No L 26/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 1. 97 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 152/97 of 28 January 1997 amending Annexes III and V to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 of 12 October 1993 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 of 12 October 1993 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2315/96, and in par- ticular Article 19 thereof (3, Whereas Council Decision 95/155/EC of 10 April 1995 (%) provisionally applied the Agreement between the Euro- pean Community and the People’s Republic of China on trade in textile products not covered by the MFA bilateral Agreement on trade in textile products initialled on 9 December 1988, as extended and modified by the Exchange of Letters initialled on 8 December 1992; Whereas the said Agreement, applicable from 1 January 1995 to 31 December 1996, was automatically renewed for a year by virtue of Article 17, not having been denounced by either Party; Whereas the Community quantitative limits for 1997 should therefore be shown in Appendix C of Annex V to Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93; Whereas the arrangement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco on trade in textile products provides for a system of special controls applicable to the Tangiers free zone; whereas Table B in Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 mistakenly refers only to the ‘Tangiers zone' and this error needs to be corrected; Whereas Table D in Annex III and Appendix A to Annex V of Regulation 3030/93 also contain two technical errors that need correction; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Textile Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 is amended as follows: 1. in Table B of Annex IIl the words ‘Morocco (only Tangiers zone) in the ‘Third county’ column are hereby replaced by the words ‘Morocco (only Tangiers free zone); 2. references to Category 2 in Table D of Annex III are hereby deleted; 3. in Appendix A to Annex V CN code 6204 6233 is hereby added to the ‘Remarks’ column for Category 6, Hong Kong; 4. Appendix C of Annex V is hereby 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. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 28 January 1997. o L 275, 8. 11. 1993, p. 1. o L 314, 4. 12. 1996, p. 1. o L 104, 6. 5. 1995, p. 1. A 227 For the Commission Leon BRITTAN Vice-President