Brussels, 15/01/2004 (Agence Europe) - The Commission has not yet received the complaint from the EU textile industry, which the latter hopes to use to stop the flood of Chinese imports, which have tripled over two years (September 2003 figures compared to the same period in 2001), indicated a spokesman on Thursday. The industry explained that this should be done in a few days. The textile industry is worried about the force of the Chinese giant onto a liberalised market where it does not fully respect its accession commitments. Mr Libaert, President of Euratex explained that a series of non tariff barriers continues, notably concerning the deadlines for border authorisation, high reference princes at custom duties assessment, costly and complex standards to imports and distribution problems, without even mentioning measures still expected for ensuring respect for intellectual copyright and fighting against counterfeiting and the copying of models. Mr Libaert considered that the impending complaint against imports of filamentous cloth from China will be a test case as this action is aimed to trigger specific safeguards against this country in the framework of its WTO accession and which "requires a clear and unambiguous response" from the Commission. Mr Lamy's spokesperson indicated that they would be closely examining what action needed taking, in keeping with WTO rules. The spokesperson pointed out that the Commission communication on the future of textiles, following the expiry of the Multifibres Agreement in January 2005, included the possibility of EU support for particularly vulnerable countries like Bangladesh or Mauritius (Mr Lamy is expected to discuss this, this weekend ) for which trade preferences could be focused.