CELEX: 31977R1349
Language: en
Date: 1977-06-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1349/77 of 23 June 1977 on the administration of quantitative limits on imports of certain textile products originating in Singapore

No L 155/20                              Official Journal of the European Communities                               24. 6 . 77
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1349/77
                                                          of 23 June 1977
                on the administration of quantitative limits on imports of certain textile
                                                products originating in Singapore
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     among the Member States as set out in Annex A
 COMMUNITIES,                                                       hereto .
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,
                                                                                             Article 2
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
  1 023/70 of 25 May 1970 establishing a common proce­
 dure for administering quantitative quotas ( 1 ), and in           1.     The authorities of the Member States concerned
 particular Articles 2 and 8 thereof,                               shall authorize the import of the products referred to
                                                                    in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 114/77 up to the
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       amount of the quota shares fixed in Article 1 above.
  1 14777 of 18 January 1977 concerning import arrange­
 ments for certain textile products originating in Singa­
 pore (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,                     2.   * The authorities of the Member States indicated
                                                                    in Annex B shall authorize the import of the products
 Whereas Article 1 of Regulation ( EEC) No 114/77 sets              referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No
 up Community quantitative limits on imports and                    114/77 up to the amount of the quantitative limits
 provides for their allocation among the Member States              specified in the said Annex.
 in accordance with the criteria indicated ;
 Whereas the administration of the quantitative limits              3.     When the Commission considers that, in accor­
 requires, under the terms of the Agreement negotiated              dance with the Agreement, action should be taken in
 between the European Economic Community and                        response to a request from the Singapore authorities
 Singapore on trade in textile products, that unused                that they be permitted :
 portions of ceilings established under the Agreement
 may be transferred to other ceilings or carried over               — to transfer, in a given year under the Agreement,
 from one year to the next, and that advance use may                    unused quantities of a quantitative limit in one
 be made of such ceilings ;                                             category to the quantitative limit of another cate­
 Whereas the system of bilateral control laid down in
 the said Agreement between the Community and                       — to carry over unused quantities of a quantitative
 Singapore can be carried out only by the authorities of                 limit fixed in the Agreement to the corresponding
 the Member State indicated as being the destination                     limit fixed for the following year, or to use in anti­
 by the Singapore authorities and against whose quota                   cipation part of a quantitative limit fixed for the
 share of the Community ceiling the quantity exported                   following year,
 has been debited by the latter authorities ;
 Whereas, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No                    it shall so inform the Member States, which shall auth­
  114/77, products which enter the Community's                      orize imports in excess of the limits fixed in para­
 customs territory under inward processing or other                 graphs 1 and 2 up to the amount of the quantities
 temporary       admission        arrangements       and     are    indicated by the Commission .
 re-exported in their original conditions or after
 processing are not debited against the Community
 quantitative limits ;                                                                       Article 3
 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 are in accordance with the opinion of the Quota                    The authorities of the Member State whose territory is
 Administration Committee set up by Regulation                      designated as the place of destination on the export
 ( EEC) No 1023 /70,                                                licence shall authorize the import of the products
                                                                    referred to in Article 2 automatically and without
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                      delay up to the amount of the limits laid down in
                                                                    Article 2, on presentation by the importer of the orig­
                             Article 1                              inal of a valid export licence issued by the Depart­
 The quantitative limits on imports fixed in Article 1
                                                                    ment of Trade of the Ministry of Finance of the Repu­
                                                                    blic of Singapore .
 of Regulation ( EEC) No 114/77 shall be allocated
(') O ] No L 124 , 8 . 6 . 1970 , p . 1 .                           To be valid the export licence must contain the infor­
(2) O'l No L 1 9, 22 . 1 . 1 977, p. 1 .                            mation specified in Annex C.
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                       Article 4                            debited against the quota shares fixed in Article 1 or
                                                            against the limits specified in Annex B but that these
1.   Authorization shall be required for the clearance      products have subsequently been re-exported outside
for consumption of products imported under inward           the Community, they shall inform the Commission of
processing or under other temporary admission arran­        the quantities involved and authorize imports of the
gements. After consultation with the Commission,            same quantities, which shall not be so debited.
Member States shall debit the quantities in question
against the quota shares or regional quantitative limits                           Article 5
in accordance with the Agreement.
                                                            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
2. Where Member States ascertain that imports of            following its publication in the Official Journal of
products referred to in this Regulation have been           the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 23 June 1977.
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                     Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
                                                                         Vice-President
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                                                         ANNEX A
                                                                                                                                                        Quantitative limits
                                                                Description                                               Units            Region
                                                                                                                                                      1976               1977
                                                                                                                                                                                          Official
                           Men's and boys' outer garments :                                                              1 000             FRG      1 810-6 (')       1 735-0 ( · )   Journal
                                                                                                                         items              F         798-6             878-0 (2)
  x 68 ; 72 ;              — Trousers, jeans, breeches and the like, other than of silk or                                                   I      1 131-9             960-0
                                noil or other waste silk or of flax or ramie                                                               BNL      1 670-6           1 706-0 (2)
                                                                                                                                           UK         651-2             690-0
                                                                                                                                                                                          of the
                                                                                                                                           IRL          9-7               12-2
                                                                                                                                            DK         83-6               89-0
                           Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments :                                                                   EEC      6 156-2           6 070-2
                           ex B. Other than babies' garments :
ex 74 ; ex                           — Trousers, jeans, shorts and the like, other than of silk
 x 94                                    or noil or other waste silk or of flax or ramie                                                                                              European Communities
       merely represents a guide and may be exceeded within reasonable limits .
         enelux by way of exception , results in the acceptance by these Member States of a transfer of the Italian quantitative limits.
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                                                                                                                                     Quantitative limits
                                                             Description                                          Units   Region
                                                                                                                                   1976               1977
                        Other woven fabrics of cotton                                                          1 000 kg     F      1 320             1 278
                                                                                                                            I        666               644
                        Other woven fabrics of cotton :                                                        1 000 kg     F       300                320
 ; 52 ; 53 ;            — Other than unbleached and bleached
  61 ; 63 ;
   x 71 ; 81 ;
  92 ; 93 ;
                        Outer garments and other articles knitted or crocheted, not                               1 000     F      2 090            2 024
                        elastic or rubberized :                                                                  items
                        ex A. Outer garments and clothing accessories, other than of
                                  silk or noil or other waste silk or of flax or ramie :
 23 ; 26 ;                        — Jerseys and pullovers, slip-overs, twinsets, cardigans,
 5 ; 37 ; ex                        bedjackets and jumpers
                        Men's and boys' under garments, including collars, shirt fronts                           1 000     F      1 760            1 704
                        and cuffs :                                                                              items
 31 ; 35 ;              — Shirts, other than of silk or noil or other waste silk or of flax
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                             or ramie
                                                                                                                                    from 1 . 9 . 1976
                                                                                                                                     to 31 . 8 . 1977
                        Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments :                                            1 000      F
                                                                                                                 items                      750
                        ex B. Other than babies' garments :
                                 — Shirts and blouses :
                                      — Of synthetic textile fibres
       ive limits fixed for products in category 2A are sub-iimits of the limits for products in category 2.
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                                                                                 ANNEX C
                                                               Details referred to in Article 3
The export licences issued by the authorities of the Republic of Singapore (') in respect of the products covered by this Regulation
shall specify or contain :
1 . destination , in particular the Member State receiving the product,
2. serial number,
3. importer's name and address,
4. exporter's name and address,
5. net quantity in the units specified in Annexes A and B to this Regulation and the value of the products covered by the licence,
6. category against which product has been debited by the authorities of the Republic of Singapore and description of product,
7. certification by the Republic of Singapore that the quantity has been debited against the quota share of the Member State
    receiving the products under the agreed ceiling for exports to the Community or, where appropriate, is intended for immediate
    re-export or for processing and subsequent re-export outside the Community,
8 . year during which the products were exported, i.e. loaded in Singapore for export to the Community.
                 (') iX- piirtmcnt of Tr.uk , Ministry of rinaiuc , Sin^ijporc .