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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Brussels,**June1982
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION(EEC)
esforimportsof amendingRegulation (EEC)No3061/79oncommonV,...•.\Vcertaintextileproductsoriginatingin>tthe\People'sRepublicofChina3\
aIL*/
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUMcm
UnderArticle11ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3061/79oncommonrules
forimportsofcertaintextileproductsoriginating inChina,(the
regulationimplementing thetextileagreement),Chinamustbeinvited,
withineightdaysofarequestfromaMemberState,totake !partin
consultations withaviewtoreachingagreementonamutually
acceptableleveloflimitation (basketextractorprocedure)wherethe
productsinquestionweresubjecttoquantitative restriction underthe
autonomousarrangements ineffectatthetimewhentheagreementwas
initialled (July1979).
Forproductsnotsubjecttoquantitativerestriction,suchadecision
istakeninaccordancewiththeprocedurereferredtoinArticle14,
i.e.afterobtainingtheopinionoftheTextileCommitteeestablished
forthepurpose.
Inthecaseofthefirstcategoryofproducts,thereferenceinArticle
11(4)and(7)to"productssubjecttoquota"isnotpreciseenough,since
undertheautonomousarrangements productscanbesubjecttoquantitative
restriction withoutaquotabeingopened.Thewordingoftheseparagraphs
shouldtherefore beamendedinordertomakecertainthatthemoreor
lessautomaticprocedurefortheopeningofconsultations withChina
atshortnoticecoversallproductssubjecttoquantitative restriction
andnotmerelythoseforwhichthereisaquota.Inanycase,itis
reasonable:oassumethatbyandlargeproductssubjecttoquantitative
restriction butnottoquotawouldbemoresensitivethanproducts
subjecttoquota.
Underthepracticefollowedtodate,Chinahasalwaysbeenaskedfor
consultations withineightdaysofaMemberState'srequestwherethe
productsconcernedaresubjecttoquantitative restriction,whether
therewasaquotaornot.Butintheinterestsoflegalprecision,
onwhichoneMemberStatehaslaidparticularemphasis,theCommission
wishestosubmitthefollowingproposalforaregulationtotheCouncil.

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation (EEC)No3061/79oncommonrulesforimportsof
certaintextileproductsoriginating inthePeople'sRepublicofChina
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereof.
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3061/79of20December1979
oncommonrulesforimportsofcertaintextileproductsoriginating in
1thePeople'sRepublicofChina,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasthestructureandaimsoftheRegulation (EEC)No3061/79aresuch
thattheconsultationproceduresandprovisionforthesuspensionofthe'
grantingofimportdocumentsareapplicabletoallproductssubjectto
quantitative restriction undertheautonomousimportarrangements ineffect
atthetimeofinitialling oftheAgreementontradeintextileproducts
betweentheCommunityandthePeople'sRepublicofChina;whereasinthe
interestsofclaritytheprovisionsofArticle11(4)and(7)ofthesaid
Regulationshouldthereforebemademorespecific,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
0JMoL345,31.12.1979,p.1.

Article 1
Theexpressionsubjecttoquota"inArticle11(4)and(7)ofRegulation
(EEC)No3061/79isherebyreplacedbytheexpression "subjectto
quantitative restriction".
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowingthatof
itspublication intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels FortheCouncil