{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-139/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2008/139",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 139/2008 of 15 February 2008 amending Annexes I, II, III, V and VII to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-139",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 139/2008\nof 15 February 2008\namending Annexes I, II, III, V and VII to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 of 12 October 1993 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries, and in particular Article 19 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe common rules for imports of textiles products from third countries should be updated to take account of a number of recent developments.\n(2)\nVietnam became a full member of the World Trade Organisation on 11 January 2007.\n(3)\nThe Council has approved by Decision 2007/861/EC the signing and the provisional application of a bilateral agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Belarus on trade in textile products.\n(4)\nAmendments to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff also affect certain codes in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93.\n(5)\nRegulation (EEC) No 3030/93 should therefore be amended accordingly.\n(6)\nThe measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Textile Committee set up by Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 275, 8.11.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1217/2007 (OJ L 275, 19.10.2007, p. 16)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 337, 21.12.2007, p. 113."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1214/2007 (OJ L 286, 31.10.2007, p. 1)."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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