COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1325/95 of 6 June 1995 amending 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 COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113  thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas 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) introduced certain quantitative  quotas, listed in Annexes III B, IV, V and VI to that Regulation, applicable to the countries  listed in those Annexes;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 2 of the Act concerning the conditions of accession of Austria,  Finland and Sweden and the adjustments to the Treaty on which the European Union is founded,  hereinafter referred to as the 'Act of Accession`, Regulation (EC) No 517/94 and in particular  quotas fixed in it are applicable to the acceding countries; whereas, however, pursuant to Article  30 of the Act of Accession it is necessary to adapt the said quotas in accordance with the  guidelines laid down in Annex II to the Act of Accession and within the conditions provided for in  Article 169 of the same Act;
Whereas the Council, in determining the level of the quotas referred to above, endeavoured to  strike a balance between adequate protection of the Community industries concerned and the need to  preserve traditional trade flows with the countries concerned, bearing in mind the various  interests of the parties concerned;
Whereas, with a view to accession, this balance should be preserved by ensuring nevertheless, in  the light of the guidelines laid down in Annex II to the Act of Accession, the continuity in the  acceding States' traditional trade flows for the products concerned; whereas, to this end, imports  recorded in 1993 - the most recent year for which full statistical records are available - may be  considered as being representative of the pattern of traditional trade;
Whereas in the circumstances, the levels of quotas established on an annual basis pursuant to  Regulation (EC) No 517/94 should be adjusted by addition of the quantities, which are equivalent to  imports recorded in 1993;
Whereas on 19 January 1995 the Commission initialled an agreement on trade in textile products not  covered by the bilateral MFA Agreement;
Whereas, therefore, from 1 January 1995, the quantitative quotas introduced by Regulation (EC) No  517/94 in Annexes III B, IV, V and VI thereto should be amended as shown in the Annex to this  Regulation,
Annexes III  B, IV, V and VI to Regulation (EC) No 517/94 shall be  replaced by those appearing in the Annex to this Regulation.
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 1995.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all  Member States.