The Customs Duties (ECSC) (Amendment No. 6) Order 1991

Made: 15th November 1991

Laid before the House of Commons: 18th November 1991

Coming into force: 15th November 1991

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 makes the following Order:

1

This Order may be cited as the Customs Duties (ECSC) (Amendment No. 6) Order 1991.

2

Article 6 (1) of the Customs Duties (ECSC) Order 1987[^f00002] (which exempts from duty goods to which that Order originating in certain countries) shall not apply to goods which originate in Yugoslavia if they have been exported therefrom on or after 15th November 1991.

Signed

Sydney Chapman — Gregory Knight — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 15th November 1991

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which comes into force forthwith upon being made, reimposes duties on all products to which it applies originating in Yugoslavia and exported therefrom on or after 15th NOvember 1991. It applies to all iron and steel products covered by the ECSC Treaty and included in the Schedule of customs duties to the Combined Nomenclature forming part of the common customs tariff of the European Economic Community.

This Order implements Decision 91/588/ECSC of the representatives of governments of Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community meeting within the Council on 11th November 1991 (OJ No. L315, 15.11.1991), which suspended the commercial concessions granted by and by virtue of the Agreement between Member States of the ECSC and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Pursuant to Article 2 of that Decision, the reintroduction of duty does not apply to products exported from Yugoslavia before 15th November 1991.

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 and 1610.