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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)319final.
Brussels.4July1977
PROPOSALFORACOUNCILREGULATION(EEC)
maintaining thearrangements fortheauthorization
ofimportsintotheUnitedKingdomofcertain
articlesofclothing,originatinginMacao
/.
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
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COM(77)319final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. Following asharp increase inimports into theUnited Kingdom
ofjackets ,blazers ,blouses andshirts from several non-Member countries
andinparticular Macao ,theUnited Kingdom asked theCommission in
December 1976 toenter into consultations with that country inorder
tolimit theimports inquestion .
2. TheUnited Kingdom 'srequest wasexamined byaworking party made
upofrepresentatives oftheMember States andchaired byarepresen­
tative ofthe Commission .
This examination revealed that overall imports oftheproducts
inquestion hadincreased substantially andthat they nowaccounted for
avery considerable share ofthemarket inthese products intheMember
State inquestion .This trend hasresulted inasubstantial drop in
national production andemployment inthat sector .
Theexamination also showed that thetrend ofimports didnot
atthis stage warrant theplacing ofrestrictions onimports ofthepro­
ducts inquestion into other regions oftheCommunity from Macao .
Attheclose oftheexamination ,theCommission representative
proposed that therequest oftheMember State inquestion should bemet,
towhich theother delegations agreed .
3.-Therequest forconsultations wasmade inaNote Verbale dated
28January 1977 tothePortuguese Mission pursuant toArticle b(2)of
theAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community andMacao ontrade
intextile products .
k. Consultations with Macao began on21March 1977 andended onthe
same daywith theinitialling ofanote inwhich Macao stated that it
wasprepared toexercise voluntary restraint inrespect oftheexports
inquestion asfrom 1April 1977 .Theauthorities ofMacao aretolimit
itsexports toalevel which issuch that thevolume ofexports forthe
ttfeole of"577resssdns within agreed limits .

5* The effectiveness ofthis voluntary restraint arrangement de­
pends *however ,ontheCommunity introducing asystem ofimport licences *
Asystem ofthis kind isnecessary not only forchecking whether Macao
keeps totheagreed limits but also inorder toprevent exporters from
evading export controls bysending goods totheCommunity via aninter­
mediate destination exports towhich arenot subject tocontrol *
6* Inorder toprevent thebusinessmen concerned from evading the
restrictions byexporting goods inadvance ,theCommission decided to
introduce theimport arrangements mentioned under 5byadopting Begulation
(EEC)No1176 /77of31.May 1977 under theemergency procedure laid down
inArticle 12ofBegulation (EEC )No1^39/7^*
7* Article 12(6)ofBegulation (EEC )No .1^39/7^states that measures
adopted bytheCommission pursuant tothat Article must befollowed
within tenworking days byaproposal totheCouncil onappropriate
measures which could betaken bytheCouncil toreplace the emergency
measures adopted bytheCommission .
Itshould bepointed out that Commission regulations adopted under
Article 12ofBegulation (EEC )No1^39/7^expire sixweeks after their
entry into force unless they are confirmed bytheCouncil .
TheCommission accordingly proposes that theCouncil adopt the
regulation ,theproposal forwhich isattached andwhich isdesigned
toprovide confirmation ofthemeasures adopted bytheCommission Be-
gulation referred tounder 6above .

ProposalforCouncilBegulation (EEC;So
of 1977
maintaining thearrangements fortheauthorization of
importsintotheUnitedKingdomofeertainarticles
ofclothing,originating inMacao
TBICOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOKHUKITItS ,
EaringregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
EaringregardtoCouncilBegulation(EEC)Ho1^39/7ofVJune197**
oncommonrulesforimports1*,andinparticularArticle12thereof,
Consultations haringtakenplacewithintheAdrisoryCommitteesetup
underArticle5oftheaforementioned Begulation,
EaringregardtotheproposalfromtheCoamission,
2)WhereastheCommissionhasintroducedbyBegulation(EEC)Ho1176,
arrangementsfortheauthorizationofimportsintotheUnitedKingdomof
men'sandboys'jackets,blazersandlikearticlesandwomen's,girls'
andinfants'blousesandshirts,originatinginMacaoj
Vhereasthefactorswhichjustifiedtheintroductionofthesearrangement,
stillpersist$whereasthearrangementsshouldthereforeremaininforce
until31March1978J
Vher.a.th..rrange.ent.inoone.rni.port.ofgood..iport.d
fro.H.C.Oupto31E.o.»t.r19771wh.r...c.rt.inofth...good..r.
lik.l,tob.i.port.dduringth.fir.t,u»rt.rof1978,yh.r...th..rr.,,g.
■.nt..houldther.for.r.»ininforo.until31*«rch1978j
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION i
Article 1
Thearrangement® fortheauthorization ofimports into theunited
Kingdom ofmen'sandboys' jackets ,blazers andlike articles and
women 's,girls' andinfants' blouses andshirts ,originating inMacao ,
adopted byRegulation (EEC)Ho1176/77 ,shall remain applicable
until 31March 1978 *
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly
applicable inallMember States *
Don® atBrussels ,For the Council
The President