Council Regulation (EC) No 7/2000 of 21 December 1999 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94 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
5. 1. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 2/51 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 7/2000 of 21 December 1999 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94 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 Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof, (7) The quota levels for Category 6 for the year 1999 for Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia should be increased in order to absorb certain pending import requests, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Whereas: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Regulation (EC) No 517/94 (1), and in particular its Annexes IIIB and VI, establishes the annual quantitative limits for certain products originating in Bosnia-Herze- govina and Croatia; Annexes IIIB and VI to Regulation (EC) No 517/94 shall be replaced by those appearing in Annexes I and II respectively to this Regulation. Article 1 the applicable arrangements Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2000 of 17 December to 1999 concerning imports into the Community of products originating in the Republics of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia and to imports of wine originating in the Former Yugo- slav Republic of Macedonia and the Republic of Slov- enia (2) introduces the splitting of the existing global concessions into country specific ones for Bosnia-Herze- govina and Croatia; It is appropriate to also follow this approach for textiles products, and thus to split the existing common quantit- ative restrictions into country specific ones for Bosnia- Herzegovina (30 %) and Croatia (70 %) according to the trade patterns and actual utilisation of quantitative limits for the last three years (1996-1998), and therefore to amend Annexes IIIB and VI to Regulation (EC) No 517/94; The General Affairs Council of 13 September 1999 invited the Commission to examine possible improve- ments to the current measures; It is therefore appropriate to increase the quota levels for Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia, taking as a basis the quota growth rate per category which was foreseen in a Supplementary Protocol to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on trade in textile products, concluded by Decision 90/649/EEC (3); is appropriate to allow, It authorisations to be issued by electronic means; in certain cases, import Article 2 The following paragraph shall be added to Article 21 ‘4. Import authorisations may be issued by electronic means at the request of the importer concerned. At the duly motivated request of that importer, and provided that paragraph 3 of this Article has been complied with, an import authorisation issued by electronic means may be replaced by an import authorisation in paper form by the the same Member State which competent authority of issued the original that authority shall only issue an import authorisation in written form after having ensured that the authorisation by electronic means has been cancelled. import authorisation. However, The Commission may, in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 25(1), (2) and (3), take any measure necessary to implement this paragraph. ’ Article 3 In order to accommodate certain additional requests for import authorisations made in 1999, in Annex IIIB under ‘Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia’, under Category 6 ‘Quantity’ ‘1 415’ shall be replaced by ‘1 465’. Article 4 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica- tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities. (1) OJ L 67, 10. 3. 1994, p. 1, as last amended by Commission Regula- tion (EC) No 1457/97 (OJ L 199, 26. 7. 1997, p. 6). (2) See page 1 of this Official Journal. (3) OJ L 352, 15. 12. 1990, p. 120. However, Article 1 shall apply with effect from 1 January 2000, and Article 2 shall apply with effect from 20 December 1999. L 2/52 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 5. 1. 2000 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 21 December 1999. For the Council The President T. HALONEN 5. 1. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 2/53 ANNEX I ‘ANNEX III B Annual Community quantitative limits referred to in the fourth indent of article 2(1) Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina Category 1 2 2a 3 5 6 7 8 9 15 16 67 Category 1 2 2a 3 5 6 7 8 9 15 16 67 Unit tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces tonnes 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces Republic of Croatia Unit tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces Quantity 2 123,5 2 627,6 593,8 293,1 757,4 445,7 257,3 831,2 278,6 245,7 183,0 229,6 Quantity 4 954,9 6 131,0 1 385,5 684,0 1 767,3 1 040,0 600,4 1 000 pieces 1 939,4 tonnes 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 650,1 573,4 427,1 535,7 L 2/54 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 5. 1. 2000 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) Category 1 2 2a 3 5 6 7 8 9 15 16 67 Unit tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces tonnes 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces Quantity 2 309 2 848 644 312 662 349 201 888 292 257 192 1 000 pieces 241’ 5. 1. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 2/55 ANNEX II ‘ANNEX VI OUTWARD PROCESSING TRAFFIC Annual Community quantitative limits referred to in Article 4 Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina Category Unit 5 6 7 8 15 16 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces Republic of Croatia Categoy Unit 5 6 7 8 15 16 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces Quantity 1 544,0 3 465,3 2 138,0 4 040,4 1 895,2 1 040,5 Quantity 3 602,6 8 085,6 4 988,7 9 427,6 4 422,1 2 427,9 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) Category Unit Quantity 5 6 7 8 15 16 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 231 3 585 1 832 4 296 1 914 1 000 pieces 1 061’