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COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL CONCERNING NEGOTIATIONS ON 
IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF TEXTILES AND CLOTHING PRODUCTS FROM PORTUGAL
COMC83)  652 final.

COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL CONCERNING NEGOTIATIONS ON 
IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF TEXTILES AND CLOTHING PRODUCTS FROM PORTUGAL.
(1)1. At its 789th meeting on 19/20 July 1982, the Council adopted negotiating directives 
concerning an arrangement with Portugal covering imports of Textiles and Clothing 
products during the pre-accession period. The Council also adopted the Community 
Position with respect to the corresponding post-accession regime.
2. An arrangement ("Memorandum on Joint Action") reflecting those directives and covering
the pre-accession period was initialled on 5 October 1982. This arrangement is still
in effect. Appended to this arrangement were levels for direct imports and outward
processing trade for the years 1982, 1983. The post-accession regime was agreed upon
,  .  (2)at the 9th Ministerial Session of the EC-Portugal accession negotiations.
3. In view of the present position concerning the accession negotiations and the fore­
seeable timetable for accession, it has been necessary to envisage levels for the 
years 1984/85, it being understood that these levels will be supplanted by the post­
accession regime should accession take place before the end of 1985.
4. Accordingly, the Commission, assisted by representatives of the Member States in 
the framework of the 113 Textiles Committee, held a series of consultations with 
the Portuguese Authorities culminating in the initialling on 2 July 1983 and 18 July 
1983 of agreed minutes setting out 1984 and 1985 levels for direct imports and OPT 
trade to be administered on the basis of the arrangement initialled on 5 October 1982. 
The Community and Portuguese delegations undertook to recommend these levels for 
approval by their respective authorities. Such is the purpose of the present commu
ni cation.
5. The above-mentioned agreed minutes also set the management levels for 1983, account 
being taken of certain over-shipments in 1982 and the use of the flexibility provi­
sions laid down in the arrangement initialled on 5 October 82 together with certain 
exceptional flexibilities to which both sides were prepared to agree in the frame­
work of an overall compromise. That compromise included an undertaking by Portugal
to take adequate measures in order to ensure respect of the agreed management levels.
./.
(1) Doc. 8755/82 PV CONS 41
(2) CONF-P/85?82 rev. 1  Annex 1 pages 27 to 29

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This undertaking supplements the other provisions of the arrangement initialled 
on 5 October 1982. *
6. The text of the agreed minutes and accompanying levels have been circulated
to delegations in the framework of 113 (Textiles) Committee. The 1984/85 levels 
for direct imports and outward processing traffic are also attached at Annex I.
It should be noted that these levels, though in general based on the 1982/83 
levels, incorporate certain particular increases requested by Portugal. The growth 
rates 1984/1985 fall between the original 82/83 rates and the post-accession growth 
rates. As was the case in 1982, these elements will be taken into account in the 
global ceilings. A table giving an overall picture of the results of the negotia­
tions appears at Annex II.
7. During the negotiations it was also agreed to transform a regional (UK) limit
on products within tarif position 6202 into individual limits on categories within 
that position (9, 20 and 39), in order to facilitate pre- and post-accession 
management.
8. The Council is invited to approve these results and to authorize the Commission 
to confirm to Portugal the Community's agreement thereto.
* An agreed minute initialled on 25 November 1983 records some further adjustments 
to the 1983 management levels.

PORTUGAL
PORTUGALACCESS LEVELS 1984, 1985 
NIVEAUX D’ACCES .1984, 19858.8.83
CAT
13UNITE
000 p
000 P
000 p .
300 >
)00 p.
000 p;C.E.E. 'R.F.A. FRANCE ITALIEBENELUX ROYAUME UN IRLANDE DANEMARK GREECE
1984 13.527 ■  663 177.1.088 600 1.865"11571”" 3.539 24
1985 14. 1 "8 5 6.96 1861.14 2 630 6.158 1.650 3.716 25
1984 ’8.251 .615 703 340 ' 488 · * 4.882 . .340 750. ·133
1985 8.828 * 65 8 752.*  363 522 5.224 364 803142
1984 •7.800 1.151- 872 202 611 3.325.  705 . 9 I’ D 24
1985 '8.347· : 1.232' . -  933 216 654 3.558 .  .754 · . ·  974 * 26
1984 45.202 * 9.500 6.300 6615.0.72 21.000 , 350 2.230' * 89
1985 48.027 '10.094 - 6.694'" · 7025.389 22.312 3722.639 *  · 95
1984 15'. 967 3.100•  5.700 8361.280 3.885 250 ·./ 903/ 13
1985 16.965 3.294 6.056 8881.3'60 4.128 ’ «266 959 14*
1984I ■  -. "JS M  68• ·  ·* · •
1985 - •'3.421 •  -
1984t
3.723 1.430 674 230 ..  221 693 27 41.4i 34
1985 3.965 1.523 718 245. 235. . •  738' 29 441 .'36'
1984 8.62 0 1.650 ..2.205 750 '1.150 2.120 135 '* 560 50 / ·
1985 9.159 1.753* ' 2.343 7971.222 ' 2.252 .  143 595 54
1984 •1.5 39V, 306 1-.075 7.800
-  1985 '1.659 1.408 1.159 8.408
1  9 c 4 • 10.200
1985 11.016
* un singlet compte pour une demi-unité
* one singlet shall be reckoned as one half piece

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P O R T U G A L  N I V E A U X  D ' A C C E S  1984  - 1985
C A T . U N I T E A N N E E C . E . E . 'R . F . A . F R A N C E  I IT A L I E B E N E L U X R O Y A U M E  U N I R L A N D E D A N E M A R K G R E E C E
1 9 T1 984 
1985•385
416 ·1 02 
1 1 0•
20 T1984
19858,773 
9.457  ·730
7 8 . 74 72
509'169
•  .182760 
•  8166.450
6.95373
7995 . 
102 .24
26
33 T1 984 
19855.742 
6.'173 -  ;570 · 
613916· 
. . 985464
4991.497 
1.60'91.789 
1.923  .  ■· .  3 - ^  ·
.  3 7 ■  ·438'
· . .471 -•  34 
36
39 T1984
1985 .  -856 
923 '•690
744 ■  ·  .
5904 T1984
198532'. 142
34.6489.172
9.887•7.083
7.6352.600
2.8032.848
3.0707.692
8.292180
194j2.323 
2.504244
263*
90 T1 984 
1985i871 · 
.9361.103  ’ 
1.1861.080 
1 . 1 6 12.149 
2.310.-  58 
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P o rtu g a lVP? n iveau x d 'a c r e s  IQSd et 1985
7AT
4.;UNITt 
OOO .p
200 0 0  p
0 0 0  p
DOO parmee
1984
1985
1984
1985.
1984
1985
1984
1985
1984
1985C .E .E .
298*
321
1387
1490
1938
2O83
3441
3700
2688
•2796R .F .A .
12
13
155
167
1250
1344
1042
1 120FRÀNCE I I TALIE
269.
289
521
560 · . ·
51C
548
1127
121265
69
323
347DENELUX
17 ‘
19
629
676
.  1 4 6
1.57
864
929ROYAUME UN IRLANDE DANEMARK GREECE
5.,
32. *
34
21
2313
13
64·
69

ANNEXE II
PERCENTAGE GROWTH RATES FOR IMPORTfr'FROM PORTUGAL 
TAUX DE PROGRESSION DES IMPORTATIONS DU PORTUGAL EN 7.
ZONECATEGORY
CATEGORIE REGION 198319841985POST-ACCESSION
POST-ADHESION
1ère 2ème 3ème 4ème
A4CEE 556,25 7 9 1113
5• CEE 5‘  56,257 9 1113
7CEE 556,57 9 1113
8CEE 556,25 7 9 1113
B9D,F,BNL.  
UK:84-8587/57,88 10 121
14
20CEE 87,57,8 Zone C
33CEE 847,58 10 1214
39F.
UK :  84-8587,57,88 10 1214
90D,F,BNL, 87,5.  7,5 Zone C
UK,IRL, I
5904CEE 887,8 Zone C
C1CEE 3259 11 1315
2CEE 3379 11 13 ^15
3CEE 3379 11 1315
6UK 6,56,2589 11 1315
13BNL 6,5789 11 1315
19F, I 6,56,2589 11 1315
20CEE Zone B 9 11 1315
90CEE Zone B 9 11 1315
5904CEE Zone B 9 11 1315
6202 *UK 7,5
* From 1984 this limit is replaced by those on cats 9,20, 39.
A partir de 1984, cette limitation est remplacée par celles concernant les cats. 9,20,39.