S.I. No. 325/1972 - European Communities (Textiles) Regulations 1972.


S.I. No. 325 of 1972.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (TEXTILES) REGULATIONS 1972.

I, PATRICK J. LALOR, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Section 3 of the European Communities Act, 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Textiles) Regulations, 1972.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1973.

2. The Control of Imports (Quota No. 51) (Miscellaneous Textiles) Order, 1964 ( S.I. No. 297 of 1964 ), is hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution for paragraph 3 (b) of the following:

"(b) A reference in this Order to a tariff heading number or a tariff code number shall be construed as a reference to a tariff heading number or a tariff code number, as the case may be, in the Schedule to the Imposition of Duties (No. 200) (Customs and Excise Duties and Form of Tariff) Order, 1972 ( S.I. No. 220 of 1972 ).",

(b) the substitution in paragraph 5 for "tariff heading number or tariff heading numbers" and "that tariff heading number or those tariff heading numbers" of "tariff heading number, a tariff code number, tariff heading numbers or tariff code numbers" and "that tariff heading number, that tariff code number, those tariff heading numbers or those tariff code numbers", respectively,

(c) the substitution for the First Schedule thereto of the following:

"Paragraph 4

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Short Description of Goods

Tariff Headings and Tariff Code Numbers

(1)

(2)

Yarns of man-made fibres ..

Goods specified at tariff heading number 56.05 and at tariff code numbers 5101-226, 5101-242, 5101-258, 5101-274, 5101-316, 5101-332, 5101-348, 5101-364, 5101-380, 5101-412, 5101-428, 5101-444, 5101-489, 5606-427, 5606-443 and 5606-467.

Metallised yarns .. .. ..

Goods specified at tariff code numbers 5201-227, 5201-235 and 5201-243.

Yarns of flax and ramie ..

All goods specified at tariff heading numbers 54.03 and 54.04 but excluding those specified at tariff code numbers 5403-445, 5403-477, 5403-522, 5403-546, 5403-570, 5403-613, 5403-645, 5403-679 and 5404-049.

Yarns of cotton .. .. ..

Goods specified at tariff heading numbers 55.05 and 55.06.

Yarns of jute .. .. ..

Goods specified at tariff code numbers 5706-515, 5706-523, 5706-563 and 5706-571.

Knitted or crocheted goods ..

All goods specified at tariff heading numbers in Chapter 60, but excluding those specified at tariff heading number 60.01, tariff heading number 60.06A, and tariff code numbers 6005-184, 6005-233, 6005-334, 6005-358, 6005-453, 6005-471, 6005-527 and 6005-569.

Articles of apparel and clothing accessories of textile, other than knitted or crocheted

All goods specified at tariff heading numbers in Chapter 61 but excluding those specified at tariff code numbers 6110-137, 6110-153, 6111-014, 6111-022 and 6111-038.

Other made-up textiles— blankets, bedlinen, towels, etc., sacks and bags

All goods specified at tariff heading numbers in Chapter 62, but excluding those specified at tariff code numbers 6202-036, 6202-212, 6202-258, 6202-317, 6202-341, 6202-371, 6202-375, 6202-437, 6202-441, 6202-445, 6202-481, 6202-489, 6204-264, 6204-288, 6204-366, 6204-419, 6205-014, 6205-085, 6205-185 and 6205-469.

Mattress supports and certain other articles of bedding or similar furnishing

Goods specified at tariff heading number 94.04, but excluding those specified at tariff code numbers 9404-552, 9404-568, 9404-584 and 9404-669.

and

(d) by the substitution in the Second Schedule thereto for "China (Nationalist)" of "Taiwan (Formosa)".

3. The Control of Imports (Quota No. 52) (Miscellaneous Textile Piece Goods) Order, 1964 ( S.I. No. 298 of 1964 ), is hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution for paragraph 3 of the following:

"3. A reference in this Order to a tariff heading number or a tariff code number shall be construed as a reference to a tariff heading number or a tariff code number, as the case may be, in the Schedule to the Imposition of Duties (No. 200) (Customs and Excise Duties and Form of Tariff) Order, 1972 ( S.I. No. 220 of 1972 ).",

(b) the substitution in paragraph 5 for "tariff heading number or tariff heading numbers" and "that tariff heading number or those tariff heading numbers" of "tariff heading number, a tariff code number, tariff heading numbers or tariff code numbers" and "that tariff heading number, that tariff code number, those tariff heading numbers or those tariff code numbers", respectively,

(c) the substitution for the First Schedule thereto of the following:

"Paragraph 4

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Short Description of Goods

Tariff Heading and Tariff Code Numbers

(1)

(2)

Woven fabrics of silk, waste silk or noil silk

Goods specified at tariff heading numbers 50.09 and 50.10 but excluding those specified at tariff code numbers 5009-048, 5009-150, 5009-182, 5009-238, 5009-321 and 5010-473.

Woven fabrics of man-made fibres (continuous)

Goods specified at tariff heading number 51.04.

Woven fabrics of flax or ramie

Goods specified at tariff heading number 54.05.

Woven fabrics of cotton ..

Goods specified at tariff heading numbers 55.07,55.08 and 55.09.

Woven fabrics of man-made fibres (discontinuous or waste)

Goods specified at tariff heading number 56.07.

Woven fabrics of jute .. ..

Goods specified at tariff code numbers 5710-114, 5710-130, 5710-146 and 5710-162.

Woven pile fabrics and chenille fabrics

Goods specified at tariff heading number 58.04 but excluding those specified at tariff code numbers 5804-143, 5804-147, 5804-167, 5804-183, 5804-222, 5804-234, 5804-266, 5804-274, 5804-286, 5804-315, 5804-347, 5804-385, 5804-412, 5804-444, 5804-460, 5804-514, 5804-530, 5804-546, 5804-550, 5804-566, 5804-578, 5804-616, 5804-628, 5804-648 and 5804-669.

Certain coated or treated fabrics

Goods specified at tariff heading numbers 59.07, 59.08, 59.09, 59.11 and 59.12 but excluding those specified at tariff code numbers 5907-342, 5907-382, 5907-436, 5907-479, 5908-147, 5908-255 (insofar as tariff code numbers 5908-147 and 5908-255 apply to fabrics specified at tariff heading numbers 52.02, 53.11, 57.09, 57.11, 57.12 and tariff code numbers 5710-122, 5710-138, 5710-154, 5710-179 6001-426, 6001-555, 6001-587, 6001-625, 6001-649), tariff code numbers 5908-053, 5908-163, 5908-279, 5909-572, 5909-659, 5911-143, 5911-167, 5911-232, 5911-280, 5911-345, 5911-435, 5911-467, 5911-489 and 5912-449.

Goods specified at tariff heading 60.01 but excluding those specified at tariff code numbers 6001-426, 6001-555, 6001-587, 6001-625 and 6001-649.

Certain knitted or corcheted fabric

Goods specified at tariff heading number 60.06A but excluding those specified at tariff code numbers 6006-335, 6006-351, 6006-375, 6006-387, 6006-424, 6006-440, 6006-456, and 6006-480.

and

(d) by the substitution in the Second Schedule thereto for "China (Nationalist)" of "Taiwan (Formosa)".

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 20th day of December, 1972.

PATRICK J. LALOR

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

Tariff headings of the E.E.C. Common Customs Tariff and also the Nimexe system of classification of Tariff code numbers, are substituted for existing Tariff heading numbers in the Schedules to the above Orders. Also, Taiwan (Formosa) is substituted in the Schedules to the above Orders, for China (Nationalist).