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96/0021 (ACC) 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 
amending Annexes II and III of Regulation (EC) No 519/94 
on common rules for imports from certain third countries 
(presented by the Commission) 

Explanatory memorandum 
On 6 December 19951 the Commission sent the Council a report on the quantitative 
quotas and surveillance measures introduced under Council Regulation (EC) No 519/94 
of7Marchl9942. 
This proposal for a Regulation contains the practical amendments proposed by the 
Commission in that report: 
- abolition of the quota on fashion gloves (CN codes 4203 29 91 and 4203 29 99) and 
the quota on non-combined car radios (CN code 8527 29); 
- fusion of three toys quotas into one (CN codes 9503 41, 9503 49 and 9503 90); 
a 10% increase in the size of the quotas, apart from that for footwear, where the 
increase should be restricted to 2% because of the particularly sensitive nature of this 
sector; 
abolition of surveillance measures on 11 products of which imports in 1994 were 
negligible or down on 1993 (roasted chicory, other roasted coffee substitutes, 
chromium trioxide, monothioles, reactive dyes, other colouring matter, pipes, 
conduits, etc., flags and paving, carboys, bicycles, and brooms and brushes). 
1 COM(95) 614 
2 OJ L 67, 10.3.1994, p.89. 
Proposal for 
Council Regulation (EC) No /96 
of ...1996 
amending Annexes II and III of Regulation (EC) No 519/94 
on common rules for imports from certain third countries 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular 
Article 113 thereof 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 519/94 of 7 March 1994 on common rules for 
imports from certain third countries and repealing Regulations (EEC) Nos 1765/82, 
1766/82 and 3420/83 introduced in respect of the People's Republic of China the 
quantitative quotas listed in Annex II to this Regulation and surveillance measures listed in 
Annex IQ thereto1; 
Whereas in establishing the size of the quotas the Council's objective was to strike a 
balance between an appropriate level of protection for the Community industries 
concerned and maintenance of an acceptable level of trade with China, taking into account 
the various interests in play; 
Whereas in the light of the experience acquired in implementing the quotas, the situation 
of the Community producers concerned indicates that an adjustment of the quotas would 
be appropriate and would be neither inconsistent with the above objective nor liable to 
disrupt the Community market; whereas in the case of shoes the sensitive nature of the 
industry indicates that an increase smaller than that for other products is in order; 
Whereas analysis of the main economic indicators, in particular the levels of Community 
production and consumption, suggests that the quota for gloves fallihg within 
HS/CN codes 4203 29 91 and 4203 29 99 and that for non-combined car radios falling 
within HS/CN code 8527 29 could be abolished; 
1 OJL67,10.3 1994, p. 89. ^> 
Whereas the three quotas for toys felling within HS/CN headings 9503 41, 9503 49 and 
9503 90 should be fused into one, so introducing greater flexibility in the implementation 
of the quotas to the benefit of the economic operators concerned; 
Whereas it is no longer necessary to maintain surveillance measures on a range of 
products of which the imports in 1994 were negligible or lower than in 1993; whereas, 
with a view to simplifying administration, they should be removed from the list of 
products subject to surveillance measures; 
Whereas the quantitative quotas and surveillance measures introduced under Regulation 
(EC) No 519/94 should therefore be amended as set out in the annexes to this Regulation, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 519/94 shall be replaced by Annex I to this Regulation. 
Article 2 
Annex HI to Regulation (EC) No 519/94 shall be replaced by Annex II to this Regulation. 
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of 
the European Communities. It shall be applicable from 1 January 1996. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 
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ANNEXI 
Annex H 
List of quotas for certain products originating in China 
Description of products HS/CN Code Quotas 
(annual basis) 
Footwear falling within HS/CN codes ex 6402 99* 39.935.000 pairs 
6403 51 2.795.000 pairs 
6403 59 
ex 6403 91* 12.120.000 pairs 
ex 6403 99* 
ex 640411* 18.595.000 pairs 
6404 1910 32.535.000 pairs 
Tableware, kitchenware of porcelain 691110 48.000 tonnes 
or china falling within HS/CN code 
Ceramic tableware, kitchenware, 6912 00 36.300 tonnes 
other than of porcelain or china 
falling within HS/CN code 
Glassware of a kind used for table, 7013 15.600 tonnes 
kitchen, toilet, etc. falling within 
HS/CN code 
Radio-broadcast receivers falling 8527 21 2.450.000 units 
within HS/CN code 
Toys falling within HS/CN codes 9503 41 1.160.000.000 ECU 
9503 49 
9503 90 
Excluding : 
a) footwear which is designed for a sporting activity and has, or has provision for the attachment of 
spikes, sprigs, stops, clips, bars or the like, with a non-injected sole; 
b) footwear involving special technology : shoes which have a cif price per pair of not less than ECU 
9 for use in sporting activities, with a single- or multi-layer moulded sole, not injected, 
manufactured from synthetic materials specially designed to absorb the impact of vertical or 
lateral movements and with technical features such as hermetic pads containing gas or fluid, 
mechanical components which absorb or neutralize impact or materials such as low-density 
polymers. 
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ANNEXII 
Annex m 
List of products originating in the People's Republic of China 
subject to Community surveillance 
Description 
Food preparations foiling within HS/CN codes 
Ammonium chloride 
Other polyhydric alcohols 
Citric acid 
Tetracyclines and their derivatives 
Chloramphenicol 
Basic dyes and preparations based thereon 
Vat dyes and preparations based thereon 
Pyrotechnic articles 
Polyvinyl alcohols 
Footwear falling within HS/CN codes 
Ornamental articles of porcelain 
Other glass falling within HS/CN code 
Zinc, not alloyed, containing by weight less than 99.99% of zinc 
Toys falling within HS/CN codes 
Playing cards 
Brooms and brushes falling within HS/CN codes HS/CN code 
190190 91 
190190 99 
2827 10 00 
2905 49 90 
2918 14 00 
294130 00 
294140 00 
3204 13 00 
3204 15 00 
3604 
3905 20 00 
6402 19 
ex 6402 99* 
6403 19 
ex 6403 91* 
ex 6403 99* 
ex 6404 11* 
6913 10 
7004 90 
7901 12 
9503 30 
9503 60 
9504 40 
9603 29 
9603 30 
9603 40 
9603 90 
a) footwear which is designed for a sporting activity and has, or has provision for the attachment of 
spikes, sprigs, stops, clips, bars or the like, with a non-injected sole; 
b) footwear involving special technology : shoes which have a cif price per pair of not less than ECU 
9 for use in sporting activities, with a single- or multi-layer moulded sole, not injected, 
manufactured from synthetic materials specially designed to absorb the impact of vertical or 
lateral movements and with technical features such as hermetic pads containing gas or fluid, 
mechanical components which absorb or neutralize impact or materials such as low-density 
polymers. 
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