29.12.2001 Official Journal of the European Communities L 345/41 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2598/2001 of 28 December 2001 amending Regulations (EC) No 1442/2001 and (EC) No 1954/2001 as regards authorised transfers between the quantitative limits of textiles and clothing products originating in the Republic of India THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Regulation (EC) No 2246/2001, accommodated two such requests from the Republic of India. Having {egard to the Treaty establishing the European (3)  On 2 November 2001 the Republic of India submitted a Community, revised request for modification of the transfers author- ised by those Regulations. Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 of 12 (4 The transfers, as modified, requested by the Republic of October 1993 on common rules for imports of certain textile India, fall within the limits of the flexibility provisions in products from third countries (1), as last amended by Commis- Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93. sion Regulation (EC) No 1809/2001 (3, and in particular Article 7 thereof, (5) It is, therefore, appropriate to grant the revised request and Regulations (EC) No 1442/2001 and (EC) No 1954/ Whereas: 2001 should be amended accordingly. (6) It is desirable for this Regulation to enter into force on ()  Paragraph 6 of the Memorandum of Understanding the day e}fter its pubhcatlon in order. to allow operators between the European Community and the Republic of to benefit from it as soon as possible. India on arrangements in the area of market access for textiles products, ini.tialled.(.)n 31 December 1994 ?nd (7)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in approved by Council Decision 96/386/EC (), provides accordance with the opinion of the Textile Committee, that favourable consideration is to be given to certain requests from the Republic of India for ‘exceptional flexibility’ in the setting of quotas for those products. (2)  Commission Regulations (EC) No 1442/2001 of 16 July HAS ADOFTED THIS REGULATION: 2001 on the authorisation of transfers between the quantitative limits of textiles and clothing products originating in the Republic of India (), as amended by Artide 1 Regulations (EC) No 2246/2001 (°), and (EC) No 1954/ 2001 of 5 October 2001 authorising transfers between the quantitative limits of textiles and clothing products In the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1442/2001, the row for originating in the Republic of India (¢), as amended by Group IIB, Category 26, is replaced by the following: . . Adjusted Quantity Quantity o o Adjusted Group Category Unit Limit 2001 working level units tonnes % Flexibility working level ‘1B 26 pieces 19 546 000 | 20914 220 3100 000 1 000 15,9 Transfer from 24014 220 category 15 -3100 000 -1000 15,9 Transfer to 20914 220 category 2A Article 2 In the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1954/2001, the row for Group IA, Category 2A, is replaced by the following: () O] L 275, 8.11.1993, p. 1. () O] L 252, 20.9.2001, p. 1. () O] L 153, 27.6.1996, p. 47. () O] L 193, 17.7.2001, p. 7. () O] L 303, 20.11.2001, p. 20. (9 O] L 266, 6.10.2001, p. 6.