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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(76)71final.
Brussels.11March1976*
RECOMMENDATION FORAREGULATION OPTHECOUNCIL
concludinganAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandMalaysiaonTradeinTextiles
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
I
COK(76)71final.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Byadecision of16June 1975 » "th®Council authorised theCommission
toopen negotiations with Malaysia fortheconclusion ofanAgreement
onTrade inTextiles . '
2.Inaccordance with theabove Council Decision andinconsultation with
theArticle 113Committee ,theCommission conducted negotiations with
Malaysia on16to20October 1975 *
Following these negotiations adraft agreement wasdrawn up.Thedraft
makes provision for :
-voluntary restraint ,atagreed levels ,onexports totheCommunity of
certain categories oftextile products andarticles ofclothing intended
forconsumption within theCommunity }
theadoption ofasurveillance andconsultation procedure applicable
tocertain categories ofproduct® andpermitting ,inter alia ,the
establishment onagreed terms ofvoluntary restraint measures for
theproducts inquestion ;
-thecorresponding undertaking bytheCommunity tosuspend the
quantitative limitations atpresent inforce andnottoinvoke
thesafeguard provisions oftheMultifibre Arrangement forthe
categories ofproducts covered bytheagreement solong asthe
agreed ceilings areobserved *
Theheads ofthedelegations found thedraft Agreement tobeinaccord -
dance with theresults ofthenegotiations andinitialled thetext on
23October 1975 «
TheCommission considers that this draft agreement constitutes
aresult that isacceptable totheCommunity *Itproposes that the
Council conclude this Agreement byadopting thedraft regulation annexed
hereto .

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4. Inorder toensure theachievement oftheobjectives ofthe
Agreement and toprevent ,inparticular ,the risk ofextraordinary
exports before its entry into force ,the Community proposed to
Malaysia ,after theconclusion ofnegotiations ,that provisions of
theAgreement beapplied autonomously from 1October 1975 inanticipa­
tion ofits entry into force *
Themeasures necessary fortheapplication bytheCommunity of
theprovisions oftheAgreement arethesubject ofaseparate proposal
foraRegulation ,ofwhich theCommission has already seized the
Council *

RECOMMENDATION FOR AREGULATION OFTHE COUNCIL
concluding anAgreement between theEuropean Economic
Community andMalaysia onTrade inTextiles
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
\j
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
and inparticular Article 113thereof 4
Having regard totherecommendation from theCommission ,
Whereas theAgreement onTrade inTextiles negotiated between theEuropean
Economic Community andMalaysia should beconcluded ;
Whereas theimport arrangements for (Certain textile products originating
♦inMalaysia setupbyCouncil Regulation (EEC)No t
'-permit theapplication oftheprovisions ofthis Agreement ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION I
Article 1
TheAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community andMalaysia
onTrade inTextiles ,thetext ofwhich isgiven intheAnnex ,is
hereby concluded onbehalf ofthe Community .
Article 2
ThePresident oftheCouncil shall notify theother Contracting Party
ofthe completion jbytheCommunity oftheprocedures required for
the entry into force oftheAgreement .
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird dayfollowing its
publication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities#
Done atBrussels , For the Council ,
The President

COMMISSION
DES
COMMUNAUTES EUROPEENNESBrussels |#,„2.3..October .19.7.5 .
DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR
EXTERNAL RELATIONS
ïD
Dear Mr. DeBruyne .
Atthe time ofinitialling thetext for abilateral textiles
Agreement between theEECandMalaysia ,Iwould draw your attention
totheprovisions ofitsArticle 5andtherequest made bytheCom­
munity inthecourse ofnegotiations for theestablishment ofa
quantitative limit onthefollowing product :
Consultations onthis request were notundertaken inthe
course ofthenegotiations .Accordingly Imust reserve theright
oftheCommunity torevert tothis request atavery early date *T-shirts (extariff heading 60*04 )forFrance .
Yoursfaithfully .
B.Meynell
Mr. V.DeBruyne
Deputy Secretary General
Ministry ofTrade andIndustry
Malaysia
Adresseprovisoir*:23-27,avenuedeleJoyeuseEntrée,Bruxelles4-Téléphone35.00.40-35.01.40 •Adressetélégraphique :
«COMEUR BruxelU *»-Télen :«COMEURBRU 21.B77 .

Geneva .23October 1975
Agreed Minute
Wehave today reviewed the text annexed hereto ofthepro­
visions which ,upon formal conclusion ,will constitute thebila­
teral Agreement between Malaysia andthe EEC ,negotiated under
theprovisions ofArticle koftheArrangement regarding Inter­
national Trade inTextiles *Wehave found this text tobeincon­
formity with theresults reached inournegotiations *

DRAFT
AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
MALAYSIA
ANDTHE
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
χ.
ONTRADEINTEXTILES

PREAMBLE
TheCouncil oftheEuropean Communities
oftheonepart ,
TheGovernment ofMalaysia
oftheother part ,
Desiring toensure theorderly andequitable development oftrade
intextiles between theEuropean Economic Community ,hereinafter
called "t.heCommunity "andMalaysia ,
Having regard totheprovisions oftheArrangement regarding
International Trade inTextiles (hereinafter referred toas
theGeneva Arrangement )andespecially itsArticle
Have decided ,inaspirit ofmutual co-operation andinconformity
with^th® said Geneva Arrangement jtoconclude this Agreement andto
this endhave designated astheir Plenipotentiaries i
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
THE GOVERNMENT OFMALAYSIA
Whohave agreed asfollows s

1« TheParties recognise andconfirm that ,subject tothoprovisions
» ' »ofthis Agreement andwithout prejudice totheir rights andobligations
under theGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade ,theconduct oftheir
mutual trade intextiles shall begoverned bytheprovisions ofth<*
Geneva Arrangement * i(U . ' k"
2. This Agreement shall apply totrada inthose cate^on***®
oftextiles products ,originating inanddespatched from Malaysia
and set out inAnnexes Iand IIhereto .
3. Malaysia agree3 toestablish quantitative limits onexp^r'-s of
woven shirts totheCommunity inaccordance with theschedule estout
inAnnex Ihereto .Quantities ofthequota shares setoutinAnn?>;Inot
taken upbyamember Ctate oftheCommunity naylereallocated tomother
Member State within th«>limits decided bytheConraunity inaccordance with
theprocedures inforoe intheComnrnnir.v «TheCommunity undertakes t^
*
respond within ^weeks ofitsreceipt toanyrequest made by/playsia for
such re-allocation .Itisunderstood t'>tanyre~allocation soeffected
would notneed tobecomprised within anylimits setinflexibility pro­
visions established under Article 7hereof®
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Article 2
TheCommunity undertakes >inrespect ofthecategories of
textiles products towhich this Agreement applies ,rmdsubject to
thesatisfactory operation ofthis Agreement ,nottointroduce
newquantitative restrictions ,tosuspend thenpplication ofany at
present inforce andtorefrain from invoking theprovisions of
Article 3oftheGeneva Arrangement provided that exports tothe
Community ofsuch texti 1^.?products originating inand5espn.tched
from Malaysia donotexceed thequantitative limits established
under theprovisions ofthis Agreement .
I'rit

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Article 3
>
'• Imports into theCommunity ofthose textiles products to
which this Agreement applies which areforimmediate re-export or
forinward processing andsubsequent re-export outside theCommunity
shall notbesubject toquantitative limits established under this
Agreement ,provided they areentered assuch under anadministrative
system ofcontrol inforce forthis purpose within theCommunity *
2. Inany case where Community authorities ascertain that imports
described inparagraph 1above have been retained forconsumption within
theCommunity ,thelatter will notify the Government ofMalaysia ona
quarterly basis oftheamounts involved *Malaysia shall insuch cases
and attherequest oftheCommunity charge such amounts against the
quantitative limit orlimits inquestion forthecurrent Agreement
year orfor the next following Agreement year .
' •
3* Inanycase where thecompetent authorities within theCommunity
ascertain under anadministrative system ofcontrol inforce that
imports oftextiles products towhich this Agreement applies have
been charged against quantitative limits established under this
Agreement butsubsequently re-exported outside theCommunity ,the
competent authority concerned will inform theMalaysian authorities
ofthequantities involved andauthorise imports ofthesame quantities
which shall notbecharged tothequantitative limits u?)Jer theAgreement
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Article h
"• Thefollowing Malaysian textiles products shall ,subject to
theconditions indicated hereafter ,beadmitted into theCommunity
without quantitative limit :
(i)cotton handloom fabrics ofcottage industry ,
containing notmore than 5#byweight ofman-made
fibres ,being fabrics which areboth traditionally ofthe
kind woven andhandlooms andactually woven onaloom for
which themotive power isprovided entirely bytheoperators
(that iswhere thethree primary movements ofweaving ,ftamely
shedding ,picking andbeating ,areinduced byhand orfoot
andnoother source ofpower isused );
(ii)goods made upbythecottage industry from 6uch cotton
handloom fabrics ;
(iii)traditional Malaysian folklore handicraft textiles products ,
hCJ[including theoe oomwonly aaiepfrcd eohandicraft batik
^ .(a)products ,cut }sewn Ofotherwise fnbricaled byhand in
cottages which r.reunits ofthecottage industry#
2. Admission into theCommunity ofthese products without quanti­
tative limit shall besubject tothesatisfactory operation ofagreed
arrangements forcertification .
(a)Handicraft batik isproduced byatraditional batik process by
which colours andshades areintroduced toableached orwhite
fabric .Theprocess iscarried outmanually inthree stages namely :
(a)waxing (application ofwaxbyhand tothefabric )
(b)dyeing /painting (application ofcolour either bythetradi­
tional cottage method ofdyeing orbyhand painting )
(c)de-waxing (boiling thefabric toremove thewax )
Thethree stages oftheprocess arerepeated onthefabric for
each ofthe colours orshades intheresulting design *

Article 5
1. Both Parties agree toenter promptly into consultations with
each other ,attherequest ofeither and inconformity with the
provisions oftheGeneva Arrangement ,onanymatter concerning their
trade intextiles and inparticular onanyproblems arising from the
application ofthis Agreement •Consultations held under theprovisions
ofthis Article shfll benpproached byboth Parties inaspirit of
(Sowpromise andwith aview totheconciliation ofdifferences existing
between them .
2. TheCommunity may tinparticular ,whenever conditions inits
market give rise toreal risks ofmarket disruption ,request .consultations
with Malaysia inaccordance with theprocedures setoutinparagraph 5
below with regard totheproducts set out inAnnex IIhereto .
3- If,intheopinion oftheCommunity ,importr .into theCommunity ,,
oftextiles products offibres other than cotton indirect competition
with those towhich this Agreement applies cause real risks ofmarket
disruption ,theCommunity mayrequest consultations with Malaysia under
identical conditions tothose specified inparagraph 5 this Article .
Ifanexcessive concentration oftrade inany specific product
within thecategories listed inAnnexes IandIIhereto causes areal
riak ofmarket disruption inrespect ofthat product ,theCommunity
mayrequest consultations with Malaysia under identical conditions to
those specified inparagraph 5ofthis Article#
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Aj»tiel® 5
5«Inthose cases defined inparagraph 2,3and kofthie Article ,
Malaysia shall limit ,inaccordance with theCommunity 'srequest ,
exports oftheproducts orcategories ofproducts inquestion ,destined
fortheCommunity market orfor itsmarket inoneormore ofitsMember
States ,pending amutually satisfactory conclusion totheaaid consulta­
tions ,atalevel indicated bytheCommunity which *atanannual rati ,
shall notbelower than 106%oftheimports recorded forthesaid pro­
duct orcategory thereof during the '12eionths ending 3months before
that iawhich th®request forconsultation wasmade#
6.Consultations shall beheld attherequest ofHalaysia inorder to
review the need for the -maintenance ormodification ,orremove !ofany
quantitative limit established under this Article ,whenever market condi­
tions which ledtotheestablishment ofsuch quantitative limit nolonger
prevail®
?.Anyrequest forconsultations under this Agreement ©hall beaccom­
panied byafactual statement ofthereasfma andjustifications forits
request .
8oBoth Parties ,unless agreed otherwise ,will consult tiesoon aspossi­
blewithin 30days oftherequest forsuch consultations ,andwill moke
their best efforts tocomplete such consultations within 30days oftheir
«
couiBiencemesit .
9«Theprocedure referred toinparagraph 3abova will only be
resorted tosparingly andwill beimplemented inawanner consistent
•with theprinciples andobjectives oftheGeneva Arrangement#
10.;IfthetwoParties ar®unable toreach etaisfactory solution within
areasonable period oftime toproblems which have been tfcesubject of
consultations under theAgreement ,either Party may ,after notification
toth®other Party ,refer such problems totheTextiles Surveillance
Body inaccordance with Article 11oftheGeneva Arrangement .
(■ ' ' fttu
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Article 6
If,having regard totheprovisions oftheGeneva Arrangement ,either
Party considers that itiebeing placed inaninequitable position in
respect oftrade intextiles ascompared with athird country ,that Party
mayrequest consultations with theother with aviev .»toseeking equitable
solutions *Such consultations shall beheld andconcluded promptly .The
Parties will take such appropriate remedial measures asmay bemutually
acceptable and consistent vrith their international rights andobliga­
tions ,including anynecessary reasonable modification tothis Agreement .
,(
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Article 7
1. Portions ofanyquantitative limit established under this
Agreement which arenotusedduring anyAgreement yearnaybecarried
over andadded tothecorresponding quantitative limit inthefollowing
Agreement year ,within alimit of10%ofthelatter .
2. Within alimit of10%ofeach ofthequantitative limi':s
established under this Agreement ,ndvance deliveries sh-ill heauthorised
from thecorresponding quantitative limit established forthefollowing
Agreement year .Amounts delivered inadvance shall bededucted from the
quantitative limits fortheproducts inquestion forthefollowing
Agreement year .
Within anyoneAgreement year ,unused portions ofquantitative
limits established under this Agreement inrespect ofanyrofion of
theCommunity market maybetransferred to -another quantitative limit
established forthat same region oftheCommunity market within a
ceiling of7%oftherecipient quantitative limit • .•
Thepreceding flexibility provisions shall not,inanygiven
Agreement year,result inaquantitative limit fornnycategory being
exceeded bymorethat 15%ofthequantitative limit forthatcategory
forthat Agreement year .
5. Theflexibility provisions contained inthisArticle nayonly
beapplied byMalaysia following written notification totheCommunity
bytheMalaysian authorities .
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Article 6
Malaysia shall endeavour toensure that exDorts ofall textiles
products forwhich quantitative limits may beestablished under this
Agreement arespaced outasevenly aspossible over each ofthe
Agreement years ,dueaccount being token ,inparticular ,ofseasonal
factors . v*
f.(I

Article 9
)
The twoPartien agree tocxchnnge filluseful informr.tion
concerning their mutufii t,r.irte intextiles inorder toensure
thssuccessful implementation ofthis Agreement .
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Article 10
1. TheParlies apree thnt thoquantitative limits errtebi iiihed
unifer this Agreement .-halL bemanaged unrljr asystem ofdci:bl <.
'••ontrol ,thedetails ofwhich are <etout inAnnex Ilfto fhin
Agreement .
2. Malaysia therefore agrees tofurnish theCommunity with precise
statistical information ,oroquarterly basis ,ofall export
authorisations issued bytheMrlaysian authorities for all CPt'jgories
oftextile exports totheCommunity towhich this Agreement .applies .
3* TheCommunity will likewise forward totheMalaysian authorities
onaquarterly basis ,precise statistical information ofimports of
rchproducts intotheCommunity .

Article 11
».d1. Both Parties shall take allpossible measures toensure that
traditional channels andmethods oftrade between theCommunity and
Malaysia eremaintained .
2* Should either party inform theother that theapplication of
this Agreement hasgiven rise todifficulties regarding themain­
tenance ofexisting commercial relations between importers inthe
Community andtheir suppliers inMalny:;in ftheParties agree to
consult •together innccordanc ^?.jwithtneprocedures setoutin
Article 5(1)above . '
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Artlole 1Z
>
This Agreement shall »pply totheterritories where theTreaty
establishing theEuropean Economic Community applies ,onthe
conditions established inthesaid Treaty ,and totheterritories
towhich theConstitution ofMalaysia applies *

Article 13
1* This Agreement shall enter into force onthefirst dayofthe
month following thedate onwhich theContracting Paitiee have notified
each other cfthecompletion oftheprocedures necessary forthepurpose *
Itshall remain inforce until 31December 1977 *
2* This Agreement shall enter into force ,inthemanner defined
inparagraph 1ofthis Article ,with effect from 1November 1975 *
3. -Either Party nayatanytime propose modifications tothis
Agreement ordenounoe itprovided that notice isgiven atleast 120
days before theexpiry ofanytwelve-month period ;inthelatter event
theAgreement will come toanendattheexpiry ofthesaid twelve-fflonth
period *
4. Annexes andProtocols tothis Agreement shall form anintegral
part thereof .
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Article 1H
This Agreement shall bedrawn upintwocopies intheGerman ,
French ,Italian ,Dutch ,Danish andEnglish languages andBahasa
Malaysia ,each ofthese texts being equally authentic *
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AHNEX I
Product forwhich Malaysia will exercise restraint towards
thewhole Comnunity from theentry into force ofthis Agreement
TheComnunity hereby notifies Malaysia that thequantitative limits
forthetextile product listed below will beallocated between the
Member States asfollowst
Product category Member
StateQuantitative limits (1000 pieces )
I
'1.11 .1975 to 1977
.31tl2«1976
ex61.03
Men'sand boys' under­
garments :
-shirtsFPG
F
I
BNL
UK
Irl
DK
EEC1675 153^
1783 1536
^9 63
117 142
117 150
k k
583 503
k328 "3932
(1)Itisunderstood byboth Parties that theCommunity will raise noobjection
tothequota share' fol*theFederal Republic ofGermany being exceeded by
upto100%ofthat quota share during each quota period established by
./'this Agreements ^ k>
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ANNEX II
Products subject tospecial consultation procedures
under theprovisions ofArticle 5
CCT Heading No. Products
55*09 Other woven fabrics ofcotton
56.07 A Woven fabrics ofsynthetic textile fibres
(discontinuous )
ex60.Cf Undergarments ,knitted orcrocheted ,not
elastic orrubberised :
-Shirts ,T-shirts andthe like
ex60*05 Outergarments andother articles ,knitted
orcrocheted ,notelastic orrubberised :
-Jerseys ,pull-overs ,elip-overs ,twinsete ,
cardigans ,bed-jackets and jumpei 'B
ex6l*01 Men's,boys' ,women 's,girls' andinfants'
outergarments (other than knitted orcrocheted )i
-Trousers ,jeans ,breeches andthelike
ex61.01 Men's,boys' ,women 's,girls' andinfants 4
ex61.02 outergarments (other than knitted orcrocheted )
other than trousers ,jeans ,breeches andthe
like
ex61.03 Men'sandboys' undergarments :
-other than shirts
61.05.30 Handkerchiefs ofcotton
* •

ANNEX III
Asagreed between theParties inArticle 10oftheAgreement ,the
administration oftextiles imports from Malaysia will bebase' !oma
system ofdouble checking .^Thedetails ofthis system have been
agreed between theParties andaresetoutbelow .
φ
Thecompetent authorities within theCommunity will ,automatically
andwithout delay ,accept imports oftextile products onsubmission
oftheimporter *3application together with theoriginal export licence .
Thecompetent authorities within theCommunity shall boentitled to
require thepresentation ofanexport licence inrespect ofgoods origi­
nating inMalaysia ofthecategory shown inAnnex Iand(inany
easewhere theprovisions ofArticle 5havebeeninvoked )ofAnnex II.
These export licences willbeissued bytheMalaysian authorities uptothe
total amount oftheagreed ceilings .
Theexport licences iscued bytheMalaysian authorities shall beapplicable
totheproducts subject torestraint under theAgreement .
Theexport licence must specify J
1*destination
2*aerial number
5.importer 'sname andaddress
4.exporter 'sname andaddress
5.quantity intheunita asdesignated intheAgreement and ,where the
quantity isexpressed other than inweight ,theequivalent weight calcu­
lated inaccordance with thetable ofequivalencies setoutinAnnex iv ..
è
6.category anddescription ofproduct
7.certificate issued bytheHalaysian authorities showing thatthequantity
hasbeendebited against theagreed ceiling forexports totheCommunity or,
whereappropriate ,isforimmediate reexport orforinward -processing and
subsequent re-export outside theCommunity .
Thecompetent authorities within theCommunity willnotraise difficulties
intheevent ofadiscrepancy between theweight indicated intheexport
licence andtheshipment orImport weight provided itiswithin reasonable li.it*
while theMalaysian authorities ,fortheir part ,willendeavour
tokeep anydiscrepancies toaminimum . fk\As^
I'.,:(

ANNEX III cont 'd
Inthe event oftotal -orpartial withdrawal ofanexport licence ,the
Malaysian authorities will notify thecompetent authorities within the
Community ofsuch total orpartial withdrawal *Theauthorities ofthe
Member States oftheCommunity will take theappropriate measures in
accordance with their existing administrative provisions .
TheMalaysian authorities will forward tothecompetent authorities
within theCommunity ,viatheEmbassies oftheMember States ofthe
Community anddirectly totheCommission ,quarterly returns showing the
details referred toin (1), (5)and (6)above covered bytheexport
licences issued against thequantitative limits forexports theCommu­
nity ,aswell astheallocation ofthess export ,licences nmongst the
member States oftheCommunity ,forallcategories oftextiles exports
totheCommunity subject toquantitative limits under this Agreement .
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ANNilX IV
Table oféquivalences a/treod for the
purpose ofthe application ofthe "flexibility provision s
ofthis Acreernpnt (including itsAnnexes andProtocols )
BTN Heading
ex60.05
ex61.01 )
ex61.02 |Description
Jerseys ,pull-overs ,slip-ovErs ,
twmsets ,cardigans ,bed-jackets
andjumpers ,knitted crcrocheted
Mens *,boys' ,women 's,girls' and
infants' trousers ,jeans ,breeches
and the likeRatio ofI/crnival enco
5.13 pieces /Kg.
?.,\7 pieces /kg.
ex61.03
iJMens' andboys *shirts 4*.60pieces /kg.

ANNEX V
CONVERSION FACTORS '
Inthecourse ofnegotiating theAgreement ,itwasnoted
that restrictions previously inforce inonemember State hadbeen
expressed insquare yards ,whereas under theAgreement metric weight
units areused fortheCommunity asa*whole .Itwasfurther noted
that inorder toarrive atbase levels forquantitative limits in
thenewAgreement therelationship between square yards andmetric
tons hadbeen directly derived from customs statistics relating to
imports ofthe'products inquestion from Malaysia *
thetrade opportunities provided .For theavoidance ofdoubt ,itwas
confirmed onbehalf oftheCommunity that thechange ofunit of
measurement was innoway intended tohave this effect .
Itwasfurther agreed that foratransitional period oftwo
years (1975 and1976 )theCustoms authorities oftheMember State
concerned (theUnited Kingdom )would maintain arunning check on
both thetonnage andsquare yardage ofimports from Malaysia and
that ifduring this transitional period thesquare yard equivalent
ofthequantitative limits expressed intons wasnotreached ,
additional imports would beaccepted toalevel notexceeding ,
thesquare yard equivalent derived asindicated above .
Incase anewratio emerges bytheendof1976 ,thequantitative
limit for1977 expressed intons ,will befixed'on thebasis ofnew
ratio andappropriate growth factor . *TheMalaysian delegation expressed concern lest ,nevertheless
theeffect ofthis change might prove toberestrictive interms of

PROTOCOL
1.Inconformity withArticle 5(5)oftheAgreement ontrade intextile products between the
Community ar.dMalaysia ,consultations haveboonheldbetween thoParties roSardinEixports froMalaysia into
theCommunity ofthetextile products listed belo>w
2.Asagreed inthoconsultations pensioned above ,Malaysia shall liait exports oftheproducts listed below
tothererions oftheCor^unity narket andtothequantitative limits indicated .
OCT Heading »<>•
55.09
56.07 A
ex60.C5Products covered
(Other woven fabrics ofcotton
£Woven fabrics ofsynthetic textile
^fibres (discontinuous )
Outcrjj&nnoiit sendother £xrt2.cl©Sj
knitted orcrocheted ,notclastic
orrubberised :
_^crr-eys ,pull-overs ,slip–overs ,
tvir.sets ,cardigans ,b'/d-jackets
and jumpersCor.aunity
region to
which res­
triction is
anplied
UK
BNL
•F ■Quantitative limits
1.11.1975
31.12.19761977
466tonnes ofwhich
notmore than 140
tonnes for fabrics
other than .grey or
bleached
1341 tonnes ofwhich
not more than 875
tonnes for either ca­
tegory 55-09 or5-S.07A
and ofwhich not .
more than 263
tonnes for fabric
other than grey
orbleached ineit­
her category
233333pieces
583333pieces424tonnes of
which not more thai
127 tonnes for
fabrics other tham
grey orbleached
1219 tonnes of
which not more
than 795 tonnes
foreither category
and ofwhich not
more than 239
tonnes for fabric
other than grey
orbleached ineit­
her category
212000 pieces
530000 pieces

PROTOCOL cont'd
CCTHeadingNo,
ex61.01
ex61.02Productscovered
Men's,boys',women's,girls'
andinfants'outergarnents
(otherthanknittedorcro­
cheted):
–trousers,Jeans,breechesand
thelikeCommunity
regionto
vhichres­
triction
isaxjplied
BNL
FQuantitative limits
1.11.1975
31.12.1976
740833pairs
583333pairs1977
67310opairs
530000pairs