Commission Regulation (EC) No 27/2002 of 28 December 2001 amending Annexes I, III, V, VII and IX of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries

Commission Regulation (EC) No 27/2002
of 28 December 2001
amending Annexes I, III, V, VII and IX of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 of 12 October 1993 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1809/2001(2), and in particular Article 19 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The common rules for imports of textile products from third countries should be updated to take account of a number of recent developments.
(2) The Council has adopted by Regulation (EC) No 2474/2000(3) the list of textiles and clothing products to be integrated into GATT 1994 on 1 January 2002.
(3) Moldova became a full member of the World Trade Organisation on 27 July 2001.
(4) The Council has approved by Decision of 17 December 2001 the signing, on behalf of the European Community, of an Agreement in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding between the European Community and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on arrangements in the area of market access for textile and clothing products, and authorising its provisional application.
(5) The People's Republic of China became a full member of the World Trade Organisation on 11 December 2001.
(6) Taiwan will become a full member of the World Trade Organisation on 1 January 2002.
(7) Certain Combined Nomenclature Codes have been modified, due to the revision of the Nomenclature of the Harmonised System annexed to the Convention of the World Customs Organisation. These modifications also affect certain codes in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93.
(8) Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(9) For reasons of clarity, certain Annexes should be replaced.
(10) In order to ensure that the Community complies with its international obligations the measures provided for in this Regulation should apply with effect from 1 January 2002.
(11) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Textile Committee,