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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(76)430final.
Brussels,29July1976.
RECOMMENDATION FORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
concludingtheAgreementbetweenthe
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
i
andthe
REPUBLIC OFCOLOMBIA
I
onTradeinTextileproducts
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
C0M(76)430final

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
1. Byadecision of1bMarch 1975 »theCouncil authorised theCom­
mission toopen negotiations with theRepublic ofColombia for the
conclusion ofanAgreement ontrade intextile products .
2. Inaccordance with the above Council decision and inconsul­
tation with the Article 113Committee ,the Commission conducted nego­
tiations with Colombia inthemonths ofJanuary ,February andApril 1976 .
Asaresult ofthese negotiations ,adraft Agreement was drawn upand
initialled on29April 1976 .
3. Thedraft Agreement applies toalimited number oftextile pro­
ducts described initsAnnex I.The Community has undertaken ,forthese
products ,not tointroduce new quantitative restrictions and torefrain
from invoking the provisions ofArticle 3oftheMFA ,provided that ex­
ports totheCommunity ofthe products inquestion donot exceed the
quantitative limits established under theAgreement *
*+. The central feature oftheAgreement consists ofaconsultation
procedure .Apart from ageneral provision for consultations toresolve
any problems arising from theapplication oftheAgreement ,theAgreement
also contains aspecial consultation clause .Under this clause ,the
Community may seek consultations with Colombia whenever ,for aproduct
covered bythe Agreement ,areal risk ofmarket disruption iscaused
byColombian exports oftheproduct inquestion .Until amutually satis­
factory conclusion has been reached insuch consultations ,Colombia will
limit its issue ofexport licences for the product concerned toalevel
indicated bytheCommunity ,but inany case notlower than 107%ofthe
importe recorded inthe twelve months ending three months before consul­
tation were requested .
5» TheCommunity invoked theprovisions ofthis clause ,asitwere
byanticipation ,regarding imports rofseveral products incertain Commu­
nity markets .Asaresult ofthese consultations Colombia accepted cer­
tain export restraints ,set out inAnnex ItotheAgreement .
6. TheAgreement further provides that imports into theCommunity
oftextiles products covered bytheAgreement which are forimmediate
re-export orforre-export after processing arenot tobesubject to
quantitative limits under theAgreement .Similarly ,certain Colombian
handloom textile products ,defined inArticle oftheAgrement ,are
tobeadmitted into theCommunity without quantitative limit ,subject
tothesatisfactory operation ofagreed arrangements forcertification .
7« Inconformity with therequirements oftheGeneva Arrangement ,
provision is .made intheAgreement forcarry –over ,carry –forward and
inter-category flexibility .

3, TheAgreement istoenter into force with effect fromVJanus i'/l376.Itwill remain inforce until 31December 1977 .
9. Intheopinion oftheCommission theAgreement negotiated
constitutes aresult that isacceptable totheCommunity , Prf-__
poses therefore thattheCouncil concludes theAgreement byadopting
thedraft Regulation annexed hereto .

recommendation for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )No
of
concluding theAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community
and theRepublic ofColombia ontrade intextile products
THECOUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
and inparticular Article 113thereof ,
Having regard tothe recommendation from the Commission ,
Whereas theAgreement ontrade intextile products negotiated bet' ,'pen
theEuropean Economic Community and theRepublic ofColombia should be
concluded ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
The Agreement between theEuropean Economic Community and the
Republic ofColombia ontrade intextile products ishereby concluded
onbehalf oftheCommunity .
The text oftheAgreement isannexed tothis Regulation .
Article 2
The President oftheCouncil shall notify the other Contracting
Party ofthe completion bytheCommunity oftheprocedures squired for
the entry into force ofthe Agreement .
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird day following
itspublication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Cormunities .
This Regulation shall bebinding inits entirety and directly
applicable inall Member States .
Done atBrussels , 1976 For theCouncil
The President

AGREEMENT BETWEENTHEREPUBLIC OF
COLOMBIA
ANDTHE
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
ONTRADEINTEXTILES <
(Textasinitialled29«^»197o)

TheCouncil oftheEuropean Communities
ofthe one part .
TheGovernment oftheRepublic ofColombia oftheother part ,
-Desiring toensure theorderly andequitable developmer *oftrade
intextiles between theEuropean Economic Community ,hereinafter
called "the "Community "andColombia ,
Having regard totheprovisions oftheArrangement regarding
"International Trade inTextiles (hereinafter referred toasthe
Geneva Arrangement )andespecially itsArticle 4,
Have decided ,inaspirit ofmutual co-operation andinconformity
with thesaid Geneva Arrangement ,toconclude this Agreement and
tothis endhave designated astheir Plenipotentiaries :
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES :
THE GOVERNMENT OPTHE REPUBLIC OFCOLOMBIA :
Whohave agreed asfollows :
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Article 1
1„ TaeParties recognise andconfirm vthat ,subject tothe
pr^vi.ii'na cfthis Agreement andwithout prejudice totheir rights
andobligations under theGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade ,
theconduct oftheir mutual trade intextiles shall begoverned
bytheprovisions oftheGeneva Arrangement .
2* This Agreement shall apply totrade inthose categories of
textiles products ,originating inanddespatched from Colombia ,
set out inAnnex Ihereto •
3* Quantitative limits for the said products have been agreed
between theParties .Details ofthequantities andregions ofthe
Community towhich such limits presently apply arelikewise set out
inAnnex Ihereto .Both Parties recognise that thequantitative
limits agreed inthe present negotiations arewithout prejudice
tothepossible future application ofArticle 5ofthis Agreement *

Article 2
1. TheCommunity undertakes ,inrespect oftheoeterorieB of
textiles products towhich this Agreement applies ,andsubject to
thesatisfactory operation ofthis Agreement , +<•>'introduce
newquantitative restrictions andtorefrain fron ?invoKix ..^the
provisions ofArticle 3oftheGeneva Arrangement provided that
exports totheCommunity ofsuch textiles products ori.;.;j.na».. /fgin
ahddespatched from Colombia donot exceed t.'>equant it " :.ve
limitB established under theprovisions ofthis Agre^m "it-,
2. The Government ofColombia undertakes totake the
appropriate measures toensure that thequantitative limits
established under this Agreement arenotexccsded .
3. The Community shall not object totheaforementioned
quantitative limits being exceeded inthisevent ofadditional
demand developing onthemarket ofthe Community ,onthe under­
standing that anyadditional quantities shall befixed by
common agreement between both Parties .
k. Both Parties undertake tocooperate inimnletnenting the
measures necessary for the purpose ofthis Article .M
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Article 3
1. Imports into theCommunity ofthose textile products
towhich this Agreement applies which areforimmediate re-export
orforinward processing andsubsequent re-export outside the
Community shall notbesubject toquantitative limits established
under this Agreement ,provided they areentered assuch under an
administrative system ofcontrol inforce forthis purpose within
the Community .
2. Inanycase where Community authorities ascertain that imports
described inparagraph 1above have been retained forconsumption
within theCommunity ,thelatter will notify theGovernment of
Colombia onaquarterly basis oftheamounts involved .Colombia
shall insuch cases andattherequest oftheCommunity ,charge
such amounts against thequantitative .limit orlimits inquestion
forthecurrent Agreement year orforthenext following Agreement
year .
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3. Inanycase where thecompetent authorities within the
Community ascertain under anadministrative system ofcontrol in
force that imports oftextiles products towhich this Agreement
applies have been charged against quantitative limits established
under this Agreement butsubsequently re-exported outside the
Community ,thecompetent authority concerned will inform theColombian
authorities ofthequantities involved andauthorise imports of
thesamequantities which shall notbecharged tothequantitative -^
limits under theAgreement . \^./f •'

Article4
1.ThefollowingColombiantextilesproductsshall,subjectto
theconditionsindicatedhereafter,beadmittedintotheCommunity
withoutquantitative limit:
(i)cottonhandloomfabricsofcottageindustry,containing
notmorethan5%byweightofman-madefibres,being
fe.bricswhicharebothtraditionally oftheki>->dwoven
onaloomandactuallywovenonaloornforwhichthemotive
powerisprovidedentirelybytheoperators(thatiswhere
thethreeprimarymovementsofweaving,namelysh?dding,
pickingandbeating,areinducedbyhandorfootandno
othersourceofpowerisused):
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(ii)goodsmadeupbythecottageindustryfromsuchcottonhandloom
fabrics;
(iii)traditional Colombianfolklorehandicrafttextilesproducts
cut,sewnorotherwisefabricatedbyhandincottageswhich
areunitsofthecottageindustry.
2.AdmissionintotheCommunityoftheseproductswithoutquantitative
limitshallbeeubjecttothesatisfactory operationofagreedarrange­
mentsforcertification . ^M

Article 5
1. Both Parties agree toenter promptly into "consultations with
each other ,atthe request ofeither and inconformity with the pro­
visions' oftheGeneva Arrangement ,onanymatter concerning their
trade intextiles and inparticular onany problems arising from the
application ofthis Agreement .Consultations held under theprovision
ofthis Article shall beapproached byboth Parties inaspirit of
compromise andwith aview totheconciliation ofdifferences existin
betweefi them *
2. Inview ofthe desire oftheCommunity andColombia toavoid ,
ononehand ,real risks ofmarket disruption and ,ontheother hand ,
disruption tothetextile trade ofColombia ,andhaving full regard
totheneed forequitable treatment ofparticipating countries inthe
Geneva Arrangement ,the following specific consultation procedure
shall apply to .the products set out inAnnex Iofthis Agreement *
3. The Community may request consultations with aview toreachii
agreement onanappropriate level ofrestraint ,.where such does not
already exist ,foranyproduct setout inAnnex Iwhenever inthe vit
oftheCommunity ,conditions inany ofitsmarkets are 6uch that a
limitation onfurther trade inany such product may benecessary toe
minate real risks ofmarket disruption (asdefined inAnnex Aofthe
Geneva Arrangement ),Theconsultation procedure referred tointhis
paragraph will only beresorted tosparingly and will beimplemented
inamanner consistent with theprinciples and objectives ofthe
Geneva Arrangement . 4
. ■The request forsuch aconsultation shall beaccompanied with
areasonable period oftime ,byastatement of *hemarket conditions
intheCommunity which ,intheopinion ofthe CcumuTiity ,make necess
the request forconsultations *
5« Until such time asamutually satisfac' ;rysolution hasbeen
reached ,Colombia undertakes ifsorequested bytheCommunity ,toil
,i'Ù

Article 6
If,having regard totheprovisions oftheGeneva Arrangement ,
Colombia considers that asaresult ofthe q-v ,.+■•;+«at-i-relimi *--
established under this Agreement ,itisbeing placed in inequitable
position ascompared withathird country ,Colombia mayrequest consul­
tations with theCommunity with aview totaking appropriate action
consistent withboth Parties' international rights andobligations .

Artide 7
1. Portions ofany quantitative limit established urder this
Agreement which are notused during anyAgreement rear <a-*ybecarried
over andadded tothecorresponding quantitative limit inth8 .following
Agreement year ,within alimit of10%ofthe li-iite: -'-
2. Within alimit of10%ofeach ofthequantitative Units es­
tablished under this Agreement ,advance deliveries shall beauthorised
from thecorresponding quantitative limit established forthefollowing
Agreement year .
3. Within anyoneAgreement year ,unused portions ofquantitative
limits established under this Agreement inreepect ofanyregion of'
theCommunity market may betransferred toanother quantitative limit
established f6r that same' region oftheCommunity market within a
ceiling of7%oftherecipient quantitative limit .
k, Thepreceding flexibility provisions shall not ,inanygiven
Agreement year ,result inaquantitative limit foranycategory being
exceeded bymore that 20$ofthequantitative limit forthat category
forthat Agreement year .
5» The flexibility provisions contained inthis Article may only ,
beapplied byColombia following written notification totheCommunity
bytheColombian authorities .
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Article 8
Colombia shall endeavour toensure that exports ofalltex­
tiles products forwhich quantitative limits maybeestablished
under this Agreement arespaced outasevenly aspossible over each
oftheAgreement years ,dueaccount being taken ,inparticular ,of
seasonal factors * "/
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Article 9
ThetwoParties agree toexchange alluseful information
concerning their mutual trade intextiles inorder Coensure ^
thesuccessful implementation ofthis Agreement .

Article 10
1* The Parties agree that the quantitative liiri fcsestate inhed
under this Agreement shall bemanaged under asystem ofdouble con­
trol ,thedetails ofwhich are set out inAnnex IXtothis Agreement ,
2.'Colombia therefore agrees tofurnish theCommunity vith pre­
cise statistical information ,onaquarterly basis ,ofall export
licences issued bytheauthorities ofColombia for all cate­
gories oftextile exports totheCommunity tovhich this Agreement
applies .
3. The Community will likewise forward tothe authorities of
Colombia ,onaquarterly basis ,precise statistical information ^-–^
ofimports ofsuch products into the Community .
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Article 11
1. Both parties shall take allpossible measures tcensure that
traditional channels andmethods oftrade between theCommunity and
Colombia are maintained *
2. Should theCommunity inform Colombia thnt theapplication of
thi6 Agreement "has given rise todifficulties regarding themain­
tenance ofexisting commercial relations between importers inthe
Community and their suppliers inColombia ,theParties agree to
consult together inaccordance with theprocedures set out in
Article 5»paragraph 1.

Article 12
This Agreement shall apply totheterritories vhere the
reaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community applies ,onthe
onditions established inthesaid Treaty ^and totheterritories
/ IftheRepublic ofColombia . • .4V

Article 13
1. This Agreement shall enter xnto force ontru da;of
themonth following the date onwhich the Contracting "Partite have
notified each other ofthe completion oftheprocedure essary
forthepurpose .Itshall remain inforce until Dec ,bsr1977 .
•/
2® This Agreement shall have effect from 1January 19 "7".
3. Either Party may atany time propose ^■•■•difica^i-ms tothis
Agreement ordenounce itprovided that notice isgiven atleast
120 days before theexpiry ofany twelve-month period ;inthelatter
event theAgreement will come toanend atthe expiry ofthe said
twelve-month period .
If. TheAnnexes tothis Agreement shall form anintegral paj^t -^
thereof . /
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Article 14
This Agreement shall bedrawn upintwocopies intheDanish ,
Dutch ,Eaglish ,French ,German ,Italian andSpanish languages ,each
ofthese texts being equally authentic . )

1.Colombiashalllimitexportsoftheproductslistedbelowtothe
regionsoftheCommunitymarketandtothequantitativelimits,indicated.
.T.Headzng
No.
>Ç-05Productscovered
Cottonyarnsnotputup
forretailsaleCommunityregion
towhichrestric­
tionisapplied
BNL
IAnnualQurntity
(iametrictormos
unlessctherv:eise
6hovn)
19?J
1,000
2,6001977.
1,070
2,782
55.09Wovenfabricsofcotton:
-unbleachedorbleached 1,9b02,119
55.09Wovenfabricsofcotton:
-otherthanunbleachedor
bleachedBNL
X.500
1,050535
55.09
51.04A
56.07A*■vfabricsofcotton
Wovenfabricsofu..-,.^adefi­
bres(continuous )incj.>
wovenfabricsofmonofilo*
stripofheadingNo.51.0101
5t.02:
Wovenfabrics;ofsynthetic
textilefibres
Wovenfabricsofman-madefi­
bres(discontinuous orwaste):
«-ofsynthetictextilefibresUK(1)2,050,0002,193,500
squarometres
UiC 3C0 ■321
2.Shouldthequantitative limitsreferredtoaboveremaininforcefor
afurtherperiod,orperiods,of12months,thelevelforthatperiodshall
notbelowerthanthelevelspecifiedforthepreceding12monthsperiod,
increasedbynotlessthan7
(1)Forthepurposeoftheapplication ofArticle7ofthisAgr<verne-itinres­
pectofthequantitative limitsprovidedinthisAnnexfortheUnited
Kingdom,anequivalenceof2,500squaremetrespermetrictormehssbeen
agreedbetweentheParties.
/f^>

Asagreed between theParties inArticle 10oftheAgreement ,theadministr -
tion oftextiles exports from Colombia and imports into theCoamunity will
bebased onasystem ofdouble checking .Thedetails ofthis system have
been agreed between theParties and c*rese >*outoelow »
Thecompetent authorities within theCommunity will ,automatically and
without delay ,accept imports oftextile products onsubmission ofthe
importer 'sapplication together with acertified copy oftheexport licence .
Thecompetent authorities within theCommunity shall beentitled torequire
thepresentation ofanexport licence inrespect ofgoods originating in
Colombia ofthecategories where theprovisions ofArticle 5have been
invoked . .„
(1)These export licences will beissued bytheColombian authorities up
tothetotal amount oftheagreed ceilings . ..
Theexport licences issued bytheColombian authorities shall beappli­
cable totheproducts subject torestraint under theAgreement .
Theexport licence must specify :
1«destination (relevant Member State )
2.sériai number
3.importer 'sname andaddress
exporter 'sname andaddress
5.netweight (inkilograms ormetric tons )orother units design
theAgreement
6.category anddescription ofproduct
7. 'certification bytheColombian authorities that te^ +^ Comrrti
hasbeen debited against theagreed ceiling for*xp "~imir ,ediatfc
nity (relevant Member State )or,were 're_exp0rtoutsidere-export orforinward-processing andsubseq
omnrntt ït"V• the Community •
Thecompetent authorities vithxn theCommunity Wa ^t theexp0rt
intheevent ofadiscrepancy between theweight inicaue nabl,r
licence andtheshipment orimport weight provided itis ^
„ t-iOS.fortheir part ,will ^limits ,while theColombian authorities ,
tokeep anydiscrepancies toaminimum ./
(1)INCOMEX (Instituto ColomoianodeComercio Exterior )

ANNEXIICont'd
Intheeventoftotalorpartialwithdrawalofanexportlicence,the
Colombianauthorities willnotifythecompetentauthor-tieswithinthe
Communityofsuchtotalorpartialwithdrawal.Theauthoiities ofthe
MemberStatesoftheCommunitywilltaketheappropriate •..-•a©'-.resin
accordancewiththeirexistingadministrative provision ,:;*
TheColombianauthorities willforwardtothecompetentauthorifciswithin
theCommunity,viatheRepresentations oftheMemberStates■'theCommu­
nityanddirectlytotheCommissionquarterlyreturnsshowilythetotal
quantitycoveredbytheexportlicencesissuedagainst -
thequantitative limitsforexportstotheMemberStatesoftheComu.unity,
forallcategoriesoftextilesexportstotheCommunitytowhichthis
Agreementapplies.
TheCommunitywillforwardtotheauthorities ofColombia,onaquarterly
basis,precisestatistical information ofimportsofsuchproductsinto
theCommunity.

Annex III
ooBi and textile handicraft artic ]era
1.laaccordance with Article 12(3)oftheGeneva Arrangement ,theCommunity
andColombia have agreed ,inArticle koftheAgreement that ,subject to
certain conditions Colombian exports ofcertain handloom andtextile handi­
craft products would beadmitted into theCommunity without quantitative
limit .Theconditions eetoutinArticle k(2)oftheAgreement specifies
that admission ofsuch products into theCommunity without quantitative
liio.it ehall besubject tothesatisfactory operation ofagreed arrangements
for certification .
2.TheCommunity andColombia hereby agree that incarrying outtheprovisions
ofArticle 4oftheAgreement thefollowing form ofcertificate shall be
used .
"Certificate inregard tocotton handloom fabrics andproducts thereof
Naine and address ofmanufacturer ,
Name and address ofexporter ,
Name andaddress ofimporter within the Community ,
Description ofgoods ,
Quantity (metric tons ),
Name ofship orflight number ,
Port orairport ofdestination .
This istocertify that the above shipment consists of :
(i)cotton handloom fabrics ofthecottage industry ,containing notmore
than 5%byweight ofman-made fibres ,being fabrics which areboth
traditionally ofthe kind woven onhandlooms and actually woven onalooi
forwhich themotive power isprovided entirely bytheoperators (that
iswhere the three movements ofweaving ,namely sheddingn picking and
beating ,are induced byhand orfoot and noother source ofpower is
used );
(ii)goods made upbythecottage industry from such cotton handloom fabrics ;
(iii)traditional Colombian folklore handicraft textiles products cut ,sewn ,
orotherwise fabricated byhand incottages which are units ofthe
cottage industry .
SigneditC©
3.Thebody which shall beauthorized toissue the above certificates is
XNCOMEX .(Instituto Colombiano deComercio Exterior )
\«••
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ANNEXIV
Exchangeofletters
Sir
Inconcludingthenegotiations heldbetweentheGovernmentofColoraoxa
andtheEuropeanEconomicCommunitywhichhaveledthisdaytothesigning
ofanAgreementregardingtradeintextileproducts,Ihavethehonour
toconfirmthefollowingrecordofunderstanding :
IntheviewoftheColombiandelegationthequantitative limitfor
Italyforwovencottonfabricsotherthanunbleached.andbleached(ex55*09)
forthoyear1976asshown.inAnnexI,didnottakefullyintoaccountthe
potentialofColombianexportstothisCommunitymarket*
AreviewmaybeheldjattherequestofColombia,inordertoassess
thepositionandtodetermine,onamutuallyagreedbasis,whether
andtowhatextentanupwardrevisionofthequantitativelimitin
questionshouldbemade.
Ishouldbegratefulforyourconfirmationthattheabovecorrectlyrepre­
sentsourunderstanding inthematter.
Pleaseaccept,Sir,theassurancesofmyhighestconsideration .
!'
FortheGovernmentofRepublicofColombia

Sxr
Ihave thehonour torefer toyour letter oftoday 'sdate inthe
following terms :
"Inconcluding the negotiations held between the Government ofColombia
and t^e European Economic Community which have led this' day tothe
signing ofanAgreement regarding trade intextile products ,Ihave
thehonour toconfirm thefollowing record ofunderstanding :
Intheview oftheColombian delegation the quantitative limit for
Italy forwoven cotton fabrics other "thanunbleached andbleached (ex'53.09 )
for -theyear 1976 asshown inAnnex Itdidnottake fully into account the
potential ofColombian exports tothis Community market *
Areview may beheld ,atthe request ofColombia ,inorder toassess
the position and todetermine ,onamutually agreed basis ,whether and
towhat extent anupward revision ofthe quantitative limit inques­
tion should bemade .
Ishould begrateful foryour confirmation that the above correctly re­
presents our understanding inthe matter ".
Iconfirm that this correctly sets out ourunderstanding inthematter .
Please accept ,Sir ,the assurances ofmyhighest consideration .
M