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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)909 final
Brussels,9January1981
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Recommendation fora
COUNCILDECISION
authorizing theCommissiontoopennegotiations withSpainforan
arrangement ontradeincertaintextileproducts
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
C0MC80)909final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 1
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1-TheMemorandum ofJoint Action concerning exports ofSpanish textile
products signed bytheCommunity andSpain on20February 1979 isdue
toexpi reon31December .Aspart ofthecomprehensive Community textile
policy ,theCommission considers itnecessary tonegotiate anarrange­
ment toreplace theMemorandum for 1January 1981 .
2.With this end inview ,theCommission held exploratory talks with the
Spanish authorites between July andNovember 1980 .Onthe first of
these occasions ,Spain refused toagree tothe renewal ofthe present '
arrangement asitstands ,considering continued use ofquantified
export objectives intheMemorandum unacceptable .However ,itisfully
prepared togoonwith the system ofadministrative cooperation and
also tocontinue observing unofficially-notified traditional trade
*
flows ,asithas inthepast .TheCommission proposal ,ontheother
hand ,wastorenew theMemorandum for afurther yea«without significant
change .
3.Atthesecond round ofexploratory talks ,Spain appears tohave .
realised that itiscurrently impossible fortheCommunity toenvisage
anyarrangement without quantified export objectives .Inthese cir-„
cumstances ,itcould bepersuaded toaccept anextension ofthe
present Memorandum forseven months only ,provided certain changes
were made .Faced bytheCommission 'sinsistence ,Spain was however
able toaccept anextension ofthecurrent arrangement forJ2months
with theproviso that (consultations would beheld halfway through the
year inorder toseek anewapproach inthemanagement ofthe
arrangement without "however affecting its economic content .
> . ■ .
4.TheCommission considers this avalid way ofensuring continuity of
relations with Spain inthetextile field ,without prejudicing their
future development orthat ofrelations with theother preferential
countries .Itfeels that Spain 'sagreement tothis approach isthe
most that can beobtained .
5.Accordingly ,theCommission hereby transmits arecommendation for
negotiating directives for atextile arrangement with Spain (Annex ).
Themain features ofthearrangement are,briefly :

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2.-
i.extension ofthe Memorandum for twelve months to31December 1981
with consultations halfway through the year toseek anew approach
inthemanagement ofthearrangement without affecting itseconomic
content ;
*n.continuation ofthe administrative cooperation procedure for all
ten oftheproducts 'covered bythepresent Memorandum ;
iii .for seven categories ,establishment ofquantified export objectives
for 1981 ;
iv.inclusion ofGreece inthecalculation ofexport objectives along the
lines decided bythe Council .

Recommendation foraCouncilDecision
authorising theCommissiontoopenne-
gociationswithSpainforanarrange­
mentontradeincertaintextileproducts
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ;
HavingregardtotheTr.eatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andinparticularArticle113thereof;
HavingregardtotheRecommendation fromtheCommission; v',
• y
WhereastheCommunityhasconcludedbilateraltextileagreementsor
arrangements withcertainthirdcountries;whereasthearrangement with
Spain,whichexpireson31December1980,shouldberenewed;
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS: *
SoleArticle ^
TheCommissionisherebyauthorisedtoopennegotiations withSpain
foravoluntaryrestraintarrangementforcertaintextileproducts.
TheCommissionwillconductthenegotiations inaccordancewiththe
directivescontainedinAnnex1andinconsultation withtheSpecial
CommitteeprovidedforinArticle113oftheTreaty.

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ANNEX
NEGOTIATING DIRECTIVES
1981EECSPAINTEXTILE ARRANGEMENT
*
ExtensionoftheMemorandum ofJointActionof20February1979subject
tothefollowing amendments :
1.Duration
TwelvemonthstoDecember311981,withconsultations foreseenbefore
1July1981inordeftoseekanewapproachtothemanagement ofthe
arrangement withoutaffectingitseconomiccontent.
Clauseprovidingforconsultations totakeplacebeforeexpiryof
thearrangement ,todecideonitssuccessor.
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2.Coverage
Alltenproductsinthecurrentarrangement wouldbecoveredbythe
systemofadministrative cooperation .
3.Exportobjectives
Exportobjectives wouldapplytoonlysevenofthetenproducts
(categories1,2,4,6,13,20,22 ).(SeeAnnex)
Fortheotherthreecategories (3,5,23)theconsultation clause,
providingforpossiblesuspension ofexports(paragraph 6ofthe
Memorandum),wouldberetained.
4.Flexibility
Transferbetweencategories subjecttoprioragreementwiththe
Community .

1981 EEC-SPAIN TEXTILE ARRANGEMENT
EXPORT OBJECTIVES f
1980 Spani sh
desiderataEECRegional 1981 levels- -
Category Units Objective proposal
ft f I 8NL UK IRL OK 6*
1 Tonnes 18<00 20000 19305 <3 7250 3150 450 3500 .2550 290 2100 15
2 Tonnes 2100 Admin .coop. 2430 370 1130 140 300 300 ¿0 20 150
4 1000 P. 10300 <2)Admin .coop. 11011 3425 **» 3380 300 3245 350 30 270 11
6
131000 P.
1000 P.6000 <2)
(4)
384007000
410006.478(4 )
399302000
60001800
17500170
14202000
9200420
4300*<0
38040
10808
50ƒ
20 Tonnes 900 1000 970 ' 60 440 35 30 260 120 20 5
22 Tonnes '2450 2900 2.808 390 500 100 1.365 200 10 215 28
3 Tonnes 2.350 Admin .coop ,• -
. -
5 1000 P. 3.490 (2)Admin .coop Admin .coop.«
;.·
23
•
•Tonnes 4.350 (2)Admin .coop
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(1)Based normally on1978 /80average annual growth rates
<2)Modified Note Verbale 13.6.1980 ' ' ' ' '
(3)This objective applies approximately tocounts above 16Mm astoonethird andtocounts of16Nm orless astotwoiniroa
<4)Plus 500000pieces TPP • '>