S.I. No. 105/1992 -- European Communities (Surveillance of Imports of Certain Iron and Steel Products) Regulations, 1992.

S.I. No. 105/1992 -- European Communities (Surveillance of Imports of Certain Iron and Steel Products) Regulations, 1992. 1992 105

S.I. No. 105/1992:

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (SURVEILLANCE OF IMPORTS OF CERTAIN IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS) REGULATIONS, 1992.

WHEREAS the State has been authorised under the Recommendation of the Commission of the European Communities dated 7 March 1991 (No. 556/91/ECSC)⁽¹⁾ as amended by Commission Recommendation No. 3909/91/ECSC dated 18 December 1991 authorising Member States of the European Communities to apply Community surveillance to imports of certain iron and steel products originating in non-Member States other than members of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) (the conditions and details of which the Commission has determined in that Recommendation);

⁽¹⁾OJ No. L62, 8/3/91, p. 18.

NOW, I, DESMOND O'MALLEY, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act, 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Surveillance of Imports of Certain Iron and Steel Products) Regulations, 1992.

2. (1) In these Regulations "the Minister" means the Minister for Industry and Commerce.

(2) A reference in these Regulations to a CN code number shall be taken to be a reference to that code number in the integrated tariff of the European Communities (TARIC), as amended from time to time, which said tariff is based on the codes of the combined nomenclature in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3174/88 of 21 September 1988⁽²⁾ as amended or replaced by any subsequent regulations or decisions of an institution of the European Communities.

⁽²⁾OJ No. L298, of 31/10/1988, p. 1.

3. (1) These Regulations apply to the goods which are specified at a tariff heading and CN code number mentioned in column (1) of the Schedule to these Regulations.

(2) The particulars mentioned in column (2) of the Schedule to these Regulations are inserted solely to facilitate identification of the goods specified at the tariff heading and CN code number mentioned in column (1) of that Schedule opposite the insertion in column (2), and accordingly nothing contained in column (2) shall affect the construction or limit or control the operation of any provision of these Regulations (including the mention of the tariff heading and CN code number in column (1)).

4. With the exception of goods in free circulation in other Member States of the European Community or goods originating in EFTA countries, the importation into the State of any goods under these Regulations shall be subject to the production by the importer of an import document issued by the Minister on the application of the importer made in compliance with the provisions of Commission Recommendation No. 3909/91/ECSC, Articles 1 and 2 whereof are set out for information in the Annex to these Regulations.

5. Any person who for the purpose of obtaining for himself or any other person an import document, makes any statement or representation or presents or lodges any document in respect of an application for any such import document which is to his knowledge false in any material respect shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.

SCHEDULE

Tariff Heading and CN Code No.	Short Description of Goods
(1)	(2)
72.01 (code numbers 7201 10 11, 7201 10 19, 7201 10 30, 7201 10 90, 7201 20 00, 7201 30 10, 7201 30 90, 7201 40 00)	Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs blocks or other primary forms.
72.02 (code numbers 7202 11 20, 7202 11 80, 7202 99 11)	Ferro-alloys.
72.03 (code number 7203 90 00)	Ferrous products obtained by direct reduction of iron ore and other spongy ferrous products.
72.04 (code numbers 7204 50 10, 7204 50 90)	Ferrous waste and scrap.
72.06 (code numbers 7206 10 00, 7206 90 00)	Iron and non-alloy steel.
72.07 (code numbers 7207 11 11, 7207 11 19, 7207 12 11, 7207 12 19, 7207 19 11, 7207 19 15, 7207 19 31, 7207 20 11, 7207 20 15, 7207 20 17, 7207 20 31, 7201 20 33, 7207 20 51, 7207 20 55, 7207 20 57, 7207 20 71)	Semi finished products of iron or non-alloy steel.
72.08 (code numbers 7208 11 00, 7208 12 10, 7208 12 91, 7208 12 95, 7208 12 98, 7208 13 10, 7208 13 91, 7208 13 95, 7208 13 98, 7208 14 10, 7208 14 91, 7208 14 99, 7208 21 10, 7208 21 90, 7208 22 10, 7208 22 91, 7208 22 95, 7208 22 98, 7208 23 10, 7208 23 91, 7208 23 95, 7208 23 98, 7208 24 10, 7208 24 91, 7208 24 99, 7208 31 00, 7208 32 10, 7208 32 30, 7208 32 51, 7208 32 59, 7208 32 91, 7208 32 99, 7208 33 10, 7208 33 91, 7208 33 99, 7208 34 10, 7208 34 90, 7208 35 10, 7208 35 90, 7208 41 00, 7208 42 10, 7208 42 30, 7208 42 51, 7208 42 59, 7208 42 91, 7208 42 99, 7208 43 10, 7208 43 91, 7208 43 99, 7208 44 10, 7208 44 90, 7208 45 10, 7208 45 90, 7208 90 10)	Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600mm or more, hot rolled, not clad, plated or coated.
72.09 (code numbers 7209 11 00, 7209 12 10, 7209 12 90, 7209 13 10, 7209 13 90, 7209 14 10, 7209 14 90, 7209 21 00, 7209 22 10, 7209 22 90, 7209 23 10, 7209 23 90, 7209 24 10, 7209 24 91, 7209 24 99, 7209 31 00, 7209 32 10, 7209 32 90, 7209 33 10, 7209 33 90, 7209 34 10, 7209 34 90, 7209 41 00, 7209 42 10, 7209 42 90, 7209 43 10, 7209 43 90, 7209 44 10, 7209 44 90, 7209 90 10)	Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, cold-rolled, not clad, plated or coated.
72.10 (code numbers 7210 11 10, 7210 12 11, 7210 12 19, 7210 20 10, 7210 31 10, 7210 39 10, 7210 41 10, 7210 49 10, 7210 50 10, 7210 60 11, 7210 60 19, 7210 70 31, 7210 70 39, 7210 90 31, 7210 90 33, 7210 90 35, 7210 90 39)	Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, clad, plated or coated.
72.11 (code numbers 7211 11 00, 7211 12 10, 7211 12 90, 7211 19 10, 7211 19 91, 7211 19 99, 7211 21 00, 7211 22 10, 7211 22 90, 7211 29 10, 7211 29 91, 7211 29 99, 7211 30 10, 7211 41 10, 7211 41 91, 7211 49 10, 7211 90 11)	Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of less than 600 mm, not clad, plated or coated.
72.12 (code numbers 7212 10 10, 7212 10 91, 7212 21 11, 7212 29 11, 7212 30 11, 7212 40 10, 7212 40 91, 7212 50 31, 7212 50 51, 7212 60 11, 7212 60 91)	Flat rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of less than 600 mm, clad, plated or coated.
72.13 (code numbers 7213 10 00, 7213 20 00, 7213 31 00, 7213 39 00, 7213 41 00, 7213 49 00, 7213 50 10, 7213 50 90)	Bars and rods, hot rolled, in irregularly wound coils, of iron or non-alloy steel.
72.14 (code numbers 7214 20 00, 7214 30 00, 7214 40 10, 7214 40 91, 7214 40 99, 7214 50 10, 7214 50 91, 7214 50 99, 7214 60 00)	Other bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel, not further worked than forged, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot extruded, but including those twisted after rolling.
72.15 (code number 7215 90 10)	Other bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel.
72.16 (code numbers 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 90, 7216 90 10)	Angles, shapes and sections of iron or non-alloy steel.
7218 (code numbers 7218 10 00, 7218 90 11, 7218 90 13, 7218 90 15, 7218 90 19, 7218 90 50)	Stainless steel in ingots or other primary forms; semi-finished products of stainless steel.
72.19 (code numbers 7219 11 10, 7219 11 90, 7219 12 10, 7219 12 90, 7219 13 10, 7219 13 90, 7219 14 10, 7219 14 90, 7219 21 11, 7219 21 19, 7219 21 90, 7219 22 10, 7219 22 90, 7219 23 10, 7219 23 90, 7219 24 10, 7219 24 90, 7219 31 10, 7219 31 90, 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 11, 7219 90 19)	Flat-rolled products of stainless steel of a width of 600 mm or more.
72.20 (code numbers 7220 11 00, 7220 12 00, 7220 20 10, 7220 90 11, 7220 90 31)	Flat-rolled products of stainless steel of a width less than 600 mm.
72.21 (code numbers 7221 00 10, 7221 00 90)	Bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils of stainless steel.
72.22 (code numbers 7222 10 11, 7222 10 19, 7222 10 51, 7222 10 59, 7222 10 99, 7222 30 10, 7222 40 11, 7222 40 19, 7222 40 30)	Other bars and rods of stainless steel; angles, shapes and sections of stainless steel.
72.24 (code numbers 7224 10 00, 7224 90 01, 7224 90 09, 7224 90 15, 7224 90 30)	Other alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms; semi-finished products of other alloy steel.
72.25 (code numbers 7225 10 10, 7225 10 91, 7225 10 99, 7225 20 10, 7225 20 30, 7225 30 00, 7225 40 10, 7225 40 30, 7225 40 50, 7225 40 70, 7225 40 90, 7225 50 10, 7225 50 90, 7225 90 10)	Flat-rolled products of other alloy steel of a width of 600mm or more.
72.26 (code numbers 7226 10 10, 7226 10 30, 7226 20 10, 7226 20 31, 7226 20 51, 7226 20 71, 7226 91 10, 7226 91 90, 7226 92 10, 7226 99 11, 7226 99 31)	Flat-rolled products of other alloy steel of width of less than 600mm.
72.27 (code numbers 7227 10 00, 7227 20 00, 7227 90 10, 7227 90 30, 7227 90 80)	Bars and rods; hot-rolled in irregularly wound coils of other alloy steel.
72.28 (code numbers 7228 10 10, 7228 10 30, 7228 20 11, 7228 20 19, 7228 20 30, 7228 30 10, 7228 30 30, 7228 30 80, 7228 60 10, 7228 70 10, 7228 70 31, 7228 80 10, 7228 80 90)	Other bars and rods of other alloy steel; angles, shapes and sections of other alloy steel; hollow drill bars and rods of alloy or non alloy steel.
7301 (code number 7301 10 00)	Sheet piling of iron or steel whether or not drilled, punched or made from assembled elements; welded angles, shapes and sections of iron or steel.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 22nd day of April, 1992.

DESMOND O'MALLEY,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Instrument allows the Minister to operate a system of surveillance on specific imports of iron and steel products originating in non-members States of the European Community other than members of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA).

ANNEX

COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION No. 556/91/ECSC AS REPLACED BY COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION NO. 3909/91/ECSC

ARTICLES 1 AND 2

(This Annex does not form part of the Regulations)

Article 1

1. The release for free circulation in the Community of iron and steel products covered by the ECSC Treaty, listed in Annex II⁽¹⁾ and originating in non-member countries other than EFTA, shall be subject to the issue of an import document.

⁽¹⁾See Schedule to Regulations.

2. The products referred to in paragraph 1 shall be considered as being of first-choice quality until the importer provides proof to the contrary.

3. The import document shall be issued or endorsed by the Member States, free of charge and for any quantities requested, upon receipt of the application and in any case within not more than ten working days from the submission of the completed application and presentation of two duplicates of the relevant purchase contract(s) and the vendor's order confirmation(s). The originals of these documents as well as the pro forma invoice must be produced if required by the licence-issuing authority.

4. Paragraph 1 shall apply without prejudice to the maintenance of existing quantitative restrictions imposed by Member States on certain iron and steel products in respect of certain non-member countries.

5. The period of validity of the import document is hereby fixed at three months, without prejudice to possible changes in the important arrangements in force.

Article 2

1. The importer's application must state:

( a ) the name, address, occupation, telephone, telefax and telex numbers of the importer;

( b ) the description of the goods and the CN code;⁽²⁾

⁽²⁾OJ No. L247 of 10/9/90, p. 1.

( c ) the country of origin;

( d ) the country of consignment;

( e ) the net weight, by individual lots;

( f ) the currency and value invoiced (cif or daf);

( g ) the proposed date and place of customs clearance;

( h ) where the products concerned are seconds or of substandard quality, the precise characteristics establishing that this is the case, in accordance with the instructions given by the Commission in its communication on distinguishing criteria.

2. The following additional information shall also be supplied by the importer:

A. For goods originating in and consigned direct from one of the countries listed in Annex I (direct importation):⁽³⁾

⁽³⁾Brazil, Bulgaria, the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, Poland, Romania, Hungary.

( a ) the commercial description of the goods, including exact specifications, whether they are for use in shipbuilding, details of the exporter and place of delivery;

( b ) the delivered price per tonne, exclusive of VAT, including details of all the items figuring in the calculation of the delivered price, particularly extras, rebates and transport costs to the point of delivery;

( c ) particulars of:

(i) the Community producer's price list chosen for calculating the delivered price, including the date of the chosen list; or

(ii) where appropriate, the non-member country offer on which the terms of the delivery have been aligned, in sufficient detail to identify the offer and including the date;

( d ) for goods falling within CN code 7201, the name and address of the final purchaser, where known.

B. For goods originating in one of the countries listed in Annex I but consigned from any non-member country other than the country of origin (indirect importation), and for goods originating in a non-member country not listed in Annex I:

( a ) a complete description corresponding to that appearing in the list of products subject to the basic prices in force, and details of the exporter and the place of delivery;

( b ) the cif or daf price at the Community frontier, per tonne, in the currency of the contract, plus customs duties applicable and unloading costs;

( c ) for goods falling within CN code 7201, the name and address of the final purchaser, where known.

3. The importer shall declare that neither he or the purchaser will be granted any reduction, rebate or other form of refund not mentioned in the contract for the transaction, either at the time of the transaction or subsequently.

4. The importer shall certify that his application for an import document is accurate.

5. The importer shall state whether his application is a repeat of a previous application concerning the same delivery.

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S.I. No. 105/1992 -- European Communities (Surveillance of Imports of Certain Iron and Steel Products) Regulations, 1992.