Council Regulation (EC) No 391/2001 of 26 February 2001 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries

Council Regulation (EC) No 391/2001
of 26 February 2001
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) Textiles imports for which no valid import authorisations are available are sometimes taken into the possession of the competent authorities of the Member States, particularly in the context of bankruptcy or similar proceedings. In such cases it should be possible in particular circumstances for the Member State concerned to apply to dispose of the products within the Community.
(2) Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93(1) makes provision for a double-checking system relying on the issue of export and import licences in paper form. In the light of technological progress it is appropriate to provide for the possibility of transmitting the necessary information in electronic form.
(3) It is appropriate to allow the Member States to extend the period of validity of import authorisations for two periods of three months rather than one period.
(4) The provisions of the double-checking system for products subject to surveillance should contain the same possibilities of extending the periods of validity of import authorisations as those concerning the double-checking system for administering quantitative limits.
(5) Where goods are the subject of a single import licence and are classified in the same category and are within a trade flow between the same exporter and the same importer it should be possible to present a single certificate of origin covering more than one consignment of goods.
(6) The measures necessary for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission(2).
(7) It should be made clear that the grant of additional amounts provided for in column 9 of Annex VIII is subject to the regulatory committee procedure,