NoL94/20 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 10.4.73
COMMISSION DECISION
of8March1973
autonomously increasingimportsintotheCommunityofcottontextilesformingthe
subjectofagreementsconcludedbetweentheCommunityandcertainthirdcountries
(73/71/EEC)
exportingthirdcountries,butwithoutprejudiceto
existingagreementsbetweenthenewMemberStates
andthethirdcountriesconcerned;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheQuota
Administration Committee ;
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
SoleArticle
Thequantitativeceilingssetoutintheagreements
concerningthetextiletradeconcludedbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandthefollowing
countries :
CountryDateof
signature ExpiryTHECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1023/70(*)of25May1970establishingacommon
procedureforadministering quantitativequotas,
andinparticularArticle11thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1471/70(2)of20July1970establishingacommon
procedurefortheautonomousincreaseofimports
intotheCommunity ofproductssubjectto
measuresofvoluntaryrestraintbyexportingcoun­
tries;
WhereastheCommunityhasconcludedwiththe
RepublicofKorea(3),theArabRepublicof
Egypt(4),HongKong(5),theRepublicofIndia(6),
Japan(7)andtheIslamicRepublicofPakistan(8)
tradeagreementsoncottontextileswhichremainin
forceafter1January1973,thedateonwhichthe
AccessionofthenewMemberStatestotheCommu­
nitytookeffect;
Whereas,fromthatdate,theseagreementsapplyto
theenlargedCommunity ;whereasthequantitative
ceilingsonimportsintotheCommunitysetoutin
theagreementswereagreedonthebasisofthe
marketofthesixMemberStatescomposingthe
Communityatthetimeofnegotiation ;whereas,
therefor,inordertoavoiddisturbingtraditional
tradeflows,theceilingsmustbemodifiedsoasto
takeaccountoftheneedsoftheenlargedCommu­
nity;whereasprovisionmustthusbemadeto
permittheimportintotheenlargedCommunity ,
untiltheexpirydatesof.theagreementsinquestion,
ofquantitiesadditionaltothoselaiddowninthe
saidagreements,theamountsthereofbeingfixedin
thelightofthetraditionaltradeflowsexisting
betweenthenewMemberStatesandthevariousRepublicofKorea
ArabRepublicofEgypt
HongKong
RepublicofIndia
Japan
IslamicRepublic
ofPakistan29.3.1971
12.3.1971
22.7.1971
12.3.1971
7.2.1972
12.3.197131.12.1973
30.9.1973
31.12.1973
30.9.1973
30.9.1973
30.9.1973
are,from1January1973anduntiltheexpirydates
oftheseagreements,increasedautonomously upto
thelimitsindicatedintheAnnex.
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,8March1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
François-Xavier ORTOLI
(*)OJNoL124,8.6.1970.
(»)OJNoL164,27.7.1970.
(3)OJNoL55,8.3.1971.
(4)OJNoL43,22.2.1971.
(»)OJNoL220,30.9.1971.
(•)OJNol.43,22.2.1971.
(7)OJNoL134,12.6.1972.
(8)OJNoL43,22.2.1971.

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ANNEX
AutonomousincreasesinthequantitativeceilingslaiddownintheAgreementsconcluded
betweentheCommunityandcertainthirdcountriesconcerningthecottontextiletrade
(QuantitiesprovidedforinagreementsstillinforcebetweencertainnewMemberStates
andcertainthirdcountrieshavenotbeentakenintoaccount
(quantitiesinmetrictons)
GROUPI
unbleachedorbleachedcotton
fabrics,whetherornot
mercerizedGROUPII
othercottonfabrics,made-up
goodsandvariouscottongoods
RepublicofKorea
ofwhich:
—forthedomesticmarket
—forre-export
ArabRepublicofEgypt
HongKong
RepublicofIndia
Japan
IslamicRepublicofPakistanfrom5500to5504
from1500to1504
from4000to4000
from3240to3350
from8385to8460
from5910to6045
from3330to3960from1350to1351
from360to385
from15490to15760
from3115to3535
from6835to6995
from970to1150