29. 3. 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 84/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 768/88 of 2 February 1988 amending Regulation (EEC) No 4136/86 on common rules for imports of certain textile products originating in third countries THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof, . Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 4136/86 (!) made imports of certain textile products originating in third countries subject to common rules; Whereas the agreements concerning trade in textile products negotiated by the Community with a number of supplier countries provide that, as soon as the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System enters into force, textile products are to be classified according to the said system and to the Community nomenclatures bases thereon; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (2) introduced on 1 January 1988 a - goods nomenclature, known as the ‘combined nomenclature’ (CN), which satisfies in particular the needs of the statistics of external trade of the Community; whereas the textile products covered by the Agreements shosuld therefore be classified according to the combined nomenclature; whereas provision should be made for the importation and entry for free circulation in the Community froin 1 January 1988 of certain textile products consigned in supplier countries before that date, the classification of which will be altered by the entry into force of the combined nomenclature; Whereas the quantitative limits should be allocated among the Member States for the period 1988 to 1991; Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4136/ 86 should therefore be amended accordingly, and for reasons of clarity and () O] No L 387, 31. 12. 15986, p. 42. () O] No L 256,7.9.1987,p. 1. administrative efficiency, the quantitative limits established in accordance with Article 11 of the said Regulation should be included in an Annex IV bis, ‘ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 1 Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 4136/86 is hereby amended as follows: : 1. Article 1 (2) shall be replaced by the following: 2. The classification of products listed in Annex I shall be based on the combined nomenclature (CN), without prejudice to Article 3 (7).” The procedures for the application of this paragraph are laid down in Annex VI. : 2. The ‘following subparagraph shall be added to Article 3 (2): ‘The allocation of these quantitative limits among the Member States for the years 1988 to 1991 is set out in Annexe IV bis.’ 3. Article 3 (7) shall be replaced by the following: 7. - The definition of quantitative limits laid down in Annex Il and the categories of products, to which they apply shall be adapted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 15 where this proves necessary to ensure that any subsequent amendment to the combined nomenclature (CN) or any decision amiending the classification of such products does not result in a reduction of such quantitative limits.’ 4. The following two paragraphs shall be added to Article 3; ) ‘8. The quantitative limits laid down in this Article shall not apply to products which were not subject to