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COMMISSION OPTHBEUitOSSANCOMMUNITIES
COM(75)677 final .
Brussels ,19December 1975
RECOMMENDATION FOR ACOUNCIL DECISION
authorizing the Commission toopen negotiations
with India for theconclusion ofanAgreement on
trade incoir products
(submitted totheCouncil b,}'theCommission )
COi;(75 )677final .

EXPL.X.TORY IIE.IORAÏTDUi :
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1.Byadecisionof21March1574anAgreementontradeincoirproducts
wasconcludedbetweentheRepublicofIndiaandtheEEC.
ThisAgreementisinforceuntil31December 1>75and.enablesIndia-
theprincipalexportingcountry-toenjoygeneralizedtariffpreferences
foritsexportsofcoirproducts.Whenpreparingitsofferongeneralized
preferences ,theCommunityconsideredthatforcoirproducts"duty-free
entrywouldbeoneofthespecialmeasurestobeadoptedwithregardto
2developingcountrieswhichareexporters' .
TheAgreementcomprisesprincipally :
theautonomoussuspensionbytheCommunityofCCTdutiesinaccordance
withtheratesandtimetablespecified(60'/oat1January1975)?
thesetting-upofaJointCooperation Committeetoexplorethe
opportunities forcooperationinresearchintoanddevelopmentofthe
productionoftheproductsinquestion.
SincetheAgreementexpireson31December1975,"theimportarrangementsto
beoperativefrom1January197^shouldbedetermined.TheCommission
considersthatitwouldbeappropriatetoseektoconcludeanewarrangement
withIndiapermitting :
"ojHoL82,27March1574.
SriLcinlcci,alsoenjoys "tariffpreferencesforcoirproducts.Inviewof
theamountexportedbySriLanka,theCommunityconsideredthatthe
preferencescouldbegrantedwithoutanagreementbeingnegotiated;
however,itwasagreedbyanexchangeoflettersthatSriLankawould
consenttonegotiationsifnecessary.

thecontinuation forthedurationofthe.Agreementoftheprocessof
autonomoussuspensionoftariffs "begunbytheprecedingAgreement,with
aviewtotheeventualtotalsuspensionofduties;
•-·.ν».· >*.*■.<_'«
thecontinuation oftheeffortsmade"bybotjiParties,withintheJoint
Cooperation CommitteeunderthepresentAgreement,inconnectionwith:
researohintoand'developmentofproduction ;
anassurancetobegivenbyIndiathatrawmaterialswould "besuppliedto
theCommunitycoirproductsindustryonnon-discriminatory terms.
Duty-freeentryhad"beenenvisagedwhentheCommunitymadeitsofferon
tariffpreferences »Furthermore ,theIndianauthorities haveonseveral
occasionsdrawntheCommunity'sattentiontothevitalimportance'totheir
country*seconomyoftheproductionandexportoffinishedcoirproducts.
Productionisconcentratedinaparticularly underprivileged partofIndia
andprovidesemploymentforoveramillionpeople;exportsofcoirproducts,
moreover,acoountforanappreciableproportionofIndia'sforeigncurrency
earnings. .
Asregardsquantities,itshouldbepointedoutthatthereisnolimiton
importsintotheCommunityofcoirproducts,exceptcoirmats,whichare
BtillsubjecttoquantitativerestrictioninoneMemberState,
ThereasonforaskingIndiatoprovideassurancesonthesupplyofraw
materialstotheCommunityisthatIndiaisvirtuallythe.Community's
solesupplier#Moreover,thecurrentAgreementcontainscomparable
provisions.
3.TheCommissionaccordingly recommendsthatthe.Council ,adoptthedraft
decisionannexedhereto. ,

ϊΕσΟΙΜ^ΤΰΛΪΙΟΝ^ΟΕ 'Ά'
COUNCILDECISION
authorizing "theCommissiontoopennegotiations
withIndiafortheconclusionofanAgreementon
tradeincoirproducts
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
havingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereof;
HavingregardtotheRecommendation fromtheCommission ;
WhereasforcoirproductstheCommunity'sofferongeneralizedtariff
preferencesstatesthatduty-freeentrywould "be"oneofthespecial
measuresto"beadoptedwithregardtodevelopingcountrieswhichare
exporters")
WhereasanAgreementontradeinooirproductsembodyingsuch"special
measures"wasconcluded "betweentheCommunityandIndia;whereasthis
Agreementexpireson31December1975?
Whereasitisnowdesirabletoauthorizetheopeningofnegotiations with
Indiawithaviewtodeterminingthearrangements tobeappliedafterthat
datefortradeincoirproducts,
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS;
SoleArticle
TheCommissionisherebyauthorizedtoopennegotiationsfortheconclusion
ofanAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandIndiaontrade
incoirproducts*TheCommissionshalloonductthenegotiationsin
consultation withtheArticle113Committeeandinaccordancewiththe
directives annexedhereto.
DoneatBrussels,FortheCouncil
ThePresident

NEGOTIATJUGDIRECIT/ES
1«TheAgreementistobevalidforfouryears,thatisuntil31December
1979. '' '
2.TheCommunityistocontinuetheprocessofautonomoussuspensionof
customsdutiesinannualstages,forthedurationoftheAgreement,with
aviewtoachievingduty-freeentry"by1January1979*1-^
3«AJointCooperation Committeewill"besetuptoformulatesuggestions
inconnectionwithcooperationin:the-fieldsofresearchinto-and
developmentoftheproductionandusesofcoirproducts#
4*AssurancesaretobeobtainedfromIndiaasregardsthesupplyonnon-
discriminatory termsoftherawmaterialsneededbytheCommunitycoir
*S '-v•'•<••
productsindustry.