COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3049/91 of 29 July 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3420/83 on import arrangements for products originating in State-trading countries, not liberalized at Community level

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3420/83 (1) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2727/90 (2), refers to the nomenclatures of the Common Customs Tariff and NIMEXE; whereas the said nomenclatures have been replaced by the 'combined nomenclature' (CN), the codes and product descriptions of which replace those of the

other two nomenclatures from 1 January 1988; whereas

Article 1

(4) of the said Regulation (EEC) No 3420/83 and

Annexes II and III thereto should therefore be amended

accordingly;

Whereas the new classification of textiles in categories laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 768/88 of 2 February 1988 amending Regulation (EEC) No 4136/86 on common rules for imports of certain textile products originating in third countries (3) and, as regards China, in Council Regulation (EEC) No 668/88 of 2 February 1988 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2072/84 on common rules for imports of certain textile products originating in the People's Republic of China (4) should be used; whereas the latter Regulation provides that for products covered by the arrangement regarding international trade in textiles (MFA)

there should be no longer be a different classification for China; whereas Annexes II a and II b to the said Regulation (EEC) No 3420/83 can accordingly be merged to form a single Annex II;

Whereas the Community's import arrangements have already been subject to various other amendments and whereas the Annexes to the said Regulation (EEC) No 3420/83 should therefore be generally updated,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 3420/83 is hereby amended as follows:

1. In Article 1 (4), the figure 62 shall be replaced by the figure 63.

2. Annexes II a and II b shall be replaced by Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communties.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 July 1991.

For the Council

The President

H. VAN DEN BROEK

(1) OJ No L 346, 8. 12. 1983, p. 6.(2) OJ No L 262, 26. 9. 1990, p. 11.(3) OJ No L 84, 29. 3. 1988, p. 1.(4) OJ No L 73, 18. 3. 1988, p. 1.