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Brussels,21May1975
Proposalfora
REGULATION (EEC)
increasingtheamountsoftheCommunitytariff
quotasopenedfor1975"byRegulation (EEC)No
3110/74forcertainhandwovenfabrics,pileand
chenillemadefromsilkorcouton,andamending
thelistoftextileproductsentitledtobe
admittedundersuchquotas
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
COr*(75)217final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
On.2December1974theCounciladoptedRegulation(EEC)NO3110/74onthe
openingofCommunitytariffquotasfor1975forcertainhandwovenfabrics
madefromsilkandcotton#Theopeningoftariffquotasforsuchproducts,
whichhascontinuedforseveralyears,formspartofCorxiunitypolicywith
regardtocertaincountriestospecifically encouragesmall-scale craft-
productions.Productsfromseveralcountries,includingIndiaandPakistan,
arecurrentlyadmittedundersuchquotas.
Itmust"be"borneinmind,thattheproposalsubmittedbytheCommissiontothe
Councilattheendof1974ontheopening .ofthetariffquotasfor1975pro–
.videdforanincreaseinbothofthequotaamountsfrom2to3millionu.a.
Althoughtheotherproposal,whichwouldallowseveralotherhandmadepro­
ductstobeadmittedundersuchquotas,hadbeenincorporated ,theincrease
referredtoabovehadnot.TheCommissionconsideredthatthemattermust
bere-examined ,Thisre–examination concernsthecoursefollowedbythe
Communityincarryingputitstradepolicyvis-a-visdevelopingcountries,
andinparticularundertakings madetoimplementtheOctober1973declarac­
tionofintentontraderelationswithcertainAsiaticcountriesfollowing
theaccessionofthenewMemberStates.1 .
TheIndiandelegation,atthesecondmeetingofthe,JointCommissionEEC/
India,heldinDecember .1974jexpresseditsintensedisappointment that
quotaswouldnotbeincreasedin1975*Itpointedoutthesocio-economic
importanceofrthis'branchofcraftwork,onwhichhundredsofthousandsof
workersdependedfortheir-livelihood(l).AlthoughIndiaremainedthemain
(l)Seealsoj"SummaryRecordoftheresultsofthesecondsessionofthe
JointCommissionEEC/lndia(Doc. BP2,(iii)(a)and"Minutesof
thesecondsessionoftheJointCommissionEEC/lndia"(Doc„......p5(D))*

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beneficiaryofthe"handloora"system,itstressedthattheadvantages
whichitenjoyedoriginally,hadforthernoipartdwindledonaccountofthe
numberofparticipating countriesandthroughtheinflatedcostsofproduc­
tionandoftransport.Thisdelegationhadalsorequestedthat,inorder
toredressthesituation,thecontribution ofeachofthe"handloom"quotas
shouldberaisedto5millionu.a.
4«TheincreaseTtfhichisthesubjectofthisproposalalsoprovidesanoppor­
tunitytomaintainthetraditionalpatternofimportsofsuchproductsfrom
IndiaandPaid.staninparticularwhich,priortoitsaccession,wereimpor­
tedintotheUnitedKingdomduty-freeftheBritishauthorities hadrequested,
bothbeforeandduringthediscussion onthequotastobeopenedfor1975»
thatthissituationshouldbetakenintoaccountwhenfixingamountsof
thesequotas*
5.Withregardtothequotasconcerned,andinparticulartothereasonswhich
ledtotheirbeingestablished ,itshouldbeborneinmind,that
–theproductstobeadmittedunderquotasarehandwovenfabricswhichhave
certainspecificcharacteristics whichpreventtheirbeingusedforin­
dustrialpurposes,evenassubsidiarycomponents,becauseoftheirlimited
widths,lackoffinishing,etc.5
–moreover,manufacturing certificatesissuedbybodiesauthorizedbythe
respectivegovernmentsofthecountriesallocatedquotas,andrecognized
bytheCommunityauthorities ,guaranteethatmanufactureiscontrolledj
–thesequotas,whichwereopenedforthefirsttimein19^9»weretocomply
inparticularwitharequestbyIndia(theyamountedto1millionu.a.for
eachcategoryoffabric:silkandcotton)j
–followingtheaccessionofthenewMemberStates?in1974'thequotaamounts
wereincreasedto2millionu.a.j
–suchquotas,whichwereopenedunilaterally andergaomnes,weremeanwhile
extendedtoothercountrieswithoutanincreaseintheamounts5
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–in1975 ,twonewcountries became entitled tohave go06.3admitted under
such quotas ,andtwonewproducts were added ,without' anyadjustment in
theamounts j
–the currently available data shows that in1974 thequotas were toa
la^ge extent used upforsilk fabrics ,andalmost completely forcotton
fabrics ,
–themajority of .countries benefiting from these quotas areamount those
most seriously affected bythe current crisis .
6.Inview ofthevarious matters raised ,theCommission considers itneces­
sary toadjust thequota amounts for1975 byincreasing them to3million
u«a .foreach category ofproduct bymeans ofanincrease of1million
u.a »intheCommunity reserves provided for .Ittherefore proposes that
theCouncil adopt theRegulation annexed hereto *
*
* *
Adiscrepancy wasdiscovered inthetext ofRegulation (^EEC)No
33IO/74ontheopening ,allocation andadministration oftariff quotas for
1975 ,between ontheonehand Article l(l)providing that whandwoven pile
fabrics andchenille fabrics ofcotton ,other than terry towelling orsimi­
larterry fabrics ofcotton falling within heading No55«03 andfabrics
falling within heading No58.05 "(heading ex53*04 oftheOCT)beentitled
tobeadmitted under thequota opened fortheproduots described under
category (b),irrespective ofthetextile used ,andontheother hand the -
specimen certificates setoutintheAnnexes ,inwhich thequota applies to
silk and cotton fabrics .
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Inview ofthefaot that the -scope ofthequotas originally extended only
toBilk andootton fabrics ,andoftheintentions stated when this tariff
heading wasincluded inthelist ofproducts toheadmitted under such ..
quotas ,itisclear that thetariff preference should ;extend only tocotton
products asregards that CCTheading#
Anamendment tothewording ofheading ex58.04 inArticle l(l)isthorefore
necessary .Thewords "ofcotton "areadded thereby .

Proposalfora
Regulation(EEC)NO
' Of *
increasingtheaiaountsoftheCommunitytariffquotas
openedfor1975tyRegulation(EEC)NO3113/74for
certainhandwovenfabrics,pileandchenillemadefrom
silkorcotton,and,amendingthelistoftextilepro­
"ductsentitledto"beadmittedtindersuchquotas
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES , >'-. ...
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereofj .,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission $
Whereas'theCounciladoptedRegulation(EEC1)'No3110/74^of2December
1974openingandallocatingCommunitytariffquotasamongtheMemberStates
for1975forcertainhandwovenfabrics,pileandchenillemadefromsilkor
cottpn,amountingto2000000unitsofaccotintfor.productfallingwithin
headingNosex50"09andex50*^0ofthdCommonCustomsTariff,andamoun­
tingtothesamefigureforproductsfallingwithinheadingNosex55
ex55.09andex58»04ofthe•CommonCustomsTarifff
Whereas,inorderto'implementthedeclarationofintentoncommercialre­
lationswithcertainAsiaticcountries,thequotaamountinrespectofthese
categoriesoffabric.mustbeincreasedfrom2to3million -unitsofaccount
bym&ansofacorresponding increasein.theCommunityreservesprovidedforJ
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'a'0jNoL337,16December1974.p.1.

whereas ,moreover ,admission tinder the "tariff quotas provided forinre­
spect ofproducts falling within heading No58*04 oftheCommon Customs
Tariff must helimited solely toproducts made from cotton ,
HASADOPTED THIS REGULATION ;
Article 1
TheCommunity tariff quotas opened inRegulation (EEC)No3310/74forcer­
tain handwoven fabrics ,pile andchenille ,falling (i)within heading Nos ,
ex50*09 andex50.10 and (ii)within .heading Nosex55*07 »ex55*09 and .<
ex58*04 oftheCommon Customs Tariff ,shall "beincreased from 2to3
million units ofaccount . ^
This increase ofamillion units ofacoount involving both categories of
product shall becarried outinrespect oftheCommunity reserves provided
forinArticle 2(2)oftheRegulation referred toabove ,which shall thus
beincreased V "
–from 800,6*00 u.a.to1,890,^00 u.a.forsilk fabrics ,and *...
-from 216 ,©00u.a*to1,216,000 u.a.forcotton textile products .
Article 2
Thewording ofheading Noex58.04 intheTable setoutinArticle 1(l)of
Regulation (EEC)No3310/74isamended asfollows * ; _
"Handwoven pile fabrics andchenillegowebe ofcotton \
(other than terry towelling orsimilar terry products of
cotton ,falling within heading No55*08 andfabrics fal­
ling ,within heading No58.©5 )w

ThisRegulationshallenterinto
itspublicationintheOfficialJournal
ThisRegulationshall'bebinding
lioableinallKemberStates,forceontheseventhdayfollowing
oftheEuropeanCommunities *
initsentiretyanddirectlyapp~
DoneatBrussels,FortheCouncil,
ThePresident