22.7.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL183/7
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1642/77
of18July1977
concerningimportarrangements forcertaintextileproductsoriginatinginThai­
landandrepealingRegulation (EEC)No845/77forThailandandRegulation
(EEC)No1183/77
Whereas,tothisend,quantitativelimitsshouldbe
fixedforimportsoftheseproductsintotheMember
Statesinquestionanddetailedruleslaiddownfor
theiradministration bytheMemberStates;
WhereasimportsofgoodsexportedfromThailandin
1977shouldbechargedagainstthequantitativelimits
fixedintheAgreementforthatperiod;
Whereasstepsshouldbetakentoensurethatthereis
noevasionoftheobjectivesoftheAgreementbyindi­
rectimportsofproductsoriginatinginThailand;
WhereastheAgreementprovidesthatproductswhich
entertheCommunity'scustomsterritoryunder
inwardprocessingorothertemporaryadmission
arrangements andarere-exportedfromthatterritory
intheiroriginalstateorafterprocessingshouldnotbe
chargedagainsttheagreedquantitativelimits;
Whereas,inviewofArticle12oftheArrangement
regardingInternationalTradeinTextiles,onwhich
theabovementioned Agreementisbased,thelatter
doesnotapplytotextileproductsofsilk,flaxor
ramie;
WhereasthisRegulationreplacesthetemporary
measureslaiddownforThailandbyCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No845/77of25April1977maintaining
inforcethearrangements fortheauthorization of
importsintoFranceandintotheUnitedKingdomof
certainknittedorcrochetedundergarments origi­
natingintheRepublicofthePhilippinesorthe
KingdomofThailand(2);whereasitalsoreplacesthe
measureslaiddownbyCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1183/77of3June1977maintainingthearrange­
mentsmakingtheimportationintoItalyofcertain
wovenfabricsofcottonandcertainwovenfabricsof
synthetictextilefibresoriginatingintheKingdomof
Thailandsubjecttoauthorization (3),THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereastheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
theKingdomofThailandhavenegotiatedanAgree­
mentontradeincertaintextileproductswithinthe
frameworkoftheArrangement regardingInterna­
tionalTradeinTextiles(*);
Whereas,forthepurposeofimplementing theAgree­
ment,importarrangementsshouldbeadoptedforthe
productsinquestion;
WhereastheAgreementrequirestheCommunityto
admitimportsofcertaintextileproductswithin
quantitativelimits,compliancewithwhichwillbe
guaranteedbyasystemofdoublechecking;
Whereasappropriateprovisionsapplicableinthe
Communityshouldthereforebeadoptedfor1977as
wellascriteriafortheallocationofthequantitative
limitsagreedwithThailand;
Whereas,inviewoftheconsiderabledisparities
existingbetweentheconditionscurrentlygoverning
importsoftheproductsconcernedintotheMember
Statesandinviewoftheparticularsensitivityofthe
Community'stextileindustry,standardization ofthese
importconditionscanonlybeachievedprogressively ;
whereasoneofthecriteriatobeadoptedfortheallo­
cationoftheCommunityquantitativelimitsshould
thereforebethegradualadjustmentofthequantities
admittedundercurrentimportconditionstomarket
supplyrequirements ;
Whereas,forcertainothertextileproducts,theAgree­
mentprovidesforaconsultationprocedureenabling
safeguardmeasurestobeadoptedwherethereisreal
riskofmarketdisruption ;whereas,inaccordance
withthisprocedure,Thailandhasundertakentoapply
voluntaryrestraintinrespectofexportsofcertain
textileproductstocertainMember.States;whereas
compliancewiththesequantitativelimitswillbe
guaranteedbythesystemofdoublechecking;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.ImportsintotheCommunityofthetextile
productssetoutinAnnexA,originatinginThailand
(')OJNoL118,30.4.1974,p.2.(-)OJNoL104,28.4.1977,p.1.
(3)OJNoL138,4.6.1977,p.1.

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andexportedbetween1Januaryand31December
1977,shallbesubjecttothequantitativelimitssetout
inthatAnnex.
2.Thequantitativelimitsshallbeallocatedamong
theMemberStatesinaccordancewiththeprocedure
laiddowninCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1023/70
of25May1970establishingacommonprocedurefor
administeringquantitativequotas(!),andinparticular
inArticle11thereof,insuchawayastoensurethe
expansionandorderlydevelopment oftradein
textiles.However,theallocationshallbemadeonthe
basisoftheimportvolumesadmittedunderthecondi­
tionsatpresentappliedintheMemberStates.
3.TheimportationintotheCommunityofthe
productsreferredtoinparagraph 1isherebymade
subjecttotheproductionofanimportdocument
requestedbythecompetentauthoritiesinthe
MemberStatesconcerned .Thesedocumentsshallbe
validforaquantitywhichshallbesuchastoensure
thatthetotalvolumeofimportsdoesnotexceedthe
quantitiesreferredtoinparagraph 1.
4.Importsshallbepermittedwithinthelimits
referredtoinparagraph 1,automaticallyandimmedi­
atelyeitheruponproductionofabilloflading
provingthatthegoodswereplacedonboardinThai­
landbefore1June1977forexporttotheCommunity
oruponproductionbytheimporteroftheoriginalof
theexportcertificategrantedbythecompetentauthor­
itiesofThailandcontainingthedetailssetoutin
AnnexC.
5.ProductswhichentertheCommunity'scustoms
territoryunderinwardprocessingorothertemporary
admissionarrangementsandarere-exportedfromthat
territoryintheiroriginalstateorafterprocessingshall
notbechargedagainstthequantitativelimitsreferred
toinparagraph 1.
Article2
1.Withoutprejudicetoparagraphs2,3and4,
importsintotheCommunityofthetextileproductsoriginatinginThailandwhicharelistedinAnnexB
shallnotbesubjecttoquantitativerestrictions .
2.IntheMemberStateslistedinAnnexB,imports
ofthetextileproductsreferredtoinparagraph 1
exportedfromThailandbetween1Januaryand31
December1977shallbesubjecttothequantitative
limitssetoutinthatAnnex.
3.Thequantitativelimitsreferredtoinparagraph2
maybeamendedinaccordancewiththeprocedure
laiddowninRegulation(EEC)No1023/70,andin
particularinArticle11thereof.
4.Article1(3),(4)and(5)shallapplytothequanti­
tativelimitsreferredtointhisArticle.
Article3
ImportsintotheCommunityofcertaintraditional
Thaihand-madetextileproducts,originatinginThai­
landandaccompanied byacertificateconformingto
theprovisionsofAnnexDshallnotbesubjectto
quantitativerestrictions .
TheadmissionoftheseproductsintotheCommunity
withoutanyquantitativerestrictionsshallbesubjectto
thesatisfactoryoperationoftheabovesystemofcertifi­
cates.
TheCommissionshalldefinetheproductsinques­
tion,inaccordancewiththedescriptiongiveninthe
frameworkoftheAgreementontradeincertain
textileproductsnegotiatedwithThailand.
Article4
ThoseprovisionsofRegulation (EEC)No845/77
whichconcernThailandandRegulation (EEC)No
1183/77areherebyrepealed.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18July1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.HUMBLET
(!)OJNoL124,8.6.1970,p.1.

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ANNEXA
QuantitativelimitsreferredtoinArticle1
CategoryCCT
heading
NoNIMEXEcode
(1977)DescriptionQuantitative
limits
in1000kgs
(1977)
1 55.09 all Otherwovenfabricsofcotton 14052
56.07 all Wovenfabricsofman-madefibres(discontinuous
orwaste):
A.Ofsynthetictextilefibres
1A(>)ex55.09
56.0755.09-03;04;05
51;52;53;54;55
56;57;59;61;63
64;65;66;67;69
ex71;81;82;83
84;86;87;92;93
97
56.07-ex01;05
07;08;13;14;16
18;21;23;26;27
28;33;34;36Otherwovenfabricsofcotton:
—Otherthanunbleachedorbleached
Wovenfabricsofman-madefibres(discontinuous
orwaste):
exA.Ofsynthetictextilefibres:
—Otherthanunbleachedorbleached3811
(')Category 1Aisasubcategorywithincategory 1andthequantitativelimitsforcategory1Aaresublimitswithintheoveralllimitsforcategory 1

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ANNEXB
QuantitativelimitsreferredtoinArticle2
Cate­
gory
NoCCT
heading
NoNIMEXE
code
(1977)Description UnitsRegions
coveredQuantitative
limits
(1977)
2ex60.0460.04-ex11;13;
ex19;ex29;
41;ex49;ex
59;ex70;ex80Undergarments,knittedorcrocheted,not
elasticnorrubberised :
—Shirts,T-shirts,rollneckundershirts ,
singletsandsimilararticlesotherthan
ofsilkornoilorotherwastesilkorof
flaxorramie1000
itemsFrance
United
Kingdom1450
1400
360.0560.05-01;22;
23;26;27;29;
31;32;35;37;
39Outergarmentsandotherarticles,knitted
orcrocheted,notelasticnorrubberised :
exA.Outergarmentsandclothingacces­
sories:
—Jerseys,pull-overs,slip-Qvers,
twinsets,cardigans,bed-jackets
andjumpers,otherthanofsilk
ornoilorotherwastesilkorof
flaxorramie1000
itemsDenmark
Germany
Ireland
United
Kingdom408
2475
38
2672
4ex60.04
60.0560.04-ex11;13;
ex19;ex29;
41;ex49;ex
59;ex70;ex80
60.05-01;22;
23;26;27;29;
31;32;35;37;
39Undergarments,knittedorcrocheted,not
elasticnorrubberised :
—Shirts,T-shirts,rollneckundershirts ,
singletsandsimilararticles,otherthan
ofsilkornoilorotherwastesilkorof
flaxorramie
Outergarmentsandotherarticles,knitted
orcrocheted,notelasticnorrubberised :
exA.Outergarmentsandclothingacces­
sories:
—Jerseys,pull-overs,slip-overs,
twinsets,cardigans,bed-jackets
andjumpers,otherthanofsilk
ornoilorotherwastesilkorof
flaxorramie1000
itemsBenelux 1050

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ANNEXC
DetailsreferredtoinArticle1(4)
TheexportcertificatesissuedbythecompetentauthoritiesofThailand(')forproductscoveredby
thisRegulationshallspecifyorcontain:
1.thedestination,andinparticulartheMemberStateforwhichthegoodsareintended;
2.theserialnumber;
3.thenameandaddressoftheimporter;
4.thenameandaddressoftheexporter;
5.thequantity,intheunitsspecifiedinAnnexesAandBand,forquantitiesexpressedinunits
otherthanweight,theequivalentweightcalculatedonthebasisofthetableofequivalences
below;
6.thecategoryagainstwhichtheproductshavebeenchargedbythecompetentauthoritiesofThai­
landandthedescriptionoftheproducts;
7.adeclarationtotheeffectthatthequantityinquestionhasbeenchargedagainsttheshareofthe
MemberStateforwhichthegoodsareintendedoftheagreedceilingforexportstotheCommu­
nity,or,whereappropriate ,thatthequantityisintendedforre-exportfromtheCommunityinthe
originalstateorafterprocessing .
(*)DepartmentofForeignTrade,MinistryofCommerce .
TABLEOFEQUIVALENCES
CCTheading
No•DescriptionRate
ofequivalence
ex60.04—Shirts,T-shirts,rollneckundershirts ,knittedorcrocheted
—Singlets,knittedorcrocheted6-4items/kg
12-8items/kg
ex60.05—Jerseys,pull-overs,slip-overs,twin-sets,cardigans,bed­
jacketsandjumpers,knittedorcrocheted 518items/kg

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ANNEXD
CertificatereferredtoinArticle3
ThecertificateissuedbythecompetentauthoritiesofThailandfortheproductsreferredtoinArticle
3shallcontain:
1.thefollowingheading:
'CertificaterelatingtothetraditionalThaihand-madetextileproductsreferredtoinArticle3of
theAgreementbetweentheEECandThailandontradeincertaintextileproducts';
2.nameandaddressofthemanufacturer ;
3.nameandaddressoftheexporter;
4.nameandaddressoftheimporterintheCommunity ;
5.descriptionofgoods;
6.quantity(inkgoritems);
7.nameofvesselorflightnumber;
8.portorairportofdestination ;
9.thefollowingdeclaration :
ThisdocumentistocertifythattheaboveshipmentconsistsoftraditionalThaihand-made
textileproducts,woven,cut,sewnorotherwisefabricatedbyhand,byunitsofthecottage
industry.'