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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2414/81

of 19 August 1981

on the arrangements for imports into certain Member States of trousers (category 6) originating in Indonesia

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3059/78 of 21 December 1978 on common rules for imports of certain textile products originating in certain third countries (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 920/81 (2), and in particular Articles 11 and 15 thereof,

Whereas Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 3059/78 lays down the conditions on which quantitative limitations may be established; whereas imports into certain Member States of trousers (category 6) originating in Indonesia have exceeded the level referred to in paragraph 3 of the said Article 11;

Whereas, in accordance with paragraph 5 of the said Article 11, Indonesia was notified of a request for consultations on 6 May 1981;

Whereas, by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1347/81 (3), provisional quantitative limits were established for imports of these products into certain Member States;

Whereas, following the consultations undertaken, it is necessary to make the imports of the products in question subject to provisional quantitative limits in these Member States and in the Federal Republic of Germany for the period 1 January to 31 December 1981;

Whereas paragraph 13 of the said Article 11 ensures that the quantitative limit is observed by means of a double-checking system in accordance with Annex V to Regulation (EEC) No 3059/78;

Whereas the products in question, exported from Indonesia between 1 January 1981 and the date of entry into force of Regulation (EEC) No 1347/81 or of this Regulation, must be set off against the provisional quantitative limit for 1981;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Textiles Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Importation into certain Member States of the category of products originating in Indonesia specified in the Annex shall be subject to the provisional quantitative limits given therein and to the provisions of Article 2 (1).

Article 2

1. The products referred to in Article 1, shipped from Indonesia to the Member States mentioned in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1347/81 between 1 January 1981 and the date of entry into force of that Regulation, and the same products shipped from Indonesia to the Federal Republic of Germany between 1 January 1981 and the date of entry into force of this Regulation, which have not yet been released for free circulation, shall be so released subject to the presentation of a bill of lading or other transport document proving that shipment actually took place during that period.

2. Imports of products shipped from Indonesia to the Member States mentioned in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1347/81 after the date of entry into force of that Regulation shall remian subject to the double-checking system described in Annex V to Regulation (EEC) No 3059/78.

Imports of products shipped from Indonesia to the Federal Republic of Germany after the date of entry into force of this Regulation shall be subject to the double-checking system described in Annex V to Regulation (EEC) No 3059/78.

3. For the purposes of applying the provisions of paragraph 2, the quantities of products shipped from Indonesia on or after 1 January 1981 and released for free circulation shall be set off against the provisional quantitative limit established for 1981.

Article 3

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

It shall apply until 31 December 1981.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 August 1981.

For the Commission

Étienne DAVIGNON

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 365, 27. 12. 1978, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 98, 9. 4. 1981, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 134, 21. 5. 1981, p. 15.

ANNEX

1.2.3.4.5.6.7 // // // // // // // // Category // CCT heading No // NIMEXE code (1981) // Description // Member States // Units // Quantitative limits from 1 January to 31 December 1981 // // // // // // // // 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 // D F I IRL DK // 1 000 pieces // 560 330 160 17 80 // // // // // // //