Trade and Industry Department, Hong Kong announces two European countries, Bulgaria and Romania, will accede to the European Union (EU) on 1 January 2007.
This notice inform traders that the Production Notification (PN) and Textiles Trader Registration Scheme (TTRS) requirements currently applied to sensitive markets (including the EU) will be extended to textiles exports to Bulgaria and Romania with effect from 1 January 2007.
Traders should deliver the relevant type of textiles notifications/textiles licences to the carriers according to the above specified licensing arrangement to cover their shipments which are exported or imported from 1 January 2007 onwards.
Registered textiles traders under TTRS who intend to lodge EN I or EN II in advance should ensure that the textile consignments to Bulgaria and Romania are to be shipped out of Hong Kong on or after 1 January 2007.
Traders who wish to lodge textiles notifications to cover their shipments must first be registered under the TTRS.
For registration procedures and the conditions of exemption under the TTRS, please refer to Appendix A of the Department's circular on "Textiles Control Arrangements for 2005.
In view of the lead time required to process registration application as well as to allow sufficient time for delivery of the Certificate of Registration as a Textiles Trader, traders are advised to plan ahead and apply for registration with the Department's Central Registration Office in advance.
Traders should note that imports of certain textiles products into the EU, including Bulgaria and Romania, must be accompanied by a Certificate of Hong Kong Origin (CO) for customs clearance.
Prevailing requirements are set out in the Department's circular on Proof of Origin for Import of Certain Textiles and Clothing Products into the European Union (EU).
Trade and Industry Department, HK
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