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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)437 final
Brussels,12July1982
Recommendation fora
COUNCILREGULATION
ontheconclusion oftheAgreement betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity and
theRepublicofIndiaontradeincoirproducts
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.On10December1979theCounciltookadecisionauthorising theCommissionto
opennegotiations withIndiafortheconclusion ofanagreement ontradein
coirproducts.Inaccordance withthisdecisionandinconsultation withthe
Article113Committee,theCommission heldnegotiations withIndiaon
29and30September 1980.
2.Upontheconclusionofthesenegotiations adraftagreementstipulating
1thefollowing wasformulated :
i.aperiodofvalidityoftwoyears,from1January1981to31
December1982;
ii.maintenance ofthetotalsuspension ofCCTdutiesforallcoir
productsundertheCommunity'sofferongeneralisedtariff
preferences ;
iii.anundertaking bytheCommunitytoeliminateattheendofthe
Agreements'life,thatison1January1983,anyquantitative
restriction onimportsoffinishedcoirproductsoriginating in
andcomingfromIndia(atpresenttherearerestrictions inonly
oneMemberState);
iv.assurances fromIndiaregardingsuppliesonnon-discriminatory terms
totheCommunitycoirindustryandmarket;
v.thesettingupofaJointCooperation Committee,whichwillbe
responsibleforinvestigating possibilities ,andformulating suggestions,
withaviewtocooperation inregardtoresearchinto,and
development of,theproduction andusesofcoirproducts,andwith
aviewtodevelopingcontactsbetweenrepresentatives ofthecoir
tradeandindustries ofboththeCommunity andIndia.
1Thedraftagreement wasinitialled on1October1980.

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3. The Commission regards this draft agreement ,onwhich the Article
113 Committee delivered afavourable opinion ,asanacceptable result for
the Community .Ittherefore recommends that the Council conclude this
agreement byadopting the attached draft regulation .
 
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Also attached ,for the Council 'sinformation ,isanexchange of
Notes Verbales whereby the twoparties agreed toapply the provisions ofthe
Agreement defacto from 1January 1981 pending the completion ofthe necessary
procedures forits formal entry into force .

RECOMMENDATION FORACOUNCILREGULATION
concerning theconclusionoftheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunity andtheRepublicofIndiaontradein
coirproducts
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,and
inparticularArticle113thereof,
HavingregardtotheRecommendation fromtheCommission,
WhereastheAgreement ontradeincoirproductsbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheRepublicofIndiashouldbeapproved,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
TheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublicof
IndiaontradeincoirproductsisherebyapprovedonbehalfoftheCommunity.
ThetextoftheAgreementisannexedtothisRegulation .
Article 2
ThePresidentoftheCouncilshallgivethenotification providedforin,
1Article8oftheAgreement
1ThedateofentryintoforceoftheAgreementwillbepublishedinthe
OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities bytheGeneralSecretariat
oftheCouncil.

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Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird day following its
publication intheOfficial Journal ofthe European Communities .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety and directly applicable
inall Member States .
Done atBrussels , For
Thethe Council
Président

AGREEMENT
between theEuropean Economic Community andthe Republic ofIndia on
trade incoir products
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
ofthe onepart ,and
THE GOVERNMENT OFTHE REPUBLIC OFINDIA
oftheother part ,
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DESIROUS ofensuring anincreasing useofcoir products andtheorderly
development oftrade inthese products inorder toachieve thecomplete
liberalisation oftrade incoir products between the European Economic
Community ,Hereinafter referred toas"the Community ",andIndia ,
NOTING the Joint Declaration ofIntent onthe development oftrade
relations with Ceylon (now SriLanka ),India ,Malaysia ,Pakistan (now
Bangladesh andPakistan )andSingapore ,annexed tothe Final Actofthe '
Treaty ofAccession ofthe Kingdom ofDenmark ,Ireland ,theKingdom of
Norway and trie United Kingdom ofGreat Britain andNothern Ireland tothe
European Economic Community andthe European Atomic Energy Community ,of
the 22January 1972 ,
HAVING REGARD tothe Commercial Cooperation Agreement between theEuropean
Ecor.onic Community and India ,
CONSCIOUS oftheprovisions oftheGeneral Agreement onTariffs and
Trade ,
HAVE DECIDED ,inaspirit ofmutual cooperation ,toconclude this
Agreement J
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Article 1
This Agreement shall apply tomanufactured coir products ,originating
inand coming from India ,asdefined inArticle 2.
Article 2
The Cc^^unity shall ,autonomously and inthe context ofitsoffer
reo-rding the granting ofgeneralised tariff preferences ,apply tomanufactured
coir products set out below originating inand coming from India ,suspended
duties of 1he Common Customs Tariff atthe rate ofzero .
CCT
heading Descript ion
fJo.
53.02 Other carpets ,carpeting ,rugs,mats and matting ,
õnd "Kelem ","Schumacks "and "Karamanie "rugs and
the like (made upornot):
IA. Carpets ,carpeting ,rugs,mats and matting :
I. Coir mats and matting ,and tufted carpets .
carpeting and rugs
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Article 3
1. "heCormunity shall not subject imports ofthe products listed in
Article ?,orininiting inand coming from India ,tonewquantitative restrictions
The Contr ji;tir.iParties agree totake all appropriate steps tofacilitate the
full utili-jotion ofthe import possibilities deriving from existing quantitative
restrictions .
2. All quantitative restrictions onimports into the Community of
ccir products originating inand coming from India will beeliminated as
fror thed)te of 1January 1983. I

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Article 4
TheRepublic ofIndia andtheCommunity shall exchange allinformation
that isofusetotheContracting Parties relating totrade incoir products .
The implementation ofthis Agreement shall notdisrupt anormal trade
incoir products between theCommunity and India .
Should one oftheParties inform theother that special difficulties have
arisen inthis connection ,theContracting Parties shall consult each other
within the framework ofthe Joint Cooperation Committee inorder todetermine
themeasure necessary toremedy thesituation .
Subject ,tothepolicies oftheGovernment oftheRepublic ofIndia
concerning theregulation ofitsexports according toitsproduction situation
and theexternal demand fortheproducts defined above ,theRepublic ofIndia
airees totake appropriate steps toensure that theneeds oftheCommunity
mirkrt in<lu\t »levarcmet indnon"diacr imiriutory manner .
AJoint Cooperation Committee shall besetupandentrusted with the
following tasks :Article 5
Article 6
Article 7
toexamine anyproblem which mayarise asaresult ofthe
implementation ofthis Agreement ,
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tov.'-e-stig.jte possibilities of,and formulate suggestions for,coope­
ration inregard to :
-existing production methods ,
-research into ,and development of,new techniques ofpreparing
and processing coir and manufacturing coir goods
inorder toexpand the end uses ofcoir .
-todevelop contacts between ,andfacilitate joint projects and programmes
mutually agreed upon by,representatives' ofthe coir trade and industry
ofboth Iidia and the Corfiiunity ,including Institutes dealing with the
developreit ofcoir and coir products .
2. The Joint Cooperation Committee shall becomposed ofrepresentatives
ofthe Republic ofIndia and the Community .
3. The Joint Cooperation Committee shall beconvened upon the request
ofeither Contracting Party and inany case atleast once ayear .
The Agreement shall enter into force onthefirst day ofthe month
following thedate onwhich the Contracting Parties have notified each
other ofthe completion oftheprocedures necessary forthis purpose .
Itshall bevalid until 31December 1982 .
This Agreement shall apply with effect from 1January 1981 .
This agreement shall bedrawn upintwocopies ,inthe Danish ,Dutch ,
English ,French ,German ,Greek ,Italian andHindi languages ,each text being
authentic .Art icle8
Artiele 9
Theannexes tothis Agreement shall form anintegral part thereof .
Art icle10
Done atBrussels

SIP,
Concluding the negotiations conducted between the Government ofIndia
and the European Economic Community which have ledthis day tothe
signing oft;he Agreement concerning the trade incoir products ,Ihave
the honour ,with reference toArticle 2ofthe Agreement ,toinform you
ofthe following :
With regard toGreece ,the import duties will bethose which will
result from the progressive adaptation ofthis Member State tothe Community
system ofgeneralised preferences ,inconformity with Article 117 ofthe
Act concerning the conditions ofaccession ofthe Hellenic Republic and
the adjustments tothetreaties .
Please accept ,Sir,the assurances ofmyhighest consideration .
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JOINTDECLARATION
TheContracting Partiesagreetomakeaspecialeffortto
fulfill 11"etaskssetoutinArticle7oftheAgreement .Tothis
endtf-'Pykillendeavourtofacilitate annualround-table discussions
betweenUeindustrial,commercial andresearchinterests and
theyundertaketoexaminethepossibility ofprovidingsupportforany
programed orprojectsrecommended asaresultcfsuchdiscussions
aslikelytobeofmutualbenefittotheseinterests.

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Thejpirectorate GeneralforExternalRelationspresentsits
compliment ?totheMissionoftheRepublicofIndiatotheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandhasthehonourtorefertotheAgreementon
tradeincoirproductsnegotiated betweenIndiaandtheCommunityand-
initialled today.
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\theGovernmentofIndiathatwhilstawaitingthecompletionofthe
\necessaryprocedures fortheconclusion andthecomingintoforceof
theAgreement,theCommunityispreparedtoallowtheprovisionsof
.theAgreementtoapplydefactofrom1January1981iftheGovernmentof
theRepublicofIndiaisdisposedtodolikewise.
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TheDirectorate GeneralforExternalRelationswouldbegrateful
iftheGovernmentofIndiawouldconfirmitsagreementtothefore­
going.
TheDirectorate GeneralforExternalRelationsavailsitselfof
theopportunity torenewtotheMissionoftheRepublicofIndiatothe
EuropeanEconomicCommunitytheassurancesofitshighestconsideration .
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The Indian Mission tothe European Economic
Community presents its compliments tothe Commission
ofthe European Communities and has the honour to
refer tothe Agreement between the European Economic
Community and the Republic ofIndia ontrade inCoir
products negotiated between India and the Community
andinitialled today and the Commission 'sNote
Verbale No*07615 of1st October .The Indian Mission
has the honour tostate that itconcurs with the
proposal made inthe Commission 'sNote Verbale
referred toabove .
The Indian Mission tothe European Economic
Community avails itself ofthis opportunity torenew
tothe Commission ofthe European Communities the
assurances ofits highest consideration .
Commission ofthe European Commanities ,
Rue delaLoi 200.
10*f9 Brussels .Brussels1st October 1980« _<5:>