# Commission Regulation (EC) No 1476/96 of 26 July 1996 opening quotas for imports of textile products falling within categories 87 and 109 originating in North Korea and amending Annexes IV and V to Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94 on common rules for imports of textile products from certain third countries EU Regulation No 1476/1996 · adopted 26 July 1996 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1476/96 of 26 July 1996 opening quotas for imports of textile products falling within categories 87 and 109 originating in North Korea and amending Annexes IV and V to Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94 on common rules for imports of textile products from certain third countries PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1996-1476/pdf/eur_19961476_adopted_en.pdf; Revised version (15 July 2015) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1996-1476/pdf/eur_19961476_2015-07-15_en.pdf; Revised version (30 July 1996) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1996-1476/pdf/eur_19961476_1996-07-30_en.pdf; Correction slip (6 September 1996) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1996-1476/pdf/eurcs_19961476_en_001.pdf ## Introductory text Commission Regulation (EC) No 1476/96 of 26 July 1996 opening quotas for imports of textile products falling within categories 87 and 109 originating in North Korea and amending Annexes IV and V to Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94 on common rules for imports of textile products from certain third countries THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94 of 7 March 1994 on common rules for imports of textile products from certain third countries not covered by bilateral agreements, protocols or other arrangements, or by other specific Community import rules, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 538/96, and in particular Articles 3 (3) and 5 in conjunction with Article 25 (4) thereof, Whereas Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 517/94 lays down that the textile products referred to in Annex V originating in the countries indicated therein may be imported into the Community provided an annual quantitative limit is established in accordance with the appropriate procedure provided for in Article 25; Whereas the Commission has received requests from three Member States with a view to introducing quantitative import limits for products falling within categories 87 (gloves, mittens and mitts, not knitted or crocheted) and 109 (tarpaulins, sails, awnings and sunblinds) originating in North Korea (listed in Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 517/94) in order to satisfy certain market requirements; whereas, following deliberations within the committee set up under Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 517/94, it was considered appropriate, in particular in the light of the situation of the Community industry concerned, to set annual quantitative limits for imports into the Community of products falling within categories 87 and 109 originating in North Korea of 5 tonnes and 10 tonnes respectively, which will be applicable from the date of entry into force of this Regulation; whereas Annexes IV and V to Regulation (EC) No 517/94 should be amended accordingly; whereas the quotas in question shall be managed, in the interests of legal security; in accordance with Article 17 of that Regulation; Whereas these measures are in accordance with the opinion of the committee set up by Regulation (EC) No 517/94, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: ## 1 Imports into the Community of textile products falling within categories 87 and 109 and originating in North Korea shall be subject to annual quantitative limits of 5 tonnes and 10 tonnes respectively. The quantitative limits provided for above shall be managed in accordance with Article 17 of Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94. ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. ## Signature This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. ## ‘ ANNEX IV Annual Community quantitative limits referred to in Article 3 (1) Category Units Quantity 1 tonnes 128 2 tonnes 145 3 tonnes 49 4 1 000 pieces 285 5 1 000 pieces 123 6 1 000 pieces 144 7 1 000 pieces 93 8 1 000 pieces 201 9 tonnes 71 12 1 000 pairs 1 290 13 1 000 pieces 1 509 14 1 000 pieces 96 15 1 000 pieces 108 16 1 000 pieces 55 17 1 000 pieces 38 18 tonnes 61 19 1 000 pieces 411 20 tonnes 142 21 1 000 pieces 2 961 24 1 000 pieces 263 26 1 000 pieces 173 27 1 000 pieces 179 28 1 000 pieces 285 29 1 000 pieces 75 31 1 000 pieces 293 36 1 000 pieces 91 37 1 000 pieces 356 39 1 000 pieces 51 59 1 000 pieces 466 61 1 000 pieces 40 68 1 000 pieces 75 69 1 000 pieces 184 70 1 000 pieces 270 73 1 000 pieces 93 74 1 000 pieces 133 75 1 000 pieces 39 76 tonnes 75 77 tonnes 9 78 tonnes 115 83 tonnes 34 87 tonnes 5 109 tonnes 10 117 tonnes 51 118 tonnes 23 142 tonnes 10 151A tonnes 10 151B tonnes 10 161 tonnes 152 ## ANNEX V referred to in Article 3 (3) Categories: 10, 22, 23, 32, 33, 34, 35, 38, 40, 41, 42, 49, 50, 53, 54, 55, 58, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 72, 84, 85, 86, 88, 90, 91, 93, 97, 99, 100, 101, 111, 112, 113, 114, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 130, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 140, 141, 145, 146A, 146B, 146C, 149, 150, 153, 156, 157, 159, 160.’ --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1996/1476 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1996-1476 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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