Commission Regulation (EC) No 2344/2002 of 18 December 2002 amending Annexes I, III, V and VII to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2344/2002
of 18 December 2002
amending Annexes I, III, V and VII to 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 797/2002(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 approved by Decision 2002/877/EC of 5 November 2002(3) 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 Republic of Brazil on arrangements in the area of market access for textile and clothing products, and authorising its provisional application.
(3) The Commission has decided by Regulation (EC) No 475/2002(4) to suspend the application of the double-checking regime to certain textile products for Ukraine.
(4) Certain Combined Nomenclature Codes have been amended, owing to the revision of the Nomenclature of the Harmonized System annexed to the Convention of the World Customs Organization. The amendments also affect certain codes in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93.
(5) For reasons of clarity, certain Annexes to Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 should be replaced altogether.
(6) Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7) 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 2003.
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Textile Committee,