CELEX: 32004R1627
Language: en
Date: 2004-09-13 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EC) No 1627/2004 of 13 September 2004 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries

18.9.2004   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 295/1
            
         
      COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1627/2004
   of 13 September 2004
   amending Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,
   Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               As from 1 May 2004, 10 new Member States have joined the European Union. Article 6(7) of the 2003 Act of Accession establishes that the new Member States are to apply the common trade policy concerning textiles and 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 Member States to the Community.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               With effect from 1 May 2004, Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 (1) was last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 487/2004 (2). It adjusted the quantitative limits for imports of certain textile products from third countries into the enlarged Community, taking into account traditional imports into the 10 new Member States and using a formula of the average imports of years 2000 to 2002 adjusted pro rata temporis. This same methodology should now be applied to adjust the quantitative limits for imports of certain textile products from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 should therefore be amended accordingly.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               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,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   In Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93, the Community quantitative limits for Vietnam for 2004 set out in Annex V and in Annex VII to that Regulation shall be replaced by the Community quantitative limits set out in Part A and Part B of the Annex to this Regulation.
   Article 2
   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, 13 September 2004.
      
         
            For the Council
         
         
            The President
         
         B. R. BOT
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 275, 8.11.1993, p. 1.
   
      (2)  OJ L 79, 17.3.2004, p. 1.
   
      ANNEX
      PART A
      In Annex V to Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93, the Community quantitative limits for Vietnam for 2004 shall be replaced by the following:
      
                  Third country
               
               
                  Category
               
               
                  Unit
               
               
                  Community quantitative limits
               
            
                  2004
               
            
                  ‘Vietnam
               
               
                  GROUP IB
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  4
               
               
                  1 000 pieces
               
               
                  22 276
               
            
                  5
               
               
                  1 000 pieces
               
               
                  7 669
               
            
                  6
               
               
                  1 000 pieces
               
               
                  9 755
               
            
                  7
               
               
                  1 000 pieces
               
               
                  6 408
               
            
                  8
               
               
                  1 000 pieces
               
               
                  22 628
               
            
                  GROUP IIA
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  9
               
               
                  tonnes
               
               
                  1 067
               
            
                  20
               
               
                  tonnes
               
               
                  289
               
            
                  39
               
               
                  tonnes
               
               
                  266
               
            
                  GROUP IIB
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  12
               
               
                  1 000 pairs
               
               
                  5 539
               
            
                  13
               
               
                  1 000 pieces
               
               
                  14 984
               
            
                  14
               
               
                  1 000 pieces
               
               
                  636
               
            
                  15
               
               
                  1 000 pieces
               
               
                  1 061
               
            
                  18
               
               
                  tonnes
               
               
                  2 132
               
            
                  21
               
               
                  1 000 pieces
               
               
                  22 942
               
            
                  26
               
               
                  1 000 pieces
               
               
                  2 348
               
            
                  28
               
               
                  1 000 pieces
               
               
                  7 110
               
            
                  29
               
               
                  1 000 pieces
               
               
                  747
               
            
                  31
               
               
                  1 000 pieces
               
               
                  8 088
               
            
                  68
               
               
                  tonnes
               
               
                  790
               
            
                  73
               
               
                  1 000 pieces
               
               
                  2 093
               
            
                  76
               
               
                  tonnes
               
               
                  2 050
               
            
                  78
               
               
                  tonnes
               
               
                  2 126
               
            
                  83
               
               
                  tonnes
               
               
                  710
               
            
                  GROUP IIIA
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  35
               
               
                  tonnes
               
               
                  1 341
               
            
                  41
               
               
                  tonnes
               
               
                  1 336
               
            
                  GROUP IIIB
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  10
               
               
                  1 000 pairs
               
               
                  6 841
               
            
                  97
               
               
                  tonnes
               
               
                  367
               
            
                  GROUP IV
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  118
               
               
                  tonnes
               
               
                  295
               
            
                  GROUP V
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  161
               
               
                  tonnes
               
               
                  545’
               
            PART B
      In Annex VII to Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93, the Community quantitative limits for 2004 for goods re-imported under OPT for Vietnam shall be replaced by the following:
      
                  Third country
               
               
                  Category
               
               
                  Unit
               
               
                  Community quantitative limits
               
            
                  2004
               
            
                  ‘Vietnam
               
               
                  GROUP IB
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  4
               
               
                  1 000 pieces
               
               
                  1 065
               
            
                  5
               
               
                  1 000 pieces
               
               
                  812
               
            
                  6
               
               
                  1 000 pieces
               
               
                  765
               
            
                  7
               
               
                  1 000 pieces
               
               
                  1 418
               
            
                  8
               
               
                  1 000 pieces
               
               
                  3 287
               
            
                  GROUP IIB
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  12
               
               
                  1 000 pairs
               
               
                  3 348
               
            
                  13
               
               
                  1 000 pieces
               
               
                  1 024
               
            
                  15
               
               
                  1 000 pieces
               
               
                  331
               
            
                  18
               
               
                  tonnes
               
               
                  385
               
            
                  21
               
               
                  1 000 pieces
               
               
                  2 239
               
            
                  26
               
               
                  1 000 pieces
               
               
                  210
               
            
                  31
               
               
                  1 000 pieces
               
               
                  1 869
               
            
                  68
               
               
                  tonnes
               
               
                  156
               
            
                  76
               
               
                  tonnes
               
               
                  532
               
            
                  78
               
               
                  tonnes
               
               
                  372’