S.I. No. 16/1977 - Imposition of Duties (Dumping and Subsidies) (Provisional Duty on Steel Bars and Angles) Order, 1977.


S.I. No. 16 of 1977.

IMPOSITION OF DUTIES (DUMPING AND SUBSIDIES) (PROVISIONAL DUTY ON STEEL BARS AND ANGLES) ORDER, 1977.

WHEREAS during an investigation by An Coimisiún Dumpála under Section 7 of the Imposition of Duties (Dumping and Subsidies) Act, 1968 (No. 11 of 1968 ), in relation to goods of the kind specified in Article 2 of the Order following, that Commission recommended to the Minister for Industry and Commerce that a provisional duty at the rates specified in the said Article 2 be imposed for a period of six months on goods of the kind aforesaid:

NOW I, JUSTIN KEATING, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 13 of the said Imposition of Duties (Dumping and Subsidies) Act, 1968 , hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Imposition of Duties (Dumping and Subsidies) (Provisional Duty on Steel Bars and Angles) Order, 1977.

2. (1) A provisional duty at the rates specified in paragraph (2) of this Article shall be charged, levied and paid on goods of the following description that are imported into the State between 1st day of February, 1977, and the 31st day of July, 1977, that is to say, on steel reinforcing bars and steel angles which are classified at tariff code numbers 7310-032, 7310-146 and 7311-064 in the Schedule to the Imposition of Duties (No. 200) (Customs and Excise Duties and Form of Tariff) Order, 1972 ( S.I. No. 220 of 1972 ), and which originate in, or are exported from Spain.

(2) The duty imposed by this Order shall be at the following rates, that is to say: —

(a) in the case of steel reinforcing bars, at the rate of £4.00 per tonne, and

(b) in the case of steel angles, at the rate of £22.00 per tonne.

3. For the purposes of this Order, the country of origin of goods shall be determined in accordance with the rules of origin contained in Council Regulation (EEC) 802/68* of the 27th day of June, 1968.

* OJ No. L148. 28/6/1968, p. 1.

4. The duty imposed by this Order is hereby placed under the care and management of the Revenue Commissioners.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 31st day of January, 1977.

JUSTIN KEATING,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order provides for the imposition for a period of six months of provisional duties of £4 per tonne on steel reinforcing bars and £22 per tonne on steel angles originating in Spain.