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.

For the Commission

Pascal Lamy

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 67, 10.3.1994, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 73.

(3) OJ L 275, 8.11.1993, p. 1.

(4) OJ L 279, 23.10.2001, p. 1.

ANNEX

(1) Annex I is replaced by the following:

"ANNEX I

A. TEXTILE PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 (2)

1. Without prejudice to the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording of the description of goods is considered to be of indicative value only, since the products covered by each category are determined, within this Annex, by CN codes. Where there is an "ex" symbol in front of a CN code, the products covered in each category are determined by the scope of the CN code and by that of the corresponding description.

2. Garments which are not recognisable as being garments for men or boys or as being garments for women or girls are classified with the latter.

3. Where the expression "babies' garments" is used, this is meant to cover garments up to and including commercial size 86.

GROUP I A

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B. OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 (1)

Combined Nomenclature codes

3005 90

3921 12 00

ex 3921 13

ex 3921 90 60

4202 12 19

4202 12 50

4202 12 91

4202 12 99

4202 22 10

4202 22 90

4202 32 10

4202 32 90

4202 92 11

4202 92 15

4202 92 19

4202 92 91

4202 92 98

5604 10 00

6309 00 00

6310 10 10

6310 10 30

6310 10 90

6310 90 00

ex 6405 20

ex 6406 10

ex 6406 99

ex 6501 00 00

ex 6502 00 00

ex 6503 00

ex 6504 00 00

ex 6505 90

6601 10 00

6601 91 00

6601 99

6601 99 90

7019 11 00

7019 12 00

ex 7019 19

8708 21 10

8708 21 90

8804 00 00

9113 90 30

ex 9113 90 90

ex 9404 90

ex 9612 10"

(2) Annex II is replaced by the following:

"ANNEX II

List of countries referred to in Article 2

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia(1)

North Korea

(1) Including Kosovo as defined by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999."