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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(76)671final.
Brussels,9December1976
RECOMMENDATION FORACOUNCILDECISION
authorisingtheCommissiontoopennegotiations
withPolandfortheconclusionofanAgreement
ontradeintextiles
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
CQK(76)671final .

EXPLANATORY
1. TheCoramunity Isaparty totheArrangement regarding Interna­
tional Trade inTextiles (M.F.A. ).Article Uofthis Arrangement leaves
open thepossibility forparticipating countries toconclude bilateral
agreements between importing andexporting countries .TheCommunity wasof
theopinion that itwasthrough theconclusion ofsuch agreements with its
principal suppliers that theprincipal objective oftheM.F .A.,particularly
theorderly andequitable development oftrade intextiles ,could best be
achieved .
Inaccordance with this view ,negotiations were initiated with
several third countries .
2.* TheCommittee ofPermanent Representatives decided atitsmeeting
on12March 1975 that negotiations should also beproposed bytheCommunity
tothethree state-trading countries which areparties totheM.F.A.-
Hungary ,Poland andRomania (without prejudice topossible negotiations for
global trade agreements ).Italso agreed thetext ofaletter tobeaddressed
bytheCommission tothethree countries indicating thewillingness ofthe
Community toopen negotiations which ,"while taking account ofthedifferences
incommercial structures ,would bebased ontheprovisions ofArticle 1of
theM.F.A ,n(seetext ofletter inAnnex A).
OnNovember 24,1976 ,thePolish authorities replied (seeAnnex B)
that they were prepared toopen bilateral negotiations with theCommunity
with aview toconcluding anAgreement ontrade intextiles ,negotiations
would take place onthebasis ofproposals anddeclarations concerning bila­
teral negotiations made intheframework oftheM.F.A. andcontained inthe
letter *ofMr.Wellenstein ofMarch 2*1,1975 ,andinthat delievered through
thePolish Embassy onJune 2,1976 (copy oftheletter inAnnex C).

3. Inview ofthefavourable response from Polend tothe Coram ;Ti-hy
offer ,theCommission isoftheopinion that negotiations with Poland should
beopened aasoon aspossible .Inunofficial conversations between the
CosHBission' aservices and thePolish authorities and inmeetings ofthe
Council 'stextile group onthepreparation ofnegotiations with oneof
thestats-trading countries mentioned below (1)certain elements which could
serva asabasis for thenegotiations have emerged .
Inthelight ofthese elements andobligations oftheM.F.A. ,
theCommission considers that thenegotiations with Poland should begoverned by
thesame criteria astheother negotiations which have already taken place ,
preserving those items which arenecessary to .take account ofthedifferences
incommercial structures mentioned intheCommission 'sletter ,cited above
atpoint 2.
Ontheinternal level ,theprovisions adopted for thepreceding
negotiations ,particularly burden-sharing ,should apply .
Consequently ,theCommission recommends totheCouncil ,by
virtue ofArticle 113oftheTreaty ,that itadopt theattached Decision .
(1)Itisuseful torecall that negotiations have meanwhile taken place with
Romania ,this country having accepted theCommunity 'soffer tonegotiate ,
andanAgreement hasbeen initialled with that country onNovember 10,1976 .

Recommendation for aCouncil Decision
»
authorising theCommission toppen negotiations with.poland
fortheoonolusion ofanagreement ontrade intextiles
The Council oftheEuropean Communities ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean iSoonOmic Community
andinparticular Article 113thereof ,
Having regard totherecommendation from theCommission ,
Whereas Article 4oftheArrangement Regarding International Trade in
Textiles leaves open thepossibility fortheconclusion ofbilateral
agreements between importing andexporting countries ;
Whereas ,theCommunity considers that theconclusion ofsuch agreements
with thethird countries which are itsprincipal suppliers would best
enable ittoachieve theobjectives ofthesaid Arrangement Regarding
International Trade .anTextiles ;
Mhereas ,consequently ,theCommunity proposed toPoland *:&party
tothesaid Arrangement ,theopening ofnegotiations fortheconolueion
of .anagreement ontrade intextiles andwhereas Poland hasresponded
favourably ,
H8L3 ADOPTED THIS DECISIONt ..
Article 1
TheCommission ishereby authorised toopen negotiations with
Poland <with aview totheoonolusion ofanagreement ontrade in
textile products ,inaccordance with theprovisions offcheArrangement
Regarding International Trade inTextiles .
•/6•

TheCommission shall conduct such negotiations in©o»®*at
triih thespecial Article 113Committee andonthe ofthe
directives intheAnnex hereto#
*
Doss© atBrussels . For the Council
The President

X)ireotiyes forne^-otxations withPoland
»
I. Items identical with those adopted with regard toallthecountries
with which theCommunity hasnegotiated .
a)Autolimit ationagreement ,valid until 31December 1977 jwith
anadministration system which includes double-checking ,
b)Coverage oftheagreement established selectively onthe
basis ofthe criteria ,inArticle 4ofthe M.F.A. :elimination
ofreal risks ofmarket disruption andthefixing ofceilings
based onthat concept®
c)Binding consultation clause andregional measures .
d)Provisions forflexibility ,carry-over andanticipation .
II.Âdditional itéras
a)Inclusion oflinen inthecoverage oftheagreement .
b)Provisions relating tooutward processing traffic ;ofthekind
adopted forYugoslavlae
HI .Specific lteas flowing from thedifferences incommercial structures
(particularly price ).
-Conditions analogous tothose adopted 'onthis subject inthe
framework ofthenegotiations with Romania ,,