Commission Regulation (EC) No 1053/98 of 20 May 1998 amending Annexes II, III and IX to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries
L 151/10 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities 21. 5. 98 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1053/98 of 20 May 1998 amending Annexes II, III and IX to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 856/98 (2), and in particular Article 19 in conjunction with Article 17 thereof, Whereas the Council has decided by Decision of 11 May 1998 to apply on a provisional basis the Agreement on trade in textile products negotiated with the Russian Federation; Whereas it is therefore necessary to amend Annexes II, III and IX to Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 to take account of changes applying to the importation into the Community of certain textile products originating in certain third countries within the meaning of Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Textile Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 is amended as follows: 1. Annex II is replaced by Annex I to this Regulation. 2. In Annex III, Article 28(6) is replaced by the following text. This number shall be composed of the following ‘6. elements (1): — two letters identifying the exporting country as follows: — Argentina — Armenia — Azerbaijan — Bangladesh — Belarus — Brazil — China (1) OJ L 275, 8. 11. 1993, p. 1. (2) OJ L 122, 24. 4. 1998, p. 11. = AR = AM = AZ = BD = BY = BR = CN — Egypt — Estonia — Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia — Georgia — Hong Kong — India — Indonesia — Kazakhstan — Kyrgyzstan — Latvia — Lithuania — Macao — Malaysia — Moldova — Mongolia — Pakistan — Peru — Philippines — Russian Federation — Singapore — South Korea — Sri Lanka — Taiwan — Tajikistan — Thailand — Turkmenistan — Ukraine — United Arab Emirates — Uruguay — Uzbekistan — Vietnam = EG = EE = 96 = GE = HK = IN = ID = KZ = KG = LV = LT = MO = MY = MD = MN = PK = PE = PH = RU = SG = KR = LK = TW = TJ = TH = TM = UA = AE = UY = UZ = VN — two letters identifying the intended Member State of destination as follows: — AT = Austria — BL = Benelux — DE = Federal Republic of Germany — DK = Denmark — EL = Greece — ES = Spain — FI = Finland — FR = France 21. 5. 98 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities L 151/11 — GB = United Kingdom — IE = Ireland — IT = Italy — PT = Portugal — SE = Sweden — a one-digit number identifying the quota year or the year under which exports were recorded, in the case of products listed in Table A of this Annex, corresponding to the last figure in the year in question, for example “5” for 1995. In the case of products originating in the People’s Republic of China listed in Appendix C to Annex V this number should be “1” for the year 1995, “2” for the year 1996, “3” for the year 1997 and so on, — a two-digit number identifying the issuing office in the exporting country, — a five-digit number running consecutively from 00001 to 99999 allocated to the specific Member State of destination. (1) In the case of Peru and Egypt, this provision will enter into force at a later date. ’ 3. Table A in Annex III is replaced by the table in Annex II to this Regulation. 4. Annex IX is replaced by Annex III to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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, 20 May 1998. For the Commission Leon BRITTAN Vice-President L 151/12 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities 21. 5. 98 ANNEX I ‘ANNEX II Exporting countries referred to in Article 1 Argentina Armenia Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Brazil China Egypt Estonia Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Georgia Hong Kong India Indonesia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lithuania Macao Malaysia Moldova Mongolia Pakistan Peru Philippines Russian Federation Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Taiwan Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam’ 21. 5. 98 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities L 151/13 ANNEX II ‘TABLE A Countries and categories subject to the system of double-checking surveillance (The complete description of the categories is shown in Annex I) Third country Group Category Unit Armenia Azerbaijan Bangladesh Estonia Egypt I A I B I A I B II A II B V I B I A I B II A II B IV I A I B II A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 20 12 13 136 4 (*) 6 (*) 8 (*) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 39 13 117 118 1 2 4 (*) 20 (*) tonnes tonnes tonnes 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces tonnes tonnes tonnes 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces tonnes 1 000 pairs 1 000 pieces tonnes 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces tonnes tonnes tonnes 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces tonnes tonnes tonnes 1 000 pieces tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes 1 000 pieces tonnes L 151/14 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities 21. 5. 98 Third country Group Category Unit Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Georgia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Latvia I A I B II B III B I A I B I A I B I A I B I A I B II A II B 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 15 16 67 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 4 5 6 7 9 12 15 26 27 31 tonnes tonnes 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces tonnes tonnes tonnes 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces tonnes tonnes tonnes 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces tonnes tonnes 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces tonnes 1 000 pairs 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 21. 5. 98 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities L 151/15 Third country Group Category Unit Lithuania Moldova Mongolia Russian Federation I A I B II A II B IV I A I B II A II B IV I B I A I B II A II B III A 2 4 5 6 7 8 20 39 12 13 28 117 118 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 39 15 115 117 118 5 5 A 1 2 2 A 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 22 39 12 13 15 16 21 24 29 83 33 37 50 tonnes 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces tonnes tonnes 1 000 pairs 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces tonnes tonnes tonnes 1 000 pieces tonnes tonnes tonnes 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes L 151/16 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities 21. 5. 98 Third country Tajikistan Turkmenistan Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Group III B IV I A I B I A I B II A II B III A III B I A I B II A II B V I A I B II A II B V Category Unit 74 90 115 117 118 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 22 73 83 33 74 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 21 26 157 161 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 20 15 26 159 161 1 000 pieces tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces tonnes tonnes tonnes 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces tonnes 1 000 pieces tonnes tonnes 1 000 pieces tonnes 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces tonnes tonnes 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces tonnes 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces tonnes tonnes 21. 5. 98 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities L 151/17 Third country Vietnam Group I A II A II B III A III B IV V Category Unit 1 2 3 22 23 32 16 17 19 24 27 33 36 37 90 115 117 136 156 157 159 160 tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces 1 000 pieces tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes (*) For these categories the provisions of Article 9 do not apply. ’ L 151/18 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities 21. 5. 98 ANNEX III ‘ANNEX IX referred to in Article 10 Safeguard measures, basket-exit thresholds Supplier country Group I Group II Group III Group IV Group V Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus China Georgia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lithuania Former Yugoslav Republic of Mace- donia Moldova Uzbekistan 0,35 % 0,35 % 0,35 % 0,35 % 0,35 % 0,40 % 0,40 % 1,00 % 0,35 % 0,35 % 1,20 % 1,20 % 1,20 % 4,00 % 4,00 % 4,00 % 5,00 % 10,00 % 1,20 % 1,20 % 1,20 % 2,40 % 2,40 % 4,00 % 4,00 % 4,00 % 8,00 % 8,00 % 5,00 % 10,00 % 4,00 % 4,00 % 4,00 % 4,00 % 4,00 % 4,00 % 8,00 % 8,00 % 4,00 % 4,00 % 4,00 % 4,00 % 4,00 % 4,00 % 8,00 % 8,00 % 1,20 % 1,20 % 4,00 % 4,00 % 4,00 % 4,00 % 4,00 % 4,00 % Russian Federation 5,00 % (1) 5,00 % (1) 5,00 % (1) 5,00 % (1) Tajikistan Taiwan Turkmenistan Ukraine 0,35 % 0,40 % 0,35 % 1,20 % 2,00 % 1,20 % 1,20 % 4,00 % 6,00 % 4,00 % 4,00 % 4,00 % 4,00 % 4,00 % 4,00 % 4,00 % 4,00 % (1) For product categories shown in Table A of Annex III. Supplier country Group I Group II A Group II B Group III Group IV Group V Vietnam 1,0 % 5,0 % 2,5 % 10,0 % 10,0 % 10,0 % China (for the products referred to in Annex I B) for silk products for other products 25,00 % 10,00 %’