Explanatory note

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.