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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2778/89

of 14 September 1989

amending Annexes III and IV bis to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4136/86 with regard to certain textile products originating in Thailand (category 7)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4136/86 of 22 December 1986 on common rules for imports of certain textile products originating in third countries (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2729/89 (2), and in particular Article 17 thereof,

Whereas, with a view to the introduction of the combined nomenclature, the Community has negotiated with Thailand an Agreed Minute modifying the quantitative limites for category 7 products provided for in the Agreement between the EEC and Thailand on trade in textiles;

Whereas the Council decided, on 24 July 1989, that this Agreed Minute should be applied provisionally pending its formal conclusion;

Whereas it is therefore necessary to amend Annexes III and IV bis to Regulation (EEC) No 4136/86;

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annexes III and IV bis to Regulation (EEC) No 4136/86 are hereby amended for Thailand in accordance with the Annex hereto.

Article 2

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

It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1988.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 September 1989.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 387, 31. 12. 1986, p. 42.

(2) OJ No L 263, 9. 9. 1989, p. 9.

ANNEX

1. In group I B of Annex III (category 7, Thailand) the table is replaced by the following table:

1.2.3.4.5.6.7 // // // // // // // // 'Category // CN code // Description // Third country // Unit // Year // Annual quantitative limit // // // // // // // // 7 // 6106 10 00 6106 20 00 6106 90 10 6206 20 00 6206 30 00 6206 40 00 // Women's or girls' blouses, shirts and shirt-blouses, whether or not knitted or crocheted, of wool, cotton or man-made fibres // Thailand // 1 000 pieces // 1988 1989 1990 1991 // 4 210 4 420 4 641 4 873' // // // // // // //

2. In group I B of Annex IV bis (category 7, Thailand) the table is replaced by the following table:

1.2.3.4.5.6.7,10 // // // // // // // // 'Category // CN code // Description // Third country // Member State // Unit // Quantitative limit from 1 January to 31 December // // // 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10 // // // // // // // 1988 // 1989 // 1990 // 1991 // // // // // // // // // // // 7 // 6106 10 00 6106 20 00 6106 90 10 6206 20 00 6206 30 00 6206 40 00 // Women's or girls' blouses, shirts and shirt-blouses, whether or not knitted or crocheted, of wool, cotton or man-made fibres // Thailand // D F I BNL UK IRL DK GR ES PT EEC // 1 000 pieces // 1 304 472 1 296 428 408 18 190 19 66 9 4 210 // 1 339 535 1 345 443 434 20 196 23 74 11 4 420 // 1 377 592 1 399 460 462 23 202 26 86 14 4 641 // 1 415 652 1 458 476 490 25 208 29 102 18 4 873' // // // // // // // // // //