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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(75)43 final .
Bruxelles ,14february 1975
Proposai for a
Régulation (EEC )«ftheCouncil >
ontheimplementation ofDecision No47/74of
theEEC-AAMS Association Council derogating until theentry into force
oftheAgreement replacing theYaoundé Convention and atthelatest until
I
31.12.1975 from thedefinition oftheconcept oforiginating products
inorder totake account ofthe special situation ofMauritius with
regard tocertain textile products
(submitted t«theCouncil bytheCommission )
COMC75 )k3final .

EXPLANATORY NOTE
On27December 197H,theCouncil ofAssociation setupbythe
Yaunde Convention approved bythewritten procedure the text of
Decision No^7/7^introducing aderogation tothedefinition ofthe
concept of"originating products "inorder totake account ofthe
particular situation ofMauritius and concerning some products ofthe
textile industry .
This text has tobeput into application intheCommunity .
Additionally ,asthedate oftheapplication ofDecision No^7/7^
was fixed for 1January 1975i itisnecessary toinclude this date
for the coning into force ofthis Regulation .
This isthe reason for the attached draft .

Proposai fora
Régulation (EEC)oftheCounoil
i
ontheimplementation ofDecision No **7/74of
theEEC-AAMS Association Council derogating until theentry into force
oftheAgreement replacing theYaounde Convention and atthelatest until
31.12.1975 from thedefinition ofthe ,concept oforiginating products
inorder totake account ofthe special situation ofMauritius with
regard tocertain textile products
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community
and inparticular Article 113 thereof ;
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ; '
Î :1
Whereas theAssociation Council set upunder theConvention of :Association
between theEuropean Economic Community andtheAfrican andMalagasy States
associated with that Community hasadopted Decision No47/74derogating
until theentry into force oftheAgreement replacing theYaounde Conven­
tion and atthe latest until 31December 1975 from the definition ofthe
concept oforiginating products inorder totake account ofofthespecial
'
situation ofMauritius with regard tocertain textile products ;
Whereas itisnecessary inaccordance with Article 46ofthesaid Convention
toimplement this Decision ,
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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Article 1
For thepurpose ofimplementing theConvention ofAssociation between
theEuropean Economio Community andtheAfrican andMalagasy States asso­
ciated with that Community ,Decision No47/74oftheAssociation Council as
i; rannexed tothis Regulation shall apply intheCommunity .

Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird dayfollowing
itspublication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Community .
This Regulation shall apply with effeot from 1January 1975 .
This Regulation shall bebinding inits entirety and directly
applicable inall Member States .
Done atBrussels ,
For the Council
The President

.ANNEX
•DECISION No g7/7
#•OFTHEEEC-AÂSM ASSOCIATION COUNCIL
' . OF27DECEMBER 197^
derogating from the definition ofthe concept
of"originating products "inorder totake account
ofthe special ,situation ofMauritius
with regard tocertain textile products
THEASSOCIATION COUNCIL ,
Having regard totheConvention ofAssociation between the ;
European Economic Community and theAfrican and Malagasy
States associated with theCommunity ,signed on29July 1969 >
and inparticular Article 10(2 )andArticle 62(2 )thereof ;
*
Iéif •••

Whereas anAssociation Agreement concerning theaccession of
Mauritius totheConvention ofAssociation \*assigned at
Port Louis on12May 1972 ;whereas that Agreement contains the
application toMauritius ofDecisions oftheAssociation
Council onthedefinition oftheconcept of"originating
products ",and inparticular ofDecision No36/71;
Whereas ,however ,"inorder' totake into account thespecial
situation ofMauritius ,and inorder toenable theindustries
concerned toadapt their production toconditions which comply
i
with thedefinition oftheconcept of"originating products ",
/Decision No46/73oftheAssociation Council stipulates that
until 31December 197^textile products manufactured in ;
Mauritius andfalling within Tariff headings Nos 60-01 ,
60-02 ,60-0*1 ,60-05 ,61-01 ,61-02 ,61-03 ,61-01 ,61-07 , :.
61-09 ,and61-10 shall beconsidered as"originating products "
within the limit ofcertain amounts ;
Whereas theGovernment ofMauritius haspresented arequest
that from 1January 1975 thedefinition inDecision No36/7-1
inrespect ofcertain textile products manufactured inthat
Associated State shall besuspended for amaximum period of
one year ;
Whereas thesetting upofspinning-mills inMauritius hasbeen
delayed forreasons connected with thesupply ofbuilding
materials ,andwhereas therefore ,certain ofthat Associated
State 's;^textile products donotyetmeet thecriteria laid
down bythedefinition oftheconcept of "originating
products "intherelations between theEEC and theAASM ;
Whereas consequently ,thederogation under Decision No16/73 ..
should beprolonged for alimited period ; •

HAS DECIDED ASPOLLOWS :
Article 1 ' •
Inderogation from the special provisions mList A
annexed toDecision No36/71onthedefinition oftheconcept .
of"originating products "and onthemethods ofadministrative
co-operation ,textile products manufactured inMauritius and
falling within theTariff heading Nos60.02 ,60.06 ,60.06 ,61.01 ,
61.02 ,61.03 ,61.04 ,6l.07 *61.09 and61.10 shall beconsidered
Asproducts originating inMauritius under theconditions set
out hereinafter .
Article 2
»■■■■.– – .M■ 1■- 1. . ,
The ,derogation shall ,for theyear 1975 >belimited tothe
amounts specified below inrespect oftheproducts concerned :
Total
60.01
60.02
60.0l |Knitted orcrocheted fabric ,not elastic
nor rubberized
Gloves ,mittens andmitts ,knitted or
crocheted ,not elastic norrubberized
Under garments ,knitted orcrocheted ,
not elastic nor rubberized260 )
y
)510
50 )metric
)tons
200 )
.60.05 Outer garments ,clothing accessories ,
and other articles ,knitted or
crocheted ,not elastic norrubberized)200
200 )metric
)tons

Total
61.01 Men's and boys' outer sarments 120 )
\
61.02
61.03Women 's,girls' and infants' outer
garments
Men'sand boys' under garments ,includ­
ingcollars ,shirt-fronts and cuffs120
120)H80
)metric
)tons
)
\ *
61.04i
Women's ,girls' andmfants' under
garments 120/
)
)
bl .07 Ties ,bow ties and cravats 25 )
\
61.09 Corsets ,corset-belts ,suspender-belts ,
brassieres ,braces ,suspenders ,garters
and the like (including such articles of
knitted orcrocheted fabric ),whether or
not elastic 20/
)
J . *
')60
.)metric
)tons
\
bl 110 Gloves ,mittens ,mitts ,stockings ,socks
and sockettes ,not being knitted or
crocheted goods 15v
)
)
)
;•1250
metric
tons
Inaddition ,if,foroneofthetariff headings mentioned
inthetable inArticle 2ofDecision No46/73»thequantity
fixed hasnotbeen reached during 197^thequantities notused
upduring that year may be .used in1975 totheextent of20#
ofthequantity fixed for the same tariff heading .
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Article 3
The necessary measures shall betaken bytheMauritian
authorities inorder toverify thequality andquantity of
exports oftheproducts referred toinArticle 2.

Article II
Movement certificates AY1issued -pursuant tothis
Decision shall bear one ofthe follov /ingentries :
"originating products byvirtue ofAssociation Council
Decision NoM7/7^". '' ,
"marchandises réputées originaires envertu dela
décision n° *17/74duconseil d'Association ".
"Ursprungserzeugnisse imSinne desBeschlusses
Nr '17/74des Assoziationsrats ". ■■
"merci orginairie invirtù della decisione
n.*47/7^delConsiglio diassociazione ".
"goederen vanoorsprong uithoofde vanbesluit
nr .f17/74vandeAssociatieraad ". - . '
"varer med oprindelsestatus ihenhold til (
Associeringeradets afgørelse nr.*17/74"•
This entry shall beinred inkunder theheading
."observations "* <
I- Article 5
Should imports under this derogation give rise ,or
threaten togive rise ,todifficulties leading toachange
inaneconomic situation inaregion oftheCommunity ,the
latter may ,pursuant toArticle 16 (2)ofthe ,Convention of
Association ,take orauthorize theMember State concerned
totak ?<thenecessary protective measures .
Article 6
The associated' States ,theMember States and theCommunity
shall berequired ,each totheextent towhich they are con­
cerned ,totake thenecessary steps toimplement this Decision .

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Article 7
This Decision shall enter into force on1January 1975 *
Itshall apply prorata temporis ,asfarasthequantities
areconcerned ,until thetrade provisions oftheconvention
which istosucceed theConvention of29July 1969 are
'* 1 ^applied ,anduntil 31December 1975 atthelatest .
1 Done atBrussels ,27December 197^
The President ofthe Association Council
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Doralta DJIRAIBAYE