CELEX: 31977R2462
Language: en
Date: 1977-11-07 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2462/77 of 7 November 1977 concerning import arrangements for certain textile products originating in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

10 . 11 . 77                          Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 286/ 1
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                                            (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2462/77
                                                    of 7 November 1977
              concerning import arrangements for certain textile products originating in the
                                        Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                      ties admitted under current import conditions to
 COMMUNITIES,                                                     market supply requirements ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            Whereas imports of goods exported from Yugoslavia
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 113                should be charged against the quantitative limits fixed
 thereof,                                                         in the Agreement for the period concerned ;
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,              Whereas steps should be taken to ensure that there is
                                                                  no evasion of the objectives of the Agreement by indi­
                                                                  rect imports of products originating in Yugoslavia ;
Whereas, in the context of the Arrangement regarding
 International Trade in Textiles ('), the European                Whereas the Agreement provides that those products
 Economic Community and the Socialist Federal Repu­               which enter the Community's customs territory under
 blic of Yugoslavia have concluded an Agreement on                inward processing or other temporary importation
 trade in textile products (2) ;                                  arrangements and are re-exported therefrom in their
                                                                  original state or after processing should not be
 Whereas, for the purpose of implementing the Agree­              charged against the agreed quantitative limits ;
 ment, import arrangements must be adopted for the
 products in question ;                                           Whereas the Agreement does not apply in the
                                                                  Community to re-imports from Yugoslavia of textile
 Whereas the Agreement requires the Community to                  articles produced by the working or processing of
 admit imports of certain textile products within the             products temporarily exported from the Community,
 quantitative limits provided for, compliance with
 which will be guaranteed by a system of double
 checking ;
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas appropriate provisions applicable in the
 Community should therefore be adopted for 1976 and
 1977, as well as criteria for the allocation of the                                         Article 1
 quantitative limits agreed with the Socialist Federal
 Republic of Yugoslavia ;                                          1.    Imports into the Community of the textile
                                                                  products listed in Annex I, originating in Yugoslavia
Whereas, in view of the considerable disparities                  and exported between 1 January 1976 and 31
 existing between the conditions currently governing              December 1977, shall be subject to the quantitative
                                                                  limits set out in that Annex .
 imports of the products concerned into the Member
 States and in view of the particular sensitivity of the
 Community's textile industry, standardization of these           2.     The quantitative limits shall be allocated among
 import conditions can only be achieved progressively ;           the Member States in accordance with the procedure
whereas the criterion to be adopted for the allocation            laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1023/70
 of the Community quantitative limits should therefore            of 25 May 1970 establishing a common procedure for
be in particular the gradual adjustment of the quanti­            administering quantitative quotas (3), and in particular
                                                                  in Article 1 1 thereof, in such a way as to ensure the
(•) OJ No L 118 , 30 . 4. 1974, p. 2 .
(2) OJ No L 188 , 28 . 7. 1977, p. 2 .                            (3 ) OJ No L 124, 8 . 6 . 1970 , p. 1 .
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expansion and orderly development of trade in textiles      which the products were loaded within the territory of
and to permit amounts to be carried over or brought         the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia for export
forward from one year to another.                           to the Community.
However, the allocation shall be made on the basis of       5.     Products which enter the Community's customs
the volume of imports admitted under the conditions         territory under inward processing or other temporary
currently applied in the Member States and shall            importation arrangements and are re-exported there­
provide for annual rates of increase that are appreci­      from in their original state or after processing shall
ably higher for those Member States whose volume of         not be charged against the quantitative limits referred
imports are relatively the lowest, in such a way as to      to in paragraph 1 .
adapt them by progressive stages to market supply
requirements.                                               6. Re-imports into the Community of textile
3 . The competent authorities of the Member States          products carried out after working or processing, in
concerned shall, within the quantitative limits laid        Yugoslavia of products temporarily exported by the
down, automatically and without delay authorize the         Community shall not be charged against the quantita­
import of the products referred to in paragraph 1           tive limits referred to in paragraph 1 .
immediately upon production by the importer of the
original export authorization issued by the competent                               Article 2
authorities of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugo­
slavia containing the details set out in Annex II.
                                                            This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
4. Authorized imports shall be charged against the           following its publication in the Official Journal of
quantitative limits applicable for the year during           the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
              Done at Brussels, 7 November 1977 .
                                                                        For the Council
                                                                          The President
                                                                          A. HUMBLET
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                                                                 ANNEX I
                                             Quantitative limits referred to in Article 1
                                                                                                               Quantitative limits
         CCT                   Nimexe                                                                              (tonnes)
      heading No                Code                           Description of goods
                                                                                                             1976               1977
    55.09                 01 to 98          Other woven fabrics of cotton                         EEC      12 779             13 546
of which
ex 55.09                                    Cotton fabrics, other than unbleached or bleached     EEC        1 425             1 505
ex 62.02 B                11 ; 41 ; 43 ;    Bed linen, table linen , toilet linen and kitchen     EEC         952              1 009
                          47 ; 71 ; 73 ;    linen of cotton ; curtains and other furnishing arti­
                          81                cles of cotton
                                                                 ANNEX II
                                                   Details referred to in Article 1 (3)
                 The export authorization issued by the authorities of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in
                 respect of the products subject to limitation under this Regulation shall specify or contain :
                 1 . destination ;
                 2. serial number ;
                 3.  importer's name and address ;
                 4.  exporter's name and address ;
                 5.  net weight (in tonnes) and value ;
                 6.  category and classification of product ;
                 7.  certificate issued by the Yugoslav authorities showing that the quantity has been debited against
                     the agreed quantitative limit for exports to the Community or, where appropriate, is for imme­
                     diate re-export or for processing and subsequent re-export outside the Community ;
                 8 . year during which the products were exported i.e. loaded in Yugoslavia for export.