
CHAPTER 1
Article 1 
The release for free circulation in the Community of certain footwear products originating in the People’s Republic of China listed in Annex I shall be subject to prior Community surveillance in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 3285/94.
Article 2 

1. The release for free circulation in the Community of the products referred to in Article 1 shall be subject to presentation of a surveillance document issued by the relevant authorities of a Member State.
2. The surveillance document referred to in paragraph 1 shall be issued automatically by the competent authorities in the Member States, without charge and for any quantities requested, within five working days of presentation of an application by any Community importer, wherever it may be established in the Community. This application shall be deemed to have been received by the competent national authority no later than three working days after submission, unless it is proven otherwise.
3. A surveillance document issued by one of the authorities listed in Annex II shall be valid throughout the Community.
4. The surveillance document shall be made out on a form corresponding to the model set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 3285/94.The importer's application shall include the following elements:
(a) the name and full address of the applicant (including telephone and fax numbers, and possible identification number used by the competent national authorities) and VAT registration number, if subject to VAT;
(b) if applicable, the name and full address of the declarant or representative of the applicant (including telephone and fax numbers);
(c) the full name and address of the exporter;
(d) the exact description of the goods, including:
((i)) their trade name;
((ii)) the TARIC code(s);
((iii)) the country of origin (namely the People’s Republic of China);
((iv)) the country of consignment;
(e) the quantity of goods expressed in pairs;
(f) the cif value of the goods in euro at the Community frontier by combined nomenclature heading;
(g) the proposed period and place of customs clearance;
(h) whether the application is a repeat of a previous application concerning the same contract;
(i) the following declaration, dated and signed by the applicant with the transcription of his name in capital letters: ‘I, the undersigned, certify that the information provided in this application is true and given in good faith, and that I am established in the Community’. The importer shall also submit a copy of the contract of sale or purchase and of the pro forma invoice. If so requested, and in particular in cases where the goods are not directly purchased in China, the importer shall present a certificate of production issued by the producer.
5. The period of validity of the surveillance documents is hereby fixed at six months. Unused or partly used surveillance documents may be renewed for the same period.
6. The importer shall return surveillance documents to the issuing authority at the end of their period of validity.
7. The competent authorities may allow the submission of declarations or requests to be transmitted or printed by electronic means, under the conditions fixed by them. However, all documents and evidence shall be available to the competent authorities.
8. The surveillance document may be issued by electronic means, on condition that the customs offices involved have access to the document via a computer network.
Article 3 

1. A finding that the unit price at which the transaction is effected varies from that indicated in the surveillance document by less than 5 % in either direction or that the total quantity of the products presented for import exceeds the quantity given in the surveillance document by less than 5 % shall not preclude the release for free circulation of the products in question.
2. Applications for surveillance documents and the documents themselves shall be confidential. Access to the information in those applications and documents shall be restricted to the competent authorities and the applicant.
Article 4 

1. The Member States shall communicate the following information to the Commission:
(a) on as regular and up-to-date a basis as possible and at least by the last day of each month, details of the quantities and values, calculated in euro, for which surveillance documents have been issued;
(b) within six weeks of the end of each month, details of imports during that month, in accordance with Article 32 of Commission Regulation No (EC) 1917/2000.The information provided by Member States shall be broken down by product and combined nomenclature (‘CN’) code.
2. The Member States shall give notification of any anomalies or cases of fraud which they discover and, where relevant, the basis on which they have refused to grant a surveillance document.
CHAPTER 2
Article 5 

1. Footwear products listed in Annex III shall be subject to a system of retrospective statistical surveillance.
2. After the release for free circulation of the products, the competent authorities of the Member States shall notify the Commission, if possible on a weekly basis but no less frequently than at the end of each month, of the total quantities imported (in pairs) and their value (value of the goods in euro at the Community frontier), indicating the combined nomenclature code and and using the units and, where appropriate, supplementary units used in that code. Imports shall be broken down in accordance with the statistical procedures in force.
CHAPTER 3
Article 6 
Any notices to be given under this Regulation shall be given to the Commission and shall be communicated electronically via the integrated network set up for this purpose, unless for imperative technical reasons it is necessary to use other means of communication temporarily.
Article 7 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
The provisions of Chapter 1 shall apply from the 1 February 2005 until 31 January 2006, at the latest.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 26 January 2005.
For the Commission
Peter MANDELSON
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I


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 6403 99
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with the exception of

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 6402 99 91 10
 6402 99 93 10
 6402 99 96 10
 6402 99 98 11
 6403 91 11 10
 6403 91 13 10
 6403 91 16 10
 6403 91 18 10
 6403 91 91 10
 6403 91 93 10
 6403 91 96 10
 6403 91 98 10
 6403 99 91 10
 6403 99 93 11 + 19
 6403 99 96 11 + 19
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ANNEX II


 BELGIQUE/BELGIË
Service public fédéral de l’économie, des PME, des classes moyennes et de l’énergieAdministration du potentiel économiquePolitiques d'accès aux marchés, Services «Licences»Rue Général Leman 60B-1040 BruxellesTélécopieur (32-2) 230 83 22
Federale Overheidsdienst Economie, KMO, Middenstand & EnergieBestuur Economisch PotentieelMarkttoegangsbeleid, Dienst VergunningenGeneraal Lemanstraat 60B-1040 BrusselFax: (32-2) 230 83 22
 ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA
Ministerstvo průmyslu a obchoduLicenční správaNa Františku 32CZ-110 15 Praha 1Fax: +420 224 21 21 33
 DANMARK
Erhvervs- og BoligstyrelsenØkonomi- og ErhvervsministerietVejlsøvej 29DK-8600 SilkeborgFax (45) 35 46 64 01
 DEUTSCHLAND
Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (BAFA)Frankfurter Straße 29—35D-65760 Eschborn 1Fax: +49-61-969 42 26
 EESTI
Majandus- ja KommunikatsiooniministeeriumHarju 11EE-15072 TallinnFax: +372-631 3660
 ΕΛΛΑΔΑ
Υπουργείο Οικονομίας και ΟικονομικώνΔιεύθυνση Διεθνών Οικονομικών ΡοώνΚορνάρου 1GR-105 63 ΑθήναΦαξ: (30-210) 32 86 094
 ESPAÑA
Ministerio de EconomíaSecretaría General de Comercio ExteriorSubdirección General de Productos IndustrialesPaseo de la Castellana 162E-28046 MadridFax: (34) 913 49 38 31
 FRANCE
Ministère de l’économie, des finances et de l’industrieDIGITIPSous-direction «Textile — Habillement — Cuir»Bureau «Textile-Importations»Le Bervil12, rue VilliotF-75572 Paris Cedex 12Télécopieur (33-1) 53 44 91 81
 IRELAND
Department of Enterprise, Trade and EmploymentImport/Export Licensing, Block CEarlsfort CentreHatch StreetDublin 2IrelandFax: (353-1) 631 25 62
 ITALIA
Ministero delle Attività produttiveDirezione generale per la Politica commerciale e per la gestione del regime degli scambiViale America 341I-00144 RomaFax (39-06) 59 93 22 35/59 93 26 36
 ΚΥΠΡΟΣ
Υπουργείο Εμπορίου, Βιομηχανίας και Τουρισμού Υπηρεσία ΕμπορίουΜονάδα Έκδοσης Αδειών Εισαγωγής/ΕξαγωγήςΟδός Ανδρέα Αραούζου 6CY-1421 ΛευκωσίαΦαξ: (357-22) 37 51 20
 LATVIJA
Latvijas Republikas Ekonomikas ministrijaBrīvības iela 55LV-1519 RīgaFax: +371-728 08 82
 LIETUVA
Lietuvos Respublikos ūkio ministerijaPrekybos departamentasGedimino pr. 38/2LT-01104 VilniusFax: (370-5) 26 23 974
 LUXEMBOURG
Ministère des affaires étrangèresOffice des licencesBP 113L-2011 LuxembourgTélécopieur (352) 46 61 38
 MAGYARORSZÁG
Magyar Kereskedelmi Engedélyezési HivatalMargit krt. 85.H-1024 BudapestFax: (36-1) 336 73 02
 MALTA
Diviżjoni għall-KummerċServizzi KummerċjaliLascarisMT-Valletta CMR02Fax: +356 2569 0299
 NEDERLAND
Belastingdienst/Douane centrale dienst voor in- en uitvoerPostbus 30003, Engelse Kamp 29700 RD GroningenNederlandFax: (31-50) 523 23 41
 ÖSTERREICH
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und ArbeitAußenwirtschaftsadministrationAbteilung C2/2Stubenring 1A-1011 WienFax: +43-1-711 00/83 86
 POLSKA
Ministerstwo Gospodarki, Pracy i Polityki Społecznejpl. Trzech Krzyży 3/5PL-00-507 WarszawaFax: (48-22) 693 40 21/693 40 22
 PORTUGAL
Ministério das FinançasDirecção-Geral das Alfândegas e dos ImpostosEspeciais sobre o ConsumoRua Terreiro do TrigoEdifício da Alfândega de LisboaP-1140-060 LisboaFax: (351-21) 881 42 61
 SLOVENIJA
Ministrstvo za gospodarstvoPodročje za ekonomske odnose s tujinoKotnikova 5SI-1000 LjubljanaFax: (386-1) 478 36 11
 SLOVENSKÁ REPUBLIKA
Ministerstvo hospodárstva SROdbor licenciíMierová 19SK-827 15 Bratislava 212Fax: (421-2) 43 42 39 19
 SUOMI/FINLAND
TullihallitusPL 512FI-00101 HelsinkiFax: (358-20) 492 28 52
TullstyrelsenPB 512FI-00101 HelsingforsFax: (358-20) 492 28 52
 SVERIGE
KommerskollegiumBox 6803S-113 86 StockholmFax: (46-8) 30 67 59
 UNITED KINGDOM
Department of Trade and IndustryImport Licensing BranchQueensway House — West PrecinctBillingham TS23 2NFUnited KingdomFax: (44-1642) 36 42 69

ANNEX III


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 6401 92
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 6402 19
 6402 20
 6402 91
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 6403 12
 6403 19
 6403 20
 6403 30
 6403 40
 6403 51
 6403 59
 6403 91
 6403 99
 6404 11
 6404 19
 6404 20
 6405 10
 6405 20
 6405 90
 6404 19 10
 6402 99 10 10
 6402 99 91 10
 6402 99 93 10
 6402 99 96 10
 6402 99 98 11
 6403 91 11 10
 6403 91 13 10
 6403 91 16 10
 6403 91 18 10
 6403 91 91 10
 6403 91 93 10
 6403 91 96 10
 6403 91 98 10
 6403 99 91 10
 6403 99 93 11 + 19
 6403 99 96 11 + 19
 6403 99 98 11 + 19
