Commission Regulation (EC) No 1786/2006 of 4 December 2006 amending Annexes III B, IV, and VI to Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94 as regards textile quotas for 2007
Date: 2006-12-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Kosovo, Montenegro, North Korea, import policy, inward processing, quantitative restriction, textile product

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1786/2006

of 4 December 2006

amending Annexes III B, IV, and VI to Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94 as regards textile quotas
for 2007

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
textile
7 March 1994 on common rules
products from certain third countries not covered by bilateral
agreements, protocols or other arrangements, or by other
specific Community import rules (1), and in particular Article
5(2) thereof,

imports of

for

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

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

As from 1 January 2007,
the European Union will
include two new Member States, Romania and Bulgaria.
Article 6(7) of the Act of Accession provides 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
to the Community. The quantitative
Member States
certain textile
restrictions applicable
products
enlarged
from third
Community should consequently be adjusted so as to
cover imports into the two new Member States. This
requires the amendment of certain Annexes to Regu-
lation (EC) No 517/94.

to imports of
countries

into the

(3)

In order to prevent the enlargement of the Community
from having restrictive effects on trade, it is appropriate,
when amending the quantities, to use a methodology
which takes into account, for the purpose of adjusting

(1) OJ L 67, 10.3.1994, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 931/2005 (OJ L 162, 23.6.2005,
p. 37).

(2) As defined by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244

of 10 June 1999.

the new quota levels, the traditional imports into the new
Member States. A formula consisting of the average of
the last three years’ imports into the two new Member
States originating in third countries provides an adequate
measurement of those historical flows. Due to the fact
that Montenegro became independent on 3 June 2006,
the Commission has no separate figures of the trade flow
between Montenegro and Kosovo, on one hand, and the
new Member States on the other hand. Therefore, the
new quota levels have been established using the most
appropriate criterion for doing so, namely the population
ratios of the two new Member States. A growth rate has
been added in both cases.

(4)

(5)

(6)

for

Annexes III B, IV and VI to Regulation (EC) No 517/94
should therefore be amended so as to list quota levels
applicable
year 2007. The detailed rules
governing 2007 quota allocation are those contained in
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1785/2006 (3) on the
management of textile quotas established under Regu-
lation (EC) No 517/94 for the year 2007.

the

All provisions of Regulation (EC) No 517/94 are to apply
to imports into the new Member States. Regulation (EC)
No 517/94 should therefore be amended accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of the Textile Committee
established by Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 517/94,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annexes III B, IV and VI to Regulation (EC) No 517/94 are
replaced as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2007.

(3) See page 5 of this Official Journal.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 December 2006.

For the Commission

Peter MANDELSON
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

Annexes III B, IV and VI to Regulation (EC) No 517/94 are amended as follows:

1. Annex III B is replaced by the following:

‘ANNEX III B

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

Republic of Montenegro, Kosovo (1)

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

___________
(1) As defined by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.’

2. Annex IV is replaced by the following:

‘ANNEX IV

Annual Community quantitative limits referred to in Article 3(1)

Category

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

12

13

North Korea

Unit

tonnes

tonnes

tonnes

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

tonnes

1 000 pairs

1 000 pieces

Quantity

631

765

173

84

356

191

104

297

78

148

75

65

Quantity

128

153

117

289

189

218

101

302

71

1 308

1 509

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Category

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

24

26

27

28

29

31

36

37

39

59

61

68

69

70

73

74

75

76

77

78

83

87

109

117

118

142

151A

151B

161

Unit

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

tonnes

1 000 pieces

tonnes

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

tonnes

tonnes

tonnes

tonnes

tonnes

tonnes

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

tonnes

tonnes

tonnes

tonnes

tonnes

tonnes

tonnes

tonnes

tonnes

tonnes

tonnes

tonnes

Quantity

154

175

88

61

61

411

142

3 416

263

176

289

286

120

293

96

394

51

466

40

120

184

270

149

133

39

120

14

184

54

8

11

52

23

10

10

10

152’

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3. Annex VI is replaced by the following:

‘ANNEX VI

OUTWARD PROCESSING TRAFFIC

Annual Community limits referred to in Article 4(2)

Republic of Montenegro, Kosovo (1)

Category

5

6

7

8

15

16

Unit

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

Quantity

403

1 196

588

1 325

691

369

___________
(1) As defined by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.’