1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Customs Duties (ECSC) (Quota and Other Reliefs) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 1st January 1989.

(2) In this Order-

• references to a heading or subheading are references to a heading or subheading in the Combined Nomenclature of the European Economic Community(2);

• references to customs duty are references to duty charged by the Customs Duties (ECSC) Order 1987(3) in relation to the goods;

• "the EEC Regulations" means Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3749/83(4), Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2955/85(5) and Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 2466/86(6) on the concept of originating products.

2.-(1) Up to and including 31st December 1989, no customs duty shall be charged on goods-

(a)which fall within a heading or subheading in Part I of Schedule 1 hereto (certain iron and steel products) and

(b)which originate in any country named in Schedule 2 hereto other than a country named in column 2 of Part III of Schedule 1 hereto in relation to that heading or subheading as specified in column 1 thereof.

• This paragraph shall not apply in respect of any goods falling within any of the headings 7207, 7208, 7209, 7210, 7211, 7212, 7213, 7214, 7215 or 7228 originating in China nor in respect of any goods originating in Yugoslavia.

(2) Up to and including 31st December 1989, no customs duty shall be charged on goods-

(a)which fall within a heading or subheading specified in Part II of Schedule 1 hereto (certain iron and steel products) and

(b)which originate in a country named in Schedule 2 hereto.

(3) Up to and including 31st December 1989, no customs duty shall be charged on goods which fall within the headings 7209 or 7219 and originate in Romania.

(4) Paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) above shall only apply to goods in respect of which an importer delivers an entry thereof for home use (within the meaning of section 37 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979(7) and regulation 13 of the Customs Warehousing Regulations 1979(8)) containing an application for relief from customs duty in the United Kingdom on or after 1st January 1989 accompanied by such documents as may be required under the provisions of the EEC Regulations. This paragraph shall not apply in respect of any goods falling within the headings 7207, 7211 or 7212 originating in Yugoslavia.

3.-(1) Up to and including 31st December 1989, no customs duty shall be charged on goods falling within a heading or subheading specified in column 1 of Part III of Schedule 1 hereto (certain iron and steel products) which originate in a country named in column 2 in relation to that heading or subheading if they form part of the relevant quota.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) of this article the "relevant quota" in relation to any heading or subheading means the amount (expressed as a value in pounds) of goods specified in column 3 of Part III of Schedule 1 hereto in relation to the heading or subheading in respect of each of the countries named in column 2 in relation to that heading or subheading.

(3) Article 4 of the Customs Duties Quota Relief (Administration) Order 1986(9) shall apply for the purposes of this article subject to the modification that the application for relief from customs duty shall be accompanied by such documents as may be required under the provisions of the EEC Regulations.

4. For the purpose of this Order goods shall be treated as originating in a country named in column 2 of Part III of Schedule 1 or in Schedule 2 hereto or Romania if they are to be regarded as so originating by virtue of the EEC Regulations.

Article 2(1)

SCHEDULE 1

PART ICOMBINED NOMENCLATURE HEADINGS

Article 2(2)

PART IICOMBINED NOMENCLATURE HEADINGS

Article 3

PART III

SCHEDULE 2

PART IINDEPENDENT COUNTRIES

PART IICOUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES DEPENDENT OR ADMINISTERED OR FOR WHOSE EXTERNAL RELATIONS MEMBER STATES OF THE COMMUNITY OR THIRD COUNTRIES ARE WHOLLY OR PARTLY RESPONSIBLE

American Oceania(10)

Anguilla

Aruba

Australian Antarctic Territories

Australian Oceania (Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Heard Island and

McDonald Islands, Norfolk Island)

Bermuda

British Antarctic Territory

British Indian Ocean Territory

British Virgin Islands and Montserrat

Cayman Islands

Falkland Islands

French Polynesia

French Southern and Antarctic Territories

Gibraltar

Hong Kong

Macao

Mayotte

Netherlands Antilles

New Caledonia and Dependencies

New Zealand Oceania (Cook Islands, Niue Islands, Tokelau Islands)

Pitcairn

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

St Helena

St Helena Dependencies

St Pierre and Miquelon

Turks and Caicos Islands

Virgin Islands of the United States

Wallis and Futuna Islands

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which comes into force on 1st January 1989, provides for reliefs from customs duty (in so far as it is charged) on certain iron and steel products originating in the developing countries named in Schedule 2 to the Order in accordance with a Decision of the representatives of the governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community meeting in Council of [19/20 December 1988]. The reliefs are provided under the Community's Generalised Tariff Preference Scheme for Developing Countries.

The Order provides for exemption from duty for goods specified in Part I of Schedule 1 orginating in the countries named in Schedule 2 other than those countries also named in column 2 of Part III of Schedule 1 in relation to the relevant goods. Such exemption does not however apply to goods falling within Combined Nomenclature headings 7207, 7208, 7209, 7210, 7211, 7212, 7213, 7214, 7215 or 7228 originating in China nor to goods originating in Yugoslavia (article 2(1)). The Order also provides for exemption from duty for goods specified in Part II of Schedule 1 originating in the countries named in Schedule 2 (article 2(2)) and for goods falling within Combined Nomenclature headings 7209 or 7219 originating in Romania (article 2(3)). These exemptions apply with effect from 1st January 1989 up to and including 31st December 1989. The Order also provides for duty-free tariff quotas for the same period for goods listed in Part III of Schedule 1 originating in certain countries named in column 2 of Part III of Schedule 1 (article 3).