Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries
Date: 2004-07-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Viet Nam, import policy, originating product, quantitative restriction, textile product

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 08.07.2004 
COM(2004) 463 final 

2004/0139 (ACC) 

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Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION 

amending Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 on common rules for imports of certain textile 
products from third countries  

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(presented by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

The  purpose  of  this  Regulation  is  to  amend  Regulation  (EEC)  No  3030/93  to  adjust  the 
quantitative  limits  for  imports  of  certain  textile  products  from  the  Socialist  Republic  of 
Vietnam to take into account the accession of the new Member States to the Community. 

With effect from 1 May 2004, Council Regulation (EC) No 487/20041 amended Regulation 
(EEC)  No  3030/93  on  common  rules  for  imports  of  certain  textile  products  from  third 
countries.2 It adjusted the quantitative limits for imports of certain textile products from third 
countries  into  the  enlarged  Community,  taking  into  account  traditional  imports  into  the  ten 
new  Member  States  and  using  a  formula  of  the  average  imports  of  years  2000  to  2002 
adjusted  pro  rata  temporis.  This  same  methodology  should  now  be  applied  to  adjust  the 
quantitative  limits  for  imports  of  certain  textile  products  from  the  Socialist  Republic  of 
Vietnam. 

The  Council  is  invited  to  approve  this  proposal  for  a  Council  Regulation  amending 
Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from 
third countries. 

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OJ L 79, 17.3.2004, p. 1. 
OJ L 275, 8.11.1993, p. 1. 

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2004/0139 (ACC) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION 

amending Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 on common rules for imports of certain textile 
products from third countries  

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 
133 thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission3, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

As from 1 May 2004, ten new Member States have joined the European Union. The 
Act of Accession establishes  in  Article 6(7) that the new Member  States  must apply 
the  common  trade  policy  concerning  textiles  and  that  the  quantitative  restrictions 
applied  by  the  Community  on  imports  of  textile  and  clothing  products  are  to  be 
adjusted to take account of the accession of the new Member States to the Community.  

(2)  With  effect  from  1  May  2004,  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  487/20044  amended 
Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 on common rules for imports of certain textile products 
from  third  countries.5  It  adjusted  the  quantitative  limits  for  imports  of  certain  textile 
products  from  third  countries  into  the  enlarged  Community,  taking  into  account 
traditional imports into the ten new Member States and using a formula of the average 
imports  of  years  2000  to  2002  adjusted  pro  rata  temporis.  This  same  methodology 
should  now  be  applied  to  adjust  the  quantitative  limits  for  imports  of  certain  textile 
products from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. 

(3) 

(4) 

Regulation No 3030/93 should therefore be amended accordingly. 

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. 

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OJ C […], […], p. […]. 
OJ L 79, 17.3.2004, p. 1. 
OJ L 275, 8.11.1993, p. 1. 

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

In  Regulation  (EEC)  No  3030/93,  the  quantitative  limits  for  Vietnam  for  2004  set  out  in 
Annex V and in Annex VII are replaced by the quantitative limits shown in 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, […] 

For the Council 
The President 

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In  Annex  V  the  Community  quantitative  limits  for  Vietnam  for  2004  are  replaced  by 
the following: 

ANNEX  

Third country 

Category 

Unit 

2004 

Vietnam  

GROUP IB 

Community 
quantitative limits 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

GROUP IIA 

9 

20 

39 

GROUP IIB 

12 

13 

14 

15 

18 

21 

26 

28 

29 

31 

68 

73 

76 

78 

83 

1 000 pieces 

22.276 

1 000 pieces 

1 000 pieces 

1 000 pieces 

7.669 

9.755 

6.408 

1 000 pieces 

22.628 

tonnes 

tonnes 

tonnes 

1 000 pairs 

1 000 pieces 

1 000 pieces 

1 000 pieces 

tonnes 

1.067 

289 

266 

5.539 

14.984 

636 

1.061 

2.132 

1 000 pieces 

22.942 

1 000 pieces 

1 000 pieces 

1 000 pieces 

1 000 pieces 

tonnes 

1 000 pieces 

tonnes 

tonnes 

tonnes 

2.348 

7.110 

747 

8.088 

790 

2.093 

2.050 

2.126 

710 

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GROUP IIIA 

35 

41 

GROUP IIIB 

10 

97 

GROUP IV 

tonnes 

tonnes 

1 000 pairs 

tonnes 

118 

tonnes 

GROUP V 

161 

tonnes 

1.341 

1.336 

6.841 

367 

295 

545 

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In  Annex  VII  the  Community  quantitative  limits  for  2004  for  goods  re-imported  under 
OPT for Vietnam are replaced by the following: 

Third country 

Category 

Unit 

2004 

Vietnam 

GROUP IB 

Community 
quantitative limits 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

GROUP IIB 

12 

13 

15 

18 

21 

26 

31 

68 

76 

78 

1 000 pieces 

1 000 pieces 

1 000 pieces 

1 000 pieces 

1 000 pieces 

1 000 pairs 

1 000 pieces 

1 000 pieces 

Tonnes 

1 000 pieces 

1 000 pieces 

1 000 pieces 

Tonnes 

Tonnes 

Tonnes 

1.065 

812 

765 

1.418 

3.287 

3.348 

1.024 

331 

385 

2.239 

210 

1.869 

156 

532 

372 

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