Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending annexes II and III of regulation (EC) nr 519/94 on common rules for imports from certain third countries
Date: 1996-01-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, import, import policy, market protection, originating product, quantitative restriction

COMMISSION  OF THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 26.01.1996 
COM(%)  23 final 

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. 

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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 
6403 59 
ex 6403 91* 

ex 6403 99* 

2.795.000 

pairs 

12.120.000 

pairs 

ex 640411* 

18.595.000 

pairs 

6404  1910 

32.535.000 

pairs 

691110 

6912 00 

48.000 

tonnes 

36.300 

tonnes 

7013 

15.600 

tonnes 

8527 21 

2.450.000 

units 

9503 41 
9503 49 
9503 90 

1.160.000.000 

ECU 

Tableware, kitchenware of porcelain 
or china falling within HS/CN code 
Ceramic tableware, kitchenware, 
other than of porcelain or china 
falling within HS/CN code 

Glassware of a kind used for table, 
kitchen, toilet, etc. falling within 
HS/CN code 

Radio-broadcast receivers falling 
within HS/CN code 

Toys falling within HS/CN codes 

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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