COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1072/1999
of 10 May 1999
amending Annexes I, II, III, V, VII, VIII and IX to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 of 12 October 1993 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2798/98(2), and in particular Article 2 of Annex VII thereto and Article 19 thereof,
(1) Whereas modifications have been introduced in the Combined Nomenclature applicable from 1 January 1999;
(2) Whereas the Council has decided by Decision 98/678/EC(3) to apply on a provisional basis the agreement between the European Community and the Lao People's Democratic Republic on trade in textile products;
(3) Whereas the Council has adopted Regulation (EC) No 47/1999 of 22 December 1998 on the arrangements for imports of certain textile products originating in Taiwan(4);
(4) Whereas the Council has decided by Decision 1999/36/EC(5) to apply on a provisional basis the agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the People's Republic of China on trade in textile products;
(5) Whereas the Agreement on Trade in Textile Products (not covered by the MFA bilateral Agreement) with the People's Republic of China(6) was applied from 1 January 1995 for a period of two years and thereafter extended automatically for successive periods of one year and thus will be applicable in 1999;
(6) Whereas, following a request from European industry, it is appropriate to establish quantitative limits for 1999 on re-importation into the Community of certain textile products (categories 159 and 161) originating in the People's Republic of China after outward processing operations in that country; whereas direct imports of textile products falling within categories 159 and 161 are subject to the quantitative limits laid down in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93;
(7) Whereas all the above elements make it necessary to amend the relevant portions of Annexes I, II, III, V, VII, VIII and IX to Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 to take into account these modifications, which are applicable to the importation into the Community of certain textile products originating in certain third countries within the meaning of Article 19 of the abovementioned Regulation;
(8) Whereas in order to ensure that the Community complies with its international obligations the measures provided for in this Regulation should apply with effect from 1 January 1999,
(9) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Textile Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 is amended as follows:
1. Annex I is replaced by Annex I to this Regulation;
2. Annex II is replaced by Annex II to this Regulation;
3. In Annex III, Article 28 is replaced by the following text:
"Article 28
1. The export licence refered to in Articles 11 and 19 and the certificate of origin may include additional copies duly indicated as such. They shall be made out in English, French or Spanish.
2. If the documents referred to above are completed by hand, entries must be in ink and in block letters.
3. The export licences or equivalent documents and certificates of origin shall measure 210 × 297 mm(7). The paper shall be white writing paper, sized, not containing mechanical pulp(8) and weighing not less than 25 g/m. Each part shall have a printed guilloche pattern background making any falsification by mechanical or chemical means apparent to the eye(9).
4. Only the original shall be accepted by the competent authorities in the Community as being valid for import purposes in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation.
5. Each export licence or equivalent document and the certificate of origin shall bear a standardised serial number, whether or not printed, by which it can be identified(10).
6. This number shall be composed of the following elements(11):
- two letters identifying the exporting country as follows:
- Argentina= AR
- Armenia= AM
- Azerbaijan= AZ
- Bangladesh= BD
- Belarus= BY
- Brazil= BR
- China= CN
- Egypt= EG
- Estonia= EE
- Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia= 96
- Georgia= GE
- Hong Kong= HK
- India= IN
- Indonesia= ID
- Kazakhstan= KZ
- Kyrgyzstan= KG
- Laos= LA
- Latvia= LV
- Lithuania= LT
- Macao= MO
- Malaysia= MY
- Moldova= MD
- Mongolia= MN
- Pakistan= PK
- Peru= PE
- Philippines= PH
- Russia= RU
- Singapore= SG
- South Korea= KR
- Sri Lanka= LK
- Taiwan= TW
- Tajikistan= TJ
- Thailand= TH
- Turkmenistan= TM
- Ukraine= UA
- United Arab Emirates= AE
- Uruguay= UY
- Uzbekistan= UZ
- Vietnam= VN
- two letters identifying the intended Member State of destination as follows:
- AT= Austria
- BL= Benelux
- DE= Federal Republic of Germany
- DK= Denmark
- EL= Greece
- ES= Spain
- FI= Finland
- FR= France
- GB= United Kingdom
- IE= Ireland
- IT= Italy
- PT= Portugal
- SE= Sweden
- a one-digit number identifying the quota year or the year under which exports were recorded, in the case of products listed in Table A of this Annex, corresponding to the last figure in the year in question, e.g. '9' for 1999. In the case of products originating in the People's Republic of China listed in Appendix C to Annex V this number should be '5' for the year 1999,
- a two-digit number identifying the issuing office in the exporting country,
- a five-digit number running consecutively from 00001 to 99999 allocated to the specific Member State of destination.";
4. Table A to Annex III is replaced by Annex III to this Regulation;
5. Addition of specimen of Hong Kong export licence (EDI) to Annex III, in Annex IV to this Regulation;
6. Addition of Specimen of a Thai export licence to Annex III, in Annex V to this Regulation;
7. Addition of specimen of a Thai certificate of origin to Annex III, in Annex VI to this Regulation;
8. In Annex V, the tables and Appendices A, B and C in Annex VII to this Regulation are added;
9. In Annex VII, the table for China is replaced by the table in Annex VIII to this Regulation;
10. Annex VIII is replaced by Annex IX to this Regulation;
11. Annex IX is replaced by Annex X to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 10 May 1999.