WORLD TRADE G/TMB/N/64/Add.1
25February 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-0792)
Original: English Textiles Monitoring Body
AGREEMENT ONTEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Article 3.1
European Community
Addendum
TheTextilesMonitoringBodyhasreceivedafurthernotificationfromtheEuropeanCommission,
pursuant toparagraph 1ofArticle 3.
TheTMB, inaccordance withparagraph 5ofArticle 3,iscirculating thisnotification toWTO
Members fortheirinformation.G/TMB/N/64/Add.1
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE GENERAL I
Brussels, 14January 1997
Subject: Notification Article 3(1)oftheAgreement onTextiles andClothing
Dear Ambassador,
Following theaccession ofBulgaria totheWorld Trade Organization by1December 1996,
Ihavethehonour tonotify totheTextiles Monitoring Body, under Article 3.1oftheAgreement on
Textiles andClothing, thequantitative limits maintained bytheEuropean Community vis-à-vis Bulgaria.
Thequantitative limits withthiscountry, which arepreferential innature, havebeennegotiated
intheAdditional Protocol totheEurope Agreement onTrade inTextile Products between theEuropean
Community andtheRepublic ofBulgaria andwhich already hasbeennotified totheGATT/WTO under
Article XXIV. TheAdditional Protocol provides fortheelimination ofthese restrictions on
1January 1998 atthelatest.
Fortheinformation oftheTMB, details ofthese limits areannexed asfollows:
- Annex I:Quantitative Limits;
- Annex II:Flexibility Provisions.
Forproduct classification purposes Annex IIImaybeconsulted.
Please accept, dearAmbassador, theassurance ofmyhighest consideration.
Yours sincerely,
(signed) Enrico Grillo Pasquarelli
Head ofUnit
Ambassador Szepesi
Chairman
Textiles Monitoring Body
World Trade Organization
Centre William Rappard
RuedeLausanne 154
CH-1211 Geneva 21G/TMB/N/64/Add.1
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ANNEX I
PART 1
Community Quantitative Limits
(InTonnes or'000Pieces)
Agreed fortheYears 1996 and1997
Category Unit 1996 1997
Group IA
2
ofwhich 2aTonnes
Tonnes4,722
1,4954,816
1,525
Group IB
5
6
7
8Pieces
Pieces*
Pieces
Pieces5,185
2,500
1,909
5,6625,418
2,625
1,995
5,860
Group IIB
73 Pieces 3,388 3,591
*For thepurpose ofsetting offexports against theagreed quantitative limits aconversion rateof
fivegarments (other thanbabies 'garments) ofamaximum commercial sizeof130cm.forthree garments whose
commercial sizeexceeds 130cm.maybeapplied forupto5percentofthequantitative limits. Theexport
licenceconcerningtheseproductsmustbear,inbox9,thewords"Theconversionrateforgarmentsofacommer cial
sizeofnotmore than130cm.must beapplied".G/TMB/N/64/Add.1
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ANNEX I
PART 2
Additional Community Quantitative Levels
ForRe-imports under Outward Processing Traffic**
(In'000Pieces)
Agreed fortheYears 1996 and1997
Category Unit 1996 1997
Group IB
5
6
7
8Pieces
Pieces
Pieces
Pieces6,492
9,251
13,286
6,2236,930
9,945
14,183
6,550
Group IIB
73 Pieces 3,375 3,679
**Outward Processing Traffic levels represent asupplementary quantitative access forproducts re-
imported intotheUnion afterprocessing inthethirdcountry concerned, inaccordance withCouncil Regulation
No.3036/94 oneconomic outward processing.G/TMB/N/64/Add.1
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ANNEX II
Flexibility Provisions
Direct quantitative restrictions
Theattached tableindicates foreachofthesupplier countries listed incolumn 1themaximum
amounts which, afteradvance notification totheCommission, itmaytransfer between thecorresponding
quantitative limits indicated inAnnex Vinaccordance withthefollowing provisions:
- Advance utilization ofthequantitative limitfortheparticular category established for
thefollowing quota yearshallbeauthorized uptothepercentage ofthequantitative
limit forthecurrent yearindicated incolumn 2;theamounts inquestion shallbe
deducted from thecorresponding quantitative limits forthefollowing year.
- Carryover ofamounts notutilized inagiven yeartothecorresponding quantitative
limitforthefollowing yearshallbeauthorized uptothepercentage ofthequantitative
limitfortheyearofactual utilization indicated incolumn 3.
- Transfers from categories 1tocategories 2and3shall beauthorized uptothe
percentages ofthequantitative limittowhich thetransfer ismade indicated incolumn 4.
- Transfers between categories 2and3shallbeauthorized uptothepercentages ofthe
quantitative limittowhich thetransfer ismade indicated incolumn 5.
- Transfers between categories 4,5,6,7and8shallbeauthorized uptothepercentages
ofthequantitative limittowhich thetransfer ismade indicated incolumn 6.
- Transfers intoanyofthecategories inGroups IIorIII(andwhere applicable Group IV)
fromanyofthecategories inGroups I,IIorIIIshallbeauthorized uptothepercentages
ofthequantitative limittowhich thetransfer ismade indicated incolumn 7.
Thetableofequivalence applicable totheabove-mentioned transfers isgiven inAnnex III.
Additional conditions, possibilities fortransfers andnotes aregiven incolumn 8ofthetable.G/TMB/N/64/Add.1
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Country Advance
utilizationCarryover Transfers from
cat.1to
cats.2and3Transfers
between
cats.2and3Transfers
between
cats.4,5,6,
7and8Transfers
from
Groups I,
II,IIIto
Groups II,
III,IVAdditional
conditions
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Bulgaria 6% 10% 7% 7% 7% 10% With regard to
column 4,transfers
canalsobemade
from categories 2
and3to
category 1.With
regard tocolumns 4
and5,thetotal
quantities
transferred to
categories 2and3
maynotexceed
7%.
OPTadditional levels
- Transfers between categories areauthorized upto25percent.
- Carryover ofamounts notutilized inagiven yeartothecorresponding quantitative levelfor
thefollowing yearshallbeauthorized upto13.5percentfortheyearofactual utilization.
- Advance utilization ofthequantitative level fortheparticular category established forthe
following yearshallbeauthorized upto7.5percentforthecurrent year.G/TMB/N/64/Add.1
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ANNEX III
Category Description
CN-Code 1996Table ofequivalence
Pieces/kg. g./piece
(1) (2) (3) (4)
Group IA
2 Woven fabrics ofcotton, other thangauze, terry fabrics, pilefabrics,
chenille fabrics, tulleandother netfabrics
5208 1110
5208 1215
5208 1295
5208 2110
5208 2215
5208 2295
5208 3100
5208 3219
5208 3299
5208 4200
5208 5210
5209 1100
5209 2200
5209 3900
5209 4910
5209 5900
5210 1900
5210 2900
5210 3900
5210 5100
5211 1200
5211 2900
5211 4100
5211 4990
5212 1110
5212 1310
5212 1510
5212 2210
5212 2410
ex5811 00005208 1190
5208 1219
5208 1299
5208 2190
5208 2219
5208 2299
5208 3211
5208 3291
5208 3300
5208 4300
5208 5290
5209 1200
5209 2900
5209 4100
5209 4990
5210 1110
5210 2110
5210 3110
5210 4100
5210 5200
5211 1900
5211 3100
5211 4200
5211 5100
5212 1190
5212 1390
5212 1590
5212 2290
5212 2490
ex6308 00005208 1211
5208 1291
5208 1300
5208 2211
5208 2291
5208 2300
5208 3213
5208 3293
5208 3900
5208 4900
5208 5300
5209 1900
5209 3100
5209 4200
5209 5100
5210 1190
5210 2190
5210 3190
5210 4200
5210 5900
5211 2100
5211 3200
5211 4300
5211 5200
5212 1210
5212 1410
5212 2110
5212 2310
5212 25105208 1213
5208 1293
5208 1900
5208 2213
5208 2293
5208 2900
5208 3215
5208 3295
5208 4100
5208 5100
5208 5900
5209 2100
5209 3200
5209 4300
5209 5200
5210 1200
5210 2200
5210 3200
5210 4900
5211 1100
5211 2200
5211 3900
5211 4910
5211 5900
5212 1290
5212 1490
5212 2190
5212 2390
5212 2590
2(a) Ofwhich: Other thanunbleached orbleached
5208 3100
5208 3219
5208 3299
5208 4200
5208 5210
5209 3100
5209 4200
5209 5100
5210 3190
5210 4200
5210 5900
5211 4100
5211 4990
5212 1310
5212 1510
5212 2410
ex5811 00005208 3211
5208 3291
5208 3300
5208 4300
5208 5290
5209 3200
5209 4300
5209 5200
5210 3200
5210 4900
5211 3100
5211 4200
5211 5100
5212 1390
5212 1590
5212 2490
ex6308 00005208 3213
5208 3293
5208 3900
5208 4900
5208 5300
5209 3900
5209 4910
5209 5900
5210 3900
5210 5100
5211 3200
5211 4300
5211 5200
5212 1410
5212 2310
5212 25105208 3215
5208 3295
5208 4100
5208 5100
5208 5900
5209 4100
5209 4990
5210 3110
5210 4100
5210 5200
5211 3900
5211 4910
5211 5900
5212 1490
5212 2390
5212 2590G/TMB/N/64/Add.1
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Category Description
CN-Code 1996Table ofequivalence
Pieces/kg. g./piece
(1) (2) (3) (4)
Group IB
5 Jerseys, pullovers, slip-overs, waistcoats, twinsets, cardigans, bed-
jackets andjumpers (other than jackets andblazers), anoraks, wind
cheaters, waister jackets andthelike,knitted orcrocheted4.53 221
6101 1090
6102 2090
6110 1035
6110 1098
6110 30996101 2090
6102 3090
6110 1038
6110 20916101 3090
6110 1010
6110 1091
6110 20996102 1090
6110 1031
6110 1095
6110 3091
6 Men'sorboys'woven breeches, shorts other than swimwear and
trousers (including slacks); women 'sorgirls'woven trousers and
slacks, ofwool, ofcotton orofman-made fibres; lower parts oftrack
suits with lining, other than category 16or29,ofcotton orof
man-made fibres1.76 568
6203 4110
6203 4235
6203 4919
6204 6233
6211 32426203 4190
6203 4290
6203 4950
6204 6239
6211 33426203 4231
6203 4319
6204 6110
6204 6318
6211 42426203 4233
6203 4390
6204 6231
6204 6918
6211 4342
7 Women 'sorgirls'blouses, shirts andshirt-blouses, whether ornot
knitted orcrocheted, ofwool, ofcotton orman-made fibres5.55 180
6106 1000
6106 30006106 2000
6106 40006106 9010 6206 2000
8 Men'sorboys'shirts, other thanknitted orcrocheted, ofwool, cotton
orman-made fibres4.60 217
6205 1000 6205 2000 6205 3000
GROUP IIB
73 Track suitsofknitted orcrocheted fabric, ofwool, ofcotton orofman-
made textile fibres1.67 600
6112 1100 6112 1200 6112 1900