CELEX: 31975R3364
Language: en
Date: 1975-12-23 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3364/75 of the Commission of 23 December 1975 regarding the administration of Community quantitative quotas on certain textile products originating in the Republic of India

30 . 12 . 75                           Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 333 / 5
                            REGULATION ( EEC) No 3364/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                    of 23 December 1975
               regarding the administration of Community quantitative quotas on certain
                                textile products originating in the Republic of India
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    lation (EEC) No 2992/75 of 10 November 1975 shall
COMMUNITIES,                                                      be allocated among the Member States as indicated in
                                                                  Annex A.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1023/ 70 (') of 25 May 1970 establishing a common
procedure for administering quantitative quotas, and              2. The volume of the quota shares fixed for 1975
in particular Articles 2 and 8 thereof ;                          are reduced by the amount of imports effected in that
                                                                  year before the entry into force of this Regulation .
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2992/75 (2 ) of 10 November 1975 concluding the
Agreement between the European Economic Commu­                    Member States shall inform the Commission of the
nity and the Republic of India on trade in textile                amounts thus deducted .
products and laying down provisions for its applica­
tion , and in particular Article 3 thereof ;
Whereas Article 3 of the said Regulation (EEC) No                                           Article 2
2992/75 of 10 November 1975, fixed the Community
quantitative quotas on imports and provided for their
allocation among the Member States in accordance                  1.     The volume of the quota shares fixed in Article
with the criteria indicated ;                                     1 may be increased in any Agreement year, by transfer
                                                                  of unused portions of other quota shares provided for
Whereas ,    however,   the    conditions     to which   the      the same year in the same Member State, in accor­
imports concerned are at present subject in the                   dance with the following conditions :
Member States cannot be completely standardized
immediately on the opening of the quotas because of                                           percentage limit of increase in
the considerable disparities in the said conditions and                                        volume of quota shares to
because of the particular sensitivity of the Community                                            which a transfer is made
textile industry ; whereas, for that reason , the criteria
                                                                       to quota shares of category 1 and of
for allocation have been determined in such a way
                                                                       sub-category 1 (a) :
that the allocation will only adopt itself progressively
to the supply requirements of the markets ;                           — from categories 2 and 3                         10 %
Whereas the said allocation must, within the condi­                    to quota shares of sub-category 1 (a) :
tions specified in the Agreement, allow for increase by                — from   category 1                               7%
transfer of unused portions of other limits and for                    to quota shares of category 2 :
carry-over and anticipation from one year to another ;                — from    category 1                               5%
Whereas , in accordance with the aforesaid Council                    — from    category 3                              10 %
Regulation ( EEC) No 2992/75, products brought into                    to quota shares of category 3 :
the customs territory of the Community under the                      — from    category 1                               7%
inward processing traffic system or temporary import                  — from    category 2                              10 %
arrangements and re-exported in their original state or
after further processing should not be set off against
the Community quantitative quotas concerned ;
                                                                  2. The volume of quota shares fixed in Article 1
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation              may be increased , either by carry-over to the corres­
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Quota                   ponding quota shares of the same Member State of
Administration Committee ,
                                                                  unused quantities from the preceding year or by
                                                                  advance deliveries on the corresponding quota share
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                    of the same Member State for the following year ; the
                                                                  amount of each of such carry-over or advance delivery
                          Article 1                               shall be limited to a maximum of 10 % of the quota
                                                                  share to be increased .
 I. The Community quantitative quotas on imports
 for 1975 , 1976 and 1977, established by Council Regu
                                                                  3 . The cumulative application of the provisions laid
(') OJ No L 124, X. 6 . 1970 , p . 1 .                            down in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not, in any given
(-') OJ No L 297, 17 . 11 . 1975, p . 8 .                         Agreement year, result in an increase of the quota
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shares of one or other of the categories or sub-catego­       Products which have been imported for consumption
ries to which the transfers are made of more than the         in the Community and have subsequently become
following percentages :                                       subject to the inward processing traffic system or
— category 1 and sub-category 1 (a)                20 %       temporary entry arrangements shall be deducted from
— category 2                                       15 %       the quota shares fixed by Article 1 .
— category 3                                       20 %                               Article 5
4.    Member States shall inform the Commission of            Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 8 of
the quantities which have been the subject of transfers       Council Regulation (EEC) No 1023/70 establishing a
under this Article .                                          common procedure for administering quantitative
                                                              quotas, Member States shall communicate to the
                        Article 3                             Commission, within 60 days of the end of each
                                                              quarter, in respect of the categories and sub-categories
Import authorizations shall be issued by the compe­           set out in Annex A :
tent authorities in the Member States automatically
and without delay, within the limits of the quota             (a) the volume of products admitted under the condi­
shares fixed and having regard to the possibilities for           tions of Article 4 (temporary entry or inward
flexibility provided for in Article 2, on submission of           processing system) which have been retained for
the importers application together with the original              internal consumption ;
export authorization issued by the Indian authorities         (b) the volume of products covered by export authori­
in accordance with the specifications indicated in                zations issued by the Indian authorities in accor­
Annex B.                                                          dance with the specification indicated in Annex B
                                                                  and debited to the agreed limits which have been
                        Article 4
                                                                  re-exported outside the customs territory of the
                                                                  Community.
Entry for consumption of products imported under
                                                                                      Article 6­
the inward processing traffic system or temporary
entry arrangements shall be subject to an authoriza­          This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
tion within the limits of the quota shares fixed in           following its publication in the Official Journal of
Article 1 .                                                   the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Brussels , 23 December 1975 .
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                         Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                    Member of the Commission
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                                                                        ANNEX A
                                                                           INDIA
                      I \                                                         II                     Quantities
 Categories   CCT                                                                        Member
  and sub­   heading       Nimexe position              Description of product      Unit  States
 categories    No                                                                                 1975    1976         1977
      1         55.09 All positions              Other     woven      fabrics  of metric  FRG     4 590   5 512        6 412
                                                 cotton                            tons      F    3 836   4 480        5 221
                                                                                             I    1000    1300         1690
                                                                                          BNL     1687    2 025        2 355
                                                                                           UK    22 825  22 939       23 054
                                                                                          IRL       136      163          195
                                                                                           DK       866     971        1073
                                                                                          EEC    34 940  37 390       40 000
    1 ( a)  ex 55.09  55.09-03 ; 04 ; 05 ;       — Of which :                     metric  FRG       343      419          498
                      51 ; 52 ; 53 ; 54 ; 55 ;        ' Other woven fabrics of     tons      F      366      432          502
                      56 ; 57 ; 59 ; 61 ; 63 ;        cotton ' :
                                                                                             I      219      267          318
                      64; 65 ; 66 ; 67 ; 69 ;                                             BNL       273      322          360
                      ex 71 ; 81 ; 82 ; 83 ;          — Other than grey or                 UK     1 810   1 819        1 828
                      84 ; 86 ; 87; 92 ; 93 ;             bleached                         IRL        70      70           71
                      97                                                                   DK        419     421          423
                                                                                          EEC     3 500   3 750        4000
      2         61.02 61.02-87                    Women's, girls' and infants'    metric  FRG        250     250          268
                                                  outer garments :                  tons     F       115     115          128
                                                                                              I      130     130          139
                                                 — Shirts and blouses, of                 BNL        148     148        150
                                                       cotton
                                                                                            UK       122     122          140
                                                                                           IRL         5        5           5
                                                                                           DK        184     184          184
                                                                                          EEC        954     954        1014
      3         62.02 62.02-11 ; 41 ; 43 ;        Bed linen , table linen, toilet metric   FRG     2 291   2 556        2 789
                      47 ; 71 ; 73                linen and kitchen linen,          tons      F      138     207          310
                                                  curtains and other furni­                    I     197     256          333
                                                  shing articles :                         BNL       292     315          400
                                                                                            UK     4008    4 008        4 028
                                                  ex B. Other :
                                                                                            IRL        9       13          21
                                                          — Bed linen, table                DK       657     660          663
                                                               linen, toilet li­           EEC     7 592   8 015        8 544
                                                               nen and kitchen
                                                               linen, of cotton
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                                                            ANNEX B
             Export authorizations issued by the Indian authorities for products subject to limits by virtue of this
             Regulation shall specify :
             1 . destination ;
             2. serial number ;
             3. importer's name and address ;
             4. exporter's name and address ;
             5 . net weight (in kilogrammes or metric tons) and value ;
             6 . the category against which the product has been set off by the Indian authorities ;
             7 . certificate issued by the Indian authorities indicating that the quantity involved has been debited
                 against the amount of the agreed limit for exports to the Community or, where appropriate, that
                 the said quantity is destined for immediate re-export or for re-export outside the Community after
                 processing .