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ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL
totheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthePeople'sRepublicofBulgaria
ontradeintextileproductsconsequentontheaccessionoftheKingdomofSpainandthePortuguese
RepublictotheCommunity
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
oftheonepart,and
THEGOVERNMENT OFTHEPEOPLE'SREPUBLICOFBULGARIA
oftheotherpart,
CONSIDERING theaccessionoftheKingdomofSpainandthePortugueseRepublicoftheEuropean
Communities on1January1986,
HAVINGREGARDtotheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthePeople'sRepublicof
Bulgariaontradeintextileproductsinitialledon20July1982,andhereinafterreferredtoasthe
'Agreement',
HAVEDECIDEDtodeterminebycommonaccordtheadjustmentsandtransitionalmeasuresoftheAgreement
consequentontheaccessionoftheKingdomofSpainandthePortugueseRepublictotheEuropeanEconomic
Community ,and
TOCONCLUDE THISPROTOCOL :
anyregionoftheCommunityinrelationtotheamounts
determinedinaccordancewithparagraphs2and2A
exceedthefollowingregionalpercentage :Article1
ThetextoftheAgreementasherebyamended,includingits
AnnexesandProtocols,DeclarationsandExchangeof
Lettersforminganintegralpartthereof,shallbedrawnupin
SpanishandPortugueseandthosetextsshallbeauthenticin
thesamewayastheoriginaltexts.Germany
Benelux
France
Italy
Denmark
Ireland
UnitedKingdom
Greece
Spain
Portugal28,5%
10,5%
18,5%
15,0%
3,0%
1,0%
23,5%
2,0%
7,5%
1,5%Article2
TheAgreementshallbeamendedasfollows:
(1)ThelimitssetoutinAnnexIIshallbeincreasedtothe
quantitiessetoutintheAnnexhereto;
(2)Thefollowingparagraphisherebyinsertedinto
Article7:
'2A.Forthepurposesofapplyingtheprovisionsof
paragraph2intheyear1986,theprecedingyear'stotal
importsfromallthirdcountriesshallbecalculatedon
thebasisofimportsintotheCommunityasconstituted
on31December1985andofimportsintoSpainand
Portugal.TradebetweentheCommunity ,Spainand
Portugal,orbetweenSpainandPortugalshallbe
excludedfromthistotal.'
(3)Article7(6)oftheAgreementshallbereplacedbythe
following:
'6.Inaccordancewiththeproceduressetoutin
paragraphs2and4,aquantitativelimitmaybefixedon
aregionalbasiswhereimportsofagivenproductinto(4)Thefollowingparagraphisherebyaddedto
Article7:
'12.In1986,forpurposesofintroducing
Communityquantitativelimitsorquantitativelimitsfor
regionsoftheCommunityotherthanSpainorPortugal,
shouldthefigurescalculatedonthebasisofparagraph
2Abeunavailable ,orshouldthosefiguresbelowerthan
thoseresultingfromtherulesinforcepriorto
enlargement ,thelatterwillexceptionallycontinuetobe
used.
ForpurposesofintroducingregionallimitsforSpain
andPortugal,shouldtheimportfiguresfortheyear
1985beunavailable,theimporttotalshallbe
establishedbythemeanssetoutinparagraph2Abuton
thebasisof1984importfigures.'

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Article3
TheAnnextothisProtocolformsanintegralpartthereof.
ThisProtocolformsanintegralpartoftheAgreement .2.Itshallbeapplicablewitheffectfrom1January1986
andremaininforceduringtheperiodofvalidityofthe
AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andthePeople'sRepublicofBulgariaontradeintextile
products.
Article5
ThisProtocolisdrawnupinduplicateintheDanish,Dutch,
English,French,German,Greek,Italian,Portuguese,
SpanishandBulgarianlanguages,eachofthosetextsbeing
equallyauthentic.Article4
1.ThisProtocolshallenterintoforceonthefirstdayof
themonthfollowingthedateonwhichthecontracting
partiesnotifyeachotherthattheproceduresnecessarytothis
endhavebeencompleted .

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ANNEX
Category Description UnitCommunity
quantitative
limitsin1986
1 Cottonyarns tonnes 96
2 Wovencottonfabrics tonnes 1281
2AWovencottonfabricsotherthanunbleached tonnes 487
3 Wovenfabricsofdiscontinuous syntheticfibres tonnes 163
3ASyntheticsfabrics,otherthanunbleached tonnes 88,5
4 T-shirts 1000pieces 796
5 Pullovers 1000pieces 809
6 Trousers 1000pieces 407
7 Blouses 1000pieces 351
8 Shirts 1000pieces 2617
12 Knittedstockingsandsocks 1000pairs 2102
14BMen'sovercoats,raincoatsandothercoats 1000pieces 159
15BWomen'sovercoats,raincoatsandothercoats 1000pieces 333
16 Men'swovensuits 1000pieces 234
50 Wovenfabricsofwool tonnes 257
76 Workwear 1000pieces 1549

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LetterNo1
Brussels,
Sir,
IhavethehonourtorefertotheAdditionalProtocoltotheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandthePeople'sRepublicofBulgariaontradeintextileproducts,consequent
ontheaccessionoftheKingdomofSpainandthePortugueseRepublictotheCommunity ,initialledon
13December1985.
InordertotakeaccountoftheaccessionoftheKingdomofSpainandthePortugueseRepublictothe
Community,theCommunityandBulgariahavefurtheragreed,inthecourseofthenegotiationsonthe
saidAdditionalProtocol,thattheprovisionsoftheExchangeofLettersbetweenBulgariaandthe
CommunityconcerningexportsofcertainproductsofflaxandramiefromBulgariatotheCommunity
shallalsoapplytoexportsoftheseproductsfromBulgariatoSpainandPortugalunderthesame
conditionsasthosesetoutintheAdditionalProtocol.
Theentryintoforceanddurationofthesearrangements shallbeidenticaltothoseofthe
abovementioned AdditionalProtocol.
Pleaseaccept,Sir,theassuranceofmyhighestconsideration .
OnbehalfoftheCouncil
oftheEuropeanCommunities
LetterNo2
Brussels,
Sir,
Ihavethehonourtoacknowledgereceiptofyourletteroftoday'sdate,whichreadsasfollows:
'IhavethehonourtorefertotheAdditionalProtocoltotheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandthePeople'sRepublicofBulgariaontradeintextileproducts,
consequentontheaccessionoftheKingdomofSpainandthePortugueseRepublictothe
Community ,initialledon13December1985.
InordertotakeaccountoftheaccessionoftheKingdomofSpainandthePortugueseRepublicto
theCommunity ,theCommunityandBulgariahavefurtheragreedinthecourseofthenegotiations
onthesaidAdditionalProtocol,thattheprovisionsoftheExchangeofLettersbetweenBulgaria
andtheCommunityconcerningexportsofcertainproductsofflaxandramiefromBulgariatothe
CommunityshallalsoapplytoexportsoftheseproductsfromBulgariatoSpainandPortugal
underthesameconditionsasthosesetoutintheAdditionalProtocol.
Theentryintoforceanddurationofthesearrangements shallbeidenticaltothoseofthe
abovementioned AdditionalProtocol.'.
IhavethehonourtoinformtheCommunitythatmyGovernmentconfirmsthattheforegoingisin
accordancewiththeconclusionsreachedfollowingthenegotiationsonthismatterbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandthePeople'sRepublicofBulgaria.
Pleaseaccept,Sir,theassuranceofmyhighestconsideration .
FortheGovernment
ofthePeople'sRepublicofBulgaria