ARCHIVESHISTORIQUES
DELACOMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEEDES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM(81)735
Vol.1981/0211

Disclaimer
Conformément aurèglement(CEE,Euratom)n°354/83duConseildu1erfévrier1983
concernantl'ouvertureaupublicdesarchiveshistoriquesdelaCommunauté économique
européenne etdelaCommunauté européenne del'énergieatomique(JOL43du15.2.1983,
p.1),telquemodifiéparlerèglement(CE,Euratom)n°1700/2003du22septembre2003
(JOL243du27.9.2003,p.1),cedossierestouvertaupublic.Lecaséchéant,lesdocuments
classifiésprésentsdanscedossierontétédéclassifiés conformément àl'article5dudit
règlement.
Inaccordance withCouncilRegulation(EEC,Euratom)No354/83of1February1983
concerningtheopeningtothepublicofthehistoricalarchivesoftheEuropeanEconomic
Community andtheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity (OJL43,15.2.1983,p.1),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC,Euratom)No1700/2003of22September2003(OJL243,
27.9.2003,p.1),thisfileisopentothepublic.Wherenecessary,classifieddocuments inthis
filehavebeendeclassified inconformitywithArticle5oftheaforementioned regulation.
InÜbereinstimmung mitderVerordnung(EWG,Euratom)Nr.354/83desRatesvom1.
Februar1983überdieFreigabederhistorischen ArchivederEuropäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft undderEuropäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI.L43vom15.2.1983,
S.1),geändertdurchdieVerordnung (EG,Euratom)Nr.1700/2003vom22.September2003
(ABI.L243vom27.9.2003,S.1),istdieseDateiderÖffentlichkeit zugänglich.Soweit
erforderlich,wurdendieVerschlusssachen indieserDateiinÜbereinstimmung mitArtikel5
dergenanntenVerordnungfreigegeben.

COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)735 final.
Brussels,2December1981
ΑΑ
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
makingtheimportationintoGreeceofcertainjuteproducts
originating inBangladesh andIndiasubjecttoquantitative
limitation
(submittedtotheCouncil!bytheCommission)
C0M(81)735final.

IXFLANATORY MIMORANBUM
I.TwoAgreementsareinforcebetweentheCommunityontheonehandandIndia
andBangladesh ontheotherontradeinjute,,products.TheseAgreements
involve,interalia,voluntaryrestraintbythesetwocountriesintheir
exportsofcertainoftheseproductstotheCommunityforthedurationof
theAgreements,thatisuntil?'lDecember1983.
InordertoadapttheseAgreementstotheaccessionofGreecetothe
Community,theCouncilauthorisedtheCommissiontostartnegotiations with
IndiaandBangladesh.AstheseAgreementscontainvoluntaryrestraintlimits,
theadministration ofwhichisentrustedtotheexportingcountries,theamount
oftheselimitsinthecaseofGreecemustbeagreedwiththeexportingthird
countries.
II.Asthesenegotiations werenotconcludedbytheendof1980,unilateral
measureswereadoptedfor1981soastoalignarrangements fortheimportinto
GreeceoftheproductsinquestionwiththoseinforceintheCommunityasa
resultoftheAgreements;limitsonimportsintoGreeceofjuteproducts
•forwhichthereareCommunityquantitative restrictions intheAgreements
¥withBangladeshandIndiawerethereforelaiddownbyCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No3505/80of22December1980^.
III.Inviewofthefactthatithasnotyetbeenpossibletoreacha
negotiatedsolutiontheunilateralarrangements mustbeextendedfor1982,
itbeingunderstoodthatassoonasthenegotiations arecompletedthese
arrangements willbereplacedbynewprovisionscorresponding totheoutcome
ofthenegotiations .
Thequantitative limitsfixedforGreecefor1981willbeincreasedfor
1982bythesamepercentageastheoneaffectingthevoluntaryrestraintlimits
undertheAgreementswithIndiaandBangladesh.
IV.Consequently,theCommission recommendsthattheCounciladoptthe
followingregulation.
(1)0JNoL367,31.12.1980,page77

PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
makingtheimportationintoGreeceorcertainjuteproductsoriginatinginBangladeshor
Indiasubjecttoquantitativelimitation
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticularArti­
cle113thereof, ""
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission
WhereasAgreementsontradeinjuteproductshave
beennegotiatedbetweentheCommunityontheone ,
handandIndiaandBangladeshontheother,pro-*
vidingforvoluntaryrestraintofexportsofcertainofFrom1Ja
theseproductstotheCommunity ; of
WhereasbyRegulation (EEC)No3505/80
(1),theCouncil
madetheimportation intoGreeceof
certainjuteproductsoriginating
inBangladesh orIndiasubjectto
quantitative limitation soasto
aligntherulesforimportsinto
thatMemberStateascloselyas
possibleonthoseapplyinginthe
otherMemberStatesoftheCommunity;
whereasthesearrangements wereintro­
ducedpendingtheoutcomeofthe
currentnegotiations withBangladesh
andIndiatoadaptthesaidAgreements
totakeaccountoftheaccessionof
Greece;
Whereas,sincethesenegotiations have
notyetbeenconcludeditprovesto
benecessarytomaintain,asatransi­
tionalmeasurependingtheirconclusion
therulesinforceforGreecein1981,
withacertainincreaseinthelevelof
quantitative limitsonimports.Articlei
From1Januaryto31December1981importsinto
GreeceofthejuteproductslistedintheAnnexand
originatinginBangladeshorIndiashallbesubject
tothisRegulation.
, Artide2
ImportsintoGreeceofthejuteproductslistedin
theAnnexshallbesubjecttoanimportauthoriza­
tiontobeissuedbytheGreekauthoritiesuptothe
quantitativelimitsindicatedintheAnnex.
Article3
ProductsadmittedintoGreeceunderinwardpro­
cessingorothersuspensoryarrangements shallnot,
providedthattheyaredeclaredundersucharrange­
mentstobeforre-exportfromthatterritorytoa
thirdcountryintheiroriginalstateorafterprocess­
ing,besetoffagainstthequantitativelimitsreferred
toinArticle2.
Article4
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfol­
lowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States,
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
(1)O.J.No.L367,31.12.1980,p.77.

ANNEX
QuantitativelimitsforimportsintoGreeceofcertainjutsproductsoriginatingin
BangladeshandIndia
Quantitativelimits1932
(Tonnes),
CategoryCCT
heading
NoNIMΕΧΕ
codeDescriptionBangla­
deshindia
4 57.10Β 57.10-62Wovenfabricsofjuteorofotherbast
fibresofheadingNo57.03:
ex8.Ofawidthofmorethan150cmbut
notmorethan310cm,otherthan
thoseofcategory79381
7 57.10Β
57.10-70
%Wovenfabricsofjuteorofothertextile
bastfibresofheadingNo57.03:
exB.Ofawidthofmorethan150cm,
whollyorpartiallybleached,dyed
orprintedandhavingnovisiblesel-
vedgeinthewidth 6223