Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION amending Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries

(presented by the Commission)

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

The purpose of this Regulation is to amend Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 to adjust the quantitative limits for imports of certain textile products from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to take into account the accession of the new Member States to the Community.

With effect from 1 May 2004, Council Regulation (EC) No 487/2004 [1] amended Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries. [2] It adjusted the quantitative limits for imports of certain textile products from third countries into the enlarged Community, taking into account traditional imports into the ten new Member States and using a formula of the average imports of years 2000 to 2002 adjusted pro rata temporis. This same methodology should now be applied to adjust the quantitative limits for imports of certain textile products from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

[1] OJ L 79, 17.3.2004, p. 1.

[2] OJ L 275, 8.11.1993, p. 1.

The Council is invited to approve this proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries.

2004/0139 (ACC)

Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION amending Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission [3],

[3] OJ C [...], [...], p. [...].

Whereas:

(1) As from 1 May 2004, ten new Member States have joined the European Union. The Act of Accession establishes in Article 6(7) that the new Member States must apply the common trade policy concerning textiles and that the quantitative restrictions applied by the Community on imports of textile and clothing products are to be adjusted to take account of the accession of the new Member States to the Community.

(2) With effect from 1 May 2004, Council Regulation (EC) No 487/2004 [4] amended Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries. [5] It adjusted the quantitative limits for imports of certain textile products from third countries into the enlarged Community, taking into account traditional imports into the ten new Member States and using a formula of the average imports of years 2000 to 2002 adjusted pro rata temporis. This same methodology should now be applied to adjust the quantitative limits for imports of certain textile products from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

[4] OJ L 79, 17.3.2004, p. 1.

[5] OJ L 275, 8.11.1993, p. 1.

(3) Regulation No 3030/93 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(4) It is desirable for this Regulation to enter into force on the day after its publication in order to allow operators to benefit from it as soon as possible.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93, the quantitative limits for Vietnam for 2004 set out in Annex V and in Annex VII are replaced by the quantitative limits shown in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, [...]

For the Council

The President

ANNEX

In Annex V the Community quantitative limits for Vietnam for 2004 are replaced by

the following:

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In Annex VII the Community quantitative limits for 2004 for goods re-imported under

OPT for Vietnam are replaced by the following:

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