2.7.98 Official Journal of the European Communities L 188/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1401/98 of 22 June 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1808/95 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas bound in GATT and certain other Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural, industrial and fisheries products and establishing the detailed provisions for adapting these quotas, and amending Regulation (EC) No 764/96 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 Council Regulation (EC) No 1808/95 of 24 July 1995 opening and providing for the administra- tion of Community tariff quotas bound in GATT and certain other Community tariff quotas for certain agricul- tural, industrial and fisheries products and establishing the detailed provisions for adapting these quotas ('), (1) Whereas the Agreement with Canada on newsprint (Order No 09.0015) in the form of an exchange of letters provides for a mandatory 5 % increase in the quota reserved for imports from Canada in the event of its being exhausted before the end of a given year; whereas the adoption of a regulation considerably delays importers’ access to the increased tariff quota; whereas to ensure greater efficiency and continuity in the administration of quotas, provision should be made for an automatic increase as soon as the quota of 600 000 tonnes is exhausted; (2) Whereas the term ‘handmade products’ needs to be defined in order to ensure that Regulation (EC) No 1808/95 operates smoothly; (") OJ L 176, 27. 7. 1995, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1340/97 (OJ L 184, 12. 7. 1997, p. 10). (3) Whereas in recent years textile products have taken up the bulk of the tariff quota for handmade products; whereas part of the preferential advantage should be secured to other products by replacing the single tariff quota with two new ones, one for textile products and the other for other products; (4) Whereas Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1808/95 should therefore be amended to ensure a better distri- bution of the tariff quotas by including new products and increasing the volume of the tariff quota for products other than textiles in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation; (5) Whereas a new system is required for updating the government authorities authorized to issue certificates of authenticity; whereas the second column ‘com- petent authority’ in Annex IV(d) and Annex IV(f) to Regulation (EC) No 1808/95 should therefore be deleted; (6) Whereas proper application of the arrangements to both handmade products and fabrics, pile and chenille woven on handlooms requires that provision be made for the possibility of temporarily withdrawing entitle- ment, in whole or in part, to tariff quotas in the event of irregularities or lack of administrative cooperation, and that procedures for administrative cooperation be set up to check on the issuing of certificates of authenticity; (7) Whereas the Community must apply the tariff quotas correctly in accordance with its international obliga- tions; whereas the description and tariff classification of the tariff quota opposite Order No 09.0046 should be amended;