Commission Regulation (EC) No 1053/98 of 20 May 1998 amending Annexes II, III and IX to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries
Date: 1998-05-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: certificate of origin, export licence, import, textile product, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1053/98

of 20 May 1998

amending Annexes II, III and IX to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 on
common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93
of 12 October 1993 on common rules for imports of
certain textile products from third countries (1), as last
amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 856/98 (2),
and in particular Article 19 in conjunction with Article 17
thereof,

Whereas the Council has decided by Decision of 11 May
1998 to apply on a provisional basis the Agreement on
trade in textile products negotiated with the Russian
Federation;

Whereas it is therefore necessary to amend Annexes II,
III and IX to Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 to take
account of changes applying to the importation into the
Community of certain textile products originating in
certain third countries within the meaning of Article 19
of Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the Textile Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 is amended as follows:

1. Annex II is replaced by Annex I to this Regulation.

2. In Annex III, Article 28(6) is replaced by the following

text.

This number shall be composed of the following

‘6.
elements (1):

— two letters identifying the exporting country as

follows:

— Argentina
— Armenia
— Azerbaijan
— Bangladesh
— Belarus
— Brazil
— China

(1) OJ L 275, 8. 11. 1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 122, 24. 4. 1998, p. 11.

= AR
= AM
= AZ
= BD
= BY
= BR
= CN

— Egypt

— Estonia

— Former Yugoslav Republic

of Macedonia

— Georgia

— Hong Kong

— India

— Indonesia

— Kazakhstan

— Kyrgyzstan

— Latvia

— Lithuania

— Macao

— Malaysia

— Moldova

— Mongolia

— Pakistan

— Peru

— Philippines

— Russian Federation

— Singapore

— South Korea

— Sri Lanka

— Taiwan

— Tajikistan

— Thailand

— Turkmenistan

— Ukraine

— United Arab Emirates

— Uruguay

— Uzbekistan

— Vietnam

= EG

= EE

= 96

= GE

= HK

= IN

= ID

= KZ

= KG

= LV

= LT

= MO

= MY

= MD

= MN

= PK

= PE

= PH

= RU

= SG

= KR

= LK

= TW

= TJ

= TH

= TM

= UA

= AE

= UY

= UZ

= VN

— two letters identifying the intended Member State

of destination as follows:

— AT = Austria

— BL = Benelux

— DE = Federal Republic of Germany

— DK = Denmark

— EL = Greece

— ES = Spain

— FI = Finland

— FR = France

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— GB = United Kingdom
— IE = Ireland
— IT = Italy
— PT = Portugal
— SE = Sweden

— a one-digit number identifying the quota year or
the year under which exports were recorded, in the
case of products listed in Table A of this Annex,
corresponding to the last figure in the year in
question, for example “5” for 1995. In the case of
products originating in the People’s Republic of
China listed in Appendix C to Annex V this
number should be “1” for the year 1995, “2” for the
year 1996, “3” for the year 1997 and so on,

— a two-digit number identifying the issuing office in

the exporting country,

— a five-digit number running consecutively from
00001 to 99999 allocated to the specific Member
State of destination.

(1) In the case of Peru and Egypt, this provision will

enter into force at a later date.’

3. Table A in Annex III is replaced by the table in

Annex II to this Regulation.

4. Annex IX is replaced by Annex III to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 20 May 1998.

For the Commission

Leon BRITTAN

Vice-President

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ANNEX I

‘ANNEX II

Exporting countries referred to in Article 1

Argentina
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Belarus
Brazil
China
Egypt
Estonia
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Georgia
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Macao
Malaysia
Moldova
Mongolia
Pakistan
Peru
Philippines
Russian Federation
Singapore
South Korea
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Thailand
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Vietnam’

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ANNEX II

‘TABLE A

Countries and categories subject to the system of double-checking surveillance

(The complete description of the categories is shown in Annex I)

Third country

Group

Category

Unit

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Bangladesh

Estonia

Egypt

I A

I B

I A

I B

II A

II B

V

I B

I A

I B

II A

II B

IV

I A

I B

II A

1
2
3

4
5
6
7
8

1
2
3

4
5
6
7
8

20

12
13

136

4 (*)
6 (*)
8 (*)

1
2
3

4
5
6
7
8

9
20
39

13

117

118

1
2

4 (*)

20 (*)

tonnes
tonnes
tonnes

1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces

tonnes
tonnes
tonnes

1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces

tonnes

1 000 pairs
1 000 pieces

tonnes

1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces

tonnes
tonnes
tonnes

1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces

tonnes
tonnes
tonnes

1 000 pieces

tonnes

tonnes

tonnes
tonnes

1 000 pieces

tonnes

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Third country

Group

Category

Unit

Former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia

Georgia

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Latvia

I A

I B

II B

III B

I A

I B

I A

I B

I A

I B

I A

I B

II A

II B

1
2

4
5
6
7
8

15
16

67

1
2
3

4
5
6
7
8

1
2
3

4
5
6
7
8

1
2
3

4
5
6
7
8

1
2

4
5
6
7

9

12
15
26
27
31

tonnes
tonnes

1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces

tonnes

tonnes
tonnes
tonnes

1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces

tonnes
tonnes
tonnes

1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces

tonnes
tonnes
tonnes

1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces

tonnes
tonnes

1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces

tonnes

1 000 pairs
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces

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Third country

Group

Category

Unit

Lithuania

Moldova

Mongolia

Russian Federation

I A

I B

II A

II B

IV

I A

I B

II A

II B

IV

I B

I A

I B

II A

II B

III A

2

4
5
6
7
8

20
39

12
13
28

117
118

1
2
3

4
5
6
7
8

9
20
39

15

115
117
118

5
5 A

1
2
2 A
3

4
5
6
7
8

9
20
22
39

12
13
15
16
21
24
29
83

33
37
50

tonnes

1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces

tonnes
tonnes

1 000 pairs
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces

tonnes
tonnes

tonnes
tonnes
tonnes

1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces

tonnes
tonnes
tonnes

1 000 pieces

tonnes
tonnes
tonnes

1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces

tonnes
tonnes
tonnes
tonnes

1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces

tonnes
tonnes
tonnes
tonnes

1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
tonnes

tonnes
tonnes
tonnes

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Third country

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

Uzbekistan

Group

III B

IV

I A

I B

I A

I B

II A

II B

III A

III B

I A

I B

II A

II B

V

I A

I B

II A

II B

V

Category

Unit

74
90

115
117
118

1
2
3

4
5
6
7
8

1
2
3

4
5
6
7
8

22

73
83

33

74

2

4
5
6
7
8

9
20

21
26

157
161

1
3

4
5
6
7
8

20

15
26

159
161

1 000 pieces
tonnes

tonnes
tonnes
tonnes

tonnes
tonnes
tonnes

1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces

tonnes
tonnes
tonnes

1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces

tonnes

1 000 pieces
tonnes

tonnes

1 000 pieces

tonnes

1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces

tonnes
tonnes

1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces

tonnes
tonnes

tonnes
tonnes

1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces

tonnes

1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces

tonnes
tonnes

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Third country

Vietnam

Group

I A

II A

II B

III A

III B

IV

V

Category

Unit

1
2
3

22
23
32

16
17
19
24
27

33
36
37

90

115
117

136
156
157
159
160

tonnes
tonnes
tonnes

tonnes
tonnes
tonnes

1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces

tonnes
tonnes
tonnes

tonnes

tonnes
tonnes

tonnes
tonnes
tonnes
tonnes
tonnes

(*) For these categories the provisions of Article 9 do not apply.’

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ANNEX III

‘ANNEX IX

referred to in Article 10

Safeguard measures, basket-exit thresholds

Supplier country

Group I

Group II

Group III

Group IV

Group V

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Belarus

China

Georgia

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Latvia

Lithuania

Former Yugoslav Republic of Mace-
donia

Moldova

Uzbekistan

0,35 %

0,35 %

0,35 %

0,35 %

0,35 %

0,40 %

0,40 %

1,00 %

0,35 %

0,35 %

1,20 %

1,20 %

1,20 %

4,00 %

4,00 %

4,00 %

5,00 %

10,00 %

1,20 %

1,20 %

1,20 %

2,40 %

2,40 %

4,00 %

4,00 %

4,00 %

8,00 %

8,00 %

5,00 %

10,00 %

4,00 %

4,00 %

4,00 %

4,00 %

4,00 %

4,00 %

8,00 %

8,00 %

4,00 %

4,00 %

4,00 %

4,00 %

4,00 %

4,00 %

8,00 %

8,00 %

1,20 %

1,20 %

4,00 %

4,00 %

4,00 %

4,00 %

4,00 %

4,00 %

Russian Federation

5,00 % (1)

5,00 % (1)

5,00 % (1)

5,00 % (1)

Tajikistan

Taiwan

Turkmenistan

Ukraine

0,35 %

0,40 %

0,35 %

1,20 %

2,00 %

1,20 %

1,20 %

4,00 %

6,00 %

4,00 %

4,00 %

4,00 %

4,00 %

4,00 %

4,00 %

4,00 %

4,00 %

(1) For product categories shown in Table A of Annex III.

Supplier country

Group I

Group II A

Group II B

Group III

Group IV

Group V

Vietnam

1,0 %

5,0 %

2,5 %

10,0 %

10,0 %

10,0 %

China (for the products referred to in
Annex I B)

for silk products

for other products

25,00 %

10,00 %’