Commission Regulation (EC) No 2878/2000 of 28 December 2000 amending Annex IV to Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94 on common rules for imports of textile products from certain third countries not covered by bilateral agreements, protocols or other arrangements, or by other specific Community import rules
Date: 2000-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import, market protection, originating product, quantitative restriction, textile product, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2878/2000

of 28 December 2000

amending Annex IV to Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94 on common rules for imports of textile
products from certain third countries not covered by bilateral agreements, protocols or other
arrangements, or by other specific Community import rules

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94 of 7
March 1994 on common rules for imports of textile products
from certain third countries not covered by bilateral agree-
ments, protocols or other arrangements, or by other specific
Community import rules (1), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 7/2000 (2), and in particular Article 5 in
conjunction with Article 25(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The quantitative restrictions applicable to textile and
clothing imports originating in North Korea are listed in
Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 517/94.

The Commission has been requested by
certain
economic operators to increase the volumes of certain
quantitative restrictions for imports of textile products
originating in North Korea in order to satisfy certain
market requirements.

It
is necessary to strike a certain balance between
providing the requistie protection for the relevant sector
of the Community industry concerned and maintaining
an acceptable level of trade with North Korea, bearing in
mind the various interests of the parties concerned.

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

quotas for North Korea will not prejudice the above-
mentioned objective.

The Commission therefore considers it appropriate to
adapt accordingly the level of some of the quantitative
restrictions applied in respect of North Korea, taking
received from the
also into account
economic operators.

request

the

Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 517/94 should there-
fore be adapted.

It is desirable that this Regulation enters into force the
day after its publication in order to allow operators to
benefit from it as soon as possible.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of the Textiles Committee,
as defined by Regulation (EC) No 517/94,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 517/94 is hereby replaced by
the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

(4)

An analysis of the situation in the Community industry
concerned shows that the increase of the level of certain

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following 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, 28 December 2000.

For the Commission

Pascal LAMY

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 67, 10.3.1994, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 2, 5.1.2000, p. 51.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX IV

ANNUAL COMMUNITY QUANTITATIVE LIMITS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3(1)

North Korea

Unit

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

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

tonnes

1 000 pieces

tonnes

Restraint level

128

145

49

285

185

216

93

302

71

1 290

1 509

154

173

88

61

61

411

142

1 000 pieces

3 411

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

263

173

286

285

120

Category

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

24

26

27

28

29

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Category

Unit

Restraint level

31

36

37

39

59

61

68

69

70

73

74

75

76

77

78

83

87

109

117

118

142

151A

151B

161

1 000 pieces

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

tonnes

293

91

356

51

466

40

120

184

270

149

133

39

120

14

184

54

5

10

51

23

10

10

10

152’