The Customs Duties (ECSC) (Quota and other Reliefs) Order 1990

Made: 31st December 1990

Laid before Parliament: 31st December 1990

Coming into force: 1st January 1991

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1 and 4 of the Customs and Excise Duties (General Reliefs) Act 1979[^f00001] and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—

1

• (1) This Order may be cited as the Customs Duties (ECSC) (Quota and other Reliefs) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 1st January 1991.

• (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[^f00002];

• references to customs duty are references to duty charged by the Customs Duties (ECSC) Order 1987[^f00003] in relation to the goods;

• “the EEC Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 693/88[^f00004].

2

• (1) Up to and including 31st December 1991, 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 goods falling within a heading or subheading indicated with an asterisk in Part I of Schedule 1 to this Order originating in China, nor in respect of goods originating in Romania.

• (2) Up to and including 31st December 1991, 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.

• This paragraph shall not apply in respect of goods falling within a heading or subheading indicated with an asterisk in Part II of Schedule 1 to this Order originating in Romania.

• (3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) 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[^f00005] and regulation 13 of the Customs Warehousing Regulations 1979[^f00006]) containing an application for relief from customs duty in the United Kingdom on or after 1st January 1991 accompanied by such documents as may be required under the provisions of the EEC Regulation.

3

• (1) Up to and including 31st December 1991, no customs duty shall be charged on goods falling within a heading or subheading in column 1 of Part II 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[^f00007] 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 Regulation.

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 if they are to be regarded as so originating by virtue of the EEC Regulation.

SCHEDULE 1

PART I — COMBINED NOMENCLATURE HEADINGS

• 7207.11-19

• 7207.12-11

• 7207.12-19

• 7207.20-15

• 7207.20-31

• 7207.20-33

• 7208.11-10*

• 7208.12-10*

• 7208.12-91*

• 7208.12-95*

• 7208.12-98*

• 7208.13-10*

• 7208.13-91*

• 7208.13-95*

• 7208.13-98*

• 7208.14-10*

• 7208.14-91*

• 7208.14-99*

• 7208.21-10*

• 7208.21-90*

• 7208.22-10*

• 7208.22-91*

• 7208.22-95*

• 7208.22-98*

• 7208.23-10*

• 7208.23-91*

• 7208.23-95*

• 7208.23-98*

• 7208.24-10*

• 7208.24-91*

• 7208.24-99*

• 7211.12-10*

• 7211.19-10*

• 7211.22-10*

• 7211.29-10*

• 7207.19-15*

• 7207.20-55*

• 7213.10-00*

• 7213.31-00*

• 7213-39-00*

• 7213.41-00*

• 7213.49-00*

• 7214.20-00*

• 7214.40-10*

• 7214.40-91*

• 7214.40-99*

• 7214.50-10*

• 7214.50-91*

• 7214.50-99*

• 7215.90-10*

• 7228.80-90*

• 7207.19-31

• 7207.20-71

• 7216.10-00

• 7216.21-00

• 7216.22-00

• 7216.31-11

• 7216.31-19

• 7216.31-91

• 7216.31-99

• 7216.32-11

• 7216.32-19

• 7216.32-91

• 7216.32-99

• 7216.33-10

• 7216.33-90

• 7216.40-10

• 7216.40-90

• 7216.50-10

• 7216.50-90

• 7216.90-10

• 7301.10-00

• 7208.32-10*

• 7208-32-30*

• 7208.32-51*

• 7208.32-59*

• 7208.32-91*

• 7208.32-99*

• 7208.33-10*

• 7208.33-91*

• 7208.33-99*

• 7208.34-10*

• 7208.34-90*

• 7208.35-10*

• 7208.42-10*

• 7208.42-30*

• 7208.42-51*

• 7208.42-59*

• 7208.42-91*

• 7208.42-99*

• 7208.43-10*

• 7208.43-91*

• 7208.43-99*

• 7208.44-10*

• 7208.44-90*

• 7208.45-10*

• 7208.45-90*

• 7208.90-10*

• 7209.12-10*

• 7209.12-90*

• 7209.13-10*

• 7209.13-90*

• 7209.14-10*

• 7209.14-90*

• 7209.22-10*

• 7209.22-90*

• 7209.23-10*

• 7209.23-90*

• 7209.24-10*

• 7209.24-91*

• 7209.24-99*

• 7209.32-10*

• 7209.32-90*

• 7209.33-10*

• 7209.33-90*

• 7209.34-10*

• 7209.34-90*

• 7209.42.10*

• 7209.42-90*

• 7209.43-10*

• 7209.43-90*

• 7209.44-10*

• 7209.44-90*

• 7209.90-10*

• 7210.11-10*

• 7210.12-11*

• 7210.12-19*

• 7210.20-10*

• 7210.31-10*

• 7210.39-10*

• 7210.41-10*

• 7210.49-10*

• 7210.50-10*

• 7210.60-11*

• 7210.60-19*

• 7210.70-21*

• 7210.70-29*

• 7210.90-31*

• 7210.90-33*

• 7210.90-35*

• 7210.90-39*

• 7211.30-10*

• 7211.41-10*

• 7211.49-10*

• 7211.90-11*

• 7212.10-10*

• 7212.10-91*

• 7212.21-11*

• 7212.29-11*

• 7212.30-11*

• 7212.40-10*

• 7212.40-91*

• 7212.50-31*

• 7212.50-51*

• 7212.60-11*

• 7207.11-11

• 7207.19-11

• 7207.20-11

• 7207.20-17

• 7207.20-51

• 7207.20-57

• 7213.20-00

• 7213.50-10

• 7213.50-90

• 7214.30-00

• 7214.60-00

• 7218.90-11

• 7218.90-13

• 7218.90-15

• 7218.90-19

• 7218.90-50

• 7219.11-10

• 7219.11-90

• 7219.12-10

• 7219.12-90

• 7219.13-10

• 7219.13-90

• 7219.14-10

• 7219.14-90

• 7219.21-11

• 7219.21-19

• 7219.21-90

• 7219.22-10

• 7219.22-90

• 7219.23-10

• 7219.23-90

• 7219.24-10

• 7219.24-90

• 7219.33-10

• 7219.33-90

• 7219.34-10

• 7219.34-90

• 7219.35-10

• 7219.35-90

• 7219.90-11

• 7219.90-19

• 7220.11-00

• 7220.12-00

• 7220.20-10

• 7220.90-11

• 7220.90-31

• 7221.00-10

• 7221.00-90

• 7222.10-11

• 7222.10-19

• 7222.10-51

• 7222.10-59

• 7222.10-99

• 7222.30-10

• 7222.40-11

• 7222.40-19

• 7222.40-30

• 7224.90-01

• 7224.90-09

• 7224.90-15

• 7224.90-30

• 7225.10-10

• 7225.10-91

• 7225.10-99

• 7225.20-10

• 7225.20-19

• 7225.20-30

• 7225.30-00

• 7225.40-10

• 7225.40-30

• 7225.40-50

• 7225.40-70

• 7225.40-90

• 7225.50-10

• 7225.50-90

• 7225.90-10

• 7226.10-10

• 7226.10-30

• 7226.20-10

• 7226.20-31

• 7226.20-51

• 7226-20-71

• 7226.91-10

• 7226.91-90

• 7226.92-10

• 7226.99-11

• 7226.99-31

• 7227

• 7228.10-10

• 7228.10-30

• 7228.20-11

• 7228.20-19

• 7228.20-30

• 7228.30-10

• 7228.30-30

• 7228.30-80

• 7228.60-10

• 7228.70-10

• 7228.70-31

• 7228.80-10

PART II — COMBINED NOMENCLATURE HEADINGS

• 7208.31-00*

• 7208.41-00*

• 7211.11-00*

• 7211.21-00*

• 7211.12-90*

• 7211.19-91*

• 7211.19-99*

• 7211.22-90*

• 7211.29-91*

• 7211.29-99*

• 7211.41-91*

• 7212.60-91*

• 7209.11-00

• 7209.21-00

• 7209.31-00

• 7209.41-00

• 7219.31-10

• 7219.31-90

• 7219.32-10

• 7219.32-90

• 7302.10-31*

• 7302.10-39*

• 7302.10-90*

• 7302.20-00*

• 7302.40-10*

• 7302.90-10*

PART III

(1)	(2)	(3)
Combined Nomenclature headings	Country of Origin	Amount of Quotas
7208.11-10	Brazil	£436,093
7208.12-10	Venezuela
7208.12-91
7208.12-95
7208.12-98
7208.13-10
7208.13-91
7208.13-95
7208.13-98
7208.14-10
7208.14-91
7208.14-99
7208.21-10
7208.21-90
7208.22-10
7208.22-91
7208.22-95
7208.22-98
7208.23-10
7208.23-91
7208.23-95
7208.23-98
7208.24-10
7208.24-91
7208.24-99
7211.12-10
7211.19-10
7211.22-10
7211.29-10
7207.19-15	Argentina	£270,280
7207.20-55	Brazil
7213.10-00	Venezuela
7213.31-00
7213.39-00
7213.41-00
7213.49-00
7214.20-00
7214.40-10
7214.40-91
7214.40-99
7214.50-10
7214.50-91
7214.50-99
7215.90-10
7228.80-90
7208.32-10	Argentina	£740,863
7208.32-30	Brazil
7208.32-51
7208.32-59
7208.32-91
7208.32-99
7208.33-10
7208.33-91
7208.33-99
7208.34-10
7208.34-90
7208.35-10
7208.35-90
7208.42-10
7208.42-30
7208.42-51
7208.42-59
7208.42-91
7208.42-99
7208.43-10
7208.43-91
7208.43-99
7208.44-10
7208.44-90
7208.45-10
7208.45-90
7208.90-10
7209.12-10
7209.12-90
7209.13-10
7209.13-90
7209.14-10
7209.14-90
7209.22-10
7209.22-90
7209.23-10
7209.23-90
7209.24-10
7209.24-91
7209.24-99
7209.32-10
7209.32-90
7209.33-10
7209.33-90
7209.34-10
7209.34-90
7209.42-10
7209.42-90
7209.43-10
7209.43-90
7209.44-10
7209.44-90
7209.90-10
7210.11-10
7210.12-11
7210.12-19
7210.20-10
7210.31-10
7210.39-10
7210.41-10
7210.49-10
7210.50-10
7210.60-11
7210.60-19
7210.70-21
7210.70-29
7210.90-31
7210.90-33
7210.90-35
7210.90-39
7211.30-10
7211.41-10
7211.49-10
7211.90-11
7212.10-10
7212.10-91
7212.21-11
7212.29-11
7212.30-11
7212.40-10
7212.40-91
7212.50-31
7212.50-51
7212.60-11
7207.11-11	Brazil	£749,498
7207.19-11
7207.20-11
7207.20-17
7207.20-51
7207.20-57
7213.20-00
7213.50-10
7213.50-90
7214.30-00
7214.60-00
7218.90-11
7218.90-13
7218.90-15
7218.90-19
7218.90-50
7219.11-10
7219.11-90
7219.12-10
7219.12-90
7219.13-10
7219.13-90
7219.14-10
7219.14-90
7219.21-11
7219.21-19
7219.21-90
7219.22-10
7219.22-90
7219.23-10
7219.23-90
7219.24-10
7219.24-90
7219.33-10
7219.33-90
7219.34-10
7219.34-90
7219.35-10
7219.35-90
7219.90-11
7219.90-19
7220.11-00
7220.12-00
7220.20-10
7220.90-11
7220.90-31
7221.00-10
7221.00-90
7222.10-11
7222.10-19
7222.10-51
7222.10-59
7222.10-99
7222.30-10
7222.40-11
7222.40-19
7222.40-30
7224.90-01
7224.90-09
7224.90-15
7224.90-30
7225.10-10
7225.10-91
7225.10-99
7225.20-10
7225.20-19
7225.20-30
7225.30-00
7225.40-10
7225.40-30
7225.40-50
7225.40-70
7225.40-90
7225.50-10
7225.50-90
7225.90-10
7226.10-10
7266.10-30
7226.20-10
7226.20-31
7226.20-51
7226.20-71
7226.91-10
7226.91-90
7226.92-10
7226.99-11
7226.99-31
7227
7228.10-10
7228.10-30
7228.20-11
7228.20-19
7228.20-30
7228.30-10
7228.30-30
7228.30-80
7228.60-10
7228.70-10
7228.70-31
7228.80-10

SCHEDULE 2

PART I — INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES

• Afghanistan

• Algeria

• Angola

• Antigua and Barbuda

• Argentina

• Bahamas

• Bahrain

• Bangladesh

• Barbados

• Belize

• Benin

• Bhutan

• Bolivia

• Botswana

• Brazil

• Brunei Darussalam

• Burkina Faso

• Burma

• Burundi

• Cambodia

• Cameroon

• Cape Verde, Republic of

• Central African Republic

• Chad

• Chile

• China

• Colombia

• Comoros

• Congo, Peoples' Republic of

• Costa Rica

• Cuba

• Cyprus

• Djibouti

• Dominica

• Dominican Republic

• Ecuador

• Egypt

• El Salvador

• Equatorial Guinea

• Ethiopia

• Fiji

• Gabon

• Gambia

• Ghana

• Grenada

• Guatemala

• Guinea

• Guinea Bissau

• Guyana

• Haiti

• Honduras

• India

• Indonesia

• Iran

• Iraq

• Ivory Coast

• Jamaica

• Jordan

• Kenya

• Kiribati

• Kuwait

• Laos Peoples' Democratic Republic

• Lebanon

• Lesotho

• Liberia

• Libya

• Madagascar

• Malawi

• Malaysia

• Maldives, Republic of

• Mali

• Marshall Islands, Republic of

• Mauritania

• Mauritius

• Mexico

• Micronesia, Federated States of

• Mongolia

• Morocco

• Mozambique

• Namibia

• Nauru

• Nepal

• Nicaragua

• Niger

• Nigeria

• Oman

• Pakistan

• Palau, Republic of

• Panama

• Papua New Guinea

• Paraguay

• Peru

• Philippines

• Qatar

• Romania

• Rwanda

• Sao Tome and Principe

• Saudi Arabia

• Senegal

• Seychelles and Dependencies

• Sierra Leone

• Singapore

• Solomon Islands

• Somalia

• Sri Lanka

• St Christopher and Nevis, Federation of

• St Lucia

• St Vincent

• Sudan

• Surinam

• Swaziland

• Syria

• Tanzania

• Thailand

• Togo

• Tonga

• Trainidad and Tobago

• Tunisia

• Tuvalu

• Uganda

• United Arab Emirates

• Uruguay

• Vanuatu

• Venezuela

• Vietnam

• Western Samoa, Independent State of

• Yemen

• Zaire

• Zambia

• Zimbabwe

PART II — COUNTRIES 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[^f00008]

• Anguilla

• Aruba

• Australian Antarctic Territories

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

• Bermuda

• British Antarctic Territories

• British Indian Ocean Territory

• British Virgin Islands and Montserrat

• Cayman Islands

• Falkland Islands

• French Polynesia

• French Southern and Antarctic Territories

• Gibraltar

• Greenland

• Hong Kong

• Macao

• Mayotte

• Netherlands Antilles

• New Caledonia and Dependencies

• New Zealand Oceania (Cook Islands, Tokelau and Niue 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

Signed

Edward Leigh — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, — Department of Trade and Industry — 31st December 1990

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which comes into force on 1st January 1991, 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 within the Council, of 18th December 1990[^f00009]. The reliefs are provided under the Community’s Generalised Tariff Preference Scheme for Developing Countries.

The reliefs apply with effect from 1st January 1991 up to and including 31st December 1991.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1979 c. 3.

[^f00002]: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (OJ No L265 7.9.87 p.1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2472/90 (OJ No L247 10.9.90 p.1).

[^f00003]: S.I. 1987/2184, as amended by S.I. 1988/1065, 1314, 2055, 1989/1088 and 1610.

[^f00004]: OJ No L77, 22.3.1988 p.1.

[^f00005]: 1979 c. 2.

[^f00006]: S.I. 1979/207.

[^f00007]: S.I. 1986/2174.

[^f00008]: American Oceania includes: Guam, American Samoa (including Swain’s Island), Midway Islands, Johnston and Sand Islands, Wake Island.

[^f00009]: OJ No L370, 31.12.90 p.133.