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Ref : CR EIC 230/2/1/1

12 December 2012

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 1055/2012

Notice to Exporters: Series 2 (EU) No. 8/2012

European Union (EU)* : Classification of Categories for Imports of Textile Products

The European Commission (the Commission) has adopted two new Regulations to amend the classification of categories of textile products under its common rules for imports from third countries with effect from 1 January 2013. Details are in Commission Regulations (EU) Nos. 1164/2012 and 1165/2012 published on 8 December 2012, which are accessible from the EU website at:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:336:0029:0054:EN:PDF
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:336:0055:0074:EN:PDF

DETAILS

2.At present, Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 and Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94 stipulate respectively the common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries and 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. Annex I to these two Regulations determine the categories of imported textile products by Combined Nomenclature (CN) code. Taking into account the recent amendments to the tariff and statistical nomenclature, certain CN codes in Annex I to these Regulations should also be amended accordingly.

ENQUIRIES

3.For enquiries concerning the contents of this circular, please contact Mr. Derek WONG/ Ms Angela YUEN at telephone number 3403 6352 or the undersigned at 2398 5427.

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Anna CHEUNG)

for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

Note ：

While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.