Commission Regulation (EC) No 2309/2003 of 29 December 2003 amending Annexes III B, IV and VI to Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94 as regards textile quotas for 2004
Date: 2003-12-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import, originating product, quantitative restriction, textile product, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2309/2003

of 29 December 2003

amending Annexes III B, IV and VI to Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94 as regards textile quotas
for 2004

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94 of 7
March 1994 on common rules for imports of textile products
from certain third countries not covered by bilateral agree-
ments, protocols or other arrangements, or by other specific
Community import rules (1), and in particular Article 5(2)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 517/94 establishes the annual quan-
titative limits for certain textile products originating in
Serbia and Montenegro and in North Korea.

As from 1 May 2004, the European Union will include
10 new Member States. Article 6(7) of the Act of Acces-
sion provides that the new Member States are to apply
the common trade policy concerning textiles and that
the quantitative restrictions applied by the Community
to imports of textile and clothing products must be
adjusted to take account of the accession of the new
Member States to the Community. The quantitative
restrictions applicable to imports of certain textile
products from third countries into the enlarged Com-
munity must consequently be adjusted to include
imports into the 10 new Member States. This requires
the amendment of certain Annexes to Regulation (EC)
No 517/94.

the last three years' imports from third countries into
the 10 new Member States, adjusted pro rata temporis,
would provide an adequate measurement of historic
flows. The years 2000 to 2002 have been selected as the
most significant, as they represent the latest available
information about the 10 new Member States' imports
of textiles and clothing.

for

Annexes III B, IV and VI to Regulation (EEC) No 517/94
should therefore be amended so as to list quota levels
applicable
the year 2004. The detailed rules
governing 2004 quota allocation are those contained in
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2308/2003 of 29
December 2003 on the management of textile quotas
established under Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94
for the year 2004 (2).

Regulation (EC) No 517/94 should therefore be amended
accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of the Textile Committee
established by Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 517/94,

(4)

(5)

(6)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annexes III B, IV and VI to Regulation (EC) No 517/94 are
amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

(3)

It is appropriate to use a methodology for amending the
quantities which takes
the traditional
imports into the new Member States in adjusting the
new quota levels. A formula consisting of the average of

into account

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion 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, 29 December 2003.

For the Commission

Pascal LAMY

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 67, 10.3.1994, p. 1, as last amended by Commission Regu-

lation (EC) No 1484/2003 (OJ L 212, 22.8.2003, p. 46).

(2) See page 13 of this Official Journal.

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ANNEX

Annexes III B, IV and VI to Regulation (EC) No 517/94 are amended as follows:

1. Annex III B is replaced by the following:

‘ANNEX III B

Annual Community quantitative limits referred to in the fourth indent of Article 2(1)

Serbia and Montenegro (1)

Category

1

2

2a

3

5

6

7

8

9

15

16

67

Unit

tonnes

tonnes

tonnes

tonnes

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

tonnes

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

tonnes

(1)

Including Kosovo as defined by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.’

2. Annex IV is replaced by the following:

‘ANNEX IV

Annual Community quantitative limits referred to in Article 3(1)

North Korea

Category

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

Unit

tonnes

tonnes

tonnes

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

tonnes

1 000 pairs

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

tonnes

1 000 pieces

Quantity

2 350

2 853

645

312

1 326

594

311

1 109

292

460

232

244

Quantity

128

150

81

289

188

218

97

302

71

1 308

1 509

154

175

88

61

61

411

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Category

20

21

24

26

27

28

29

31

36

37

39

59

61

68

69

70

73

74

75

76

77

78

83

87

109

117

118

142

151A

151B

161

Unit

tonnes

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

tonnes

tonnes

tonnes

tonnes

tonnes

tonnes

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

tonnes

tonnes

tonnes

tonnes

tonnes

tonnes

tonnes

tonnes

tonnes

tonnes

tonnes

tonnes

3. Annex VI is replaced by the following:

‘ANNEX VI

OUTWARD PROCESSING TRAFFIC

Annual Community quantitative limits referred to in Article 4

Serbia and Montenegro (1)

Category

5

6

7

8

15

16

Unit

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

(1)

Including Kosovo as defined by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.’

Quantity

142

3 416

263

175

288

286

120

293

95

378

51

466

40

120

184

270

149

133

39

120

14

184

54

8

11

51

23

10

10

10

152’

Quantity

1 501

4 457

2 190

4 936

2 576

1 374