Commission Regulation (EC) No 1877/2004 of 28 October 2004 amending Annex IIIB of Regulation (EC) No 517/94 as regards quotas for Serbia and Montenegro
Date: 2004-10-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Serbia and Montenegro, import, originating product, quantitative restriction, textile product

29.10.2004

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1877/2004

of 28 October 2004

amending Annex IIIB of Regulation (EC) No 517/94 as regards quotas for Serbia and Montenegro

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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 agreements,
specific
protocols or other
Community import rules (1), and in particular Article 5 thereof,

arrangements, or by other

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Regulation (EC) No 517/94 establishes the annual quan-
titative limits for certain textile products originating in
Serbia and Montenegro (2).

Serbia and Montenegro is currently at a critical junction
of its reform process. It is important at this stage to
support the political and economic reforms undertaken
in this state and to keep the country well on track
towards the European Union’s Stabilisation and Asso-
ciation process.

trade

Improving
and
opportunities
Montenegro in areas in which the country possesses
comparative economic advantages is of great importance
to underpin the country’s economic and political reforms
and to further its integration into European structures.

Serbia

for

The proposed increase is part of an overall process of
promoting
and
closer
Montenegro, which includes
the negotiations on a
textiles agreement with Serbia and Montenegro to
achieve bilateral liberalisation.

relations with Serbia

trade

and Montenegro. This
the overall progress achieved so far

applicable on imports of textile products originating in
improvement
Serbia
reflects
in the
talks leading to the negotiation of a textile
technical
agreement, and the Agreed Minutes signed on 15 June
2004.

further

(6)

(7)

Further imports within the EU of certain categories of
textile products are presently no longer possible because
the respective quotas have been exhausted. Serbia and
Montenegro, as well as Member States, has requested
that the quotas be increased.

It is appropriate to increase the levels of quotas for Serbia
and Montenegro in order to absorb pending import
requests for categories 6, 7 and 15, and for category
16 where the quantitative limits are nearly exhausted.

(8)

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

(9)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of the Textiles Committee,
as referred to in Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No
517/94,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex IIIB to Regulation (EC) No 517/94 is replaced as set out
in the Annex to this Regulation.

(5)

It is therefore important to improve market access speci-
fically for textiles and to review the quotas currently

Article 2

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

lation (EC) No 2309/2003 (OJ L 342, 30.12.2003, p. 21).

(2) Formerly the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY).

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 28 October 2004.

For the Commission

Pascal LAMY
Member of the Commission

ANNEX

‘ANNEX III B

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

Serbia and Montenegro

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

Quantity

2 350

2 853

645

312

1 326

713

386

1 109

292

552

279

244’