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1. The competent Russian authorities shall issue an export licence in respect of all consignments of steel products subject to the quantitative limits laid down in Annex IV up to the level of the said limits. 2. The original of the export licence shall be presented by the importer for the purposes of the issue of the import authorization referred to in Article 14.
1. The export licence for quantitative limits shall conform to the specimen set out in Appendix I of this Annex and shall certify, inter alia, that the quantity of goods in question has been set off against the quantitative limit established for the product group concerned. 2. Each export licence shall cover only one of the product groups listed in Annex I.
Exports shall be set off against the quantitative limits established for the year in which the products covered by the export licence have been shipped within the meaning of Article 2 (5) of the Decision.
1. To the extent that the Commission pursuant to Article 4 of the Decision has confirmed that the amount requested is available within the quantitative limit in question, the competent authorities of the Member States shall issue an import authorization within a maximum of five working days of the presentation by the importer of the original of the corresponding export licence. This presentation must be effected not later than 31 March of the year following that in which the goods covered by the licence have been shipped. Import authorizations shall be issued by the competent authorities of any Member State irrespective of the Member State indicated on the export licence, to the extent that the Commission, pursuant to Article 4 of the Decision, has confirmed that the amount requested is available within the quantitative limit in question. 2. The import authorizations shall be valid for four months from the date of their issue. Upon duly motivated request by an importer, the competent authorities of a Member State may extend the duration of validity for a further period not exceeding two months. Such extensions shall be notified to the Commission. In exceptional circumstances, an importer may request a second period of extension. These exceptional requests may be granted only by a decision taken in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of the Decision. 3. Import authorizations shall be drawn up in the form set out in Appendix II of this Annex and shall be valid throughout the customs territory of the Community. 4. The declaration or request made by the importer in order to obtain the import authorization shall contain: (a) the full name and address of the exporter; (b) the full name and address of the importer; (c) the exact description of the goods and the CN code(s); (d) the country of origin of the goods; (e) the country of consignment; (f) the appropriate product group and the quantity in the appropriate unit as indicated in Annex IV of the Decision for the products in question; (g) the net weight by CN heading; (h) the cif value of the products at Community frontier by CN heading (as indicated in box 13 of the export licence); (i) whether the products concerned are seconds or of substandard quality; (j) where appropriate, dates of payment and delivery and a copy of the bill of lading and of the purchase contract; (k) date and number of the export licence; (l) any internal code used for administrative purposes; (m) date and signature of importer. 5. Importers shall not be obliged to import the total quantity covered by an import authorization in a single consignment.
The validity of import authorizations issued by the authorities of the Member States shall be subject to the validity of and the quantities indicated in the export licences issued by the competent Russian authorities on the basis of which the import authorizations have been issued.
Import authorizations or equivalent documents shall be issued by the competent authorities of the Member States in conformity with Article 2(2) and without discrimination to any importer in the Community wherever the place of his establishment may be in the Community, without prejudice to compliance with other conditions required under current rules.
1. If the Commission finds that the total quantities covered by export licences issued by Russia for a particular product group in any agreement year exceed the quantitative limit established for that product group, the competent licence authorities in the Member States shall be informed immediately to suspend the further issue of import authorizations. In this event, consultations shall be initiated forthwith by the Commission. 2. The competent authorities of a Member State shall refuse to issue import authorizations for products originating in Russia which are not covered by export licenses issued in accordance with the provisions of this Annex. PART III COMMON PROVISIONS
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