Commission Regulation (EC) No 789/2000 of 14 April 2000 deducting from the quantitative limit on imports of textile goods pertaining to category 4 originating in the People's Republic of China an amount corresponding to that imported into the European Community in circumvention of the Agreement between the European Community and the People's Republic of China on trade in MFA textile products
Date: 2000-04-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, certificate of origin, import, quantitative restriction, textile product

15.4.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 95/23

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 789/2000

of 14 April 2000

deducting from the quantitative limit on imports of textile goods pertaining to category 4 origin-
ating in the People's Republic of China an amount corresponding to that imported into the
European Community in circumvention of the Agreement between the European Community and
the People's Republic of China on trade in MFA textile products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

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 1072/99 (2), and in particular Article
15 thereof in conjunction with Article 17 thereof;

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Enquiries and further verifications, carried out both in
the Community and elsewhere with the assistance of
in accordance with the
third countries' authorities,
procedures established in Annex IV of Regulation (EEC)
No 3030/93 have led the Commission to conclude that
5 408 295 pieces of
textile products pertaining to
Category 4 (T-shirts) have been imported into the Euro-
pean Community in circumvention of the provisions of
Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 in the years 1995 and
1996 in that evidence shows
they physically
emanated from the territory of the People's Republic of
China before having been imported into the European
Community without Chinese origin being declared or
under false declarations of origin.

that

Consultations with the People's Republic of China were
requested and held in order to clarify the situation and
determine, on the basis in particular of the documentary
evidence submitted by the European Commission, the
true origin of the products concerned and reach an
agreement on an equivalent adjustment of the quantit-
ative limit applicable to exports of
the concerned
category to the European Community from the People's
Republic of China.

On 6 July 1999 agreement was reached on the adjust-
ment which should be made which is deemed to consti-
tute a satisfactory solution within the meaning of Article
15 of Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 by way of effecting
deductions in two yearly instalments of goods of the
amount of 5 408 295 pieces of Category 4, (Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) 2483/1999 of 25 November
1999 (3)).

(4)

(5)

The second adjustment should be made on the quantit-
ative limit set out for the quota year 2000 by the current
bilateral agreement on trade in textile and clothing
goods which will expire on 31 December 2000.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of the Textile Committee
established by Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

for

set out

The quantitative limit
imports of products
pertaining to Category 4 for 2000 in Annex III of the Agree-
ment between the European Economic Community and the
People's Republic of China on trade in textile products as last
amended by an agreement in the form of an Exchange of
Letters initialled on 6 December 1999 (4) is reduced by the
amount of 2 704 148 pieces.

Article 2

This Regulation shall come into force on the third day
following that 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, 14 April 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) OJ L 303, 26.11.1999, p. 4.
(4) OJ L 345, 31.12.1999, p. 2.