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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)115 final
Brussels,19thMarch1981
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
concerningthearrangements forimportationintoItalyof
juteyarnoriginating inThailand
(presentedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
VS-"-"•vV:■ 7 S'«•V/
C0M(81)115final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Anarrangement isinforcebetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andThailandconcerning Thaiexports.ofjuteyarntotheCommunity.
Thearrangement,whichwasagreedwithThailandlastMayunderanapproach
similartothatwhichledtobilateralagreements onjuteproductswith
IndiaandBangladesh,isvalid-likethosetwoagreements-untilthe .
endof1983.
c.•»
Underthetermsofthearrangement Thailandundertooktoenterinto
consultations attheCommunity'srequestshouldtheincreaseinitsexports
ofjuteyarncauseseriousinjuryontheCommunitymarketorinoneofits
(
1
regions. -',
■
2.Asaresultoftheparticularly largeincreaseinThaiexportsofjute
yarntoItalyduring1980,seriousdifficulties havearisenontheItalian .
market.Consequently theCommunityaskedTheiland,inaccordancewiththe
above-mentioned arrangement,forconsultations tofindasolutiontothose
1difficulties . ;~/
Atthecloseoftheconsultations ,whichtookplaceon20and23
January,Thailandundertooktoexercisevoluntaryrestraintinrespectof
itsexportsofjuteyarntoItaly,atagreedlevels,fortheperiod1January
1981to31December1983. , ,
ItisproposedthattheCounciladopttheattachedregulationto
implementtheresultsoftheconsultations withintheCommunity.
1Article113Committee-Textiles,29October1980.

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THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES .
HavingregardlotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission.
Whereas,followingthe»onsultations held
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andtheKingdomofThailandonthebasis
oftheArrangementinforcebetweenthe
CommunityandThailandconcerningexports
ofjuteyarn,theGovernmentofthat
countryhasundertakentoestablishvol­
untaryrestraintforexportsofjute
yarntoItalyfortheperiod1January
1981until31December1983;
Whereastheeffectiveness ofthevoluntaryrestraint
measuresintroduced bytheThaiauthorities is
dependentontheestablishment ofasystemof
Communitysurveillancetheimplementation ofwhich
requiresthatimportsoftheproductsinquestioninto
Italy arcsubjecttoauthorization ;
Whereasthevoluntaryrestraintmeasuressetquantita­
tivelimitsforexportseffectedduring(heyears
1981,1982and1983;whereasitisaccordingly neces­
sarytofixquantitativelimitsforimportsinto
Italyo.'theproductsinquestion;
Whereastheconsultations provideforthepossibility
ofcarryingover,uptoacertainpercentage,unused
quantitiesofthequantitativelimitfixedforoneyeartothelimitforthefollowingyear,andtheuseinanti­
cipationofapartofaquantitativelimitfixedforthe
followingyear; .
Whereasitisprovidedthatproductsentering
rItflyundertheinwardprocessingarran­
gements,oranyothersuspensivearrangements ,which
arere-exportedfromthecustomsterritoryofthe
Community ,intheiroriginalstateorafterprocessing,
willnotbecountedagainstthequantitativelimits
fixed;
WhereasundertheaboveArrangement Thai
exportsofjuteyarntotheCommunity
aresubjecttoexportlicencesissued
bytheThaiauthorities ;whereas
importsintoItalyofjuteyarnplaced
onboardinThailandfrom1January
1981onthebasisofexportlicences
issuedbytheThaiauthorities before
thatdatemustbecountedagainstthe
ceilingfixedfor1981;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : ~"
Article/
1.ImportsintotheItaly.ofche
followingproductsoriginatinginThailandand
importedfromthatcountryduringtheperiod1
January19S1to31December1983shallbesubjectto
theproductionofanimportauthorization grantedby
thecompetentauthoritiesoftheMemberState
concerned .Theimportauthorizations willbelimited
tothequantitiesindicatedbelow:
CCT
headingNoDncripiioa UniiQuantitative limits
198119S2.1983
57.06 Yamoíjuteorofothertextile
bastlibresofheadingNo57.03Tonnes33903¿603955
2.Importauthorizations shallbegrantedautomati­
callyandwithoutdelay,withinthelimitsindicatedin
paragraph 1,uponproductionbytheimporterofan
exportlicencegrantedbythecompetentauthoritiesin
Thailandandcontainingtheparticularssetoutinthe
Annexhereto.
Importsthusauthorizedshallbecountedagainstthe
quantitativelimitfixedforthepenodduringwhich
thegoodswereplacedonboardinThailandfor
exporttoItaly.IrcoortsintoItaly
ofjuteyarnplacedor.tcardinThai­
landfroiTi1January1981ohtheb?sis
ofexportlicencesissuedbytheThaiauthorities beforethatdatesnail
becountedagainstthequantities
fixedfor1931.
Articlt2
WhentheCommission findsthat,inaccordancewith
theagreedminutesofconsultations ,acceptance
shouldbegiveninrespectofanotificationbythe
Thaiauthoritiesthattheyintend:
–tocarryoverunusedquantitiesofaquantitative
limitfixedintheagreedminutesfromoneyearto
thelimitfixedforthefollowingyear.

–touseinanticipationapar.ofaquantitativelimit
fixedforthefollowingyear,
itshallsoinformtheMemberStatewhichshallauth*
eri»eimpartsinexcessofthelimitsfixedinArticle1
uptotheamountofthequantitiesindicatedbythe
Commission .
Article.3
Productsentering...Italy underthe
inwardprocessingarrangements ,orunderanyothersuspensivearrangements ,whicharere-exportedfrom
thecustomsterritoryoftheCommunity,eitherin
theiroriginal .stateorafterprocessing,shaMnotbe
tauntedagein«tthequarutwiivtlimiMfixedin
Article1.
Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
Τι
DoneatBrussels
FortheCouncil

ANNEX
Particular*referredtolaArticle1(2)
ExportlicencestobeissuedbythecompetentauthoritiesinThailand(')inrespectoftheproducts
referredtointhisRegulationshallspecifyorinclude:
1.thedestination,andinparticularthetownandtheMemberStateofdestination;
2.asériainumber: ,
3.thenameandaddressoftheimporter;
4.thenameandaddressoftheexporter;
5.adescriptionofthegoods;
6.thequantity(intonnes): ,
/
7.acertificatetotheeffectthatthequantityinquestionhasbeencountedagainstthequantitative
limitfixedfor'jtaIy •or»whereappropriate,thatthesaidquantityisintendedfor
re-export,whetherornotafterfurtherprocessing,fromtheCommunity.
(*)DepartmentofForeignTrade,MinistryofCommerce.