31983R1557

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1557/83

of 14 June 1983

on arrangements for imports into Italy of certain textile products originating in China

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3061/79 of 20 December 1979 on common rules for imports of certain textile products originating in China (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2007/82 (2), and in particular Article 11 (4) and (5) thereof,

Whereas Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 3061/79 lays down the conditions under which quantitative limits may be established; whereas imports into Italy of certain textile products (category 23) specified in the Annex hereto and originating in China have exceeded or are liable to exceed the level referred to in paragraph 3 of the said Article 11;

Whereas, in accordance with paragraph 5 of the said Article 11, China was notified of a request for consultations; whereas a quantitative limit has been placed provisionally on the products in question pending the outcome of those consultations;

Whereas the products in question exported from China between 1 January 1983 and the date of entry into force of this Regulation must be set off against the quantitative limit which has been introduced;

Whereas that quantitative limit should not prevent the importation of products covered by that limit from China before the date of entry into force of this Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 2, imports into Italy of the category of products originating in China and specified in the Annex hereto shall be subject to the quantitative limit set out in that Annex.

Article 2

1. Products as referred to in Article 1, shipped from China to Italy before the date of entry into force of this Regulation and not yet released for free circulation shall be so released subject to the presentation of a shipment certificate proving that shipment actually took place before that date.

2. All quantities of products shipped from China on or after 1 January 1983 and released for free circulation shall be deducted from the quantitative limits laid down. This provisional limit shall not, however, prevent the importation of products covered by them but shipped from China before the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply until the entry into force of a Regulation establishing a definitive quantitative limit following the current consultations.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 14 June 1983.

For the Commission

Wilhelm HAFERKAMP

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 345, 31. 12. 1979, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 216, 24. 7. 1982, p. 1.

ANNEX

1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8 // // // // // // // // // Cate- gory // CCT heading No // NIMEXE code (1983) // Description // Third countries // Member States // Units // Quantitative limits from 1 January to 31 December 1983 // // // // // // // // // 23 // 56.05 B // 56.05-51; 55; 61; 65; 71; 75; 81; 85; 91; 95; 99 // Yarn of man-made fibres (discontinuous or waste), not put up for retail sale: B. Of regenerated textile fibres: Yarn of discontinuous or waste regenerated fibres, not put up for retail sale // China // I // Tonnes // 300 // // // // // // // //