Document ID: 32002R0888

Commission Regulation (EC) No 888/2002
of 24 May 2002
amending Annexes I and II to Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94 on common rules for imports of textile products from certain third countries not covered by bilateral agreements, protocols or other arrangements, or by other specific Community import rules
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94 of 7 March 1994 on common rules for imports of textile products from certain third countries not covered by bilateral agreements, protocols or other arrangements, or by other specific Community import rules(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2538/2001(2), and in particular Article 28 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Following the conclusion of bilateral agreements and other arrangements with certain countries now covered by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93(3), these countries need to be removed from Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 517/94. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia needs to be added to Annex II.
(2) Modifications published in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2031/2001 of 6 August 2001 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff(4), make it necessary to amend Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 517/94.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 517/94 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) For reasons of clarity, Annexes I and II should be replaced.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation should apply with effect from 1 January 2002.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Textile Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 517/94 are replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 January 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 24 May 2002.

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