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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)389final.
Brussels.July20.1977
Proposalfora
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
maintainingthearrangements fortheauthorisation of
importsintotheUnitedKingdomofcertainknittedor
crochetedarticlesoriginatingintheIslamicRepublic
ofPakistan
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
CCM177)389final.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.ByNote Verbal edated 4Maroh 1977 "theCommunity asked Pakistan
toenter into consultations "based onArtiole 3(3)oftheGeneva
Arrangement inorder toputanendtothedisruption oftheUnited
Kingdom market caused "byimports ofknitted orcrocheted shirts from
anumber ofnon-member countries ,including Pakistan .
2.The first stage ofconsultations took place on14April 1977 *
These consultations failed toresult inanagreement since the
Pakistan side wasunable toaccept that imports from Pakistan were
thecause ofdisruption oftheUnited Kingdom market within the
meaning oftheMPA .Consequently ,thePakistan authorities deny
that there isanyneed toimpose restraints onthetrade inquestion .
3.United Kingdom imports ofknitted orcrocheted shirts from Pakistan
rose byapproximately 500000items in1975 "to 1700000 in 1976
and to 1300000 inthefirst quarter of1977 .Total imports of
this product from allnon-member countries increased by26.1 million
items in1974 toreach 32.2 million in1976 ,which resulted ina
considerable decrease innational production .
Furthermore ,these products from Pakistan areoffered forsale on
theUnited Kingdom market atparticularly lowprices .
4.This situation wasexamined on13May1977 bytheAdvisory
Committee setupunder Regulation (EEC)NO1439/74oncommon rules
forimports .Inthecourse ofthemeeting theUnited Kingdom
Delegation asked fortheimmediate adoption ofunilateral import
restraints under Article 3(5)oftheMPA ,without waiting fora
further stage ofconsultations .

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TheCommissionrepresentative proposedthatunilateralmeasuresshould "be
adoptedonlyifthesecondstageoftheconsultations failedtoproduce
anagreementwithPakistan;theotherdelegations approvedthisproposal.
Asecondstageofconsultations accordingly tookplaceon13May1977»
"butthePakistanpositionremainedunchanged.
5.InviewoftheurgencyofthesituationtheCommissiontherefore
invokedArticle12oftheabove-mentioned CouncilRegulation No1439/74
andintroducedarrangements fortheauthorization ofimportsintothe
UnitedKingdomoftheproductsinquestionoriginatinginPakistan,
subjectingtheissueoftheimportauthorizations toquantitative limits
inordertoensurethatfortheperiodfromAprilto31December1977
thetotalvolumeofimportsshouldnotexceed1282500items;this
figurereflectsthecriterialaiddowninAnnexBtotheArrangement
regardingInternational TradeinTextilesforrestraining imports
folliwngmarketdisruption.
6.Article12(6)ofRegulation1439/74stipulatesthatmeasuresadopted
"bytheCommissionpursuanttothatArticlemusthefollowedwithinten
workingdaysoftheirentiyintoforce "byaproposaltotheCouncilon
appropriate measureswhichcouldhetaken "bytheCounciltoreplacethe
emergencymeasuresadopted "bytheCommission.
ItshouldhepointedoutthatCommissionregulations adoptedunder
Article12ofRegulation (EEC)1439/74expiresixweeksaftertheirentry
intoforceunlesstheyareconfirmedbytheCouncil.
Sincethecircumstances whichledtheCommissiontoadoptemergency
measuresremainunchanged,theCommissionproposesthattheCounciladopt
theattachedregulation,whichisdesignedtoconfirmthemeasuresadopted
bytheCommissionRegulationreferredtounder5above.

Proposalfora
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No/77
of
maintainingthearrangements fortheauthorization ofimportsintothe
UnitedKingdomofcertainknittedorcrochetedarticlesoriginatingin*
theIslamicRepublioofPakistan
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)NO1439/74OF4June1974ON
common-rulesforimports^,andinparticularArticle13thereof,
Consultations havingtakenplacewithintheAdvisoryCommitteesetup
underArticle5"theabovementioned Regulation,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheCommissionhasintroduced "byRegulation(EEC)NO1285/77of
16June1977arrangementsfortheauthorization ofimportsintothe
UnitedKingdomofcertainknittedorcrochetedarticlesoriginatinginthe
IslamicRepublicofPakistan;.
Whereasthefactorswhichjustifiedtheintroduction ofthesearrangements
stillpersist;whereasthearrangements shouldthereforeremaininforce
until31December1977;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
X0JNoL159,15.6.1974,P.1.
20JNoL148,16.6.1977,P.14

Article1
Thearrangements fortheauthorization ofimportsintotheUnitedKingdom
ofcertainknittedorcrochetedarticlesoriginating intheIslamic
RepublicofPakistanadopted "byRegulation (EEC)No1285/77shallremain
applicableuntil31December1977.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowingitspublication
intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels. FortheCouncil
ThePrésident