Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the Russian Federation amending the Agreement between the European Coal and Steel Community and the Government of the Russian Federation on trade in certain steel products of 9 July 2002

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY,

of the one part, and

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION,

of the other part,

being the Parties to this Agreement,

WHEREAS the Parties are desirous of promoting the orderly and equitable development of trade in steel between the European Community and the Russian Federation;

WHEREAS the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Russian Federation, of the other part, entered into force on 1 December 1997 ;

WHEREAS Article 21 of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement provides that trade in European Coal and Steel Community products is to be governed by Title III, save for Article 15 thereof, and by the provisions of an Agreement on trade in certain steel products;

WHEREAS on 9 July 2002 the European Coal and Steel Community and the Government of the Russian Federation concluded such an Agreement on trade in certain steel products, hereinafter referred to as «the Agreement» ;

WHEREAS the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community expired on 23 July 2002 and the European Community took over all rights and obligations contracted by the European Coal and Steel Community;

WHEREAS, according to Article 10(2) of the Agreement, the Parties agreed that it will be continued and that all rights and obligations of the Parties under it shall be maintained after such expiry;

WHEREAS the Agreement has been amended by an Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the Russian Federation signed on 26 December 2003 ;

WHEREAS, further to Article 2(4) of the Agreement, the Parties agreed to consider the increase of the quantitative limits of the Agreement to take into account the enlargement of the European Union;

WHEREAS the European Community has considered positively the request of the Russian Federation to increase the quantitative limits of the Agreement in pursuance of Declaration No 1 of the Agreement,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

1. The quantitative limits for the year 2004 set out in Annex II to the Agreement, as last amended, shall be increased as stipulated in Annex I to this Agreement.

2. The Parties agree that the exports from the Russian Federation to the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia of products included in Annex I to the Agreement shipped before 1 May 2004 shall not be deducted from the quantitative limits set out in Annex II to the Agreement.

3. For the purpose of applying paragraph 2, such shipments are considered to have taken place on the date of their loading onto the exporting transport as evidenced by the bill of lading or other transport documents.

Article 2

1. Article 12(2) of Protocol A to the Agreement shall be replaced as specified in Annex II to this Agreement.

2. The list of the competent national authorities attached to Protocol A to the Agreement shall be replaced by Annex III to this Agreement.

Article 3

This Agreement shall enter into force on the day of its signature.

Article 4

This Agreement shall be drawn up in duplicate in the Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Russian languages, each of these texts being equally authentic.

Done at Moscow, 26 July 2004 .

Por la Comunidad Europea

Za Evropské spoleèenství

For Det Europæiske Fællesskab

Für die Europäische Gemeinschaft

Euroopa Ühenduse nimel

Για την Ευρωπαϊκή Κοινότητα

For the European Community

Pour la Communauté européenne

Per la Comunità europea

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Europos bendrijos vardu

az Európai Közösség részér>ISO_2>õl

Ghall-Komunità Ewropea

Voor de Europese Gemeenschap

W imieniu Wspólnoty Europejskiej

Pela Comunidade Europeai

Za Európske spoloèenstvo

za Evropsko skupnost

Euroopan yhteisön puolesta

På Europeiska gemenskapens vägnar

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Por el Gobierno de la Federación de Rusia

Za vládu Ruské federace

For regeringen for Den Russiske Føderation

Für die Regierung der Russischen Föderation

Venemaa Föderatsiooni valitsuse nimel

Για την Κυβέρνηση της Ρωσικής Οποσπονδίας

For the Government of the Russian Federation

Pour le gouvernement de la Fédération de Russie

Per il Governo della Federazione russa

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Rusijos Federacijos Vyriausyb>ISO_4>ìs vardu

Az Orosz Föderáció részér>ISO_2>õl

Ghall-Gvern tal-Federazzjoni Russa

Voor de regering van de Russische Federatie

W imieniu rz±du Federacji Rosyjskiej

Pelo Governo da Federação da rússia

Za vládu Ruskej federácie

Za vlado Ruske federacije

Venäjän federaation hallituksen puolesta

För Ryska federationens regering

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ANNEX I

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ANNEX II

Article 12(2) of Protocol A shall be replaced by the following:

«2. Each document shall bear a standardised serial number, whether or not printed, by which it can be identified. This number shall be composed of the following elements:

two letters identifying the exporting country as follows: RU = Russia,

two letters identifying the intended Member State of customs clearance as follows:

BE = Belgium CZ = Czech Republic DK = Denmark DE = Germany EE = Estonia EL = Greece ES = Spain FR = France IE = Ireland IT = Italy CY = Cyprus LV = Latvia LT = Lithuania LU = Luxembourg HU = Hungary MT = Malta NL = Netherlands AT = Austria PL = Poland PT = Portugal SI = Slovenia SK = Slovakia FI = Finland SE = Sweden GB = United Kingdom

a one-digit number identifying the year, corresponding to the last figure in the respective year, e.g. «3» for 2003,

a two-digit number from 01 to 99, identifying the particular issuing office concerned in the exporting country,

a five-digit number running consecutively from 00001 to 99999 allocated to the intended Member State of customs clearance.»

ANNEX III

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