EN Official Journal of the European Union L 7/8

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 35/2006

of 11 January 2006

amending Annexes I, V and VII 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), and in particular Article 19 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) For the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding between the European Commission and its Chinese counterpart it is necessary to reintroduce the original provisions under Annex I regarding the product description.

(2) The Council has approved by Decision 2005/948/EC (2) the signing and the provisional application of a bilateral agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Belarus on trade in textile products.

(3) Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Textile Committee set up by Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 is amended as follows:

1. in Annex I, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: ‘2. When the constitutive material of the products of categories 1 to 114 originating in Vietnam and China is not specifically mentioned, these products shall be taken to be made exclusively of wool of or fine animal hair, of cotton or of man-made fibres.’;

2. Annex V is replaced by the text in Annex I to this Regulation;

3. in Annex VII, the table is replaced by the table in Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

It shall apply with effect from 1 January 2006.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 11 January 2006. For the Commission Peter MANDELSON Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 275, 8.11.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1478/2005 (OJ L 236, 13.9.2005, p. 3).

(2) OJ L 345, 28.12.2005, p. 21.

ANNEX I Annex V to Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 is replaced by the following: ANNEX V COMMUNITY QUANTITATIVE LIMITS (a) applicable for the year 2006 (The complete description of the goods is shown in Annex I) Community quantitative limits Third country Category Unit 2006 Belarus GROUP IA 1 tonnes 1 585 2 tonnes 6 000 3 tonnes 242 GROUP IB 4 1 000 pieces 1 672 5 1 000 pieces 1 105 6 1 000 pieces 1 550 7 1 000 pieces 1 252 8 1 000 pieces 1 160 GROUP IIA 9 tonnes 363 20 tonnes 329 22 tonnes 524 23 tonnes 255 39 tonnes 241 GROUP IIB 12 1 000 pairs 5 959 13 1 000 pieces 2 651 15 1 000 pieces 1 569 16 1 000 pieces 186 21 1 000 pieces 930 24 1 000 pieces 844 26/27 1 000 pieces 1 117 29 1 000 pieces 468 73 1 000 pieces 329 83 tonnes 184 GROUP IIIA 33 tonnes 387 36 tonnes 1 309 37 tonnes 463 50 tonnes 207 GROUP IIIB 67 tonnes 356 74 1 000 pieces 377 90 tonnes 208 GROUP IV 115 tonnes 95 117 tonnes 2 100 118 tonnes 471 Serbia (1) GROUP IA 1 tonnes 2 tonnes 2a tonnes 3 tonnes GROUP IB 5 1 000 pieces 6 1 000 pieces 7 1 000 pieces 8 1 000 pieces GROUP IIA 9 tonnes GROUP IIB 15 1 000 pieces 16 1 000 pieces GROUP IIIB 67 tonnes Vietnam (2) GROUP IB 4 1 000 pieces 5 1 000 pieces 6 1 000 pieces 7 1 000 pieces 8 1 000 pieces GROUP IIA 9 tonnes 20 tonnes 39 tonnes GROUP IIB 12 1 000 pairs 13 1 000 pieces 14 1 000 pieces 15 1 000 pieces 18 tonnes 21 1 000 pieces 26 1 000 pieces 28 1 000 pieces 29 1 000 pieces 31 1 000 pieces 68 tonnes 73 1 000 pieces 76 tonnes 78 tonnes 83 tonnes GROUP IIIA 35 tonnes 41 tonnes GROUP IIIB 10 1 000 pairs 97 tonnes GROUP IV 118 tonnes GROUP V 161 tonnes

(b) applicable for the years 2005, 2006 and 2007 (The complete description of the goods is shown in Annex I) Agreed levels Third country Category Unit 11 June to 31 December 2005 (3) 2006 2007 China GROUP IA 2 (including 2a) tonnes 20 212 61 948 69 692 GROUP IB 4 (4) 1 000 pieces 161 255 540 204 594 225 5 1 000 pieces 118 783 189 719 219 674 6 1 000 pieces 124 194 338 923 382 880 7 1 000 pieces 26 398 80 493 88 543 GROUP IIA 20 tonnes 6 451 15 795 17 770 39 tonnes 5 521 12 349 13 892 GROUP IIB 26 1 000 pieces 8 096 27 001 29 701 31 1 000 pieces 108 896 219 882 248 261 GROUP IV 115 tonnes 2 096 4 740 5 214 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” (1) Quantitative restrictions for Serbia do not apply pursuant to the Agreement between the European Community and Serbia on trade in textile products (OJ L 90, 8.4.2005, p. 36). The European Community retains the right to reapply quantitative restrictions under certain circumstances. (2) Quantitative restrictions for Vietnam are suspended pursuant to the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on market access (OJ L 75, 22.3.2005, p. 35). The European Community retains the right to reapply quantitative restrictions under certain circumstances. (3) 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. (4) See Appendix A.