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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2281 / 77 of 12 October 1977 on the administration of quantitative limits on imports of certain textile products originating in the Kingdom of Thailand
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Article 1 Economic Community, The quantitative limits on imports fixed in Article 1 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No of Regulation (EEC) No 1642/77 shall be allocated 1023/70 of 25 May 1970 establishing a common proce among the Member States as set out in Annex A hereto . dure for administering quantitative quotas ('), and in particular Articles 2 and 8 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Article 2 1642/77 of 18 July 1977 concerning import arrange ments for certain textile products originating in Thai 1 . The authorities of the Member States concerned land and repealing Regulation ( EEC) No 845/77 for shall authorize the import of the products referred to Thailand and Regulation (EEC) No 1183/77 (2), and in in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1642/77 up to particular Article 1 thereof, the amount of the quota shares fixed in Annex A hereto . Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1642/ 77 sets up Community quantitative limits on imports and 2 . The authorities of the Member States listed in provides for their allocation among the Member States Annex B hereto shall authorize the import of the in accordance with the criteria indicated ; products referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1642/ 77 up to the amount of the quantitative Whereas the administration of the quantitative limits limits specified in the said Annex. requires, under the terms of the Agreement negotiated between the European Economic Community and the 3 . When the Commission considers that, in accor Kingdom of Thailand on trade in textile products, dance with the Agreement, action should be taken as that unused portions of ceilings established under the a result of notification given by the Thai authorities Agreement may be transferred to other ceilings ; that they intend to transfer, in the year of application of the Agreement, unused quantities of a quantitative Whereas the system of bilateral control laid down in limit fixed in respect of a region of the Community the said Agreement between the Community and market to another quantitative limit fixed in respect Thailand can be carried out only by the authorities of of the same region, it shall so inform the Member the Member State indicated as being the destination State concerned, which shall authorize imports in excess of the limits fixed in paragraphs 1 and 2 up to by the Thai authorities and against whose quota share the amount of the quantities indicated by the of the Community ceiling the quantity exported has Commission . been debited by the latter authorities ;
Whereas, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No A rticle 3 1642/77, products which enter the Community's customs territory under inward processing or other temporary admission arrangements and are re The authorities of the Member State whose territory is exported in their original condition or after processing designated as the place of destination on the export are not debited against the Community quantitative certificate shall authorize the import of the products limits ; referred to in Article 2 automatically and without delay up to the limits laid down in Article 2, on pres entation by the importer of the original of a valid Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation export certificate issued by the Department of Foreign are in accordance with the opinion of the Quota Trade of the Ministry of Commerce of the Kingdom Administration Committee set up by Regulation of Thailand . ( EEC) No 1023 / 70 ,
(') OJ No L 124, 8 . 6 . 1970 , p. 1 . To be valid the export certificate must contain the (-') OJ No L 183 , 22 . 7 . 1977, p. 7 . information specified in Annex C hereto.
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Article 4 debited against the quota shares fixed in Article 1 or against the limits specified in Annex B but that these 1 . Authorization shall be required for the clearance products have subsequently been re-exported outside for consumption of products imported under inward the Community, they shall inform the Commission of processing or under other temporary admission arran the quantities involved and authorize imports of the gements. After consultation with the Commission, same quantities, which shall not be so debited. Member States shall debit the quantities in question against the quota shares or regional quantitative limits Article 5 in accordance with the Agreement. This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 2. Where Member States ascertain that imports of following its publication in the Official Journal of products referred to in this Regulation have been the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 12 October 1977 .
For the Commission
Wilhelm HAFERKAMP Vice-President
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ANNEX A
Quantitative limits referred to in Article 1
Cate CCT Quantitative NIMEXE code Member limits gory heading Description of goods State ( 1977) 1977 No No (tonnes)
1 55.09 all Other woven fabrics of cotton D 4 528 56.07 all Woven fabrics of man-made fibres F 660 I 4 561 (2) (discontinuous or waste) : BNL 1 554 A. Of synthetic textile fibres UK i 213 IRL 94 DK 1 442 EEC 14 052
1 A (») ex 55.09 55.09-03 ; 04 ; 05 ; 51 ; 52 ; Other woven fabrics of cotton : D 1 242 53 ; 54 ; 55 ; 56 ; 57 ; 59 ; F 72 — Other than unbleached or 61 ; 63 ; 64 ; 65 ; 66 ; 67 ; I 532 bleached 69 ; ex 71 ; 81 ; 82 ; 83 ; 84 ; BNL 481 , 86 ; 87 ; 92 ; 93 ; 97 UK 733 IRL 56 56.07 56.07-ex 01 ; 05 ; 07 ; 08 ; Woven fabrics of man-made fibres DK 695 13 ; 14 ; 16 ; 18 ; 21 ; 23 ; (discontinuous or waste) : EEC 3811 26 ; 27 ; 28 ; 33 ; 34 ; 36 ex A. Of synthetic textile fibres : — Other than unbleached or bleached
(') Category No 1 A is a subcategory within category No 1 and the quantitative limits for category No 1 A are sublimits within the overall limits for category No 1 . (2) Within this limit there is a sublimit provided for of 1 825 tonnes for all fabrics coming under the Common Customs Tariff No 55.09 .
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ANNEX B
Quantitative limits referred to in Article 2
Cate CCT N1MEXE code Quantitative Units Region(s) gory heading Description of goods covered limits No No ( 1977) 1977
2 ex 60.04 60.04-ex 1 1 ; 1 3 ; ex Under garments, knitted or 1 000 France 1 450 1 9 ; ex 29 ; 41 ; ex crocheted , not elastic or pieces United 49 ; ex 59 ; ex 70 ; ex rubberized : Kingdom 1 400 80 — Shirts , T-shirts, rollneck undershirts, underpants and briefs, singlets and similar articles , other than silk or noil or other waste silk or of flax or ramie
3 60.05 60.05-01 ; 22 ; 23 ; Outer garments and other arti 1 000 Germany 2 475 26 ; 27 ; 29 ; 31 ; 32 ; cles , knitted or crocheted, not pieces 35 ; 37 ; 39 elastic or rubberized : United 2 672 Kingdom 38 ex A. Outer garments ' and Ireland 408 clothing accessories : Denmark — Jerseys, pull-overs, slip-overs, twinsets, cardigans, bed-jackets and jumpers, other than silk or noil or other waste silk or of flax or ramie
4 ex 60.04 60.04-ex 11 ; 13 ; ex 1 000 Benelux 1 050 Under garments, knitted or 19 ; ex 29 ; 41 ; ex crocheted , not elastic or pieces 49 ; ex 59 ; ex 70 ; ex rubberized : 80 — Shirts , T-shirts , rollneck undershirts, underpants and briefs, singlets and similar articles , other than silk or noil or other waste silk or of flax or ramie
60.05 60.05-01 ; 22 ; 23 ; Outer garments and other arti 26 ; 27 ; 29 ; 31 ; 32 ; cles , knitted or crocheted, not 35 ; 37 ; 39 elastic or rubberized : ex A. Outer garments and clothing accessories : — Jerseys , pull-overs, slip-overs, twinsets , cardigans, bed-jackets and jumpers, other than silk or noil or other waste silk or of flax or ramie
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ANNEX C
Details referred to in Article 3 (2)
The export certificates issued by the competent Thai authorities (*), for products covered by this Regu lation shall specify or contain : 1 . the destination , and in particular the Member State for which the goods are intended ; 2 . the serial number ; 3 . the name and address of the importer ; 4. the name and address of the exporter ; 5. the quantity, in the units specified in Annexes A and B and for quantities expressed in units other than weight, the equivalent weight calculated on the basis of the table of equivalence below ;
6 . the category against which the products have been charged by the competent Thai authorities and the description of the products ; 7. a declaration to the effect that the quantity in question has been charged against the Member State of destination 's share of the agreed ceiling for exports to the Community, or, where appro priate, that the quantity is intended for immediate re-export from the Community or for re-export from the Community after processing.
f 1 ) Department of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce .
TABLE OF EQUIVALENCE
CCT heading Description of goods Rate of equivalence No
ex 60.04 — Shirts , T-shirts , rollneck undershirts, knitted or crocheted 6-4 units/kg — Singlets, knitted or crocheted 12-8 units/ kg
ex 60.05 — Jerseys, pull-overs, slip-overs, twinsets, cardigans, bed jackets and jumpers, knitted or crocheted 518 items/ kg