Commission Regulation (EC) No 185/2000 of 26 January 2000 on the authorisation of transfers between the quantitative limits of textiles and clothing products originating in the People's Republic of China
Date: 2000-01-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, clothing, import, originating product, quantitative restriction, textile product

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 185/2000

of 26 January 2000

on the authorisation of transfers between the quantitative limits of textiles and clothing products
originating in the People's Republic of China

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 Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 1072/1999 (2), and in particular
Article 7 thereof,

(1) Whereas Article 5 of the Agreement between the Euro-
pean Economic Community and the People's Republic of
China on trade in textile products (3),
initialled on 9
December 1988, and as last amended by an Agreement
in the form of an Exchange of Letters (4), initialled on 6
December 1999, and Article 8 of
the Agreement
between the European Community and the People's
Republic of China (5) initialled on 19 January 1995 on
trade in textile products not covered by the MFA bilat-
eral Agreement, and as last amended by an Agreement
in the form of an Exchange of Letters initialled on 6
December 1999, provide that transfers may be agreed
between quota years;

(2) Whereas the People's Republic of China has made a

request on 10 December 1999;

(3) Whereas the transfers requested by the People's Republic
of China fall within the limits of the flexibility provisions
referred to in Article 5 of the Agreement between the
European Economic Community and the People's

Republic of China on trade in textile products, initialled
on 9 December 1988, and Article 8 of the Agreement
between the European Community and the People's
Republic of China initialled on 19 January 1995 on
trade in textile products not covered by the MFA bilat-
eral Agreement, and as set out in Annex VIII to Regula-
tion (EEC) No 3030/93;

(4) Whereas it is appropriate to grant the request;

(5) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of
the Textile
Committee provided for in Article 17 of Regulation
(EEC) No 3030/93,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Transfers between the quantitative limits for textile goods
originating in the People's Republic of China are authorised for
the quota year 1999 as detailed in the Annex to this Regula-
tion.

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 to the quota year 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 January 2000.

For the Commission

Pascal LAMY

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 275, 8.11.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 134, 28.5.1999, p. 1.
(3) Approved by Council Decision 88/656/EEC (OJ L 380, 31.12.1988,

p. 1).
(4) Approved

by Council Decision

1999/876/EC (OJ

L

345,

31.12.1999, p. 1).

(5) Approved by Council Decision 95/155/EC (OJ L 104, 6.5.1995, p.

1).

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ANNEX

— Category 20/39: advance use of 274 020 kilograms from year 2000 quantitative limits,

— Category 156: advance use of 118 800 kilograms from year 2000 quantitative limits,

— Category 157: advance use of 282 850 kilograms from year 2000 quantitative limits.