# The Customs Duties (ECSC) (Quota and Other Reliefs) Order 1988, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order, which comes into force on 1st January 1989, provides for reliefs from customs duty (in so far as it is charged) on certain iron and steel products originating in the developing countries named in Schedule 2 to the Order in accordance with a Decision of the representatives of the governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community meeting in Council of [19/20 December 1988]. The reliefs are provided under the Community’s Generalised Tariff Preference Scheme for Developing Countries.
The Order provides for exemption from duty for goods specified in Part I of Schedule 1 orginating in the countries named in Schedule 2 other than those countries also named in column 2 of Part III of Schedule 1 in relation to the relevant goods. Such exemption does not however apply to goods falling within Combined Nomenclature headings 7207, 7208, 7209, 7210, 7211, 7212, 7213, 7214, 7215 or 7228 originating in China nor to goods originating in Yugoslavia (article 2(1)). The Order also provides for exemption from duty for goods specified in Part II of Schedule 1 originating in the countries named in Schedule 2 (article 2(2)) and for goods falling within Combined Nomenclature headings 7209 or 7219 originating in Romania (article 2(3)). These exemptions apply with effect from 1st January 1989 up to and including 31st December 1989. The Order also provides for duty-free tariff quotas for the same period for goods listed in Part III of Schedule 1 originating in certain countries named in column 2 of Part III of Schedule 1 (article 3).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2257/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/customs-duties-ecsc-quota-and-other-reliefs-order-1988/note
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