No L 79/6 Official Journal of the European Communities ° \ COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 718/89 of 21 March 1989 amending Annexes III en IV bis to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4136/86 with regard to certain textile products originating in Hong Kong (categories 7 and 78) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4136/86 of 22 December 1986 on common rules for imports of certain textile products originating in third countries ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 694/89 (3, and in particular Article 17, Whereas, with a view to the introduction of the combined . nomenclature, the Community has negotiated with Hong Kong an Agreed Minute modifying the quantitative limits - for categories 7 and 78 products provided for in the Agreement between the EEC and Hong Kong on trade in textiles ; Whereas the Council has decided, on 21 December 1988, that this Agreed Minute should be applied provnsnonally pendmg its formal conclusion ; Whereas it is therefore necessary to amend Annexes III and IV bis to Regulation (EEC) No 4136/86; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Textile Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Annexes III and IV bis to Regulation (EEC) No 4136/86 are hereby amended for Hong Kong accordance with the Annex hereto. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its- publication in the Official _]oumal of the European Communities. It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1988. This Regulat1on shall -be binding-in its entirety and du'ectly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 21 March 1989. () OJ No L 387, 31. 12. 1986, p. 42. () OJ No L 76, 18. 3. 1989, p. 16. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President 22. 3. 89 .