32003R1884

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1884/2003

of 24 October 2003

authorising transfers between the quantitative limits of textiles and clothing products originating in Macao

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 Regulation (EC) No 138/2003(2), and in particular Article 7 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Article 7 of the Agreement between the European Community and Macao on trade in textile products, initialled on 19 July 1986 and approved by Council Decision 87/497/EEC(3), as last amended by an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters, initialled on 22 December 1994 and approved by Decision 95/131/EC(4), provides that transfers may be agreed between categories and quota years.

(2) Macao submitted a request for transfers between quota years on 4 August 2003.

(3) The transfers requested by Macao fall within the limits of the flexibility provisions referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 and set out in Annexes V and VIII thereto.

(4) It is, therefore, appropriate to grant the request.

(5) 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.

(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Textile Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Transfers between the quantitative limits for textile goods originating in Macao fixed by the Agreement between the EC and Macao on trade in textile products are authorised for the quota year 2003 in accordance with 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, 24 October 2003.

For the Commission

Pascal Lamy

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 275, 8.11.1993, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 23, 28.1.2003, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 287, 9.10.1987, p. 46.

(4) OJ L 94, 26.4.1995, p. 1.

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