Council Regulation (EC) No 1627/2004 of 13 September 2004 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries
Council Regulation (EC) No 1627/2004of 13 September 2004amending Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,Whereas:(1)As from 1 May 2004, 10 new Member States have joined the European Union. Article 6(7) of the 2003 Act of Accession establishes that the new Member States are to apply the common trade policy concerning textiles and that the quantitative restrictions applied by the Community on imports of textile and clothing products are to be adjusted to take account of the accession of the new Member States to the Community.(2)With effect from 1 May 2004, Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93OJ L 275, 8.11.1993, p. 1. was last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 487/2004OJ L 79, 17.3.2004, p. 1.. It adjusted the quantitative limits for imports of certain textile products from third countries into the enlarged Community, taking into account traditional imports into the 10 new Member States and using a formula of the average imports of years 2000 to 2002 adjusted pro rata temporis. This same methodology should now be applied to adjust the quantitative limits for imports of certain textile products from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.(3)Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 should therefore be amended accordingly.(4)It is desirable for this Regulation to enter into force on the day after its publication in order to allow operators to benefit from it as soon as possible,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1In Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93, the Community quantitative limits for Vietnam for 2004 set out in Annex V and in Annex VII to that Regulation shall be replaced by the Community quantitative limits set out in Part A and Part B of the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 13 September 2004.For the CouncilThe PresidentB. R. BotANNEXPART AIn Annex V to Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93, the Community quantitative limits for Vietnam for 2004 shall be replaced by the following:
Third countryCategoryUnitCommunity quantitative limits
2004
"VietnamGROUP IB
41000 pieces22276
51000 pieces7669
61000 pieces9755
71000 pieces6408
81000 pieces22628
GROUP IIA
9tonnes1067
20tonnes289
39tonnes266
GROUP IIB
121000 pairs5539
131000 pieces14984
141000 pieces636
151000 pieces1061
18tonnes2132
211000 pieces22942
261000 pieces2348
281000 pieces7110
291000 pieces747
311000 pieces8088
68tonnes790
731000 pieces2093
76tonnes2050
78tonnes2126
83tonnes710
GROUP IIIA
35tonnes1341
41tonnes1336
GROUP IIIB
101000 pairs6841
97tonnes367
GROUP IV
118tonnes295
GROUP V
161tonnes545"
PART BIn Annex VII to Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93, the Community quantitative limits for 2004 for goods re-imported under OPT for Vietnam shall be replaced by the following:
Third countryCategoryUnitCommunity quantitative limits
2004
"VietnamGROUP IB
41000 pieces1065
51000 pieces812
61000 pieces765
71000 pieces1418
81000 pieces3287
GROUP IIB
121000 pairs3348
131000 pieces1024
151000 pieces331
18tonnes385
211000 pieces2239
261000 pieces210
311000 pieces1869
68tonnes156
76tonnes532
78tonnes372"