No L 405/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 31.12. 92 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 395/92 . of 29 December 1992 on the arrangements for imports of certain textile products originating in Taiwan 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 4134/86 of 22 December 1986 on the arrangements for imports of certain textile products originating- in Taiwan (1) laid down the arrangements for imports into the Community of the products in question until 31 December 1992; Whereas those arrangements should be maintained beyond that date and adjusted as part of the revision of the Community’s overall commercial policy on textile products and the realization of the internal market as from 1 January 1993; ' Whereas, in order inter alia to ensure compliance with the objectives of this Regulation, the release for free circulation of the products in question should be made subject to import authorization on presentation of an export document issued in Taiwan by a body affording all the necessary guarantees; Whereas it is necessary to provide that neither handicraft or traditional folklore products, for which an appropriate certification system will be devised, nor products introduced into the customs territory of the Community under the inward processing rules or under other temporary admission rules and re-exported from that territory in the same state or after processing are to be set off against the abovementioned quantitative quotas; Whereas provision should be made for introducing, where certain conditions are fulfilled, quantitative limits on textile products which are included in the import arrangements applicable to Taiwan but for which no quantitative limit has been fixed; Whereas it should be possible, where it is found that products originating in Taiwan and subject to this Regulation have been imported into the Community in an attempt to evade the provisions of this Regulation, to deduct the quantity of goods concerned from the appropriate quantitative quotas established under this Regulation; () O] No L 386, 31. 12. 1986, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 344/92 (O] No L 42, 18. 2. 1992, p. 1). Whereas it should be possible to introduce specific quantitative quotas for products obtained under the - outward processing relief arrangements; “Whereas Article 8a of the Treaty lays down that the Community should adopt measures for the progressive establishment of the internal market over a period expiring on 31 December 1992; whereas the internal market comprises of an area without internal frontiers in which the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital is ensured; Whereas a new system for administering quantitative - restrictions should be established based on the principle of a common commercial policy, in accordance with the guidelines laid down by the Court of Justice and with a view to establishing the Internal Market on 1 January 1993; Whereas the procedure for administering import quotas should be based on a system of licences issued by the Member States in line with quantitative criteria established at Community level; Whereas the administrative procedure to be established must ensure that all  applicants have fair access to Community quantitative quotas; Whereas surveillance or safeguard measures confined to one or more regions rather than the whole of the Community may nevertheless prove necessary; whereas however such measures should be authorized only exceptionally and where no alternative exists; whereas it is necessary, in addition, to ensure that such measures are temporary and cause the minimum of disruption to the operation of the internal market; Whereas the measures covered by this Regulation are both necessary ‘and appropriate in order to complete the common commercial policy and to safeguard the measures already taken by the Community in the textile and clothing sector; Whereas the import arrangements at present in force expire on 31 December 1992; whereas it is necessary to provide for transitional arrangements in respect of products shipped before 1 January 1993, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. From 1 January 1993 to 31 December 1995 importation into the Community of the products indicated in the categories listed in Annex I shall be governed by the provisions of this Regulation.