Commission Regulation (EC) No 1574/2003 of 4 September 2003 authorising transfers between the quantitative limits of textiles and clothing products originating in the People's Republic of China
Date: 2003-09-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, clothing, originating product, quantitative restriction, textile product

6.9.2003

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 224/23

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1574/2003

of 4 September 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 Regulation
(EC) No 138/2003 (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,
initialled on 9
December 1988 and approved by Council Decision 90/
647/EEC (3), 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, initialled on 19 January 1995
and approved by Council Decision 95/155/EC (4), both
Agreements being as last amended by an Agreement in
the form of an Exchange of Letters initialled on 19 May
2000 and approved by Council Decision 2000/787/
EC (5), provide that
transfers may be made between
quota years. Those flexibility provisions were notified to
the Textiles Monitoring Body of the World Trade Orga-
nisation following China's accession to it.

(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 textile products and as set
out in Annex VIII to 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 2003 in accordance with the Annex to this
Regulation.

(2)

On 23 June 2003 the People's Republic of China
submitted a request for transfers of quantities from the
quota year 2002 to the quota year 2003.

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 September 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 352, 15.12.1990, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 104, 6.5.1995, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 314, 14.12.2000, p. 13.

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ANNEX

720 China

Adjustment
Transfers from quota year 2002

Group

Category

Unit

Limit 2003

Working level
after previous
adjustments (1)

Working level
after
implementing
normal
flexibilities
(carry over 3 %)

Quantity

%

New adjusted
working level

IA

IA

IA

IB

IB

IIA

IIA

IIA

IIB

IIB

IIB

IIB

IIB

IIB

IIB

IIB

IIB

IIIB

other

other

other

other

other

other

other

other

1

2a

3a

5a

7

9

22

23

12

13

14

15

16

17

26

28

83

97

X20

X117

X118

X122

X136A

X156

X157

X159

kgs

kgs

kgs

pcs

pcs

kgs

kgs

kgs

prs

pcs

pcs

pcs

pcs

pcs

pcs

pcs

kgs

kgs

kgs

kgs

kgs

kgs

kgs

kgs

kgs

kgs

4 491 000

4 094 950

4 229 680

179 640

3 765 000

3 802 650

3 915 600

770 000

777 700

800 800

244 000

244 000

251 320

13 277 000

13 277 000

13 675 310

6 079 000

6 443 740

6 626 110

54 716

20 843

9 760

31 423

41 148

17 975 000

14 565 639

15 104 889

719 000

11 558 000

2 558 000

2 904 740

462 320

32 721 000

33 752 070

34 733 700

462 679

516 216 000

522 090 360

537 576 840

3 641 881

14 608 000

14 608 000

15 046 240

584 320

17 404 000

17 952 430

18 474 550

136 227

16 196 000

17 167 760

17 653 640

647 840

12 187 000

12 187 000

12 552 610

487 480

5 523 000

5 854 380

6 020 070

75 802

81 202 000

86 074 120

88 510 180

3 248 080

9 673 000

9 985 960

10 276 150

99 627

2 514 000

2 664 840

2 740 260

100 560

50 000

50 000

51 500

589 000

624 340

642 010

1 394 000

1 477 640

1 519 460

194 000

194 000

199 820

2 000

23 560

55 760

7 760

436 000

436 000

449 080

17 440

3 406 000

3 406 000

3 508 180

136 240

12 489 000

12 295 680

12 670 350

499 560

4 279 000

4 279 000

4 407 370

171 160

(1) Normal flexibilities (inter-category transfers).

4,0

1,5

2,7

4,0

0,2

0,7

4,0

4,0

1,4

0,7

4,0

0,8

4,0

4,0

1,4

4,0

1,0

4,0

4,0

4,0

4,0

4,0

4,0

4,0

4,0

4,0

4 409 320

3 970 316

821 643

261 080

13 706 733

6 667 258

15 823 889

3 367 060

35 196 379

541 218 721

15 630 560

18 610 777

18 301 480

13 040 090

6 095 872

91 758 260

10 375 777

2 840 820

53 500

665 570

1 575 220

207 580

466 520

3 644 420

13 169 910

4 578 530