Commission Regulation (EC) No 272/2004 of 16 February 2004 authorising transfers between the quantitative limits of textiles and clothing products originating in the People's Republic of China
Date: 2004-02-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, clothing, quantitative restriction, textile product, trade agreement (EU)

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Official Journal of the European Union

17.2.2004

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 272/2004

of 16 February 2004

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), and in particular Article 7
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 5 of
the Agreement between the European
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 (2), 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 (3), 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 (4), 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.

On 17 December 2003 the People's Republic of China
submitted a request for transfers of quantities from the
quota year 2004 to the quota year 2003.

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
Article 8 of the Agreement between the European Com-
munity and the People's Republic of China on trade in
textile products not covered by the MFA bilateral agree-
ment and as set out in Annex VIII to Council Regulation
(EEC) No 3030/93.

(4)

(5)

(6)

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
originating in the People's Republic of China fixed by the
Agreement 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.

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, 16 February 2004.

For the Commission

Pascal LAMY

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 275, 8.11.1993, p. 1; Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 138/2003 (OJ L 23, 28.1.2003, p. 1).

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

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ANNEX

720 CHINA

Adjustment
Transfer from quota year 2004

Group

Category

Unit

Limit 2003

Working level after
previous
adjustments

Working level after
implementing
normal flexibilities
(transfer from
quota year 2004
of 1 %)

Quantity

%

New adjusted
working level

IA

IA

IB

IB

IB

IB

IIA

IIA

IIB

IIB

IIB

IIB

IIB

IIB

IIB

IIB

IIB

2

3

4

5

6

6S

9

20/39

12

13

15

16

26

29

31

78

83

other

163

other

X115

kgs

kgs

pcs

pcs

pcs

pcs

kgs

kgs

prs

pcs

pcs

pcs

pcs

pcs

pcs

kgs

kgs

kgs

kgs

29 132 000

29 897 241

30 188 561

5 938 000

5 876 325

5 935 705

582 640

118 760

82 818 000

84 208 042

85 036 222

1 656 360

26 341 000

26 750 140

27 013 550

28 199 000

28 738 019

29 020 009

1 228 000

1 228 877

1 241 157

6 079 000

6 667 258

6 728 048

9 633 000

10 282 817

10 379 147

526 820

563 980

24 560

121 580

385 320

32 721 000

35 196 379

35 523 589

1 308 840

516 216 000

541 218 721

546 380 881

20 648 640

17 404 000

18 610 777

18 784 817

16 196 000

18 301 480

18 463 440

5 523 000

6 095 872

6 151 102

13 757 000

14 526 416

14 663 986

696 160

323 920

110 460

550 280

83 851 000

89 714 607

90 553 117

3 354 040

32 932 000

35 558 964

35 888 284

9 673 000

10 375 777

10 472 507

6 449 000

6 749 213

6 813 703

1 239 000

1 329 130

1 342 180

658 640

386 920

257 960

10 390

2,0

2,0

2,0

2,0

2,0

2,0

2,0

4,0

4,0

4,0

4,0

2,0

2,0

4,0

4,0

2,0

4,0

4,0

0,8

30 771 201

6 054 465

86 692 582

27 540 370

29 583 989

1 265 717

6 849 628

10 764 467

36 832 429

567 029 521

19 480 977

18 787 360

6 261 562

15 214 266

93 907 157

36 546 924

10 859 427

7 071 663

1 352 570