Commission Regulation (EC) No 1460/2002 of 9 August 2002 authorising transfers between the quantitative limits of textiles and clothing products originating in Macao
Date: 2002-08-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Macao, clothing, originating product, quantitative restriction, tariff quota, textile product

10.8.2002

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1460/2002

of 9 August 2002

authorising transfers between the quantitative limits of textiles and clothing products originating
in Macao

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 Regulation
(EC) No 797/2002 (2), and in particular Article 7 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 7 of
the Agreement between the European
Community and Macao on trade in textile products (3),
initialled on 19 July 1986 and approved by Council
Decision 87/497/EEC, as last amended by an Agreement
in the form of an Exchange of Letters, initialled on 22
December 1994 and approved by Council Decision 95/
131/EC (4), provides
transfers may be agreed
between categories and quota years.

that

Macao submitted a request for transfers between quota
years on 18 June 2002.

The transfers requested by Macao fall within the limits of
the flexibility provisions referred to in Article 7 of Regu-
lation (EEC) No 3030/93 and set out in Annex VIII
thereto.

(4)

(5)

(6)

It is, therefore, appropriate to grant the request.

It is desirable for this Regulation to enter into force on
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 Textile Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Transfers between the quantitative limits for textile goods origi-
nating in Macao fixed by the Agreement between the European
Community and Macao on trade in textile products are
authorised for the quota year 2002 in accordance with the
Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 9 August 2002.

For the Commission

Pascal LAMY

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 275, 8.11.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 128, 15.5.2002, p. 29.
(3) OJ L 287, 9.10.1987, p. 47.
(4) OJ L 94, 26.4.1995, p. 1.

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ANNEX

743 MACAO

Adjustment — transfer from 2001

Group

Category

Unit

Limit 2002

Working level after
previous adjustments

Quantity

IB

IB

IIB

IIB

IIB

IIB

IIB

IIB

4

8

13

15

16

26

78

83

piece

14 468 000

14 757 360

578 720

piece

7 954 000

5 852 245

397 700

piece

8 769 000

9 382 827

263 070

piece

582 000

622 740

29 100

piece

480 000

489 600

24 000

piece

1 247 000

1 334 290

62 350

kg

kg

1 965 000

1 897 171

98 250

463 000

472 260

23 150

%

4,0

5,0

3,0

5,0

5,0

5,0

5,0

5,0

Flexibility

Working level

Transfer from year
2001

15 336 080

Transfer from year
2001

6 249 945

Transfer from year
2001

9 645 897

Transfer from year
2001

Transfer from year
2001

651 840

513 600

Transfer from year
2001

1 396 640

Transfer from year
2001

1 995 421

Transfer from year
2001

495 410