Commission Regulation (EC) No 1476/96 of 26 July 1996 opening quotas for imports of textile products falling within categories 87 and 109 originating in North Korea and amending Annexes IV and V to Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94 on common rules for imports of textile products from certain third countries
Modified by
  • Regulation (EU) 2015/936 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 9 June 2015on common rules for imports of textile products from certain third countries not covered by bilateral agreements, protocols or other arrangements, or by other specific Union import rules(recast), 32015R0936, June 25, 2015
Corrected by
  • Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1476/96 of 26 July 1996 opening quotas for imports of textile products falling within categories 87 and 109 originating in North Korea and amending Annexes IV and V to Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94 on common rules for imports of textile products from certain third countries, 31996R1476R(01), September 6, 1996
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1476/96of 26 July 1996opening quotas for imports of textile products falling within categories 87 and 109 originating in North Korea and amending Annexes IV and V to Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94 on common rules for imports of textile products from certain third countries THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,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 rulesOJ No L 67, 10.3.1994, p. 1., as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 538/96OJ No L 79, 29.3.1996, p. 1., and in particular Articles 3 (3) and 5 in conjunction with Article 25 (4) thereof,Whereas Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 517/94 lays down that the textile products referred to in Annex V originating in the countries indicated therein may be imported into the Community provided an annual quantitative limit is established in accordance with the appropriate procedure provided for in Article 25;Whereas the Commission has received requests from three Member States with a view to introducing quantitative import limits for products falling within categories 87 (gloves, mittens and mitts, not knitted or crocheted) and 109 (tarpaulins, sails, awnings and sunblinds) originating in North Korea (listed in Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 517/94) in order to satisfy certain market requirements; whereas, following deliberations within the committee set up under Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 517/94, it was considered appropriate, in particular in the light of the situation of the Community industry concerned, to set annual quantitative limits for imports into the Community of products falling within categories 87 and 109 originating in North Korea of 5 tonnes and 10 tonnes respectively, which will be applicable from the date of entry into force of this Regulation; whereas Annexes IV and V to Regulation (EC) No 517/94 should be amended accordingly; whereas the quotas in question shall be managed, in the interests of legal security; in accordance with Article 17 of that Regulation;Whereas these measures are in accordance with the opinion of the committee set up by Regulation (EC) No 517/94,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1Imports into the Community of textile products falling within categories 87 and 109 and originating in North Korea shall be subject to annual quantitative limits of 5 tonnes and 10 tonnes respectively.The quantitative limits provided for above shall be managed in accordance with Article 17 of Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94.
Article 2Annexes IV and V to Regulation (EC) No 517/94 are hereby amended as indicated in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 3This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.ANNEX"ANNEX IVAnnual Community quantitative limits referred to in Article 3 (1)(The products descriptions of the categories listed in this Annex are to be found in Annex I A to this Regulation)NORTH KOREA
CategoryUnitsQuantity
1tonnes128
2tonnes145
3tonnes49
41000 pieces285
51000 pieces123
61000 pieces144
71000 pieces93
81000 pieces201
9tonnes71
121000 pairs1290
131000 pieces1509
141000 pieces96
151000 pieces108
161000 pieces55
171000 pieces38
18tonnes61
191000 pieces411
20tonnes142
211000 pieces2961
241000 pieces263
261000 pieces173
271000 pieces179
281000 pieces285
291000 pieces75
311000 pieces293
361000 pieces91
371000 pieces356
391000 pieces51
591000 pieces466
611000 pieces40
681000 pieces75
691000 pieces184
701000 pieces270
731000 pieces93
741000 pieces133
751000 pieces39
76tonnes75
77tonnes9
78tonnes115
83tonnes34
87tonnes5
109tonnes10
117tonnes51
118tonnes23
142tonnes10
151Atonnes10
151Btonnes10
161tonnes152
ANNEX Vreferred to in Article 3 (3)(The products descriptions of the categories listed in this Annex are to be found in Annex I A to this Regulation)NORTH KOREA
Categories:10, 22, 23, 32, 33, 34, 35, 38, 40, 41, 42, 49, 50, 53, 54, 55, 58, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 72, 84, 85, 86, 88, 90, 91, 93, 97, 99, 100, 101, 111, 112, 113, 114, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 130, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 140, 141, 145, 146A, 146B, 146C, 149, 150, 153, 156, 157, 159, 160."