
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1627/2004 of 13 September 2004 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:

(1) As from 1 May 2004, 10 new Member States have joined the European Union. Article 6(7) of the 2003 Act of Accession establishes that the new Member States are to apply the common trade policy concerning textiles and that the quantitative restrictions applied by the Community on imports of textile and clothing products are to be adjusted to take account of the accession of the new Member States to the Community.

(2) With effect from 1 May 2004, Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 was last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 487/2004. It adjusted the quantitative limits for imports of certain textile products from third countries into the enlarged Community, taking into account traditional imports into the 10 new Member States and using a formula of the average imports of years 2000 to 2002 adjusted pro rata temporis. This same methodology should now be applied to adjust the quantitative limits for imports of certain textile products from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

(3) Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(4) It is desirable for this Regulation to enter into force on the day after its publication in order to allow operators to benefit from it as soon as possible,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 
In Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93, the Community quantitative limits for Vietnam for 2004 set out in Annex V and in Annex VII to that Regulation shall be replaced by the Community quantitative limits set out in Part A and Part B of the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 13 September 2004.
For the Council
The President
B. R. BOT
ANNEX

PART A
In Annex V to Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93, the Community quantitative limits for Vietnam for 2004 shall be replaced by the following:


Third country Category Unit Community quantitative limits
2004
‘Vietnam GROUP IB  
4 1 000 pieces 22 276
5 1 000 pieces 7 669
6 1 000 pieces 9 755
7 1 000 pieces 6 408
8 1 000 pieces 22 628
GROUP IIA  
9 tonnes 1 067
20 tonnes 289
39 tonnes 266
GROUP IIB  
12 1 000 pairs 5 539
13 1 000 pieces 14 984
14 1 000 pieces 636
15 1 000 pieces 1 061
18 tonnes 2 132
21 1 000 pieces 22 942
26 1 000 pieces 2 348
28 1 000 pieces 7 110
29 1 000 pieces 747
31 1 000 pieces 8 088
68 tonnes 790
73 1 000 pieces 2 093
76 tonnes 2 050
78 tonnes 2 126
83 tonnes 710
GROUP IIIA  
35 tonnes 1 341
41 tonnes 1 336
GROUP IIIB  
10 1 000 pairs 6 841
97 tonnes 367
GROUP IV  
118 tonnes 295
GROUP V  
161 tonnes 545’

PART B
In Annex VII to Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93, the Community quantitative limits for 2004 for goods re-imported under OPT for Vietnam shall be replaced by the following:


Third country Category Unit Community quantitative limits
2004
‘Vietnam GROUP IB  
4 1 000 pieces 1 065
5 1 000 pieces 812
6 1 000 pieces 765
7 1 000 pieces 1 418
8 1 000 pieces 3 287
GROUP IIB  
12 1 000 pairs 3 348
13 1 000 pieces 1 024
15 1 000 pieces 331
18 tonnes 385
21 1 000 pieces 2 239
26 1 000 pieces 210
31 1 000 pieces 1 869
68 tonnes 156
76 tonnes 532
78 tonnes 372’
