COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 344/92 of 19 December 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 4134/86 on the arrangements for imports of certain textile products originating in Taiwan
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 4134/86 of 22 December 1986 on the arrangements for imports of certain textile products originating in Taiwan (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3058/90 (2), allocates shares of the Community quantitative quotas on imports and lays down the arrangements for imports into the Community of the products in question up to 31 December 1991;
Whereas the arrangements should be maintained beyond that date and adjusted as part of the revision of overall Community commercial policy for textile products;
Whereas in the light of the continuing uncertainty surrounding the treatment Taiwan applies to products originating in the Community, 1992 quotas should be set at the levels laid down in Annex II; whereas these levels may, however, be adjusted to take account of changes in the situation and restore the quotas originally established;
Whereas, in order to ensure the best possible utilization of the Community quantitative limits, they should be allocated in accordance with the requirements of the various Member States; whereas, however, the extent of the disparities existing in the conditions for importation of these products into the Member States and the particularly sensitive position of the Community textiles industry mean that the said conditions can be standardized only gradually; whereas, for these reasons, allocation of supplies cannot immediately be effected on the basis of requirements alone; whereas the Member States' shares of the Community quantitative limits for 1992 should be established;
Whereas the import arrangements currently in force expire on 31 December 1991; whereas it is necessary to provide for transitional arrangements in respect of products shipped before 1 January 1992;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4134/86 should be amended in order to maintain it in force, and whereas Annex II to that Regulation should be amended in order to lay down the quantitative limits for 1992,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EEC) No 4134/86 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 1 (1) shall be replaced by the following:
'1. From 1 January 1992 to 31 December 1992, imports into the Community of products of the categories listed in Annex I shall be governed by the provisions of this Regulation.';
2.
Article 2
is hereby amended as follows:
(a) paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following:
'1. For 1992, imports into the Community of textile products listed in Annex II and originating in Taiwan shall be subject to quantitative quotas broken down in a manner which will bring about an orderly expansion and development of the market for textiles and a gradual adjustment to the supply needs of the markets, allowing for carry-over and advance drawing between one year and another and for transfers between categories.
The quotas for the period from 1 January to 31 December 1992 are fixed in Annex II.';
(b)
paragraph 4 shall be replaced by the following:
'4. After 1 January 1992, the release for free circulation in the Community of the products covered by this Regulation shall be subject to the import arrangements in force before that date provided the products were loaded in Taiwan before 1 January 1992.';
3.
Article 2
(7), 2 (8) and 2 (9), are hereby repealed;
4.
in Article 6 (2), the date 1 January 1983 shall be replaced by that of 1 January 1987;
5.
Article 13
shall be replaced by the following:
'Article 13
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1992. It shall apply until 31 December 1992.';
6.
the descriptions and codes contained in Annex I to this Regulation shall replace the descriptions and codes contained in Annex I for the same categories;
7.
Annex II shall be replaced by Annex II to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall be applicable from 1 January to 31 December 1992.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 19 December 1991.