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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3787/81

of 29 December 1981

making the import of certain textile products originating in certain non-member countries subject to Community surveillance

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 926/79 of 8 May 1979 on common rules for imports (1), and in particular Article 7 thereof,

Having consulted the Advisory Committee set up under Article 5 of the said Regulation,

Whereas agreements on trade in textile products during the period 1 January 1978 to 31 December 1982 have been negotiated between the Community and certain non-member countries signatories to the Arrangement regarding international trade in textiles, whereby such trade has been regulated on terms intended to prevent market disruption and damage to Community products;

Whereas the Contracting Parties agreed in bilateral textile agreements to place quantitative limits on exports of certain textile products to the Community;

Whereas, in the past, goods have been imported into the Community on the basis of false information as to their origin, with the aim of evading the provisions regarding the agreed quantitative limits on exports;

Whereas such deflection of trade must be prevented in the interests both of the Community and of the exporting countries wrongly designated as the countries of origin of such goods;

Whereas close cooperation in this matter is necessary; whereas it has been agreed between the Community and certain non-member countries that the doublechecking system should be introduced for exports of certain categories of product not subject to quantitative limitation, without prejudice to Article 6 of the bilateral agreements;

Whereas such a system was introduced in 1980 by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 997/80 (2) and maintained for 1981 by Regulation (EEC) No 532/81 (3); whereas the reasons which justified the introduction of that system continue to exist and make its maintenance and extension to other categories advisable;

Whereas a number of the categories of product in question are subject in certain such non-member countries to quantitative limits, and are consequently already covered by the double-checking system;

Whereas, for categories of product not subject to limitation, an import authorization should be issued automatically upon presentation of the export licence, in accordance with the procedures set out in Articles 7 and 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 926/79;

Whereas it is advisible to specify that this surveillance system will not apply to the products listed in Annex A and originating in a non-member country listed in the said Annex where they are subject to a quantitative limit and are therefore subject to a double-checking system,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

From 1 January 1982 entry into free circulation in the Community of the products set out in Annex A and originating in the countries indicated therein is hereby made subject to Community surveillance in accordance with the procedures laid down in Articles 7 and 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 926/79.

Article 2

The products to which Article 1 applies may be put into free circulation in a Member State only on production of an import document. This document shall be issued or endorsed free of charge by a competent authority of the Member State of importation within a maximum of five working days following the submission of an export licence by a Community importer and shall be valid for six months from the date of issue.

Article 3

The import document referred to in Article 2 shall be issued or endorsed only on presentation of an export licence conforming to the model set out in Annex B and issued by the competent authorities in the non-member countries listed in Annex A.

Article 4

Products under categories 20 and 39 referred to in Article 1, shipped to the Community from the supplier countries referred to in Annex A before 1 January 1982, and not yet released for free circulation shall be so released subject to presentation of a bill of lading or other transport document proving that shipment actually took place before that date.

Article 5

The system of surveillance instituted by this Regulation shall not apply to the products listed in Annex A and originating in a non-member country listed in the said Annex where they are subject to a quantitative limit and are therefore subject to a double-checking system.

Article 6

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1982 and shall apply until 31 December 1982.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 December 1981.

For the Commission

Étienne DAVIGNON

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 131, 29. 5. 1979, p. 15.

(2) OJ No L 107, 25. 4. 1980, p. 10.

(3) OJ No L 54, 28. 2. 1981, p. 54.

ANNEX A

1.2.3.4.5.6 // // // // // // // Cate- gory // CCT heading No // NIMEXE code (1982) // Description // Unit // Non-member countries // // // // // // // // // // // // // 6 // 61.01 B V d) 1 2 3 e) 1 2 3 61.02 B II e) 6 aa) bb) cc) // 61.01-62; 64; 66; 72; 74; 76 61.02-66; 68; 72 // Men's and boys' outer garments: Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments: B. Other: Men's and boys' woven breeches, shorts and trousers (including slacks); women's, girls' and infants' woven trousers and slacks, of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres // Piece // Indonesia // // // // // // // 7 // 60.05 A II b) 4 aa) 22 33 44 55 61.02 B II e) 7 bb) cc) dd) // 60.05-22; 23; 24; 25 61.02-78; 82; 84 // Outer garments and other articles, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized: A. Outer garments and clothing accessories: II. Other Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments: B. Other: Blouses and shirt blouses, knitted, crocheted (not elastic or rubberized), or woven, for women, girls and infants, of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres // Piece // Indonesia // // // // // // // 8 // 61.03 A // 61.03-11; 15; 19 // Men's and boys' under garments, in- cluding collars, shirt fronts and cuffs: Men's and boys' shirts, woven, of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres // Piece // Indonesia // // // // // // // 12 // 60.03 A B I II b) C D // 60.03.-11; 19; 20; 27; 30; 90 // Stockings, under stockings, socks, ankle-socks, sockettes and the like, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized: Other than women's stockings of synthetic textile fibres // Pair // Indonesia Malaysia Philippines Thailand Singapore // // // // // // // 20 // 62.02 B I a) c) // 62.02-12; 13; 19 // Bed linen, table linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen; curtains and other furnishing articles: B. Other: Bed Linen, woven // Tonnes // Malaysia Philippines Thailand Singapore // // // // // // // // // // // // // Cate- gory // CCT heading No // NIMEXE code (1982) // Description // Unit // Non-member countries // // // // // // // // 21 // 61.01 B IV 61.02 B II d) // 61.01-29; 31; 32 61.02-25; 26; 28 // Men's and boys' outer garments: Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments: B. Other: Parkas; anoraks, windcheaters, waister jackets and the like, woven, of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres // Piece // Indonesia Malaysia Thailand // // // // // // // 39 // 62.02 B II a) c) III a) 2 c) // 62.02-40; 42; 44; 46; 51; 59; 65; 72; 74; 77 // Bed linen, table linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen; curtains and other fur- nishing articles: B. Other: Woven table linen, toilet and kitchen linen, other than of cotton terry fabric // Tonnes // Malaysia Philippines Thailand Singapore // // // // // // // 91 // 62.04 A II B II // 62.04-23, 73 // Tarpaulins, sail awnings, sunblinds, tents and camping goods: Tents // Tonnes // Indonesia Malaysia Philippines Thailand Singapore // // // // // //