Commission Regulation (EC) No 1498/2003 of 26 August 2003 on the opening of additional quotas for imports into the Community in quota year 2004 of certain textile products originating in certain third countries having participated in trade fairs organised in the Community in November 2003
Date: 2003-08-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import, originating product, quantitative restriction, textile product, third country, trade event

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1498/2003

of 26 August 2003

on the opening of additional quotas for imports into the Community in quota year 2004 of certain
textile products originating in certain third countries having participated in trade fairs organised
in the Community in November 2003

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:

(7)

(8)

(9)

In order to avoid circumvention, issue of import authori-
sations should cover only products shipped in the
supplier country in which they originate no earlier than
1 January 2004.

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
conformity with the opinion of the Textile Committee,

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Quotas in addition to those shown in Annex V to Regu-
lation (EEC) No 3030/93 may be opened when required
under
circumstances. The Commission has
received a request to open additional quotas in view of
trade fairs to be held in 2003.

special

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Additional quotas have already been opened for trade
fairs in previous years for certain third countries.

Article 1

Access to the additional quotas should be limited to
products which have been exhibited by the exporting
countries at
fair and for the quantities
agreed to by sales contracts, as certified by the compe-
tent authorities of the Member State in which the fair is
taking place.

the relevant

In order to avoid overutilisation of the additional quotas
it is appropriate to request the Member State on the
territory of which the fair is taking place, on the one
hand, to ensure that the total amounts covered by certi-
fied contracts do not exceed the limits set for these addi-
tional quotas and, on the other hand, to inform the
Commission after closure of the fair of the total quanti-
ties covered by such certified contracts.

In respect of imports into the Community of products
for which additional quotas are opened, it is appropriate
to apply the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93
governing imports of products subject to quantitative
limits set out in Annex V to the said Regulation, with
the exception of the provisions relating to flexibilities.

Requests for import authorisations should moreover be
accompanied by the contract signed at the relevant fair,
as certified by the competent authorities of the Member
State where it is held.

In addition to the quantitative limits on imports established by
Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93, additional quotas for quota year
2004, as set out in the Annex hereto, shall be opened in
respect of the trade fairs to be held in November 2003 in the
European Community.

Article 2

1.
Access to the additional quotas referred to in Article 1
shall be limited to products which have been exhibited by the
exporting countries at the fair, and subject to the quantities
agreed by a sales contract signed at the relevant fair and certi-
fied by the competent authorities of the Member State where
the fair takes place.

2.
The competent authorities of the Member State in the
territory of which the fair is taking place shall ensure that the
total amounts covered by certified contracts do not exceed the
limits fixed in the Annex.

3.
The Commission shall be informed by the relevant
Member State no earlier than 1 January 2004 of the total quan-
tities covered by contracts certified as having been concluded
during the fair.

(1) OJ L 275, 8.11.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 23, 28.1.2003, p. 1.

The information shall be broken down according to supplier
country and category.

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Article 3

1. Without prejudice to paragraphs 2 and 3, imports into
the Community of products for which additional quotas have
been opened shall be subject to the provisions of Regulation
(EEC) No 3030/93 which are applicable to imports of products
subject to quantitative limits established in Annex V to that
Regulation, with the exception of Article 7.

2.
Import authorisations shall be issued only on presentation
of an export licence bearing in box 9 an indication of the fair
and year to which it relates and accompanied by the original of
the certified contract referred to in Article 2.

Import authorisations shall cover only products shipped
3.
into the Community, from the third country of origin, on or
after 1 January 2004.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following 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, 26 August 2003.

For the Commission

Pascal LAMY

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

Additional quotas for the Berlin trade fair to be held on 13 and 14 November 2003

The complete description of the goods is shown in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93

Category

1

4

5

6

7

8

9

12

15

18

20

21

26

27

29

78

118

Unit

Tonne

1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces

Tonne

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces

Tonne

Tonne
Tonne
Tonne

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

Tonne

Tonne

Third country (1)

Quantitative limit

Pakistan

Belarus
India
Indonesia
Malaysia
Pakistan
Vietnam

Belarus
India
Malaysia
Pakistan
Vietnam

India
Indonesia
Malaysia
Vietnam

India
Indonesia
Vietnam

Belarus
India
Indonesia
Malaysia
Pakistan
Vietnam

Pakistan

Belarus

Belarus
India
Vietnam

Vietnam

Belarus
India
Pakistan

Vietnam

Belarus
India

Belarus

India

Vietnam

Belarus

66

4
454
212
94
225
25

4
252
42
215
20

118
131
92
20

407
98
25

4
323
518
82
158
220

233

4

4
124
20

5

2
294
149

30

4
383

4

268

5

2

(1) Additional quotas are opened on condition that trade in textile products originating in the countries concerned will remain subject in

2003 to a specific conventional regime.