# Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013 of 13 May 2013 adapting certain regulations and decisions in the fields of free movement of goods, freedom of movement for persons, company law, competition policy, agriculture, food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policy, transport policy, energy, taxation, statistics, trans-European networks, judiciary and fundamental rights, justice, freedom and security, environment, customs union, external relations, foreign, security and defence policy and institutions, by reason of the accession of the Republic of Croatia, Division 1: Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 is amended as follows:

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(a) the following paragraph is added to Article 2:
‘11. The release for free circulation in the Member State acceding to the European Union on 1 July 2013, namely Croatia, of textile products which are subject to quantitative limits or to surveillance in the Community and which have been shipped before 1 July 2013 and enter the new Member State on or after 1 July 2013 shall be subject to presentation of an import authorisation. Such import authorisation shall be granted automatically and without quantitative limitation by the competent authorities of the Member State concerned, upon adequate proof, such as the bill of lading, that the products have been shipped before 1 July 2013.
Such licences shall be communicated to the Commission.’;
(b) the following paragraph is added to Article 5:
‘The release for free circulation of textile products sent from the new Member State acceding to the European Union on 1 July 2013 to a destination outside the Community for processing before 1 July 2013, and re-imported into the same Member State on or after that date, shall upon adequate proof, such as the export declaration, not be subject to quantitative limits or import authorisation requirements. The competent authorities of the Member State concerned shall provide information on those imports to the Commission.’;
(c) the following is inserted in Article 28(6), second indent of Annex III, after the entry for United Kingdom:
— HR ‘Croatia’.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/517/annex/division/16/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-517/annex/division-16/division-1
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