Commission Regulation (EC) No 1809/2001
of 9 August 2001
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 Regulation (EC) No 391/2001(2), and in particular Article 19 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Council has decided by decision of 29 June 2000(3) on the signing of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters amending the Agreement between the European Community and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on trade in textile and clothing products, and authorising its provisional application.
(2) The Council has decided by decision of 9 November 2000(4) on the list of textiles and clothing products to be integrated into GATT 1994 on 1 January 2002.
(3) The Council has decided by decision of 23 November 2000(5) on the signing of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the People's Republic of China concerning the extension and amendment of the Agreement between the European Community and the People's Republic of China on trade in textile products and authorising its provisional application.
(4) The Council has decided by decision of 4 December 2000(6) on the conclusion of Agreements on trade in textile products with certain third countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Republic of Belarus, People's Republic of China, Arab Republic of Egypt, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Kingdom of Nepal, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan).
(5) The Council has decided by decision of 19 December 2000(7) on the signing of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Ukraine concerning the extension and amendment of the Agreement between the European Community and Ukraine on trade in textile products and authorising its provisional application.
(6) The Council has decided by decision of 22 December 2000(8) on the signing and the provisional application of the Agreement on trade in textile products between the European Community and the Republic of Croatia.
(7) The Council has decided by decision of 26 February 2001(9) on the signing of an Agreement in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding between the European Community and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka on arrangements in the area of market access for textile and clothing products and authorising its provisional application.
(8) The Council has decided by decision of 26 February 2001(10) on the signing of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Bosnia and Herzegovina concerning the extension and amendment of the Agreement between the European Community and Bosnia and Herzegovina on trade in textile products and authorising its provisional application.
(9) The textiles protocols to the Europe Agreements with Latvia and Lithuania have expired.
(10) The Council has decided by decision of 23 July 2001 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Estonia on the termination of Protocol 1 on trade in textile and clothing products of the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Estonia, of the other part.
(11) The name of Hong Kong's Trade Department was changed to "Trade and Industry Department". New forms for licences and certificate of origin were provided by Hong Kong authorities.
(12) 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. For reasons of clarity, Annexes I, II, V, VII, VIII and IX were replaced by updated versions.
(13) 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 2001, with the exception of the agreements with the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine and Estonia.
(14) 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(6) is replaced by the following text: "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
- Bosnia and Herzegovina= BA
- Brazil= BR
- Cambodia= KH
- China= CN
- Croatia= HR
- Egypt= EG
- Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia= 96(12)
- Georgia= GE
- Hong Kong= HK
- India= IN
- Indonesia= ID
- Kazakhstan= KZ
- Kyrgyzstan= KG
- Laos= LA
- Macao= MO
- Malaysia= MY
- Moldova= MD
- Mongolia= MN
- Nepal= NP
- Pakistan= PK
- Peru= PE
- Philippines= PH
- Russian Federation= RU
- Singapore= SG
- South Korea= KR
- Sri Lanka= LK
- Taiwan= TW
- Tajikistan= TJ
- Thailand= TH
- Turkmenistan= TM
- Ukraine= UA
- United Arab Emirates= AE
- 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. '1' for 2001, etc. In the case of products originating in the People's Republic of China listed in Appendix C to Annex V this number should be '7' for the year 2001,
- 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 of Annex III is replaced by Annex III to this Regulation.
5. Specimen of Hong Kong export licence Form 4 is replaced by Annex IV to this Regulation.
6. Specimen of Hong Kong export licence Form 5 is replaced by Annex V to this Regulation.
7. Specimen of Hong Kong certificate of origin is replaced by Annex VI to this Regulation.
8. Annex V is replaced by Annex VII to this Regulation.
9. Annex VII is replaced by 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 2001. As far as the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and Bosnia and Herzegovina are concerned, the Regulation shall apply with effect from 1 March 2001 and for Ukraine with effect from 26 March 2001. For Estonia it shall apply as soon as the agreement enters into force.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 9 August 2001.