31.12. 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 349/85 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 3289/94 of 22 December 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1), Whereas the Community has signed the Final Act of the Uruguay Round of the GATT negotiations setting up a World Trade Organization, (hereinafter referred to as the WTO); Whereas the WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (hereinafter referred to as the ‘ATC’) will govern trade between all Members of the WTO in textiles and clothing products until such time as they have been integrated into normal WTO rules and disciplines within the meaning of Article 2 of the ATC; whereas it is appropriate, therefore, to extend the scope of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 of 12 October 1993 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries (), so as to cover the textile products listed in the Annex to the ATC which have not been integrated into normal WTO rules and disciplines and originating in any WTO Member; Whereas Article 2 of the ATC provides for integration of all textiles and clothing products into normal WTO rules and disciplines in three stages; whereas it is necessary, therefore, to lay down a clear Community procedure for the selection of products to be integrated and notified to the WTO at each stage; Whereas the WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing also stipulates the annual growth rates which will be applied automatically to remaining Community quantitative limits on imports from WTQO members for a period of 10 years following entry into force of the WTO; whereas it is therefore appropriate that the (*) Opinion delivered on 14 December 1994 (not yet published in the Official Journal). {3) O] No L 275, 8. 11. 1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 195/94 (O] No L 29, 2. 2.1994, p. 1). Community quantitative limits provided for in Annex V of Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 on imports from WTO Members should be amended at each stage of the WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing via the procedure provided for in Article 17 of the Regulation and Article 2 (1) of the Regulation should be amended to that effect; Whereas it is necessary to amend the safeguard provisions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 in order to bring them into line with the new safeguard provisions contained in the WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing with regard to imports from WTO Members; Whereas the ATC contains strengthened disciplines on circumvention of quantitative limits involving third countries with which the Community has not concluded bilateral arrangements, whereas it is appropriate therefore to lay down a Community procedure for applying these new provisions, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 is amended as follows: (a) Article 1 (1) shall be replaced by the following: ‘1. This Regulation applies to: — imports of textile products listed in Annex I, originating in third countries with which the Community has concluded bilateral agreements, protocols or other arrangements as listed in Annex II, — imports of textile products which have not been integrated into the World Trade Organization within the meaning of Article 2.6 of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) as listed in Annex X and which originate in third countries, Members of the WTO as listed in Annex XI.’ (b) The following paragraph shall be added at the end of Article 1; *7. The Council, acting by qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, shall amend Annex X of this Regulation in order to integrate the remaining products listed in Annex X into the WTO in three stages as follows: