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COMMISSION OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(75)243 final .
Brussels .28May1975
Proposal fora
COUNCIL REGULATION
establishing quantitative quotas forimports of
certain textiles products originating inTaiwan
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
CQM(75 )243final

EXPLANATORY STATEKEHT
Imports into theCommunity ofcotton textile products originating in
Taiwan arecarried out ,atpresent ,under autolimit ationrules similar to
those provided for intheagreement between theCommunity andTaiwan which
wasconcluded in1971 andwhich expired on1973 .These rules were ,defacto ,
kept inforce onatemporary basis until such time asanewarrangement would
"bereached inthecontext ofthegeneral revision ofrules onimports of
textiles into theCommunity ,which isatpresent inpreparation .
Imports ofother textile products originating inTaiwan are inpart
free and inpart subject tonational quotas .For some years imports of
some ofthese products ,which areliberalised inoneormore Member States ,
have increased tosuch anextent that they nowcontribute significantly
totheserious difficulties facing theCommunity 1stextile industry .
Furthermore ,because ofitsparticipation intheArrangement regarding
International Trade inTextiles (M.F.A. )which entered into force on
1January 1974 ,theCommunity isobliged tocarry outageneral restructuring
ofthequantitative measures regarding textile imports which apply inthe
Community .Inthis context theCommunity hasengaged ,orwill shortly engage ,
innegotiations with theprincipal textile-exporting countries which areparty
totheK.F.A. with aview totheconclusion ofbilateral agreements inorder
toachieve theobjectives set out intheM.F.A.
Theprovisions oftheM.F.A. oblige theparticipating importing countries
totake steps toensure that textile exports from participating countries
arenotlimited more .rigorously than theexports ofsimilar products
from non-participating countries tothe extent that they arelikely
tocause amarket disruption intheCommunity .

Inthecircumstances itisconsidered ,necessary ,inorder toprevent
serious injujybeing caused totheCommunity industry andinorder to
ensure that theinternational obligations oftheCommunity arerespected ,
that imports ofcertain textile products originating inTaiwan should be
made subject toquantitative restrictions inaccordance with therelevant
Community regulations (Council Regulations (EEC)No.1439/74and1023/70).
Inaccordance with theprocedure laid dotvn inRegulation No.1439/74|
consultations have been held on27February 1975 within theadvisory
committee provided forinArticle 5of "theRegulation . .
Theattached proposal faraCouncil Regulation hasbeen evolved bythe
Commission onthebasis oftheguidelines which hadpreviously been adopted
bytheadhocworking group ontextiles .
Theproposal establishes Community quotas forcertain products and ,
inrespect ofothers ,,itco-ordinates theimport rules forMember States .
Italso fixes thecriteria according towhich theCommunity quantitative
quotas shall bedivided inaccordance with theprocedure laid down in
Article 11ofRegulation No.1023/70*Thecriteria setoutarethose
which were used intheCouncil 'spreparatory work towards theadoption
ofdecisions regarding theopening ofbilateral negotiations inthecontext
of -the "Multifibres Agreement ".
Thedivision^will ,therefore ,bebased onthese criteria and,in
particular ,ontheresults ofthework which hasalready been carried out
inthis direction . ■ ,
Itisrecommended that theCouncil adopt theproposal foraRegulation
which isset out inthe annex hereto .
(l).Thedivision .will bethesubject ofaseparate Regulation tobe ;
adopted bytheCommission ,alsobased onRegulation No..1023/70.

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION
Onrulesforimportsofcertain
textileproductsoriginatinginTaiwan
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOI-MUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestblishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No.1439/74of4June1974^^on
commonrulesforimports,andinparticularArticle13thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No.1023/70of25May1970
establishing acommonprocedurefortheadministration ofquaniifetivequotas,
andinparticulararticle2thereof;
Havingregardtothepropaal "bytheCommission ;.
Hhereasitisnecessarytoadoptrulesforimportsofcertaintextileproducts
originatinginTaiwanwithinthecontextoftherevisionoftherulesin
forceintheCommunity,'andtakingaccountoftheinternational obligations
oftheCommunitytowardscertainthirdcountries;
WhereastheinclusionofthesetextileproductsoriginatinginTaiwanin
thecommonliberalisedlistcannotbeenvisagedatthemomentsincesucha
measurewouldruntheriskofcontributing totheseriousdifficulties to
■whichtheCommunitytextileindustryisatpresentsubjectandofcreating
therebysituationswhichwouldjustifytheapplicationofsafeguardmeasures;
(1)O.J.No.L159of15.6.1974
(2)O.J.No.L124of8.6.1970

-2-
WhereasitisnecessarytoestablishCommunityquantitative quotasfor
certaintextilesoriginatinginTaiwan;
WhereasitisnecessarytofixthevolumeoftheseComnunityquantitative
quotasfortheyears1975,1976and1977insuchawayastoallowacertain
annualgrowthwhilstavoidingseriousinjurytotheCommunityproducers
concerned;
Whereasbecauseoftheconsiderable disparities betweentheconditionsto
whichimportsintoMemberStatesareatpresentsubjectandbecauseofthe
particularsensitivityoftheCommunitytextileindustry,itisonly
possibletoproceedtoharmonisation oftheseimportconditionsinaprogressive
manner}whereasitisthereforenecessarytoretain,particularly asa
criterionfor.theallocationoftheCommunityquantitative quotas,thatthe
volumesadmittedinaccordancewiththepresentimportconditionsadapt
themselvesprogressively tothesupplyneedsofthemarkets;
WhereasforcertainothertextilesoriginatinginTaiwan,itisnecessaryin
thepresentatuationtofixquantitativerestrictions andliberalisation
measuresapplicableintheMemberStatesinamannerwhichwillallow
acertainannaulgrowthinimportswhilstavoidingseriousinjurytothe
Communityproducersconcernedandtofacilitatethelaterharmonistion
ofthesemeasureswithinthecontextofthecommoncommercialpolicy;
Whereasit'isnecessarytoprovidethatproductsintroducedintothecustoms
territoryOftheCommunityundertheinwardprocessingrulesorundertemporary
admissionrulesandre-exportedinthesameStateorafterprocessing ,are
notcountedagainstCommunityquantitative quotasorquantitative quotas
applicableintheMemberStates;

Whereas theCommission hasconsulted theAdvisory Committee
Article 5ofRegulation (EEC)No.1439/74;setupunder
FASADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
1.Importation into theCommunity ofthetextile products setoutin
Annex Iandoriginating inTaiwan ishereby made subject toCommunity
quantitative quotas ;
/
2.Fortheyears 1975 »197° a-n&1977 "thevolume ofthese quotas isfixed
inthe 11etmentioned inparagraph 1;
3.Thequotas shalllbo .allocated inaccordance with theprocedure
setoutinArticle 11ofRegulation (EEC)Ho.1023/70,insuch away
astoensure theexpansion andtheorderly development oftrade intextiles
andtoallow forcarryforward andanticipation from oneyear toanother ;
However ,theallocation shall befixed onthebasis ofthevolume of
imports admitted under thepresent conditions applied byMember States ;
andshall include annual growth rates considerably higher forthose
Member States inwhich thevolumes arerelatively lower ,insuch away
astomatch them progressively tothesupply needs ofthemarkets .
Article 2
1.Theimportation oftheproducts setoutinthe list inAnnex 2and
originating inTaiwan ishereby made subject toquantitative quotas in
theMember States indicated inthat list andshall notbesubject toany
quantitative restriction intheother Member States .
2.Fortheyears 1975 >1975and1977 ,thequantitative quotas shall be
fixed atthevolume indicated inthelist mentioned inparagraph 1.

3.Theopeningandadministration ofthesequantitative quotasshallhe
carriedoutinaccordancewiththeprovisionsapplicableintheMember
Statesconcerned.
Article3
1.MemberStatesnayauthoriseimportsinexcessofthequantitative
quotasfixedinArticle1,eitherbycarryforward ofquantitiesnotusedfrom
thequotasforthepreviousyearorbyanticipation ofthequotasforthe
followingyear,eachofthesetransfersbeinglimitedtoamaximumof
lo$ofthequotatobeincreased.
2.Withaviewtoimprovingtheutilisation ofthequantitative quotas
providedforinArticle2,theamountsofthequotasmaybeadaptedin
conformitywiththeprocedureprovidedforinArticle11ofRegulation
(EEC)No.1023/70.
Article4
ProductscoveredbyArticleIorArticle2whichareintroducedinto
thecustomsterritoryoftheCommunityundertheinwardprocessingrules
orundertemporaryadmissionrulesandre-exportedinthesamestateor
afterfurtherprocessingshallnotbecountedagainstthequotasprovided
forinArticlesIand2.
Article5
$fcisRegulationBltsllenter"intoforow«llfeyfollowi-"'
intheCmciclJournaloftEuropean(fcrauuaiiitts.

ANNEXI
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CommunityQuantitative QuotasforImports
ICCTNo. ii Quantities
j
s
l
- --'I :
' jUnits|L» r19761977Γ55.09 ;Wovenfabricsofcotton
IS ...1,
itonnes j!11.656
if12.472
i13.345
ex55.09Wovenfabricsofcotton,other
thanunbleached andbleached1
1
tonnes 800!856Î
i
!916
t
I
i
i56.05AYarnofman-madefibres(dis*;
continuous );
.•I
tonnes !I
5.1635.473;.
!5.801
ex56.07AWovenfabricsofman-made
fibres(discontinuous )un­
bleachedandbleached jt
tonnes9.5639.85010.146
jex
!
1
ι56.07A,Wovenfabricsofman-made
fibres(discontinuous ),ot­
herthanunbleached and
bleached !tonnes 544560.577
56.07ΒIWovenfabricsofregenera-!
jtedfibres(discontinuous )|tonnes6.5976.795i
7.000j
1
ex60.04Shirtsandsportsshirts,jknittedorcrocheted 11000pcI
5.836 i6.2456.682
ex60.04 j
i
i
1
I1
jUndergarments,knittedor j
jcrocheted,notelasticnor j
jrubberised,exceptshirts
iandtights 1000pc7.552j
'I
!
8.081 !8.64?
ex60.05 !
!Jerseysandpullovers j1000pc28.59529.16729.750
ex
!
i60.05 j
I
i!Otheroutergarments,knit- 1
jtedorcrocheted,notelas-
|ticnorrubberisedexcept
jjerseysandpullovers tonnes1.0381.142 '!1.256
t
jex
tex
i
1
1 1
I
i
I61.01)1
61.02)iMen's,boys',women's,girls' |
andinfants'waterproofgar-|
mentsmadeofimpregnated !
orcoatedfabricswithintheJ
meaningofheadingNo.
59.08,59.09,59.11or
59.12ofthenimexei
1000pc3.4043.540I
i
1
3.682
ex
ex61.01)
61.02)Men's,boys',women's,girls'
andinfants'trousersand
jeans 1000pc!
1 <
!
I4.5124.738 .4.975
jex
S61.01 iMen'sandboys'otherou-
jtergarmentsotherthanrain-
jwear,trousers,jeans,overalls,
jshirts,dungereesandsports-
Iwearj I
I j
Itonnes jI
i
i
!
421463509ί
ί

AMESI
page2
CCTno.jDescriptionofproducts Quantities1
3
I
i
I jUnits197519761977
ex61.02Shirtsandblousesforwomen,
girlsandinfants1000pc1.794-1.902–– :'i
2.016 <
i
f
α
ex61.02Outergarmentsforwomen,
girlsandinfantsotherthan
rainwear,trousers,jeans,
shirts,blouses,aprons,smoclcs,
overallsandsportsweartonnes 296326359j
I
lex61.03Shirtsformenandboys 1000pc10.68911.010
i
lex61.03Men'sandboys*undergar­
mentsotherthanshirtstonnes 665725790I
61.04Women's,girls'andinfants*
undergarmentstonnes 256279

AHNEX II
Import Quant itativeQuotas for Member States
CCT No. Description ofProducts Régions
ofagii-
cationQuantities
Unit s
i1975 1976 1977
51.04A IWoven fabrics ofsynthetic Bénélux tonnes 12Ii13
textile fibres -continuousrtonnes
[56.05 ΒYarn ofregenerated textile Bénélux tonnes 335 358 383
fibres -discontinuous !
i 1000
160.02 A GlovoBj nittens andnitts .knit-i F pairs 59 63 67
I BILted orcrocheted ,not elastic 1000
■ηττι norrubberised :Himexe 60.02.4Q I pairs 917 981 1050
f
i
\
]
\
. I
!60.02.60 ,60,02.70
i
i
\