1994R3168 — EN — 01.01.2007 — 003.001

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NB: This consolidated version contains references to the European unit of accout and/or the ecu, which from 1 January 1999 should be understood as references to the euro — Council Regulation (EEC) No 3308/80 (OJ L 345, 20.12.1980, p. 1) and Coundil Regulation (EC) No 1103/97 (OJ L 162, 19.6.1997, p. 1).









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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3168/94

of 21 December 1994

establishing in the field of application of Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94 on common rules for imports of textile products from third countries not covered by bilateral agreements, protocols or other arrangements or by other specific Community import rules a Community import licence ►M1 ————— ◄







THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94 of 7 March 1994 on common rules for imports of textile products from third countries not covered by bilateral agreements, protocols or other arrangements or by other specific Community import rules ( 1 ), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2798/94 ( 2 ), and in particular Article 21 thereof, Whereas, as a result of the establishment of the internal market, it is appropriate that the different forms, so far used by the competent authorities of the Member States in the textile and clothing sector for authorizing the import into the Community of products subject to quantitative limits, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 517/94, be replaced by a single document that may be used throughout the customs territory of the Community, regardless of the Member State of issue, or the nationality or domicile of the operator concerned; Whereas to this end it is necessary to create a Community import licence to be drawn up by the competent authorities of the Member States on a common form meeting uniform criteria, to specify which information such document, and the application for such document, shall contain ►M1 ————— ◄ ; Whereas to facilitate the introduction of such a Community import licence in all Member States, it seems appropriate to authorize the competent authorities of the Member States, during a transitional period which shall end no later than 31 December 1995, to continue to issue the national forms that were in use before the date of entry into force of this Regulation for issuing import authorizations and surveillance documents, unless the applicant, at the time of this application, has requested the issue of a Community import licence; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Textile Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:







Article 1

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In application of Regulation (EC) No 517/94 import authorizations and the extracts shall be issued in accordance with the conditions and conform to the specimen as set out in the Annex.

‘The authorization application must contain: (a) the name of the applicant and full address (including, if any, telephone and fax numbers, and identification number registered with the competent national authorities), and VAT registration number, if it is a VAT payer; (b) name and full address of declarant; (c) name and full address of probable exporter; (d) the country of origin of the products and the country of consignment; (e) a description of the products including: — their commercial designation, — description of the products and combined nomenclature (CN) code; (f) the appropriate category and the quantity in the appropriate unit as indicated in Annexes III B and IV for the products in question; (g) the value of the products; (h) any internal code used for administrative purposes, such as the Taric code; (i) date and signature of applicant.’;

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Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.









ANNEX

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Article 1

Community import licence — common form

1. The forms to be used by the competent authorities of the Member States listed in Appendix 2 to the present Annex for issuing the import authorizations shall conform to the specimen of the import licence set out in Appendix 1.

2. Import licence forms and extracts thereof shall be drawn up in duplicate, one copy, marked “Holder's copy” and bearing the number 1 to be issued to the applicant, and the other, marked “Copy for the issuing authority” and bearing the number 2, to be kept by the authority issuing the licence. For administrative purposes the competent authorities may add additional copies to form 2.

3. Forms shall be printed on white paper free of mechanical pulp, dressed for writing and weighing between 55 and 65 grams per square metre. Their size shall be 210 × 297 mm; the type space between the lines shall be 4,24 mm (one-sixth of an inch); the layout of the forms shall be followed precisely. Both sides of copy No 1, which is the licence itself, shall in addition have a red printed guilloche pattern background so as to reveal any falsification by mechanical or chemical means.

4. Member States shall be responsible for having the forms printed. The forms may also be printed by printers appointed by the Member State in which they are established. In the latter case, reference to the appointment by the Member State must appear on each form. Each form shall bear an indication of the printer's name and address or a mark enabling the printer to be identified.

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5. At the time of their issue the import licences or extracts shall be given an issue number determined by the competent authorities of the Member State. The import licence number shall be notified to the Commission electronically within the integrated network set up under Article 17 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 517/94.

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6. Licences and extracts shall be completed in the official language, or one of the official languages, of the Member State of issue.

7. In box 12 the competent authorities shall indicate the appropriate textile category.

8. The marks of the issuing agencies and debiting authorities shall be applied by means of a stamp. However, an embossing press combined with letters or figures obtained by means of perforation, or printing on the licence may be substituted for the issuing authority's stamp. The issuing authorities shall use any tamper-proof method to record the quantity allocated in such a way as to make it impossible to insert figures or references (e.g. ECU 1 000).

9. The reverse of copy No 1 and copy No 2 shall bear a box in which quantities may be entered, either by the customs authorities when import formalities are completed, or by the competent administrative authorities when an extract is issued. If the space set aside for debits on a licence or extract thereof is insufficient, the competent authorities may attach one or more extension pages bearing boxes matching those on the reverse of copy No 1 and copy No 2 of the licence or extract with such authorizations as specified in paragraph 7.

10. Import licences and extracts issued, and entries and endorsements made, by the authorities of one Member State shall have the same legal effect in each of the other Member States as documents issued, and entries and endorsements made, by the authorities of such Member States.

11. The competent authorities of the Member States concerned may, where indispensable, require the contents of licences or extracts to be translated into the official language or one of the official languages of that Member State.

Article 2

Transitional provisions

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 1, for a transitional period ending not later than 31 December 1995 and provided that the applicant, at the time of his application has not requested the issue of a Community import licence conforms to the specimen set out in Appendix 1, the competent authorities of the Member States shall be authorized to use their own national forms to issue the import authorizations and any extracts thereof.









Appendix 1









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Appendix 2

Списък на националните компетентни органи

Lista de las autoridades nacionales competentes

Seznam příslušných vnitrostátních orgánů

List over kompetente nationale myndigheder

Liste der zuständigen Behörden der Mitgliedstaaten

Riiklike pädevate asutuste nimekiri

Πίνακας των αρμόδιων εθνικών αρχών

List of the national competent authorities

Liste des autorités nationales compétentes

Elenco delle competenti autorità nazionali

Valstu kompetento iestāžu saraksts

Atsakingų nacionalinių institucijų sąrašas

Az illetékes nemzeti hatóságok listája

Lista ta' l-awtoritajiet nazzjonali kompetenti

Lijst van bevoegde nationale instanties

Lista właściwych organów krajowych

Lista das autoridades nacionais competentes

Lista autorităților naționale competente

Seznam pristojnih nacionalnih organov

Zoznam príslušných štátnych orgánov

Luettelo toimivaltaisista kansallisista viranomaisista

Förteckning över behöriga nationella myndigheter

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1. BelgiqueBelgië

Ministère des affaires économiquesMinisterie van Economische Zaken

Office central des contingents et licencesCentrale Dienst voor Contingenten en Vergunningen

Rue J.A. De Motstraat 24-26

B-1040

BruxellesBrussel

Tél.: (32 2) 233 61 11

Télécopieur: (32 2) 230 83 22

2. Danmark

Erhvervsfremme Styrelsen

Søndergade 25

DK-8600

Silkeborg

Tlf.: (45 87) 20 40 60

Fax: (45 87) 20 40 77

3. Deutschland

Bundesamt für Wirtschaft

Frankfurterstraße 29-31

D-65760

Eschborn

Tel.: (49 61 96) 404-0

Fax: (49 61 96) 40 48 50

4. Ελλάδα

Υπουργείο Εθνικής Οικονομίας

Γενική Γραμματεία Διεθνών Οικονομικών Σχέσεων

Γενική Διεύθυνση Εξωτερικών Οικονομικών και Εμπορικών Σχέσεων

Δ/νση Διαδικασιών Εξωτερικού Εμπορίου

Μητροπόλεως 1

GR-10557

Αθήνα

Τηλ.: (301) 323 04 18, 322 84 93

Τέλεφαξ: (301) 323 43 93

5. España

Ministerio de Comercio y Turismo

Dirección General de Comercio Exterior

Paseo de la Castellana n.o 162

E-28071

Madrid

Tel: (34-1) 349 38 17; 349 37 48

Telefax: (34-1) 563 18 23; 349 38 31

6. France

Ministère de l'Industrie, des Postes et Télécommunications et du Commerce Extérieur

Service des Biens de Consommation (SERBCO)

Mission Textile — Importations

3/5 rue Barbet de Jouy

F-75353

Paris 07 SP

Tél: (33-1) 43 19 36 36

Fax: (33-1) 43 19 36 74

Télex: 204 472 SERBCO

7. Ireland

Department of Tourism and Trade

Single Market Unit (Room 315)

Kildare Street

IRL-Dublin 2

Tel: (353-1) 662 14 44

Fax: (353-1) 676 61 54

8. Italia

Ministero del Commercio con l'Estero

Direzione Generale delle Importazioni e delle Esportazioni

Viale America 341

I-00144

Roma

Tel: (39-6) 59 931

Fax: (39-6) 59 93 26 31 — 59 93 22 35

Telex: 610083 — 610471 — 614478

9. Luxembourg

Ministère des affaires étrangères

Office des licences

Boîte postale 113

L-2011

Luxembourg

Tél.: (352) 22 61 62

Télécopieur: (352) 46 61 38

10. Nederland

Centrale Dienst voor In- en Uitvoer

Engelse Kamp 2

Postbus 30003

NL-9700 RD

Groningen

Tel: (3150) 23 91 11

Fax: (3150) 26 06 98

11. Portugal

Ministério do Comércio e Turismo

Direcção-Geral do Comércio

Avenida da República 79

P-1000

Lisboa

Tel: (351-1) 793 03 93; 793 30 02

Telecópia: (351-1) 793 22 10; 796 37 23

Telex: 13418

12. United Kingdom

Department of Trade and Industry

Import Licencing Branch

Queensway House

West Precinct

Billingham

UK-Cleveland

TS23 2NF

Tel: (44 642) 36 43 33; 36 43 34

Fax: (44 642) 53 35 57

Telex: 58608

13. Österreich

Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Angelegenheiten

Grupe II A

Landstrasser Hauptstr. 55/57

A-1030

Wien

Tel: (43-1) 771 02 362; 771 02 361

Tel: (43-1) 715 83 47

14. Sweden

Swedish National Board of Trade (Kommerskollegium)

BOX 1209

S-1182

Stockholm

Tel: (46.8) 791 05 00

Fax: (46.8) 20 03 24

15. Suomi

Tullihallitus

PL 512

FIN-00101

Helsinki

Suomi

Tel: (358-0) 61 41/61 42 648

Fax: (358-0) 61 42 764

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16. Česká republika

Ministerstvo průmyslu a obchodu

Licenční správa

Na Františku 32

110 15 Praha 1

Tel: +420 2 2406 2206

Fax: +420 2 2421 2133

17. Eesti

Majandus- ja Kommunikatsiooniministeerium

Kaubandusosakond

Väliskaubanduspoliitika talitus

Harju 11

15072 Tallinn

Tel: +372 6 256 342

Fax: +372 6 313 660

E-Mail: kantselei@mkm.ee

18. Κύπρος

Υπουργείο Εμπορίου, Βιομηχανίας και Τουρισμού (Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism)

Υπηρεσία Εμπορίου

Οδός Αραούζου Αρ. 6

1421 Λευκωσία

Tel: +357-22-867100

Fax: +357-22-375120

19. Latvija

Latvijas Republikas Ekonomikas ministrija

Brīvības iela 55

Rīga

LV 1519

Tel. +371 7013101

Fax: +371 7280882

20. Lietuva

Lietuvos Respublikos ūkio ministerija

Užsienio prekybos departamentas

Gedimino pr. 38/2

LT-2600 Vilnius

Tel: +370 5 262 50 30

Fax: +370 5 262 39 74

21. Magyarország

Gazdasági és Közlekedési Minisztérium

Engedélyezési és Közigazgatási Hivatal

Engedélyezési Főosztály

Margit körút 85

1024 Budapest

Tel: +36-1 336-7300

Fax: +36-1 336-7302

22. Malta

Diviżjoni għall-Kummerċ

Servizzi Kummerċjali

Lascaris

Valletta CMR02

Tel: +356 25690214

Fax: +356 25690299

23. Polska

Ministerstwo Gospodarki, Pracy i Polityki Społecznej

Departament Administrowania Obrotem Towarami i Usługami

Plac Trzech Krzyży 3/5

00-507 Warszawa

Tel: +48 22 628 55 53

Fax: +48 22 693 40 22

24. Slovenija

Ministrstvo za gospodarstvo

Področje ekonomskih odnosov s tujino

Kotnikova 5

SI-1000 Ljubljana

Tel.: +386 1 478 3521

Fax: +386 1 478 3611

25. Slovensko

Ministerstvo hospodárstva Slovenskej republiky

Sekcia obchodných vzťahov a ochrany spotrebiteľa

Mierová 19

827 15 Bratislava

Tel.: +421 2 4854 2161

Fax: +421 2 4854 3116’

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26. България

Министерство на икономиката и енергетиката Министерство на икономиката

(Ministry of Economy and energy)

ул.‘Славянска’ № 8

гр. София, 1052

Tel. +359 2 940 71

Fax +359 2 987 2190

27. România

Ministerul Economiei ți Comerțului

Departamentul de Comerț Exterior

Strada Ion Câmpineanu nr. 16

Sector 1, Bucurețti

Tel. +40 21 401 0507

Fax +40 21 315 9698