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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)173 final
Brussels.14April1980
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Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
concerning commonimportarrangements forcertainjuteproducts
originatinginBangladesh
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Bydecisionof23November1979theCouncilauthorisedtheCommissiontoopen
negotiations withBangladeshfortheconclusionofanewagreementontrade
injuteproductsasthepreviousAgreementexpired
on31December1979..
InaccofdancewiththisdecisiontheCommissions inconsultation withthe
Article113Committee,conductednegotiations inNovember1979andMarch1980.Thes
negotiationsculminated1nadraftAgreementinitialledbybothHeadsof'
Delegationon26March1980. *
ThenewAgreement,approvedbytheArticle113Committee^onnotformally
enterintoforce,however,untilthenecessaryprocedureshavebeen•Ofoplet^.u
onbothsides(fortheCommunity,conclusion bytheCouncil?.TheCormission
willshortlybesubmitting arecommendation concludingtheAgreement.
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However,sinceitisdesirablethattheresultsofthenegotiations beput
intoeffectaspromptlyaspossible,itwas"agreedbyexchangeofnote
verbnlcsthatpendingcompletionofthenecessaryprocedures,theAgreement
wouldbeapplieddefactofrom1WaY.1930.Theannexedproposalfora
regulationcontainsprovisionstoestablishimportarrangementsfortheproducts
concerned,asagreedwithBangladeshintheframeworkoftheAgreement.
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2.ThenewAgreementprovidesinteraliaforthevoluntaryrestraintbythe
Bangladeshauthorities ,!withinthequantitativelimitsagreed,ofexports
totheCommunityofcertainjuteproductsandforasystemofCommunitycontrol
ofcompliancewiththoselimits.'
Inordertomakesuchcontrolpossible,thisproposalforaregulation
providesfortheintroduction ofarrangements makingimportsintoth®Community
eftSieprodusts1nquestionsubjtcttoquantitativelimits.

3.TheAgreement which hasb>eninitialled isconcerned only with products J
originating inandcoming fromBangladesh .Theauthorities ofthis country will
apply voluntary restraint only todirect exports totheCommunity .Thusproducts I
covered bytheAgreement andoriginating 1nBangladesh maybefreely exported tothe
Community through non-member countries .TheCommunity mayoppose such indirect
exports ,forbytheAgreement itisonly obliged toadmit products originating inand]
coming fromBangladesh Which areaccompanied byanexport authorization a§required'
bytheAgreement .
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Since such indirect imports runcounter totheobjectives oftheAgreement
theimport arrangements introduced bytheCommunity must beapplied toproducts i
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originating VnBangladesh irrespective ofwhere they come from . ;
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4.Itisproposed toadminister theCommunity quantitative limits inaccordance
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with theprocedure foradministering Community quantitative quotas established
byCouncil Regulation <EEC>No.1023 /70,andinparticular Article 11(1 )thereof .
Under this procedure theCouncil hastodetermine theCriteria forallocating
thequantitative limits . 1
'The criteria referred toareprimarily those taken asaguide forallocating
theceilings oftheprevious Agreement .
However ,inthelight ofexperience with thefunctioning oftheprevious
Agreement ,andsince under thepresent Agreement thevoluntary restraint
arrangements apply toanarrower range ofproducts ,these criteria have adjusted
togive abreakdown oftheagreed volumes between theMember States more in
line with current trade patterns .
5.TheAgreement which hasbeen initialled provides fortheauotmatic ,
immediate acceptance bytheCommunity authorities ofimports subject tolimitation ,
uponproduction bytheimporter ofanexport authorization issued bytheBangladesh
authorities certifying that thequantities have foeeo setoffagainst theagreed
quantitative limits .Thisprovision therefore obliges theMember States® ^
authority 'togrant •Import autherls'atiorts automatically assoon asarequest
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Ismode accompanied byanexport authorlzat Ion,provided that theagreed I
limits are observed . i
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ThenewAgreement also stipulates that products entering theCommunity
customs territory under inward processing orother suspensory arrangements '
andsubsequently re-exported from theCommunity must not besetoffagainst
theagreed quantitative limits .
6.Theprevious Agreement expired on31December 1979 ;asitwas notpossible to
finish thenegotiations forthenewAgreement before then ,theCouncil , j
byagreement with thenon-member countries concerned ,adopted Regulation j
(EEC)No3019 /79of20December 1979 (1),extending forthe first three months
of1980 theimport arrangements 1nforce for1979 forcertain jute products I
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originating 1nBangladesh ,India andThailand ,andstipulating that the
quantities imported under theprovisional arrangements would becharged
against anylimits eventually ,fixed under thenewagreements (negotiations
or.consultations with India and Thailand have since been concluded ).Now
that anew .Agreement hasbeen negotiated with Bangladesh itistherefore necessary
totake account ofthe quantities setout .
7.Sothat theobjectives oftheAgreement maybeattained promptly
theCommission proposes that theCouncil adopt thedraft Regulation
annexed hereto assoon aspossible .
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0JNoI340,31.12.1979 ,p*1

PROPOSAL FOR A
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
concerning common import arrangements
for certain jute products
•originating in -Banglaclesh
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic
Community ,and inparticular Article' 113thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from the Commission ,

Whereas theEuropean Economic Community andthe 'People 'sRepubt vcof
Bang tac*.pshhave negotia tedan_Agreeme ntontrade injute - ■
products ;whereas theCommission hasputbefore theCouncil a>
recommendation concerning theconclusion ofthat Agreement ;
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Whereas ,inorder toimplement that Agreement ,specific common import
arrangements should beintroduced fortheproducts concerned originating
inBangladesh ;
Whereas ,tothis end ,the appropriate provisions valid inthe Community
fortheyears 1980 to1983 should beadopted ;
Whereas ,under theAgreement ,theCommunity isrequired toadmit imports _
ofcertain ou"teproducts within "agreed quantitative limits ;whereas ,
under theAgreement negotiated with Bangladesh,application ofthe
quantitative limits requires theintroduction ofaspecial adminis­
trative procedure ;whereas the common administration should be
decentralized bythe allocation ofthe quantitative limits among the
Member States and whereas the Member States *authorities should issue
import authorizations inaccordance with the bilateral control system
laic down inthe Agreement ; - - •
Whereas ,toensure optimum utilization ofthe quantitative limits in
question ,they should beallocated both inaccordance with the criteria
taker *asaguide inallocating thequantitative limits under thepre­
vious Agreement withBangladesh andtaking into consideration thefact
that thenew Agreement establishes such limits forasmaller number of :
products than under the oldAgreement ,thereby enabling fuller account
tobetaken ofthesupply requirements ofthevarious Member States ;

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Whereas ,however ,since' considerable disparities still exist inthe I
conditions under which imports oftheproducts inquestion may be
admitted into different Member States .,itwill bepossible to
standardize such conditions onagradual basis only ;whereas
allocation can ,therefore ,bealigned only progressively onsupply
requirements ; '
Whereas steps should betaken toensure that theobjectives ofthe
Agreement arenot defeated byindirect imports ofproducts originating
inBangladesh ;
Whereas imports should besetoff against the quantitative limits
fixed fortheyear during which thegoods were shipped from .Bangladesh ;
Whereas products which enter theCommunity 'scustoms territory under
inward processing orother suspensory arrangements andwhich are
re-exported from that territory in -their ioriginal condition orafter
processing should not beset off against theabove-mentioned
quantitative limits ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC)No3019/79(^)extended until
31March 1980 the import arrangements inforce for1979 forcertain
jute products originating inBangladesh ,India orThailand
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HASADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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Article 1
1, Imports into theCommunity ofthe jute products listed in
Annex Awhich originate in ."Bangladesh andareshipped Between '
1January 1980 and 31December 1983shall besubject tothe
annual quantitative -limits agreed between theCommunity andBangla­
desh and set out inthe Annex referred toabove .
2. Thequantitative limits referred toinparagraph 1shall beallocated among the
Member States inaccordance with theprocedure laid down in
Council Regulation (EEC )No1023/70of25Kay 1970 establishing >
acommon procedure foradministering quantitative quotas (^),
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andinparticular inArticle 11thereof ,soastoensure the .
expansion andorderly development oftrade injute products and
topermit amounts tobecarried over orbrought forward from one ,
year toanother , _
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3. The jute products referred toinparagraph 1originating inBang la­
v.desh i,shall beimported within the framework ofthebilateral
control system defined intheAgreement ,whereby theauthorities -
oftheMember States concerned shall ,within the quantitative
limits prescribed ,automatically authorize the importation ofthe
products referred toinparagraph 1immediately upon production
bytheimporter oftheoriginal copy oftheexport authorization issued
by .the .Bangladesh authorities andcontaining theparticulars
setout inAnnex B.
()OJNoL124,8.6.1970 .p.1
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4. -Authorized imports shall besetoffagainst thequantitative
limits established for the year inwhich the products were shipped
from Bangladesh .Inissuing import authorizations inrespect ofthe
quantitative limits established for 1980 ,theauthorities ofthe
Member States shall take into account authorizations issued
tocover products subject toquantitative limitation under the
provisional arrangements provided forbyCouncil Regulation (EEC )
No3019/79anduntil theentry into force ofthis Regulation .
5o Products admitted into theCommunity 'scustoms territory under
inward processing orother suspensory arrangements shall not ,
provided that they are declared under such arrangements tobe
forre-export from that territory intheir original condition
orafter processing ,besetoff against thequantitative •limits
referred toinparagraph 1* '
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird day following
that ofitspublication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean
Communities « ' !

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This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly
applicable inallMember States#
Done atBrussels ,
For the Council
The President

ANNEXA
Qusr?titafciweliraHi:»Pef«rredtoir»Artide1<1)
(tormesï
Category CCTΜΐ«ι®κβ
■'."DescriptionOuñníitelivelimits .
No'HeadingCode 1930198119E21982
4
?57t,10Β
5?,10Β5?.10-61
«a57,10-63*
Hovenfabricsofjuteorofotherbast
fibre»ofheadingWo57.03:
saBee?awidthofmore'thanISOc«,
butnotmorethan310cra0mother
thanti'joseofCategory?.
Wovenfabricsofjut®orofothertentile
basi'fibresefheadingWo.S7.03:.3345367940494453
_«sij»ofaofraor«?than150cm,,?,
whollyorpartiell )»bleecbacS,
djederjslnte«*assd.hairingao
.»iei&ieoeivedee 1«th«víâiha
.'...:_,,1845.199321512323
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ANNEX 0
Particulars referred toinArticle 1(3)
Export authorizations issued bythe Bangladesh authorities inrespect
oftheproducts covered bythis Regulation shall contain thefollowing
particulars :
(a)Thedestination (relevant Member State concerned )
(b)Sériât number ;
(c)Importer' sname andaddress ;
(d)Exporter' sname andaddress ;
(e)Netweight (inkgortonnes )andvalue ;
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(f)Category andclassification oftheproduct ;
<g)Certification bytheauthorities ofBangladesh that
thequantity has been setoff against thequantitative limits fixed
fortheyear inwhich theproducts were shipped /i.e. placed onboard
MnBang ladeslT "forexport totheCommunity (Member State offinal
destinat i6n)~br ,where appropriate ,are forimmediate re-export or
areforprocessing andsubsequent re-export outside theCommunity ;
(h)Year during which theproducts were shipped ,thatis,were
placed onboard inBahgTadesF feTrexport totfieCommunity .
()ForCategory 4products ,thewidth incentimetres shall also "begiven }
this specification shall berequired mrfcil theKIMSU2 classification is
amended sothat headings NOs .57.10-61 and65reflect the .description
ofprs>fki6t$ felling within thecurrent definition ofCategory 4.