10. 3. 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 67/1 (Acts whose publication 1s obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 517/94 of 7 March 1994 on common rules for imports of textile products from certain third countries not covered by bilateral agreements, protocols or other arrangements, or by other specific Community import rules THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas the common commercial policy must be based on uniform principles ; whereas the common rules ap- plicable to imports under Council Regulation (EEC) No 288/82 of 5 February 1982 on common rules for imports (!), Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/82 of 30 June 1982 on common rules for imports from State- trading  countries ()y Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/82 of 30 June 1982 on common rules for imports from the People’s Republic of China(®) and Council Regulation (EEC) No 3420/83 of 14 November 1983 on import arrangements for products originating in State-trading countries, not liberalized at Community level (*) form an important aspect of the policy ; however, they still allow exceptions and derogations enabling Member States to continue applying national measures to imports of certain products, so that the policy needs to be completed ; Whereas under Article 7a of the Treaty, the internal market comprises since 1 January 1993 of an area without internal frontiers in which the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital is ensured; Whereas completion of the common commercial policy as it pertains to rules for imports is therefore a necessary complement to the completion of the internal market and is the only means of ensuring that the rules applying to the Community’s trade with third countries correctly reflect the integration of the markets; () OJ No L 35, 9. 2. 1982, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2875/92 (O] No L 287, 2. 10. 1992, p. 1). (®» OJ No L 195, 5.7. 1982, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1013/93 (O] No L 105, 30. 4. 1993, p. 1 () OJ No L 195, 5. 7. 1982, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1409/86 (O] No L 128, 14. 5. 1986, p. 2 (9 OJ No L 346, 8. 12. 1983, p. 6. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 848/92 (O] No L 89, 4. 4. 1992, p. 1). Whereas in order to achieve greater uniformity in the rules for imports it is necessary to eliminate the excep- tions and derogations resulting from the remaining national commercial policy measures and, in particular, the quantitative restrictions maintained by Member States under Regulation (EEC) No 288/82; whereas the economic and industrial repercussions of their elimina- tion have been or can be taken into account in the Community’s horizontal policies for the market concerned ; whereas this uniformity must be achieved by laying down, as far as possible given the particular features of the economic system in third countries, provi- sions similar to those applied under the common rules for other third countries; Whereas the liberalization of imports, namely the absence of any quantitative restrictions or their suspension, must therefore form the starting points for the Community rules ; Whereas, as a result of the completion of GATT Uruguay Round negotiations on the integration of the textile and clothing sector into normal World Trade Organization rules and disciplines, it is necessary that the exceptions and derogations resulting from the remaining national commercial policy measures should be suspended until such time as the products in question have been inte- grated in accordance with that Agreement; Whereas, in addition, for a limited number of products originating in some third countries owing to the sensi- tivity of the textile sector of the Community, quantitative restrictions and surveillance measures applicable at Community level should be incorporated in this Regula- tion ; Whereas provision should be made for special rules for products re-imported under the arrangements for economic outward processing ;