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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(74)2014 final .
Brussels .^december 1974
DRAFT DECISION
OPTHE ASSOCIATION COUNCIL
DEROGATING PROM THE DEFINITION OPTHE CONCEPT OP •
"ORIGINATING PRODUCTS "FOR 1975 INORDER TOTAKE
ACCOUNT OPTHE SPECIAL SITUATION OPMAURITIUS WITH
REGARD TOCERTAIN TEXTILE PRODUCTS
(submitted t«theCouncil bytheCommission )
COM(7*0 201 **final *

EXPLAUATORT MEMORANDUM
I.-Background.
TheAssociation AgreementconcerningtheAccessionofMauritiusto
theConventionofAssociation "betweentheEECandtheAASM,signedon12
May1972ienteredintoforceon1July1973*
Onthatdate,therefore,Mauritiuswastoimplementthedecisionsofthe
Association Council,particularly onmattersoforigin.Mauritiushad
howeverdrawnattentiontothefactthatcertainofitsexport-orientated
industriesproductswouldnot"beabletomeetinfullthecriteriadefinirig
theconceptof"originatingproducts"upontheentryintoforceofthe
Agreement.Accordingly ,ajointDeclaration wasannexedtothisAgreement,
accordingtowhichtheContractingPartiesundertooktoprovideaperiod
ofadaptation,inanyeventnotextendingbeyond31December1974»for
certainexportindustries,inparticularthetextileindustry.TheMauritian
Governmentsubsequently notifiedtheCommissionoftheextenttowhichit
intendedtoavailitselfofthisderogation.Atthetimeitconsideredthat
timelimitenvisagedwouldbelongenoughtoenableitsindustriestochange
thepatternoftheirsourcesofsupply.
PursuanttothisjointDeclarationtheEEC-AASMAssociation Council,
byDecision46/73of15June1973,grantedtherequestedderogationforthe
years1973and1974andpointedquotasforeachoftheTariffheadingscovered
bythederogation.
TheGovernmentofMauritiusputforwardthefollowingargumentsinsupportof
itstxo-foldrequest:
(1)ThedelayinbringingtheAgreementintoforce(June1973insteadof
January1973)hadledtheindustrialists concernedtodefercertain
capitalinvestments andtheconclusionofcertaincontracts.
(2)ThesettingupofspinningmillsonMauritiushadbeendelayedfor
reasonsconnectedwithsuppliesofbuildingmaterials.
Thedifficulties encounteredhadinvolvedwatersuppliesanddelays
incertaincementandsteeldeliveries.

Application byMauritiusfor1975.
TheCommissionhasreoeivedanapplication fromMauritius
underthetermsofwhichthatAssociatedStaterequeststhatt
1)thederogationgrantedbemaintained "beyond1974for
amaximumperiodofoneyear;
2)thereshouldbeanaggregateamountforeaohChapterinorder
tomakethesystemmoreflexibleandpromoteexportsof
theproduotsingreatestdemand;

(3)The"breakdown "bytariffheadingdidnotcorrespondwiththebeneficiary
industries'trueproductionandexportpotential.Inordertotake
accountofthispotentialonlytwoamountsshouldbefixed,oneforthe
productsofChapter60andtheotherforthoseofChapter61.
AfterexaminingthisrequesttheCommissionconsideredthattheMauritian
Government'sargumentsinfavourofaone-yearextensionofthederogation
inforcebeinggrantedwerewell-founded andthatafavourablereply
shouldbegiventothisrequest.
However,itconsideredthatalthoughthebreakdownoftheamountsofthe
derogation wasnotentirelysatisfactoryitwouldnotnevertheless be
possibletoacceptabreakdownconsistingofonlytwosections.Following
contactstakenupwiththeindustrythebreakdownasproposedinthe
followingdraftdecisionwasadoptedandwouldbeabletomeetMauri–
•'tius'wisheswithoutbeingdetrimentaltotheCommunity'stextile
industry.
Inparticular,itwasrecognizednecessarytomaintainattheprevious
level,(50metriotons)thequotalaiddownforgloves,mittensandmitts,
whichisaparticularly sensitivesector.
Inanyevent,itshouldbenotedthatMauritiusiscontinuingitsefforts
tocreatetheconditionsrequiredforitsproductstomeetinfullthe
criteriaforthedefinitionoftheconceptoforiginatingproducts,
particularly bysettingupindustriesoffirst-stageprocessing.
Finally,thepossibility couldbeenvisagedofcontinuingtoexclude
Reunionfromthescopeoftheproposalforadecisionannexedhereto.
ThedraftdecisionoftheAssociation Councilannexedheretoif
intendedinsofaraspossibletomeettherequestfromMauritius.

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Itisadvisable tonote that theConvention ofYaounde expires onthe
31st January 1975 •Given thepoint reached "bythenegotiations whioh
must replace theConvention ,itisalready clear that transitional
measures will benecessary .These transitional measures must "bedecided
bytheEEC-EAMA Council ofAssociation before theexpiring oftheYaounde
Convention andofthederogation concerning Mauritius ,which would normally
take place inthecontext ofthese transitional measures .Inthehypothesis
that ,enventually ,butbefore theendof1975 >"thesteps will betaken to
put into effect onananticipatory basis the commercial section ofthe
Convention currently tinder negotiation ,itwould benecessary that anew
decision would betaken bythecompetent bodies onthebasis oftheguide­
lines which will bemade clear tothem .
Taking into account theuncertainties consequent upon thedelays in­
volved inthese different procedures andoftheneed togive adequate
assurances totheexporters ofMauritius ,itwould appear preferable to
propose that thedecision oftheCouncil ofAssociation would beapplicable
just until theentering into force ofthecommercial provisions oftheCon­
vention which will suceed the Convention ofYaounde and not later than the
31st December 1975 *

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HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS:
Article1
Inderogationfrom,thespecialprovisionsinListAannexedtoDecision
No36/71onthedefinitionoftheconceptof"originatingproducts"and
onthemethodsofadministrative cooperation ,textileproductsmanufactured
inMauritiusandfallingwithintheTariffReadingNos60.02,60.04,60.05,
61.01,61*02,61.03,61.04,61.07,61.09and-61.10shallbeconsideredas
productsoriginatinginMauritiusundertheconditionssetouthereinafter.
Article2
/ ,
Thederogationshall,fortheyear1975tt>®limitedtotheamountsspecified
helowinrespectoftheproductsconoerned :
60.02 Gloves,mittensandmitts,knittedorcrocheted,notelastic
norrubberized 50metrictons
I
60.04 Undergarments,knittedorcrocheted,notelasticnor
rubberized!
330metriotons
60.05 Outergarments,clothingaccessories ,andotherarticles,
knittedorcrocheted,notelasticnorrubberized 330metriotons
61.01
61.02Men'sandboys'outergarments )
Women's,girls'andinfants'outergarments <240metriotons
61.03 Men'sandboys'undergarments,includingcollars,)
shirt-fronts andcuffs \240metrictons
61.04/
Women's,girls'andinfants'undergarments )

61.07Ties,bowtiesandcravats
61*09Corsets,corset-belts ,suspender-belts ,brassieres,)
braces,suspenders,gartersandthelike(inoluding <metriotons
sucharticlesofknittedorcrochetedfabric),)
whetherornotelastic. I
61.10Gloves,mittens,mitts,stockings,socksand )
eockettes,notbeingknittedorcrochetedgoods ;
Article3
ThenecessarymeasureswillbetakenbytheMauritianauthoritiesin
ordertoverifythequalityandquantityofexportsoftheproduots
referredtoinArtiole2*
Movementcertificates AY1issuedpursuanttothisDecisionshallbearone
ofthefollowingentries:
"marchandises réputéesoriginaires envertudeladéoisionn°••••••
duConseild'Association •'
M(sameentryinGerman)"
u(sameentryinItalian)"
"(sameentryinDutch)"
••(sameentryinDanish)"
nOriginatingproductsbyvirtueofAssociation CouncilDecisionNo••••"
Thisentryshallbeinredinkundertheheading"observations "•
Article4
Shouldimportsunderthisderogationgiverise,orthreatentogiveriseto
difficulties leadingtoachangeinaneconomicsituationinaregionofthe
Community,thelattermay,pursuanttoArticle16(2)oftheConventionof
Association,takeorauthorizetheMemberStateconcernedtotakethenecessary
protectivemeasures^
•/

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Article5
TheAssociatedStates,theMemberStatesandtheCommunityshall"be
required,eachtotheextenttowhichtheyareconcerned,totakethe
necessarystepstoimplementthisDecision*
Article6
ThisDeoisionshallenterintoforceon1January1975*
Itshallapplyuntil31December1975anduntiltheentryintoforce
ofthelatest*
Doneat