Commission Regulation (EC) No 1850/2001 of 20 September 2001 on the opening of additional quotas for imports into the Community in quota year 2002 of certain textile products originating in certain third countries participating in trade fairs organised in November 2001 in the European Community
Date: 2001-09-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import, originating product, quantitative restriction, textile product, third country, trade event

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1850/2001

of 20 September 2001

on the opening of additional quotas for imports into the Community in quota year 2002 of certain
textile products originating in certain third countries participating in trade fairs organised in
November 2001 in the European Community

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 Regula-
tion (EC) No 391/2001 (2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,

Whereas:

(6)

(7)

Requests for import authorisations should moreover be
accompanied by the contract signed at the relevant fair,
as certified by the competent authorities of the Member
State where it is held.

In order to avoid circumvention, issue of import author-
isations should only cover products shipped in the
supplier country in which they originate no earlier than
1 January 2002.

(8)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
conformity with the opinion of the Textile Committee,

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Additional quotas to those indicated in Annex V to
Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 may be opened when
required under special circumstances. The Commission
has received a request to open additional quotas in view
of trade fairs to be held in 2001.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Additional quotas have already been opened for trade
fairs in previous years for certain third countries.

Article 1

Access to the additional quotas should be limited to
products which have been exhibited by the exporting
countries at
fair and for the quantities
agreed to by sales contracts, as certified by the
competent authorities of the Member State where the
fair is taking place.

the relevant

In order to avoid an over-utilisation of these additional
quotas it appears appropriate to request the Member
State on the territory of which the fair is taking place, on
the one hand, to ensure that the total amounts covered
by certified contracts do not exceed the limits set for
to
these additional quotas and, on the other hand,
inform the Commission after closure of the fair of the
total quantities covered by such certified contracts.

It seems appropriate to apply to imports into the
Community of products for which the additional quotas
are opened the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 3030/
93 which are applicable to imports of products subject
to quantitative limits set out in Annex V to the said
Regulation, with the exception of those relating to flexi-
bilities.

(1) OJ L 275, 8.11.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 58, 28.2.2001, p. 3.

In addition to the quantitative limits on imports established by
Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93, additional quotas for quota year
2002 shall be opened in respect of the trade fairs to be held in
November 2001 in the European Community as set out in the
Annex hereto.

Article 2

1.
Access to the additional quotas referred to in Article 1
shall be limited to such products which have been exhibited by
the exporting countries at the fair and for the quantities agreed
by a sales contract signed at the relevant fair as certified by the
competent authorities of the Member States where the fair
takes place.

The competent authorities of the Member State in the
2.
territory of which the fair is taking place shall ensure that the
total amounts covered by certified contracts do not exceed the
limits fixed in the Annex.

3.
The Commission shall be informed by the relevant
Member State not later than 30 days after the closure of the
fair of the total quantities covered by contracts certified as
having been concluded during the fair. This information shall
be provided by supplier country and category.

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Article 3

1. Without prejudice to paragraphs 2 and 3,
imports into the Community of products for which
additional quotas have been opened shall be subject to the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93
which are applicable to imports of products subject to quantitative limits established in Annex V to the said
Regulation, with the exception of those relating to flexibilities.

2.
Import authorisations shall only be issued on the presentation of an export licence bearing in box 9
an indication of the fair and year to which it relates and accompanied by the original of the certified
contract referred to in Article 2.

Import authorisations shall only cover products shipped into the Community from the third country

3.
in which they originate no earlier than 1 January 2002.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of
the European Communities.

Article 4

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

Done at Brussels, 20 September 2001.

For the Commission

Pascal LAMY

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

Additional quotas for the Berlin trade fair to be held from 8 to 9 November 2001

(The complete description of the goods is shown in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93)

Category

Unit

Third country (1)

Quantitative limit

1

4

5

6

7

8

9

12

15

18

20

21

26

27

tonnes

1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces
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

tonnes

tonnes
tonnes
tonnes

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces

Pakistan

Belarus
India
Indonesia
Malaysia
Pakistan
Vietnam

Belarus
India
Malaysia
Pakistan
Vietnam

India
Indonesia
Malaysia
Vietnam

India
Indonesia
Vietnam

Belarus
India
Indonesia
Malaysia
Pakistan
Vietnam

Pakistan

Belarus

Belarus
India
Vietnam

Vietnam

Belarus
India
Pakistan

Vietnam

Belarus
India

Belarus
India

66

4
454
212
94
225
25

4
252
42
215
20

118
131
92
20

407
98
25

4
323
518
82
158
220

233

4

4
124
20

5

2
294
149

30

4
383

4
372

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Category

Unit

Third country (1)

Quantitative limit

29

78

118

1 000 pieces

tonnes

tonnes

India

Vietnam

Belarus

268

5

2

(1) Additional quotas are opened on condition that trade in textile products originating in the countries concerned will remain subject in

2001 to a specific conventional regime.