S.I. No. 264/1985 - European Communities (Surveillance of Certain Clothing and Textile Products Imports) Regulations, 1985.

S.I. No. 264 of 1985.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (SURVEILLANCE OF CERTAIN CLOTHING AND TEXTILE PRODUCTS IMPORTS) REGULATIONS, 1985.

WHEREAS the State has been authorised under the Regulation of the Council of the European Communities dated the 5th day of February, 1982 (No. 288/82/EEC¹), to take the surveillance measures hereinafter specified (the conditions and details of which the Council has determined in that Regulation):

¹OJ No. L 35 of 9. 2. 1982, p. 1.

NOW, I, JOHN BRUTON, Minister for Industry, Trade, Commerce and Tourism, 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. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Surveillance of Certain Clothing and Textile Products Imports) Regulations, 1985.

2. (1) In these Regulations "the Minister" means the Minister for Industry, Trade, Commerce and Tourism.

(2) A reference in these Regulations to a Nimexe code shall be taken to be a reference to that code in the Annex to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1445/72² as amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3529/84³ and by any subsequent Regulations of an institution of the European Communities.

²OJ No. L161 of 17.7. 1972, p. 1.

³OJ No. L337 of 24.12.1984, p. 1.

3. (1) These Regulations apply to goods which originate in a State which is not a Member State of the European Communities and are specified at a Nimexe code mentioned or referred to in column (1) of the Schedule to these Regulations, but do not apply to goods in free circulation to which the European Communities (Surveillance of Certain Textile Products and Footwear Imports) Regulations, 1985 ( S.I. No. 263 of 1985 ), and the Commission Decision of the 27th day of June, 1985 (No. 85/340/EEC⁴) apply.

⁴OJ No. L178 of 10.7.1985, p. 17.

(2) The particulars stated in column (2) of the Schedule to these Regulations are inserted solely to facilitate identification of the goods referred to at the Nimexe code mentioned or referred to in column (1) of that Schedule opposite the insertion in column (2), and, accordingly nothing contained in column (2) shall affect the construction or limit or control the operation of any provision of these Regulations (including the mention of, or reference to, the code in column (1)).

4. The importation into the State of any goods to which these Regulations apply shall be subject to the production by the importer of an import document issued by the Minister. The Minister may refuse an import document when authorised to do so by Decisions made from time to time by the Commission of the European Communities under Article 115 of the Treaty establishing The European Economic Community.

5. The European Communities (Surveillance of Certain Clothing and Textile Products Imports) Regulations, 1983 ( S.I. No. 417 of 1983 ), are hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

Nimexe code (1)	Short description of goods (2)
55.08 (all codes)	Terry towelling and similar terry fabrics, of cotton
60.02 (all codes)	Gloves, mittens and mitts, knitted or crocheted, not elastic nor rubberised
60.04 (all codes)	Under garments, knitted or crocheted, not elastic nor rubberised
60.05 (all codes)	Outer garments and other articles knitted or crocheted, not elastic nor rubberised
61.01 (all codes)	Men's and boys' outer garments
61.02 (all codes)	Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments
61.03 (all codes)	Men's and boys' under garments, including collars, shirt fronts and cuffs
61.04 (all codes)	Women's, girls' and infants' under garments
61.09 (all codes)	Corsets, corset-belts, suspender-belts, brassieres, braces, suspenders, garters and the like (including such articles of knitted or crocheted fabric), whether or not elastic
61.10 (00)	Gloves, mittens, mitts, stockings, socks and sockettes, not being knitted or crocheted goods
62.02 (all codes)	Bed linen, table linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen; curtains and other furnishing articles
62.04 (23 and 73 only)	Tents
62.05 (ex 93 only)	Shoe laces

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 13th day of August, 1985.

JOHN BRUTON,

Minister for Industry, Trade,

Commerce and Tourism.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The effect of the Instrument is to enable the Minister for Industry, Trade, Commerce and Tourism to continue in operation a system of surveillance on imports of certain clothing and textile products.