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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Recommendation fora
COUNCILDECISION
authorizing theCommissiontoopennegotiations withnon-member countries
whichhaveconcludedtextileagreements withtheCommunityforthepurpose
ofadaptingthesaidagreementstotakeaccountoftheaccessionofGreece
totheEuropeanCommunities
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(80)367final

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM!
1.UnderArticle123oftheActofAccessionoftheHellenicRepublic
totheEuropeanCommunities,Greeceis.requiredtoadoptfrom
1January1981.thefullacquiscommunautai reinthefieldof
textiletradepolicy. -';
'ThisistobedoneinaccordancewiththeprocedureagreedatI!;
meetingsofthenegotiating conferenceatdeputylevelbetween 'i!
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theCommunityandGreece(CONF/GR/68/78andCONf/GR/30/78).j;;4
2.'Inthetextilefield,theacquiscommunautaire consistsof:^'jI;
-Externalarrangements toregulateimportsfrom'low-cost
supplyingcountries.Thesetaketheformofbilateral
agreements whicharemostlyvaliduntil31December1982,
negotiated onthebasisoftheMultif+bre Arrangement and
theProtocolextendingit,andinformalvoluntaryrestraint
arrangements withanumberofcountrieslinkedtothe
Community bypreferential agreements .
■-Internalarrangement s"global"Communityandregionallimits
fortheeightmostsenisitiveproducts,withallowancefor
importgrowthallocated amongtheMemberStatesaccordingtoi
aformulebasedonobjectivescriteria.Theagreements and
'1
arrangements areadministered onthebasisofaunified
nomenclature andclassification coveringalltextileproducts.
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3.Greece'sadoptionoftheacquiscommunautaire ontextilesmust
notleadthesupplyingcountriestocalltheagreementsor
arrangements intoquestion.Thismeansinparticularthatthe
adjustments shouldnotresultinanyundermining oftheirpresent
position,notablyineconomicterms.
ButwithafewexceptionsGreeceisnotasignificant importer
of,textiles,andthestructureofitsimportsdiffersconsiderably
fromthatoftheotherMemberStates,becauseofbothitsown
situationasamajortextileproducer ,andthepolicyithashitherto
pursued,ontextileimports.

Accordingly,theCommission wi11neednegotiatingdirectiveswhich,while
conformingstrictlytotheprinciplesandaimsoftheCommunity'stextile
tradepolicy,allowitadegreeofflexibility infixingthequotashares
forGreece.
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TheCommissionisawarethatthisoperationwhichmustbecompletedby
1January1981couldtakesometimeaccordinglyitrequeststhatthe
Counciladoptstheannexednegotiatingdirectivesassooc,aspossible.

RECOMMENDATION FORACOUNCILDECISION AUTHORIZING THECOMMISSION
TOOPENNEGOTIATIONS WITHNON-MEMBER COUNTRIES WHICHHAVE
CONCLUDED TEXTILEAGREEMENTS WITHTHECOMMUNITY FORTHEPURPOSE
OFADAPTING THESAIDAGREEMENTS TOTAKEACCOUNT OFTHEACCESSION
OFGREECETOTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,.
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing the-^uropean Economic'
Community,andinparticularArticle113thereof, ;
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Havingregardtotherecommendation fromtheCommission,
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WhereastheCommunity hasconcludedwithcertainnon-member countries
bilateralagreements andarrangements ontradeintextiles;
whereasthoseagreementsandarrangements' shouldbeadaptedto
takeaccountoftheaccessionofGreecetotheEuropeanCommuni­
tiesandnegotiations openedforthatpurposewiththecountries
inquestion, " j''
HASDECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
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SoleArtide
TheCommissionisherebyauthorizedtoenterintonegotiations withall
countrieswhichhavesignedbilateraltextileagreementsorarrangement ?
forthepurposeofadaptingthesaidagreementsorarrangements to j
takeaccountoftheaccessionoftheHellenicRepublictdthe i
EuropeanCommunities . '_' ^
TheCommissionshallconductthenegotiations inaccordancewith
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thedirectives annexedtothisDecision andinconsultation with
thespecialcommitteeprovidedforinArticle113oftheTreaty.
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Represeritati vesoftheHellenicRepublicmayparticipateinmeetings
asobservers.

ANNEXI
Negotiatingdirectives
1.Basicprinciples
v
-Inordertoavoiddemandsbythesuppliercountriesfora
•,comprehensive renegotiation ofthetextileagreements,it
willbenecessaryatleasttomaintainthecurrentposition,
notablyineconomicterms.
-Ifthecountriesconcernedrefusedadjustmentstotheagree­
ments,itcouldbenecessarytoapplyArticle123(2)ofthe
ActofAccessionoftheHellenicRepublic'totheEuropean
....(1)Communities .
2.Countriesconcerned ■/ • '
-AllcountrieshavingconcludedwiththeCommunitybilateral
agreementsor'arrangements whichwillbeinforceon1-January
1981(AnnexeII).Inthecaseofthepreferential countries
concerned(Portugal,,Malta,MoroccoandEgypt),theadjustment
willhavetotakeintoaccount,sofarasthesubstanceiscon­
cerned,thespecialstatusofthesecountries'traderelations
withtheCommunity,whilethetimetablewillhavetobe.drawnup
inthelightofthecurrentnegotiations fortheconclusionof'
additionalprotocolstothecomprehensive agreementsLinkingthem
withtheCommunity.' . '
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3.Detailedprovisions „ •
'Thefollowingadjustmentswillbenecessary:
(1).
Sr.ouLdthese -Protocolsnothavebeenconcludedby1January1981,
theCommunityshalltakemeasuresdesignedtodealwiththis
situationconcerningthenecessarytransitionaladjustmentsto
ensurethatAgreementsareimplementedby^heCommunity."

Externalelements (MFAcountries)
1.Basketextractor
Co^i"unity i
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Basketextractorlevelsfor'1982shouldbeworkedoutonthe-
basisoftotalEECimportsincluding,exceptionally ^1980
EECimportsoriginating inGreece,soastoallowthenon-
membercountriesconcernedtoretaintheeconomicvalueof
theirentitlements .Inpracticethebasketextractorlevel
for1981and1982willbe102.5%(or102%)-ratherthan'
thepresentfigureof100%-ofthepercentageofifotal \,
1980extra-EECimports,includingthosefromGreece,fwhich
isusedasthebasisforthecalculation .
Régional
TheregionalbasketextractorthresholdforGreecewillbe2.5%
(or2%)oftheCommunitybasketextractorthresholdasdefined
above.
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ii.Establishment oflimitsv'' •,••
A'llmitwillbesetforGreecewherevertheagreementscurrently
provideforaCommunitylimitallocatedamongalltheMember ,
States.
Thesequotashareswillbebasedonexistingtradepatterns.
Buttheycannotbesmallerthanth<;figuregivenbythetheoretical
(1)calculation (5%of2.5.%-orJI'/.-oftheCommunitylimit),
itbeingunderstoodthatthisfiguretoomaynotfallbelowcertain
thresholdlevels(2tonnesor2.000pieces)underwhichtheshares
wouldbequitemeaningless ineconomicterms.
AregionallimitmaybesetforGreecewherethereisnoCommunity
quotabuttheexistingtradeflowisappreciably abovethebasket
extractorthresholdandthereareverifiableeconomicgrounds
forsuchaUmit. i
1Cf.theformulausedinthe1977negotiations.

•iiiReferencelevels
Totakeaccountofthecharacteristics ofGreece'stextileimport
policypriortoaccessionthereferencelevelswillbecalculated
onthebasisofthearithmetical averageof1977,1978and1979.
performancelevels.Exceptionstothisrule"forspecialcases,
willhavetobemadeonapragmaticbasis.' . i
iiii.Growthrates
-Asarulethe1981limitsforGreecewi.llbeestablished onthe
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basisofthereferencelevels(see3.(b)3.)plus2x6
Therateofgrowthfrom1981to1982tobeappliedtotheGreek
limitsshouldbethesameastheaverageCommunitygrowthrates
.forthevariouscategoriesofproducts.
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Externalelements (preferential countries)
Withtheexceptionofpara,i,theprovisionsof'paras.b)ii,iii,iiii
shallapply,giventhatamorefavourableregimeshouldbegrantedto
thesepartners.
.Thefollowingoperationscouldalsobecarriedoutatthesametimeas!
thenegotiations :-
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..UpdatingoftheglobalCommunityceilingsfor1981and1982.
.EstoblishmentofglobalregionalceilingsforGreece~-for1981and'
1982.• ' •
.InclusionofGreeceintheburdensharingformula.Applyingthe
criteriausedfortheotherMemberStates/Greece's.sharewouldbe
somewhere "inthe2-2,5'/.bracket.v

LISTOFTHIRDCOUNTRIES HAVINGCONCLUDED
AGREEMENTS ORARRANGEMENTS
Bilateral agreements
Argentins <•
Brazil 4
Colombia
Guatemala
Haiti
Mexico
Peru
Uruguay
SouthKorea
HongKong 4
Macao
Indonesi a
Malaysia
Philippmes
Singapore
Thaïland
Bangladesh
India
Pakistan
SriLankaBulgaria
Hungary
Poland
Romania
Yugoslavia
China
-Egypt
Informalarrangements
Morocco
Portugal
Egypt
Malta
;