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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3338/81

of 20 November 1981

on arrangements for imports into France of certain textile products originating in the People's Republic of China

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3061/79 of 20 December 1979 on common rules for imports of certain textile products originating in China (1), and in particular Article 11 (4) and (5) thereof,

Whereas Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 3061/79 lays down the conditions under which quantitative limitations may be established; whereas imports into France of men's suits (category 16) and women's nightdresses (category 25), originating in China, are likely to exceed the level referred to in paragraph 3 of the said Article 11;

Whereas in accordance with paragraph 5 of the said Article 11, China was notified of a request for consultations; whereas, pending the outcome of those consultations, a quantitative limit, as indicated in the request for consultations, has been placed provisionally on the products in question;

Whereas the products in question exported from China between 1 January 1981 and the date of entry into force of this Regulation must be set off against the quantitative limit which has been introduced;

Whereas this quantitative limit does not prevent the importation of products covered by it but shipped from China before the date of notification of the request for consultations,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Importation into France of the category of products originating in China and specified in the Annex hereto shall be subject to the quantitative limits given in that Annex and to the provisions of Article 2.

Article 2

1. Products as referred to in Article 1 shipped from China to France before 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 shipment certificate proving that shipment actually took place before that date.

2. All quantities of products shipped from China on or after 1 January 1981 and released for free circulation shall be deducted from the quantitative limit laid down. This limit shall not, however, prevent the importation of products covered by it but shipped from China before the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

Article 3

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

It shall apply until the entry into force of a definitive Regulation adopted following the current consultations.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 November 1981.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 345, 31. 12. 1979, p. 1.

ANNEX

1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8 // // // // // // // // // Cate- gory // CCT heading No // NIMEXE code (1981) // Description // Third countries // Member States // Units // Quantitative limits from 1 January to 31 December 1981 // // // // // // // // // 16 // 61.01 B V c) 1 2 3 // 61.01-51; 54; 57 // Men's and boys' outer garments: Men's and boys' woven suits (including coordinate suits consisting of two or three pieces, which are ordered, packed, consigned and normally sold together), of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres, excluding ski suits // China // F // 1 000 pieces // 86 // // // // // // // // // 25 // 60.04 B IV b) 2 aa) bb) d) 2 aa) bb) // 60.04-51; 53; 81; 83 // Under garments, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized: Women's, girls' and infants' (other than babies') knitted or crocheted pyjamas and night dresses, of cotton or synthetic fibres // China // F // 1 000 pieces // 214 // // // // // // // //