Definitions
Article 3
For the purposes of this Decision, the following definitions shall apply: 1. coal shall mean any of the following: (a) hard coal, including the high and medium-ranking ‘A’ coals (sub-bituminous coals) as defined in the international codification system of coal of the UN Economic Commission for Europe; (b) hard coal briquette; (c) coke and semi-coke derived from hard coal; (d) lignite, including the low-ranking ‘C’ coals (or ortho-lignites) and the low-ranking ‘B’ coals (or meta-lignites) as defined in the above codification; (e) lignite briquettes; (f) coke and semi-coke derived from lignite; (g) oil shales; 2. steel shall mean any of the following: (a) raw materials for iron and steel production, such as iron-ore, sponge iron and ferrous scrap; (b) pig iron (including hot metal) and ferro-alloys; (c) crude and semi-finished products of iron, ordinary steel or special steel (including products for reuse and re-rolling), such as liquid steel cast by continuous casting or otherwise, and semi-finished products such as blooms, billets, bars, slabs and strips; (d) hot-finished products of iron, ordinary steel or special steel (coated or uncoated products, excluding steel castings, forgings and powder metallurgy products), such as rails, sheet piling, structural shapes, bars, wire rods, plates and universal plates, strips and sheets, and tube rounds and squares; (e) end products of iron, ordinary steel or special steel (coated or uncoated), such as cold-rolled strips and sheets and electrical sheets; (f) products of the first-stage processing of steel that can enhance the competitive position of the above iron and steel products, such as tubular products, drawn and polished products, cold-rolled and cold-formed products.