L 303/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 20.11.2001 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2246/2001 of 19 November 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, products originating in the Republic of India (°) accom- modated two such requests from the Republic of India. Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European (3)  On 27 September 2001 the Republic of India submitted Community, a revised request for modification of the transfers authorised 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 (), as last amended by Regula- Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93. tion (EC) No 1809/2001 (?), 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/ Having regard to the notification from the Republic of India, 2001 should be amended accordingly. (6) It is desirable for this Regulation to enter into force on Whereas: the day after its publication in order to allow operators to benefit from it as soon as possible. (1) Paragraph 6 of the Memorandum of Understanding (7). The measures provided for in this Regulation are in between the European Community and the Republic of accordance with the opinion of the Textile Committee, India on arrangements in the area of market access for textiles products, initialled on 31 December 1994 and approved by Council Decision 96/386/EC (*), provides 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. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: (2)  Commission Regulations (EC) No 1442/2001 of 16 July 2001 on the authorisation of transfers between the Artidle 1 quantitative limits of textiles and clothing products originating in the Republic of India (¥} and (EC) No 1954/2001 of 5 October 2001 authorising transfers In the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1442/2001, the row for between the quantitative limits of textiles and clothing Group IIB, category 26, is replaced by the following: . - Adjusted Quantity in Quantity in N g 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 -1550000 -500 7,95 % |Transfer to category| 22 464 220’ 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. 53. () oL , 17.7.2001, p. 7. () O] L 266, 6.10.2001, p. 6.