Decision No 1/98 of the EC-Andorra Joint Committee of 20 October 1998 amending Decision No 2/96 of the EC-Andorra Joint Committee laying down the arrangements for the implementation of Annex II to the Agreement in the form of an exchange of Letters between the European Economic Community and the Principality of Andorra
Date: 1998-10-20
Institutions: EC–Andorra Joint Committee
Subjects: Andorra, agreement (EU), free circulation, import policy, originating product, textile product

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COMMISSION

DECISION No 1/98 OF THE EC-ANDORRA JOINT COMMITTEE

of 20 October 1998

amending Decision No 2/96 of the EC-Andorra Joint Committee laying down
the arrangements for the implementation of Annex II to the Agreement in the
form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Economic Community
and the Principality of Andorra

(98/652/EC)

THE EC-ANDORRA JOINT COMMITTEE,

(1) Article 1(1) shall be replaced by the following:

in the form of an
Having regard to the Agreement
Exchange of Letters between the European Economic
Community and Andorra (1), signed in Luxembourg on 28
June 1990, and in particular Article 7 thereof,

Whereas Decision No 2/96 of
the EC-Andorra Joint
Committee (2) exempts Andorra from the commercial
policy provisions applicable to textile products; whereas
this Decision established a prior surveillance procedure
for imports of such products and a framework allowing
them to be re-exported to the Community;

Whereas Article 4 of the Decision No 2/96 sets 1 July
1998 as the date the Decision is to lapse; whereas by that
date the Joint Committee must decide whether to extend
or amend the Decision in light of the results of its imple-
mentation;

Whereas the system introduced by the Decision has
proved highly satisfactory without generating excess
administration; whereas, therefore, the system introduced
by the Decision No 2/96 should be extended indefinitely
in a continued effort to prevent any deflection of trade;

Whereas Article 1 of the said Decision now needs to be
amended so that only those products subject to quantit-
ative restrictions on import into the Community have to
undergo prior surveillance,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

The release for free circulation,

‘1.
in the Prin-
cipality of Andorra, of the textile products listed in
Annex V to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 of
12 October 1993 on common rules for imports of
certain textile products
from third countries (*),
Annexes IIIB, IV and V to Council Regulation (EC)
No 517/94 of 7 March 1994 on common rules for
imports of textile products from certain third coun-
tries not covered by bilateral agreements, protocols or
other arrangements, or by other specific Community
import rules (**) and Annex II to Council Regulation
(EC) No 3060/95 of 22 December 1995 on the
arrangements for imports of certain textile products
originating in Taiwan (***) and products originating in
the People’s Republic of China listed in Annex II to
Council Regulation (EC) No 519/94 of 7 March 1994
on common rules for imports from certain third
countries (****) shall be subject to prior surveillance.

(*) OJ L 275, 8.11.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1053/98 (OJ L
151, 21.5.1998, p. 10).

(**) OJ L 67, 10.3.1994, p. 1. Regulation as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1457/97 (OJ L
199, 26.7.1997, p. 6).

(***) OJ L 326, 30.12.1995, p. 25.
(****) OJ L 67, 10.3.1994, p. 89. Regulation as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1138/98 (OJ L
159, 3.6.1998, p. 1)'.

Article 1

(2) The second paragraph of Article 2 shall be replaced

by the following:

Decision No 2/96 of the EC-Andorra Joint Committee is
hereby amended as follows:

(1) OJ L 374, 31. 12. 1990, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 184, 24. 7. 1996, p. 41.

‘Information concerning the textile products referred
to in Article 1(1) of this Decision shall be broken
down by textile category and country of origin

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according to the descriptions given in Annex IA to
Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93. Information on other
products
shall be broken down by product and
country of origin.'

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 July 1998.

(3) Article 4 shall be replaced by the following:

Done at Brussels, 20 October 1998.

‘Article 4

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 July 1996.'

For the EC-Andorra Joint Committee

The President

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