Commission Regulation (EC) No 2253/2002 of 17 December 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 1314/2002 as regards authorised transfers between the quantitative limits of textiles and clothing products originating in the Republic of India
Date: 2002-12-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: India, clothing, import, originating product, quantitative restriction, textile product

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2253/2002

of 17 December 2002

amending Regulation (EC) No 1314/2002 as regards authorised transfers between the quantitative
limits of textiles and clothing products originating in the Republic of India

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

the Memorandum of Understanding
Paragraph 6 of
between the European Community and the Republic of
India on arrangements in the area of market access for
textiles products, initialled on 31 December 1994 and
approved by Council Decision 96/386/EC (3), provides
that favourable consideration should be given to certain
requests from the Republic of India for ‘exceptional flex-
ibility’ in the setting of quotas for those products.

By Regulation (EC) No 1314/2002 (4), the Commission
agreed to such a request from the Republic of India.

the

On 7 November 2002 the Republic of India submitted a
revised request
transfers
for modification of
authorised by Regulation (EC) No 1314/2002, changing
a transfer of 1 500 tonnes in favour of category 2a into
a transfer of 1 000 tonnes and 500 tonnes in favour of
categories 1 and 5 respectively and adding a further, so
far unclaimed 500 tonnes in favour of category 7. For
reasons of clarity, a consolidated version of the excep-
tional flexibilities granted should be provided.

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

The transfers, as modified, requested by the Republic of
India, fall within the limits of the flexibility provisions in
Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93.

It is, therefore, appropriate to grant the revised request.
Regulation (EC) No 1314/2002 should be amended
accordingly.

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
provided for in Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 3030/
93,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1314/2002 is replaced by
the text shown in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
of
the European
Communities.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

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

Done at Brussels, 17 December 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 153, 27.6.1996, p. 53.
(4) OJ L 192, 20.7.2002, p. 22.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX

664 INDIA

ADJUSTMENT

Group

Category

Unit

2002 Limit

Adjusted
working level

Quantity in
units

Quantity in
tonnes

%

Flexibility

IA

IA

IB

IB

IB

IB

1

3

4

5

6

7

kg

kg

43 723 000

46 783 610

1 000 000

1 000

2,3

33 347 000

34 019 980

– 7 500 000

– 7 500

– 22,5

pcs

81 019 000

84 350 769

19 440 000

3 000

24,0

pcs

44 334 000

45 608 334

2 265 000

500

5,1

pcs

11 225 000

11 295 930

4 400 000

2 500

39,2

pcs

71 078 000

71 196 071

2 775 000

500

3,9

Transfer from
category 3

Transfer to
categories 1, 4, 5, 6,
7

Transfer from
category 3

Transfer from
category 3

Transfer from
category 3

Transfer from
category 3

New adjusted
working level

47 783 610

26 519 980

103 790 769

47 873 334

15 695 930

73 971 071’