CELEX: 31976R3229
Language: en
Date: 1976-12-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3229/76 of 23 December 1976 on the administration of quantitative limits on imports of certain textile products originating in Hong Kong

No L 366/8                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          31 . 12 . 76
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3229/76
                                                      of 23 December 1976
               on the administration of quantitative limits on imports of certain textile
                                             products originating in Hong Kong
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     tions will under no circumstances lead the said author­
COMMUNITIES,                                                       ities to request an increase of the quantitative limits
                                                                   fixed for the Community by Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       3160/76 for 1977 ;
 1023/70 of 25 May 1970 establishing a common proce­
dure for administering quantitative quotas ('), and in             Whereas the system of double checking laid down in
particular Articles 2 and 8 thereof,                               the said Agreement between the Community and
                                                                   Hong Kong can be carried out only by the authorities
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       of the Member State indicated as being the destina­
495/76 of 2 March 1976 concerning import arrange­                  tion by the Hong Kong authorities and against whose
ments for certain textile products originating in Hong             quota share of the Community ceiling the quantity
Kong (2), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                        exported has been debited by the said authorities ;
31 60/76 (3), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
                                                                   Whereas, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 495/76 sets               495/76, products which enter the Community's
up Community quantitative limits on imports and                    customs territory under inward processing or
provides for their allocation among the Member States              temporary admission          arrangements    and      are
in accordance with the criteria indicated ;                        re-exported in their original condition or after
                                                                   processing should not be debited against the Commu­
Whereas the administration of the quantitative limits              nity quantitative limits ;
requires, under the terms of the Agreement between
the European Economic Community and Hong Kong                      Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
on trade in textile products (4), that unused portions of          are in accordance with the opinion of the Quota
ceilings established under the Agreement may be                    Administration Committee set up by Regulation
transferred to other ceilings or carried over from one             (EEC) No 1023/70,
year to the next, and that such ceilings may be
brought forward ;
Whereas such transfers are carried out by the Hong                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Kong authorities without prior notification and the
detailed checking that they conform to the Agreement
can only be established after the end of each Agree­
                                                                                           Article 1
ment year ;
Whereas the authorities of the Federal Republic of                 The quantitative limits on imports, established in
Germany have requested that the opportunity to                     Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 495/76, shall be allo­
 import into the Federal Republic of Germany in 1976               cated amongst the Member States as set out in Annex
                                                                   A hereto .
certain categories of products referred to in Regulation
(EEC) No 495/76 should be increased as compared to
the limits laid down in the Agreement, partly by an
 increase of the margin for transfer between categories                                    Article 2
and partly by an increase of the limits for advance
 delivery ;                                                         1 . The competent authorities of the Member States
                                                                   concerned shall authorize the import of the products
Whereas the authorities of the Federal Republic of                 referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No
Germany have stated that this increased opportunity                495/76 up to the amount of the quota shares esta­
to import is necessary in order to resolve certain transi­         blished in Article 1 above, plus the margins for
tional supply problems caused by the introduction of               transfer between categories set out in Annex A,
the new import arrangements ; whereas these exemp­                 subject to paragraph 3 .
(') OJ  No  L 124, 8 . 6. 1970, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L 59, 6. 3 . 1976, p . 4.                               2. The competent authorities of the Member States
(') OJ  No  L 356, 28 . 12. 1976, p . 4.                            listed in Annex B shall authorize the import of the
(4) OJ  No  L 108 , 26. 4. 1976, p . 1 .                            products referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)
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No 495/76 up to the amount of the regional quantita­         The advance deliveries authorized by the foregoing
tive limits listed in Annex B, plus the margins for          subparagraph may not be cumulated with the ordinary
transfer between categories set out in the said Annex,       advance deliveries referred to in paragraph 5 .
subject to paragraph 3 .
3. Nevertheless, the use of the margins for transfer                                 Article 3
provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be limited by
the condition that the total annual volume of imports        The competent authorities of the Member State on
into a Member State of products subject to quantita­         whose territory is situated the destination indicated on
tive limits under Regulation (EEC) No 495/76 may             the export licence shall authorize the import of the
not exceed the total volume of the quota shares and          products referred to in Article 2 automatically and
regional limits indicated in Annexes A and B for that        without delay up to the amount of the limits laid
Member State and for the relevant year.                      down in Article 2, on presentation by the importer of
                                                             a copy certified by the Hong Kong authorities of a
The total volumes referred to in the foregoing subpara­      valid export licence.
graph shall be expressed in equivalent weight, this
weight being determined on the basis of the rates of         To be valid the export licence must be granted by the
equivalence set out in Annex D.                              Hong Kong authorities and must contain the informa­
                                                             tion specified in Annex E.
4. The Commission shall check that the Hong
Kong authorities apply correctly the detailed provi­
sions of Article 5 of the Agreement relating to trans­                               Article 4
fers between categories. It shall forward all relevant
information to the Member States.                             1 . Authorization shall be required for the clearance
                                                             for consumption of products imported under inward
5.    When the Commission considers that, in accor­          processing or under some other temporary admission
dance with the Agreement, a request made by the              arrangements. After consultation with the Commis­
Hong Kong authorities to carry over unused quanti­           sion Member States shall debit the quantities in ques­
ties of a quantitative limit fixed in the Agreement to       tion against the quota shares or regional quantitative
the corresponding limit fixed for the following year,        limits in accordance with the Agreement.
or to use in anticipation part of a quantitative limit
fixed for the following year, should be acceded to, it       2. Where Member States ascertain that imports of
shall so inform the Member States which shall autho­         products referred to in this Regulation have been
rize imports in excess of the limits fixed in paragraphs     debited against the quota shares established in Article
1 and 2 up to the amount of the quantities indicated          1 or the regional limits listed in Annex B but that
by the Commission .                                          these products have subsequently been re-exported
                                                             outside the Community, whether or not after
6. In respect of the categories of product listed in
                                                             processing, they shall inform the Commission of the
Annex C the competent authorities of the Federal
                                                             quantities involved and authorize imports of the same
Republic of Germany may allow additional imports in          quantities, which shall not be so debited.
 1976, in excess of the limits laid down in paragraphs
1 and 2, by anticipation on the limits for 1977 and up
to the limits set out in the said Annex C. Any addi­                                 Article 5
tional quantity imported under this provision shall be
debited to the Federal Republic of Germany's quota           This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
share of the limit for 1977 in respect of the category       following its publication in the Official Journal of
of product concerned.                                         the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 23 December 1976.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                        Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                   Member of the Commission
 ---pagebreak---                                                   ANNEX A
                                                                                                   Quota shares         Transfer margin referred
                                                                                                                        to in Article 2 ( 1 ) to (3)
                                Description of goods                      Units      Region
                                                                                                                                                          No L 366/ 10
                                                                                                1976          1977        1976               1977
           Other woven fabrics of cotton :                            equivalent     FRD       2 533        2 924        165                 205
                                                                      1 000 kg (a)    F          580          900         42                   63
12         — Unbleached or bleached
                                                                                       I       2 108        2 625        154                 184
    19                                                                                                                                       167
                                                                                     BNL       2 059        2 373        144
    37                                                                               UK       18 843(b)    17 464(b)    1 217              1 223
    ex
                                                                                     IRL        497           461          32                  32
    77 ;
                                                                                     DK         245           285          16                  20
                                                                                                                                                        Official
           Woven fabrics of man-made fibres (discontinuous or ,                      EEC      26 865       27 032
           waste) :
 04 ;      ex A. Of synthetic textile fibres :                                                                                                         Journal
                     — Unbleached or bleached
                                                                                                                                                        of the
           Woven fabrics of man-made fibres (continuous) including    equivalent      UK       7 334 (c)    7 371 (c)    5 4                 516
           woven fabrics of monofil or strip of heading No 51.01 or   1 000 kg (a)
           51.02 :
                                                                                                                                                       European
           ex A. Of synthetic textile fibres :
                     — Unbleached or bleached
           Woven fabrics of man-made fibres (discontinuous or
           waste) :                                                                                                                                     Communities
           ex A. Of synthetic textile fibres :
                     — Unbleached or bleached
           Other woven fabrics of cotton :                            equivalent     FRD        930         1 137         62                   80
                                                                      1 000 kg (a)    F         536           657         35                   46
      51   — Other than unbleached or bleached
                                                                                       I        240           337         16                   24
      57
                                                                                     BNL        510           601         33                   42
      66
                                                                                     UK        8 957 (d)    8 187(d)     571                  573
      82
                                                                                     IRL         170          161          11                  12
      93
                                                                                     DK          112          134           8                  10
                                                                                     EEC      11 455       11 214
                                                                                                                                                          31 . 12. 76
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                              Quota shares        Transfer margin referred
                                                                                                                                 to in Article 2 ( 1 ) to (3)
                                     Description of goods                            Units     Region
                                                                                                          1976          1977       1976               1977         31 . 12 . 76
            Woven fabrics of man-made fibres (discontinuous or
            waste) :
            ex A. Of synthetic textile fibres :
  05 ;                 — Other than unbleached or bleached
     18 ;
     33 ;
            Woven fabrics of man-made fibres (continuous) including             equivalent      UK      4 160 (e)    4 182(e)     291                 293
            woven fabrics of monofil or strip of heading No 51.01 or            1 000 kg (a)
            51.02 :
                                                                                                                                                                  Official
            ex A. Of synthetic textile fibres :
                      — Other than unbleached or bleached
                                                                                                                                                                Journal
            Woven fabrics of man-made fibres (discontinuous or
            waste) :
            ex A. Of synthetic textile fibres :                                                                                                                   of the
                      — Other than unbleached or bleached
             Undergarments knitted or crocheted not elastic or rubber­          1 000          FRD       8 877        9 502      654                  665
            ized :                                                                              F                       324
                                                                                                                                                                European
                                                                                units (f)                 218                      16                   23
                                                                                                I         303           393        20                   28
   9 ;      — Shirts/undervests, T-shirts, singlets and the like,                              BNL       1 288       1 717        112                 121
 ex           except babies' garments other than of silk or noil or                            UK        9 963      11 473       800                  815
                other waste silk or of flax or ramie
                                                                                               IRL         106         107           7                  8
                                                                                               DK         784          808         55                  57         Communities
                                                                                               EEC      21 539      24 324
            Outer garments and other articles knitted or crocheted,             1 000 items    FRD       9412       10 864       744                 761
            not elastic or rubberized :                                                         F          300         414         21                 29
                                                                                                 I         526         642         35                 45
            ex A : Outer garments and clothing accessories, other                              BNL       2 066       2 574        169                181
                       than of silk or noil or other waste silk or of flax or
                                                                                               UK       15915       17 761      1 238              1 244
                       ramie :
                                                                                               IRL          33          41          3                  3
   3 ;                 — Jerseys and pullovers, slip-overs, twinsets,                          DK          780         998         68                 70
9 ;                      cardigans, bedjackets and jumpers with the
   39                    exception of those which form part of combi­                          EEC      29 032      33 294
                         nation sets of category 5 and those which are
                          infants' (including babies') garments
                                                                                                                                                                   No L 366/ 11
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                          Quota shares          Transfer margin referred
                                                                                                                               to in Article 2 ( 1 ) to (3)
                                 Description of goods                          Units      Region
                                                                                                     1976           1977         1976               1977
                                                                                                                                                                 No L 366/ 12
           Outer garments and other articles, knitted or crocheted,        1 000 kg (h)   FRD        875                914      59                  64
           not elastic or rubberized :                                                     F          53                 75        4                   6
                                                                                            I          44                62      29                    5
           ex A. Outer garments and clothing accessories, other                           BNL        421                410      27                  29
                  than of silk or noil or other waste silk or of flax or
                                                                                          UK        1 759 (i)      1 924 (i)   130                  135
                  ramie :
                                                                                          IRL           3-2               5        0-2                 0-4
03 ;              — Infants' (including babies') garments                                 DK           78                85        6                   6
     ex           — Bathing costumes and trunks
  ex                                                                                      EEC       3 233-2       3 475
                  — Dresses
   ex
                  — Skirts
  41 ;                                                                                                                                                          Official
    51 ;          — Combination sets (including costumes) (g)
  61 ;
  72 ;
    ex                                                                                                                                                        Journal
  ex
                                                                                                                                                               of the
           Men's and boys' outer garments :                                1 000 items    FRD       1 184          1 089         76                  77
                                                                                           F           26             34          2                    3
     ex    — Raincoats of the overcoat type other than of silk or                          I         228                224      15                  16       European
             noil or other waste silk or of flax or ramie (j)                             BNL                           728      51                  51
                                                                                                     796
                                                                                          UK         593                595     40                   42
           Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments :                                  IRL           11                2       1-1                  0-2
           ex B. Other than babies' garments :                                            DK          67                 64       5                    5
    ex            — Raincoats of the overcoat type other than of                                                   2 736
                                                                                          EEC      2 895-1
                                                                                                                                                               Communities
     49               silk or noil or other waste silk or of flax or
                      ramie
           Men's and boys' outer garments other than of silk or noil       1 000          FRD       6 748          6 168       430                 432
           or other waste silk or of flax or ramie :                       units (k)       F          256            376          18                 27
                                                                                           I          466            656         31                  46
  57 ;     — Suits
                                                                                          BNL       1 443          1 502         93                106
    77 ;   — Jackets, blazers and the like (1)                                                      2 727                       191                221
                                                                                          UK                       3 146
                                                                                          IRL         14-5               21        1                   2
                                                                                          DK         711                650      46                  46
                                                                                          EEC      12 365-5      12519
                                                                                                                                                               31 . 12 . 76
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                   Quota shares         Transfer margin referred
                                                                                                                        to in Article 2 ( 1 ) to (3)
                              Description of goods                        Units      Region
                                                                                               1976          1977         1976               1977            31 . 12. 76
         Men's and boys' outer garments :                              1 000 pairs   FRD      20 852        21 717     1 494               1 521
                                                                                       F         487             725      35                   51
67 ;     — Trousers, breeches and the like other than of silk or
                                                                                       I       1 053         1 313        69                   92
            noil or other waste silk or of flax or ramie
                                                                                     BNL       2 441         2 467       157                 1 73
                                                                                     UK       25 880        26 213     1 826               1 835
         Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments :                               IRL          28            39         2                       3
                                                                                     DK        2417          2 452       170                  172
         ex B. Other than babies' garments :
 ex             — Trousers, (including jeans), shorts and the like,                  EEC      52 036        54 926
   99              other than of silk or noil or other waste silk or
                   of flax or ramie
                                                                                                                                                            Official
         Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments :                 1 000 items   FRD       2 838         2 852       199                 200
                                                                                       F          83             117        6                  9
         ex B. Other than babies' garments :                                           I          67              95       5                       7
 ex            — Coats and jackets, other than of silk or noil or                    BNL         324             416      22                  30
                   other waste silk or of flax or ramie                              UK        1 152         1 436        89                 101
                                                                                     IRL              5-3        8          0-4                 0-6
                                                                                     DK          133           164        10                   12
                                                                                     EEC       4 602-3       5 088
         Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments :                 1 000 items   FRD       5 564         6 092      409                 427
                                                                                      F          218             306      15                  22
         ex B. Other than babies' garments :                                           I         362             509      24                  36
67 ;            — Dresses other than of silk or noil or other                        BNL       1 119         1 297        77                  91
  77 ;            waste silk or of flax or ramie                                     UK        4 490         4 642      309                 325
                                                                                     IRL          12              17        1                  2
                — Skirts (including divided skirts) other than of
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                   silk or noil or other waste silk or of flax or                    DK          238             307      17                 22
                   ramie
                                                                                     EEC      12 003        13 170
         Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments :                 1 000 items   FRD      16 628        16 230     1 131              1 136
                                                                                       F         234             321      16                  23
         ex B. Other than babies' garments :                                           I         199             261      13                  19
   89           — Shirts and blouses, other than of silk or noil or                  BNL       1 772         1 746       114                123
                    other waste silk or of flax or ramie                             UK        4 633         5 936      402                 416
                                                                                     IRL          12-5          17          1                 2
                                                                                     DK          402             452      30                 32
                                                                                     EEC      23 880 S      24 963
                                                                                                                                                                No L 366/ 13
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                      Quota shares           Transfer margin referred
                                                                                                                            to in Article 2 ( 1 ) to (3)
                                Description of goods                        Units      Region
                                                                                                 1976           1977          1976               1977
                                                                                                                                                             No L 366/ 14
           Men s and boys under garments, including collars, shirt       1 000 items    FRD     31 345         28 917       1 997              2 025
           fronts and cuffs :                                                             F        605               850       42                  60
                                                                                          I      1 366              1 681      89                 118
           — Shirts, other than of silk or noil or other waste silk or
                                                                                       BNL       3 371          3 642         233                255
               of flax or ramie (m)                                                    UK       27 495         27 735       1 932              1 942
                                                                                       IRL          33             46           3                    4
                                                                                       DK        2 175          2 232         153                 157
                                                                                        EEC     66 390         65 103
                                                                                                                                                            Official
           Men s and boys under garments, including collars, shirt       1 000 items   FRD       6 568          6 947        484                  487
           fronts and cuffs :                                                            F         278               405       19                   29
                                                                                          I        221               328       16                   23
    ex
                                                                                                                                                           Journal
           — Pyjamas and other night garments other than of silk
               or noil or other waste silk or of flax or ramie                         BNL         853          1 147          60                   81
                                                                                       UK        3 661          4 226        269                  296
                                                                                       IRL          15-4              22         1-1                 2       of the
           Women's, girls' and infants' under garments :                               DK          293               362       19                  26
      ex   — Pyjamas, nightdresses and other night garments,
               except babies' garments, other than of silk or noil or                  EEC      1 1 889-4      13 437
               other waste silk or of flax or ramie                                                                                                        European
           Bed linen, table linen , toilet linen and kitchen linen ;     1 000 kg      FRD       1 468          1 580          95                111
           curtains and other furnishing articles :                                      F         120               168         8                 12
                                                                                          I        105               158         8                 12
           ex B. Other than net curtains :
                                                                                                                                                            Communities
                                                                                       BNL         191               229      13                   16
                  — Other than of silk or noil or other waste silk                     UK        4 707          4 302        300                 302
                    or of flax or ramie :                                              IRL           4-3            6          0-3                   0-5
                      — Bed linen                                                      DK          130            145          9                   11
41 ;
    73 ;              — Table linen
                                                                                       EEC       6 725-3        6 588
                      — Toilet linen and kitchen linen
                                                                                                                                                            31 . 12. 76
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                                                     Footnotes to Annex A
            (a) The equivalent weight is the weight obtained by dividing the total surface area of a woven fabric
                in square metres by the average surface area of that fabric in square metres per kilogramme. For
                the purposes of applying this rule, the following average surface area per kilogramme shall be
                used :
                woven fabrics of cotton : five square metres per kilogramme ;
                woven fabrics of synthetic textile fibres (discontinuous) : six square metres per kilogramme ;
                woven fabrics of synthetic fibres (continuous) : eight square metres per kilogramme.
            (b) The share allocated to the United Kingdom from this category is also applied to exports of the
                products falling within Common Custom Tariff heading No 51.04 referred to below :
                'Woven fabrics of man-made fibres (continuous), including woven fabrics of monofil or strip of
                heading No 51.01 or 51.02 :
                ex A. Woven fabrics of synthetic textile fibres :
                         — Unbleached or bleached .
            (c) This quantitative limit constitutes a cut-off level within the share allocated to the United
                Kingdom in respect of products of category 1 , category la being a subcategory thereof.
            (d) The share allocated to the United Kingdom from this category is also applied to exports of the
                products falling within Common Customs Tariff heading No 51.04 referred to below :
                'Woven fabrics of man-made fibres (continuous), including woven fabrics of monofil or strip of
                heading No 51.01 or 51.02 :
                ex A. Woven fabrics of synthetic textile fibres :
                         — Other than unbleached or bleached .
            (e) This quantitative limit constitutes a cut-off level within the share allocated to the United
                Kingdom in respect of the products of category 2, category 2a being a subcategory thereof.
            (f) Shirts and T-shirts are regarded as one unit, undervests, singlets and the like as half a unit.
            (g) A knitted or crocheted combination set consists of two or three articles, for example an upper
                part and a lower part, which are ordered, packaged, transported and sold together.
            (h) The weight is regarded as that of the textile components in question .
            (i) The share allocated to the United Kingdom from this category is also applied to imports of all
                outer garments and other articles falling within Common Customs Tariff heading No 60.05 other
                than those listed in categories 4 and 5.
            (j) This description covers three-quarter-length or longer coats or overcoats made of a textile fabric
                treated either by impregnation, coating, covering or otherwise, so as to become waterproof or
                shower resistant .
            (k) Suits are, for this purpose, counted as two units each .
            (1) It is to be noted that this category excludes garments such as 'anoraks' or 'parkas' made of impreg­
                nated or coated fabrics which are proper to NIMEXE ( 1976) code 61.01-11 and those articles
                which are proper to NIMEXE ( 1976) code, 61.01-31 , 35, 39, 41 , 45 or 49 .
            (m) It is to be noted that this category excludes waterproof coats and jackets made of impregnated or
                coated fabrics which are proper to NIMEXE ( 1976) code 61.02-11 .
 ---pagebreak---                                                      ANNEX B
                                                                                                      Quota shares         Transfer margin referred
                                                                                         Member                             to in Article 2 ( 1 ) to (3)
                                   Description of goods                       Units
                                                                                          States
                                                                                                                                                             No L 366/ 16
                                                                                                   1976          1977         1976               1977
             Gloves, mittens and mitts, knitted or crocheted, not          1 000 pairs   BNL       2 622        2 540      1 68 (a)            178 (a)
             elastic or rubberized :                                                      F          229             222    15                   16
                                                                                            I       564              573    38                   41
             — Gloves, other than silk or noil or other waste silk or
                 of flax or ramie, impregnated or coated with artificial
                 plastic materials
             — Other :
                 — Of synthetic textile fibres
                 — Of cotton                                                                                                                                Official
             Under garments, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or          1 000 kg       FRD       351              379    26                   27
             rubberized :                                                                 UK        835              802    54                   57        Journal
       24    — Other than men's and boys' drawers and briefs, arti­
       33      cles of category No 3 and other than of silk or noil or
       45       other waste silk or of flax or ramie                                                                                                        of the
        ex
             Men's and boys outer garments :                               1 000 items    UK       1 686        1 710      113                 120         European
 ex          — Waterproof garments and raincoats, other than rain­
               coats of thje overcoat type of category No 6 and arti­
                cles of silk or noil or other waste silk or of flax or
                 ramie
             Women's, girls' and infants outer garments :
             ex B. Other than babies' garments :
                                                                                                                                                             Communities
 ex                — Waterproof garments and raincoats, other than
  49                  raincoats of the overcoat type of categories
                         Nos 6 and 9 and articles of silk or noil or
                         other waste silk or of flax or ramie
             Men s and boys' outer garments :                              1 000 items    UK       2 453        2 352       157                165
             — Work clothing other than of silk or noil or other
                waste silk or of flax or ramie
             Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments :
             ex B. Other than babies' garments :
                    — Work clothing other than of silk or noil or
                         other waste silk or of flax or ramie
                                                                                                                                                               31 . 12. 76
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                              Quota shares      Transfer margin referred
                                                                                               Member                          to in Article 2 ( 1 ) to (3)
                                        Description of goods                        Units
                                                                                                States
                                                                                                          1976          1977     1976               1977
                                                                                                                                                                          31 . 12. 76
               Men s and boys' outer garments :                                  1 000 items    UK        470           455      30                  32
               — Articles of apparel used for sports, other than of silk
                   or noil or other waste silk or of flax or ramie
               Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments :
               ex B. Other than babies garments :
 5                        — Articles of apparel used for sports, other than
                             of silk or noil or other waste silk or of flax or
                             ramie
               Men s and boys outer garments :                                   1 000 kg       UK       3 131        3 033     201                213
    ex         — Other than articles of categories 6, 7, 8 , 17, 18 and 19
   ex              and articles of silk or noil or other waste silk or of
                   flax or ramie
               Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments :
 ;             — Other than articles of categories 6, 8 , 9, 10, 11 , 17, 18
  ex               and 19 and articles of silk or noil or other waste silk
ex                 or of flax or ramie
               Men s and boys' under garments, including collars, shirt          1 000 items    UK       4 946        4 792     317                336
               fronts and cuffs :
                                                                                                                                                              Official Journal of the European Communities
 ex            — Other than shirts, pyjamas and other night garments
                    and articles of silk or noil or other waste silk or of
                    flax or ramie
               Women's, girls' and infants' under garments :
  ex           — Other than articles of category 13 and articles of silk
                    or noil or other waste silk or of flax or ramie
     this restriction .
                                                                                                                                                                          No L 366/ 17
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                                               ANNEX C
                         Limits for advance delivery referred to in Article 2 (6)
                                                         Limit for advance delivery
             Category No
                                                Unit                                Quantity
                   3                       1 000 units                              2 334
                   4                       1 000 pieces                             2 655
                   5                       1 000 kg                                    168
                   6                       1 000 pieces                                216
                   7                       1 000 pieces                              1 228
                   8                       1 000 pieces                             4 269
                   9                       1 000 pieces                                568
                  10                       1 000 pieces                              1 461
                  11                       1 000  pieces                             3 230
                  13                       1 000 pieces                              1 728
                  14                       1 000 kg                                    271
                  16                       1 000  kg                                   127
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                                                        ANNEX D
                                                  Table of equivalences
                         Brussels
             Category     Tariff                                                                    Ratio of
               No     Nomenclature                          Description                           equivalency
                       heading No
                 3     ex 60.04       Shirts,  T-shirts   and    undervests,   knitted   or
                                      crocheted                                               6-4 units/kg
                 4     ex 60.05       Jerseys, pull-overs, slip-overs, twinsets, cardigans,
                                      bed-jackets and jumpers, knitted or crocheted           518 pieces/kg
                 6     ex 61.01       Raincoats of the overcoat type                          1-29 pieces/kg
                       ex 61.02
                 7     ex 61.01       Men's and boys' jackets, blazers and the like           1-40 pieces/kg
                 8     ex 61.01       Men's, boys', women's, girls' and infants' trousers,
                       ex 61.02       jeans, breeches and the like                            2-47 pieces/kg
                 9     ex 61.02       Women's, girls' and infants' coats and jackets          1-25 pieces/kg
               10      ex 61.02       Women's, girls' and infants' dresses and skirts         2-79 pieces/kg
               11      ex 61.02       Women's, girls' and infants' shirts and blouses         5-55 pieces/kg
               12      ex 61.03       Men's and boys' shirts                                  4-60 pieces/kg
               13      ex 61.03       Pyjamas, nightdresses and other night garments          3-22 pieces/kg
                       ex 61.04
               15      ex 60.02       Gloves                                                1 1 -5 pairs/kg
               17      ex 61.01       Waterproof garments and raincoats other than
                       ex 61.02       raincoats of the overcoat type                          1-29 pieces/kg
               18      ex 61.01       Work clothing                                           1-40 pieces/kg
                       ex 61.02
               19      ex 61.01       Articles of apparel used for sports                     2Ό0 pieces/kg
                       ex 61.02
               21      ex 61.03       Other woven under garments                              6-67 pieces/kg
                       ex 61.04
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                                                        ANNEX E
                                           Details referred to tn Article 1 (3)
          The export licences issued by the Hong Kong authorities in respect of the products subject to
          restraint under this Regulation shall specifiy and contain :
          1 . destination ;
          2. serial number ;
          3. importer's name and address ;
          4. exporter's name and address ;
          5. quantity in the units as designated in Annexes A and B to this Regulation and, where the quantity
              is expressed other than in weight, the equivalent weight calculated in accordance with the table of
              equivalences set out in Annex D to this Regulation ;
          6. category and quota share to which it has been debited by the Hong Kong authorities and descrip­
              tion of product ;
          7. certification by Hong Kong that the quantity has been debited against the agreed ceiling for
              exports to the Community or, where appropriate, is for immediate re-export or is for inward
              processing and subsequent re-export outside the Community ;
          8 . year during which the products were exported, that is, left the territory of Hong Kong.