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PROPOSALFORACOUNCILREGULATION(EEC)■V^
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maintaining thearrangements fortheauthorization
ofimportsintotheUnitedKingdomofcertain
articlesofclothing,originatinginMacao
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
COM(77 )319final.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. Following asharp increase inimports into theUnited Kingdom
ofjackets ,blazers ,blouses and shirts from several non-Member countries
and inparticular Macao ,theUnited Kingdom asked theCommission in
December 1976 toenter into consultations with that country inorder
tolimit theimports inquestion .
2. TheUnited Kingdom 'srequest wasexamined byaworking party made
upofrepresentatives oftheMember States andchaired byarepresen­
tative ofthe Commission *
This examination revealed that overall imports oftheproducts
inquestion hadincreased substantially and that they nowaccounted for
avery considerable share ofthemarket inthese products intheMember
State inquestion .This trend hasresulted inasubstantial drop in
national production and employment inthat sector .
The examination also showed that the trend ofimports didnot
atthis stage warrant theplacing ofrestrictions onimports ofthepro­
ducts inquestion into other regions oftheCommunity from Macao .
Atthe close ofthe examination ,theCommission representative
proposed that therequest oftheMember State inquestion should bemet ,
towhich the other delegations agreed .
3* Therequest forconsultations wasmade inaNote Verbale dated
28January 1977 tothePortuguese Mission pursuant toArticle k(2)of
theAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community andMacao ontrade
intextile products .
4. Consultations with Macao began on21March 1977 andended onthe
same daywith theinitialling ofanote inwhich Macao stated that it
wasprepared toexercise voluntary restraint inrespect oftheexports
inquestion asfrom 1April 1977 *Theauthorities ofMacao aretolimit
itsexports toalevel which issuch that thevolume ofexports forthe
whole of1977 remains within agreed limits .

5. The effectiveness ofthis voluntary restraint arrangement de­
pends ,however ,ontheCommunity introducing asystem ofimport licences .
Asystem ofthis kind isnecessary not only forchecking whether Macao
keeps totheagreed limits butalso inorder toprevent exporters from
evading export controls bysending goods totheCommunity via aninter­
mediate destination exports towhich are not subject tocontrol .
6. Inorder toprevent thebusinessmen concerned from evading the
restrictions byexporting goods inadvance ,theCommission decided to
introduce theimport arrangements mentioned under 5byadopting Regulation
(EEC)No1176 /77of31.May 1977 under theemergency procedure laid down
inArticle 12ofRegulation (EEC)No1^39/7^*
7* Article 12(6)ofRegulation (EEC )No1^39/7^states that measures
adopted bytheCommission pursuant tothat Article must befollowed
within tenworking days byaproposal totheCouncil onappropriate
measures which could betaken bytheCouncil toreplaoe theemergency
measures adopted bytheCommission .
Itshould biepointed out that Commission regulations adopted under
Article 12ofRegulation (EEC)No1^39/7^expire sixweeks after their
entry into force unless they areconfirmed bytheCouncil .
TheCommission accordingly proposes that theCouncil adopt the
regulation ,theproposal forwhich isattached andwhich isdesigned
toprovide confirmation ofthemeasures adopted bytheCommission Re­
gulation referred tounder 6above .

Proposal forCouncil Begolation (EEC)No
of 1977
maintaining the arrangements for the authorization of
imports into theUnited Kingdom ofoertain articles
ofclothing ,originating inMacao
THECOUNCIL orTHEEUKOPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC)No1^39/7^ofkJune 197^
oncommon rules forimports 1\andinparticular Article 12thereof ,
Consultations having taken place within theAdvisory Committee setup
under Article 5oftheabovementioned Regulation ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
2)Whereas theCommission hasintroduced byBegulation (EEC)No11767 »
arrangements fortheauthorization ofimports intotheUnited Kingdom of
men'sandboys' jackets ,blazers andlikearticles andwomen 's,girls'
andinfants' blouses andshirts ,originating inMacao ;
Whereas thefactors which justified theintroduction ofthese arrangements
still persist ,whereas thearrangements should therefore remain inforce
until 31March 1978 ?
Vher.aa th.arrang...nt .in <=">»<=•"> °f8<>°d"
fro.Macao uptoJ1B.o.mb.r 19771 »h.r.aa c.rtain ofth...good.ar.
lik.ly tob.inport.d during th.firat ,uart.r of1978 ,.h.r.a.th.arrang .
■«ntashould th.r.for .r.maii >infore,until 31March 1978 1
1'0JNoL159,15.6.197 ^»P*1
2^0JNoL137/3.6.1977 /p.21

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
Thearrangements forth6authorization ,ofimports into th.eunited
Kingdom ofmen'sandboys' jackets ,blazers andlike articles and
women 's,girls' andinfants' blouses andshirts ,originating inMacao ,
adopted byRegulation (ESC)No1176 /77 ,shall remain applicable
until 31March 1978 .
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly
applicable inallMember States .
Done atBrussels ,For the Council
The President