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S.I. No. 124/1987 -- Restriction of Imports (Iron and Steel Products From The Republic of South Africa) Order, 1987.

S.I. No. 124/1987 -- Restriction of Imports (Iron and Steel Products From The Republic of South Africa) Order, 1987. 1987 124

S.I. No. 124/1987:

RESTRICTION OF IMPORTS (IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS FROM THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA) ORDER, 1987.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2 of the Restriction of Imports Act, 1962 (No. 20 of 1962), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Restriction of Imports (Iron and Steel Products from the Republic of South Africa) Order, 1987.

2. (1) A reference in this Order to a tariff heading shall be construed as a reference to the tariff heading in the annex to Council Regulation No. 1445/72/EEC of 24 April, 1972¹, as amended by Commission Regulation No. 3840/83/EEC of 16 December, 1986² and by any subsequent act adopted by an institution of the European Communities.

(2) The particulars stated in column (2) of the Schedule to this Order are inserted in the said Schedule solely to facilitate identification of the goods referred to at the tariff headings mentioned in column (1) of that Schedule, and, accordingly, nothing contained in the said column (2) shall affect the construction or limit or control the operation of any provision of this Order (including the mention of, or reference to, the said tariff headings in the said column (1)).

3. The importation into the State of goods which are of a kind specified at a tariff heading mentioned in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order and which are manufactured or produced in the Republic of South Africa is hereby prohibited save under and in accordance with a licence issued by the Minister for Industry and Commerce.

⁽¹⁾O.J. No.L161 of 17.7.1972, p.1.

⁽²⁾O.J. No. L368 of 29.12.1986, p.1.

SCHEDULE

CCT heading No. (1)	Description
73.01	Pig iron, cast iron and spiegeleisen, in pigs, blocks, lumps and similar forms:
	A. Spiegeleisen (ECSC)
	B. Haematite pig iron and cast iron (ECSC)
	C. Phosphoric pig iron and cast iron (ECSS)
	D. Other pig iron and cast iron:
	I. Containing, by weight, not less than 0.30% but not more than 1% of titanium and not less than 0.50% but not more than 1% of vanadium (ECSC)
	II. Other (ECSC)
73.03	Waste and scrap metal of iron or steel (ECSC)
73.05	Iron or steel powders, sponge iron or steel:
	B. Sponge iron or steel (ECSC)
73.06	Puddled bars and pilings; ingots, blocks, lumps and similar forms, of iron or steel (ECSC)
73.07	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 (ECSC)
	B. Slabs and sheet bars (including tinplate bars):
	I. Rolled (ECSC)
73.08	Iron or steel coils for re-rolling:
	A. Less than 1.50m in width, intended for re-rolling (ECSC)
	B. Other (ECSC)
73.09	Universal plates of iron or steel (ECSC)
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:
	I. Wire rod (ECSC)
	II. Bars and rods (ECSC)
	III. Hollow mining drill steel (ECSC)
	D. Clad or surface-worked (for example, polished, coated):
	I. Not further worked than clad:
	(a) Hot-rolled or extruded (ECSC)
73.11	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 (ECSC)
	IV. Clad or surface-worked (for example, polished, coated):
	(a) Not further worked than clad:
	I. Hot-rolled or extruded (ECSC)
	B. Sheet piling (ECSC)
73.12	Hoop and strip, of iron or steel, hot-rolled or cold-rolled:
	A. Not further worked than hot-rolled (ECSC)
	B. Not further worked than cold-rolled:
	I. In coils for the manufacture of tinplate (ECSC)
	C. Clad, coated or otherwise surface treated:
	III. Tinned
	(a) Tinplate (ECSC)
	V. Other (for example, copper-plated, artifically oxidized, lacquered, nickel-plated, varnished, clad, parkerized, printed):
	(a) Not further worked than clad:
	I. Hot-rolled (ECSC)
73.13	Sheets and plates, of iron or steel, hot rolled or cold-rolled:
	A. 'Electrical' sheets and plates:
	I. With a watt-loss, regardless of thickness, of 0.75 watt or less (ECSC)
	II. Other (ECSC)
	B. Other sheets and plates:
	I. Not further worked than hot-rolled, of a thickness of:
	(a) 2mm or more (ECSC)
	(b) Less than 2mm (ECSC)
	II. Not further worked than cold-rolled, of a thickness of:
	(a) 3mm or more (ECSC)
	(b) More than 1mm but less than 3mm (ECSC)
	(c) 1mm or less (ECSC)
	III. Not further worked than burnished, polished or glazed (ECSC)
	IV. Clad, coated or otherwise surface-treated:
	(b) Tinned:
	1. Tinplate (ECSC)
	2. Other (ECSC)
	(c) Zinc-coated or lead-coated (ECSC)
	(d) Other (for example, copper-plated, artificially oxidized, lacquered, nickel-plated, varnished, clad, parkerized, printed) (ECSC)
	V. Otherwise shaped or worked:
	(a) Cut into shapes other than rectangular shapes, but not further worked:
	2. Other (ECSC)
73.15	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:
	1. Ingots (ECSC)
	2. Blooms, billets, slabs and sheet bars (ECSC)
	III. Coils for re-rolling (ECSC)
	IV. Universal plates (ECSC)
	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:
	1. Wire rod (ECSC)
	2. Other (ECSC)
	(d) Clad or surface-worked (for example, polished, coated):
	1. Not further worked than clad:
	(aa) Hot-rolled or extruded (ECSC)
	VI. Hoop and strip:
	(a) Not further worked than hot-rolled (ECSC)
	(c) Clad, coated or otherwise surface-treated:
	1. Not further worked than clad:
	(aa) Hot-rolled (ECSC)
	VII. Sheets and plates:
	(a) Not further worked than hot-rolled (ECSC)
	(b) Not further worked than cold-rolled
	(c) Polished, clad, coated or otherwise surface-treated (ECSC)
	(d) Otherwise shaped or worked:
	1. Cut into shapes other than rectangular shapes, but not further worked (ECSC)
	B. Alloy steel:
	I. Ingots, blooms, billets, slabs and sheet bars: (b) Other:
	1. Ingots:
	(aa) Waste or scrap in ingot form (ECSC)
	(bb) Other (ECSC)
	2. Blooms, billets, slabs and sheet bars (ECSC)
	III. Coils for re-rolling (ECSC)
	IV. Universal plates (ECSC)
	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:
	1. Wire rod (ECSC)
	2. Other (ECSC)
	(d) Clad or surface-worked (for example, polished, coated):
	1. Not further worked than clad:
	(aa) Hot-rolled or extruded (ECSC)
	VI. Hoop and strip:
	(a) Not further worked than hot-rolled (ECSC)
	(c) Clad, coated or otherwise surface-treated:
	1. Not further worked than clad:
	(aa) Hot-rolled (ECSC)
	B. VII Sheets and plates:
	(a) 'Electrical' sheets and plates:
	1. with a watt-loss, regardless of thickness, of 0.75 watt or less (ECSC)
	2. Other (ECSC)
	(b) Other sheets and plates:
	1. Not further worked than hot-rolled (ECSC)
	2. Not further worked than cold-rolled, of a thickness of:
	(aa) 3 mm or more (ECSC)
	(bb) Less than 3mm (ECSC)
	3. Polished, clad, coated or otherwise surface-treated. (ECSC)
	4. Otherwise shaped or worked:
	(aa) Cut into shapes other than rectangular shapes, but not further worked (ECSC)
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, chair wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail clips, bed plates, ties and other material specialized for joining or fixing rails:
	A. Rails:
	II. Other:
	(a) New (ECSC)
	(b) Used (ECSC)
	B. Check-rails (ECSC)
	C. Sleepers (ECSC)
	D. Fish-plates and sole plates
	I. Rolled (ECSC)

GIVEN UNDER THE Official Seal of the Government, this 1st day of May, 1987.

CHARLES J. HAUGHEY,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is to prohibit, save under a licence issued by the Minister for Industry and Commerce, the import of certain iron and steel products which are manufactured or produced in the Republic of South Africa.