EN Official Journal of the European Communities 21.11.2000 L 292/16
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2554/2000
of 20 November 2000
on the authorisation of transfers between the quantitative limits of textiles and clothing products
originating in the Republic of India
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 of 12
October 1993 on common rules for imports of certain textileproducts from third countries (
1), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 2424/2000 (2), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Memorandum of Understanding between the Euro-
pean Community and the Republic of India on arrange-ments in the area of market access for textiles products,initialled on 31 December 1994 (
3) (the Memorandum
of Understanding) provides that favourable considera-tion shall be given to certain requests for ‘exceptionalflexibility’ by India.
(2) The Republic of India made a request on 12 October2000.
(3) The transfers requested by the Republic of India fallwithin the limits of the flexibility provisions referred toin Article 7 and set out in Annex VIII to Regulation(EEC) No 3030/93.
(4) Pursuant to paragraph 2 of the Memorandum of Under-standing, the Republic of India submitted on 16 October2000 a notification to the WTO for the binding of thecustoms duties for the tariff lines agreed in the Memor-
andum of Understanding.
(5) Furthermore, on 16 October the Republic of Indiaamended its customs duties to align them with the ratesnotified to the WTO.
(6) It is therefore appropriate to grant the remainder of theexceptional flexibilities for the quota year 2000.
(7) It is desirable that this Regulation enters into force theday after its publication in order to allow operators tobenefit from it as soon as possible.
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for textiles provided for in Article 17 ofRegulation (EEC) No 3030/93,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Transfers between the quantitative limits for textile goods
originating in the Republic of India are authorised for thequota year 2000 as detailed in the Annex 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 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 November 2000.
For the Commission
Pascal LAMY
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 275, 8.11.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 286, 11.11.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 153, 27.6.1996, p. 53.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 21.11.2000 L 292/17
ANNEX
— category 1: transfer of 250 000 kilograms from the quantitative limits of category 3
— category 4: transfer of 1 700 000 kilograms from the quantitative limits of category 15— category 5: transfer of 750 000 kilograms from the quantitative limits of category 15— category 6: transfer of 1 200 000 kilograms from the quantitative limits of category 24— category 26: transfer of 600 000 kilograms from the quantitative limits of categories 3 and 15.