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Document 31998R0084

    Council Regulation (EC) No 84/98 of 19 December 1997 concerning the export of certain ECSC steel products from Romania to the Community for the period 1 January to 31 December 1998 (renewal of the double-checking system)

    UL L 13, 19/01/1998, p. 1–14 (ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV)

    Legal status of the document No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 31/12/2001

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/1998/84/oj

    31998R0084

    Council Regulation (EC) No 84/98 of 19 December 1997 concerning the export of certain ECSC steel products from Romania to the Community for the period 1 January to 31 December 1998 (renewal of the double-checking system)

    Official Journal L 013 , 19/01/1998 P. 0001 - 0014


    COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 84/98 of 19 December 1997 concerning the export of certain ECSC steel products from Romania to the Community for the period 1 January to 31 December 1998 (renewal of the double-checking system)

    THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

    Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,

    Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

    Whereas a Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part, entered into force on 1 February 1995 (1);

    Whereas the Parties decided in Association Council Decision No 3/97 (2) to renew the double-checking system introduced by Decision No 2/96 (3) for the period from 1 January to 31 December 1998;

    Whereas it is consequently necessary to renew the Community implementing legislation introduced by Regulation (EC) No 2487/96 (4),

    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

    Article 1

    1. For the period 1 January to 31 December 1998, in accordance with the provisions of Association Council Decision No 3/97, imports into the Community of certain iron and steel products covered by the ECSC Treaty originating in Romania, as listed in Annex I, shall be subject to the presentation of a surveillance document issued by the authorities in the Community.

    2. The surveillance document shall be made out on a form corresponding to the model set out in Annex II.

    3. The classification of the products covered by this Regulation is based on the tariff and statistical nomenclature of the Community (hereinafter called the 'Combined Nomenclature`, or in abbreviated form 'CN`). The origin of the products covered by this Regulation shall be determined in accordance with the rules in force in the Community.

    4. For the period 1 January to 31 December 1998, imports into the Community of the products listed in Annex I shall, in addition, be subject to the issue of an export document issued by the competent Romanian authorities. Presentation by the importer of the original of the export document must be effected not later than 31 March of the year following that in which the goods covered by the document were shipped.

    5. Shipment is considered to have taken place on the date of loading onto the exporting means of transport.

    6. The export document shall conform to the model shown in Annex III. It shall be valid for exports throughout the customs territory of the Community.

    Article 2

    1. The surveillance document referred to in Article 1 (1) shall be issued automatically by the competent authority in the Member States, without charge for any quantities requested, within five working days of presentation of an application by any Community importer, wherever established in the Community. This application shall be deemed to have been received by the competent national authority no later than three working days after submission, unless it is proved otherwise.

    2. A surveillance document issued by one of the competent national authorities listed in Annex IV shall be valid throughout the Community.

    3. The importer's application shall include the following elements:

    (a) the name and full address of the applicant (including telephone and telefax numbers, and possible identification number used by the competent national authorities) and VAT registration number, if subject to VAT;

    (b) if applicable, the name and full address of the declarant or representative of the applicant (including telephone and telefax numbers);

    (c) the full name and address of the exporter;

    (d) the exact description of the goods, including:

    - their trade name,

    - the Combined Nomenclature (CN) code(s),

    - the country of origin,

    - the country of consignment;

    (e) the net weight, expressed in kilograms and also quantity in the unit prescribed where other than net weight, by Combined Nomenclature heading;

    (f) the cif value of the goods in ecus at the Community frontier by Combined Nomenclature heading;

    (g) whether the products concerned are seconds or of substandard quality, using the criteria laid down in Commission Communication 91/C 180/04 (5);

    (h) the proposed period and place of customs clearance;

    (i) whether the application is a repeat of a previous application concerning the same contract;

    (j) the following declaration, dated and signed by the applicant with the transcription of his name in capital letters:

    'I, the undersigned, certify that the information provided in this application is true and given in good faith, and that I am established in the Community`.

    The importer shall also submit a copy of the contract of sale or purchase and of the pro forma invoice. If so requested, for example in cases where the goods are not directly purchased in the country of production, the importer shall present a certificate of production issued by the producing steel mill.

    4. Surveillance documents may be used only for such time as arrangements for liberalization of imports remain in force in respect of the transactions concerned. Without prejudice to possible changes in the import regulations in force or decisions taken in the framework of an agreement or the management of a quota:

    - the period of validity of the surveillance document is hereby fixed at four months,

    - unused or partly used surveillance documents may be renewed for an equal period.

    5. The importer shall return surveillance documents to the issuing authority at the end of their period of validity.

    6. The competent authorities may, under the conditions fixed by them, allow the submission of declarations or requests to be transmitted or printed by electronic means. However, all documents and evidence must be available to the competent authorities.

    7. The surveillance document may be issued by electronic means as long as the customs offices involved have access to this documents across a computer network.

    Article 3

    1. A finding that the unit price at which the transaction is effected varies from that indicated in the surveillance document by less than 5 % in either direction or that the total value or quantity of the products presented for import exceeds the value or quantity given in the surveillance document by less than 5 % shall not preclude the release for free circulation of the products in question.

    2. Applications for surveillance documents and the documents themselves shall be confidential. They shall be restricted to the competent authorities and the applicant.

    Article 4

    1. Member States shall communicate to the Commission:

    (a) on as regular and up-to-date a basis as possible and at least by the last day of each month, details of the quantities and values (calculated in ecus) for which surveillance documents have been issued;

    (b) within six weeks of the end of each month, details of imports during that month, in accordance with Article 26 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 840/96 (6).

    The information provided by Member States shall be broken down by product, CN code and by country.

    2. Member States shall give notification of any anomalies or cases of fraud which they discover and, where relevant, the basis on which they have refused to grant a surveillance document.

    Article 5

    Any notices to be given hereunder shall be given to the Commission of the European Communities and shall be communicated electronically within the integrated network set up for this purpose, unless for imperative technical reasons it is necessary to use other means of communication temporarily.

    Article 6

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

    This Regulation shall apply with effect from 1 January 1998.

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

    Done at Brussels, 19 December 1997.

    For the Council

    The President

    F. BODEN

    (1) OJ L 357, 31. 12. 1994, p. 12.

    (2) See page 57 of this Official Journal.

    (3) OJ L 19, 22. 1. 1997, p. 32.

    (4) OJ L 338, 28. 12. 1996, p. 7.

    (5) OJ C 180, 11. 7. 1991, p. 4.

    (6) OJ L 114, 8. 5. 1996, p. 7.

    ANNEX I

    ROMANIA

    List of products subject to double-checking (1998)

    7202 11 20

    7202 11 80

    7202 99 11

    7203 90 00

    7206 10 00

    7206 90 00

    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

    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 13 00

    7211 14 10

    7211 14 90

    7211 19 20

    7211 19 90

    7211 23 10

    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

    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

    7219 11 00

    7219 12 10

    7219 12 90

    7219 13 10

    7219 13 90

    7219 14 10

    7219 14 90

    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

    7219 90 10

    7220 11 00

    7220 12 00

    7220 20 10

    7220 90 11

    7220 90 31

    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 30 10

    7222 40 10

    7222 40 30

    7225 11 00

    7225 19 10

    7225 19 90

    7225 20 20

    7225 30 00

    7225 40 20

    7225 40 50

    7225 40 80

    7225 50 00

    7225 91 10

    7225 92 10

    7225 99 10

    7226 11 10

    7226 19 10

    7226 19 30

    7226 20 20

    7226 91 10

    7226 91 90

    7226 92 10

    7226 93 20

    7226 94 20

    7226 99 20

    7227 10 00

    7227 20 00

    7227 90 10

    7227 90 50

    7227 90 95

    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

    >START OF GRAPHIC>

    EUROPEAN COMMUNITY SURVEILLANCE DOCUMENT 1. Consignee (name, full address, country, VAT number) 2. Issue number 3. Proposed place and date of import 4. Authority responsible for issue (name, address and telephone No) 5. Declarant/representative as applicable (name and full address) 6. Country of origin (and geonomenclature code) 7. Country of consignment (and geonomenclature code) 8. Last day of validity 9. Description of goods 10. CN code and category 11. Quantity in kilograms (net mass) or in additional units 12. Value in ecus, cif at Community frontier 13. Additional remarks 14. Competent authority's endorsement Date: . Signature: . Stamp: 1 1 Original & Copy 15. ATTRIBUTIONS Indicate the quantity available in part 1 of column 17 and the quantity attributed in part 2 thereof. 16. Net quantity (net mass or other unit of measure stating the unit) 17. In figures 18. In words for the quantity attributed 19. Customs document (form and number) or extract No and date of attribution 20. Name, Member State, stamp and signature of the attributing authority 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 Extension pages to be attached hereto.

    >END OF GRAPHIC>

    >START OF GRAPHIC>

    EUROPEAN COMMUNITY SURVEILLANCE DOCUMENT 1. Consignee (name, full address, country, VAT number) 2. Issue number 3. Proposed place and date of import 4. Authority responsible for issue (name, address and telephone No) 5. Declarant/representative as applicable (name and full address) 6. Country of origin (and geonomenclature code) 7. Country of consignment (and geonomenclature code) 8. Last day of validity 9. Description of goods 10. CN code and category 11. Quantity in kilograms (net mass) or in additional units 12. Value in ecus, cif at Community frontier 13. Additional remarks 14. Competent authority's endorsement Date: . Signature: . Stamp: 2 2 Copy for the issuing authority 15. ATTRIBUTIONS Indicate the quantity available in part 1 of column 17 and the quantity attributed in part 2 thereof. 16. Net quantity (net mass or other unit of measure stating the unit) 17. In figures 18. In words for the quantity attributed 19. Customs document (form and number) or extract No and date of attribution 20. Name, Member State, stamp and signature of the attributing authority 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 Extension pages to be attached hereto.

    >END OF GRAPHIC>

    ANNEX III

    >START OF GRAPHIC>

    (1) Show net weight (kg) and also quantity in the unit prescribed where other than net weight. (2) In the currency of the sale contract. 1 Exporter (name, full address, country) ORIGINAL 2 No 3 Year 4 Product group 5 Consignee (name, full address, country) EXPORT DOCUMENT (ECSC steel products) 6 Country of origin 7 Country of destination 8 Place and date of shipment - Means of transport 9 Supplementary details 10 Description of goods - Manufacturer 11 CN code 12 Quantity (1) 13 FOB value (2) 14 CERTIFICATION BY THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY 15 Competent authority (name, full address, country) At . , on . (Signature) (Stamp)

    >END OF GRAPHIC>

    >START OF GRAPHIC>

    (1) Show net weight (kg) and also quantity in the unit prescribed where other than net weight. (2) In the currency of the sale contract. 1 Exporter (name, full address, country) COPY 2 No 3 Year 4 Product group 5 Consignee (name, full address, country) EXPORT DOCUMENT (ECSC steel products) 6 Country of origin 7 Country of destination 8 Place and date of shipment - Means of transport 9 Supplementary details 10 Description of goods - Manufacturer 11 CN code 12 Quantity (1) 13 FOB value (2) 14 CERTIFICATION BY THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY 15 Competent authority (name, full address, country) At . , on . (Signature) (Stamp)

    >END OF GRAPHIC>

    ANEXO IV - BILAG IV - ANHANG IV - ÐÁÑÁÑÔÇÌÁ IV - ANNEX IV - ANNEXE IV - ALLEGATO IV - BIJLAGE IV - ANEXO IV - LIITE IV - BILAGA IV

    LISTA DE LAS AUTORIDADES NACIONALES COMPETENTES LISTE OVER KOMPETENTE NATIONALE MYNDIGHEDER LISTE DER ZUSTÄNDIGEN BEHÖRDEN DER MITGLIEDSTAATEN ÄÉÅÕÈÕÍÓÅÉÓ ÔÙÍ ÁÑ×ÙÍ ÅÊÄÏÓÇÓ ÁÄÅÉÙÍ ÔÙÍ ÊÑÁÔÙÍ ÌÅËÙÍ LIST OF THE COMPETENT NATIONAL AUTHORITIES LISTE DES AUTORITÉS NATIONALES COMPÉTENTES ELENCO DELLE COMPETENTI AUTORITÀ NAZIONALI LIJST VAN BEVOEGDE NATIONALE INSTANTIES LISTA DAS AUTORIDADES NACIONAIS COMPETENTES LUETTELO TOIMIVALTAISISTA KANSALLISISTA VIRANOMAISISTA LISTA ÖVER BEHÖRIGA NATIONELLA MYNDIGHETER

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    Quatrième division: Mise en oeuvre des politiques commerciales internationales - Services «Licences»

    Rue Général Leman 60

    B-1040 Bruxelles

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    IRELAND

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