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NoL55/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 8.3.71
COUNCILDECISION
of15February1971
ontheconclusionofanAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
RepublicofKoreaontradeincottontextiles.
(71/117/EEC)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparti­
cularArticle113thereof;
HavingregardtotheRecommendation oftheCommission ;
WhereasbyaDecisionof6February1970theCouncilauthorizedtheCommissiontocon­
ductbilateralnegotiationswithcertainthirdcountriesonbehalfoftheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityinconnectionwiththerenewaloftheLong-TermArrangementregardingtrade
incottontextiles;
WhereasadraftAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublic
ofKoreahasbeendrawnupwhichisacceptabletotheCommunity,
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS :
Article1
AnAgreementwiththeRepublicofKoreaontradeincottontextiles,togetherwiththeEx­
changesofLettersrelatingthereto,isconcludedonbehalfoftheEuropeanEconomic
Community .
ThetextsoftheAgreementandoftheExchangesofLettersareannexedtothisDecision.
Article2
ThePresidentoftheCouncilisherebyauthorizedtodesignatethepersonempoweredtosign
thetextsreferredtoinArticle1andtoconferonhimthepowersrequiredinordertobindthe
Community . 1'
DoneatBrussels,15February1971. '
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
M.COINTAT

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AGREEMENT
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublicofKoreaontradeincottontextiles
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
oftheonepart,and
THEGOVERNMENT OFTHEREPUBLICOFKOREA,
oftheotherpart,
AWAREoftheimportanceofworldtradeincottontextilesandtheneedtodevelopitinanorderly
mannerinaccordancewiththeprovisionsoftheLong-TermArrangementregardingtradeincottontex­
tiles(hereinaftercalledthe'GenevaArrangement')andinparticularArticle4thereof;
HAVEDECIDED,inaspiritofmutualcooperation,toconcludethisAgreementand,tothisend,have
designatedastheirPlenipotentiaries :
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES :
THEGOVERNMENT OFTHEREPUBLICOFKOREA:
WHOHAVEAGREEDASFOLLOWS :
Article1 (b)Ceilingsbygroupsofcategories
Thetotalannualquantityshallbedividedbetween
thetwogroupsofcategoriesofproductsasfollows:ThisAgreementshallapplytothecottontextilesorigin­
atinginandcomingfromtheRepublicofKoreaandlist­
edintheAnnextotheAgreement.
GroupI Metrictons
Article2Wovenfabricsofcotton,unbleached
orbleached,whetherornotmercerized
-intendedfortheinternalmarket 1500
-intendedforre-exportation 4000
5500
GroupIIForthedurationoftheAgreementandbyvirtueofthe
provisionscontainedthereinorannexedthereto,the
EuropeanEconomicCommunity(hereinaftercalledthe
'Community')undertakesnottointroducenewquantita­
tiverestrictionsandtosuspendtheapplicationofthose
atpresentinforceandagreesnottoinvoketheprovi­
sionsofArticle3oftheGenevaArrangement solongas
importsintotheCommunityofcottontextilesoriginat­
inginandcomingfromtheRepublicofKoreadonot
exceedtheagreedquantities.
TheGovernmentoftheRepublicofKoreaundertakesto
takeappropriatemeasurestoensurethattheagreedceil­
ingsareobservedandtocooperatewiththeCommunity
inimplementingthemeasuresrecognizedasnecessaryto
thatend.Otherwovenfabricsofcotton,made­
uparticlesandmiscellaneous .,.
articlesofcotton 1350
(c)Specificceilings
Withinthe.ceilingsbygroupsofcategorieses­
tablishedunder(b),specificceilingsmaybeagreed
onthebasisofthelistofproductsannexedtothis
Agreement,inordertoavoidexcessiveconcentration
oftradeincertainproducts.
If,inoneoftheyearlyperiods,theCommunityfindsthat
deliveriesofaparticularsubcategoryofproductfor
whichnospecificceilinghasbeenfixedhaverapidlyand
substantiallyincreased,itmayrequestthataspecificArticle3
(a)Overallceiling
Theagreedtotalannualquantityforthedurationof
theAgreementshallbe6850metrictons.

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Article6 ceilingbefixed.Wheresucharequestismadeconsulta­
tionsshallbeinitiatedbetweenthetwoPartieswithout
delayinordertoagreethespecificceilingfortheproduct
inquestion.ThetwoPartiesherebyagreetoexchangeallinforma­
tiononexportsofcottontextilesfromtheRepublicof
KoreatotheCommunityandonthecorresponding im­
portsintotheCommunity.EachPartyshall,forthepur­
posesoftheAgreement,applytheclassificationatits
disposalandshallcooperatewiththeotherPartyinfa­
cilitatingcomparisonoftheinformationsupplied.Article4
Article7
IftheCommunityshouldinformtheGovernmentofthe
RepublicofKoreathattheapplicationoftheAgreement
hasgivenrisetodifficultiesaffectingthemaintenanceof
traderelationsbetweenimportersintheCommunityand
theirsuppliersintheRepublicofKorea,thetwoParties
shallconsulteachothertodeterminewhatmeasuresare
necessarytoensurethatthesetraderelationsaremain­
tained.
Articles1.Upto10%ofthequantityfixedforGroupIImaybe.
transferredtoGroupI.
Anunusedquantitywithinaspecificceilingmaybe
transferredtoanotherspecificceiling,upto10%ofthe
specificceilingtowhichthetransferismade.
Anunusedquantitywithinthespecificceilingforasub­
categorymaybetransferredwithinthecategorytoan­
othersubcategorynotsubjecttoaspecificceiling.
2.Aquantitywithintheceilingforoneofthetwogroups
ofcategorieswhichhasnotbeenusedduringayearly
periodmay,withinalimitof10%oftheceilinginques­
tion,becarriedforwardandaddedtotheceilingforthe
samegroupforthefollowingyearlyperiodprovidedthat
theunusedquantityhasnotbeentransferredorcarried
forwardtoanotherhead.
3.Withinalimitof10%ofeachoftheagreedceilings,
advancedeliveriesshall,iftheGovernmentoftheRe­
publicofKoreasorequestsinwritingingoodtime,be
authorisedagainsttheceilingsestablishedforthefollow­
ingyearlyperiod:theGovernmentoftheRepublicof
Koreashall,however,endeavourtoensurethatexports
ofcottontextilesofallcategoriesarephasedasevenlyas
possibleovereachyearlyperiod,dueacountbeingtaken,
inparticular,ofseasonalfactors.Amountsdeliveredin
advanceshallbedeductedfromtheceilingsforthefol­
lowingyearlyperiod.ThetwoPartiesundertaketoconsulteachother,atthe
requestofeither,onallproblemsarisingoutoftheim­
plementationoftheAgreement.
Articled
ThisAgreementisconcludedforaperiodofthreeyears
from1January1971.
EitherPartymayproposetherevisionoftheAgreement
ormaydenounceitbygivingnoticeatleast120days
beforetheexpiryofanyyearlyperiod.Inthateventit
shallexpireattheendofthatperiod.
TheAnnextothisAgreementshallformanintegralpart
thereof.
Article5 Article10
ThetwoPartiesherebyagreethattheceilmgsshownin
theAgreementshallbeadministeredunderdualsuper­
vision.ThisAgreementisdrawnupintwocopiesintheDutch,
French,German,ItalianandKoreanlanguages,eachof
thesetextsbeingequallyauthentic.

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ANNEX
LISTOFCOTTONTEXTILEPRODUCTS REFERRED TOINARTICLE 1OFTHEAGREEMENT
Groupof
categoriesCategoriesSub­
categoriesDescriptionofproducts
GROUPI WOVENFABRICSOFCOTTON,UNBLEACHED OR
BLEACHED ,WHETHERORNOTMERCERIZED
B WOVENFABRICSOFCOTTON,UNBLEACHED
B1Terrytowellingandsimilarterryfabrics
B2Wovenfabricsotherthangauzeorterrytowellingandsimilar
terryfabrics,containinglessthan85%byweightofcotton
B3Wovenfabricsotherthangauzeorterrytowellingandsimilar
terryfabrics,containing85%ormorebyweightofcotton,plain
weave,weighingmorethan70gbutnotmorethan130gper
squaremetre,ofawidthofmorethan115cmbutnotmorethan
165cm,madeonlywithayarnnumberedlessthan55.000m/kg
(Englishnumber32)
B4Wovenfabricsotherthangauzeorterrytowellingandsimilar
terryfabrics,containing85%ormorebyweightofcotton,plain
weave,weighingnotmorethan130g/m2,otherthanthoseunder
B3
B5Wovenfabricsotherthangauzeorterrytowellingandsimilar
terryfabrics,containing85%ormorebyweightofcotton,plain
weave,ofacottonweightofmorethan130gbutnotmorethan
200g/m2awidthofatleast85cmbutnotmorethan115cm
-B6Wovenfabricsotherthangauzeorterrytowellingandsimilar
terryfabrics,containing85%ormorebyweightofcotton,plain
weave,weighingmorethan130gbutnotmorethan200g/m2of
awidthofmorethan115cm.
B7Wovenfabricsotherthangauzeorterrytowellingandsimilar
terryfabrics,containing85%ormorebyweightofcotton,ofa
widthofatleast85cm,otherthanplainweave
BgOtherwovenfabrics
C1WOVENFABRICSOFCOTTONOTHERTHANUN­
BLEACHED
C1Bleached,whetherornotmercerized
GROUPII OTHERWOVENFABRICSOFCOTTON,MADE-UP
ARTICLES ANDMISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES OF
COTTON
C2Gauzeotherthanunbleachedorbleached
C3Terrytowellingandsimilarterryfabrics,otherthanunbleached
orbleached

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Groupof
categoriesCategoriesSub­
categoriesDescriptionofproducts
C4Wovenpilefabricsandchenillefabrics(otherthanterrytowelling
orsimilarterryfabricsofcottonfallingwithinheadingNo55.08
andfabricsfallingwithinheadingNo58.05)
c5Wovenfabricsotherthangauzeorterrytowellingandsimilar
•terryfabrics,dyed
c6Wovenfabricsotherthangauzeorterrytowellingandsimilar
fabrics,printed
c7Wovenfabricsotherthangauzeorterrytowellingandsimilar
terryfabrics,madewithyarnsofvariouscolours
D
D1MADE-UPHOUSEHOLD ARTIGLESOFCOTTON
Bedlinen
D2Tablelinen
D3Terrytoiletlinenandterrykitchenlinen
D4Otherhouseholdarticles
E
E1ARTICLESOFAPPARELOFCOTTON
Gloves,mittensandmitts,knittedorcrocheted,notelasticor
rubberized
E2Undergarments ,knittedorcrocheted,notelasticorrubberized
E3Outergarmentsandotherarticles,knittedorcrocheted,not
elasticorrubberized .Articlesotherthanknittedòrcrocheted
fabrics,elasticorrubberized
E4Men'sandboys'trousersandbreechesofwovenfabric
E5Men'sandboys'otheroutergarmentsofwovenfabric
E6Women's,girls'andinfants'outergarmentsofwovenfabric
E7Men'sandboys'shirtsofwovenfabric
E8Men'sandboys'otherundergarments ofwove:nfabric
E9Women's,girls'andinfants'undergarments ofwovenfabric
E10Handkerchiefs
E11Otherarticlesofapparelandclothingaccessories

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Groupof
categoriesCategoriesSub­
categoriesDescriptionofproducts
MISCELLANEOUS FABRICSANDMADE-UPARTICLES
OFCOTTON
FF1Travellingrugsandblankets
F2Floorcloths ,dishcloths,dustersandthelike
F3Pneumaticmattresses
F4Other
ANNEXII
LetterNo1—Dualsupervision
LetterNo2—Re-exportation
LetterNo3—Transitandfreedomoftrade
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332 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
LetterNo1
Brussels,
YourExcellency,
AttheconclusionofthenegotiationsbetweentheGovernmentoftheRepublicofKoreaandtheCom­
munitywhichledtothesignatureoftheAgreementon thetwoPartieshaveagreedas
follows:
ImportsofcottontextilesfromtheRepublicofKoreawillbeadministeredonthebasisofasystem
ofdualsupervision.
TheauthoritiesoftheMemberStatesoftheCommunitywill,automaticallyandwithoutdelay,
acceptimportsofcottontextileproductsonsubmissionoftheimporter'sapplicationaccompanied
bytheoriginaloftheexportauthorization .Theseexportauthorizations willbeissuedbythe
authoritiesoftheRepublicofKoreauptothetotalamountoftheagreedceilings.
TheexpatauthorizationissuedbytheauthoritiesoftheRepublicofKoreashallapplytothepro­
ductsreferredtoinArticle1oftheAgreement.
Theexportauthorizationmustcontainthefollowinginformation :
1.thedestination,
2.theserialnumb«',
3.theimporter'snameandaddress,
4.theexporter'snameandaddress,
5.thenetweight(mkilogrammesormetrictons)andvalue,
6.thecategoryandclassificationofproduct,
7.ThecertificateissuedbytheauthoritiesoftheRepublicofKoreashowingthatthequantityhas
beenchargedagainsttheagreedceilingforexportstotheCommunity .
TheauthoritiesoftheMemberStatesoftheCommunitywillnotraisedifficultiesintheeventofa
discrepancybetweentheweightindicatedintheexportauthorizationandtheshipmentorimport
weight,providedthatitiswithinreasonablelimits,whiletheauthoritiesoftheRepublicofKorea
willfortheirpartendeavourtokeepanydiscrepanciestoaminimum.
Intheeventoftotalorpartialwithdrawalofanexportauthorization ,theauthoritiesoftheRe­
publicofKoreawillnotifytheauthoritiesoftheMemberStatesoftheCommunitythereof.The
authoritiesoftheMemberStatesoftheCommunitywilltakeappropriatemeasuresunderthead­
ministrativeprovisionsinforce.
TheauthoritiesoftheRepublicofKoreawillforwardtotheauthoritiesoftheMemberStatesofthe
Community,viatheEmbassiesoftheMemberStatesoftheCommunity ,anddirecttotheCom­
mission,quarterlyreturnsshowingthetotalnetweightinmetrictonscoveredbytheexportauthor­
izationsissuedagainsttheceilingsforexportstotheMemberStatesoftheCommunityforeach
categoryspecifiedintheAgreement.ThecategoriesfallingwithinGroupIwillbetakenasawhole.
IshallbeobligedifyouwillconfirmthatyourGovernmentisinagreementwiththecontentsof
thisletter.
Pleaseaccept,YourExcellency,theassuranceofmyhighestconsideration .
OnbehalfoftheCouncil
oftheEuropeanCommunities
ToHisExcellency
Mr
HeadoftheDelegation
oftheRepublicofKorea

OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 333
LetterNol
Brussels
Sir,
Youweregoodenoughtomakethefollowingcommunication tomeinyourletteroftodaysdate:
'AttheconclusionofthenegotiationsbetweentheGovernmentsoftheRepublicofKoreaandthe
CommunitywhichledtothesignatureoftheAgreementon ,thetwoPartieshave
agreedasfollows:
ImportsofcottontextilesfromtheRepublicofKoreawillbeadministeredonthebasisofasystem
ofdualsupervision.
TheauthoritiesoftheMemberStatesoftheCommunitywill,automaticallyandwithoutdelay,
acceptimportsofcottontextileproductsonsubmissionoftheimporter'sapplicationaccompanied
bytheoriginaloftheexportauthorization .Theseexportauthorizations willbeissuedbydieau­
thoritiesoftheRepublicofKoreauptothetotalamountoftheagreedceilings.
TheexportauthorizationissuedbytheauthoritiesoftheRepublicofKoreashallapplytothepro­
ductsreferredtoinArticle1oftheAgreement.
Theexportauthorizationmustcontainthefollowinginformation:
1.thedestination,
2.theserialnumber,
3.theimporter'snameandaddress,
4.theexporter'snameandaddress,
5.thenetweight(inkilogrammesormetrictons)andvalue,
6.thecategoryandclassificationofproduct,
7.ThecertificateissuedbytheauthoritiesoftheRepublicofKoreashowingthatthequantityhas
beenchargedagainsttheagreedceilingforexportstotheCommunity.
TheauthoritiesoftheMemberStatesoftheCommunitywillnotraisedifficultiesintheeventofa
discrepancybetweentheweightindicatedintheexportauthorizationandtheshipmentorimport
weight,providedthatitiswithinreasonablelimits,whiletheauthoritiesoftheRepublicofKorea
willfortheirpartendeavourtokeepanydiscrepanciestoaminimum.
Intheeventoftotalorpartialwithdrawalofanexportauthorization,theauthoritiesofthe;Re­
publicofKoreawillnotifytheauthoritiesoftheMemberStatesoftheCommunitythereof.The
authoritiesoftheMemberStatesoftheCommunitywilltakeappropriatemeasuresunderthead­
ministrativeprovisionsinforce.
TheauthoritiesoftheRepublicofKoreawillforwardtotheauthoritiesoftheMemberStatesofthe
Community,viatheEmbassiesoftheMemberStatesoftheCommunity,anddirecttotheCom­
mission,quarterlyreturnsshowingthetotalnetweightinmetrictonscoveredbytheexportauthor­
izationsissuedagainsttheceilingsforexportstotheMemberStatesoftheCommunityforeach
categoryspecifiedintheAgreement.ThecategoriesfallingwithinGroupIwillbetakenasawhole.
IshallbeobligedifyouwillconfirmthatyourGovernmentisinagreementwiththecontentsof
thisletter.'
IhavethehonourtoconfirmthattheGovernmentoftheRepublicofKoreaisinagreementwith
thatcommunication .
Pleaseaccept,Sir,theassuranceofmyhighestconsideration .
HeadoftheDelegation
oftheRepublicofKorea

334 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
LetterNo2
Brussels,
YourExcellency,
AttheconclusionofthenegotiationsbetweentheGovernmentoftheRepublicofKoreaandtheCom­
munitywhichledtothesignatureoftheAgreementon thetwoPartieshaveagreedas
follows:
AllexportstotheCommunityshallbecountedagainsttheagreedceilings.Ifadditionalsuppliesare
requiredforre-exportation tothirdcountriesafterprocessing,theauthoritiesoftheMemberStatesmay
issuespecialimportauthorizations forwhichthecorresponding exportlicenceswillbeissuedwithout
theamountbeingchargedagainsttheagreedceilings.
TheCommissionwillinformtheGovernmentoftheRepublicofKoreathereof.
IshallbeobligedifyouwillconfirmthatyourGovernmentisinagreementwiththecontentsofthisletter.
Pleaseaccept,YourExcellency,theassuranceofmyhighestconsideration .
OnbehalfoftheCouncil
oftheEuropeanCommunities
ToHisExcellency
Mr
HeadoftheDelegation
oftheRepublicofKorea
LetterNo2
Brussels,
Sir,
Youweregoodenoughtomakethefollowingcommunication tomeinyourletteroftodaysdate:
'AttheconclusionofthenegotiationsbetweentheGovernmentoftheRepublicofKoreaandthe
CommunitywhichledtothesignatureoftheAgreementon thetwoPartieshave
agreedasfollows:
AllexportstotheCommunityshallbecountedagainsttheagreedceilings.Ifadditionalsupplies
arerequiredforre-exportation tothirdcountriesafterprocessing,theauthoritiesoftheMember
Statesmayissuespecialimportauthorizations forwhichthecorresponding exportlicenceswillbe
issuedwithouttheamountbeingchargedagainsttheagreedceilings.
TheCommissionwillinformtheGovernmentoftheRepublicofKoreathereof.
IshallbeobligedifyouwillconfirmthatyourGovernmentisinagreementwiththecontentsof
thisletter.'
IhavethehonourtoconfirmthattheGovernmentoftheRepublicofKoreaisinagreementwiththat
communication .
Pleaseaccept,Sir,theassuranceofmyhighestconsideration .
HeadoftheDelegation
oftheRepublicofKorea

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LetterNo3
Brussels,
YourExcellency,
AttheconclusionofthenegotiationsbetweentheGovernmentoftheRepublicofKoreaandtheCom­
munitywhichledtothesignatureoftheAgreementon thetwoPartieshaveagreedas
follows:
TheAgreementshallinnowayimpedemerchantsinCommunitycountriesfromfreelyengaging,as
theyhavedoneinthepast,intradewiththirdcountries.
Thisprincipleshallapplynotonlytobusinesscarriedoutundertransitarrangementsbutalsototrans­
actionsinvolvinggoodswhichdonotenterthecustomsterritoryoftheCommunity .
IshallbeobligedifyouwillconfirmthatyourGovernmentisinagreementwiththecontentsofthisletter.
Pleaseaccept,YourExcellency,theassuranceofmyhighestconsideration .
Onbeha\f°ftheCouncil
oftheEuropeanCommunities
ToHisExcellency
Mr
HeadoftheDelegation
oftheRepublicofKorea
LetterNo3
Brussels,
Sir,
Youweregoodenoughtomakethefollowingcommunication tomeinyourletteroftoday'sdate:
'AttheconclusionofthenegotiationsbetweentheGovernmentoftheRepublicofKoreaandthe
CommunitywhichledtothesignatureoftheAgreementon thetwoPartieshave
agreedasfollows:
TheAgreementshallinnowayimpedemerchantsintheCommunitycountriesfromfreelyengag­
ing,astheyhavedoneinthepast,intradewiththirdcountries.
Thisprincipleshallapplynotonlytobusinesscarriedoutundertransitarrangementsbutalsoto
transactionsinvolvinggoodswhichdonotenterthecustomsterritoryoftheCommunity .
IshallbeobligedifyouwillconfirmthatyourGovernmentisinagreementwiththecontentsof
thisletter.'
IhavethehonourtoconfirmthattheGovernmentoftheRepublicofKoreaisinagreementwiththat
communication .
Pleaseaccept,Sir,theassuranceofmyhighestconsideration .
HeadoftheDelegation
oftheRepublicofKorea