CELEX: 51996PC0023
Language: en
Date: 1996-01-26
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending annexes II and III of regulation (EC) nr 519/94 on common rules for imports from certain third countries

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                    Brussels, 26.01.1996
                                    COM(%) 23 final
                                    96/0021 (ACC)
                     Proposal for a
           COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
amending Annexes II and III of Regulation (EC) No 519/94
 on common rules for imports from certain third countries
            (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                                 Explanatory memorandum
On 6 December 19951 the Commission sent the Council a report on the quantitative
quotas and surveillance measures introduced under Council Regulation (EC) No 519/94
of7Marchl994 2 .
This proposal for a Regulation contains the practical amendments proposed by the
Commission in that report:
-   abolition of the quota on fashion gloves (CN codes 4203 29 91 and 4203 29 99) and
    the quota on non-combined car radios (CN code 8527 29);
-   fusion of three toys quotas into one (CN codes 9503 41, 9503 49 and 9503 90);
    a 10% increase in the size of the quotas, apart from that for footwear, where the
    increase should be restricted to 2% because of the particularly sensitive nature of this
    sector;
    abolition of surveillance measures on 11 products of which imports in 1994 were
    negligible or down on 1993 (roasted chicory, other roasted coffee substitutes,
    chromium trioxide, monothioles, reactive dyes, other colouring matter, pipes,
    conduits, etc., flags and paving, carboys, bicycles, and brooms and brushes).
 1
   COM(95) 614
2
   OJ L 67, 10.3.1994, p.89.
 ---pagebreak---                                         Proposal for
                             Council Regulation (EC) No /96
                                          of ...1996
              amending Annexes II and III of Regulation (EC) No 519/94
               on common rules for imports from certain third countries
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular
Article 113 thereof
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 519/94 of 7 March 1994 on common rules for
imports from certain third countries and repealing Regulations (EEC) Nos 1765/82,
 1766/82 and 3420/83 introduced in respect of the People's Republic of China the
quantitative quotas listed in Annex II to this Regulation and surveillance measures listed in
Annex IQ thereto1;
Whereas in establishing the size of the quotas the Council's objective was to strike a
balance between an appropriate level of protection for the Community industries
concerned and maintenance of an acceptable level of trade with China, taking into account
the various interests in play;
Whereas in the light of the experience acquired in implementing the quotas, the situation
of the Community producers concerned indicates that an adjustment of the quotas would
be appropriate and would be neither inconsistent with the above objective nor liable to
disrupt the Community market; whereas in the case of shoes the sensitive nature of the
industry indicates that an increase smaller than that for other products is in order;
Whereas analysis of the main economic indicators, in particular the levels of Community
production and consumption, suggests that the quota for gloves fallihg within
HS/CN codes 4203 29 91 and 4203 29 99 and that for non-combined car radios falling
within HS/CN code 8527 29 could be abolished;
 1 OJL67,10.3 1994, p. 89.                        ^>
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas the three quotas for toys felling within HS/CN headings 9503 41, 9503 49 and
9503 90 should be fused into one, so introducing greater flexibility in the implementation
of the quotas to the benefit of the economic operators concerned;
Whereas it is no longer necessary to maintain surveillance measures on a range of
products of which the imports in 1994 were negligible or lower than in 1993; whereas,
with a view to simplifying administration, they should be removed from the list of
products subject to surveillance measures;
Whereas the quantitative quotas and surveillance measures introduced under Regulation
(EC) No 519/94 should therefore be amended as set out in the annexes to this Regulation,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                           Article 1
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 519/94 shall be replaced by Annex I to this Regulation.
                                          Article 2
Annex HI to Regulation (EC) No 519/94 shall be replaced by Annex II to this Regulation.
                                           Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of
the European Communities. It shall be applicable from 1 January 1996.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
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 ---pagebreak---                                                      ANNEXI
                                                     Annex H
                    List of quotas for certain products originating in China
        Description of products                        HS/CN Code                        Quotas
                                                                                     (annual basis)
Footwear falling within HS/CN codes                   ex 6402 99*                 39.935.000        pairs
                                                      6403 51                      2.795.000        pairs
                                                      6403 59
                                                      ex 6403 91*                 12.120.000        pairs
                                                      ex 6403 99*
                                                      ex 640411*                  18.595.000        pairs
                                                      6404 1910                   32.535.000        pairs
Tableware, kitchenware of porcelain                   691110                          48.000        tonnes
or china falling within HS/CN code
Ceramic tableware, kitchenware,                       6912 00                         36.300        tonnes
other than of porcelain or china
falling within HS/CN code
Glassware of a kind used for table,                   7013                            15.600        tonnes
kitchen, toilet, etc. falling within
HS/CN code
Radio-broadcast receivers falling                     8527 21                      2.450.000        units
within HS/CN code
Toys falling within HS/CN codes                       9503 41                 1.160.000.000         ECU
                                                      9503 49
                                                      9503 90
     Excluding :
     a) footwear which is designed for a sporting activity and has, or has provision for the attachment of
        spikes, sprigs, stops, clips, bars or the like, with a non-injected sole;
     b) footwear involving special technology : shoes which have a cif price per pair of not less than ECU
        9 for use in sporting activities, with a single- or multi-layer moulded sole, not injected,
        manufactured from synthetic materials specially designed to absorb the impact of vertical or
        lateral movements and with technical features such as hermetic pads containing gas or fluid,
        mechanical components which absorb or neutralize impact or materials such as low-density
        polymers.
                                                              s
 ---pagebreak---                                                     ANNEXII
                                                    Annex m
                List of products originating in the People's Republic of China
                                   subject to Community surveillance
Description                                                                      HS/CN code
Food preparationsfoilingwithin HS/CN codes                                       190190 91
                                                                                 190190 99
Ammonium chloride                                                                2827 10 00
Other polyhydric alcohols                                                        2905 49 90
Citric acid                                                                      2918 14 00
Tetracyclines and their derivatives                                              294130 00
Chloramphenicol                                                                  294140 00
Basic dyes and preparations based thereon                                        3204 13 00
Vat dyes and preparations based thereon                                          3204 15 00
Pyrotechnic articles                                                             3604
Polyvinyl alcohols                                                               3905 20 00
Footwear falling within HS/CN codes                                              6402 19
                                                                                 ex 6402 99*
                                                                                 6403 19
                                                                                 ex 6403 91*
                                                                                 ex 6403 99*
                                                                                 ex 6404 11*
Ornamental articles of porcelain                                                 6913 10
Other glass falling within HS/CN code                                            7004 90
Zinc, not alloyed, containing by weight less than 99.99% of zinc                 7901 12
Toys falling within HS/CN codes                                                  9503 30
                                                                                 9503 60
Playing cards                                                                    9504 40
Brooms and brushes falling within HS/CN codes                                    9603 29
                                                                                 9603 30
                                                                                 9603 40
                                                                                 9603 90
   a) footwear which is designed for a sporting activity and has, or has provision for the attachment of
       spikes, sprigs, stops, clips, bars or the like, with a non-injected sole;
   b) footwear involving special technology : shoes which have a cif price per pair of not less than ECU
       9 for use in sporting activities, with a single- or multi-layer moulded sole, not injected,
       manufactured from synthetic materials specially designed to absorb the impact of vertical or
       lateral movements and with technical features such as hermetic pads containing gas or fluid,
       mechanical components which absorb or neutralize impact or materials such as low-density
       polymers.
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