Information from the Commission - Notice to Community importers of certain products originating in the People's Republic of China subject to quantitative quotas
Date: 2001-04-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, footwear industry, import, originating product, quantitative restriction

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NOTICE TO COMMUNITY IMPORTERS OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THE
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA SUBJECT TO QUANTITATIVE QUOTAS

(2001/C 103/02)

In accordance with Article 3 of Council Regulation (EC) No
520/94 of 7 March 1994 establishing a Community procedure
for administering quantitative quotas (1), Community importers
are informed of the following:

1. By Regulation (EC) No 542/2001 of 30 March 2001, the
European Commission has laid down specific procedures for
the redistribution in 2001 of portions unused in 2000 of
certain Community quantitative quotas
introduced in
respect of the People’s Republic of China by Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 519/94 (2).

2. These quotas will be administered using the method based
on traditional trade flows (Article 2(2)(a) of Regulation (EC)
No 520/94). Under this method, the quotas are divided into
importers and the
two parts, one reserved for traditional
other for other importers. The part reserved for other
importers will, however, be allocated on a pro rata basis
requested;
according
quantity
quantities
to the
requested by a non-traditional
importer may not exceed
the quantity or value indicated for each product in Annex
I to this notice.

the

importers are those able to show that

Traditional
they
imported into the Community the product or products
covered by the quotas in question in either the calendar
year 1998 or 1999.

3. In order

to qualify for

the allocation of

these quotas,
Community importers, no matter where they are established
in the Community, may lodge with the competent auth-
orities of the Member State of their choice a single licence
application for each quota, drawn up in the official language
or languages of the Member State concerned. The list of
competent authorities can be found in Annex II to this
notice.

4. In accordance with Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 738/94 of 30 March 1994 laying down certain rules for
the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 520/94 (3), the
import licence application shall state only:

(a) the

applicant’s

full name

(including
telephone and fax numbers and any identification
number registered with the competent national auth-
orities) and VAT registration number, if liable for VAT;

and address

(b) the quota period in question, i.e.

(cid:145)unused quantities of

2000(cid:146);

(c) where applicable,
declarant or
telephone and fax numbers);

the
the full name and address of
the applicant’s representative (including

(d) a description of the goods, giving:

(cid:151) their trade description,

(cid:151) combined nomenclature (CN) code,

(cid:151) details of their origin and place of consignment;

(e) the quantities requested, expressed in the unit used to set

the quota;

(f) where the licence application relates to footwear and the
quantitative quota covers two CN codes, a breakdown by
CN code of the quantities requested;

(g) the following statement

the
applicant’s signature and his name printed in capital
letters:

followed by the date,

(cid:145)I, the undersigned, declare that the information given in
this application is correct and is given in good faith, that
I am established in the European Community, and that
this application is the only one made by me or on my
behalf for the quota relating to the goods described in
this application.

I undertake to return the licence to the issuing authority
within 10 working days of its expiry.(cid:146)

licence applications certified copies of

5. To qualify for the allocation of
importers,

that part of
the quota
importers shall enclose
reserved for traditional
with their
the
entries for release for free circulation made out during
either the 1998 or 1999 calendar year in their name or
that of the operator whose activities they have taken over
in respect of the release for free circulation of the products
originating in the People’s Republic of China covered by the
quantitative quota referred to in the licence application.

(1) OJ L 66, 10.3.1994, p.1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No

138/96 of 22 January 1996 (OJ L 21, 27.1.1996, p. 6).

(2) OJ L 67, 10.3.1994, p. 89; as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1138/98 of 28 May 1998 (OJ L 159, 3.6.1998, p. 1) (corrigendum
OJ L 241, 28.8.1998, p 27).

(3) OJ L 87, 31.3.1994, p. 47, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No

983/96 of 31 May 1996 (OJ L 131, 1.6.1996, p. 47).

Alternatively, applicants may enclose with their
licence
applications documents drawn up and certified by the
competent national authorities on the basis of the customs
information available to them showing that the applicants
or the operators whose activities they have taken over
imported the products concerned during either the 1998
or 1999 calendar year.

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for products

licences
Alternatively, applicants already holding import
issued for 2001 under Commission Regulation (EC) No
2339/2000 (1),
licence
application may enclose a copy of their previous licences
In that case they shall
with their
indicate in their licence application the aggregate quantity
of imports of the product in question in the year of the
reference period chosen.

licence applications.

covered by

the

6. With respect to non-traditional

importers, only importers
who can prove that they imported at least 80 % of the
volume of the product for which they were granted an
import
to Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2201/1999 (2) shall be entitled to apply for import
licences.

licence pursuant

7. Applications for import licences may be lodged from the
day after
the publication in the Official
the
European Communities of Regulation (EC) No 542/2001 of
28 April 2001 at 3 p.m. Brussels time.

Journal of

(1) OJ L 269, 21.10.2000, p. 28.
(2) OJ L 268, 16.10.1999, p. 10.

8. The provisions governing the quotas referred to in this

notice result from the following Regulations:

(cid:151) Council Regulation (EC) No 520/94 of 7 March 1994

(OJ No L 66, 10.3.1994, p. 1);

(cid:151) Council Regulation (EC) No 519/94 of 7 March 1994

(OJ L 67, 10.3.1994, p. 89);

(cid:151) Council Regulation (EC) No 538/95 of 6 March 1995

(OJ L 55, 11.3.1995, p. 1);

(cid:151) Council Regulation (EC) No 138/96 of 22 January 1996

(OJ L 21, 27.1.1996, p. 6);

(cid:151) Commission Regulation (EC) No 738/94 of 30 March

1994
(OJ L 87, 31.3.1994, p. 47);

(cid:151) Commission Regulation (EC) No 983/96 of 31 May

1996
(OJ L 131, 1.6.1996, p. 47);

(cid:151) Commission Regulation (EC) No 542/2001, of 30 March

2001 (OJ L 91, 31.3.2001, p. 51).

Maximum quantity which may be requested by each importer other than traditional

ANNEX I

Product description

HS/CN code

Predetermined maximum
quantity

Footwear falling within HS/CN codes

ex 6402 99 (1)

5 000 pairs

6403 51
6403 59

ex 6403 91 (1)
ex 6403 99 (1)

5 000 pairs

5 000 pairs

ex 6404 11 (2)

5 000 pairs

6404 19 10

5 000 pairs

Tableware, kitchenware of porcelain or china falling within HS/CN code

6911 10

5 tonnes

Ceramic tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet
articles, other than of porcelain or china falling within HS/CN code

6912 00

5 tonnes

(1) Excluding footwear involving special technology: shoes which have a cif price per pair of not less than EUR 9 for use in sporting
activities, with a single- or multi-layer moulded sole, not injected, manufactured from synthetic materials specially designed to absorb
the impact of vertical or lateral movements and with technical features such as hermetic pads containing gas or fluid, mechanical
components which absorb or neutralise impact or materials such as low-density polymers.

(2) Excluding:

(a) footwear which is designed for a sporting activity and has, or has provision for the attachment of, spikes, sprigs, stops, clips, bats

or the like, with a non-injected sole;

(b) footwear involving special technology: shoes which have a cif price per pair of not less than EUR 9 for use in sporting activities,
with a single- or multi-layer moulded sole, not injected, manufactured from synthetic materials specially designed to absorb the
impact of vertical or lateral movements and with technical features such as hermetic pads containing gas or fluid, mechanical
components which absorb or neutralise impact or materials such as low-density polymers.)

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ANNEX II

List of the competent national authorities

1. BELGIQUE/BELGˇE

MinistŁre des affaires Øconomiques
Administration des relations Øconomiques
4e division: Mise en (cid:156)uvre des politiques commerciales
Services des licences

Ministerie van Economische Zaken
Bestuur van de Economische betrekkingen,
4e afdeling: Toepassing van de handelspolitiek.
Dienst Vergunningen
Generaal Lemanstraat 60, rue GØnØral-Leman 60,
B-1040 Brussel/Bruxelles
TØl./Tel. (32-2) 206 58 16
TØlØcopieur/Fax (32 2) 230 83 22/231 14 84

2. DANMARK

Erhvervsfremme Styrelsen
Vejlsłvej 29
DK-8600 Silkeborg
Tlf. (45) 35 46 60 00
Fax (45) 35 46 64 01

3. DEUTSCHLAND

Bundesamt f(cid:252)r Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (BAFA)
Frankfurter Stra(cid:223)e 29(cid:150)35
D-65760 Eschborn
Tel. (49) 619 64 08-0
Fax (49) 619 69 42 26/619 69 08-800

4. GREECE

Ministry of National Economy
General Secretariat of International Economic Relations
Directorate for Foreign Trade Issues
1, Kornarou Street
GR-105-63 Athens
Tel. (30-1) 328 60 31/328 60 32
Fax (30-1) 328 60 94/328 60 59

5. ESPA(cid:209)A

Ministerio de Econom(cid:237)a y Hacienda
Direcci(cid:243)n General de Comercio Exterior
Paseo de la Castellana, 162
E-28046 Madrid
Tel. (34) 913 49 38 94/913 49 37 78
Fax (34) 913 49 38 32/913 49 37 40

6. FRANCE

Service des titres du commerce extØrieur
8, rue de la Tour-des-Dames
F-75436 Paris Cedex 09
TØl. (33 1) 55 07 46 69/95
TØlØcopieur (33 1) 55 07 46 59

7. IRELAND

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Licencing Unit, Block C
Earlsfort Centre
Hatch Street
Dublin 2
Ireland
Tel. (353-1) 631 25 41
Fax (353-1) 631 25 62

8. ITALIA

Ministero del Commercio con l’estero
Direzione generale per la Politica commerciale e la gestione del
regime degli scambi (cid:151) Divisione, VII

Viale America 341
I-00144 Roma
Tel. (39) 06 599 31 - 59 93 24 19 - 59 93 24 00
Fax (39) 06 592 55 56

9. LUXEMBOURG

MinistŁre des affaires ØtrangŁres
Office des licences
Bo(cid:238)te postale 113
L-2011 Luxembourg
TØl. (352) 22 61 62
TØlØcopieur (352) 46 61 38

10. NEDERLAND

Belastingdienst/Douane
Engelse Kamp 2
Postbus 30003
9700 RD Groningen
Nederland
Tel. (31-50) 523 91 11
Fax (31-50) 526 06 98/523 92 37

11. (cid:214)STERREICH

Bundesministerium f(cid:252)r Wirtschaft und Arbeit
Landstrasser Hauptstra(cid:223)e 55/57
A-1031 Wien
Tel. (43) 171 10 23 86
Fax (43) 171 102

12. PORTUGAL

MinistØrio da Economia
Direc(cid:231)ªo-Geral das Rela(cid:231)ıes Econ(cid:243)micas Internacionais
Avenida da Repœblica, 79
P-1069-059 Lisboa
Tel. (351-21) 791 18 00/19 43
Fax (351-21) 793 22 10, 796 37 23
Telex: 13 418

13. SUOMI

Tullihallitus
Erottajankatu 2
FIN-00101 Helsinki
P. (358) 961 41
F. (358) 9 614 28 52

14. SVERIGE

Kommerskollegium
Box 6803
S-113 86 Stockholm
Tfn (46-8) 690 48 00
Fax (46-8) 30 67 59

15. UNITED KINGDOM

Department of Trade and Industry
Import Licensing Branch
Queensway House
West Precinct
Billingham
TS23 2NF
United Kingdom
Tel. (44-1642) 36 43 33/36 43 34
Fax (44-1642) 53 35 57