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Brussels,9December 1977
Proposalfora
,COUNCILREGULATION
amendingRegulation (EEC)No114/77concerning
importarrangements forcertaintextileproducts
originating inSingapore >
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(77)654final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.AnAgreement betweehtheCommunity andSingapore ontrade
intextileproducts wasinitialled on27September 1975,
andtheimportregimewasestablished byCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)N°114/77.
2.ThesaidCouncilRegulation incorporated aquantitative :
limitforimportsofwomen's,girl'sandinfants'blouses
andshirt-blouses ,ofsynthetic'fibres,intotheCommunity
marketinFrance.Thishadbeenagreedasaresultof
Consultations heldbetweentheCommunity andSingapore on
14and15July1976,undertheprovisions ofArticle 5,
paragraphs 2and4,oftheAgreement betweentheCommunity
andSingapore .Thisquantitative limit,whichissetout
undercategory 5ofAnnexBofthesaidRegulation ,ran
from1September 1976to31August1977.
3.AttherequestoftheCommunity,Consultations wereheld
on6September 1977.withaviewtoextendingthisquanti­
tativelimituntiltheendof1977,.inviewofthefact ,
thatthissectoroftheindustryinFrancecontinued tobe
extremelysensitive tomarketdisruption byimports.
4.AsaresultoftheConsultations ,theCommunity and
Singapore agreedthatthesaidquantitative limitbeex­
tendeduntiI31December 1977atalevelcalculated onthe
samebasisasthepreviouslimitplusagrowthof6%in
accordance withtheprovisions oftheMultifibre Arrangement

PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION
amendingRegulation (EEC)N°114/77concerning importarrangements forcertain
textileproductsoriginating inSingapore.
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,and
inparticularArticle113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,'
WhereastheCommunity hasnegotiated anAgreementwiththeRepublicofSingapore
coveringtradeintextileproducts;
Whereastheimportarrangements weresettledbyRegulation (EEC)N°114/77;
Whereasthequantitative limitestablished forcategory 5underAnnexBofthe
saidRegulationterminated on31August1977;
Whereas/inaccordance withArticle5oftheAgreement betweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheRepublicofSingaporeontradeintextileproducts,
consultations havebeenheldbetweenthe,partiesconcerningtheitemcoveredby
thesaidcategoryofproductandthespecialarrangements forimportsintoFrance
Whereasatthecloseoftheseconsultations amutuallyacceptablesolutionwas
adoptedconcerning'thisitem;
WhereastheCommunity -shouldimplementtheconclusions oftheseconsultations ;
ι
whereasitisthereforenecessarytomakecertainamendmentstoRegulation -(EEC)
N°114/77; '
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION
■ ARTICLE 1
CategoryN°5inAnne.xBtoRegulation (EEC)N°114/77isherebyreplacedbythe
following :

Category
N°CCT
Heading
N°NIMEXECode
<1977)Description Member
StatesUnits,Quantitative
Ilimits
61.0261.02-ex78Womens,
girls'and
infants *
outergar­
ments:exB.
Otherthan
babies'gar­
ments:-
blousesand
shirt-blouses
ofsynthetic
textilefibresFranceItems (1.9.1977to
31.12.1977)
265.000
ARTICLE 2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowing
itspublication intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ,
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectly
applicable inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil
ThePresident