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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)236final.
Brussels,27May1977*
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
maintaininginforcethearrangementssubjectingtoauthorization
importsintotheUnitedKingdomofcertainknittedorcrocheted
undergarmentsoriginatingintheRepublicofIndia
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
CCM(77)236final.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1^InthebilateralAgreementontradeintextileproductsbetweenIndia
andtheCommunity,provisionismadeforconsultations tobeheld,atthe
Community'srequest,intheeventthatconditionsintheCommunity'smarket
giverisetorealrisksofmarketdisruption.Oneproducttowhichsuch
aprocedure maybeappliedismen'sknitted"T-shirts"(BTNex60.04).
2.TheCommunityinvokedthisprocedurewithregardtotheUnited
Kingdommarket,byanoteverbaledeliveredtotheIndianMissioninBrussels,
on4November1976.Inconclusive consultations wereheldwiththeIndian
authorities inNewDelhiinJanuary1977.OnthisoccasiontheCommunity
delegationformallyrequestedtheIndianauthorities toexerciserestraint
onIndia'sexportsoftheproductinquestiontotheUnitedKingdom,in
termsofArticle5,paragraph 5ofthebilateralAgreement.
3.Suchexportrestraintwillonlybeeffectiveifbackedupbyan
importcontrolsystemasforeseeninthebilateralAgreement.
Inordertoavoidthattherestraint becircumvented pendingthe
continuation ofconsultations withIndia,theCommission decidedto
introducethisimportcontrolundertheprovisions ofArticle12
ofRegulation (EEC)No.1439/74,adoptingRegulation (EEC)No.
842/77of25April1977^.Theimportregimeestablishedbythis
RegulationisinconformitywiththespecificprovisionsofArticle
5ofthesaidAgreementconcerning theleveloftherestraint,the
periodofapplicability andtheprinciplethattherestraintisbasedon
exportlicencesissuedbytheIndianauthorities .
(1)O.J.No.L103,27.4.1977,p.22

4.On2to4May1977consultations werecontinuedonthismatterbetween
theCommunityandIndiawithoutanagreementueingreached;tneIndian
positionbeingthattheconditionsforapplication ofsafeguardmeasures
arenotfulfilled.
TheCommissionfinds,however,asdotheBritishauthorities,that
thestatisticaldatapresentedbytheUnitedKingdomdemonstratethat
importsfromIndiaofT-shirts,ifliberalised,couldcausesevere
damagetotheCommunityindustryandthatthereforetheconditionsfor
applyingsafeguardmeasuresaccordingtotheprovisionsofArticle5
ofthebilateralAgreementarefulfilled.
AAccordingly,theCommissionproposesthattheCouncildecide,
byadoptingthedraftRegulationproposedhereunder,tomaintainin
forcetheprovisional safeguardmeasuresmentionedunderpoint3above
whichwillexpiresixweeksaftertheirentryintoforce,thatison
8June1977,unlessth^areconfirmedbytheCouncil.

PROPOSAL FORCOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No./77
of 1977
•maintaining inforcethearrangements subjectingtoauthorization imports
intotheUnitedKingdomofcertainknittedorcrochetedundergarments
originating intheRepublicofIndia
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunities,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No.1439/74of4June1974on
(1)commonrulesforimports,andinparticularArticle13thereof,
Afterconsultation withintheAdvisoryCommitteeestablished byArticle5
oftheaboveregulation,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
C2)WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No.842/77of25April1977,introduced
arrangements fortheauthorization ofimportsintotheUnitedKingdomofcertain
knittedorcrochetedundergarments originating intheRepublicofIndia;
Whereasthefactorswhichcausedthearrangements tobeintroducedhave
persistedandwhereasitisaccordinglynecessaryforthearrangements to
remaininforceuntil31December1977;
Whereasitisnecessaryfortheadministration oftheabove-mentioned
arrangements tolaydownamorecompletedefinitionofthespecific
productsconcerned,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
1.Thearrangements fortheauthorization ofimportsintotheUnited
Kingdomofcertainknittedorcrochetedundergarments originatingin
theRepublicofIndia,adoptedbyRegulation (EEC)No.842/77,shallremainin
forceuntil31December1977.
(1)O.J.No.L159,15.6.1974,p.1
(2)O.J.No.L103,27.4.1977,p.22

ForthepurposeofRegulation (EEC)No.842/77theproduct
description "T-shirts"shallbeunderstoodtomean:
"Alightweightgarmentofthevesttype,notofwool,withcapsleeves
shortsleeves,withoutpocketsorcollarorfrontorbackopening,
notshapedorfashionedwhichmaybesuitableforwearbyeithersex.
Article2
Thisregulationshallenterintoforcethedayfollowingitspublication
intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities.
Thisregulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil
ThePresident