L 246[44 Official Journal of the European Communities 30.9.2000 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2074/2000 of 29 September 2000 on the authorisation of transfers between the quantitative limits of textiles and clothing products originating in Macao THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 4) It is appropriate to grant the request. Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European (5 The measures provided for in this Regulation are in 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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1987/1999 (3, and in partic- ular Article 7 thereof, Whereas: (1)  Article 7 of the agreement between the European Community and Macao on trade in textile products (?), initialled on 19 July 1986 and as last amended by an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters, initialled on 22 December 1994 (%), provides that trans- fers may be agreed between categories and quota years. (2)  Macao made requests on 27 June and 24 August 2000. (3)  The transfers requested by Macao fall within the limits of the flexibility provisions referred to in Article 7 and set out in Annex VIII to Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93. accordance with the opinion of the Textile Committee provided for in Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 3030/ 93, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Transfers between the quantitative limits for textile goods originating in Macao are authorised for the quota year 2000 as detailed in the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that 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, 29 September 2000. () O] L 275, 8.11.1993, p. 1. () O] L 237, 21.9.2000, p. 24. (’) Approved by Council Decision 87/497[EEC, (O] L 287, 9.10.87, p. 47). (*) Approved by Council Decision 95[131/EC, (O] L 94, 26.4.1995, p.- 1). For the Commission Pascal LAMY Member of the Commission