COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1281/2013

11.12.2013 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 332/5 ---|---|---|--- * * * COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1281/2013 of 10 December 2013 laying down rules for the management and distribution of textile quotas established for the year 2014 under Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94 THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, 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 (1), and in particular Article 17(3) and (6) and Article 21(2) thereof, Whereas: (1) | Regulation (EC) No 517/94 established quantitative restrictions on imports of certain textile products originating in certain third countries to be allocated on a first come, first served basis. ---|--- (2) | Under that Regulation it is possible, in certain circumstances, to use other allocation methods, to divide quotas into tranches, or to reserve a proportion of a specific quantitative limit exclusively for applications which are supported by evidence of the results of past import performance. ---|--- (3) | Rules for management of the quotas established for 2014 should be adopted before the quota year begins so that the continuity of trade flows is not affected unduly. ---|--- (4) | The measures adopted in previous years, such as those in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1163/2012 (2), proved to be satisfactory and it is therefore appropriate to adopt similar rules for 2014. ---|--- (5) | In order to satisfy the greatest possible number of operators it is appropriate to make the ‘first come, first served’ allocation method more flexible by placing a ceiling on the quantities which can be allocated to each operator by that method. ---|--- (6) | To guarantee a degree of continuity in trade and efficient quota administration, operators should be allowed to make their initial import authorisation application for 2014 equivalent to the quantity which they imported in 2013. ---|--- (7) | To achieve optimum use of the quantities, an operator who has used up at least one half of the amount already authorised should be permitted to apply for a further amount, provided that quantities are available in the quotas. ---|--- (8) | To secure a sound administration, import authorisations should be valid for nine months from the date of issue but only until the end of the year at the latest. Member States should issue licences only after being notified by the Commission that quantities are available and only if an operator can prove the existence of a contract and can certify, in the absence of a specific provision to the contrary, that he has not already been allocated a Community import authorisation under this Regulation for the categories and countries concerned. The competent national authorities should, however, be authorised, in response to importers’ applications, to extend by three months and up to 31 March 2015 licences of which at least one half has been used by the application date. ---|--- (9) | The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Textile Committee established by Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 517/94, ---|--- HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 This Regulation lays down rules on the management of quantitative quotas for imports of certain textile products set out in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 517/94 for the year 2014. Article 2 The quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be allocated according to the chronological order of receipt by the Commission of Member States’ notifications of applications from individual operators, for amounts not exceeding the maximum quantities per operator set out in Annex I. The maximum quantities shall not, however, apply to operators able to prove to the competent national authorities, when making their first application for 2014, that, in respect of given categories and given third countries, they imported more than the maximum quantities specified for each category pursuant to import licences granted to them for 2013. In the case of such operators, the competent authorities may authorise imports not exceeding the quantities imported in 2013 from given third countries and in given categories, provided that enough quota capacity is available. Article 3 Any importer who has already used up 50 per cent or more of the amount allocated to him under this Regulation may make a further application, in respect of the same category and country of origin, for amounts not exceeding the maximum quantities laid down in Annex I. Article 4 1\. The competent national authorities listed in Annex II may, from 10 a.m. on 8 January 2014, notify the Commission of the amounts covered by requests for import authorisations. The time fixed in the first subparagraph shall be understood as Brussels time. 2\. The competent national authorities shall issue authorisations only after being notified by the Commission pursuant to Article 17(2) of Regulation (EC) No 517/94 that quantities are available for importation. They shall issue authorisations only if an operator: (a) | proves the existence of a contract relating to the provision of the goods; and ---|--- (b) | certifies in writing that, in respect of the categories and countries concerned: | (i) | the operator has not already been allocated an authorisation under this Regulation; or ---|--- (ii) | the operator has been allocated an authorisation under this Regulation but has used up at least 50 per cent of it. ---|--- 3\. Import authorisations shall be valid for nine months from the date of issue, but until 31 December 2014 at the latest. The competent national authorities may, however, at the importer’s request, grant a three-month extension for authorisations which are at least 50 per cent used up at the time of the request. Such extension shall in no circumstances expire later than 31 March 2015. Article 5 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2014. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 10 December 2013. For the Commission The President José Manuel BARROSO * * * (1) OJ L 67, 10.3.1994, p. 1. (2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1163/2012 of 7 December 2012 laying down rules for the management and distribution of textile quotas established for the year 2013 under Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94 (OJ L 336, 8.12.2012, p. 22). * * * ANNEX I Maximum amounts referred to in Articles 2 and 3 Country concerned | Category | Unit | Maximum amount ---|---|---|--- Belarus | 1 | Kilograms | 20 000 2 | Kilograms | 80 000 3 | Kilograms | 5 000 4 | Pieces | 20 000 5 | Pieces | 15 000 6 | Pieces | 20 000 7 | Pieces | 20 000 8 | Pieces | 20 000 15 | Pieces | 17 000 20 | Kilograms | 5 000 21 | Pieces | 5 000 22 | Kilograms | 6 000 24 | Pieces | 5 000 26/27 | Pieces | 10 000 29 | Pieces | 5 000 67 | Kilograms | 3 000 73 | Pieces | 6 000 115 | Kilograms | 20 000 117 | Kilograms | 30 000 118 | Kilograms | 5 000 Country concerned | Category | Unit | Maximum amount ---|---|---|--- North Korea | 1 | Kilograms | 10 000 2 | Kilograms | 10 000 3 | Kilograms | 10 000 4 | Pieces | 10 000 5 | Pieces | 10 000 6 | Pieces | 10 000 7 | Pieces | 10 000 8 | Pieces | 10 000 9 | Kilograms | 10 000 12 | Pairs | 10 000 13 | Pieces | 10 000 14 | Pieces | 10 000 15 | Pieces | 10 000 16 | Pieces | 10 000 17 | Pieces | 10 000 18 | Kilograms | 10 000 19 | Pieces | 10 000 20 | Kilograms | 10 000 21 | Pieces | 10 000 24 | Pieces | 10 000 26 | Pieces | 10 000 27 | Pieces | 10 000 28 | Pieces | 10 000 29 | Pieces | 10 000 31 | Pieces | 10 000 36 | Kilograms | 10 000 37 | Kilograms | 10 000 39 | Kilograms | 10 000 59 | Kilograms | 10 000 61 | Kilograms | 10 000 68 | Kilograms | 10 000 69 | Pieces | 10 000 70 | Pairs | 10 000 73 | Pieces | 10 000 74 | Pieces | 10 000 75 | Pieces | 10 000 76 | Kilograms | 10 000 77 | Kilograms | 5 000 78 | Kilograms | 5 000 83 | Kilograms | 10 000 87 | Kilograms | 8 000 109 | Kilograms | 10 000 117 | Kilograms | 10 000 118 | Kilograms | 10 000 142 | Kilograms | 10 000 151A | Kilograms | 10 000 151B | Kilograms | 10 000 161 | Kilograms | 10 000 * * * ANNEX II List of Licensing offices referred to in Article 4 1\. Belgium FOD Economie, KMO, Middenstand en Energie (FPS Economy, SMEs, Self-Employed and Energy) --- Algemene Directie Economisch Potentieel Dienst Vergunningen Vooruitgangstraat 50 1210 Brussel BELGIË Tel +32 22776713 Fax +32 22775063 SPF Economie, PME, Classes moyennes et Energie (FPS Economy, SMEs, Self- Employed and Energy) --- Direction générale Potentiel économique Service Licences Rue du Progrès 50 1210 Bruxelles BELGIQUE Tél +32 22776713 Fax +32 22775063 2\. Bulgaria Министерство на икономиката, енергетиката и туризма --- Дирекция „Регистриране, лицензиране и контрол“ ул. „Славянска“ № 8 1052 София БЪЛГАРИЯ Тел. +359 29407008/+359 29407673/+359 29407800 Факс +359 29815041/+359 29804710/+359 29883654 Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism --- Slavyanska Str. 8 1052 Sofia BULGARIA Tel. +359 29407008/+359 29407673/+359 29407800 Fax +359 29815041/+359 29804710/+359 29883654 3\. Czech Republic Ministerstvo průmyslu a obchodu (Ministry of Industry and Trade) --- Licenční správa Na Františku 32 110 15 Praha 1 ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA Tel. +420 224907111 Fax +420 224212133 4\. Denmark Erhvervs- og Vækstministeriet (Ministry for Business and Growth) --- Erhvervsstyrelsen Langelinje Allé 17 2100 København DANMARK Tlf. +45 35466030 Fax +45 35466029 5\. Germany Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (BAFA) [Federal Office of Economics and Export Control] --- Frankfurter Str. 29-35 65760 Eschborn DEUTSCHLAND Tel. +49 6196908-0 Fax +49 6196908800 6\. Estonia Majandus- ja Kommunikatsiooniministeerium (Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications) --- Harju 11 15072 Tallinn EESTI/ESTONIA Tel +372 6256400 Faks +372 6313660 7\. Ireland Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment --- Internal Market Kildare Street Dublin 2 IRELAND Tel. +353 16312121 Fax +353 16312826 8\. Greece Υπουργείο Ανάπτυξης, Ανταγωνιστικότητας & Ναυτιλίας --- Γενική Διεύθυνση Διεθνούς Οικονομικής Πολιτικής Διεύθυνση Καθεστώτων Εισαγωγών-Εξαγωγών, Εμπορικής Άμυνας Κορνάρου 1 105 63 Αθήνα ΕΛΛΑΔΑ Τηλ. +30 2103286041-43, 2103286021 Φαξ +30 2103286094 Ministry of Development, Competitiveness and Shipping, --- General Directorate for International Economic Policy, Directorate of Import-Export Regimes, Trade Defence Instruments Unit A' Kornarou Str. 1 105 63 Athens GREECE Tel. +30 2103286041-43, 2103286021 Fax +30 2103286094 9\. Spain Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness) --- Dirección General de Comercio e Inversiones Paseo de la Castellana, 162 28046 Madrid ESPAÑA Tel. +34 913493817, 3493874 Fax +34 913493831 E-mail: sgindustrial.sscc@comercio.mineco.es 10\. France Ministère du Redressement Productif --- (Ministry for Production Recovery) Direction générale de la compétitivité, de l'industrie et des services Bureau des matérieaux BP 80001 67 rue Barbès 94201 Ivry-sur-Seine CEDEX FRANCE Tél. +33 179843449 E-mail: isabelle.paimblanc@finances.gouv.fr 11\. Croatia Ministarstvo vanjskih i europskih poslova (Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs) --- Trg N. Š. Zrinskog 7-8 HR-10000 Zagreb HRVATSKA Tel. +385 16444626 Faks +385 16444601 12\. Italy Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico (Ministry of Economic Development) --- Dipartimento per l'impresa e l'internazionalizzazione Direzione Generale per la Politica Commerciale Internazionale Divisione III - Politiche settoriali Viale Boston 25 00144 Roma ITALIA Tel. +39 0659647517, 59932202, 59932406 Fax +39 0659932263, 59932636 E-mail: polcom3@mise.gov.it 13\. Cyprus Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism --- Trade Department Andrea Araouzou Str. 6 1421 Nicosia CYPRUS Tel. +357 2867100 Fax +357 2375120 14\. Latvia Latvijas Republikas Ekonomikas ministrija (Ministry of Economics of the Republic of Latvia) --- Brīvības iela 55 Rīga, LV-1519 LATVIJA Tālr. +371 67013248 Fakss +371 67280882 15\. Lithuania Lietuvos Respublikos ūkio ministerija (Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Lithuania) --- Gedimino pr. 38 / Vasario 16-osios g. 2 LT-01104 Vilnius LIETUVA/LITHUANIA Tel. +370 70664658, +370 70664808 Faks. +370 70664762 E-mail: vienaslangelis@ukmin.lt 16\. Luxembourg Ministère de l'Economie et du Commerce Exterieur (Ministry of Economy and Foreign Trade) --- Office des licences Boîte postale 113 2011 Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG Tél. +352 4782371 Fax +352 466138 17\. Hungary Magyar Kereskedelmi Engedélyezési Hivatal --- (Hungarian Trade Licencing Office) Budapest Németvölgyi út 37-39. 1124 MAGYARORSZÁG/HUNGARY Tel. +36 14585503 Fax +36 14585814 E-mail: keo@mkeh.gov.hu 18\. Malta Ministry of Finance, Economy and Investment --- Commerce Department, Trade Services Directorate Lascaris Valletta LTV 2000 MALTA Tel. +356 25690202 Faks +356 21237112 19\. Netherlands Belastingdienst/Douane (Customs Administration) --- centrale dienst voor in- en uitvoer Kempkensberg 12 Postbus 30003 9700 RD Groningen NEDERLAND Tel. +31 881512122 Fax +31 881513182 20\. Austria Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft, Familie und Jugend (Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth) --- Außenwirtschaftskontrolle Abteilung C2/9 Stubenring 1 1011 Wien ÖSTERREICH Tel. +43 171100-0 Fax +43 171100-8386 21\. Poland Ministerstwo Gospodarki (Ministry of Economy) --- Pl. Trzech Krzyzy 3/5 00-950 Warszawa POLSKA/POLAND Tel. +48 226935553 Faks +48 226934021 22\. Portugal Ministério das Finanças (Ministry of Finance) --- Direcção Geral das Alfândegas e dos Impostos Especiais sobre o Consumo Rua Terreiro do Trigo Edifício da Alfândega 1149-060 Lisboa PORTUGAL Tel. +351 1218814263 Fax +351 1218814261 E-mail: dsl@dgaiec.min-financas.pt 23\. Romania Ministerul Economiei (Ministry of Economy) --- Comerțului și Mediului de Afaceri Direcția Politici Comerciale Calea Victoriei nr. 152, sector 1 010096 București ROMÂNIA Tel. +40 213150081 Fax +40 213150454 E-mail: clc@dce.gov.ro 24\. Slovenia Ministrstvo za finance (Ministry of Finance) --- Carinska uprava Republike Slovenije Carinski urad Jesenice Center za TARIC in kvote Spodnji Plavž 6 c SI-4270 Jesenice SLOVENIJA Tel. +386 42974470 Faks +386 42974472 E-mail: taric.cuje@gov.si 25\. Slovakia Ministerstvo hospodárstva SR (Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic) --- Odbor výkonu obchodných opatrení Mierová 19 827 15 Bratislava SLOVENSKO/SLOVAKIA Tel. +421 248547019 Fax +421 243423915 E-mail: jan.krocka@mhsr.sk 26\. Finland Tullihallitus (National Board of Customs) --- PL 512 FI-00101 Helsinki SUOMI/FINLAND P. +358 96141 F. +358 204922852 Tullstyrelsen (National Board of Customs) --- PB 512 FI-00101 Helsingfors FINLAND Fax +358 204922852 27\. Sweden Kommerskollegium (National Board of Trade) --- Box 6803 SE-113 86 Stockholm SVERIGE Tfn +46 86904800 Fax +46 8306759 E-mail: registrator@kommers.se 28\. United Kingdom Import Licensing Branch (ILB) Department for Business Innovation and Skills E-mail: enquiries.ilb@bis.gsi.gov.uk * * *