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makingtheimportationintoGreeceofcertainjuteproducts
originating inIndiaorBangladeshsubjectto
quantitative limitation
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
I.TheCommunity hasagreements ontradeinluteproductswithIndiaand
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Bangladeshrespectively .TheAgreements provideinteraliaforvoluntary
restraint bythosecountriesoftheirexportsofcertainjuteproductstothe
Communityforthelifetimeoftheaccords,i.e.untiI31'December1983.
II.WithaviewtoadaptingtheAgreements inthelightofGreece'saccession,
theCouncilauthorized theCommission toopennegotiations withIndiaand
Bangladesh;andsincethevoluntaryrestraintceilingsareadministered bytbe
exportingcountriesthemselvesitisnecessarytoreachagreementwiththem
ontheleveltobeappliedforGreece.
III.Sofarithasnotbeenpossibletoconcludethenegotiations .Pending '
theoutcometheCommunity needstotakeinternaltransitional measurestoadaptthe
importrules ,applyinginGreecetothoselaiddownbytheAgreementsforthe >>
Community .Inparticular,itisnecessarytolimitGreece'simportsofcertain ,
juteproductsoriginating iriIndiaorBangladesh whicharesubjecttoquantitative
.restrictions undertheAgreements .Thelimitsaresetforayear,anditis
understood .thatoncethenegotiations havebeenconcludedthesetransitional
arrangements willbereplacedbynewrulesreflecting theoutcomeofthetalks.
Thelimitshavebeenworkedoutonthesamebasisaswasusedfortheother'
MemberStates'ceilingsduringtheoriginalCommunitynegotiations withthetwo
exportingcountries,i.e.inthiscasethehighestyearlyfigureforGreekimports
oftheproductsconcernedsince1977,plusagrowthrate.
IV.Accordingly .,theCommission recommendsthat-theCounciladoptthe
followingregulation . '
1_..TheAgreements arebeingapplieddefactopendingcompletionoftheprocedures
necessaryforformalconclusion ..

PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
makingtheimportation intoGreeceofcertainjuteproductsoriginating
inIndiaorBangladesh subjecttoquantitative Limitation
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,and
particularArticle .113thereof,
WhereasAgreements ontradeinjuteproductshavebeennegotiated betweenthe
Community ontheonehandandIndiaandBangladesh onthe,other,providing
forvoluntaryrestraintofexportsofcertainproductstotheCommunity;
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Whereasithasnotyetbeenpossibletoconcludethecurrentnegotiations with
theaforementioned countries onadaptation ofthesaidAgreements totake
.accountoftheaccessionofGreece;
Whereas/pendingtheoutcomeofthenegotiations /,itisthereforenecessaryto
place,asatransitional arrangement ,quantitative limitsonimportsinto
Greeceofcertainjuteproductsoriginating inBangladesh andIndia,soasto
aligntherulesforGreekimportsascloselyaspossiblewiththoseapplying
intheCommunity asawhole;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
From1Januaryto31December1981importsintoGreeceofthejuteproducts
listedintheAnnextothisRegulation andoriginating inBangladesh or
IndiashallbesubjecttothisRegulation .
Article2
ImportsintoGreeceofthejuteproductslistedintheAnnexshallbesubject
toimportauthorizations tobeissuedbytheGreekauthorities uptothe
limitsindicatedinthesaidAnnex.

Article3
ProductsadmittedintoGreeceunderinwardprocessingorothersuspensory
arrangements shallnot,providedthattheyaredeclaredundersucharrangements
tobeforre-exportfromthatterritorytoathirdcountryintheiroriginal
stateorafterprocessing,besetoffagainstthequantitative limitsreferred
toinArticle2.
Article4 ,
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowingitspublication
intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulation sha11-bebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates. -
DoneatBrussels, For
ThetheCouncil
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Annex
Quantitative limitsforimportsintoGreeceofcertain
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