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Brussels ,29January 1973
DRAFT
ASSOCIATION COUNCIL DECISION
DEROGATING FROM THE DEFINITION "ORIGINATING PRODUCTS "FOR THE YEARS
1973 AND1974 INORDER TOTAKE INTO ACCOUNT THESPECIAL SITUATION OF
MAURITIUS WITH REGARD TOCERTAIN TEXTILE PRODUCTS
(Submitted bytheCouncil totheCommission )
COM (73)70final

VIII/1370/72/B-I
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
TheAssociation .Agreement "between theEuropean Econibmic
Community andtheAfrican andMalagasy States associated with that
Community (AASM )concerning theaccession ofMauritius totheConvention
ofAssociation wassigned on12May1972 andwill enter into force
assoon astheratification instruments have "been lodged byallthe
States concerned .Onthalt same date ,theDecisions taken bythe
Association Council will apply in"relati'ons between theCommunity
andMauritius ;this isparticularly thecase with regard tothe
Decision defining originating products ;it "follows that inorder
that products exported from Mauritius should qualify forpreferential
treatment "bytheMember States oftheCommunity ,under Title Iof
theConvention ofAssociation ,they must comply with therules laid
down inthat Decision . **1 • -'
Inview oftheabove ,Mauritian representatives have pointed
outthat certain products oftheir export industries would not ,upon
theentering into force oftheAgreement ,fully satisfy thecriteria
defining thequality of"originating products "•
Mauritius consequently requested theCommunity that begranted
itarelatively short transitional period which would allow certain
industries toturn toother sources ofsupply ,thus bringing their
exportable products Within therequirements ofthedefinition
( ,
"originating products "•

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Thisrequestwasapproved andtheCommunity andtheMauritian
delegation decidedtoannextotheAssociation Agreement ajoint
declaration drawnuptothateffect#Thesecondparagraph ofthatjoint
declaration readsasfollows :
"TheContracting Partiesagreethattheywill,uponsigningtheAgreement ,
studythepossibility ofproviding foran.adaptation period,innocase
extending beyond31December 1974,inordertosolvethesedifficulties .
TheyagreetosubmittheresultsofthisstudytotheAssociation
CouncilassoonastheAgreement entersintoforce"#
Following thatjointdeclaration ,theMauritian Government
informedtheCommission that,aftircarefulconsideration ofthequestion ,
itbecameapparentthat,oftheindustries onMauritian territory likely
tQexportpartoftheirproductstotheCommunity ,onlysomemanufacturers
ofthetextileindustries werenotintheimmediate position ofproducing
goodssatisfying therequirements ofthedefinition oforiginating
products ,initsapplication toEEC-AASMtrade#Thosemanufacturers
«.refromtheknitwear andclothingindustries *
/■ ■ .„
TheGovernment ofMauritius alsothenstatedthattheexemption
periodrequested wouldbesufficient toallowtheindustries concerned
toturntoothersourcesofsupply,thusenablingtheirmanufactured
productstosatisfytherequirements ofthedefinition of"originating
products "initsapplication toEEC-AASMrelations#
AfteranexchangeoflettersbetweentheCommission andthe
Mauritian Government andfollowing thevisittoBrussels ofamission
presided overbytheMauritian EconomicMinister ,itwasproposed,in
ordertomeettheinterests ofallpresenttotakeintoconsideration
therequestoftheMauritian Government subjecttotheimposition of
"ceilings "forgroupsofproducts sothattheproducts importedunder
theexemption shouldnotallconsistofoneortwocategories of
articles#
ThedraftRegulation annexedheretopurportstoimplementthisproposal#

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DRAFT
/■ASSOCIATICI ?COUNCIL DECISION N°
DEROGATING PROMTHEDEFINITION "ORIGINATING PRODUCTS "FORTHEYEARS
1973AND1974EIORDERTOTAKEINTOACCOUNT THESPECIAL SITUATION OF
MAURITIUS WITHREGARD TOCERTAIN TEXTILE PRODUCTS.
THEASSOCIATION COUNCIL,;
havingregard -totheConvention ofAssociation betweentheEuropean
Economic Community andtheAfricanandMalagasy Statesassociated
withthatCommunity ,signedon29July1969,andinparticular Article
10§2thereof,
havingregardtotheproposal fromtheCommission oftheEuropean
Communities ,
whereasanAssociation Agreement concerning theAccession ofMauritius
to"theConvention ofAssociation .wassignedatPortLouison12May;
whereasthatAgreement contains theapplication toMauritius of
Association CouncilDecisions ,inparticular Decision N°36/71,onthe
definition oftheconceptof"originating products
whereas,however,inordertotakeintoaccountthespecialsituation
ofMauritius ,andinordertoenabletheindustries concerned toadapt
.theirproduction toconditions whichcomplywiththedefinition
"originating products "thedefinition contained intheDecision
referredtoaboveshouldbesuspended inrespectofthatassociated
State,
'HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS :
Article 1
Inderogation fromthespecialprovisions mlistAannexed
toDecision N°36/71onthedefinition oftheconcept6f"originating
products andonthemethodsafadministrative cooperation ,textile
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products manufectured inMauritius andfallingwithinCCTNos.60.01,
60.02,60,04;60.05,61.01,61.02.61.03,61.04',61.07,61.09and61.10
shallheconsidered asproductsoriginating inMauritius underthe
conditions hereinafter setout.
Article 2
Thederogation shall,fortheyear1973,"belimitedinthe
amountenteredhereunder inrespectofeach'ofthegroupsodproducts
concerned .
N°6001:Knittedorcrocheted fabric,notelasticnor
rubberised
6002:Gloves,mittensandmitts,knittedorcrocheted,^.-Qnotelastic norrubberised
6004iUndergarments,knittedorcrocheted ,notelastic
norrubberised .r.
6005sOutergarments,clothingaccessories ,andotherarticles,knittedorcrochetednotelasticnor-500T
rubberised
6101:Men'sandboy'soutergarments
6l02:Women'sgirls'andinfants'outergarments ag60T
6103:Men'sandboy'sundergarments,including collars,
shirtfrontsandcuffs.
6104:Women's;girls'andinfants"vindergaraents
6107sTies,bowtiesandcravats.
6109•Corsetö,corset-belts ,suspender-belts ,brassieres ,
braces,suspenders gartersandthelike(including =20T
sucharticlesofknittedorcrochetedfabric),
whetherornotelastic.
6110:Gloves,mittens ,mitts,stockings ,socks,and
soclcettes ,notbeingknittedorcrocheted goods*
Fortheyear1974tthesequantities shallamountrespectively
to510M.T.(N°60.01,60.02and60.04),540MT(N°60,05),280MT
(N°61.01,61.02,61.03and61.04)and22MT(N°61.07,61.09and
61.10).
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Articles
IftheamountfixedinArticle 2hasnotteenusedupduring
1973,thequantities notusedduringthatyearmays "beusedin1974»
Article 4
TheMauritian authorities shalltakethenecessary measures
tocontrolthequantity andqualityoftheexported productslisted
inarticle 2*
AT1movementcertificates issuedpursuant tothisDecision
shall "bearoneofthefollowing entries :
"originating products byvirtueofAssociation Council
Decision N0"
"(sameentryinGerman)"
"(sameentryinItalian)11
"(sameentryinDutch)"
Thisentryshall "beinredinkundertheheading "remarks "•
Article 5
Ifimportsenteredunderthisderogation cause,orthreaten
tocausedifficulties which "bringaboutadeterioration intheeconomic
situation ofaregionoftheCommunity ,thelattermaytake,or
authorise theMemberStateconcerned totakethenecessary protective
measuresunderArticle16§2oftheConvention ofAssociation ,
Article 6
TheAssociated States,theMemberStatesandtheCommunity
shallberequired ,eachtotheextenttowhichtheyareconcerned ,
totakethenecessary stepstoimplement thisDecision.

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Article 7
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This Decision shall enter into force on
Itshall apply until 31December 1974 *
Done at ,19.*