WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TMB/N/60/Add.6/Suppl.1
3 April 2002
(02-1670)
Textiles Monitoring Body Original:  English
AGREEMENT ON TEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Article 2.1
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
Supplement
The Textiles Monitoring Body has received a supplement to the additional notification
made by the European Community pursuant to Article 2.1.
The TMB, in accordance with Article 2.2, is circulating this notification to WTO Members
for their information.G/TMB/N/60/ Add.6/Suppl.1
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European Commission
Permanent Delegation
to the International Organizations in Geneva
Head of Delegation
Geneva, 25 March 2002
Subject: Clarifications on the notifications of the quantitative restrictions maintained by the
European Community under Article 2(1) of  the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
Dear Mr. Szepesi,
I wish to respond to your letter, dated 29 January 2002, requesting clarifications on the
notification of the quantitative restrictions maintained by the European Community under
Article 2(1) of the Agreement on Textiles and Cl othing, to exports of certain of these products
originating in the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsus
(G/TMB/N/60/Add.6 of 24 January 2002).
The EC can confirm that it has notified under Article 2(1) the restrictions taken over from its
previous autonomous arrangement with the Separa te Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen
and Matsu.  As a result of discussions between the two parties, the EC has notified the restraint levels
and growth rates implemented as of 1 January 2002.
Further to paragraph 167 of the Report of the Working Party on the Accession of the
Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinm en and Matsu, the EC wishes to complete this
notification, and include the table attached to the present letter indicating the restraint levels and
growth rates applied on 31 December 2001.
With respect to the quota "growth-on-growth" pr ovisions stipulated in paragraphs 13 and 14
of Article 2 of the ATC, the EU increased the grow th rate on the remaining re straint levels with the
Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, by 27 per cent on
1 January 2002.
The limitations on "combined flexibility" indicate d in column 8 of Annex II are eliminated as
of 1 January 2002 pursuant to paragr aph 16 of Article 2  of the ATC.
The EC can also inform that th e correct wording for the flexib ility provisions in force found
in the last indent under the heading "Direct quan titative limits" in Annex II, should read:  "transfers
into any of the categories in Groups I, II and III, from any of the categories in Groups II or III shall
be authorized up to the percentages of the quantita tive limit to which the transfer is made indicated in
Column 7".  The wording of group IV in column 7 should therefore be corrected.
In Appendix A to Annex I, part 1, with refe rence to category 28, the wording should be "with
respect to Annex I."
Yours sincerely,
(Signed for) C. Trojan
AmbassadorG/TMB/N/60/ Add.6/Suppl.1
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ANNEX I
Community Quantitative Restrictions for Direct Exports
Category Unit 2001 Growth rate
Taiwan GROUP IA
2 tonnes 5,869 0%
2a tonnes  500 0%
3 tonnes 8,378 0%
3a tonnes  850 0%
GROUP IB
4(1) 1,000 pieces 11,415 1.3%
5 1,000 pieces 21,510 0.6%
6(1) 1,000 pieces 5,799 1.25%
7 1,000 pieces 3,498 0.85%
8 1,000 pieces 9,332 1%
GROUP IIA
20 tonnes  296 2.5%
22 tonnes 9,292 2%
23 tonnes 5,831 3%
GROUP IIB
12 1,000 pairs 39,798 2%
13 1,000 pieces 3,081 2%
14 1,000 pieces 4,439 3.5%
15 1,000 pieces 2,811 3%
16 1,000 pieces  473 2%
17 1,000 pieces  938 2%
18 tonnes 2,075 2.5%
21(1) 1,000 pieces 6,290 1.5%
24 1,000 pieces 4,551 2.5%
26 1,000 pieces 3,301 1%
27 1,000 pieces 1,913 2%
28(1) 1,000 pieces 2,212 2.5%
68 tonnes  767 4%
73 1,000 pieces 1,756 1.5%
77 tonnes  512 6%
78 tonnes 5,178 3%
83 tonnes 1,157 3%
GROUP IIIA
33 tonnes 1,890 5%
35 tonnes 8,477 4%
37 tonnes 20,648 4%G/TMB/N/60/ Add.6/Suppl.1
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GROUP IIIB
10 1,000 pairs 27,814 4%
67 tonnes 1,926 5.5%
74 pieces  356 5.5%
91 tonnes 1,606 5%
97 tonnes 1,465 5%
97a(1) tonnes  667 5%
110 tonnes 5,998 6%
(1) see Appendix A
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