Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending Council Regulation (EC) No 3313/94 of 22 December 1994 establishing a transitional regime applicable to the importation into the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the K ingdom of Sweden certain textile products falling under Council Regulation (EEC) No 3951/92, Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 and Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94
Date: 1995-05-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: enlargement of the Union, import, quantitative restriction, textile product, third country, transitional period (EU)

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  02.05.1995 
COM(95)0153  final 

95/0105  (ACQ 

Proposal  for  a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC) 
amending Council 

Regulation (EC) No 3313/94 of 22 December 1994 establishing a transitional regime 
applicable to the importation into the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland 
and the Kingdom of Sweden of certain textile products falling under Council 
Regulation (EEC) No 3951/92, Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 and Council 
Regulation (EC) No 517/94 

(presented  by the  Commission) 

Explanatory Memorandum 

1. Summary 

The attached draft  Council Regulation modifies Council Regulation (EC) No 3313/941 by 
extending the deadline for the importation of certain textile products into the Republic of 
Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden after  1 January  1995 which 
have been shipped before  1  January 1995. 

Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  3951/92  of  29  December  1992  on  the  arrangements  for 
imports  of  certain  textile  products  originating  in  Taiwan2,  as  last  amended  by  Council 
Regulation (EC) No 217/943, Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 of  12 October  1993 
on  common  rules  for  imports  of  certain  textile  products  from  third  countries4,  as  last 
amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No  195/945, and Council Regulation  (EC) No 
517/94  of  7 March  1994  on  common  rules  for  imports  of textile  products  from  certain 
third  countries not  covered  by bilateral  agreements, protocols  or  other  arrangements,  or 
by other  specific  Community import  rules6, as last  amended by Council Regulation  (EC) 
No  2798/947  establish  annual  quantitative  limits  on  the  importation  of  certain  textile 
products into the European Community originating in certain third countries. 

Council Regulation  (EC) No  3313/94 foresees  that  the importation  of products  covered 
by the above-mentioned  Regulations, originating in and  shipped from the third  countries 
concerned before  1  January  1995 with destination to the Republic of Austria, the Republic 
of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden, are exempted from the scope of application of the 
above-mentioned  Regulations  for  a  transitional  period  not  exceeding  31  March  1995, 
provided that the products in question are presented for release for free circulation before 
that date in the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden, 
are exclusively destined for domestic consumption in these countries and would have been 
admitted  into the territory  of the  concerned  acceding  country  under  the  national  import 
regime that would have been applied to them before the date of accession. 

It  appeared  that  it  was  impossible  for  certain  importers  in  the  new  Member  States  to 
present  the  products  in  question  for  release  for  free  circulation  within  the  time  limit 
foreseen  in  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  3313/94,  i.e.  until  31  March  1995.  It  is, 
therefore,  necessary  to  extent  this  time  limit  and  to  allow  the  importation  of  the  the 
products in question until 31 May 1995. 

^J  No L 350, 31.12.1994, p. 6 
2OJ No L 405, 31 12.1992, p. 6 
3OJ No L 28, 2.2.1994, p.  1 
4OJNoL 275, 8.11.1993, p.  1 
5OJ No L 29, 2.2.1994, p.  1 
6OJ No L 67, 10.3.1994, p.  1 
7OJ No L 297, 18.11.1994, p. 6 

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2  Decision requested 

The  Council  is,  therefore,  asked  to  approve  the  attached  proposal  for  a  Council 
Regulation  amending  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  3313/94  of  22  December  1994 
establishing  a  transitional  regime  applicable  to  the  importation  into  the  Republic  of 
Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden of certain textile products 
falling  under  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  3951/92,  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No 
3030/93 and CouneS Regulation (EC) No 517/94. 

Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) No 
1995 amending Council 
Regulation (EC) No 3313/94 of 22 December 1994 establishing a transitional regime 
applicable to the importation into the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland 
and the Kingdom of Sweden of certain textile products falling under Council 
Regulation (EEC) No 3951/92, Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 and Council 
Regulation (EC) No 517/94 

/95 of 

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  3313/94  of  22  December  1994  establishing  a 
transitional regime applicable to the importation into the Republic of Austria, the Republic 
of Finland  and the Kingdom  of  Sweden  of certain textile products  falling  under  Council 
Regulation  (EEC)  No  3951/92,  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  3030/93  and  Council 
Regulation (EC) No 517/941 lays down the conditions under which imports into Republic 
of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden of certain textile products 
falling  under  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  3951/92,  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No 
3030/93  and  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  517/94  shall  not  be  subject  to  these 
Regulations; 

Whereas, in particular, Council Regulation (EC) No 3313/94 provides that the products in 
question  have  to  be  presented  for  release  for  free  circulation  before  31 March  1995 in 
Austria, Finland and Sweden; 

Whereas it proved impossible for certain importers to present the products in question for 
release for free circulation within the time limits foreseen  in Council Regulation (EC) No 
3313/94; 

Whereas it seems appropriate to extend the time limit for release for free circulation of the 
products in question until 31 May 1995, 

^J  No L 350, 31.12  1994, p. 6 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

In Article  1, in Article 2,  paragraph  1, and in Article 3  of Council Regulation  (EC) No 
3313/94 the date 31 March 1995 is replaced by the date 31 May 1995. 

Article 2 

This Regulation shall enter into force  on the day following  its publication in the  Official 
Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1  April 1995. 

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

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council 

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