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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)36 final
Brussels ,28February 1977
i
PROPOSAL FOR ACOUNCIL REGULATION
concerning import arrangements forcertain
jute products originating intheRepublic
ofIndia
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
C0M(77 )36final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Bydecision of20January 1976 "theCouncil authorized theCommission to
open negotiations with India fortheconclusion ofanewagreement on
trade injute products astheAgreement previously inforce hadexpired .
Inaccordance with this decision theCommission ,inconsultation with the
Article 113Committee ,conducted negotiations with India inApril ,June and
July oflast year .These negotiations culminated inadraft Agreement
initialled bytheHeads ofDelegation on2July ;theCommission put "before
the Council arecommendation foraregulation concluding theAgreement .
2.Thedraft Agreement provides inter alia forvoluntary restraint ,within
quantitative limits agreed bytheIndian authorities ,ofexports tothe
Community ofcertain jute products andforasystem ofcontrol "bythe
Community that heagreed limits arebeing observed .
Inorder topermit this control totake place ,this proposal foraregu­
lation provides for theintroduction ofarrangements making imports into
theCommunity oftheproducts inquestion subject toquantitative limits .
3.TheAgreement which hasbeen initialled isconcerned only with products
originating inandcoming from India .TheIndian authorities will therefore
apply voluntary restraint only todirect exports totheCommunity .Thus
products covered bytheAgreement and originating inIndia may befreely
exported totheCommunity through non-member countries .TheCommunity may
oppose such indirect exports ,forbytheAgreement itisonly obliged to
admit products originating inandcoming from India which areaccompanied
byanexport authorization asrequired bytheAgreement .
Since such indirect imports run counter totheobjectives oftheAgreement
theimport arrangements introduced bytheCommunity must beapplied to
products originating inIndia irrespective ofwhere they come from .
4.Itisproposed toadminister theCommunity quantitative limits inaccor­
dance with theprocedure foradministering Community quantitative quotas
established byCouncil Regulation (EEC)No1023/70,andinparticular
Article 11(1)thereof .Under this procedure theCouncil hastodetermine
thecriteria forallocating thequantitative limits .
•••/•••

Thecriteria referred toare primarily those taken asaguide
forallocating theceilings oftheprevious Agreement .
However ,these criteria have been adjusted inthe light ofex­
perience ofthefunctioning ofthat Agreement ,topermit abreak­
down oftheCommunity quantitative limits between theMember
States onthebasis oftheresults ofwork already done which
isbetter adapted tothesupply requirements ofthevarious
market (1).
TheAgreement which hasbeen initialled provides fortheautomatic ,
immediate acceptance bythe Community authorities ofimports sub­
ject toaceiling upon production bytheimporter ofanexport
authorization issued bytheIndian authorities certifying that the
quantities have been setoffagainst theagreed ceilings .This
provision therefore obliges theMember States ,authorities togrant
import authorizations automatically assoon asarequest ismade
accompanied byanexport authorization ,provided that theagreed
limits are observed .
Sothat theobjectives oftheAgreement may beattained promptly
the Commission proposes that the Council adopt thedraft Regula­
tion annexed hereto assoon aspossible .
(1)Theallocation will bethesubject ofaregulation tobeadopted
bytheCommission ,likewise onthebasis ofRegulation No1023/70.

PROPOSAL FOR ACOUNCIL REGULATION
concerning import arrangements forcertain jute
products originating intheRepublic ofIndia
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Article 113thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas theEuropean Economic Community and the Republic ofIndia have
negotiated anAgreement ontrade injute products ;whereas the Commission
hasputbefore theCouncil arecommendation foraRegulation concluding
that Agreement ;
Whereas ,inorder toimplement that Agreement ,import arrangements should
beadopted for theproducts concerned ;
Whereas theAgreement requires theCommunity topermit imports ofcertain
jute products within quantitative limits ,theobservance ofwhich will "be
guaranteed byanagreed bilateral system ofcontrol ;
Whereas tothis endtheappropriate provisions valid intheCommunity for
1976 ,1977 ,1978 and1979 an(l"thecriteria fortheallocation ofthe
quantitative limits agreed with India should beadopted ;
Whereas the criteria forallocation must "bebased onthose taken asa
guide inallocating thequantitative limits oftheprevious Agreement with
India butalso ,inthelight ofthefunctioning ofthe former Agreement ,
beadjusted soas toachieve abreakdown between Member States which
isbetter adapted tothesupply requirements oftheir markets ;
Whereas steps should betaken toensure that theobjectives ofthe
Agreement arenotthwarted byindirect imports ofproducts originating
inIndia ;

Whereas imports should beset offagainst thequantitative limits fixed
fortheyear during which thegoods were exported from India ;
Whereas products which enter theCommunity 'scustoms territory under
inward processing oro'ther temporary admission arrangements andare
re–exported from that territory intheir original condition orafter
processing should not besetoffagainst theabovementioned quanti­
tative limits ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
1.Imports into the Community ofthe jute products listed inAnnex A
which originate intheRepublic ofIndia andare exported between 1Janu­
ary 1976 and 31December 1979 shall besubject tothequantitative li­
mits agreed between the Community and India and set out inthe Annex re­
ferred toabove .
2.These quantitative limits shall beallocated among theMember States
inaccordance with theprocedure laid down inCouncil Regulation (EEC)
No1023/70of25May1970 establishing acommon procedure foradmini­
stering quantitative quotas (1),andinparticular inArticle 11there­
of,insuch away astoensure theexpansion andorderly development of
trade injute products and topermit amounts tobecarried over or
brought forward from oneyear toanother .However ,theallocation made
onthebasis ofthe import volumes admitted onthe conditions currently
applied shall take account oftheneed toalign them progressively with
the supply requirements oftheir markets .
3.Theauthorities oftheMember States concerned shall ,within the
quantitative limits prescribed ,automatically authorize the import of
theproducts referred toinparagraph 1immediately upon presentation by
the importer ofthe original copy ofthe export authorization issued
bytheIndian authorities ,containing thedetails setoutinAnnex B.
(1)OJNoL12A .8.6.1970 ,p.1.

-3-
4.Authorizedimportsshallbesetoffagain31/nequantitative limits
validfortheannualperiodduringwhichtheproductsworeplacedon
boardinIndiainordertobeexportedtotheCorami?nity.
5.ProductswhichentertheCommunity'scustonusterritoryunderinward
processingorothertemporaryadmissionarrangements andarere-exported
fromthatterritoryintheiroriginalconditionorafterprocessingshall
notbesetoffagainstthequantitative limitsrefrredtoinparagraph
1.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowing
itspublication intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectly
applicableinallMemberStates.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
DoneatBrussels.

Quantitative limitsreferredtoinArticle1.ANNEXA
Category
N°
4/5CCT
heading
57.10
57.10Descnption
Wovenfabricsofjuteorofother
bastfibresofheadingN057.03:
ex:B.Ofawidthofmorethan150cm,
otherthanthoseofcategoryNo7~
Wovenfabricsofjuteorofothertextile
bastfibresofheadingN°57.03:
ex:B.Ofawidthofmorethan150cm,
whollyorpartiallydyedorprinted
andhavingnovisibleselvedgesinthe
widthQuantitative limits(metrictonnes)
1976
10.1861977
I10.9671978
11.7701979
12.628
1.943 2.086 2.233 2.391

AMEX B
Details referred ,toinArticle 1(3)
Theexport authorizations issued "bytheIndian authorities inrespect
oftheproducts covered "bythis Regulation shall specify orcontain
the following :
a)Destination (Member State concerned );
h)Sériai number ;
c)Importer' sname andaddress ;
d)Exporter' sname andaddress ;
e)Netweight (inkgortonnes )andvalue ;
f)Category andclassification oftheproduct ;
g)Certification bytheauthorities that thequantities
have been set offagainst the ceilings fixed for ex­
ports totheCommunity (Member State concerned )or,
where appropriate ,are for immediate re-export or
are forprocessing and subsequent re-export outside
theCommunity ;
h)Year during which theproducts were exported ,
I.e ..were placed onboard inIndia forexport tothe
Communtiy .