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RECOMMENDATION FORACOUNCIL REGULATION
CONCERNING THECONCLUSION OFTHEAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ANDTHEPEOPLE'SREPUBLIC
OFBANGLADESH ONTRADEINJUTEPRODUCTS
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(presente bytheCommission totheCouncil)
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C0MC80)408final

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.TheAgreement betweentheCommunity andBangladesh ontradeinjute
products ,whichcameintoforceon1January 1976.expired on31December 1979.,
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Todetermine thearrangements forimportsofjuteproducts from
1January 1980,theCouncilauthorised theCommission byadecision of
23November 1979toopennegotiations withBangladesh fortheconclusion
ofanewAgreement .
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2.Pursuant tothisdecision andinconsultation withtheArt-icle 113
Committee ,negotiations wereheldinNovember 1979andMarch1980and
resulted intheinitialling ofadraftAgreement bybothHeadsof J'
Delegation on26March1980.' ,
Themainprovisions ofthenewAgreement areasfollows :
(i)Duration of-fouryears(1January 1980to3'!December 1983); ■|
(ii)Bangladesh willvoluntarily restrictitsexportstotheCommunity
ofcertainjutefabricstoagreedlevels(categories 4and7);
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(iii)theestablishment ofaconsultation procedure inrespectofjute '
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fibres(category 6),whicharenotsubjecttoimportrestrictions ,
toenablesuchrestrictions tobeintroduced undercertain
conditions; j
(iv)provisions toensureflexibility inthequantitative limitsfixed •
(carryover ,advancedelivery andtransfer); . .!-
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(v).continuation oftotalsuspension ofCCTdutiesonalljuteproducts'
-bytheCommunity aspartOf1t3Offerongeneralised tariffpref­
erences; !
tvl)assurances byBangladesh thatitwillprovide onnon-discriminatory
termsthejuteproducts necessary tosupplytheCommunity market
andindustry;
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(vii ) definition oftheterms ofreference oftheJoint Cooperation
Committee with aview ,inter alia ,toexamining thepossibilities
andformulating suggestions regarding research anddevelopment
cooperation intheproduction anduse oftheproducts inquestion ;
(viii )anundertaking bytheCommunity toabolish allquantitative
restrictions onimports ofjute products originating inBangladesh
onexpiry oftheAgreement ,namely on1January 1984 .
3.TheCommission considers thedraft Agreement which hastheapproval
oftheArticle 113Committee ,anacceptable result fortheCommunity .It
therefore recommends that theCouncil approve this Agreement byadopting the
regulation ofwhich adraft isannexed hereto .
Anexchange ofNote Verba les inwhich thetwoparties have agreed to
the defacto application oftheprovisions oftheAgreement from 1May 1980 ,
pending thecompletion of'theprocedures necessary toitsformal entry into
force isalso annexed for the Council 'sinformation .

RECOMMENDATION FORACOUNCIL REGULATION
concerning theconclusion oftheAgreement betweenthe
European Economic Community andthePeople'sRepublic of
Bangladesh orjtradeinjuteproducts
THEgOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES /
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean Economic Community/and
inparticular Article 113thereof/
HavingregardtotheRecommendation fromtheCommission /
WhereastheAgreement ontradeinjuteproducts betweentheEuropean Economic
Community andthePeople'sRepublic ofBangladesh shouldbeapproved :
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article 1
TheAgreement betweentheEuropean Economic Community andthePeople'sRepublic
ofBangaldesh ontradeinjuteproducts isherebyapproved onbehalfofthe
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....Community .
ThetextoftheAgreement isannexedtothisRegulation .
Article 2
ThePresident oftheCouncilshallnotifytheotherContracting Partyofthe
completion oftheprocedures -necessary fortheentryintoforceoftheAgreementCD
Article 3
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowingitspublication
intheOfficial JournaloftheEuropean Communities .
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentirety anddirectly applicable in
allMemberStates. "
Doneat-Brussels/ FortheCouncil
ThePresident
(1)ThedateofentryintoforceofthisAgreementwillbepublished intheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropean Communities bytheGeneralSecretariat oftheCouncil.>

AGREERENT
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between theEuropean Economic Community andthePeople 'sRepublic of
BangLadesh ontrade injute products '
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
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oftheonepart ,and
THEGOVERNMENT OFTHEPEOPLE 'SREPUBLIC OFBANGLADESH
oftheother party ,
NOTING theJoint Declaration ofIntent onthe'development oftrade relations
with Ceylon (now SriLanka ),India ,Malaysia ,Pakistan (nowBangladesh and
Pakistan )andSingapore ,annexed totheFinal ActoftheTreaty ofAccession of
theKingdom ofDenmark ,Ireland ,theKingdom ofNorway andtheUnited Kingdom
ofGreat Britain andNorthern Ireland totheEuropean Economic Community and
theEuropean Atomic Energy Community ,of22January 1972 ,
HAVING REGARD totheCommercial Cooperation Agreement between thePeople 's
Republic ofBangladesh andtheCommunity ,
CONSCIOUS oftheprovisions oftheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade
CONSCIOUS oftheparticular importance oftheproduction and export of
jute and jute products fortheeconomy ofthePeople 'sRepublic ofBangla
.desh ,'
DZSI30US ofensuring anincreasing useofjute products andtheorderly
development oftrade injute products between theEuropean Economic Commu
nity ,hereinafter referre4 toas"theCommunity ".andthePeople 'sRepubl
ofBangladesh .
BELIEVING that itisnecessary toencourage andfacilitate contacts and
cooperation between their respective jute interests ,
STRESSING theneed forpromoting cooperation inresearch anddevelopment in
thejute sector ,
HAVE DECIDED ,inaspirit ofmutual cooperation ,toconclude this Agreement .

Article 1
ThisAgreementshallapplytomanufacturedjuteproducts^origin3ti
■inspdcomingfromBangladesh^asdefinedinAnnexA.

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Article2
ForthedurationofthisAgreementandwithintheframeworkofits
offerongeneralisedtariffpreferences,theCommunityshallapply
autonomously tothemanufactured juteproductssetoutinAnnexand
originatinginandcomingfromBangladesh v(suspended^)duties
oftheCommonCustomsTarifr^attherateofzero.

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Article 3*. '. '
1. "j^heCommunity shall notsubject "imports ofproducts defined under
Article 1tonewquantitative restrictions .
2.TheCommunity shall suspend theexisting quantitative restrictions'
ont"^§imports oftheproducts defined inAnnex Cprovided that theGovernment
ofBangladesh applies such measures asarenecessary tokeep itsexports •
within thequantitative limits setout inthis Annex .TheCommunity undertakes
totake allappropriate steps inorder tofacilitate andencourage the fulI
utilisation oftheagreed quotas . ■ , .
3.TheCommunity shall notobject tothe limits allocated inAnnex C
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being exceeded inthe event ofadditional demand developing onthemarket
oftheCommunity /taking(§Ts£ intoaccount^the 'level ,oftheimports into
theCommunity ofrawjute >ontheunderstanding that anyadditional quantity
shall befixed bymutual agreement between theParties .
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A. Quantities setout inAnnex Cnot taken upbyanyoneMember State ofthe
Community maybeused in-another Member State ,inaccordance with theprocedures
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infarce intheCommunity .The .Community undertakes toconsider asfavourably
asconditions intheCommunity market allow ,anyrequest forre-allocation
made byBangladesh and toreply tothis request within four weeks ofits
receipt . '
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5.All quantitative restrictions onimports into theCommunity ofjute
products originating inand coming from Bangladesh will beeliminated aSLrfrer
January 1984 .

1.Imports into theCommunity ofjute products covered bythis Agreement
which are intended forimmediate re-export from the Community or .forprocessing
andsubsequent re-export outside theCommunity shall notbesubject tothe '
quantitative limits established bythis Agreement .The Community authorities
will ascertain ,under theadministrative system ofcontrol inforce tothis .
effect withn theCommunity ,thequantities ofjute products imported from
Bangladesh which have been immediately re-exported ,orre-exported after
processing ,.outside theCommunity ,andthey will accordingly inform theBangladesh
authorities onaquarterly basis ., •
2.Inanycasewhere thecompetent authorities within theCommunity ascertain ^
under .theadministrative -system ofcontrol inforce ,that imports ofjute
-products covered bythis Agreement have been counted against theceilings
established under this .Agreement buthave subsequently been re-exported
from theCommunity ,theauthorities concerned will inform ,onaquarterly ,
basis ,theBangladesh authorities ofthequantities involved andwill authorize
imports ofthegame quantities .which shall notbecounted against theceilings
fixed bytheAgreement . •
3.Inanycase where theCommunity ascertains that ,theimports referred
toinparagraph ,1have been retained forconsumption within the Community ,'
the latter will notify thegovernment ofBangladesh onaquarterly basis of
theamounts involved .Insuch cases Bangladesh shall ,atthe request ofthe -
*, •* ** .
Community ,count such amounts against.the quantitative limit orlimits in •
question forthe current year .

1.TheCommunity shallRotsubjectimportspfjuteyarntoquantitative
restrictions .However/shoulditconsiderthatBangladesh exportsofjute
yarn;areseriously prejudicing conditions initsmarketorinthemarket
ofanyofitsregions,making alimitation offurthertradenecessary ,
theCommunity mayrequest aconsultation withBangladesh ,provided thatthe
requestforsuchconsultation isaccompanied byastatement demonstrating
theexistence oftheaboveconditions intheCommunity orintheregion f-
concerned . 1
2.Suchconsultation shallbeentered intowithinthreeweeksof
notification Oftherequest,withaviewtoreaching anagreement ora
mutually acceptable conclusion withintwofurther ■weeksatthelatest.-
Shouldsuchagreement ormutually acceptable conclusion notbereachedwithin
thespecified period,theCommunity mayintroduce aquantitative limitation
inthemarketo^theCommunity orinthemarketsoftheregionorregions
concerned onanannualbasiswhichshall,inanycase,notbelowerthanthe
levelreachedbyimportsofjuteyarnfromBangladesh intotheaffected market
marketsduringthetwelvemonthsprbrtothedateonwhichtherequestfor
consultation wasnotified. ..
3.Paragraph 5ofArticle3i4rupp11uibIm.

Article6y
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1.WithinanyoneAgreementyear,theunusedportionsofoneofthequantitative
limitgestablished underthisAgreementinrespectofanyregionofthe
Communitymarketmaybetransferred toanotherquantitative limitestablished
forthesameregionoftheCommunitymarketasfollows:
fromifeCategoryAtotf>^Category7andvice-versa,providedthat
thequantitiesinvolveddonotexceed20%ofthequantitative limit
fortheCategorytowhichthetransferismade.
2.Unusedquantities,notexceeding 10%ofoneannualceiling,maybe
carriedoverandaddedtothesameceilingforthefollowingyear.
3.Eachannualceilingmaybe-exceeded,uptoalimitof10%ofitstotal,
inanticipation ofthesameceilingforthefollowingyear.Quantitiesused
inanticipation shallbedeductedfromthesameceilingofthesubsequentyear.
4.Theaboveflexibilityprovisionsmustnot,inanysinglegivenAgreement
year,resultinanyceilingbeingexceededbymorethan20%.
5.TheprovisionsofthepijparagraphsshallonlybeappliedbyBangladesh
followingwrittennotification totheCommunitybytheBangladeshauthorities .

Article 7
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1.:Theagreedceilings shallbeadministered usingasys'temofdouble-
checking.thedetailsforwhicharesetoutinAnnex D,subjecttosuch
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changes asmaybemutually agreed.
2.Bangladesh undertakes toinformtheCommunity ,onasix-monthly basis
ofthetotalquantities coveredby'export authorisations issuedbythe'
Bangladesh authorities forallthejuteproducts referred toinArticle .3
and,whereappropriate ,inArticle 5."
3.Similarly,theCommunity willinformtheBangladesh authorities ,ona
six-monthly basis,ofthetotalvolumeofimportsintotheCommunity of
theproducts inquestion .■ <

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Article 8
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.1.The implementation ofthis Agreement shall not disrupt thenormal
trade channels between theCommunity andBangladesh .
2. Should one oftheParties inform theother that special difficulties •
have arisen inthis connection ,the twoParties shall consult each other
within the framework ofthe Joint Cooperation Committee inorder todetermine
themeasures necessary toremedy the situation .

Article 9
WithoutprejudicetothepoliciesoftheGovernment ofBangladesh
concerning theregulation ofitsexportsaccordingtotheproduction
situation andthe.external'demandfortheabovementionedproducts,Bangladesh
undertakes totakeappropriate stepstoensurethattheneedsof.the
Communitymarketandindustries aremetinanon-discriminatory' manner.

Article 10
1.AJointCooperation Committee shallbesetup-andentrusted with
the-following tasks: . '-
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-toarrangeconsultations promptly attherequestofeitherParty
onanymatterconcerning thetradeinjuteproducts inaspiritof
/cooperation ;
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-toexamine anyproblem whichmayariseasaresultofthe
implementation ofthisAgreement ;
-toexamine waysandmeansofincreasing anddiversifying theend-
usesofjuteproducts,including studiesoftheexperience ofother
marketsinthisregard;
-toinvestigate possibilities /andformulate suggestions for,cooperation
inregardtoresearch intoanddevelopment of,theproduction and
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usesofjuteproducts; - ',
-toexaminethefeasibility ofpromoting theuseofjuteproducts
bymeansofpublicity andmarketing activities ;
-todevelop contacts between,andfacilitate joint .projects and
programmes mutually agreeduponby,representatives ofthejute
tradeandindustries ofboththeCommunity andBangladesh .
2.TheJointCooperation Committee shallbecomposed ofrepresentatives
oftheCommunity andofBangladesh .
3.TheJointCooperation Committee shall ,beconvened attherequestof
eitherContracting Partyand,inanycase,atleastonceayear,and
ataplacemutually agreedupon.' . -

Article 11
1.ThisAgreement shalleQterintoforceonthefirstdayofthemonth
following thedateohwhichthePartiesnotifyeachotherthatthe •
procedures necessary forthispurpose havebeen .completed andshallapply
from1January 1980.Itshallremaininforceuntil31December 1983.

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■TheAnnsxe.j -font?an-integralpartofthisAo:

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Article13
ThisAgreementshallbedrawnupintwocopiesintheDanish,Dutch,
English,'French,German,ItalianandBengalilanguages,eachtextbeing
equallyauthentic.
DoneatBrussels, Onthe26March1980
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AMEXA
DefinitionofcategoriesofjuteproductscoveredbyArticle1
Category 1Jutefabricsweighingmorethan500g/m2andofa'
widthofnotmorethan15Qcm,andjute"bagsof
fabricweighingmorethan500g/m2.
Category 2Jutefabricsweighingnotlessthan310g/m2butnot
morethan500g/m2,andofawidthofnotmorethan150cm,
andjutebagsoffabricsweighingnotlessthan310g/m2
butnotmorethan500g/m2»
Category 3Jutefabricsweighinglessthan310g/m2andofwidthof
notmorethan150cm,andjutebagsoffabricweighing
lessthan310g/m2,
Category4Wovenfabricsofjute,irrespective oftheirweightper
squaremetre/ofawidthmorethan150cm.butnotmorethan
310cm.otherthanthosereferredtoinCategory7.
Category5Wovenfabricsofjute,irrespective oftheirweightper
squaremetre,ofawidthmorethan310cm,otherthanthose
referredtoinCategory7,withnopatentselvedgesatany
intervalthroughoutthewidthofthecloth.
Category6
Category7Juteyarn.
Jutefabrics,bleached,dyedorprinted,eitherwhollyor
inpart,ofawidthofmore,than150cm.irrespective
oftheirweightperm2withnopatentselvedgesatany
intervalthroughoutthewidthofthecloth.

Tariff suspensions covered byArticle 2
OCTheading Rate ofSuspension tobe
. Description ofgoods appliedNo. •>
57.Oo Yarn ofjute orofother textile bast Q
fibres ofheading So57-03 '
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57.10 Woven faurics ofjutq orofother textile . «
bast fibres ofheading iio57«P3
A.Ofawidth ofnotmore than 150ca 0 ,
andweighing per ir-2
I. Less than 310g • '■ *
II.Hotless than 310gbutnotmore
t.ica 500g -
III.More than 500g>" ' '
B.Ofawidth ofBare than 150cm "
62.03 ■ Sacks andbags ofakind -iced forthe .packing
ofgoods !''' •'•
A.Ofjute orof.other textile bast fibres • ' 0 •–
ofheading So57.03
II.Other .. ' '-. • •
(a)Offabrics weighing less than .
310g/m2
(b)Offabric weighing Aotless
than 310g/m2butnotmore than
'500g/m2 ". ^
(c)Of .fabric weighing nore than
500g/m2 * •:
BioCommunity hereby undertakes tocontinue tosuspend customs duties onall
imports ofpackaging materials ,inaccordance with theprovisions ofthe
Customs Convention ontemporary imports ofpacking items .

Af-ÎNEX C
Products andquantitative LimitsforwhichBangladesh willexercise restraint
towardstheCommu.vity fortheperiodduringwhichtheAgreement shallbe
applicable .Products coveredbyCategory 5(asdefinedinAnnexA}willnotbe
subjecttoquantitative limitations .
TheCommunity herebynotifies Bangladesh thatthequantitative limitsforthe •
juteproducts listedbelowwillbeallocated between theMemberStatesas
follows : .'
Category 4(asdefinedinAnnexA)Quantitative limits '(metrictons)
MemberState 1980 1981 1982 1983
Bénélux 280 308 •339 ,373
JDenmark 285 313-•3^5 379
!France 1.100 1.210 1.331 1.464 .
|F.R.Germany 500,-,,-550 605 666 ,
Ireland 230 275 303 "333
Italy :180 198 218 "'zho
UnitedKingdom 750 823 908... 998
EEC 3.3^5 3.679 4.049 4.453
Category 7(asdefined inAnnex A)Quantitative limits (metrictons)
MemberState 1980 1981 1982 1983
FBénélux . 363 392 423 457
Denmark '•356' 384 415 448
France 229 247 267 288
F.R.G.ermany•410 443 •478 516
IIreland .' 96 1Q4 112 121
Italy 83 90- 97 105
UnitedKingdom 308 ~333-359 .388
|EEC1.845 1.993 2.151,'&2.323

ANNEX 0
Systemofdoublechecking referred toinArticle 7 .*
1.in'theCommunity,thecompetent authorities shallaccept,withoutde!ay,imports
ofproductsforwhichquantitative limitations havebeenagreeduponinArticle 3
and,whereappropriate inArticle 5ofthisAgreement,uponproduction ofthe
importer'srequesttogether withtheoriginal copyoftheexportpermit(1).
2.,The=commpetent Bangladesh "authorities shallissueexportpermitsforallthe
productslistedinArticle 3ofthisAgreement withinthequantitative limits .
setout'jnAnnexC(andinar.ycasewherethe,provisions ofArticle5have
beeninvoked).-:■ : V/
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3.'Theexportpermitmustmention :-• •
(a)'thedestination (relevant MemberState) ''
(b)thesenalnumber, , 1.
(c)thenameandaddressoftheimporter, T, .^
(d)thenameancfaddressoftheexporter,
(e)thenetweight(inkilogrammes ,or,metric'tons)andthevalue,. >
(f)thecategory andtheclassification oftfje.products (2),
(g)thecertification issuedbytheBangladesh authorities statingthatthequantity
'hasbeendebitedagainsttheagreedquantitative limitsforexporttothe
Community (relevant MemberStateoffinaldestination )or,whereappropriate ,
isforimmediate re-export orfor.inwardprocessing andsubsequent re-export
outsidetheCommunity (3). ,
4.'IntheCommunity ,the'competent authorities shallaccep 1,withinreasonable -
limits,differences betweentheweightasstatedintheexportpermitandthecargo
weightortheimported weight.Thecompetent Bangladesh authorities shallhowever
endeavour toreducesuchdiscrepancies toaminimun).•»
5.Thecompetent Bangladesh authorities shallnotifythecompetent authorities
-intheCommunity ofanywithdrawal ,orpartwithdrawal ,ofanexportpermit..',-The
lattershall,withinthecontextoftheadministrative regulations governing
suchmatters,takeappropriate steps. . ,
6.Thecompetent Bangladesh authorities shallforwardeverysimonthstothe
•competent authorities intheCommunity ,viatheCommission ,asummaryofthe
exportpermitsissued.Thesesummaries shallstate,foreverycategory ofproduct,:
thenet'weightinmetrictonsoftheauthorised exports^theirassignment tothe
variousceilings andtheMemberStatesoftheCommnnity towhichthegoodshave
beenconsigned . ,,- '. •^
7.Thecompetent Community authorities shallforwardeverysix.monthstothe
competent authorities inBangladesh ,viatheMissionofBangladesh totheEuropean\
Economic Communities inBrussels asummaryofthemostrecentfiguresavailable'
forimportsofproducts covered bytmsAgreement ,
(1)Whereimportlicences arerequired undertheregulation inf>rceinoneor,
otherMemberState,suchlicencesshallbeissuedautomafielly ondemand,
within alimitednumberofdays.•.'
(2)Inthecaseofthefabrics *ofCategory 4thewidthshallbeindicated (in
centimetres),tillsuchtimeasappropriate changestiNIMEXEaremade.
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ANNEX D(continued )
Footnote (3)Exportsshallbedebitedagainstthequantitative limitsestablished
forthsyearinwhichshipment ofthegoodshasbeeneffected .

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ANNEX E
JOINTDECLARATION
TheContracting Partiesagreetomakeaspecialefforttofulfil)^
thetaskssetoutinArticle 10oftheAgreement .Tothisendtheywill
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endeavour to.facilitateannualround-table discussions betweentheindustrial ,
commercial andresearch interests onbothsides,andtheyundertake toexamine ,the
possibility ofproviding supportforanyprogrammes orprojects recomended
asaresultofsuchdiscussions aslikely ,tobeofmutual "benefittothese
interests . -... ' • ,