Commission Regulation (EC) No 407/2003 of 4 March 2003 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: 2003-03-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: India, clothing, import, originating product, quantitative restriction, textile product

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 407/2003

of 4 March 2003

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 Regulation
(EC) No 138/2003 (2), and in particular Article 7 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Paragraph 6 of
the Memorandum of Understanding
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), as amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2253/2002 (5),
the Commission
granted such a request, made by the Republic of India
on 17 May 2002.

On 7 November 2002 the Republic of India submitted a
revised request
transfers
for modification of
authorised by Regulation (EC) No 1314/2002. The
Commission granted that request by Regulation (EC) No
2253/2002.

the

On 7 February 2003 the Republic of India submitted a
transfers
for modification of
revised request
authorised by Regulation (EC) No 2253/2002, changing
a transfer of 718 448 kilograms in favour of category 1
into a transfer of 508 448 kilograms in favour of cate-

the

gory 8 and a transfer of 210 000 kilograms in favour of
category 5. For reasons of clarity, a consolidated version
flexibilities granted should be
the
of
provided.

exceptional

These transfers, as modified, requested by the Republic
of India, apply to the quota for the year 2002. They fall
within the limits of the flexibility provisions in Regula-
tion (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,

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

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 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, 4 March 2003.

For the Commission

Pascal LAMY

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 275, 8.11.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 23, 28.1.2003, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 153, 27.6.1996, p. 47.
(4) OJ L 192, 20.7.2002, p. 22.
(5) OJ L 343, 18.12.2002, p. 11.

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ANNEX

ADJUSTMENT

Limit 2002

Adjusted
working level

Quantity in
units

Quantity in
tonnes

%

Flexibility

43 723 000

46 783 610

281 552

281 552

0,6

664 INDIA

Unit

Kgs

Kgs

33 347 000

34 019 980

- 7 500 000

- 7 500

- 22,5

pcs

pcs

pcs

pcs

pcs

81 019 000

84 350 769

19 440 000

3 000

24,0

44 334 000

45 608 334

3 216 300

710

7,3

11 225 000

11 295 930

4 400 000

2 500

39,2

71 078 000

71 196 071

2 775 000

500

52 036 000

55 678 520

2 338 861

508 448

3,9

4,5

New adjusted
working level

47 065 162

26 519 980

103 790 769

48 824 634

15 695 930

73 971 071

58 017 381’

Transfer from
category 3

Transfer to cate-
gories 1, 4, 5, 6,
7, 8

Transfer from
category 3

Transfer from
category 3

Transfer from
category 3

Transfer from
category 3

Transfer from
category 3

Group

Cate-
gory

‘IA

IA

IB

IB

IB

IB

IB

1

3

4

5

6

7

8