The Customs Duties (ECSC) (Amendment No. 5) Order 1989

Made: 1st September 1989

Laid before the House of Commons: 6th September 1989

Coming into force: 7th September 1989

The Treasury, by virtue of the powers conferred on them by section 5(1) and (3) of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972[^f00001] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, on the recommendation of the Secretary of State, hereby make the following Order:

1

This Order may be cited as the Customs Duties (ECSC) (Amendment No. 5) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 7th September 1989.

2

Up to and including 31 December 1989, article 6(1) of the Customs Duties (ECSC) Order 1987[^f00002] (which exempts from duty goods to which that Order applies originating in certain countries) shall not apply to goods which fall within a heading specified in the Schedule hereto and which originate in Yugoslavia.

SCHEDULE — COMBINED NOMENCLATURE HEADINGS

Signed

Margaret Thatcher — Kenneth Carlisle — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 1st September 1989

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which comes into force on 7th September 1989, reimposes duties on certain categories of iron or steel products originating in Yugoslavia.

This Order implements a reintroduction of duty up to the end of 1989 made pursuant to Article 1, paragraph 5 of a decision 88/653/ECSC of the representatives of governments of Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community meeting within the Council on 19th December 1988 (OJ No. L372, 31.12.1988, p.39). Decision 88/653/ECSC of 19th December 1988 established ceilings for imports of certain ECSC goods originating in Yugoslavia. These ceilings have now been reached on the goods the subject of this Order.

The Commission communication to Member States giving notice of the reintroduction of custom duties is published in OJ No. C219 of 25.8.89.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1972 c. 68; section 5(3) and Schedule 2 were amended by the Customs and Excise Duties (General Reliefs) Act 1979 (c. 3), section 19 and Schedule 2, paragraphs 3 and 5.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1987/2184, as amended by S.I. 1988/1065, 1314, 2055, and 1989/1088.