Commission Regulation (EC) No 2000/2004 of 19 November 2004 authorising transfers between the quantitative limits of textiles and clothing products originating in the Republic of Korea
Date: 2004-11-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: South Korea, clothing industry, quantitative restriction, tariff quota, textile product, trade agreement (EU)

23.11.2004

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 346/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2000/2004

of 19 November 2004

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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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,

Whereas:

(1)

The Agreement between the
European Economic
Community and the Republic of Korea on trade in
textile products,
initialled on 7 August 1986 and
approved by Council Decision 87/471/EEC (2), as last
amended by an Agreement in the form of an Exchange
of Letters, initialled on 22 December 1994 and approved
by Council Decision 95/131/EC (3), provides
that
transfers may be made between quota years.

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

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

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 origi-
nating in the Republic of Korea are authorised for the quota
year 2004 in accordance with the Annex.

Article 2

(2)

The Republic of Korea submitted a request for transfers
between quota years on 6 September 2004.

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, 19 November 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 1627/2004 (OJ L 295, 18.9.2004, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 263, 19.9.1987, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 94, 26.4.1995, p. 1.

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ANNEX

728 REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Adjustment — transfer between quantitative limits

Group

Cate-
gory

Unit

Limit 2004

Adjusted
working level

Quantity

%

Flexibility

New adjusted
working level

IA

IA

IA

IA

IB

IIB

IIB

IIB

IIB

IIIA

1

2a

3

3a

4

12

13

28

83

35

kgs

932 000

905 190

46 600

5,0

kgs

1 156 000

1 173 010

57 800

5,0

kgs

9 470 000

9 613 160

171 520

1,8

kgs

5 156 000

5 212 880

257 800

5,0

pcs

16 962 000

17 153 070

848 100

5,0

prs

231 975 000 237 181 300 9 518 942

4,1

pcs

17 701 000

18 940 070

328 856

1,9

pcs

1 359 000

1 390 930

67 950

5,0

kgs

485 000

495 900

24 250

5,0

kgs

17 631 000

18 338 920

881 550

5,0

Carry-over from
2003

951 790

Carry-over from
2003

1 230 810

Carry-over from
2003

9 784 680

Carry-over from
2003

5 470 680

Carry-over from
2003

18 001 170

Carry-over from
2003

246 700 242

Carry-over from
2003

19 268 926

Carry-over from
2003

1 458 880

Carry-over from
2003

520 150

Carry-over from
2003

19 220 470