Commission Decision No 2235/1999/ECSC of 21 October 1999 amending Annex IV to Decision No 2136/97/ECSC on administering certain restrictions on imports of certain steel products from the Russian Federation
L 272/4 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 22. 10. 1999 COMMISSION DECISION No 2235/1999/ECSC of 21 October 1999 amending Annex IV to Decision No 2136/97/ECSC on administering certain restrictions on imports of certain steel products from the Russian Federation THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Commission Decision No 2136/97/ECSC of 12 September 1997 on administering certain restrictions on imports of certain steel products from the Russian Federa- tion (1), as amended by Decision No 2124/98/ECSC (2), and in particular Article 8 in conjuction with Article 7 thereof, (2) Whereas it is therefore necessary to amend Annex IV to Decision No 2136/97/ECSC to take account of the amended quantitative limits; (3) Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in conformity with the opinion of the Committee estab- lished under Article 7 of Decision No 2136/97/ECSC, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 (1) Whereas the Russian Federation has, in accordance with Article 3(4) of the Agreement on trade in certain ECSC steel products (3), requested the transfer of certain quantitative limits for 1999 between different product groups, and whereas the European Coal and Steel Community consents to this request; Annex IV to Decision No 2136/97/ECSC is replaced by the text contained in the Appendix to this Decision. Article 2 This Decision shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Decision shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 21 October 1999. For the Commission Pascal LAMY Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 300, 4. 11. 1997, p. 15. (2) OJ L 268, 3. 10. 1998, p. 31. (3) OJ L 300, 4. 11. 1997, p. 52. 22. 10. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 272/5 Appendix ‘ANNEX IV QUANTITATIVE LIMITS Russian Federation Products 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 SA. Flat products SA1. Coils 207 487 204 861 220 000 (1) 228 890 234 613 SA1a. Hot-rolled coils for re-rolling 430 000 430 000 440 750 451 769 463 063 SA2. Heavy plate SA3. Other flat products SB. Long products SB1. Beams SB2. Wire rod 31 115 28 265 12 000 28 000 42 671 36 796 (2) 34 325 32 678 30 420 31 180 11 718 12 011 (3) 13 238 27 342 28 026 (4) 30 889 35 183 31 960 13 569 31 661 SB3. Other long products 104 357 112 515 115 327 (5) 115 122 118 000 (1) This figure has been reduced by 3 308 tonnes. (2) This figure has been increased by 3 308 tonnes. (3) This figure has been reduced by 904 tonnes. (4) This figure has been reduced by 2 109 tonnes. (5) This figure has been increased by 3 013 tonnes. ’