COMMISSION COMMUNICATION concerning common rules for imports of certain textile products originating in China

Following the initialling of a new four year (1989 to 1992) Agreement between the European Economic Community and the People's Republic of China on trade in textile products, the Council of Ministers adopted a Decision on 19 December 1988 concerning the provisional application of the Agreement as from 1 January 1989, pending its formal conclusion.

The Regulation setting out common import rules for Chinese textile products will not have been adopted by the Council by 1 January 1989. This communication therefore sets forth the essential elements required for the provisional implementation of the Agreement.

The Agreement provides in particular for limits on the export by China of certain textile products. The 1989 quantitative limits, set out by textile category, are annexed hereto, the textile categories referred to being those given in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4136/86 of 22 December 1986 (1). Certain categories of products not previously subject to export restraints have, under the new Agreement, been brought under limitation, and these are marked in the Annex to this communication with an asterisk.

The quantitative limits will, as in the past (2), be subject to a double checking system, i. e. the delivery of import authorizations by the competent authorities in the Member States against valid Chinese export licences.

Pending the publication of common rules for the import of Chinese textile products, information may be obtained from the Commission of the European Communities (Directorate-General for External Relations, Division I-D-1), 200, rue de la Loi, B-1040 Brussels.

Official Journal of the European Communities No L 367/ 31. 12. 88 ANNEX CHINA 1989 COMMUNITY LIMITS Category Unit 1989 quantitative limit 1 tonnes 3 300 2 tonnes 23 100 2A tonnes 2 872 2NW tonnes 1 230 2MG tonnes 1 700 3 tonnes 4 750 3A tonnes 570 4 1 000 pieces 32 800 5 1 000 pieces 8 250 5A 1 000 pieces 90 (1) 6 1 000 pieces 9 650 (2) 6S 1 000 pieces 850 7 1 000 pieces 2 850 8 1 000 pieces 9 000 9 tonnes 3 624 10* 1 000 pairs 42 500 (3) 12 1 000 pairs 14 299 18 tonnes 3 300 19 1 000 pieces 68 630 20/39 tonnes 6 100 (4) 21 1 000 pieces 6 500 22* tonnes 10 500 (5) 23 tonnes 7 250 26 1 000 pieces 3 200 32 tonnes 2 968 37 tonnes 8 600 37A tonnes 2 580 73 1 000 pieces 2 050 76 tonnes 3 250 (1) UK: 20 000 pieces (2) 6A (BNL): 576 000 pieces (3) 10 IL (UK): 280 000 pairs (4) 20 (BNL): 61 tonnes 20 (E): 66 tonnes 39 (F): 244 tonnes (5) 22A (UK): 150 tonnes Official Journal of the European Communities No L 367/ 31. 12. 88 CHINA 1989 Regional limits Category Unit Member State 1989 quantitative limit 13 1 000 pieces D 10 886 F 2 622 BNL 2 791 UK 36 549 IRL 488 15 1 000 pieces F 445 BNL 187 16 1 000 pieces F 300 I 4 500 UK 255 24 1 000 pieces D 4 900 F 840 I 435 BNL 384 UK 513 27 1 000 pieces UK 320 29 1 000 pieces F 185 I 240 31 1 000 pieces F 1 700 BNL 600 UK 650 33 tonnes F 630 BNL 4 300 UK 875 IRL 650 36 tonnes F 350 40 tonnes I 625 59 tonnes F 247 66 tonnes I 501 67 tonnes D 1 004 F 800 (1) 68 tonnes F 950 UK 355 78 tonnes F 280 I 260 83 tonnes D 150 F 105 87 tonnes F 235 UK 120 91 tonnes F 420 BNL 250 (1) 67A (F): 300 tonnes.

(1) On common rules for imports of certain textile products originating in third countries. Published in the OJ No L 387, 31. 12. 1986, as amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 768/88 of 2 February 1988, published in OJ No L 84, 29. 3. 1988, pp. 3 to 29.

(2) See Council Regulation (EEC) No 2072/84, 29. 6. 1984, published in OJ No L 198, 27. 7. 1984.