Explanatory note

This Order, which comes into force forthwith upon being made, amends the Customs Duties (ECSC) Order 1987 which, with exceptions for certain countries, charges customs duties in accordance with the unified European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) tariff on certain ECSC products imported into the United Kingdom.

The Order grants relief from customs duty on all products to which it applies originating in the Republics of Bosnia–Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Slovenia by including references to those countries in the list of countries contained in Part I of Schedule 1 to the 1987 Order. It also has the effect, by means of the deletion of the reference to Yugoslavia in the list in Part I of Schedule 1, that such relief from duty shall not be granted in respect of products originating in any part of Yugoslavia other than the parts comprised of those Republics. The Order 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.

The making of the Order has been necessitated by Decision 92/150 ECSC and Decision 92/151 ECSC of the representatives of the governments of the European Coal and Steel Community meeting within the Council on 3rd February 1992 (OJ No. L63 of 7 March 1992). Those Decisions granted relief from customs duty on products originating in the Republics of Bosnia–Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Slovenia and had the effect of imposing customs duty on products originating in any part of Yugoslavia other than the parts comprised of those Republics.