Office des licences BP 113 L - 2011 Luxembourg Fax: (352) 46 61 38

NEDERLAND

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ÖSTERREICH

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PORTUGAL

Ministério da Economia Direcção-Geral das Relações Económicas Internacionais Alfândega de Lisboa, Largo do Terreiro do Trigo P - 1100 Lisboa Fax: (351) 21 881 42 61

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UNITED KINGDOM

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