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Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the Russian Federation amending the Agreement between the European Coal and Steel Community and the Government of the Russian Federation on trade in certain steel products of 9 July 2002
Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the Russian Federation amending the Agreement between the European Coal and Steel Community and the Government of the Russian Federation on trade in certain steel products of 9 July 2002
Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the Russian Federation amending the Agreement between the European Coal and Steel Community and the Government of the Russian Federation on trade in certain steel products of 9 July 2002
OJ L 9, 15.1.2004, p. 22–26
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No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 31/12/2004
Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the Russian Federation amending the Agreement between the European Coal and Steel Community and the Government of the Russian Federation on trade in certain steel products of 9 July 2002
Official Journal L 009 , 15/01/2004 P. 0022 - 0026
Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the Russian Federation amending the Agreement between the European Coal and Steel Community and the Government of the Russian Federation on trade in certain steel products of 9 July 2002 THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, of the one part, and THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, of the other part, being the Parties to this Agreement, WHEREAS the Parties are desirous of promoting the orderly and equitable development of trade in steel between the European Community (hereinafter referred to as "the Community") and the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as "Russia"), WHEREAS the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Russian Federation, of the other part, entered into force on 1 December 1997, WHEREAS Article 21 of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement provides that trade in European Coal and Steel Community (hereinafter referred to as "the ECSC") products is to be governed by Title III, save for Article 15 thereof, and by the provisions of an agreement, WHEREAS the ECSC and the Government of the Russian Federation concluded on 9 July 2002 such an Agreement on trade in certain steel products, hereinafter referred to as "the Agreement", WHEREAS the ECSC Treaty expired on 23 July 2002; whereas the Community took over all rights and obligations contracted by the ECSC; whereas the Agreement is not affected by such expiry as further stipulated in Article 10 thereof, WHEREAS in order to address the concerns raised by the Community in view of the important increase of imports into the Community of boron-alloyed steel products from Russia, the Parties entered into consultations as provided for in Agreed Minute No 2 of the Agreement and concluded that the product coverage of the Agreement has to be extended to include also product groups SA5 and SA6, HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 The Agreement is amended as follows: 1. Annex I is replaced by the text of Annex I hereto. 2. Annex II is replaced by the text of Annex II hereto. Article 2 The Parties agree that imports into the Community from Russia of products falling within product groups SA5 and SA6 as defined in Annex I, as from 1 January 2003 until the entry into force of this Agreement, shall be deducted from the quantitative limits of those product groups for the year 2003 set out in Annex II. Article 3 Imports into the Community of goods from Russia falling within product groups SA5 and SA6 accompanied by a surveillance document(1) issued before the date of entry into force of this Agreement shall not require an import authorisation as referred to in the Agreement, notably in Article 9(2) of Protocol A thereto. Article 4 This Agreement shall enter into force on the day of its signature. Article 5 This Agreement shall be drawn up in duplicate in the Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish and Russian languages, each of these texts being equally authentic. Hecho en Moscú, el Udfærdiget i Moskva, den Geschehen zu Moskau am Έγινε στη Μόσχα, στις Done at Moscow, Fait à Moscou, le Fatto a Mosca, addì Gedaan te Moskou, Feito em Moscovo, em Tehty Moskovassa Utfärdat i Moskva den >PIC FILE= "L_2004009EN.002301.TIF"> >PIC FILE= "L_2004009EN.002302.TIF"> Por la Comunidad Europea For Det Europæiske Fællesskab Für die Europäische Gemeinschaft Για την Ευρωπαϊκή Κοινότητα For the European Community Pour la Communauté européenne Per la Comunità europea Voor de Europese Gemeenschap Pela Comunidade Europeia Euroopan yhteisön puolesta På Europeiska gemenskapens vägnar >PIC FILE= "L_2004009EN.002303.TIF"> >PIC FILE= "L_2004009EN.002304.TIF"> Per el Gobierno de la Federación de Rusia For regeringen for Den Russiske Føderation Für die Regierung der Russischen Föderation Για την Κυβέρνηση της Ρωσικής Ομοσπονδίας For the Government of the Russian Federation Pour le gouvernement de la Fédération de Russie Per il governo della Federazione russa Voor de regering van de Russische Federatie Pelo Governo da Federação da Rússia Venäjän federaation hallituksen puolesta För Ryska federationens regering >PIC FILE= "L_2004009EN.002401.TIF"> >PIC FILE= "L_2004009EN.002402.TIF"> (1) Issued in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 76/2002 (OJ L 16, 18.1.2002, p. 3). Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2385/2002 (OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 125). ANNEX I "ANNEX I SA - FLAT-ROLLED PRODUCTS SA1 - Coils 7208 10 00 7208 25 00 7208 26 00 7208 27 00 7208 36 00 7208 37 90 7208 38 90 7208 39 90 7211 14 10 7211 19 20 7219 11 00 7219 12 10 7219 12 90 7219 13 10 7219 13 90 7219 14 10 7219 14 90 7225 20 20 7225 30 00 SA1a - Hot-rolled coils for re-rolling 7208 37 10 7208 38 10 7208 39 10 SA2 - Heavy plate 7208 40 10 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 7211 13 00 SA3 - Other flat-rolled products 7208 40 90 7208 53 90 7208 54 10 7208 54 90 7208 90 10 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 7210 11 10 7210 12 11 7210 12 19 7210 20 10 7210 30 10 7210 41 10 7210 49 10 7210 50 10 7210 61 10 7210 69 10 7210 70 31 7210 70 39 7210 90 31 7210 90 33 7210 90 38 7211 14 90 7211 19 90 7211 23 51 7211 29 20 7211 90 11 7212 10 10 7212 10 91 7212 20 11 7212 30 11 7212 40 10 7212 40 91 7212 50 31 7212 50 51 7212 60 11 7212 60 91 7219 21 10 7219 21 90 7219 22 10 7219 22 90 7219 23 00 7219 24 00 7219 31 00 7219 32 10 7219 32 90 7219 33 10 7219 33 90 7219 34 10 7219 34 90 7219 35 10 7219 35 90 7225 40 80 SA4 - Alloyed products 7226 20 20 7226 91 10 7226 91 90 7226 99 20 SA5 - Alloyed quarto plates 7225 40 20 7225 40 50 7225 99 10 SA6 - Alloyed cold-rolled and coated sheets 7225 50 00 7225 91 10 7225 92 10 7226 92 10 SB - LONG PRODUCTS SB1 - Beams 7207 19 31 7207 20 71 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 SB2 - Wire rod 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 7221 00 10 7221 00 90 7227 10 00 7227 20 00 7227 90 10 7227 90 50 7227 90 95 SB3 - Other long products 7207 19 11 7207 19 14 7207 19 16 7207 20 51 7207 20 55 7207 20 57 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 40 10 7216 40 90 7216 50 10 7216 50 91 7216 50 99 7216 99 10 7218 99 20 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 30 10 7222 40 10 7222 40 30 7224 90 31 7224 90 39 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" ANNEX II "ANNEX IV QUANTITATIVE LIMITS >TABLE> Notes: SA and SB are product categories. SA1 to SA6 and SB1 to SB3 are product groups."