S.I. No. 300/1989 - Restriction of Imports (Iron and Steel Products From The Republic of South Africa) Order, 1989.

S.I. No. 300 of 1989.

RESTRICTION OF IMPORTS (IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS FROM THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA) ORDER, 1989.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2 of the Restriction of Imports Act, 1962 (No. 20 of 1962), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Restriction of Imports (Iron and Steel Products from the Republic of South Africa) Order, 1989.

2. (1) A reference in this Order to a CN code number shall be taken to be a reference to that code number in the Integrated Tariff of the European Communities (TARIC), as amended from time to time, which said tariff is based on the codes of the Combined Nomenclature in the Annex to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3174/88 of 21 September 1988⁽¹⁾ as amended or replaced by any subsequent Regulations or Decisions of an institution of the European Communities.

¹O.J. No. L298 of 31.10.1988, p.1.

(2) The particulars stated in column (2) of the Schedule to this Order are inserted solely to facilitate identification of the goods specified at the tariff heading and CN code number mentioned in column (1) of that Schedule opposite the insertion in column (2), and, accordingly, nothing contained in the said column (2) shall affect the construction or limit or control the operation of any provision of this Order (including the mention of the tariff heading and CN code number in column (1)).

3. The importation into the State of goods which are of a kind specified in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order and which are manufactured or produced in the Republic of South Africa is hereby prohibited save under and in accordance with a licence issued by the Minister for Industry and Commerce.

4. The Restriction of Imports (Iron and Steel Products from the Republic of South Africa) Order, 1987 ( S.I. No. 124 of 1987 ) is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

Tariff Heading and CN code number	Short Description of Goods
(1)	(2)
72.01 (All Code numbers)	Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms.
72.03 (All Code numbers)	Ferrous products obtained by direct reduction of iron ore and other spongy ferrous products, in lumps, pellets or similar forms; iron having a minimum purity by weight of 99.94% in lumps, pellets or similar forms.
72.04 (All Code numbers)	Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel.
72.06 (All Code numbers)	Iron and non-alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms (excluding iron of heading no. 72.03).
72.07 (All Code numbers except	Semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel.
7207 11 900 00,
7207 12 900 00,
7207 19 190 00,
7207 19 390 00,
7207 19 900 00,
7207 20 190 00,
7207 20 390 00,
7207 20 590 00,
7207 20 790 00,
7207 20 900 10 and
7207 20 900 90)
72.08 (All Code numbers except 7208 90 900 00)	Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated.
72.09 (All Code numbers except 7209 90 900 00).	Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, cold rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated.
72.10 (All Code numbers except	Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600mm or more, clad, plated.
7210 11 900 00,
7210 12 900 00,
7210 20 900 00,
7210 31 900 00,
7210 39 900 00,
7210 41 900 00,
7210 49 900 00,
7210 50 900 00,
7210 60 900 00,
7210 70 900 00,
7210 90 100 00 and
7210 90 900 00).
72.11 (All Code numbers except	Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of less than 600mm, not clad, plated or coated.
7211 30 310 00,
7211 30 390 00,
7211 30 500 00,
7211 30 900 00,
7211 41 950 00,
7211 41 990 00,
7211 49 910 00,
7211 49 990 00,
7211 90 190 00 and
7211 90 900 00).
72.12 (Code numbers	Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of less than 600mm, clad, plated or coated.
7212 10 100 00,
7212 10 910 00,
7212 21 110 00,
7212 29 110 00,
7212 30 110 10,
7212 40 100 00,
7212 40 910 00,
7212 50 310 00,
7212 50 510 00,
7212 60 110 00 and
7212 60 910 00 only)
72.13 (All Code numbers)	Bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, of iron or non-alloy steel.
72.14 (All Code numbers except 7214 10 000 00)	Other bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel, not further worked than forged, hot, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, but including those twisted after rolling.
72.15 (Code number 7215 90 100 00 only)	Other bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel.
72.16 (All Code numbers except	Angles, shapes and sections of iron or non-alloy steel.
7216 60 100 00,
7216 60 900 00,
7216 90 500 00,
7216 90 910 00 and
7216 90 990 00)
72.18 (All Code numbers except	Stainless steel in ingots or other primary forms; semi-finished products of stainless steel.
7218 90 300 00,
7218 90 910 00 and
7218 90 990 00)
72.19 (All Code numbers except	Flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a width of 600mm or more.
7219 90 910 00 and
7219 90 990 00)
72.20 (Code numbers	Flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a width of less than 600mm.
7220 11 000 00,
7220 12 000 00,
7220 20 100 00,
7220 90 110 00,
7220 90 310 00 and only)
72.21 (All Code numbers)	Bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, of stainless steel.
72.22 (All Code numbers except	Other bars and rods of stainless steel; angles, shapes and sections of stainless steel.
7222 20 100 00,
7222 20 900 00,
7222 30 510 00,
7222 30 590 00,
7222 30 910 00,
7222 30 990 00,
7222 40 910 00,
7222 40 930 00 and
7222 40 990 00).
72.24 (Code numbers	Other alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms; semi-finished products of other alloy steel.
7224 10 000 00,
7224 90 110 00,
7224 90 300 00 only).
72.25 (All Code numbers except	Flat-rolled products of other alloy steel, of a width of 600mm, or more.
7225 20 900 00 and
7225 90 900 00)
72.26 (Code numbers	Flat-rolled products of other alloy steel, of a width of less than 600mm.
7226 10 100 00,
7226 10 300 00,
7226 20 100 00,
7226 20 310 00,
7226 20 510 00,
7226 20 710 00,
7226 91 000 00,
7226 92 100 00,
7226 99 110 00 and
7226 99 310 00 only).
72.27 (All Code numbers)	Bars and rods, hot-rolled in irregularly wound coils, of other alloy steel.
72.28 (Code numbers	Other bars and rods of other alloy steel; angles, shapes and sections, of other alloy steel; hollow drill bars and rods, of alloy or non-alloy steel.
7228 10 100 00,
7228 10 300 00,
7228 20 110 00,
7228 20 110 00,
7228 20 190 00,
7228 20 300 00,
7228 30 100 00,
7228 30 900 00,
7228 60 100 00,
7228 70 100 00,
7228 70 310 00,
7228 80 100 00 and
7228 80 900 00 only)
73.01 (Code number 7301 10 100 00 only)	Sheet piling of iron or steel, whether or not drilled, punched or made from assembled elements; welded, angles, shapes and sections, of iron and steel.
73.02 (Code numbers	Railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the following: rails, check-rails and rack rails, switch blades, crossing frogs, point rods and other crossing pieces, sleepers (cross-ties), fish-plates, chairs, chair wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties, and other material specialised for joining or fixing rails.
7302 10 310 00,
7302 10 390 00,
7302 10 900 00,
7302 20 000 00,
7302 40 100 00,
7302 90 100 00 and only).

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 14th day of November, 1989.

CHARLES J. HAUGHEY,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is to prohibit, save under a licence issued by the Minister for Industry and Commerce, the import of certain iron and steel products which are manufactured or produced in the Republic of South Africa.