Commission Regulation (EC) No 203/2003 of 3 February 2003 authorising transfers between the quantitative limits of textiles and clothing products originating in the People's Republic of China
Date: 2003-02-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, clothing, import policy, originating product, quantitative restriction, textile product

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 203/2003

of 3 February 2003

authorising transfers between the quantitative limits of textiles and clothing products originating
in the People's Republic of China

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. 2344/2002 (2), and in particular
Article 7 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

the Agreement between the European
Article 5 of
Economic Community and the People's Republic of
China on trade in textile products (3),
initialled on 9
December 1988 and approved by Council Decision 90/
647/EEC, as last amended and extended by an Agree-
ment in the form of an Exchange of Letters, initialled on
19 May 2000 and approved by Council Decision 2000/
787/EC (4), and Article 8 of the Agreement between the
European Community and the People's Republic of
China on trade in textile products not covered by the
MFA bilateral agreement (5),
initialled on 19 January
1995 and approved by Council Decision 95/155/EC, as
last amended by an Agreement
in the form of an
Exchange of Letters,
initialled on 19 May 2000 and
approved by Decision 2000/787/EC, provide that trans-
fers may be made between quota years. Those flexibility
provisions were notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body
of
the World Trade Organisation following China's
accession to it.

(2)

The People's Republic of China submitted requests for
transfers between quota years on 10 December and 20
December 2002.

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

The transfers requested by the People's Republic of
China fall within the limits of the flexibility provisions
referred to in Article 5 of the Agreement between the
European Economic Community and the People's
Republic of China on trade in textiles products, initialled
on 9 December 1988 and as set out in Annex VIII of
Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93.

It is 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
set up by Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Transfers between the quantitative limits for textile goods origi-
nating in the People's Republic of China fixed by the Agree-
ment between the European Community and the People's
Republic of China 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 Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 3 February 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 275, 8.11.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 91.
(3) OJ L 352, 15.12.1990, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 314, 14.12.2000, p. 13.
(5) OJ L 104, 6.5.1995, p. 1.

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ANNEX

720 China

Adjustment

Group

Category

Unit

Limit 2002

Working level
after previous
adjustments

Working
level after
implementing
1 % normal
flexibilities

Quantity

%

Flexibility

IIB

IIB

IIB

IIB

12

13

15

83

163

Pieces

31 073 000

35 112 490

35 423 220

621 460

2,0

Pieces

501 972 000

528 797 078

533 816 798

20 078 880

4,0

Pieces

16 527 000

17 525 672

17 690 942

330 540

2,0

kgs

kgs

8 914 000

9 768 395

9 857 535

178 280

2,0

5 648 000

6 036 772

6 093 252

112 960

2,0

Transfer from
quota year 2003

Transfer from
quota year 2003

Transfer from
quota year 2003

Transfer from
quota year 2003

Transfer from
quota year 2003

New adjusted
working level

36 044 680

553 895 678

18 021 482

10 035 815

6 206 212