10.8.2002 Official Journal of the European Communities L 215/3 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1460/2002 of 9 August 2002 authorising transfers between the quantitative limits of textiles and clothing products originating in Macao THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (4)  Itis, therefore, appropriate to grant the request. Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European (5) It is desirable for this Regulation to enter into force on 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 797/2002 (3, and in particular 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 approved by Council Decision 87/497EEC, as last amended by an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters, initialled on 22 December 1994 and approved by Council Decision 95/ 131/EC (¥), provides that transfers may be agreed between categories and quota years. (2)  Macao submitted a request for transfers between quota years on 18 June 2002. (3)  The transfers requested by Macao fall within the limits of the flexibility provisions referred to in Article 7 of Regu- lation (EEC) No 3030/93 and set out in Annex VIII thereto. the day after its publication in order to allow operators to benefit from it as soon as possible. (6)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Textile Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Transfers between the quantitative limits for textile goods origi- nating in Macao fixed by the Agreement between the European Community and Macao on trade in textile products are authorised for the quota year 2002 in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 9 August 2002. 1 () OJL 275, 8.11.1993, p. 1. () OJL 128, 15.5.2002, p. 29. () OJ L 287, 9.10.1987, p. 47. () OJ L 94, 26.4.1995, p. 1. For the Commission Pascal LAMY Member of the Commission