Commission Regulation (EC) No 220/97 of 5 February 1997 on the opening of additional quotas for imports into the Community of certain textile products originating in certain third countries participating in trade fairs organised in 1997 in the European Community
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In addition to the quantitative limits on imports established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93, additional quotas shall be opened in respect of the trade fairs to be held in 1997 in the European Community as set out in the Annex hereto.
1. Access to the additional quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be limited to such products which have been exhibited by the exporting countries at the fair and for the quantities agreed by a sales contract signed at the relevant fair as certified by the competent authorities of the Member States where the fair takes place. 2. The competent authorities of the Member State in the territory of which the fair is taking place shall ensure that the total amounts covered by certified contracts do not exceed the limits fixed in the Annex. 3. The Commission shall be informed by the relevant Member State not later than 30 days after the closure of the fair of the total quantities covered by contracts certified as having been concluded during the fair. This information shall be provided by supplier country and category.
1. Without prejudice to subsequent paragraphs imports into the Community of products for which additional quotas have been opened shall be subject to the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 which are applicable to imports of products subject to quantitative limits established in Annex V to the Regulation, with the exception of those relating to flexibilities. 2. Import authorizations can only be issued on the presentation of an export licence bearing in box 9 an indication of the fair and year to which they relate and accompanied by the original of the certified contract referred to in Article 2. 3. Import authorizations shall only cover products shipped into the Community in the third country in which they originate no earlier than 30 days after the closure of the fair.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 5 February 1997. For the Commission Leon BRITTAN Vice-President (1) OJ No L 275, 8. 11. 1993, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 26, 29. 1. 1997, p. 8.
ADDITIONAL QUOTAS FOR THE BERLIN TRADE FAIR TO BE HELD ON 20 AND 21 MARCH 1997 (The complete description of the goods is shown in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93) >TABLE>
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