31982R0554

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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 554/82

OF 26 FEBRUARY 1982

ON THE QUANTITATIVE LIMITS SET OUT IN ANNEX IV TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3061/79 AND AMENDING ANNEXES II AND III TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3554/80 IN RESPECT OF IMPORTS OF CERTAIN TEXTILE PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 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 THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ( 1 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2269/81 ( 2 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 14 AND 17 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3554/80 OF 22 DECEMBER 1980 MAKING THE IMPORTATION INTO GREECE OF TEXTILE PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN CERTAIN THIRD COUNTRIES SUBJECT TO QUANTITATIVE LIMITATION ( 3 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 3 THEREOF ,

WHEREAS , IN ANNEX IV TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3061/79 , IT IS STATED THAT THE ALLOCATIONS AS BETWEEN MEMBER STATES OF QUANTITATIVE LIMITS FOR 1982 HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED FOR THE PURPOSES OF INFORMATION AND THAT THE FINAL VERSION SHALL BE THE SUBJECT OF A COMMUNITY REGULATION AT THE BEGINNING OF 1982 ;

WHEREAS , PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 123 OF THE ACT OF ACCESSION OF GREECE , THE COMMUNITY HAS NEGOTIATED A FURTHER PROTOCOL OF ADJUSTMENT OF THE AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN TEXTILE PRODUCTS BETWEEN THE EEC AND CHINA ;

WHEREAS , IN ANNEXES II AND III TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3554/80 THE REFERENCES TO CHINA MUST THEREFORE BE DELETED ;

WHEREAS IT IS APPROPRIATE TO ADAPT FOR 1981 AND 1982 THE ALLOCATIONS PUBLISHED IN ANNEX IV TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3061/79 AND TO INCLUDE THE QUANTITATIVE LIMITS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 11 OF THAT REGULATION AS WELL AS THE REGIONAL LIMITS ATTRIBUTED TO GREECE ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE TEXTILE COMMITTEE ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE ALLOCATION OF THE COMMUNITY QUANTITATIVE LIMITS SET OUT IN ANNEX IV TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3061/79 IS HEREBY FIXED FOR 1981 AND 1982 AS SET OUT IN THE ANNEX .

ARTICLE 2

REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3554/80 IS HEREBY AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :

1 . THE REFERENCE TO CHINA IS DELETED FROM ANNEX II .

2 . THE QUANTITATIVE LIMITS RELATING TO CHINA ARE DELETED FROM ANNEX III .

ARTICLE 3

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE THIRD DAY FOLLOWING 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 , 26 FEBRUARY 1982 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

WILHELM HAFERKAMP

VICE-PRESIDENT

( 1 ) OJ NO L 345 , 31 . 12 . 1979 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 222 , 7 . 8 . 1981 , P . 10 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 381 , 31 . 12 . 1980 , P . 84 .

ANNEXES : SEE O.J .