CELEX: 51981PC0766
Language: en
Date: 1981-12-15
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) CONCERNING THE INDICATION OF THE ORIGIN OF CERTAIN TEXTILE PRODUCTS IMPORTED FROM THIRD COUNTRIES

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              2. The reports and the opinions of the Committee shall be communicated to the Commission and
                  the Member States participating. The Commission shall forward these opinions to CREST and to
                  the Standing Committee on Agricultural Research (SCAR).
              3. The Committee shall consist of the persons responsible for coordinating the Member States'
                  contributions to the project, a delegate from the Commission responsible for the latters's contri-
                  bution and the project leader. Each member may be accompanied by experts.
              Proposal for a Council Regulation concerning the indication of the origin of certain
                                       textile products imported from third countries
                            (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 17 December 1981)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the treaty establishing the European                                        Article 1
Economic Community, particularly Article 113
thereof,                                                             1.   Subject to the following provisions of this Regu-
                                                                    lation, articles of clothing and finished textile
                                                                    products set out in the Annex to this Regulation
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                  which are imported from third countries shall not be
                                                                    put into free circulation in a Member State unless
Whereas the disparity between the Member States'                    they bear an indication of their country of origin.
rules on the indication of the origin of textile and
clothing products from third countries is liable to                 2.    The origin of the products referred to in
hinder trade in these products, both as regards their               paragraph 1 shall be determined in accordance with
admission to the common market and as regards their                 the provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No
movement in the Community after being put into free                  802/68 of 27 June 1968, concerning the common
circulation in a Member State;                                      definition of the concept of the origin of goods (')
                                                                    and of Commission Regulation (EEC) N o 749/78
Whereas it is necessary, in order to put right this                 of 10 April 1978 on the determination of the origin
situation, to lay down common rules for origin                      of    textile   and    clothing      products      and   its
indications; whereas such rules will enhance the                    amendments (2).
transparency of the Community's external trade in
this sector, while at the same time improving the                   3.    This Regulation shall not apply to the products
functioning of the internal market;                                 in question made by outward processing traffic in
                                                                    accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No . . .
Whereas, however, textile and clothing products
produced by outward processing should be exempt                                             Article 2
from the provisions of this negotiation, since specific
provision is made for such products under Regulation                Checking of the origin indication required by this
(EEC) N o . . . ;                                                   Regulation shall only be carried out by the Member
                                                                    State in whose territory the articles covered by this
Whereas, so as to reduce formalities to the minimum                 Regulation are put into free circulation, whatever the
that is necessary, checking of the origin indication                final destination of these articles.
should be carried out only by the Member State
where the products in question are put into free                    O OJ No L 148, 23. 6. 1968.
circulation;                                                        O OJ No L 101, 14. 4. 1978.
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                       Article 3                                                     Article 4
1.    The origin indication shall be affixed to the         The indication shall be given in a language generally
product itself, or, in the case of articles which are       used in international trade for labelling purposes or in
separately wrapped, the origin indication may be            that or those of the country in which the product is
shown on the wrapping.                                      put into free circulation.
2.    The indication of origin shall be displayed in
                                                                                     Article 5
typographic characters which are easily legible and
clearly visible. They shall be clearly separated from
any other indication or information with the                The Commission shall determine such measures for
exception of trade marks and trade-names. However           the application of this Regulation as may be
if the trade mark or trade-name comprises in noun,          necessary.
adjective or root form any indication which could be
confused with the indication of origin, the indication                                Article 6
of the trade-mark or trade-name should be clearly
separate.                                                   This Regulation comes into force on . . . (a date six
                                                            months after adoption).
3.    Two or several products which are habitually
offered for sale as one unit may be provided with           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
only one indication of origin.                               directly applicable in all Member States.
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                                                      ANNEX
                             List of textile products to which this Regulation applies
          Common            NIMEXE code
        Custom Tariff            1982                                       Description
         heading No
                                                     Knitted or crocheted goods
            60.02     60.02 - 40 to 80               Gloves, mittens and mitts, knitted or crocheted, not
                                                     elastic or rubberized
            60.03     60.03- 11 to 90                Stockings, under stockings, socks, ankle-socks,
                                                     sockettes and the like, knitted or crocheted, not
                                                     elastic or rubberized
            60.04     60.04 - 02 to 90               Under garments, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or
                                                     rubberized
            60.05     60.05-01 to 99                 Outer garments and other articles,           knitted  or
                                                     crocheted, not elastic or ruberized
            60.06     60.06 - 91                     Knitted or chrocheted fabrics and articles thereof,
                                                     elastic or rubberized (including elastic knee-caps and
                                                     elastic stocking):
                                                     Other: Bathing costumes
                                                     Apparel and clothing accessories
            61.01     61.01-01 to 98                 Men's and boys' outer garments
            61.02     61.02-01 to 94                 Women's and girls' and infants' outer garments
            61.03     61.03- 11 to 89                Men's and boys' under garments, including collars,
                                                     shirt fronts and cuffs
            61.04     61.04-01 to 98                 Women's, girls' and infants' under garments
            61.05     61.05 - 20 to 99               Handkerchiefs
            61.06     61.06- 10 to 90                Shawls, scarves, muffles, mantillas, veils and the like
            61.07     61.07- 10 to 90                Ties, bow ties and cravats
            61.09     61.09 - 20 to 80               Corsets, corset belts, suspender-belts, brassieres,
                                                     braces, suspenders, garters and the like (including
                                                     such articles of knitted and crocheted fabric) whether
                                                     or not elastic
            61.10     61.10-00                       Shoes, mittens, mitts, stockings, socks and sockettes,
                                                     not being knitted or crocheted goods
                                                      Other made up textile articles
            62.01     62.01 - 10 to 99               Travelling rugs and blankets
            62.02     62.02 - 01 to 89               Bed linen, table linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen;
                                                     curtains and other furnishing articles