18. 7. 98 Official Journal of the European Communities L 202/11 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1541/98 of 13 July 1998 on proof of origin for certain textile products falling within Section XI of the Combined Nomenclature and released for free circulation in the Community, and on the conditions for the acceptance of such proof 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, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 616/78 of 20 March 1978 on proof of origin for certain textile products falling within Chapter 51 or Chapters 53 to 62 of the Common Customs Tariff and imported into the Community, and on the conditions for the acceptance of such proof ('), laid down conditions for preventing any deflection of trade or any abuse which would be detri- mental to the application of the rules on textiles by means of a system for origin based on the requirement of presentation of a certificate of origin for some textile products and a declaration of origin on the invoice for others; Whereas since the adoption of Regulation (EEC) No 616/78, changes have taken place in certain areas of the customs and textile fields; whereas, in particular, the textile products concerned are those listed in Section XI of the Combined Nomenclature classified in categories as defined in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 of 12 October 1993 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries (); Whereas the provisions relating to mutual assistance and administrative cooperation laid down in Articles 4, 4a and 4b of Regulation (EEC) No 616/78 are already covered by Council Regulation (EC) No 515/97 of 13 March 1997 on mutual assistance between the administrative authorities of the Member States and cooperation between the latter and the Commission to ensure the correct application of the law on customs and agricultural matters (); Whereas, in the interests of clarity, Regulation (EEC) No 616/78 should be re-cast; Whereas in the interests of efficiency, management of the measures provided for in this Regulation should be entrusted to the Customs Code Committee, (") OJ L 84, 31. 3. 1978, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Re- gulation (EEC) No 3626/83 (O] L 360, 23. 12. 1983, p. $). (3 OJ L 275, 8. 11. 1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 339/98 (O] L 45, 16. 2. 1998, p. 1). () OJ L 82, 22. 3. 1997, p. 1. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. The release for free circulation in the Community of textile products falling within Section XI of the Combined Nomenclature, listed in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93, shall be subject to proof of their origin in one of the forms and in accordance with the procedures set out in this Regulation. 2. The proof of origin referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be required for goods accompanied by a certificate of origin corresponding to the specimens and satisfying the conditions laid down for the purposes of the implementa- tion of bilateral textile agreements, protocols or other arrangements. 3. Imports of a totally non-commercial nature are exempted from the provisions of this Regulation. Article 2 The products listed in groups IA, IB, IIA and IIB of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 must be accompanied by a certificate of origin complying with the conditions set out in Article 47 of Commission Regula- tion (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provi- sions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (). The certificates of origin may be accepted only if the products concerned fulfil the criteria for determining origin laid down by the relevant Community provisions in force. Article 3 1.  Products other than those referred to in Article 2 must be accompanied by a declaration by the exporter or supplier on the invoice or, if there is no invoice, on another commercial document relating to the said products, to the effect that the products in question ori- ginate in the third country where the declaration was drawn up and comply with the criteria for determining origin set out in the relevant Community provisions. The text of that declaration must correspond to the model set out in Annex L () OJ L 253, 11. 10. 1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1427/97 (O] L 196, 24. 7. 1997, p. 31).