Commission Regulation (EC) No 547/2003 of 27 March 2003 on the advance use of certain textile products following overlicensing by Malaysia
Date: 2003-03-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Malaysia, import policy, originating product, quantitative restriction, textile product

L 81/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

28.3.2003

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 547/2003

of 27 March 2003

on the advance use of certain textile products following overlicensing by Malaysia

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 8 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The Malaysian authorities have issued in 2002 licences
for the export of textile products falling under categories
5 and 6 (anoraks and trousers) above the quota levels
agreed between Malaysia and the European Commu-
nities. This implies that sufficient quantities are not avail-
able for the import of products of
those categories
shipped in 2002 in excess of year 2002 quotas, even
after recourse to the flexibility provisions in Annex VIII
of Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93.

Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) 3030/93 allows
the
Commission to open up additional opportunities for
imports under particular circumstances, and notably that
in case of over-licensing by the authorities of a supplier
country the additional quantities granted shall be
deducted from the quantitative limits of the same cate-
i.e.
gories of products for the following quota year,
2003.

(3)

Although the granting of additional quantities for a
quota year with a corresponding deduction from the
quotas of the following year in cases of over-licensing

contemplated in Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 3030/
93 constitutes a response to an extraordinary situation,
which is not part of an usual management of textile
import regulations, it is recognised that Malaysia in the
past has been issuing export licenses in accordance with
its agreement with the European Communities and that
Malaysian authorities in the current case have been
cooperating in order to minimise the negative impact of
such over-licensing.

(4)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of the Textiles Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The following additional quantities are granted to Malaysia in
quota year 2002:

Category 5:

(pullovers,
467 836 pieces,

pulls,

jerseys,

anoraks

etc.):

Category 6:

(trousers, shorts etc.): 2 873 564 pieces.

These quantities
quantitative limits for 2003.

are deducted from the

corresponding

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, 27 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.