Commission Regulation (EC) No 1686/2004 of 28 September 2004 authorising transfers between the quantitative limits of textiles and clothing products originating in Macao
Date: 2004-09-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Macao, clothing, originating product, quantitative restriction, textile product

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1686/2004

of 28 September 2004

authorising transfers between the quantitative limits of textiles and clothing products originating in
Macao

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

It is, therefore, appropriate to grant the request.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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,

(5)

(6)

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 7 of
the Agreement between the European
Economic Community and Macao on trade in textile
products, approved by Council Decision 87/497/EEC (2),
as last amended by an Agreement in the form of an
Exchange of Letters, and approved by Council Decision
95/131/EC (3) on 20 February 1995, provides
that
transfers may be agreed between categories and quota
years.

Macao submitted a request for transfers between quota
years on 5 May 2004.

The transfers requested by Macao fall within the limits of
the flexibility provisions referred to in Article 7 of Regu-
lation (EEC) No 3030/93 and set out in Annex VIII,
column 9 thereto.

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 Macao fixed by the Agreement between the European
Community and Macao on trade in textile products 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, 28 September 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 487/2004 (OJ L 79, 17.3.2004, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 287, 9.10.1987, p. 46.
(3) OJ L 94, 26.4.1995, p. 1.

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ANNEX

743 MACAO

Adjustment for 2004: carry-over from 2003

Group

Category

Unit

Limit 2004

Working
Level after
previous
adjustments

Quantity

%

Flexibility

IB

IB

IIB

IIB

IIB

IIB

IIB

IIB

7

8

pcs

pcs

5 907 000

6 261 420

295 350

5,0

8 257 000

5 641 148

412 850

5,0

13

pcs

9 446 000

10 107 220

377 840

4,0

16

pcs

508 000

543 560

25 400

5,0

26

pcs

1 322 000

1 414 540

66 100

5,0

31

pcs

10 789 000

11 544 230

539 450

5,0

78

83

kg

kg

2 115 000

2 263 050

105 750

5,0

517 000

553 190

15 510

3,0

Transfer from
year 2003

Transfer from
year 2003

Transfer from
year 2003

Transfer from
year 2003

Transfer from
year 2003

Transfer from
year 2003

Transfer from
year 2003

Transfer from
year 2003

Working
Level

6 556 770

6 053 998

10 485 060

568 960

1 480 640

12 083 680

2 368 800

568 700