Council Regulation (EC) No 1296/2004 of 12 July 2004 authorising transfers between the quantitative limits of textiles and clothing products originating in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Date: 2004-07-12
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Viet Nam, clothing, quantitative restriction, tariff quota, textile product, trade agreement (EU)

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Official Journal of the European Union

16.7.2004

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1296/2004

of 12 July 2004

authorising transfers between the quantitative limits of textiles and clothing products originating in
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

establishing the European

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

On 15 December 1992, the European Community and
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam initialled an Agreement
on trade in textile and clothing products (1) which was
approved by Decision 96/477/EC (2). That Agreement has
been last amended by an Exchange of Letters between the
European Community and the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam,
initialled on 15 February 2003 and provi-
sionally applied from 10 September 2003 (3).

Pursuant to Article 9 of that Agreement, certain quanti-
tative limits may be transferred to the following year if
they have not been used in the current year.

In the light of the quota increase provided for under the
Exchange of Letters of 15 February 2003, the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam, on 10 September 2003, made a

request that the unused quantities of the quota increase
for 2003 be transferred to the quantitative limits of
quota year 2004.

(4)

As Vietnamese and Community operators could only
partially benefit from the quota increase in 2003, it is
appropriate to transfer the unused part of these addi-
tional quantities to the quota levels of quota year 2004,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Transfers between the quantitative limits for textile goods origi-
nating in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam are authorised for
the quota year 2004 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, 12 July 2004.

For the Council
The President

B. BOT

(1) OJ L 410, 31.12.1992, p. 279.
(2) OJ L 199, 8.8.1996, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 152, 20.6.2003, p. 41.

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ANNEX

690 Vietnam

Adjustment
Transfers of unused quantities from quota year 2003

Group

Cate-
gory

Unit

Limit 2004

Working level
2004 after
implementing
normal
flexibilities

Unused
quantities of
2003

% of total 2003
quota increase

New adjusted
working level
2004

IB

IB

IB

IB

IB

IIB

IIB

IIB

IIB

IIB

IIB

IIB

IIB

IIB

IIB

IIB

IIIA

IIIA

IIIB

V

4

5

6

7

8

15

18

26

28

29

31

68

73

76

78

83

35

41

97

161

pcs

pcs

pcs

pcs

pcs

pcs

kgs

pcs

pcs

pcs

pcs

kgs

pcs

kgs

kgs

kgs

kgs

kgs

kgs

kgs

16 531 000

17 870 677

2 722 278

55,7 %

20 592 955

5 482 000

5 926 263

1 621 000

100,0 %

7 547 263

8 435 000

9 400 125

136 893

5,5 %

9 537 018

4 638 000

5 013 739

1 372 000

21 929 000

22 674 787

6 482 000

944 000

956 190

1 593 000

1 662 790

2 069 000

2 159 580

260 435

535 000

696 000

6 391 000

6 670 860

2 147 000

669 000

696 510

249 000

7 873 000

8 057 050

3 055 000

773 000

783 440

1 871 000

1 954 510

2 034 000

2 087 020

2 024 000

2 118 500

674 000

705 430

1 082 000

1 130 370

1 311 000

1 328 860

366 000

409 000

370 970

426 920

257 000

606 000

392 825

598 000

200 000

350 000

244 882

91 681

138 000

100,0 %

100,0 %

76,4 %

100,0 %

100,0 %

100,0 %

100,0 %

100,0 %

100,0 %

100,0 %

59,5 %

100,0 %

100,0 %

100,0 %

57,2 %

75,8 %

100,0 %

6 385 739

29 156 787

1 216 625

2 197 790

2 855 580

8 817 860

945 510

11 112 050

1 040 440

2 560 510

2 479 845

2 716 500

905 430

1 480 370

1 573 742

462 651

564 920