6.7.2007 Official Journal of the European Union L1781 (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory) REGULATIONS COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 752/2007 of 30 May 2007 on administering certain restrictions on imports of certain steel products from Ukraine THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu- nity, and in particular Article 133 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas: (1) The Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part (1), hereinafter referred to as ‘the PCA’, entered into force on 1 March 1998. (2)  Article 22(1) of the PCA provides that trade in certain steel products shall be governed by Title IIT of that Agreement, with the exception of Article 14 thereof, and by the pro- visions of an agreement on quantitative arrangements. (3)  On 18 June 2007, the European Community and the Gov- ernment of Ukraine concluded such an Agreement on trade in certain steel products (?), hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’. (4) It is necessary to provide the means to administer the terms of the Agreement within the Community, taking into account the experience gained from previous agree- ments concerning a similar regime. (5) It is appropriate to classify the products in question on the basis of the combined nomenclature (CN) established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 265887 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Com- mon Customs Tariff (3). (1) OJ L 49,19.2.1998, p. 3. (?) See page 24 of this Official Journal. (®) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 580/2007 (O] L 138, 30.5.2007, p. 1). (6) (10) It is necessary to ensure that the origin of the products in question is checked and appropriate methods of adminis- trative cooperation are set up to this end. The effective application of the Agreement requires the introduction of a requirement of a Community import authorisation for the entry into free circulation in the Community of the products in question together with a system for administering the granting of such Commu- nity import authorisations. Products placed in a free zone or imported under the arrangements governing customs warehouses, temporary importation or inward processing (suspension system) should not be counted against the limits established for the products in question. In order to ensure that these quantitative limits are not exceeded, it is necessary to establish a management pro- cedure whereby the competent authorities of the Member States will not issue import authorisations before obtain- ing prior confirmation from the Commission that appro- priate amounts remain available within the quantitative limit in question. The Agreement provides for a system of cooperation between Ukraine and the Community with the aim of pre- venting circumvention by means of transhipment, rerout- ing or other means. A consultation procedure should be established under which an agreement can be reached with the country concerned on an equivalent adjustment to the relevant quantitative limit when it appears that the Agree- ment has been circumvented. Ukraine has agreed to take the necessary measures to ensure that any adjustments could be rapidly applied. In the absence of agreement within the time limit provided, the Community should, where there is clear evidence of circumvention, have the possibility to apply the equivalent adjustment.