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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Brussels,26September1980
Recommendation fora
COUNCILDECISION
authorizingtheCommissiontoopennegotiations withBangladesh and
IndiafortheadjustmentoftheAgreementswiththosecountrieson
tradeinjuteproductstotakeaccountoftheaccessionofGreece
totheEuropeanCommunities ..
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
C0M(80)534final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
I. TheCommunity hasnegotiated twoAgreements (onewith Bangladesh
andonewith India )ontrade injute products .They cover theperiod 1January
1980 to31December 1983 andatthemoment arebeing applied defacto pending
completion oftheconclusion procedures .Theagreements provide that :,
: iBangladesh andIndia shall exercise voluntary restraint over their
exports ofcertain jute products totheCommunity ;
ii theCommunity shall totally suspend import duties onalljute
products within theframework ofitsgeneralised tariff preferences ;
iii theCommunity will undertake toeliminate allquantitative restrictions
onimports bythedate ofexpiry oftheagreements ,i.e. by1January
1984 . ■: ^ ■
II.These Agreements will have tobemodified totake account ofGreece 's
accession tothe Communities .
Greece isamarginal producer ofjute goods .Greek firms engaged inthe
jute industry have long .snce gone over tosynthetic substitutes ,Greece
imports very little inthewayofjute products ,which are free ofquantitative
restrictions .But import duties are high -between 8%and 30%,depending
onthe product .Greece 'sadoption oftheacquis communautaire must not
jeopardise theCommunity 'saim innegotiating with Bangladesh andIndia ,which
was tomaintain adegree ofprotection against imports bymeans ofvoluntary
restraint undertakings )for afewmore years inorder togive theCommunity
jute industry time tocomplete itsconversion andadjustment programme .
Negotiations toextend thetwoAgreements tocover Greece should therefore
ibeaimed atestablishing aGreek quota share inthevoluntary restraint
ceilings inforce under thepresent Agreements andraising theCommunity
.•limits accordingly ;

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iiinreturnthespecialrulesforjuteproductsundertheCommunity
GSPwouldalsoapplyinrespectofGreece;
iiiallotherprovisionsoftheAgreements wouldalsoapplyinrespectof
Greece.
TheCouncilisaccordingly invitedtoadopttheannexedrecommendation
foradecision.

RECOMMENDATION FORACOUNCILDECISION
authorisingtheCommissiontoopennegotiations with
BangladeshandIndiafortheadjustmentofthe
Agreementswiththosecountriesontradeinjuteproducts
totake'accountoftheaccessionofGreecetothe
EuropeanCommunities '•:
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES, -
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereof,
HavingregardtotheRecommendation fromtheCommission,
WhereastheCommunityhasnegotiatedbilateralAgreementswithBangladesh and
Indiaontradeinjuteproducts;whereasthesaidAgreementsshouldbeadjusted
totakeaccountoftheaccessionofGreecetotheEuropeanCommunities;whereas
forthispurposeitisnecessarytoopennegotiations withthetwocounteies
concerned,
HASDECIDIED ASFOLLOWS: ;
SoleArticle
•- · ν -·'···
TheCommissionisherebyauthorisedtoopennegotiations withthePeople's
RepublicofBangladeshandtheRepublicofIndiafortheadjustmentofthe
Agreementsbetweenthe"Community"and"those""co'untrTesohtradein"j"uteproducTs
totakeaccountoftheaccessionoftheHeIlenTc"RepublictotheEuropeanJ _■
Communities .' 7 .
TheCommissionshallconductthenegotiations inaccordancewiththe
directivesannexedtothisDecisionandinconsultation withtheArticle
113Committee. ' v
Representatives oftheHellenicRepublicshallparticipate inthework
asobserversalongsiderepresentatives ofthepresent'MemberStates.
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DoneatBrussels, For.theCouncil
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' ThePresident

NEGOTIATING DIRECTIVES
Ci)Toestablishaquantitative LimitforexportstoGreeceof
Category4and7jutefabricsfromBangladeshandIndiaand
raisecorresponding ceilingsaccordingly.
CiiJ;"Accountwillbetakenoftraditionaltradeflowsinestablishing
thequantitative limitsfor1981.
CiitJThelimitsforsucceedingyearstoincludeanannualgrowthpercentage.