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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)159final.
Brussels,17April1978.
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION ■
maintaining thecommonrulesforimportauthorization
andquantitative limitationforcertaintextilepro­
ductsoriginating instate-trading countries
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
£)159final.

I EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. ByRegulation No.671/78 of3April 1978(1 )and ."by
virtue ofarticle 7ofCouncil Regulation 109/70,theCommission
haasubjected theimport ofcertain textile products originating •
instate-trading countries tocommon rules forauthorization and
quantitative limitation .
2. This hasbeen done asanurgent measure ofconservation ,
astherules ontheimport ofthese particularly sensitive products
should have been adopted before the 1March 1978 *
3. TheCommission Regulation expires sixweeks after itsentry
into force inApril 1978 unless itisconfirmed bytheCouncil .
Thus theCommission proposes that theCouncil adopt the
following Regulation confirming themeasures ithastaken .
1 .
-1 ·
(1)O.J.No L96-10.4t
1978

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION
maintaining thecommonrulesforimportauthorization and
quantitativelimitationforcertaintextileproductsoriginating
instate-trading countries.
TheCounciloftheEuropeanCommunities ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean
EconomioCommunity,andinparticularArticle113thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No109/70of
19December1969establishing commonrulesforimports
fromstate-trading countries(l),andinparticularArticle8thereof,
,HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission^
WhereasbyRegulation (EEC)NO671/78of3April1978(2)the
Commission madetheimportation intotheCommunityofcertain
textileproductsoriginatinginstate-trading countriessubject
tocommonrulesforauthorization andquantitative limitation ;
')
Whereasthegroundsjustifyingtheintroduction ofthese
rulesstillexistwhereastheyshouldthereforecontinue
toapplyuntil31December1978}
Whereas,.inadditiontotheprovisionsofCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No1023/70of25Kay1970establishing acommon
procedureforadministering ofquantitative quotas(3)»
asimplifiedprocedureshouldbesetuptodealwith
theneedforadditional imports whichcouldariseina
MemberStateafter thequota-share ofthe
CommunityquotaallocatedtothatMemberStatehasbeenexhausted ,
(TTÔJNo.L19/%26.6.1970,p.l
(2)OJNo.L96,10.4.1978,p.l
(3)OJHb.L124.8.6.1970,.p.l

HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
Therulesestablished byRegulation (EEC)No.671
Bhallcontinuetoapplyuntil31Decomber "1978•
Article2
1*IfaMemberStatehasissuedimportauthorizations tothetotal
amountofitsquota-ehare andfindsthatthereisaneedforadditional
imports,itshallinformtheCommissionthereof.
2.AttherequestoftheMemberStateconcerned,theCommission
may,afteroralorwrittenconsultation withtheMemberStates
intheCommitteeprovidedforinArticle10ofRegulation (EEC)
Bo1023/70,increasetheamountwhichmaybeimportedinto
theMemberStateconcerned ..
Inurgent-cases,theCommissionshallstartconsultationB
inthesaidCommitteewithinfiveworkingdaysofreceivingthe.
requestfromtheMemberStateconcerned,andshallgive
it8decisionwithinfifteenworkingdaysofthesaiddate.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowingits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunilies.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectly
applicableinallMemberStates.
Doneat BytheCouncil