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( 1 ) OJ NO L 124 , 20 . 5 . 1980 , P . 1 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1580/80

OF 24 JUNE 1980

ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE QUANTITATIVE LIMITS ON IMPORTS OF CERTAIN JUTE PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN BANGLADESH

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1225/80 OF 13 MAY 1980 CONCERNING COMMON IMPORT ARRANGEMENTS FOR JUTE PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN BANGLADESH ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 1 OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED REGULATION PROVIDES FOR THE ALLOCATION AMONG THE MEMBER STATES , ON THE BASIS OF ESTABLISHED CRITERIA , OF THE COMMUNITY QUANTITATIVE LIMITS ON IMPORTS AGREED WITH BANGLADESH ;

WHEREAS THE QUANTITATIVE LIMITS MUST BE ADMINISTERED IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT IS POSSIBLE , SUBJECT TO THE TERMS LAID DOWN IN THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE ' S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH ON JUTE PRODUCTS TO UTILIZE UNUSED PORTIONS OF THE CEILINGS LAID DOWN IN THAT AGREEMENT BY TRANSFERRING THOSE PORTIONS TO OTHER CEILINGS , CARRYING THEM OVER FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT OR CARRYING THEM FORWARD ;

WHEREAS THE SYSTEM OF BILATERAL CONTROL LAID DOWN IN THE SAID AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND BANGLADESH CAN BE CARRIED OUT ONLY BY THE AUTHORITIES OF THE MEMBER STATE INDICATED AS BEING THE DESTINATION BY THE INDIAN AUTHORITIES AND AGAINST WHOSE QUOTA SHARE OF THE COMMUNITY CEILING THE QUANTITY EXPORTED HAS BEEN DEBITED BY THE SAID AUTHORITIES ;

WHEREAS , IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1225/80 , PRODUCTS WHICH ENTER THE COMMUNITY ' S CUSTOMS TERRITORY UNDER INWARD PROCESSING OR OTHER SUSPENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS AND ARE RE-EXPORTED IN THEIR ORIGINAL CONDITION OR AFTER PROCESSING SHOULD NOT BE DEBITED AGAINST THE COMMUNITY QUANTITATIVE LIMITS ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE QUOTA ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE SET UP BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1023/70 ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE QUANTITATIVE LIMITS ON IMPORTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1225/80 SHALL BE ALLOCATED AMONGST THE MEMBER STATES AS SET OUT IN ANNEX A HERETO .

ARTICLE 2

1 . THE COMPETENT AUTHORITIES OF THE MEMBER STATES CONCERNED SHALL AUTHORIZE IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1225/80 UP TO THE AMOUNT OF THE QUOTA SHARES ESTABLISHED IN ARTICLE 1 ABOVE .

2 . WHEN THE COMMISSION CONSIDERS THAT , IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AGREEMENT , ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN AS A RESULT OF NOTIFICATION GIVEN BY THE BANGLADESH AUTHORITIES THAT THEY INTEND :

- TO TRANSFER , IN A GIVEN YEAR UNDER THE AGREEMENT , UNUSED QUANTITIES OF A QUANTITATIVE LIMIT IN ONE CATEGORY TO THE QUANTITATIVE LIMIT FOR ANOTHER CATEGORY ,

- TO CARRY OVER UNUSED QUANTITIES OF A QUANTITATIVE LIMIT FIXED IN THE AGREEMENT TO THE CORRESPONDING LIMIT FIXED FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR , OR TO USE IN ANTICIPATION PART OF A QUANTITATIVE LIMIT FIXED FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR ,

IT SHALL SO INFORM THE MEMBER STATES , WHICH SHALL AUTHORIZE IMPORTS IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITS FIXED IN PARAGRAPH 1 UP TO THE AMOUNT OF THE QUANTITIES INDICATED BY THE COMMISSION .

ARTICLE 3

THE AUTHORITIES OF THE MEMBER STATE WHOSE TERRITORY IS DESIGNATED AS THE PLACE OF DESTINATION ON THE EXPORT LICENCE SHALL AUTHORIZE IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2 AUTOMATICALLY AND WITHOUT DELAY UP TO THE AMOUNT OF THE LIMITS LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 2 , ON PRESENTATION BY THE IMPORTER OF A VALID EXPORT AUTHORIZATION ISSUED BY THE BANGLADESH AUTHORITIES .

TO BE VALID THE EXPORT AUTHORIZATION ISSUED BY THE BANGLADESH AUTHORITIES MUST CONTAIN THE INFORMATION SPECIFIED IN ANNEX B .

ARTICLE 4

1 . AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE REQUIRED FOR THE CLEARANCE FOR CONSUMPTION OF PRODUCTS IMPORTED UNDER INWARD PROCESSING OR UNDER SOME OTHER SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS . AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSION , MEMBER STATES SHALL DEBIT THE QUANTITIES IN QUESTION AGAINST THE QUOTA SHARES FOR THE CURRENT YEAR OR THE FOLLOWING YEAR .

2 . WHERE MEMBER STATES ASCERTAIN THAT IMPORTS OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN THIS REGULATION HAVE BEEN DEBITED AGAINST THE QUOTA SHARES ESTABLISHED IN ARTICLE 1 BUT THAT THESE PRODUCTS HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY BEEN RE-EXPORTED OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY , EITHER IN THEIR ORIGINAL STATE OR AFTER PROCESSING , THEY SHALL INFORM THE COMMISSION OF THE QUANTITIES INVOLVED AND SHALL AUTHORIZE IMPORTS OF THE SAME QUANTITIES , WHICH SHALL NOT BE SO DEBITED .

3 . MEMBER STATES SHALL COMMUNICATE TO THE COMMISSION ON A HALF-YEARLY BASIS THE TOTAL QUANTITIES OF PRODUCTS :

- IMPORTED UNDER PROCESSING ARRANGEMENTS OR UNDER SOME OTHER SUSPENSIVE ARRANGEMENT AND THEN ADMITTED FOR HOME USE ,

- DEBITED AGAINST THE QUOTA SHARES ESTABLISHED IN ARTICLE 1 BUT THEN SUBSEQUENTLY RE-EXPORTED OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY .

THE COMMISSION SHALL INFORM THE BANGLADESH AUTHORITIES THEREOF .

ARTICLE 5

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 24 JUNE 1980 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

WILHELM HAFERKAMP

VICE-PRESIDENT

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ANNEX A

QUANTITATIVE LIMITS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1

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// CCT // NIMEXE // // // QUANTITATIVE LIMITS ( TONNES ) //

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CATE- GORY // HEADING NO // CODE ( 1980 ) // DESCRIPTION // MEMBER STATE // 1980 // 1981 // 1982 // 1983 //

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4 // 57.10 B // 57.10-61 ; EX 65 // WOVEN FABRICS OF JUTE OR OF OTHER BAST FIBRES OF HEADING NO 57.03 : EX B . OF A WIDTH OF MORE THAN 150 CM BUT NOT MORE THAN 310 CM , OTHER THAN THOSE OF CATEGORY 7 // D F I BNL UK IRL DK // 500 1 100

180

280

750

250

285 // 550 1 210

198

308

825

275

313 // 605 1 331

218

339

908

303

345 // 666 1 464

240

373

998

333

379 //

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// // // // EEC // 3 345 // 3 679 // 4 049 // 4 453 //

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7 // 57.10 B // 57.10-70 // WOVEN FABRICS OF JUTE OR OF OTHER TEXTILE BAST FIBRES OF HEADING NO 57.03 : EX B . OF A WIDTH OF MORE THAN 150 CM , WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY BLEACHED , DYED OR PRINTED AND HAVING NO VISIBLE SELVEDGE IN THE WIDTH // D F I BNL UK IRL DK // 410

229

83

363

308

96

356 // 443

247

90

392

333

104

384 // 478

267

97

423

359

112

415 // 516

288

105

457

388

121

448 //

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// // // // EEC // 1 845 // 1 993 // 2 151 // 2 323 //

ANNEX B

PARTICULARS REFERRED TO IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 3

EXPORT AUTHORIZATIONS ISSUED BY THE BANGLADESH AUTHORITIES IN RESPECT OF THE PRODUCTS COVERED BY THIS REGULATION SHALL CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING PARTICULARS :

( A ) DESTINATION ( MEMBER STATE CONCERNED );

( B ) SERIAL NUMBER ;

( C ) IMPORTER ' S NAME AND ADDRESS ;

( D ) EXPORTER ' S NAME AND ADDRESS ;

( E ) NET WEIGHT ( IN KILOGRAMS OR TONNES ) AND VALUE ;

( F ) CATEGORY AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE PRODUCT ( 1 );

( G ) CERTIFICATE BY THE AUTHORITIES OF BANGLADESH THAT THE QUANTITY HAS BEEN SET OFF AGAINST THE QUANTITATIVE LIMITS FIXED FOR THE YEAR IN WHICH THE PRODUCTS WERE SHIPPED , I.E . PLACED ON BOARD IN BANGLADESH FOR EXPORT TO THE COMMUNITY ( MEMBER STATE OF FINAL DESTINATION ), OR , WHERE APPROPRIATE , ARE FOR IMMEDIATE RE-EXPORT OR ARE FOR PROCESSING AND SUBSEQUENT RE-EXPORT OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY ;

( H ) YEAR DURING WHICH THE PRODUCTS WERE SHIPPED , THAT IS , WERE PLACED ON BOARD IN BANGLADESH FOR EXPORT TO THE COMMUNITY .

( 1 ) FOR CATEGORY 4 PRODUCTS , THE WIDTH IN CENTIMETRES SHALL ALSO BE GIVEN ; THIS SPECIFICATION SHALL BE REQUIRED UNTIL THE NIMEXE CLASSIFICATION IS AMENDED SO THAT NIMEXE CODES 57.10-61 AND 65 REFLECT THE DESCRIPTION OF PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN THE CURRENT DEFINITION OF CATEGORY 4 .