31976R0495

No L 59 /4 6 . 3 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 495 / 76 of 2 March 1976 concerning import arrangements for certain textile products originating in Hong Kong

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN adopted as one of the criteria for the allocation of the COMMUNITIES , Community quantitative limits that the amounts admitted under current importation conditions be Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European adapted progressively to the requirements of the market ; Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof, Whereas, for certain other textile products , the Agree­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No ment makes provision for a consultation procedure permitting the adoption of protective measures in the 1471 /70 of 20 July 1970 establishing a common event of a real risk of market disruption ; whereas procedure for the autonomous increase of imports into the Community of products subject to measures under this procedure Hong Kong has undertaken to introduce voluntary restraint on its exports to certain of voluntary restraint by exporting countries ('), Member States ; whereas the Agreement provides for management of these quantitative limits under a Having regard to the proposal from the Commission , system of double checking ;

Whereas, in the context of the Arrangement regarding Whereas to this end such quantitative limits should international trade in textiles, the European Economic be fixed for 1976 and 1977, together with detailed Community and Hong Kong have negotiated an rules for their administration by the Member States ; Agreement on trade in textile products ; whereas the Commission has submitted to the Council a recom­ mendation for a Regulation concluding that Agree­ Whereas imports should be charged against the ment ; quantitative limits fixed for the year during which the goods were exported from Hong Kong ; Whereas, during the negotiations, the Community and Hong Kong declared their intention of applying Whereas certain quantitative limits laid down by the this Agreement prior to completion of the procedures Agreement for 1976 should be reduced to take necessary for its entry into force ; account of the exports effected by Hong Kong in 1975 in excess of the limits laid down for that year and which were the subject of consultations between Whereas import arrangements which will allow the the Community and Hong Kong in accordance with negotiated Agreement to be applied should therefore Article 6 of the Agreement ; be adopted for the products concerned and such arrangements should enter into force immediately ; Whereas products which enter the Community's Whereas the Agreement requires the Community to customs territory under inward processing or permit imports of certain textile products within temporary admission arrangements and are quantitative limits , the observance of which will be re-exported from that territory in their original condi­ guaranteed by a system of double checking ; tion or after processing should not be charged against the abovementioned quantitative limits , Whereas to this end the provisions valid in the Community for 1976 and 1977 and the criteria for the allocation of the quantitative limits agreed with Hong Kong should be fixed ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas, because of the considerable disparities between the conditions to which imports of the Article 1 products concerned into the Member States are currently subject and the particular sensitivity of the Community's textile industry, the achievement of 1 . During 1976 and 1977 imports into the Commu­ uniformity of these import conditions can be achieved nity of the textile products listed in Annex A and orig­ only progressively ; whereas to this end it should be inating in Hong Kong shall be subject to the quantita­ tive limits agreed for the Community with Hong (•) OJ No L 164, 27 . 7 . 1970 , p. 41 . Kong and set out in that Annex .

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2. These quantitative limits shall be allocated 5 . Products which enter the Community s customs among the Member States by analogy with the proce­ territory under inward processing or temporary admis­ dure laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No sion arrangements and are re-exported from that terri­ 1023/70 of 25 May 1970 establishing a common proce­ tory in their original condition or after processing dure for administering quantitative quotas (1 ), and in shall not be charged against the limits referred to in particular in Article 1 1 thereof, in such a way as to paragraph 1 . ensure the expansion and orderly development of Article 2 trade in textiles and to permit amounts to be carried over or brought forward from one year to another. 1 . Except as provided for in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4, imports into the Community of the textile products However, the allocation shall be made on the basis of originating in Hong Kong which are listed in Annex the import volumes admitted on the conditions B shall not be subject to quantitative restrictions . currently applied in the Member States and shall provide for annual rates of increase that are appreci­ 2. In the Member States listed in Annex B, imports ably higher for those Member States whose import of the textile products referred to in paragraph 1 shall volumes are relatively the lowest, in order to align be subject in 1976 and 1977 to the quantitative limits them progressively with the requirements of the set out in that list . market . 3 . The quantitative limits referred to in paragraph 2 3 . The competent authorities of the Member States may be adjusted by analogy with the procedure laid concerned shall , within the quantitative limits pres­ down in Regulation (EEC) No 1023/70, and in parti­ cular in Article 1 1 thereof. cribed, automatically authorize the import of the products referred to in paragraph 1 immediately upon 4. Article 1 (3), (4) and (5) shall apply to the quan­ production by the importer of a certified copy of an titative limits referred to in this Article . export licence granted by the Hong Kong authorities and containing the details set out in Annex C. Article 3

4. Authorized imports shall be charged against the This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day quantitative limits valid for the year during which the following its publication in the Officidl Journal of products left the territory of Hong Kong. the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels , 2 March 1976 . For the Council

The President G. THORN

(!) OJ No L 124, 8 . 6. 1970, p. 1 .

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ANNEX A

Quantitative limits referred to in Article 1

CCT Quantitative limits Cate­ N1MEXE code heading Description Units gory No ( 1975) 1976 1977

1 ex 55.09 Other woven fabrics of cotton : equivalent 25 1 54 (b) 27 032 (b) 1 000 kg (a) 55.09-01 ; 02 ; 11 ; 12 — Unbleached or bleached 13 ; 14 ; 15 ; 16 ; 17 ; 19 21 ; 29 ; 31 ; 33 ; 35 ; 37 38 ; 39 ; 41 ; 49 ; 68 ex 71 ; 72 ; 73 ; 74 ; 76 77 ; 78 56.07 Woven fabrics of man-made fibres (discontin­ uous or waste) : ex A. Of synthetic textile fibres : 56.07-ex 01 ; ex 03 ; 04 — Unbleached or bleached 11 ; 17 ; 24 ; 32

2 ex 55.09 Other woven fabrics of cotton : equivalent 10 481 (c) 11 214 (c) 1 000 kg (a) 55.09-03 ; 04 ; 05 ; 51 — Other than unbleached and bleached 52 ; 53 ; 54 ; 55 ; 56 ; 57 59 ; 61 ; 63 ; 64 ; 65 ; 66 67 ; 69 ; ex 71 ; 81 ; 82 83 ; 84 ; 86 ; 87 ; 92 ; 93 97 56.07 Woven fabrics of man-made fibres (discontin­ uous or waste) : ex A. Of synthetic textile fibres : 56.07-ex 01 ; ex 03 ; 05 — Other than unbleached and 07 ; 08 ; 13 ; 14 ; 16 ; 18 bleached 21 ; 23 ; 26 ; 27 ; 28 ; 33 34 ; 36

(a) Equivalent weight means the weight obtained on dividing the total area of the fabric in m 2 by the average area of the fabric in m * per kg. For this purpose the average area per kg is to be taken as follows : — woven fabrics of cotton : 5 m -' per kg, — woven fabrics of synthetic textile fibres (discontinuous or waste) : 6 m * per kg, — woven fabrics of synthetic textile fibres (continuous) : X in -' per kg . (b) The limits established under this category also cover in respect of the United Kingdom imports of the products falling within Common Customs Tariff heading No 51.04 : Woven fabrics of man-made fibres (continuous), including woven fabrics of monofil or strip of heading No 51.01 or 51.02 : ex A. Woven fabrics of synthetic textile fibres — unbleached or bleached, there being a sub-limit for the United Kingdom on products of Common Customs Tariff subheadings 56.07 ex A and 51.04 ex A. (c) The limits established under this category also cover in respect of the United Kingdom imports of the products falling within Common Customs Tariff heading No 51.04 : Woven fabrics of man-made fibres (continuous), including woven fabrics of monofil or strip of heading No 51.01 or 51.02 : ex A. Woven fabrics of synthetic textile fibres — other than unbleached or bleached , there being a sub-limit for the United Kingdom on products of Common Customs Tariff subheadings 56.07 ex A and 51.04 ex A.

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CCT Quantita ive limits Cate­ NIMEXE code heading Description Units gory No ( 1975) 1976 1977

3 ex 60.04 1 000 21 680 24 494 Undergarments, knitted or crocheted , not elastic or rubberized : units (a) . 60.04-ex 1 1 ; 13 ; ex 24 ; — Shirts, undervests, T-shirts, singlets and the ex 29 ; ex 35 ; 41 ; ex 45 ; like ex 59 ; ex 70 ; ex 80

4 60.05 1 000 items 28 993 Outer garments and other articles, knitted or 33 294 crocheted , not elastic or rubberized : ex A. Outer garments and clothing accessories : 60.05-ex. 01 ; ex (21 to — Jerseys and pullovers, slipovers, 39) twinsets cardigans, bed jackets and jumpers with the exception of those which are part of a combina­ tion set (b)

5 60.05 Outer garments and other articles, knitted or 1 000 kg (c) 3 1 54 (d) 3 475 (d) crocheted , not elastic or rubberized : A. Outer garments and clothing accessories : ex II . Other : 60.05-ex 01 ; 02 to 09 ; — Infants' garments 11 ; 13 ; 15 ; ex ( 16 to — Bathing costumes and trunks 19) ; ex (21 to 39); 41 to — Dresses 49 ; 51 to 59 ; ex ( 61 to 69) ; 71 to 79 ; ex (81 to — Skirts 85) — Combination sets (including costumes) (b)

6 ex 6 1 .0 1 1 000 items 2 669 2 736 Men's and boys ' outer garments : 61 .01 - ex 1 1 ; ex 41 ; ex — Raincoats of the overcoat type 45 ; ex 49 61.02 Women's girls' and infants' outer garments : ex B. Other than babies' garments : 61 ,02-ex 1 1 ; ex 41 ; ex — Raincoats of the overcoat type (43 to 49)

(a) Shirts, undervests and T-shirts are regarded as a unit each ; singlets are regarded as half a unit . (b) A knitted combination set consists of two or three pieces, including a top garment and a knitted lower garment, which are contracted for, packed , consigned and sold together. (c) This weight is to be taken as that of the textile components of the garments concerned . (d) The limits established under this category also cover, in respect of the United Kingdom , imports of all other outer garments and clothing accessories classified under CCT heading No 60.05 other than those specified under category 5 and category 4 .

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CCT Quantitative limits Cate­ NIMEXE code heading Description Units gory No ( 1975) 1976 1977

7 ex 61.01 Men's and boys' outer garments : 1 000 11 538 12 519 61.05-51 to 59 ; 71 to 79 — Suits units (a)

— Jackets, blazers and the like

8 ex 61.01 52 322 54 926 Men's and boys' outer garments : 1 000 pairs 61.01-61 to 69 — Trousers , breeches and the like

61.02 Women's, girls' and infants ' outer garments : ex B. Other than babies' garments : 61.02-ex (91 to 99) — Trousers, jeans, shorts and the like except divided skirts

9 61.02 Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments : 1 000 items 4 535 5 088 ex B. Other than babies' garments : 61.02-41 to 49 — Coats and jackets

10 61.02 1 000 items 11 851 13 170 Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments : ex B. Other than babies' garments : '61 .02-61 to 69 ; 71 to 79 — Dresses — Skirts, including divided skirts

11 61.02 1 000 items 23 245 24 963 Women's girls' and infants' outer garments : ex B. Other than babies' garments : 61.02-81 to 89 — Shirts and blouses

12 ex 61.03 Men's and boys ' under garments, including 1 000 items 63 125 65 103 collars , shirt fronts and cuffs : 61.03-1 1 ; 15 ; 19 — Shirts

13 ex 61.03 1 000 items 1 1 882 1 3 467 Men's and boys ' under garments , including collars , shirt fronts and cuffs :

61.03-ex 31 ; ex 35 ; ex — Pyjamas and other night garments 39 ex 61.04 Women's, girls' and infants' under garments : 61.04-ex 10 ; ex 30 ; ex — Pyjamas, nightdresses and other night 90 garments

14 62.02 Bed linen , table linen , toilet linen and kitchen 1 000 kg 6 157 6 588 linen ; curtains and other furnishing articles : ex B. Other than net curtains : 62.02-1 1 ; 17 ; 41 to 65 ; — Bed linen 71 to 77 — Table linen — Toilet linen and kitchen linen

(a ) One suit shall be regarded as two units .

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ANNEX B

Quantitative limits referred to in Article 2

CCT Quantitative limits Cate­ NIMEXE code heading Description Units gory No ( 1975) State (a) 1976 1977

15 ex 60.02 60.02 Gloves, mittens and mitts, knitted or Benelux (a), 1 000 pairs 2 396 2 540 crocheted , not elastic or rubberized : France , 209 222 Italy 541 . 573 40 — Gloves impregnated or coated with artificial plastic materials — Other : 60 — Of synthetic textile fibres 70 — Of cotton

16 ex 60.04 Under garments, knitted or crocheted, Germany, 1 000 kg 364 379 not elastic or rubberized : United 763 793 Kingdom 60.04-11 ; 15 ex — Other than shirts , undervests , 24 ; 26 ; 27 ; ex T-shirts, singlets and the like and 29 ; 31 to 34 ; ex men's and boys' drawers and briefs 35 ; ex 45 ; 52 ; 54 ; 56 ; ex 59 ; ex 70 ; 80

17 ex 61.01 Men's and boys' outer garments : United 1 000 items 1 613 1 710 Kingdom — Waterproof garments and raincoats other than raincoats of the overcoat type

61.02 Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments : ex B. Other than babies' garments : , — Waterproof garments and raincoats other than rain­ coats of the overcoat type

18 ex 61.01 United 1 000 items 2 240 2 352 Men's and boys' outer garments : Kingdom 61.01-21 ; 29 — Work clothing

61.02 Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments : ex B. Other than babies' garments : 61.02-21 ; 23 — Work clothing

19 ex 61.01 Men's and boys' outer garments : United 1 000 items 429 455 Kingdom 61.01-31 ; 35 ; 39 — Articles of apparel used for sports

61.02 Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments : ex B. Other than babie/ garments : 61.02-31 to 38 — Articles of apparel used for sports (a ) Imports into Ireland of the products set out in this Annex remain temporarily subject to the import rules and formalities applicable at the date of entry into forte of this Regulation until they have been included in the programme for the elimination ot quantitative restrictions provided for in Article 2 ( 2) of the Geneva Arrangement . (b ) For Benelux only Nimexe heading 60.(12-40 is covered by this restriction .

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Quantitative limits CCT Cate­ NIMEXE code Member Description Units heading gory ( 1975) State (a) 1976 1977 No

20 ex 61.01 Men's and boys' outer garments : United 2 861 3 033 1 000 kg ; Kingdom — Other than : — Waterproof garments — Work clothing — Articles of apparel used for sports — Suits — Trousers, breeches and the like — Jackets, blazers and the like

ex 61.02 Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments : — Other than : — Waterproof garments — Work clothing — Articles of apparel used for sports — Coats and jackets — Dresses — Skirts — Shirts and blouses — Trousers, jeans and the like

21 ex 61.03 United 1 000 items 4 492 4 762 Men's and boys' under garments, including collars , shirt fronts and Kingdom cuffs : — Other than shirts, pyjamas and other night garments

ex 61.04 Women's girls' and infants' under garments : — Other than pyjamas, nightdresses and other nightwear

(a) Imports into Ireland of the products set out in this Annex remain temporarily subject to the import rules and formalities applicable at the date of entry into force of this Regulation until they have been included in the programme for the elimination of quantitative restrictions provided for in Article 2 (2) of the Geneva Arrangement.

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ANNEX C

Details referred to in Article 1 (3)

The export licences issued by the Hong Kong authorities in respect of the products subject to restraint under this Regulation shall specify and contain : 1 . destination ; 2 . serial number ; 3 . importer's name and address ; 4. exporter's name and address ; 5. quantity in the units as designated in Annexes A and B to this Regulation and, where the quantity is expressed other than in weight, the equivalent weight calculated in accordance with the table of equivalences set out hereunder ; 6. category to which it has been imputed and description of product ; 7. certification by Hong Kong that the quantity has been debited against the agreed ceiling for exports to the Community or, where appropriate, is for immediate re-export or is for inward processing and subsequent re-export outside the Community ; 8 . year during which the products were exported, that is, left the territory of Hong Kong.

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Table of equivalencies

Brussels Category Tariff Ratio of Description No Nomenclature equivalency heading

3 ex 60.04 — Shirts, T-shirts and undervests, knitted or crocheted 6-4 units/kg — Singlets, knitted or crocheted 1 2-8 units/kg 4 ex 60.05 Jerseys, pull-overs, slip-overs, twinsets, cardigans, bed-jackets and jumpers, knitted or crocheted 5-18 pieces/ kg 6 ex 61.01 Raincoats of the overcoat type 1-29 pieces/kg ex 61.02 7 ex 61.01 — Men's and boys' suits 0-70 pieces/kg — Men's and boys' jackets, blazers and the like 1-40 pieces/kg 8 ex 61.01 Men's, boys', ^ women's, girls' and infants' trousers, ex 61.02 jeans, breeches and the like 2-47 pieces/kg 9 ex 61.02 Women's, girls' and infants' coats and jackets 1-25 pieces/kg 10 ex 61.02 Women's, girls' and infants' dresses and skirts 2-79 pieces/kg 11 ex 61.02 Women's, girls' and infants' shirts and blouses 5-55 pieces/kg 12 ex 61.03 Men's and boys' shirts 4-60 pieces/ kg 13 ex 61.03 Pyjamas, nightdresses and other night garments 3-22 pieces/kg ex 61.04 15 ex 60.02 Gloves 11-5 pairs/ kg 17 ex 61.01 Waterproof garments and raincoats other than raincoats of the overcoat type 1 -29 pieces/ kg ex 61.02 18 ex 61.01 Work clothing 1-40 pieces/ kg ex 61.02 19 ex 61.01 Articles of apparel used for sports 2 00 pieces/kg ex 61.02 21 ex 61.03 Other woven under garments 6-67 pieces/kg ex 61.04