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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)354 final .
Brussels ,13July 1977
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
maintaining thearrangements fortheauthorization of
imports into Benelux ,Prance ,Germany andtheUnited
Kingdom ofcertain knitted orcrocheted articles of
clothing originating intheRepublic ofSingapore
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
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CCI (77)354final .

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Explanatory Memorandum
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1. Following asharp increase inimports into France andtheUnited
Kingdom ofknitted orcrocheted shirts andlike articles ofclothing
from several non-member countries andinparticular Thailand ,the
Philippines andSingapore ,thetwoMember States inquestion asked the
Commission inSeptember andOctober 1976 toenter into consultations
with those three countries inorder tolimit theimports concerned .
2. Therequests were examined byaworking party made upofrepre­
sentatives oftheMember States andchaired byarepresentative ofthe
Commission *
This examination revealed that theproblems raised byFrance and
theUnited Kingdom also existed inother regions oftheCommunity and
inparticular inGermany andtheBenelux countries .
Theexamination also showed that overall imports ofthearticles
inquestion hadincreased sharply andsubstantially in1976 andthat
imports from Singapore hadmade alarge contribution tothis trend .
Attheclose oftheexamination ,theCommission representative
proposed that consultations should beentered into with Singapore pur­
suant toArticle 5(1)of "theAgreement between theCommunity andthe
Republic ofSingapore ontrade intextile products ,with aview to
Singapore exercising voluntary restraint inrespect ofexports of
theproducts inquestion totheCommunity asawhole .
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3. Therequest forconsultations wasmade inaNote Verbale of
theDirectorate –General forExternal Relations on18October 1976 .
Afirst round took place inSingapore from 3to7February 1977 and
asecond round inBrussels on31March and 1April 1977 ended with
amutually acceptable solution .
During these consultations theCommunity agreed tolimit the
restrictions tocertain regions oftheCommunity ,namely Benelux ,
Prance ,Germany andtheUnited Kingdom .
4. The effectiveness ofthis voluntary restraint arrangement de­
pends ,however ,ontheCommunity introducing asystem ofimport autho­
rizations .Asystem ofthis kind isnecessary notonly forchecking
whether Singapore keeps totheagreed limits butalso inorder topre­
vent exporters from evading export controls bysending goods tothe
Community viaanintermediate destination ,exports towhich arenot
subject tocontrol .
5. Inorder toprevent evasion oftherestrictions bymeans of
advance exports ,theCommission decided tointroduce ,the import arran­
gements mentioned under 4byadopting Regulation (EEC)Ho121i/70of
6June 1977 (l)under theprooedure laid down inArticle 12ofRegulation
(EEC)No1439/74.
6. Article 12(6)ofRegulation (EEC)No1439/74states that measures
adopted bytheCommission pursuant tothat Article must befollowed within
tenworking days oftheir entry into force byaproposal totheCouncil on
appropriate measures which could betaken bytheCouncil toreplace the
emergency measures adopted bytheCommission .
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(1)OJn°L140du8.6.1977 ,p.17

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Itshould bepointed outinthis context that Commission regulations
adopted under Article 12ofRegulation (EEC)Ho1439/74expire sixweeks
after their entry into force unless they areconfirmed bythe Council .
TheCommission accordingly proposes that theCouncil adopt the
regulation theproposal forwhich isattached andwhich isdesigned
toprovide confirmation ofthemeasures adopted bytheCommission Regu­
lation referred tounder 5above .
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Proposal forCouncil Regulation (EEC)No
of
maintaining thearrangements fortheauthorization ofimports
into Germany ,Benelux ,Prance andtheUnited Kingdom ofcertain
knitted orcrocheted articles ofclothing originating inthe
Republic ofSingapore
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUORFEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC)No1439/74of4June 1974
oncommon rules forimports (l),andinparticular Article 13thereof ,
Consultations having taken place within theAdvisory Committee setup
under Article 5oftheabovementioned Regulation ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas theCommission hasintroduced byRegulation (EEC)No1217/77of
6June 1977 (2)arrangements fortheauthorization o£imports into
Benelux ,France ,Germany andtheUnited Kingdom ofcertain knitted or
crocheted articles ofclothing originating intheRepublic ofSingapore ;
Whereas thefactors which justified theintroduction ofthese arrangements
still persist ;whereas thearrangements should therefore remain inforce
until 31December 1977 ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
(1)OJn°L159 ,15.6.1974 ,p.1
(2)OJn°L140 ,8.6.1977 ,p.17
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Article1
'-Garrangements fortheauthorization ofimportsintoBenelux,
F"je,Germanyand.theUnitedKingdomofcertainknittedorcrocheted
^ticlesofclothingoriginatingintheRepublicofSingapore,adopted
byRegulation (EEC)No1217/77,shallremainapplicableuntil31Decem­
ber1977.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon21July1977•
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyandd:
applicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheC-
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