4.8.97 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 210/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1526/97 of 26 June 1997 on administering the double-checking system without quantitative limits in respect of the export of certain steel products covered by the EC and ECSC Treaties from Ukraine to the European Community 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 an Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community (') of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part, entered into force on 1 February 1996; and whereas the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part, signed in Luxembourg on 14 June 1994 will, on its entry into force, replace the Interim Agreement; Whereas the situation relating to imports of certain steel products from Ukraine into the Community has been the subject of thorough examination and whereas on the basis of relevant information supplied to them, the Parties have concluded an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters(?) which establishes a double- checking system without quantitative limits for the period between the date of entry into force of this Regulation in 1997 and 31 December 1999, unless both Parties agree to terminate the system earlier, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1.  For the period running from the date on which this Regulation enters into force to 31 December 1999, in accordance with the provisions of the said Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters, imports into the Community of certain steel products covered by the () O] No L 311, 23. 12. 1995, p. 2. (3) See page 16 of this Official Journal. EC and ECSC Treaties originating in Ukraine, as listed in Appendix 1, shall be subject to the presentation of a surveillance document conforming to the model shown at Appendix II issued by the authorities in the Community. 2. For the period running from the date on which this Regulation enters into force to 31 December 1999, imports into the Community of the steel products originating in Ukraine and listed in Appendix I shall, in addition, be subject to the issue of an export document issued by the competent Ukrainian authorities. The export document shall conform to the model shown in Appendix III. It shall be valid for exports throughout the customs territory of the Community. 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. 3. An export document will not be required for goods originating in Ukraine already shipped before the date on which this Regulation enters into force, provided that the destination of such products is not changed from a non-Community destination and that those products which, under the prior surveillance regime applicable in 1997, could be imported only on presentation of a surveillance document are in fact accompanied by such a document. 4.  Shipment is considered to have taken place on the date of loading on to the exporting means of transport. 5. 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 from ‘CN’). The origin of the products covered by this Regulation shall be determined in accordance with the rules in force in the Community. 6. The competent authorities of the Community undertake to inform Ukraine of any changes in the Combined Nomenclature (CN) in respect of products