Commission Regulation (EC) No 2245/2001 of 19 November 2001 amending Annexes IIIB and VI to Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94 as regards quotas for the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Date: 2001-11-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Yugoslavia, outward processing, quantitative restriction, textile product

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2245/2001

of 19 November 2001

amending Annexes IIIB and VI to Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94 as regards quotas for the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

It is appropriate to increase the levels of all quotas for
the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, as was done for
Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina for the year 2000
by Council Regulation (EC) No 7/2000 (5) prior to the
negotiation of bilateral textile agreements with those
two countries.

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

The starting point for determining that increase should
be the quota growth rate per category which was fore-
seen in a Supplementary Protocol to the Cooperation
Economic
the
Agreement
Community and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugo-
slavia on trade in textile products, concluded by Council
Decision 90/649/EEC (6).

European

between

That across-the-board increase should be redistributed to
the categories most needed, up to the limits of the
increases requested by the Federal Republic of Yugo-
slavia.

The increased quota levels should apply from the begin-
ning of
the year 2001 in order to absorb certain
pending import requests.

Regulation (EC) No 517/94 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

(10)

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

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 2878/2000 (2), and in particular Article 5
in conjunction with Article 25(4) thereof,

Whereas:

Regulation (EC) No 517/94 establishes
the annual
quantitative limits for certain textile products originating
in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

trade regime with the countries of

Following the political changes in the Federal Republic
of Yugoslavia in October 2000, that country is now a
full participant in the EU's Stabilisation and Association
process and is a full beneficiary of the Community's
preferential
the
Western Balkans established by Council Regulation (EC)
No 2007/2000 of 18 September 2000 introducing
exceptional trade measures for countries and territories
participating in or linked to the European Union's Stabi-
lisation and Association process, amending Regulation
(EC) No 2820/98, and repealing Regulations (EC) No
1763/1999 and (EC) No 6/2000 (3), as amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2563/2000 (4).

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

A mandate for the negotiation of a bilateral agreement
in trade in textiles cannot yet be considered since issues
relating to foreign trade and customs control within the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia have still to be resolved.

Annexes IIIB and VI
amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

to Regulation (EC) No 517/94 are

Trade in certain categories of textile products is pres-
ently blocked because the quotas have been exhausted.
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has requested a 20 %
increase in those quotas.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Article 2

(1) OJ L 67, 10.3.1994, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 333, 29.12.2000, p. 60.
(3) OJ L 240, 23.9.2000, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 295, 23.11.2000, p. 1.

It shall apply with effect from 1 January 2001.

(5) OJ L 2, 5.1.2000, p. 51.
(6) OJ L 352, 15.12.1990, p. 120.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 November 2001.

For the Commission

Pascal LAMY

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

Annexes IIIB and VI to Regulation (EC) No 517/94 are amended as follows:

1. Annex IIIB is replaced by the following:

‘ANNEX IIIB

Annual Community quantitative limits referred to in the fourth indent of Article 2(1)

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA

Category

1

2

2a

3

5

6

7

8

9

15

16

67

2. Annex VI is replaced by the following:

Unit

Tonnes

Tonnes

Tonnes

Tonnes

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

Quantity

2 309

2 848

644

312

794

419

241

1 000 pieces

1 066

292

308

230

241’

Tonnes

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

Tonnes

‘ANNEX VI

OUTWARD PROCESSING TRAFFIC

Annual Community quantitative limits referred to in Article 4

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA

Category

Unit

Quantity

5

6

7

8

15

16

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 483

4 441

2 170

4 902

2 548

1 000 pieces

1 374’