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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(76)619final.
Brussels,25November1976.
RECOMMENDATION FORACOUNCILREGULATION\
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concludinganAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandthePeople'sRepublicofBangladeshin
juteproducts
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(submitted ,totheCouncilbytheCommission)
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Byadecisionof20January1976theCouncilauthorized theCommission
toopennegotiations withBangladesh fortheconclusion ofanAgreement ontrade
injuteproducts .
2.Pursuanttothisdecision andinconsultation withtheArticle113Commit­
tee,theCommission heldnegotiations withBangladesh duringthemonthsofApril,
MayandJuly1976.
3.Following thesenegotiations adraftAgreement wasdrawnup,themain
provisionsofwhichareasfollowsCD'
-Bangladeshwillcontinuevoluntarily torestrictitsexportstothe
Community ofcertainjutefabricstoagreedlevels(categories 4,5and7)
-theestablishment ofaconsultation procedure inrespectofjutefibres
(category 6),whicharenotsubjecttoimportrestrictions ,toenable
suchrestrictions tobeintroduced undercertainconditions ;
-provisions toensureflexibility inthequantitative limitsfixed
(carryover,advancedelivery andtransfer);
-continuation ofaprogramme ofprogressive suspension ofCCTduties
whichtheCommunity iscarryingoutaspartofitsofferregarding
generalized tariffpreferences fortheproductsinquestion (theduty
whichiscurrently reducedby50%or60%willbereducedby80%on
1January1977andbyfibres,however,dutieswillbesuspendedentirely
on1January1977,andthetotalexemption alreadyinforceonthe
UnitedKingdomandDenmarkwillcontinuetobeapplied;
-assurances byIndiathatitwillprovideonnon-discriminatory terms
thejuteproductsnecessary toapplytheCommunity marketandindustry,
-definition ofthetermsofreference oftheJointCooperation Committee
withaview,j.nter_aj.ia ,toexamining thepossibiIitiesandformulating
suggestions regarding research anddevelopment cooperation inthepro
ducti'on anduseoftheproducts inquestion .
(1)AnearlierAgreement concluded betweentheCommunity andBalgladesh
(cf„OJL323/18,3December 1974)onthesameproductsexpiredon
31December 1975.

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Afterestablishing thatthedraftAgreement conformed withtheoutcomeof
thenegotiations ,theHeadsofDelegation initialled thetexton23July1976.
A.TheCommission considers thisdraftAgreement inquestion anacceptable
resultfortheCommunity .Itrecommends thattheCouncilconcludethisAgree­
mentbyadopting theregulation ofwhichadraftisannexedhereto.
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AnExchangeofMotesVerbales inwhichthetwopartieshaveagreedtothe
de_factoapplication oftheprovisions oftheAgreement pendingthecompletion
oftheprocedures necessary toitsformalentryintoforceisalsoannexed.'

concluding anAgreement between the •"U'-ooesn Economc nn-i-
nity and the?people' *Repub IicofB«naUd<?eh ont,-#d© i,-.Jut*
Product s
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
and inparticular Article 113thereof .
Having regard totheRecommendat ionfrom theCommission ,
Whereas theAgreement onTrade inJute Products negotiated between the
European Economic Community andthePeople 'sRepublic ofBangladesh :ild
beconcluded ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
The'Agreement between theEuropean Economic Community andthePeople 'sRepu­
blic ofBangladesh inJute Products ,thetext ofwhich isannexed hereto ,is
hereby concluded onbehalf oftheEuropean Economic Community .
Artjç_le 2
ThePresident oftheCouncil shall notify theother Contracting Party ofthe
completion bytheCommunity oftheprocedures necessary fortheentry into
force oftheAgreement .
_Artj,çle 3
ThisRegulation shall enter into force onthethird dayfollowing itspubli­
cation intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
Oone -atBrussels , For theCouncil ,
The President

AGREEMENT BETWEENTHE
PEOPLE'SREPUSIXCOF8ANGLA0ESM
andthe
EUROPEANECONOMICCOMMUNITY
©NTRADEINJUTEPRODUCTS
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AGREE MENT
between theEuropean Economic Community andthePcople esRepublic of
Bangladesh ontrade injute products
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
oftheonepart ,and
THE GOVERNMENT OFTHE PEOPLE 'SREPUBLIC OFBANGLADESH
oftheother part ,
NOTING theJoint Declaration ofIntent onthe *development oftrade relations
with Ceylon (now SriLanka ),India ,Malaysia ,Pakistan (nowBangladesh and
Pakistan )andSingapore ,annexed tothe Final ActoftheTreaty ofAccession of
theKingdom ofDenmark ,Ireland ,theKingdom ofNorway andtheUnited Kingdom
ofGreat Britain andNorthern Ireland totheEuropean Economic Community and
theEuropean Atomic Energy Community ,of22January 1972 ,
HAVING REGARD totheCommercial Cooperation Agreement between thePeople 's
Republic ofBangladesh andtheCommunity ,
CONSCIOUS oftheprovisions oftheGeneral Agreement onTariffs endTrade
CONSCIOUS oftheparticular importance oftheproduction andexport of
jute andjute products fortheeconomy ofthePeople 'sRepublic ofBangla'
desh ,
D5SI30US ofensuring anincreasing us®ofjut® products andtheorderly
development oftrade iajut© products betuooa thoEuropean Econoaic Commu­
nity ,hereinafter referred toas"theCocounity *,andthePeople 'sRopubl :
ofBangladesh ,
BELIEVING that itisnecessary toencourage a&d fecilitatocontacts and
cooperation between their respective jute interests ,
STRESSING theneed ofps?oaotiag corporation iss-oosarch asddovolop^oat
iiithejut® sector ,
HAVE DECIDED ,iaaspirit ofautoo !cooper&tios ,toconclude thisAar^c^^

Article 1
ThisAgreementShallapplytor.anufacteruedjut©products,
originatinginandcoiningfromBangladesh,asdefinedinAnnexA.
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Article 2
Pending asolution unthin amultilateral context ,theCommunity
shall for theduration ofthis Agreement andwithin the framework ofits
offer ofgeneralized tariff preferences ,autonomously apply tomanufactu­
redjute products originating inandcoming from Bangladesh ,theduties
oftheCommon Customs Tariff suspended inaccordance with therates and
timetable set out inAnnex B.

Article 3'
1. TheCommunity shall notsubject imports oftheproducts defined
under Article 1tonewquantitative restrictions .
Asafirst step inthedirection ofeliminating instages
remaining quantitative restrictions ,theCommunity shall suspend
theexisting quantitative restrictions ontheimports oftheproducts
defined inAnnex Cprovided that Bangladesh applies such measures as
arenecessary tokeep itsexports within the limits setout inthis
Annex .TheCommunity agrees totake allappropriate steps inorder
tofacilitate andencourage thefull utilisation oftheagreed quotas .
2. TheCommunity shall notobject tothelimits allocated inAnnex C
being exceeded intheevent ofadditional demand developing onthemarket
oftheCommunity ,taking also into account thelevel of£be "imports into
theCommunity ofrawjute ,ontheunderstanding that anyadditional Quan­
tity shall befixed bymutual agreement between theparties .
3. Quantities setout inAnnex Cnottaken ypbyanyone Rember
State oftheCommunity maybeused byanother Keir.ber ,inaccordance
with theprocedures inforce intheCommunity .TheCommunity undertakes
toconsider asfavorably asconditions intheCommunity r.orket aILou
anyrequest forre-allocation made byBan^lsw^sh andtoreply tothis
request within four weeks ofitsreceipt .

1.Importsintoth©ComiuuityofjuteproductscoveredbythisAgreesc .•..
viiicharointendedforimzaediatQre–exportfromthoCoraniunityorforproccssi >>,
aridsubsequentre-exportcataidothoCozsnra&Ityshallnot"bosubjecttothequar.ii
tivelimitsestablished bythioAgrecscariprovidedtheyaro©storedascuchundc;
adminietrativo systemofcontrolinfore©forthatpurposewithintheComuni!.
2.Inanycase,whereCoco-unityauthoritiesascertainthattheimports
referredtoinparagraph 1have"beenretainedforconsumption withinthe
Cor^unity,thelatterwillnotifytheGovernmentofBangladesh -ona
quarterlybasisoftheamountsinvolved.InsuchcasesBangladeshshall
attherequestoftheCommunity,count*suchamountsagainstthequantitative
limitorlimitsinquestionforthecurrentyearorthefollowingyear.
3.InanycasewherethecompetentauthoritieswithintheCo:smunity
ascertainundertheadministrative systeaofcontrolinfore©^hatimports
ofjuteproductscovered "bythisAgreementhavebesncounted.againstthe
ceilingsestablished underthisAgreementbuthave*subsequently beenre-expo:
fromtheCommunity,theauthoritiesconcernedwillinformtheBangladesh
authoritiesofthequantitiesinvolvedandwillauthorizeimportsofthesam<-
quantitieswhichshallnotb©--countedagainsteoilingsfixedbytha
Agreement,

Article S
TheCommunity shall not subject tr-,ports ofjute yarn toQuan­
titative restrictions .However ,theCommunity may,when initsview
theconditions prevailing intheCommunity orimany ofitsmarkets
are such that aIimitation onfurther trsde may bonecessary ,request
consultations witit Bangladesh ,provided thath ths level ofimports
into such region oftheCommunity market hasexceeded theindicative
level indicated inAnnex £,andprovided further that therequest
forsuch consultations isaccompanied ,within areasonable period o4?
time ,byastatement ofthemarket conditions inthe Co.~rr.t;nity orin
theregion ofthsCommunity concerned .Until such time asamutually
satisfactory solution hasbeen reached ,Bangladesh undertakes ,ifso
requested bytheCommunity ,tolimit theissue ofexport licences lor
jute yarn totheCommunity ,ortotheregion orregions ofthe
Community market concerned ,stthelevel toboindicated bythe
Community .
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Article 6
1. Within anyoneAgreement year,theunused portions ofanyone
ofthequantitative limits established under this agreement inrespect
ofanyregion oftheCommunity market maybetransferred toanother
quantitative limit established forthesame region oftheCommunity
market asfollow :
"from thecateoory 4/5tothecategory 7andvice-versa provided
that thequantities involved donotexcc-ed 20Zofthequantitative
limit towhich they aretransferred ;
2. Unused quantities ,notexceeding 10%ofoneannual ceiling ,
maybecarried over andadded tothesame ceiling forthefollowing
year .
3. Each annual ceiling maybeexceeded ,uptoalimit of10%
ofitstotal ,inanticipation ofthesame ceiling forthefollowing
year .Quantities used inanticipation shallbededucted from the ssrae
ceiling ofthesubsequent year .
1». Theabove flexibility provisions must not,inanysingle
given Agreement year ,result inanyceiling baing exceeded bymore
than 20%
5. Theprovisions ofthepreceding paragraphs shall only be
applied byBangladesh following written notification toth«Community
bytheBangladesh authorities .

Article7
1„Theagreedceilingsshallbeadministered usingasystemof
doublecheckingthedetailsofwhicharesetoutinAnnexD,subject
tosychchangesasmaybemutuallyagreed,
2.BangladeshundertakestoinformtheCommunity,,onasia
monthlybesis,ofthetotalquantitiescoveredbyexportauthorisations
issuedbyths9snglades'^authoritiesforsllthe}u^gprocucisr6<t-i
redtoinarticle3and?whereappropriate ^inarticle5.
3.SimilarlytheCommunitywiltinforratheBsnglaoeshautnof»tics
on3sixmonthlybasis,ofths?total ©tfimports•f»<-ov»io
Communityoftheproductsinquestion.
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Theimplementation ofthisAgreement shallnotdisruptthe
normaltradechannels betweenBangladesh andtheContmum'Sy .
ShouldoneofthePartiesinformtheotherthatspecial
difficulties haveariseninthisconnection ,,thetwoPartiesshsll
consulteachotherinordertodetermine theiv.ocsures necessary to
remedythesituation .
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Article 9
Without prejudice tothepolicies oftheGovernment
ofBangladesh concerning theregulation ofvisexports according
totheproduction situation .and theexternal demand tor the above -
mentioned products ,Bangladesh undertakes totake appropriate steps
toensure that theneeds oftheCommunity fitarket endindustries are
itetinanondi scriainatory oanner .
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Article 10
1. AJoint Cooperation Committee shall beset upandentrusted
with thefollowing tasks :
-toarrange consultations promptly atthe reqestofeither
Party onanymatter concerning their trade injute products
inaspirit ofcooperation ;
-toexamine anyproblem which may arise asaresult ofthe
*■ implementation ofthis Agreement ,including theperspectives ,
inthe light oftheeconomic situation intheCommunity 's
jute sector ,fortheelimination instages ofquantitative
restrictions ;
-toexamine ways andmeans ofincreasing anddiversifying
theend-uses ofjute products ,including studies ofthe
experience ofother markets inthis regard ;
-toinvestigate possibilities ,andformulate suggestions ior,
cooperation inregard toresearch into anddevelopment of,
theproduction anduses ofjute products ;
-toexamine thefeasibility ofpromoting theuseofjute
products bymeans ofpublicity andmarketing activities ;
-todevelop contacts between ,andfacilitate joint projects
andprogrammes mutually agreed upon by,representatives of
thejute trade andindustries ofboth Bangladesh andthe
Community .
2. TheJoint Cooperation Committee shall becomposed ofrepre­
sentatives ofthe .People 'sRepublic ofBangladesh andtheCommunity .
3. TheJoint Cooperation Committee shall beconvened atthe
rarest ofeither Contracting Party ,inanycase atleast once ayear ,
analataplace mutually agreed upon .

Article 11
This Agreement shall enter into force onthe first day
ofthemonth following thedate onwhich theParties notify each
other that theprocedures necessary forthis purpose have been
completed ,andshall apply from 1January 1976 .Itshall remain in
force until 31December 1979 .

Artjle12
TheAnnexesfromanintegralpartofthisAgreement.
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ArcTICLe13
TjiisAgreement hosbeendrawnupintwocopiesinthe
Danish,Dutch,English,Freeh,German,Xtali&n andBengali
languages eachtextbeingauthentic .

iJei'im.ta.021ofcategoriesoijut©productscover«-i *u;>
Category' 1.•Jutefabricsv;eighingnorothan%0g/a2and»>i"a
widthofnotmorethan150cm,andjutebagaoi"
fabricweighingmorathan500g/&2.
Category2Jutefabricsweighingnotlessthan3'0s/m2"butnotLior®
than50Og/m2,andofawidthofnotmorethan150era,
andjutebagsoffabricweighingnotlasathan310g/n2
"butnotmorethan500g/m2.
Category3Jutefabricsweighinglessthan310g/m2andofwia;*£
notmorethan150cm,andjutebagsoffabricveighir^
lessthan310g/m2.
Category4Jutefabricsofawidthofmorethan150calutnotiaore■?.*;
230eft,irrespective ofthairweightpervtZotherthanow
referredtoincategory7.
Category5Jutefabricsofawidthofmorethan230cm,irrespective of
theirweightper-sc2.Otherthanthosereferredtoincatcgor
Category6Jutayara,
Category^Jutefabrics(1)bleached,dyedorprinted,eitherwhollyor
par^ofawidtholmorethan_J50cm,-irrespectiveoftheir
weightperm2„-' *.c
(1)«nhropatentselvedgesatsnyintervalthroughout :thewictfcc.r
cloth.
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No.Kat©ofreactiontober/rolleø
Description ofgoods
57.06Tarnof'jut©orofothertextile "bast
fibresofheadingHo57.03.1.19771«7.1978
2CCS
57.10wovenfabricsofjuteorofothertextile
bastfibresofheadingNo57*03
A.Ofawidthofnotmorethan150cm
andweighingpera2
I.-Lessthan310g
II.Notlessthan310gbutnotstore
■than500g
III.Morethan500g
E.Ofawidthofmorethan150cm
62.03Sacksandbagsofakindusedfor"thepacking
ofgoods
A.Ofjuteorofothertextilebastfibres
ofheadingNo57*03
II.Other
(a)Offabricsweighinglessthan
310g/m2
(b)Offabrioweighingnotless
than310g/m.2butnotmorethan
500g/si2
(c)Offabricweighingnor©than
500g/n2''80%1GC%
80%
80%
80%100%
100%
100%
80%10
ThoCocaunityherebyundertakestocontinuetosuspendcustomsdutiesona
importsofpackagingmaterials,inaccordancewiththeprovisio3^s--cr^the
CustomsConvention'ontemporaryiaportsofpackingitems./
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Produ -v-?forwhich Bangladesh will exercise r^p^raint towards .
Community from theentry into 'rceofthis Agreement ,
TheCommunity hereby notifies Bangladesh that thequantitative
limits forthejute products listed below will beallocated better .the -
Member States asfollows :
Category 4/5 Quantitative liroits (Metri cton .;)
iMember
!_§tate
BNL1976
1.3421977
1.409
+■1978
1.4791979
OK 1.292 1.298 1.304
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620 706 800 903
FRG 1.104 1.267 1.448 1.649
IRL 300
222350
245400
266450
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dcubtecontrol aspro;i4vcl !:>•.Vticte 7
1.IntheCommunity ,thecompetent authorities shallaccept,«•:out
delay,theimportofproductslistedinAnnexCofthisAgreement uponpre-::uct
oftheimporter'srequesttogether withtheoriginal copyoftheexport:
2.Thecompetent authorities inBangladesh shall,deliverexportq-.-rantsfo
alltheproductslistedinAnnexCofthisAgreement withintheL-uttso:snc
ceilings setoutinthatAnnex.
3.Theexportpermitshallmention :
a)thedestination (relevant memberState),
b)thesériainumber.
c)thenameandaddressoftheimporter ,.
d)thename,andaddressoftheexporter,
e)thenetweight(inkilogrammes ormetrictons)andthevalue,
f)thecategory andtheclassification oftheproducts ,
g)thecertification delivered bytheauthorities andstringthe
ceilingunderwhichtheproductsfall.
4.IntheCommunity thecompetent authorities shallaccept,withinreader .
limits,differences betweentheweightasstatedintheimportpermitandthe
cargoweightortheimportedweight.InBangladesh thecompetent ,authorities
shall,however,endeavour toreducetoaminimumsuchpossiblediscrepincie ;
5.InBangladesh thecompetent authorities shallnotifyanywithdrawa l,
orpartwithdrawal ,ofanexportpermittothecompetent authorities inthe
Community .Thelattershall,withinthecontextoftheadministrative regula­
tionsgoverning suchmatters,takeappropriate steps.
6.Thecompetent authorities inBangladesh shallforwardtothecompetent
authorities intheCommunity ,throughtheEmbassies ofthe
MemberStatesanddirectlytotheCommission ,everysixmonthsasurveyof
thedelivtryofexportpermits.Suchsurveys shallstate,foeeverycate-
qoryc?product,thenetweightinmetricton?oftheauthor 1?cod t1'.
aosiq'wrts vothevariousceilings andtheMemberStatesovthecom^-ity„
toi«i'cn:Qocdshavebeenconsigned .
<1>m anyimportlicence r,:zyberequired bynado^-V .p.-c:V-J.».
s«t(.f»cfc«icesshalloeissuec .automatical I/, alit-itecr.uT.oro1;
days.
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Metne îors
Beoeiux 3.950
United Kingdom 2.600
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9NOTE VERBALE
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The Directorate Ganeral for External Relations presents "?rs
compliments totheMission ofthePeople 'sRepublic ofBa-.ir ;laoexfi
tothe European Communities arid has the honour torefer to iihf'
Agreement ontrade injute products negotiated between E^ngUdcs *■■■"'i
tneCommunity and initialled today .
The Directorate General forExternal Relations wishes vc >'""m
t^eGovernment ofBangladesh that whilst awaiting thecompletion c
tnenecessary procedures fortheconclusion andthecoming into forco ;>f
theAgreement ,theCommunity isprepared toallow thepre 'is cof t.i";
Aoreemant toapply defacto from today ifthsGovernment ofthe?ecpt .-*V".
Republic ofBangladesh isdisposed todolikewise .
TheDirectorate General forExternal Relations would b»grateful
iftheGovernement ofBangladesh would confirm itsagreement tothe
foregoing .
TheDirectorate General forExternal Relations avails itself of
theopportunity torenew totheMission ofBangladesh totheEuropean
Communities theassurances ofitshighest consideration .
Brussels ,g3\Ti.
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