EN Official Journal of the European Union L 142/23

Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 54/2007 of 22 January 2007 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries

( Official Journal of the European Union L 18 of 25 January 2007 )

On pages 3 to 5, in the Annex concerning the annexes to Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93:

In Part A, under ‘Annex V: Community Quantitative Limits’, the table for China shall be replaced by the following table: ‘(The complete description of the goods is shown in Annex I) Agreed levels Third country Category Unit 11 June to 31 December 2005 (1) 2006 2007 China GROUP IA 2 (including 2a) tonnes 20 212 61 948 70 636 GROUP IB 4 (2) 1 000 pieces 161 255 540 204 595 624 5 1 000 pieces 118 783 189 719 220 054 6 1 000 pieces 124 194 338 923 388 528 7 1 000 pieces 26 398 80 493 90 829 GROUP IIA 20 tonnes 6 451 15 795 18 518 39 tonnes 5 521 12 349 14 862 GROUP IIB 26 1 000 pieces 8 096 27 001 29 736 31 1 000 pieces 108 896 219 882 250 209 GROUP IV 115 tonnes 2 096 4 740 5 347 Appendix A to Annex V Category Third Country Remarks 4 China For the purpose of setting off exports against the agreed levels a conversion rate of five garments (other than babies' garments) of a maximum commercial size of 130 cm for three garments whose commercial size exceeds 130 cm may be applied for up to 5 % of the agreed levels. The export licence concerning these products must bear, in box 9, the words “The conversion rate for garments of a commercial size of not more than 130 cm must be applied”

In Part B, under ‘Table: Community Quantitative Limits for Goods Re-imported under Outward Processing Traffic’, the table for China shall be replaced by the following table: Specific agreed levels 11 June to 31 December 2005 (3) 2006 2007 ‘China GROUP IB 4 1 000 pieces 208 408 450 5 1 000 pieces 453 886 977 6 1 000 pieces 1 642 3 216 3 589 7 1 000 pieces 439 860 970 GROUP IIB 26 1 000 pieces 791 1 550 1 707 31 1 000 pieces 6 301 12 341 13 681

(1) Imports into the Community of products which were shipped to the Community before 11 June 2005 but presented for free circulation on or after that date shall not be subject to quantitative limits. Import authorisations for such products shall be granted automatically and without quantitative limits by the competent authorities of the Member States, upon adequate proof, such as the bill of lading, and the presentation of a signed declaration by the importer, that the goods have been shipped to the Community before that date. By way of derogation of Article 2(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93, imports of goods shipped before 11 June 2005 shall also be released for free circulation upon the presentation of a surveillance document issued in accordance with Article 10a(2a) of Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93.

Import authorisations for goods shipped to the Community between 11 June 2005 and 12 July shall be granted automatically and cannot be denied on the grounds that there are no quantities available within the 2005 quantitative limits. However, the import of all products shipped from 11 June 2005 will be counted against the 2005 quantitative limits.

The granting of import authorisations will not require the presentation of the corresponding export licenses for goods shipped to the Community before China has put in place its export licensing system (20 July 2005).

Applications for import licences for the import, from the date of entry into force of this Regulation, of goods that have been shipped between 11 June 2005 and 19 July 2005 (inclusive) shall be presented to the competent authorities of a Member State no later than 20 September 2005.

Goods shipped before 12 July do not need to have been shipped directly to the Community to benefit from the exemption of quantitative limits, although the competent authorities of the Community may deny such benefits if they have reasons to suspect that they have been shipped to another destination before 12 July in order to circumvent this Regulation, in case such transactions do not respond to normal business practices or purely logistical reasons. By way of example, are considered as corresponding to a normal conduct of business goods shipped to distribution centres for the importing companies, or when the importer can present a contract or letter of credit preceding the date of shipment, or when the goods have been transhipped outside China onto another means of transport within a reasonably short period of time.

The increases to the agreed levels introduced by the Regulation are made available to enable the issuance of import licences for goods shipped to the Community between 13 and 19 July 2005, or for goods shipped to the Community after 20 July 2005 with a valid Chinese export licence, which are in excess of the agreed levels introduced by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1084/2005 (OJ L 177, 9.7.2005, p. 19) in Annex V to Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93.

Should any goods shipped to the Community between 13 and 19 July 2005 exceed these levels, the Commission may authorise the issuance of further import licences after informing the Textiles Committee, and after effecting the transfer of 2 072 924 Kg of products of category 2 as provided for in Annex VIII.

(2) See Appendix A.

(3) The relevant textile products sent from the Community to the People’s Republic of China for processing before 11 June 2005 and reimported into the Community after that date will, upon adequate proof such as the export declaration, benefit from these provisions.’