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COMMISSION OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(74)1689 final
Brussels .23October 1974
PROPOSALS BYTHE COMMISSION TOTHE COUNCIL ,RELATING
TOTHE APPLICATION IN1975 OPGENERALIZED TARIFF
PREFERENCES TOCERTAIN TEXTILE PRODUCTS ORIGINATING
IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
(submitted totheCouncil bythe Commission )
CCM(74)1689 final

PROPOSALS BYTHECOMMISSION TOTIECOUNCIL ,RELATING TOTHEAPPLICATION
IN1975 OFGENERALIZED TARIFF PREFERENCES TOCERTAIN TEXTILE PRODUCTS
ORIGINATING INDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Thepresent proposals bytheCommission totheCouncil relate tothe
legal provisions required ,togrant generalized tariff preferences in1975
forcertain textile goods originating indeveloping countries .These pro­
posals follow upon theproposals andcommunications which theCommission
laid "before the Council on27June 1974 concerning theapplication in1975
ofgeneralized tariff preferences infavour ofexports bydeveloping coun­
tries ofcertain agricultural goods ofChapters 1to24oftheCCTandof
manufactures andsemi-manufactures -except textile goods -ofCCTChap­
ters 25to99*
Theproposals forRegulations submitted toCouncil this time contain
provisions fortheapplication oftariff preferences totextile products
ingeneral onthe onehand ,and tojute and coir manufactures ontheother .
1.Textile products
For cotton textiles andassimilated products ,the offer ofgenera­
lized tariff preferences made inUNCTAD was not only limited tobeneficiar -
ries whowhere signatories oftheLong-term Agreement onInternational Trade
inCotton Textiles (LTA)andtocountries accepting similar commitments ,
butlimited also intime ,i.e. fortheduration oftheLTA .

TheLong-term Agreement having expired on31December 1973 ,asimilar
accord covering notonly cotton textiles ,"butalso wool textiles andman­
made fibres hascome into existence *Themeasures tobeapplied under the
newagreement areincourse ofpreparation andwill give rise toaseries
ofbilateral negotiations .Theresults ofthese negotiations will ,however ,
form anessential element fortheimplementation ofCommunity policy in
thefield oftextiles ,Generalized tariff preferences being oneaspect of
this policy andproviding thelink with development cooperation .
Inthecircumstances ,theCommission isproposing theextension for
1975 ,ofthepresent transitional arrangement asitapplies inthetextile
sector asawhole .TheCommission believes itisin­
deed necessary toensure continuity intheapplication oftheGSPinthis
area ,until such time asanappropriate solution canbefound .
TheCommission considers ,however ,that certain adjustments should be
made which would notfundamentally affect thesensitive sector ofCommunity
economy ;these concern theamounts oftheCommunity tariff quotas andceilings ,
andalso thelist ofbeneficiary countries forcotton textiles andsubstitutes *
–aflat–rate increase of5$intheceilings andtariff quotas applying in
1974 isproposed foralltextile products .Such anincrease would make it
possible toextend insome measure tothetextile sector -soimportant
forcountries seriously affected bythepresent economic crisis –thebenefit
ofimprovements which have been envisaged forother manufactures andsemi-
manufactures andwhich consist inraising ceiling levels bya"normal "ad­
justment ofcalculation factors ,asprovided forintheCommunity 'soffer on
preferences .
–theRepublic ofVietnam andSriLanka should beadded tothelist ofbene­
ficiary countries inrespect ofpreferences oncotton textiles andsubsti­
tutes .These twocountries have indeed requested thebenefit ofpreferences

for "theproducts concerned andprocedures axeinhand "toenable them
toundertake "towards the Community commitments similar tothose taken
on *bysignatories of "the LTA.
<
The Commission farther proposes tocontinue in1975 "toallow ?
Yugoslavia tobenefit from generalized tariff preferences oncotton tex­
tiles andsubstitutes ,onthe same basis andinthe samemanner aswas
decided upon forthis country in1974# I"tconsiders moreover that the
above-mentioned flat-rate 5%increase inceilings andquotas should equal­
lyapply tocotton textiles andsubstitutes originating inYugoslavia .
Following suit onitsproposals fortheapplication ofpreferences in
1974 ,the Commission isnot proposing tointroduce areserve share intariff
quotas fortextiles subject totransitional arrangements .Itconsiders nevej >-
theless that thesingle anddefinitive allocation ofCommunity tariff quotas
among Member States adopted inthe case oftextiles innoway prejudices
recourse tothe general method ofallocating Community tariff quotas compri­
sing thesetting upofareserve share ;itfurther considers that implemen­
tation ofthis principle should beproceeded with gradually andinparallel
with thesetting upofareserve share for quotas relating toproducts other
than textiles .
«
2.Manufactures ofjute and coir
Inthe Community offer ongeneralized tariff preferences itisstated
that ,where jute andcoir manufactures are concerned ,customs duty exemption
isenvisaged within the framework ofparticular measures tobeagreed with
exporting developing countries .
Inorder tosettle these arrangements ,negotiations were held between
the Community andIndia onjute andcoir products and between the Community
and Bangladesh onjute products only .Thenegotiations with India ledto
agreement ontwoseparate texts ;asregards Bangladesh ,procedures are now
inhand forconclusion ofthe agreement ,jfoese agreements provide ,inregard
tojute manufactures ,that theexporting countries shall apply appropriate

measures so -that their exports ofthe products concerned forinternal
consumption within the Community shall notexceed certain agreed ceilings .
Taking the above into account ,generalized tariff preferences on
jute manufactures were granted toIndia andBangladesh for1974.Preferences
were also granted toIndia inrespect ofcoir manufactures .
TheCommission 'sproposal istoextend for1975 "thegeneralized tariff
preferences onjute andcoir manufactures ,with thefollowing adjustments :
–thepreferential tariff margins should beincreased from 40to60 in
conformity with theprovisions oftheagreements with India andBangladesh ;
–itisproposed that thepreferences beextended toSriLanka forcoir manu­
factures andtoThailand inrespect ofjute manufactures .Both these coun­
tries have infact applied forthebenefit ofpreferences onthese products
andprocedures areinhand concerning special measures which could beset
outinexchanges ofletters between the Community onthe onehand andSri
Lanka andThailand ontheother .Considering thelowlevel ofexports of
theproducts concerned totheCommunity from these twocountries ,the
Commission believes that thesolution proposed would raise noparticular
problem forthe Community .
Concerning theduties chargeable intheUnited Kingdom andDenmark ,the
Commission isoftheopinion that thesystem applying in1974 should bemain­
tained ,having regard totheprovisions oftheagreements with India and
Bangladesh (suspension ofduties tothelevel ofthose chargeable inthose
twoMember States in1973 )*Where imports ofcoir goods from SriLanka and
jute goods from Thailand areconcerned ,theCommission considers that the
Community might ,byanautonomous decision ,grant infavour ofthesaid im­
ports asuspension ofduties tothelevel ofthose applicable in1973 in
both the Member States referred to.

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c
Foritseems advisable ,according totheJoint Declaration of
Intent appended tothe ActofAccession ,toavoid anydeterioration
oftraditional trade currents which might "becaused "bytoosteep an
adjustment oftheduty rates formerly applicable tothese products
intheUnited Kingdom andDenmark# Itshould also beobserved inthis
connexion that thecountries benefiting from preferences forjute and
coir are among those most seriously affected bythecurrent economic
crisis .
With regard toIreland andwhere jute manufactures Aareconcerned ,
itisdeemed expedient ,taking into account thehigh rates ofduty
prevailing hitherto ,-toallow this country tolevel down bystages to
thepreferential rates "provided for,i#e# inaccordance with Article
39oftheAccession Treaty# This solution ,moreover ,wasthe oneadopted
inthepreferences scheme for 1974 *

Proposal fora
REGULATION (EEC )OF ,THE COUNCIL
i
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration ofCommunity tari quotas
forcertain textile products originating indeveloping countries
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuro­
pean Economic Community ^and .inparticular
toArticle 113thereof ;
Haivng regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Whereas ,within thecontext ofUNCTAD ,theEuro­
pean Economic Community offered togrant tariff
preferences onfinished and semi-finished products
coming from developing countries ;whereas thepre­
ferential treatment proposed inthat offer covers ,
generally speaking ,allfinished and semi -finished
industrial products covered byChapters 25to99ofthe
Brussels Nomenclature which originate indevelo­
ping countries ;whereas thepreference consists in
thegranting ofexemption from customs duties ;
whereas preferential imports areeffected uptothe
level ofceilings calculated byvalue inrespect of
each product onthebasis offactors which areuni­
form foralltheproducts ;whereas ,inorder that the
preferences granted tothemost competitive develo -•
ping country orcountries should berestricted and
that asubstantial share should bereserved forthe
least competitive ,preferential imports from anyone
developing country inrespect ofagiven product ■
should not,asageneral rule,exceed 50% ofthe
ceiling fixed forthatproduct ;
Whereas ,intheoffer made bytheCommunity ,the
annual ceilings should normally becalculated onthe
basis oftotal value for1968 ofcifimports from the
countries benefiting from this 'scheme ,excluding
those already enjoying various preferential tariff
arrangements granted by the Community (basic -
amount )plus 54/»ofthevalue ofcifimports from
theother countries and from thecountries already
enjoying such arrangements (additional amount );
i
Whereas ,however ,inrespect ofcotton textile pro­
ducts formerly covered "bythelong-term arrangement regar­
ding international trade incotton textiles ,theoffer "
made bytheCommunity lays down that theprefer­
ences in.the form ofduty-tree ceilings normally

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calculated according totheformula setoutinthe
preceding recital ,will begranted tothecountries
enjoying generalized preferences which are sig-
.natorics tothelong-term arrangement orpossibly to
those countries which undertake vis-A-vistheCom­
munity commitments similar tothose existing under
that arrangement and fortheduration ofthesaid
arrangement ;whereas thearrangement expired on
30September 1973 and was extended to31Decem­
ber1973 ;whereas ,similarly to1974 andona
transitional basis ,itmaybeanticipated that
thecountries thereby concerned will for1975 »
adopt measures with equivalent aims ,inexpec­
tation ofsuch time asthe "Arrangement con­
cerning International Trade inTextiles "be–
comes applicable ^whereas itisapparent thatonlyim­
ports from these countries aretoform thebasis for
calculating theabovementioned ceilings ;whereas ,
with particular regard tothelinkwhich Article 6of
•thesaid long-term arrangement established between
cotton products and substitute products ,itappears
justified inthese circumstances and byvirtue ofthe
factthat atotal suspension ofcustoms duties isin­
volved toinclude inthesame scheme asthat des­
cribed above those substitute textile products given in
theconditional listofpartial andlimited reductions
ofcustoms duties deposited with GATT bytheCom­
munity during thelast scries oftariff negotiations ;
whereas ,moreover ,inview ofthespecial nature
which trade intheproducts concerned may have ,it
appears expedient ,wherever this isjustified bythe
particular sensitivity oftheproduct ,todetermine in <
terms oftonnages theceilings forthepreferential
imports ofsuch products ,taking due account of 7
deliveries effected during 1968 bythebeneficiary
countries alone ;whereas ,moreover ,particularly in
view ofthehigh level ofdeliveries ofthetextiles in
question totheCommunity bythethird countries
concerned ,itappears appropriate ,except inparti­
cular instances ,torestrict preferential imports from
anysingle beneficiary country to30% oftheceiling ,.
laiddown foreach category oftextile products con­
cerned ;
Whereas theoffer made bytheCommunity includes
aclause stating that theCommunity drew upthe
offer ontheassumption that allthemain industrial­
ized countries which arcmembers oftheOECD w.ould
participate ingranting preferences and would make
similar efforts inthis direction ;whereas ,moreover ,
itisevident from the conclusions worked out in
UNCTAD that thisoffer ,while being ofatemporary
nature ,does notconstitute abinding commitment
and,inparticular ,may bewithdrawn wholly orin
part atalater date ;whereas thispossibility may be
adopted inter aliawith aview toremedying anyun­
favourable situations which might arise intheasso-'
ciated countries following theimplementation ofthe
generalized preference scheme ;
(1)O.J. N0L118of30.4.1974 ,p.l

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Whereas ,moreover ,theConference ofHeads of
State orofGovernment oftheMember States andthe
States acceding totheEuropean Communities held
inParis from 19to21October 1972 invited the
Community institutions andtheMember States pro­
gressively toadopt anoverall policy ofdevelopment
cooperation onaworld-wide scale comprising in
particular theimprovement ofgeneralized preferences i
with theaimofachieving asteady increase inimports
ofmanufactures from thedeveloping countries ;
Whereas tariff preferences have been applied from
thesecond half of1971 under theconditions setout
above andwhereas these preferences should continue
tobeapplied throughout 1975 */
Whereas ,inaccordance with Protocol No23tothe
ActofAccession ('),thegeneralized tariff preferences
scheme fcecam e applicable inthenewMember
States from 1January 1974 ;
Whereas inrespect oftextile products ,thecomplexity
ofthemeasures tobeimplemented ,combined with
theabovementioned aimofimproving thegeneral­
izedpreferences ,could only "beovercome in ^*974
"bymeans ofaflat–rate increase ofsome 5^r>
intheceilings fixed for 1973 ;Whereas
the same situation will again prevail in
1975 ,sothat such improvement can "be
effected only "bymeans ofaflat–rate
increase of5%oftheceilings fixed
for 1974 ;
Whereas itisexpedient ,therefore ,inrespect ofthe
products referred toinAnnex Awhich originate in
thecountries listed inAnnex B,that theCommunity
should open ,for1975duty-free Community tariff
quotas within the limits ofthe amounts inmetric
tons given inrespect ofeach ofthese products ;
Whereas charges against each ofthese tariff quotas
must ,inrespect oftheproducts originating inany
ofthe abovementioned countries ,come within a
specified percentage oftheamount ofthequota ;
whereas thebenefit ofsuch tariff quotas should be
reserved forproducts originating inthecountries
under consideration ,theconcept of'originating pro­
ducts' being determined inaccordance with thepro­
cedure laiddown inArticle 14ofCouncil Regulation
(EEC )No802/68(2)of27June 1968 onthecommon
definition oftheconcept oftheorigin ofgoods ;
Whereas itisnecessary toensure equal and con­
tinuous access forallCommunity importers tothe
abovementioned quotas andtheuninterrupted appli­
cation oftherate laid down forthose ,quotas toall
(')OJNoL73,27.V1972 ,p.14.
(2)OJNoL148,28.6.1968 ,p.1.

imports oftheproducts concerned into allMember
States until those quotas areused up;whereas ,having
regard totheprinciples defined above ,theCommu­
nity nature ofthequotas canberespected byallo­
cating theCommunity tariff quota among Member
States ;whereas ,moreover ,tothis end and inthe
context oftheutilization system ,theactual charges
against thequotas may relate only togoods which
areentered forhome useandwhich areaccompanied
byacertificate oforigin ;
Whereas theapplication ofthegenerally accepted
principles inrespect oftheallocation oftheCom­
munity tariff quotas which have been opened until
now entails ,under these circumstances and inview
ofthevariety oftheproducts concerned and inview
ofthefactthatthebenefiting countries arespecified ,
calculations which areallthemore problematic in
that thestatistical data required sometimes prove to
beincomplete ornotsufficiently accurate orrepre­
sentative ;whereas thetime required forthese cal­
culations cannot bereconciled with thecontinuity
necessary fortheapplication ofthetariff preferences
concerned ;whereas ,under these conditions ,itwould
beadvisable stillatthisstage toadopt afixed scale
forallocating theCommunity tariff quotas concerned
among theMember States ;whereas ,using asabasis
general economic criteria relating toexternal trade ,
intextiles ,thegross national product and popula­
tion,thepercentages fortheinitial shares ofthe
Member States inthequota amounts areasfollows
forthequota amounts areasfollows forthequota
year under considération :
Germany ' 27%
Bénélux 10%
France 19%
Italy 14%
Denmark 7%
Ireland 1%
United Kingdom 22%
Whereas ,without affecting theCommunity nature ,
ofthetariff quotas under consideration ,itappears
possible toprovide atthis stage forautilization
scheme based onasingle allocation among theMem - !'
berStates ;whereas ,moreover ,theallocation setout
bythisRegulation inno .way prejudices thepossibi­
lityofadopting
thegeneral method ofallocation ofCom­
munity quotas comprising thesetting upofareserve
share ;whereas implementation ofthis principle insuch asensitive area can,
however ,"beputinhand only progressively ,yetmust remain attuned tothe
methods ofadministration laid down inthegeneral framework ofthe sohemeofgeneralized preferences ;
whereas atthepresent juncture itappears fea­
sible that such allocation could asarule bemade

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according tothepercentages setout inthetable
above ;whereas ,however ,one ofthenew Member
States ,theKingdom ofDenmark ,hasforanumber
ofyears been importing relatively large quantities of
certain cotton yarns andwoven fabrics falling within
heading Nos ex55.05 and ex55.09 oftheCommon
Customs Tariff from anumber ofdeveloping countries
and has therefore ceased toproduce the articles
inquestion ;whereas this special situation should
temporarily betaken into account and thisMember
State should begranted anincreased share without re­
stricting the access thereto ofcountries benefiting
from generalized preferences ;
Whereas since theKingdom ofBelgium ,theKing­
dom oftheNetherlands and theGrand Duchy of
Luxembourg areunited inand represented bythe
Benelux Economic Union ,alltransactions concern­
ingtheadministration oftheshares allocated to
theBenelux Economic Union may becarried out
byanyoneofitsMembers ,
HASADOPTED TH1S REGULATION :
Artide 1limited tothemaximum amount P^tageandinmetric tonsincolumn 4ofAnnex
Aagainst eachcategory ofproducts .
4.Anyamendement toAnnex B,inPa^arby_theaddition ofnewcountries enjoying ^riffpr
ferences mayentail acorresponding adjustment to
th«f^volumesofthequotas andtofamounts appearing incolumns 3and4ofAnnex A.
Artide 2
1.TheCommunity tariff quotas referred itorntkle 1shall beallocated inshares which shallbe,
foreachMember State,theamounts correspondingSVuSirii shown incoluM 5ofAn«x Aagmst
each category ofproducts .
2.Theshares allocated toDenmark forcertain pro­
ducts falling within heading Nosex55.05 andex55.09 shall beincreased byanamount determined
inzfootnote toAnnex A.
Article 1(3)shall notapply tosuch anincrease .
1.From 1January to31December 1975 the
Common Customs Tariff duties and thetariff duties
ofthenew Member States ontheproducts listed
inAnnex Ashall becompletely suspended within
theframework ofCommunity tariff quotas ofvol­
umes which shall beexpressed inmetric tons and
which shall beindicated against each product in
column 3ofthat Annex .
Ireland isauthorized toapply customs duties equal
totheduties itapplied inrespect ofthesame pro­
ducts vis-a-visMember States other than theUnited
Kingdom .
2.These tariff quotas shall beenjoyed solely by
products originating inthecountries listed inAnnex
B.However ,those imports which already enjoy
exemption from customs duties under other prefer­
ential tariff arrangements granted bytheCommunity
may notbecharged against these tariff quotas .For
thepurposes ofthisRegulation ,theconcept ofori­
ginating products shall bedetermined inaccordance
with theprocedure laid down inArticle 14ofRegu­
lation (EEC )No802/68.
3.Theamount tobecharged inrespect ofeach
country referred toinparagraph 2against ea O
thetariff quota amounts mentioned above shall eArtide 3
1.TheMember States shall ensure freeaccesstheshares which have been allocated tothem for
importers ofthesaidgoods established intheir
terntory .
2.Theextent towhich aMember State used up
itsshare shall bedetermined onthebasis ofthe
imports ofthesaidgoods which havebeenent«edforhome use,andwhich areaccompanied byacertificate oforigin inaccordance withtherulesreferred
toinArticle 1(2).
3Goods shall qualify foratariff quota onlyif
thecertificate oforigin referred toinparagraph 2
issubmitted before thedateonwhich thelevying of
duties isreintroduced .
Artide 4
The Commission shall take allnecessary measurestoensure thatthemaximum amount referred toin
Article 1(3)isobserved .When thecharges ,atCom­
munity level,ofproducts originating ineachofthecountries listed inAnnex B,against anyoneofthe
Community tariff quotas reach themaximum amount

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laiddown incolumn 4ofAnnex A,theCommission
shall immediately notify theMember States ofthe
onwhich ,asaresult ofthisfactor ,thenormal
tariff istobereintroduced inrespect ofthecountry
'L ^'snot^icat'onshall bepublished intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
Article S
Member States shallinform theCommission atregu­
larintervals ofimports oftheproducts inquestion
actually charged against their share .Article 6
Member States andtheCommission shall cooperate
closely toensure thattheabove Articles areobserved .
Article 7
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1
January 1975.
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable inallMember
States .
Done atBrussels ,| 1
FortheCouncil
' ' The Président :
■• '

ANNEX A
istoproducts subject tozero-duty Community tariffquotas under thegeneralized tariff
preferences granted todeveloping countries
Oràer
NoCCT
headinf
No
(1)
ss.osDescription
(2)Quota
amount in
metric
tons
(3)Maximum amount
per countcy
H)
metric
toniV olume ofshare *allocated to
Member State *inmetric tons
(j)
Cotton yarn,notputupforretail sale :
B.Other :
II.Not specified :
Single ,measuring perkg:
–14000 morless
More than 14000 mand up
to40000 m
More than 14000 mand up
to80000 m
More than 80000 mandupto
120000 m1.189
4.488
1.544
22130
30
30-
30257
1.346
463
66"->iGermany 321.03
Bénélux ïïc'ùTFrance 225#9l
Italy 166,46
Denmark 83,23
Ireland oîl'coUnited Kingdom 261.5811
'8:8
il89
Germany
Bénélux
France
Italy
Denmark (')
Ireland
United Kingdom
Germany
Bénélux
France
Italy
Denmark (*)
Ireland
United Kingdom1.211,76
448 80
'<852 72
628,32
314 16
,4488
'987,36
I
416,88
154,40293*36
216,16
S108,08
115,44339,68
Germany
Benclux
France
Italy
Denmark
Ireland
United Kingdom59,67
2210
41*99
2)21
48,62
)Pursuant toArticle 2(2),thisshare isincreased by1156 .66-^"tonnes«Pursuant ,oAn*.2tt>. „incased by£^tonneg

Otder
.NoCCT
heading
No
1Description
(2)Quota
amount in
metric
tons
3Maximum amount
petcountcy
(4)
metnc
tonsV olume ofshares allocated to
Member State *inmetric tons
y
55.09Other woven fabrics ofcotton :
A.Containing 85% ormore byweightofcotton :
exI.Ofawidth oflessthan 85cm:
–Unbleached 8ok 30
II.Other :
Unbleached ,ofawidth of:
85cmto115cm
More than 115cmandupto165cm
–More than 165cm
–Not specified'W017
2.hh2
788
33230
30241
1.205
733
30
30236
100Germany ''
Bénélux j
France i
Italy
Denmark
Ireland
United Kingdom
Germany
Bénélux
France !
Italy
Denmark !
Ireland ;
United Kingdom'
Germany
Bénélux
France
Italy
Denmark (')
Ireland
United Kingdom !
Germany
Bénélux tFrance
Italy
Denmark
Ireland !
United Kingdom
Germany
Bénélux
France i
Italy
Denmark (a)
Ireland
United Kingdom217,08
80,40152 76
112 56
56,28
8,o4
176 88
763 23
562*38
281 19
4017
883 74
659,34
341 88
24JÏ537)24
m
nl:!l
89,643320
6308
4648
23,24
332
7304
(')Pursuant toArticle 2(2),thisshare isincreased 827,17f)Pursuant toArticle 2(2),thisshare isincreased 1.236-77tonnes
tonnes

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Order
■NoCCT
heading
No
(X)Ducription
(2)I
Quota
amount in
metric
cont
<3)Maximum amount
per councry
WV olume ofihares allocated to •
Member States inmetric ton* 5
%meute
toni
10ex60.03 Stockings ,under stockings ,socks ankle -
socks ,sockettes and thelike,knitte or
crocheted ,notelastic orrubberized :
–Ofcotton.17430 52
France 33,06 ~'
Italy 24.30
ϋίηπιΐΓίς !|2*18 -
Ireland 174
United Kingdom 38.28
11
1261.01
JMen's andboys *outer garments :
–Inwoven fabrics ofcotton
 
r
–Others_210
21030
30
!63.
I
,63
!i
(
Gerfriany 56,70
Bénélux 2100ET g#
Dcnmark 1470
ΐΓοΙβπά 2,10 ί
United Kingdom 46,20 I
Germany 56,70
Bénélux 21,00
France 39,90M
Ireland 2,10
United Kingdom 46.20
13
1461.02 women 's,girls' and infants' outer gar­
ments :
–Inwoven fabrics ofcotton
–Others '210
210 '30
30\_63
63Germany .56,70 '
Bénélux 21,00ET Il:?8
Denmark 14,70
Ireland 2,10
United Kindom 46,20
Germany 56,70
Bénélux 21,00 ;
France 39,90 |
Italy 2940 jDenmark l470
Ireland 2*10
United Kingdom 46*20 |
1561.03 Men'sandboys' under garments ,including
collars ,shirt fronts and cuffs :
–Inwoven fabrics other than cotton
i2103063 ■j
1
Germany 56.70 !Bénélux 2100 <
France 39Î90
Italy . 29)40 '
Denmark 1470 \
Ireland /Jlp !United Kingdom 46.20 j
f

Order
NoCCT
hcading
No
(1)Description
(2)_____Quota
amount in
metrie
ton*
(3)Maximum amount
percountry
(4)V olume ofshares allocated to
Member States inmetric tons
(5)%1
Imetnc
tons
16
17
î62.02 Bed linen ,tabic linen ,toilet linen and
kitchen linen ,curtains andother furnishing
articles :
–Inwoven fabrics orcotton
A
–Otheri
j
174
! i
•I i
i 1
i
92 i30
•30! :
52 :
!|-
'jj■
,' f
'I »
' I !
28 !
■i :Germany 46,98
Bénélux Uj'tO
France 33;06
Italy 24,36
Denmark 12,18Ireland 1,74
United Kingdom 38,28
Germany 24,84
Bénélux 9,20
France 1748Italy 12*88
Denmark 6.44
Ireland 0,92
United Kingdom 2024

ANNEX B
Listofdeveloping countries benefiting under generalized tariff preference !forcertain
products
Afghanistan
Argentin »
Bangladesh
Colombia
Egypt ,Arab Republic of
ElSalvador
India
< i Indonesia
Jamaica
Korea (South )
Malaysia
Mexico
Pakistan
Philippine »
Sri Lanka '
■Vietnam ,Republic of ;
Thailand j

Proposal fora
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHE COUNCIL
opening preferential tariffsforterrain textile produces originating indeveloping
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuro­
peanEconomic Community ,andinparticular to
Article 113thereof ;
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Whereas ,within thecontext ofUNCTAD ,theEuro­
pean Ecomomic Community offered togrant tariff
preferences onfinished andsemi-finished products
coming from developing countries ;whereas thepre­
ferential treatment proposed inthat offer covers ,
generally speaking ,allfinished andsemi-finished m-
dustrial products covered byChapters 25to99of
theBrussels Nomenclature which originate indevel­
oping countries ;whereas thepreference consists in
the'granting ofexemption from customs duties ;
whereas preferential imports areeffected uptothe
levelofceilings calculated byvalue inrespect ofeach
product onthebasis offactors which areuniform
foralltheproducts ;whereas ,inorder thatthepref­
erences granted tothemost competitive developing
country orcountries should berestricted andthat
asubstantial share should bereserved fortheleast
competitive ,preferential imports from anyonedevel­
oping country inrespect ofagiven product should
not,asageneral rule,exceed 50°/ooftheceiling
fixed forthatproduct ;
Whereas ,intheoffer made bytheCommunity ,the
annual ceilings should normally becalculated onthe
basis ofthetotal value for1968 ofcifimports from
thecountries benefiting from thisscheme ,excluding
those already enjoying various preferential tariff
arrangements granted bythe Community (basic
amount )plus 5%ofthevalue ofcifimports from
theother countries and from countries already
enjoying such arrangements (additional amount );
Whereas ,however ,inrespect ofcotton textile pro­
ducts formerly covered "bythelong–term arrangement regar­
ding international trade incotton textiles ,theoffer
made bytheCommunity lays down that thepref­
erence ,intheform ofduty-free ceilings ordinarily
calculated according totheformula setoutinthe
preceding recital ,will begranted tothecountries
enjoying generalized preferences which aresignato­

riestothelong-term arrangement orpossibly totose
countries which undertake vis-a-vistheCommunity
commitments similar tothose existing under tat
arrangement aridfortheduration ofthesaidarran­
gement ;whereas thearrangement expired on30Sep­
tember 1973 andwasextended to31December 1973 ,
Whereas ,similarly to1974 andonatransitional
basis ,itmaybeanticipated that thecountries
concerned thereby will for1975 adopt measures with
equivalent aims ,inexpectation ofsuch time as
the "Arrangement concerning International Trade
inTextiles "becomes applicable whereas itisapparent
thatonly imports from these countries aretoform teasis
culating theabovementioned ceilings ;whereas ,with
particular regard tothelinkwhich Article 6ofthe
said long-term arrangement established between • ■
cotton products andsubstitute products ,itappears
justified inthese circumstances andbyvirtue ofthe
factthat atotal suspension ofcustoms duties isin­
volved toinclude inthesame scheme asthatdescribed
above those substitute textile products given inthe
conditional listofpartial andlimited reductions of
customs duties deposited with GATT bytheCommu­
nity during thelast series oftariff negotiations ;
whereas ,moreover ,inview ofthespecial nature
which trade intheproducts concerned -may have ,it
appears expedient tocalculate interms oftonnages
theceilings forpreferential imports ofsuch products ;
Whereas theoffer made bytheCommunity includes
aclause stating that theCommunity drew upthe
offer ontheassumption that allthemain industrial­
ized countries which aremembers ofthe OECD
would participate ingranting preferences andwould
make similar efforts inthisdirection ;whereas ,more­
over ,itisevident from theconclusions worked out
inUNCTAD that thisoffer ,while being ofatem­
porary nature ,does notconstitute abinding commit­
ment and,inparticular ,may bewithdrawn wholly
orin ipart atalater date ;whereas this possibility
may beadopted inter aliawith aview toremedying
anyunfavourable situations which might arise inthe
associated countries following the implementation
ofthegeneralized preference scheme ;
Whereas ,moreover ,theConference ofHeads of
.State orofGovernment oftheMember States and
theStates acceding totheEuropean Communities
held inParis from 19to21October 1972 invi­
tedtheCommunity institutions and Member States
progressively toadopt anoverall policy ofdevelop­
ment cooperation onaworld wide scale comprising
inparticular theimprovement ofgeneralized pref­
(1)O.J. n°L118of30.4.1974 ,P.1

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•erences with theaimofachieving asteady increase
inimports ofmanufactures from thedevelopingcountries ;
Whereas tariff preferences have been applied from
thesecond half of1971 under theconditions set
outabove andwhereas these preferences should con­
tinuetobeapplied throughout 1975 »
Whereas ,inaccordance withProtocol No23tothe
ACTofAccession ('),thegeneralized tariff preference
scheme beoame applicable inthe new Member –Statesfrom 1January 1974 ;
Whereas ,inrespect oftextile products ,thecomplexity
ofthemeasures tobeimplemented ,combined with
theabovementioned aimofimproving thegeneralized
preferences ,could normally beovercome in1974 only bymeans ofaflat-rate increase ofsome 50% inthe
ceilings fixed for1973 ,thecalculations fortheaddi­
tional amount oftheceilings having already been
made onthebasisof1970figures ;whereas thesame
situation will again prevail in1975,sothat
such improvement canbeeffected only bymeansofaflat-rate increase of%oftheceilingsfixed for1974 »equivalent to157,5 %oftheceilings for 1973 ;
Whereas ,inrespect oftheproducts listed inAnnexA
originating inthecountries listed inAnnex B,the
Community should therefore allow ,foreach category
ofthese products during 1975 duty-free imports
within thelimits oftheCommunity ceilings calcula­
tedinthemanner setoutabove ;whereas thebenefit
ofsuch tariff exemption should bereserved forpro­
ducts originating inthecountries under consideration ,
theconcept of'originating products' being deter­
mined inaccordance with theprocedure laiddown in
Article 14ofCouncil Regulation (EEC )No 802/
68(*)of27June 1968 onthecommon definition of
theconcept oftheorigin ofgoods ;whereas charges
against each ofthese ceilings must ,asageneral rule,
come within amaximum Community amount of
50% inrespect oftheproducts originating inany
oftheabovementioned countries ;
Whereas ,under these circumstances ,these objectives
may bereached byapplying amethod ofadminis -.
tration based onthecharging ,atCommunity level,•
against theabovementioned ceilings and maximum
amounts ,ofimports oftheproducts concerned as
andwhen these products arepresented forcustoms
clearance under cover ofdeclarations thatthey have
been entered forhome useandaccompanied bya
certificate oforigin ;whereas thismethod ofadminis­
tration must make provision forthereintroduction
ofcustoms duties assoon asthesaid ceilings or
maximum amounts arereached atCommunity level ;
OOJNoL73,27.3.1972 ,p.14.0OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.1.

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Whereas such method ofadministration calls for
very close and particularly rapid cooperation be­
tween Member States and theCommission ,which
must ,inparticular ,beable toobserve theextent
towhich charges aremade against theceilings and
maximum amounts and inform Member States
thereof ;whereas such cooperation should beparticu­
larly close inview oftheneed fortheCommission
tobeable totaken appropriate measures tore­
introduce customs duties ,either generally orindi­
vidually ,when any oftheceilings ormaximum
amounts arereadied , «
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
1.From 1January to31December 1975c"eCom­
mon Customs Tariff duties and thetariff duties of
thenew Member States ontheproducts listed in
Annex Ashall ,subject toArticle 2andArticle 4(2)
betotally suspended .
Ireland isauthorized toapply customs duties equal
totheduties itapplies inrespect ofthesame products
uis-ci-vis Member States other than the United
Kingdom .
2.This suspension shall beenjoyed solely bypro­
ducts originating inthecountries listed inAnnex B.
However ,those imports which already enjoy exemp­
tion from customs duties under other preferential
tariff arrangements granted bytheCommunity shall
notbecharged against theceilings specified inpara­
graph 3.For thepurposes ofthis Regulation ,the
concept oforiginating products shall bedetermined in
accordance with theprocedure laid down inArticle
14ofRegulation (EEC )No802/68.
3.Subject totheprovisions ofArticle 2andArticle
4(2)this suspension shall begranted ,inrespect of
each category ofproducts ,within aCommunity ceil­
ingwhich shall beequal to15?,% oftheamount
obtained byadding together imports in1968 ,expres­
sedinmetric tons ,oftheproducts concerned from
thecountries listed inAnnex B,excluding those al­
ready enjoying various preferential tariff arrange­
ments granted bytheCommunity ,and 5% ofthe
tonnage ofimports in197.0 from other countries
and from countries already enjoying such arrange­
ments . .

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4.Subject totheprovisions ofArticle 2andArticle
4(2),within each ceiling thus calculated ,charges of
products originating inanyoneofthecountries listed
inAnnex Bshould notexceed aCommunity maxi­
mum amount equivalent to50% ofthisceiling with
theexception ofcertain products forwhich themaxi­
mum amount shall bereduced tothe percentage
shown inAnnex A.
5.Anyamendment toAnnex B,inparticular bythe
addition ofnew countries enjoying tariff preferences ,
may entail acorresponding adjustment totheCom­
munity ceilings andthemaximum amounts referred
toinparagraphs 3and4.
Article 2
1.Assoon astheceilings calculated inaccordance
with theprovisions ofArticle 1(3),which arelaid
down forCommunity imports ofproducts orig­
inating inallofthecountries referred toinArticle
1(2)arereached atCommunity level ,thelevying
ofcustoms duties onimports oftheproducts in
question from allthecountries concerned may at
anytime bereintroduced until theendoftheperiod
referred tointhefirst subparagraph ofArticle 1(1).
2.Assoon asthemaximum amounts calculated in
accordance with theprovisions ofArticle 1(4)which
arelaid down forCommunity imports ofproducts
originating ineach ofthecountries referred toin
Article 1(2)arereached foranyoneofthese coun­
tries atCommunity level ,thelevying ofthecustoms
duties onimports oftheproducts inquestion from
thecountry concerned may atany time bereintro­
duced until theend oftheperiod referred tointhe
firstsubparagraph ofArticle 1(1).
Article 3
1.Imports oftheproducts inquestion shall be
actually charged against theCommunity ceilings and
maximum amounts asandwhen thegoods areenteredforhome use,and provided that they areaccom­
panied byacertificate oforigin pursuant totherules
referred toinArticle 1(2).
2.Goods may becharged against aceiling ormaxi­
mum amount only ifthecertificate oforigin referred
toabove ispresented before thedate onwhich the
levying ofduties isreintroduced .
3.The extent towhich theceilings and maximum
amounts have been actually filled shall bedetermined
atCommunity level onthebasis oftheimports
charged inaccordance with paragraphs 1and2.
Article 4
1.The Commission ,inclose cooperation with the
Member States ,shall take allnecessary measures to
ensure thattheabove provisions areapplied .
2.The Commission shall reintroduce thelevying of
customs duties inrespect ofallthecountries referred
toinArticle 1(2)orinrespect ofanyoneofthem
bymeans ofaRegulation intheconditions laid
down inArticle 2(1)and (2).
Article S
Member States shall inform theCommission atre­
gular intervals ofimports oftheproducts inquestion
actually charged against theCommunity ceilings and
maximum amounts laiddown inArticle 1(3)and (4).
Article 6
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1
January 1975 •
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety and directly applicable inallMember
States .
Done atBrussels ,
For theCouncil
The Président

ANNEX A
List ofproducts originating indeveloping countries towhich thegeneralized tariff
preferences forcertain textile products will apply (a)
OrdbrCCT
hcadlng
NoDescription
CHAPTER 54
1 54.05 Woven fabrics offlaxoroframie
CHAPTER 55
2 55.05 Cotton yarn ,notputupforretail sale :
A.Multiple orcabled ,finished ,inballs oroncards ,reels ,tubes or
similar supports ,ofaweight (including support )notexceeding
900 g
3 B.Other :
I.Measuring ,persingle yarn ,120000mormore perkg
4 55.06 Cotton yarn ,putupforrctail sale
5 55.07 Cotton gauze
6 55.08 Terry towelling andsimilar terry fabrics ,ofcotton
55.09 Other woven fabrics ofcotton :•
A.Containing 85%ormore byweight ofcotton :
ex I.Ofawidth oflessthan 85cm :
'–Other than rawcotton (*)
8 B.Other
CHAPTER 56
56.05 Yarn ofman-made fibres (discontinuous orwaste ),notputupforretail sale :
9 B.Ofregenerated textile fibres
56.07 Woven fabrics ofman-made fibres (discontinuous orwaste ):
10 B.Ofregenerated textile fibres
(a)Products qualifying ,under theordinary arrangements ,forexemption ortotal temporary suspension oftheCommon
Customs Tariff duty areonly token entries asregards theMember States oftheCommunity asoriginally constituted ,
whereas theexemption orsuspension isdirectly andfully applicable bythenew Member States under these arrange­
ments ,except forIreland ,which isauthorized toapply customs duties equal totheduties itapplies inrespect ofthesameproducts vis-A-visMember States other than theUnited Kingdom .
0Forproducts falling within subheading No55.09 AexI(other thanrawcotton ),themaximum Community amount
referred toinArticle 1(4)ofthis Regulation isreduced to30% .

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Order
No
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21CCT
hcading
No
58.04
58.10
60.01
'ex 60.02
60.04
60.05
60.06
ex61.03
ex61.04
61.05Description
CHAPTER 58
Woven pilefabrics andchenille fabrics (other than terry towelling
orsimilar terry fabrics ofcotton falling within heading No58.05 )
Embroidery ,inthepiece ,instrips orinmotifs '
CHAPTER 60
Knitted orcrocheted fabric ,notelastic orrubberized :
B.Ofman-made fibres
C.Ofother textile materials
i
Gloves ,mittens andmitts ,knitted orcrocheted ,notelastic orrubber­
ized ,ofcotton (')
Under garments ,knitted orcrocheted ,notelastic orrubberized :
A.Ofcotton .(*).
Outer garments andother articles ,knitted orcrocheted ,notelastic
orrubberized :
A.Outer garments andclothing accessories :
exH.Other ,ofcotton (2)
.\
exB.Other ,ofcotton (2)
Knitted orcrocheted fabric andarticles thereof ,clastic orrubberized
(including clastic knee-caps andelastic stockings ):
A.Fabric
CHAPTER .61
Men'sandboys *under garments# including collars ,shirtfronts and
cuffs :
–Ofcotton fabric (l) '.
Women 's,girls' andinfants' under garments ,ofcotton fabric
Handkerchicfs :
–-Ofcotton fabric
–Offabrics other than cotton
.«Forproducts falling within heading No,<0,02(ofcotton )andej:<1.03(ofcotton ),themaximum Community .mount
referred toinArticle 1(4)ofthisRegulation isreduced to30%. oairim Ii)
(*)Forproducts falling within subheading Nos60.04 A,60.05 AcxH, c*^R^llutioa Ureduced to30% •(ofcotton fabric ),themaximum Community amount referred toinArticle 1(4)ofthisReguutioa umum

Ordor
NoCCT
headlng
NoDescription
CHAPTER 61
22<2.01 Travelling rugi andbltnkctt s
B.Otheri
I.Ofcotton
2362.03 Sacks andbag*,ofakind uicd forthepacking ofgoods :
B.Ofother textile materiali :
I.Uied :
exb)Other :
–Ofcotton (')
exII.Otheri
–Ofcotton
24 62.04 Tarpaulins ,sails ,awnings ,sunblinds ,tents andcamping goods
f°/Pout 'sfalling within subheading Not60.04 A,60.05 AexII,60,05 ex&(ofcotton fabric ),and62.03 BIexb)Mcot»tonfabric ),themaximum Community amount referred toinArtide I(4)ofchicRegulation isreduced to30% .

ANNEX B
Listofdeveloping countries benefiting under generalized tariff preferences forcertain textile
products
Afghanistan
Argentina
Bangladesh
Colombia
Egypt ,Arab Republic of
ElSalvador
India
Indonesia
Jamaica
Korea (South )
Malaysia
Mexico
Pakistan
■■Philippines
;SriLanka
Vietnam ,Republic of
Thailand

.Proposal for a
REGULATION (EEC )OF THE COUNCIL
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration ofCommunity tariff quotas
-forcertain textile products originating indeveloping countries
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuro­
pean Economic Community and inparticular
toarticle 113 thereof }
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Whereas ,within thecontext ofUNCTAD ,theEuro­
pean Economic Community offered togrant tariff
preferences onfinished and semifinished products
coming from developing countries ;whereas thepre­
ferential treatment proposed inthat offer covers ,
generally speaking ,allfinished and semi-finished
industrial products covered byChapters 25 .to99of
theBrussels Nomenclature which originate indevel­
oping countries ;whereas thepreference consists in
thegranting ofexemption from customs duties ;
whereas preferential imports areeffected uptothe
level ofceiling calculated byvalue inrespect ofeach
product onthebasis offactors which areuniform
foralltheproducts ;whereas ,inorder that thepre­
ferences granted tothemost competitive developing
country orcountries should berestricted andthat a
substantial share should bereserved for the least
,competitive ,preferential imports from anyonedevel­
oping country inrespect ofagiven product should
not,asageneral rule,exceed 50% oftheceiling
fixed forthatproduct ;
Whereas ,intheoffer made bytheCommunity ,the
annual ceilings should normally becalculated onthe
basis ofthetotal value for1968 ofcifimports from
thecountries benefiting from this scheme ,excluding
those already enjoying various preferential tariff
arrangements granted bythe Community ,(basic
amount ),plus 5%ofthevalue ofcifimports from
theother countries and from thecountries already
enjoying such arrangements (additional amount );
whereas such additional amount isvariable and is
calculated each year onthebasis ofthelatest ,figures
available ,provided that this entails noreduction in
theceiling ;

Whereas ,however ,inview ofthespecial nature
which trade inthemajority oftextile products referred
tointhisRegulation may have ,itappears
expedient todetermine in
terms oftonnages theceilings forthepreferential
imports ofsuch products ,taking dueaccount ofdeli­
veries effected bythebeneficiary countries alone ;
whereas ,moreover ,particularly inview ofthehigh
level ofdeliveries oftheproducts inquestion tothe
Community bythethird countries concerned ,itap­
pears appropriate ,except inparticular instances ,to
restrict preferential imports from anysingle benefi­
ciary country to20or30% oftheceiling laiddown
foreach category ofproducts concerned ;
Whereas stating theoffer made bytheCommunity
includes aclause that theCommunity drew upthe
offer ontheassumption that allthemain industrial­
ized countries which aremembers oftheOECD would
participate ingranting preferences andwould make
similar efforts inthis direction ;whereas ,moreover ,
itisevident from the conclusions worked out in
UNCTAD that thisoffer ,while being ofatemporary
nature ,docs not constitute abinding commitment
and,inparticular ,may bewithdrawn wholly orin
part atalater date ;whereas thispossibility may be
adopted inter alia with aview toremedying any
unfavourable situations which might arise inthe
associated countries following theimplementation of
thegeneralized preference scheme ;
Whereas ,moreover ,theConference ofHeads ofState
orofGovernment ofthe Member States and the
States acceding totheEuropean Communities held in
Paris from 19to21October 1972 invited theCom­
munity institutions and theMember States progress­
ively toadopt anoverall policy ofdevelopment coop­
eration onaworldwide scale comprising inparticular
theimprovement ofgeneralized .preferences with the
aim ofachieving asteady increase inimports of
manufactures from thedeveloping countries ;
Whereas tariff preferences have been applied from
thesecond half of1971 under theconditions setout
above andwhereas these preferences should continue
tobeapplied throughout 197S;

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Whereas ,inaccordance with Protocol No23tothe
ActofAccession (l),thegeneralized tariff preference
scheme became applicable inthenew Member
States from 1January 1974 :
Whereas ,having regard totheterms oftheoffer
concerned andtotheneed toimprove thegeneralized
preferences theabovementioned basic andadditional
amounts should normally refer to1971 ;whereas ,
however ,inrespect oftextile products ,thecom­
plexity ofthemeasures tobeimplemented ,combined
with theabovementioned aim ofimproving thegen­
eralized preferences ,ascan beovercome only by
means ofaflat-rate increase ofsome 50% inthe
ceilings fixed for1973 ;whereas the same situation
will again prevail in1975 ,sothat such
improvement can beeffected only bymeansofaflat-rate increase ofjfoofthe
ceilings fixed for 1974 }
Whereas itisexpedient ,therefore ,inrespect ofthe
products referred toinAnnex Awhich originate in
thecountries listed inAnnex B,that theCommunity
should open ,for1975 ,duty-free Community tariff
quotas within thelimits oftheamounts inunits of
account ormetric tons given inrespect ofeach of
these products ;
Whereas charges against each ofthese tariff quotas
must ,inrespect oftheproducts originating inany
ofthe abovementioned countries ,come within a
specified percentage oftheamount ofthequota ;
whereas thebenefit ofsuch tariff quotas should be
reserved forproducts originating inthe countries
under consideration ,the concept of'originating
products' being determined inaccordance with the
procedure laiddown inArticle 14ofCouncil Regu­
lation (EEC )No802/68 (2)of27June 1968 ofthe
common definition oftheconcept oftheorigin of
goods ;
Whereas itisnecessary toensure equal and con­
tinuous access forallCommunity importers tothe
abovementioned quotas andtheuninterrupted appli­
cation oftherate laid down forthose quotas toall
imports oftheproducts concerned into allMember
States until those quotas areused up;whereas ,having
regard totheprinciples setout above ,theCom­
munity nature ofthequotas can berespected by
allocating theCommunity tariff quota among Mem­
berStates ;whereas ,moreover ,tothisendandinthe
context oftheutilization system ,theactual charges
against thequotas may relate only toproducts which
areentered forhome useandwhich areaccompanied
byacertificate oforigin ;
(!)OJNoL73,27.3.1972 ,p.14.
(>)OJNoL148,28.6.1958 ,p.1.

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Whereas theapplication ofthegenerally accepted
principles inrespect oftheallocation oftheCom­
munity tariff quotas which have been opened hitherto '
entails under these circumstances ,inview ofthe
variery oftheproducts concerned andthefactthat
thebeneficiary countries arespecified ,calculations
which areallthemore problematic inthat the
statistical data required sometimes prove tobein­
complete ornot sufficiently accurate orrepresen­
tative ;whereas thetime required forthese calculations
cannot bereconciled with thecontinuity necessary
fortheapplication ofthetariff preferences con­
cerned ;whereas ,under these conditions ,itwould be
advisable stillatthisstage toadopt afixed scale for
allocating theCommunity tariff quotas concerned
among theMember States ;whereas ,using asabasis
general economic criteria relating toexternal trade
either asawhole orinthetextile sector alone ,the
gross national product andpopulation ,thepercent­
ages fortheinitial shares oftheMember States in
thequota amounts areasfollows forthequota year
under consideration :
27%
10%
lîWo
14%
7%
1%
22%Germany
Bénélux
France
Italy
Denmark
Ireland
United Kingdom
Whereas ,without affecting theCommunity nature
ofthetariff quotas under consideration ,itappears
possible toprovide atthis stage forautilization
scheme based onasingle allocation among the
Member States ;whereas ,moreover ,theallocation
setoutbythisRegulation innoway prejudices the
1possibility ofadopting ,thegeneral method ofallocation of
Community tariff quotas comprising thesetting up
ofareserve share ;whereas implementation ofthis
principle insuch asensitive area can,however
beput inhand only progressively ,yet mustremain attuned tothe methods ofadministration
laid down inthe general framework ofthe
scheme ofgeneralized preferences ;
whereas atthepresent juncture it
appears feasible that such allocation could bemade .
according tothepercentages setout inthetable
above ;whereas ,however ,asregards certain yarn and
woven fabrics ofsynthetic textiles fibres and sisal
twine falling within subheading Nos 51.04 ,56.05 A,
56.07 Aand ex59.04 ofthe Common Customs
Tariff ,onenew Member State ,theKingdom ofDen­
mark ,hasforsome years been importing these ata
relatively high level from certain developing countries
and hastherefore ceased toproduce thearticles in
question ;whereas ,this special situation should tem­
porarily betaken into account andthisMember State
should begranted anincreased share without restric­
ting theaccess thereto ofcountries benefiting from
generalized preferences ; 1

Whereas since theKingdom ofBelgium ,theKing­
dom oftheNetherlands and theGrand Duchy of
Luxembourg areunited inand represented bythe
Benelux Economic Union ,alltransactions concern­
ingtheadministration oftheshares allocated tothe
Benelux Economic Union may becarried outbyany
oneofitsMembers ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
1.From 1January to31December 1975 theCom­
mon Customs Tariff duties and thetariff duties ofthe
newMember States ontheproducts listed inAnnex
Ashall becompletely suspended within theframe­
work ofCommunity tariff quotas involumes )
which shall beexpressed inmetric tons
and which shall beindicated inrespect of
eachproduct incolumn 3ofsuch Annex .
Ireland isauthorized toapply customs duties equal
totheduties itapplies inrespect ofthesame pro­
ducts vis-a-visMember States other than theUnited
Kingdom .
2.These tariff quotas shall beenjoyed solely by
products originating inthecountries listed inAnnex
B.However ,those imports which already enjoy
exemption from customs duties under other preferen­
tialtariff arrangements granted bytheCommunity
maynotbecharged against these tariff quotas .For
thepurpose ofthisRegulation ,theconcept ofori­
ginating products shall bedetermined inaccordance
with theprocedure laiddown inArticle 14ofRegu­
lation (EEC )No802/68.
With regard tocarpets ,carpeting andrugs ,mentioned
inAnnex Aandfalling under heading No58.01 exA,
thecertificates oforigin forthese products shall state
thenumber ofknots permetre ofwarp .
3-Theamount tobecharged inrespect ofeach
country referred toinparagraph 2against each of
thetariff quota amounts mentioned above shall be
limited .u>themaximum amount given asapercent­
ageandeither inmetric tons orinunits ofaccount
">column 4ofAnnex Aagainst each category of
Products .4.Any amendments CoAnnex B,inparticular by
theaddition ofnew countries enjoying tariff pre­
ferences ,may entail acorresponding adjustment to
theamounts ofthequotas and tothemaximum
amounts appearing incolumns 3and 4ofAnnex A.
Article 2
1.The Community tariff quotas referred toin
Article 1shall beallocated inshares which shall be,
foreach Member State ,theamounts corresponding
tothequantities shown incolumn 5ofAnnex A
against each category ofproducts .
2.The shares allocated toDenmark for certain
products falling within subheading Nos 51.04 ,56.05
A,56.07 Aand ex59.04 shall beincreased byan
amount determined byafootnote toAnnex A.
Article 1(3)shall notapply tosuch anincrease .
Article 3
1.The Member States shall ensure free access tothe
shares which have been allocated tothem for im­
porters ofthesaid goods who areestablished in
their territory .
2.The extent towhich theshares ofMember States
have been actually used upshall bedetermined on
thebasis ofimports ofthesaid goods which have
been entered for home use and which are ac­
companied byacertificate oforigin inaccordance
with therules referred toinArticle 1(2).
3.Goods shall qualify foratariff quota only ifthe
certificate oforigin referred toinparagraph 2is
presented before thedate onwhich thelevying of
duties isreintroduced .
Article 4
The Commission shall take allnecessary measures to
ensure that themaximum amount referred toin
Article 1(3)isobserved .When thecharges ,atCom­
munity level ,ofproducts originating ineach ofthe
countries listed inAnnex Bagainst anyone ofthe
Community tariff quotas reach themaximum amount
laiddown incolumn 4ofAnnex A,theCommission
shall immediately notify theMember States ofthe
date onwhich ,asaresult ofthisfact,thenormal

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tariff istobereintroduced inrespect ofthecountry
inquestion .This notification shall bepublished in
theOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
Article 5
Member States shall inform theCommission atreg­
ular intervals ofimports oftheproducts inquestion
actually charged against their shares .Article 6
Member States and theCommission shall cooperate
closely toensure thattheabove Articles areobserved .
Article 7
This Regulation shall enter intoforce on1January
1975 .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable inallMember
States . ^
Done atËrussels ,
FortheCouncil
The Président
i
i
!

ANNEX A
Listofproducts subject tozero-duty Community tariff quotas under diegeneralized tariff
preferences granted todeveloping countries
Order
NoCCT
heading
No
(1)»
Description
(2)Quota
amount in
mctric
tons
(a)
(3)Maximum amount
percountry
(4)V olume ofshares allocated to
Member States inmetric tons (a)
(S)%
imême
tons
<»>
1 51.01 Yarn ofman-made fibres (continuous ),
notputupforretail sale:
A.Yarn ofsynthetic textile fibres
B.Yarn ofregenerated textile fibres :
II.Other1;418 50 ;70S Germany 382,86
Bénélux 141,80
France 269,42
Italy 198,52Denmark 99,26
Ireland 14,18
United Kingdom 311,96
2 51.04 Woven fabrics of man-made fibres
(continuous ),including woven fabrics of
monofil orstrip ofheading No51.01 or
51.02,347
I30104 ,
!Germany 93,69
Bénélux 34,70
France 65,93
Italy 48,58Denmark (') 24.29
Ireland -3,47
United Kingdom '6,34
,3 56.05 Yarn ofman-made fibres (discontinuous
orwaste ),notputupforretail sale:
A.Ofsynthetic textile fibres575 ,
i20i115 Germany 155,25
Bénélux 57,25
France 109,25
Italy 80,50
Denmark (*) 40,25
Ireland 5,75
United Kingdom 126,50
4 56.07 Woven fabrics ofman-made fibres
(discontinuous orwaste ):
A.Ofsynthetic textile fibres
■i
i536 30i161Germany
Benelux ini'fitFrance
Italy 75,04
Denmark (*) 37,52
Ireland -mi'ooUnited Kingdom "1',9Z
WSaveasotherwise indicated . ococ
IJPursuant toArticle 2(2)thisshare isincreased by£y»4x OAfleSUPursuant toArticle 2(21thisshare isincreased by 100118$
OPursuant toArticle 2(2)thisshare isincreased by487,52 tOHflQS

Order
.NoCCT
heading
No
1)Deicription
U>Quota
amount ln
meiric
ton »
(•)
(î)
58.01
6t
Carpets ,carpeting and rugs,knotted
(made upornot):
exA.Ofwool oroffine animal hair,
containing permetre ofwarp :
–Atleast 350rows ofknots
–350to500rows ofknots2.835
2,205Maximum «mount
percountry
(4)
metric
tons
(a)V olume ofshare *allocated to
Member States inmetric tons (a)
-<51-
20
30567
662Germany
Bénélux
France
Italy
Denmark
Ireland
United Kingdom
Germany
Bénélux
France .
Italy
Denmark
Ireland '
United KingdomI:S
538,65396 90
198 45
2835
623',70
595,35
308,70
18:B
485 10
ex59.04
17Twine ,cordage ,ropes andcables *plaited
ornot :
–Ofhemp2.520
10Ofsisal (agave sisalana )630
–Ofsynthetic textile fibres6û7
../.
i ■,F
–Other ,other than coir fibres'47330
30
30
30756
189
182
142Germany
Bénélux
France
Italy
Denmark
Ireland
United Kingdom
Germany
Bénélux
France
Italy
Denmark (*)
Ireland
United Kingdom
Germany '
Bénélux
France
Italy
Dënmark
Ireland
United Kingdom
Germany
Bénélux •
France •...
Italy
Denmark
Ireland
United Kingdom680,40
252,00478 80
352 80
176,40
2520
554)40
170,10
6300
119 70
8820
4410
630
138,60
163,89
6070
115,33
8498
42
13M
89,87
66,223311
4,73
104 06
(a)Saveasotherwise indicated . -re i.nnnofi \
(1)Pursuant toArticle 2(2)thisshare isincreased by XOnnes
.

Ordcr
NoCCT
heading
No
(1)j ■
Description
(2)Quota
amount in
metric
tons
.(aï
'(3)Maxxmui
per c<
<
% imamount
>untry
4)
metric
tons
(a)V olume ofshares allocated to
Member States inmetric tons (a)
(5) ;
11 ex60.03 Stockings ,under stockings ,socks ,ankle -
socks ,sockettes and thelike,knitted or
crocheted ,notelastic orrubberized :
–Other than ofcotton,2b930b1Οεπηαηγ
Bénélux 26,90
France 51,11
Italy 37,66Denmark 1883Ireland 2*69
United Kingdom 59,18
12 60.04 Under garments ,knitted orcrocheted ,
notelastic orrubberized :
B.Ofother textile materials1.73320 347 Germany ?67,91
Bénélux 173,30
France 329,27
Italy 242,62
Denmark . 121,31
Ireland 17,33
United Kingdom 381,26 '
13
I60.05 Outer garments and other articles ,
knitted orcrocheted ,notelastic orrub­
berized : '
A.Outer garments andclothing accesso­
ries :
exII.Other
exB.Other52130 156 Germany 140,67 -
Bénélux
France 98,99
Italy 72,94
Denmark 36,47Ireland 5,21
United Kingdom 114,62

ANNEX B
Listofdeveloping countries andterritories enjoying generalized tariff preferences
INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES .
Afghanistan
Algeria
Argentina
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Bhutan
Bolivia
Botswana 1
.Brazil
Burma
Burundi
Çameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
Colombia
Congo ,People's Republic of
Costa Rica
Cuba
Cyprus
Dahomey
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt ,Arab Republic of
ElSalvador
Equatorial Guinea .
Ethiopia
Fiji
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guatemala
Guinea
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras »lndia
Indonésia
Iran
Iraq
Ivory Coast
Jnmaica
Jordan
f'H
Kenya
Khmer Republic
Korea (South )
Kuwait
Laos
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
I.ibya
Malagasy Republic
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldivc Islands
Mali
Mauritania
Vl.umtuis
Mexico
Morocco
Nauru
Ncpal
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Oman
Pakistan
l'anama
Paraguay
l'eru
Philippines
Qatar
KomaniaRwanda
Saudi Arabia
Sénégal
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Somalia
SriLanka
Sudan
Swaziland
Syria
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad andTobago
Tunisia
Uganda
United Arab Emirates :
Abu Dhabi
Dubai
Ras alKhaimah
Fujairah
Ajman
Sharjah
Ummal Qaiwain
Upper V olta
Uruguay
Venezuela
Vietnam ,Republic of
Western Samoa
Yémen ,People's Démocratie
Republic of
Yémen Arab Republic
Yugoslavia
Zaire
Zambia

Proposal for a
REGULATION (EEC )OF THE COUNCIL
opening preferential tariffs forcertain textile products Originating in
developing countrics ,
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,1■'
Having regard rotheTreaty establishing theEuro­
pean Economic Community ;and inparticular 1
toArticle 113thereof ;
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
I ,*
Whereas ,within thecontext ofUNCTAD ,theEuro­
pean Economic Community offered togrant tariff
prctercnces onfinished and semi-finished products
coming from developing countries ;whereas thepre­
ferential treatment proposed inthat offer covers ,
generally speaking ,allfinished and semi-finished
industrial products covered byChapters 25to99
ofthe Brussels Nomenclature which originate in
developing countries ;whereas thepreference consists
inthegranting ofexemption from customs duties ;
whereas preferential imports areeffected uptothe
level ofceilings calculated byvalpe inrespect ofeach
product onthebasis offactors which areuniform
foralltheproducts ,whereas ,inorder that thepref­
erences granted tothemost competitive developing
country orcountries should berestricted andthat a
substantial share should hereserved for the least
competitive ,preferential imports from any one de­
veloping country inrespect ofagiven product should
not,asageneral rule,exceed 50% oftheceiling
fixed forthatproduct ; ' '
1'
Whereas ,intheoffer made bytheCommunity ,the
annual ceilings should normally becalculated onthe
basis ofthetotal value for ,1968 ofcifimports from
thecountries benefiting from this scheme ,excluding
those already enjoying various preferential tariff
arrangements granted bythe Community ,(basic
amount )plus 5%ofthevalue ofcifimports from the
other countries and from the' countries already
enjoying such arrangements ,(additional amount );
whereas such additional amount isvariable and is
calculated each year onthebasis ofthelatest figures
available ,provided that this entails noreduction in
theceiling ;whereas ,however ,inview ofthespecial
nature ofthetrade inthemajority ofthe
textile products referred tointhis
Regulation ,itisexpedi enttocalculate theceilings
concerned interms ofmetric tons ;

''Whereas theoffer made bytheCommunity includes
aclause stating that theCommunity drew upthe
offer ontheassumption that allthemain industri­
alized countries which are members ofthe OECD
would participate ingranting preferences andwould
make similar efforts inthisdirection ;whereas ,more­
over ,itisevident from theconclusions worked outin
UNCTAD that thisoffer ,while being ofatemporary
nature ,does notconstitute abinding commitment
and,inparticular ,may bewithdrawn wholly orin
part atalater date ;whereas thispossibility may be
adopted inter alia with aview toremedying any
.unfavourable situations which might arise inthe
associated countries following theimplementation of
thegeneralized preference scheme ;
Whereas ,moreover ,theConference ofHeads ofState
orofGovernment ofthe Member States and the
States acceding totheEuropean Communities held -
inParis from 19to21October 1972 invited the
Community institutions and theMember States to
adopt anoverall policy ofdevelopment cooperation
onaworldwide scale comprising inparticular the
improvement ofgeneralized preferences with theaim
ofachieving asteady increase inimports ofmanu­
factures from thedeveloping countries ;
Whereas tariff preferences have been applied from
thesecond half of1971 under theconditions setout
above andwhereas these preferences should continue
tobeapplied throughout 1975 •
Whereas ,inaccordance with Protocol No23tothe
ActofAccession ('),thegeneralized tariff preference
scheme became ;applicable inthenew Member States
from 1January 1974 ;
Whereas ,having regard totheterms oftheoffer
concerned aridtotheneed toimprove thegeneralized
preferences ,theabovementioned basic andadditional
amounts should normally refer to1971 ;whereas ,
however ,inrespect oftextile products ,thecomplexity
ofthemeasures tobeimplemented ,combined with
theabovementioned aimofimproving thegeneralized
preferences tanbeovercome normally only bemeans
(>)OJNoL73,27.3.1972 ,p.14.

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ofaflat-rate increase ofsome 50% intheceilings
fixed for1973 ,thecalculations fortheadditional
amount oftheceilings having already been made on '
thebasis of1970 figures ;whereas the same situation
will again prevail in1975 »sothat such im­
provement can beeffected only "bymeans of
aflat–rate increase of5$oftheceilings
fixed for 1974 ,equivalent to157 »5$ofthe
ceilings for 1973 ;
Whereas itisexpedient ,therefore ,inrespect ofthe
products referred 10inAnnex Awhich originate in
lin:i-.'iinuios jiueJ »>ACMO ;*B,ih.a theCt.mnnuuty
should ;v,(oreach o.Ucgnr )oltlii'sf products and
li;IFI:I tv".. LIURV-IIII ;Ì:Ì,;.(,"ÌS within thelimiis
osijic *(» cci!ir.j;s ir.themnr.ncr
vr ..OOVL ;WIKIIT.S ;hebenefir ofsuch tariff
exemption should bercsmvd forproducts originating
inthe countries under consideration ,the con­
cept of'originating products' being determined in
accordance with theprocedure laid down inArticle
14ofCouncil Regulation (EEC )No 802/68(')of
27June 1968 onthe common definition ofthe
concept ofthe origin ofgoods ;whereas charges
against each ofthese ceilings mu^r ,asageneral rule ,
come within amaximum Community amount of507o
inrespect oftheproducts originating inany ofthe
abovementioned countries ;
Whereas ,under these' circumstances ,these objectives
may bereached byapplying amethod ofadminis­
tration based onthecharging ,atCommunity level ,
against theabovementioned ceilings and maximum
amounts ,ofimports oftheproducts concerned as
and when these products areentered forhome use,
and are accompanied byacertificate ofOrigin ;
whereas this method ofadministration must make
provision forthereintroduction ofcustoms duties as
soon asthesaid ceilings ormaximum amounts are
reached atCommunity level ;.
Whereas such method ofadministration calls for
very close andparticularly rapid cooperation between
Member States and theCommission ,which must ,in
particular ,beable toobserve theextent towhich
charges aremade against theceilings and maximum
amounts and inform Member States thereof ;whereas
such cooperation should beparticularly close inview
oftheneed fortheCommission tobeable totake
appropriate measures toreintroduce customs duties
either generally orindividually ,when anyofthecei­
lings ormaximum amounts isreached ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
»
1.From 1January to31December 1975 Com­
mon Customs Tariff duties and thetariff duties of
thenew Member States ontheproducts listed in
(»)OJNoL148,28.6.1968 ,p.1.

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Annex Ashall ,subject toArticle 2and Article 4(2),
betotally suspended . .•. ...
Ireland isauthorized toapply customs duties equal
totheduties itapplies inrespect ofthesame products
vis-a-visMember States other than theUnited King­
dom . .
2.This suspension shall beenjoyed solely bypro­
ducts originating inthecountries listed inAnnex B.
However ,those imports which already enjoy exemp­
tion from customs duties under other preferential
tariff arrangements granted bytheCommunity shall
notbecharged against theceilings specified inpara­
graph 3:For thepurposes ofthis Regulation ,the
concept oforiginating products shall bedetermined
inaccordance with theprocedure laiddown inArticle
,14ofRegulation (EEC )No802/68. ...
With regard tocarpets ,carpeting andrugs ,mentioned
inAnnex Aandfalling under heading No58.01 exA,
thecertificates oforigin forthese products shall state
thenumber ofknots permetre ofwarp .
3.Subject totheprovisions ofArticle 2andArticle 4.
(2)this suspension shall begranted within aCom­
munity ceiling expressed inmetric tons,which shall beequal to ;
157,5 %ofthe amount obtained byadding to­
gether ,onthe one hand ,the tpnnage ofthe
products concerned imported into the Community
in1968 from the countries listed inAnnex B,excluding those
already enjoying various preferential tariff arran­
gements granted bytheCommunity ,and,onthe
other hand ,5%ofthetonnage ofimports in1970
from other countries and from countries already
enjoying such arrangements .
4.Subject toArticle 2andArticle 4(2),within each -
ceiling thus calculated ,charges ofproducts orig­
inating inanyoneofthecountries listed inAnnex B
should notexceed aCommunity maximum amount
equivalent to50% ofthisceilingj excepting certain
products for which the maximum amount' is
reduced tothepercentage indicated inAnnex A.

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J.Any amendment toAnnex B,inparticular bythe
addition ofnew countries enjoying tariff preferences
may entail acorresponding adjustment totheCom­
munity ceilings andthemaximum amounts referred
toinparagraphs 3and4.
Article 2
1.Assoon astheceilings calculated inaccordance
with thefirst subparagraph ofArticle 1(3),which
arelaid down forCommunity imports ofproducts
originating inallofthecountries referred toin
Article 1(2),arereached atCommunity level ,the
levying ofcustoms duties onimports oftheproducts
inquestion from allthecountries concerned may
bereintroduced until theend oftheperiod referred
tointhefirstsubparagraph ofArticle 1(1).
2.Assoon asthemaximum amounts calculated in
accordance with Article 1(4),which arelaid down
forCommunity imports ofproducts originating in
each ofthecountries referred toinArticle 1(2),are
reached foranyoneofthese countries atCommunity
level ,thelevying ofthecustoms duties onimports
oftheproducts inquestion from thecountry con­
cerned may atanytime bereintroduced until theend
oftheperiod referred tointhefirst subparagraph of
Article 1(1).
Article 3
1.Imports oftheproducts inquestion shall be
actually charged against theCommunity ceilings and
maximum amounts asand when theproducts are
entered forhome use,and,except forthetextile
products ofChapters 50to63referred toinAnnex A,
onthebasis ofthecustoms value ofthese products ,
and provided that they areaccompanied byacer­
tificate oforigin pursuant totherules laiddown in
Article 1(2).2.Goods may becharged against aceiling ormaxi­
mum amount only ifthecertificate oforigin referred
toabove ispresented before thedate onwhich the
levying ofduties isreintroduced .
3.The extent towhich theceilings and maximum
amounts have been actually filled shall bedetermined
atCommunity level onthebasis oftheimports
charged inaccordance with paragraphs 1and2.
Article 4
1.The Commission ,inclose cooperation with the
Member States ,shall take allnecessary measures to
ensure thattheabove provisions areapplied .
2.The Commission shall reintroduce thelevying of
customs duties inrespect ofallthecountries referred
toinArticle 1(2)orinrespect ofanyoneofthem
bymeans ofaRegulation intheconditions laiddown
inArticle 2(1)and (2).
Article S
Member States shall inform the Commission at
regular intervals ofimports oftheproducts inques­
tionactually charged against theCommunity ceiling
andmaximum amounts laiddown inArticle 1(3)
and (4).
Article 6
This Regulation shall enter intoforce on1January
1975 .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable inallMember
States .
Done atBrussels ,
For theCouncil
The Président
A

ANNEX A
List ofproducts originating indeveloping countries towhich thegeneralized tariff preferences
forcertain textile products will apply (a)
Order
NoCCT
heading
NoDescription
CHAPTER 50
1 50.04 Silkyarn ,other than yarn ofnoilorother waste silk,notputupfor
retail sale
2 50.05 Yarn spun from silkwaste other than noil,notputupforretail sale
3 50.06 Yarn spun from noilsilk,notputupforretail sale
4 50.07 ,Silkyarn andyarn spun from noilorother waste silk,putupforretail
sale
5 50.08 Silk-worm gut;imitation catgut ofsilk
6 50.09 Woven fabrics ofsilkorofwaste silkother than noil
7 50.10
CHAPTER 51'Woven fabrics ofnoil silk .
8 51.02 Monohl ,strip (artificial straw andthelike)andimitation catgut ,of
man-made fibre materials
9 51.03 Yarn ofman-made fibres (continuous ),putupforretail sale
10 CHAPTER 52
CHAPTER 53METALLIZED TEXTILES ' ■
11/'■
53.06 Yarn ofcarded sheep 'sorlambs' wool (woollen yarn ),notputup
forretail sale
12 53.07 Yarn ofcombed sheep 'sorlambs' wool (worsted yarn),notputupforretail sale
13 53.08 Yarn offineanimal hair (carded orcombed ),notputupforretail
sale
(a)Products qualifying ,under theordinary arrangements forexemption ortotal temporary suspension oftheCommon *
Customs Tariff duty areonly token entries asregards theMember States oftheCommunity asoriginally constituted ,
whereas theexemption orsuspension isdirectly andfully applicable bythenew Member States under thepresent
arrangements ,except forIreland ,which isauthorized toapply customs duties equal totheduties itapplies inrespect
ofthesame products vis-a-visMember States other than theUnited Kingdom .

Ordcr
NoCCT
heading
NoDcacriscioa
14 «;•"53.09 ^ Yarn ofhorsehair 'orofother coarse animal hair,notputupforretail'
».sale .c. ..t..
s
15 53.10 Yarn ofsheep 'sorlambs' wool ,ofhorsehair orofother animal hair
(fineorcoarse ),putupforretail sale
16 53.11 Woven fabrics ofsheep 'sorlambs' wool oroffineanimal hair
17 .53.12 - Woven fabrics ofcoarse animal hair other than horsehair
18 53.13 "
CHAPTER 54"Woven fabrics ofhorsehaîr
19 54.03 Flax orramie yarn ,notputupforretail sale
20 . .■54.04.1
CHAPTER 56.Flax orramie yarn >putuptorretail sale ;
21 56.01 ' Man-made fibres (discontinuous ),notcarded ,combed orotherwise
prepared forspinning (1)
22 56.02 Continuous filament .tow forthemanufacture ofman-made fibres
(discontinuous )(4)
23 '56.03 Waste (including yarn waste and pulled orgarnetted rags )ofman­
made fibres (continuous ordiscontinuous ),notcarded ,combed or
otherwise prepared forspinning (')
24
'•..!»_•56.04 Man-made fibres (discontinuous orwaste ),*carded ,combed orother *
wise prepared forspinning
25. 56.06
•..P•,-., *.•
CHAPTER 57Yarn ofman-made fibres (discontinuous orwaste ),putupforretail
sale
26 57.05 .Yarn oftruc hemp
27 57.07 IYarnofothervegetable textile fibres :
B.Other -i
•28 . .57.08 •- 'Paper yarn <.• ,
29 57.09 Woven fabrics oftrue hemp
30 ex57.11 Woven fabrics ofother vegetable textile fibres ,excluding those ofcoir
31 57.12 Woven fabrics ofpaper yarn
(■)Forproducts falling within thisheading ,themaximum Community amount referred to.inArride 1(4JofthisRegu­
lation isreduced to30% .

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Order
NoCCT
headinfc
.NoDescription
CHAPTER 58
58.01
iCarpets ,carpeting andrugs ,knotted (made upornot):
32 exA.Ofmore than 500 knots
33 B.Ofsilk,orwaste silkother than noil,ofsynthetic textiles
fibres ,ofyarn falling within heading No52.01 orofmetal
threads
34 % exC.Ofother textile materials other than juteorother textile bast
fibres ofheading No57.03 orcoir
58.02 Other Carpets ,carpeting ,rugs ,mats and matting ,and 'Kelem' ,
'Schumacks' and 'Karamanie *rugs and thelike (made upornot)
35 exA.Carpets other than ofjuteorother textile bast fibres ofheading
No57.03 orcoir
36 B.'Kelem' ,'Schumacks' and'Karamanie' rugs andthelike
37 58.03 Tapestries ,hand-made ,ofthetype Gobelins ,Flanders ,Aubusson ,
Beauvais and thelike,and needle-worked tapestries (forexample ,
petit point andcross stitch )made inpanels andthelikebyhand
38 58.05 Narrow woven fabrics ,and narrow fabrics (bolduc )consisting of
warp without weft assembled bymeans ofanadhesive ,other than
goods falling within heading No58.06
39 58.06 Woven labels ,badges andthelike,notembroidered ,inthepiece ,in
strips orcuttoshape orsize
40 58.07
/ iChenille yarn (including flock chenille yarn ),gimped yarn (other than
metallized yarn ofheading No52.01 and gimped horsehair yarn);
braids andornamental trimmings inthepiece ;tassels pompons and
thelike .
41 58.08 Tulle andother netfabrics (butnotincluding woven ,knitted orcro­
cheted fabrics )plain
42 58.09
CHAPTER 59Tulle and other netfabrics (butnotincluding woven ,knitted or
crocheted fabrics ),figured ;hand ormechanically made lace,inthe
piece ,instrips orinmotifs
43 59.01 Wadding andarticles ofwadding ;textile nock anddust andmillneps
44 59.02 Feltandarticles offelt,whether ornotimpregnated orcoated
i
45 59.03 Bonded fibre fabrics ,similar bonded yarn fabrics ,andarticles ofsuch
fabrics ,whether ornotimpregnated orcoated
46 59.05 Nets and netting made oftwine ,cordage orrope and made up
fishing nets ofyarn ,twine ,cordage orrope
47 59.06 Other articles made from yarn ,twine ,cordage ,rope orcables other
than textile fabrics and articles made from such fabrics

48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
60
6,Docnpnoe
Textile fabrics coated with gumoramylaceous substance ofakind
used fordieouter covers orboo*s anathe (ike;tracing aoth ;prepared
painting canvas ;buckram andsimilar fabrics forhatfoundations
.and similar uses
Textile fabrics impregnated ,coated ,covered orlaminated with pre­
parations ofceiiiilose derivatives orofother arnsciai plastic maceriais
Textile fabrics coated orimpregnated with oilorpreparations with
abasis ofdrying on
Linoleum andmaterials prepared onatextile base inasimilar manner
tolinoleum ,whether ornotcuttoshape orofakind used asfloor
coverings ;door coverings consisting ,ofacosting ippuw onarcxtiiC
base,cuttoshape ornot
Rubberized textile fabrics ,other than rubberized knitted orcrocheted
goods
Textile fabrics otherwise impregnated orcoated ;painting canvas
being theatrical scenery ,studio back-cioths orthelike
Elastic fsbnes andrr.rnrnir.g5 'other than knitted orcrocheted goods )
consisting ortexnie matenais combined with rubber threads
Wicks ,ofwoven ,plaited orknitted textile materials ,torlamps ,
stoves .lighters ,candies andtheliice,tubular knitted gas-mantle fabric
and iuL^iiucsc^nt ^sciantics
Textile r.osepiping and similar tubing ,with orwithout lining ,
armour oraccessories ofother matenais
Transmission ,conveyor orelevator belts orbelting ,oftextile material ,
whether ornotstrengthened with metal orother material
Textile fabrics andtexnie articles ,ofakind commonly used inmachi­
nery orplant
Krutted orcrocheted fabrics ,notelastic orrubberized
A.Ofwool oroffine animal hair
Gloves ,mittens and mitts ,knitted orcrocheted ,notelastic orrub­
berized ,other than ofcotton
Outer garments andother articles ,knitted orcrocheted ,notclastic
orrubberized :
A.Outer garments and clothing accessories :
1.Jerseys and pullovers ,containing atleast 50% byweight of
wool andweighing 600gormore perarticle

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Order
NoCCT
hoding
NoDeicripuon
62 60.0 6
CHAPTER 61Knitted orcrocheted fabric andarticles thereof ,elastic orrubberized
(including elastic knee-caps andelastic stockings ):
B.Other
63 ex61.04women 'sgirls' andinfants' under garments ,other than ofcotton
64 61.06Shawls ,scarves ,mufflers ,mantillas ,veilsandthelike
65 61.07 Ties ,bow tiesandcravats
66 61.08Collars ,tuckers ,fallals ,bodice-fronts ,jabots ,cuffs,flounces ,yokesandsimilar accessories andtrimmings oiwomen 'sandgirls' garments
67 61.09Corsets ,corset-belts ,suspender-belts ,brassieres ,braces ,suspenders ,
garters andthelike (including such articles ofknitted orcrocheted
fabric ),whether ornotelastic
68 61.10Gloves ,mittens ,mitts ,stockings ,socks andsockettes ,notbeing knit­tedorcrocheted goods
69 61.11
CHAPTER 62Made upaccessories forarticles ofapparel (forexample ,dress
shields ,shoulder and other pads ,belts ,muffs ,sleeve protectors ,pockets ) .
70 62.01Travelling rugs andblankets :
A.Electrically heated
B.Other :
II.Ofother textile materials
7162.03 Sacks andbags,ofakindusedforthepacking ofgoods
B.Ofother textile materials :
I.Used .
a)Flax orofsisal
i
exb)Other (excluding coirorcotton fibres )
72 ex62.05Other made uptextile articles (including dress patterns ),other than
orjute,other than textile bastfibres ofheading 57.03 orcoir

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Order
NorCCT
[heading
NoDescription
73CHAPTER 63
ex63.01 Clothing ,clothing accessories ,travelling rugs andblankets ,household
linen andfurnishing articles (other than articles falling within heading
No58.01 ,58.02 or58.03 ),oftextile materials ,footwear andheadgear
ofany material ,showing signs ofappreciable wear and imported
inbulk orinbales ,sacks orsimilar bulk packings other than ofjute
other than textile bast fibres ofheading 57.03 orcoir

ANNEX H,
Listofdeveloping countries andterritories enjoying generalized tariff preferences
INDEPENDF.NT COUNTRlhS
Afghanistan
Algeria
Argemina
Bahamas
Bahrain ■,
Bangladesh
Barbades
Bhutan
Bolivia
Botswana
Bra7.il
Burma
Burundi
Cameroon '
Central African Republic
Chad
Chilc
Colombia
Coligo ,People 'sRepublic of
Gosta Rica '' .
Cuba ' '::
Cyprus
Dahomey
Dominican Repnblic
Ecuador
Egypt ,Arab Republic of 1'
ElSalvador
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Fiji , :'• ;■..
i'
Gabon ''"... • •
Gambia
Ghana
Guatemala
Guinca
Guyana
HaitiHonduras •
India 1
Indonesia
Iran ,
Iraq
Ivory Coast
Jamaica "
Jordan
Kenya
Khmer Republic
'Korea (South)'
Kuwait
I.aos
Lebanon •
l.esotho' • ■
I.iberia
I.ibya
Malagasy Ri-public
Malawi
■Malaysia
Maldive hlands .
■Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius ,
México '
'Morocco
Nauru
iNepal ..
,,Nicaragua .
Nigor , ■
Nij'cri'à
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Paraguay
Perù . .
PhilippinesQatar
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Sierra I.eone
Singapore
Somalia
SriLanka
Sudan
Swaziland
,Syria
Tanzania
Thailand ' ' 1
Togo ' .
>Tonga
Trinidad andTobago
(Tunisia 1 • '
Uganda
United Arab Emirates :
Abu Dhabi
Dubai
■Ras alKhaimah .
Fujairah
Ajman
• Sharjah
Ummal Qaiwain
Upper V olta
Uruguay
Venezuela
Vietnam ,Republic of
Western Samoa :
Yemen ,People's Démocratie
Republic of
Yemen Arab Republic ,
Yusoslavia
Zaire
Zambia

PROPOSAL FOR A
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHE COUNCIL
ontheopening oftariff preferences intheform ofapartiel suspensionofcustoms duties forjute manufactures originating inIndia ,Thailand and
Bangladesh andforcoirmanufactures originating inIndia ax£SriLanka.
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuro­
pean Economic Community ,andinparticular
toArticle 113thereof ;
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
whereas ,witrnn tnecontext otUNCTAD ,theEuro­
pean Economic Community offered togrant tariff
preferences onfinished andsemi-finished products
coming from developing countries ;whereas thepre­
ferential treatment proposed inthat offer covers ,
generally speaking ,allfinished and semi-finished
industrial products covered byChapters 25to99of
theBrussels Nomenclature which originate indevel­
oping countries ;
Whereas theoffer made bytheCommunity includes
aclause stating that theCommunity drew upthe
offer ontheassumption that allthemain industrial­
izedcountries which aremembers oftheOECD would
participate ingranting preferences andwould make
similar efforts inthis direction ;whereas ,moreover ,
itisevident from theconclusions worked out in
UNCTAD that this -offer ,while being ofatemporary
nature ,does notconstitute abinding commitment
and,inparticular ,may bewithdrawn wholly orin
part atalater date ;whereas thispossibility may
beadopted inter aliawith aview toremedying any
unfavourable situations which might arise inthe
associated countries following theimplementation of
thegeneralized preference scheme ;
Whereas ,however ,asregards juteandcoirproducts ,
thesaid offer includes theelimination ofcustoms
duties only where special arrangements have been
made with thedeveloping exporting countries ;
\bsreas Agreements "between the Community
*r;.dIndia onjute (l)andcoir (2)manu-
7enures have entered into force ;
whereas the said
Ap.'c;iv-;,tsrefer ,inparticular ,tothe'Joint Declar -
",W..-.fTrtent onthedevelopment oftrade relations
v ,SriLanka ,India ,Malaysia ,Pakistan and
■^.vapore *contained intheActofAccession qand
,/fngdown special regulations governing trade in
-i'-s^Vcducts theCommunity ;
82of27.3.1974 PP.ll 311(1
\"1KoL73,27.3.1972 ,p.14.

Whereas ,asregards Bangladesh ,approval procedures arebeing com­
pleted concerning anagreement onaniden­
tical basis tothatoftheAgreement between theCom­
munity andIndia ;
_Whereas itisprovided ,inparticular ,that theCommunityshall ,autonomously andwithin thescope
ofitsoffer onthegranting ofgeneralized tariff pre­
ferences for ]jute andcoir manufactures originating
inIndia and Bangladesh ,partially and by
stages suspend theCommon Customs Tariff duties
relating tothese products ,and from 1st January 1974
where ïndia isconcemed ; >
Whereas ,moreover ,adhoc measures are about tobe
finally agreed between the Community ,ofthe one
part ,andSri Lanka ,inrespect ofcoir manu­
factures ,aswell asThailand ,inrespect of
jute manufactures ,oftheother part ;
Whereas ,inaccordance with Protocol No23tothe
*ActofAccession ,thegeneralized tariff preference scheme
became fully applicable inthenew Member
states from 1January 1974 ;whereas ,however ,
Article 2(2)oftheabovementioned Agreements with India and Bangladesh con­
cerning these products lay .down that inDenmark ,
Ireland and theUnited Kingdom thetariff adjust­
ments resulting from theopening ofthepreferences
inquestion may beintroduced gradually ;whereas itappears equally appropriate tQapply
similar provisions inrespect ofThailand and Sri Lanka ;
Whereas ,therefore ,inrespect oftheproducts cov­
ered byArticle 1ofthisRegulation ,theCommunity
should until 31December 197$ allow imports tobe
partially freefrom customs duties inrespect ofjute products
asregards India ,Thailand and Bangladesh and,inrespect
ofcoir products ,asregards India and Sri Lanka ;
Whereas thebenefit ofthese suspensions should be
granted tothesaidproducts originating inIndia ,
Bangladesh ,Thailand andSri Lanka ;whereas ,tothis end,theprovisions con­
cerning thedefinition oftheconcept oforiginating
products should beapplied totariff preferences
granted bytheCommunity totheproducts from )
developing countries fortheperiod from 1January
until 31December 1974 ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
1.From 1January 197,5 ,the Common Customs
Tariff duties ontheproducts listed hereafter shall
besuspended preferentially attherates shown in
respect thereof :

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CCT 1heading Description
No
I
:57.10Preferential
-•rate
(advalorem )
57.06 Yarn ofjute orofother bast fibres
falling under heading No57*03
57.10 Woven fabrics ofjute :orother bast fibres falli
ffawiatnoï notmore than Î50cmandweighing pcrm2:
I.Less than 310g •
II.Not lessthan 310gbutnotmore than 500g
III.More than 500g '
B.Ofawidth more than 150 cm
58.02 Other carpets ,carpeting ,rugs ,mats andmatting ,and'Kellem' ,
'Schumacks' and'Karamanie' rugs andthelike (made upor
not):
A.Carpets ,carpeting ,rugs ,mats andmatting :
I.Coir mats andmatting and tufted carpets
ofjute and coir '
62.03 Sacks and bags ,ofakind used forthepacking ofgoods :
exA.Ofjute :
II.Other : -,
a)Offabric weighing lessthan 310g/rrr
b)Offabric weighing notlessthan 310 g/mabut
notmore than 500g/m2
c)Offabric weighing more than 500g/m2ng3,2
8
7,6
6
11
9,2
8
V6
2.Onimports ofthesaid goods into Denmark and
theUnited Kingdom ,theduties tobeapplied shall
bethose oftheir customs tariff suspended atthe
level ofthose applied in1973 .Forjute textile pro­
ducts falling within heading Nos ex57.06 ,ex57.10
and62.03 exAIIreferred toinparagraph 1,Ireland
shall align itsnational customs tariff duties onthe
abovementioned preferential rates onthedates and •
intheorder fixed inArticle 39(1)and (2)oftheAct
ofAccession .
3.The benefit ofthesuspensions referred toinAr­
ticle 1shall bereserved forproducts originating in
India until 31December 1975 ".Products origi­
nating inBangladesh and Sri Lanka ,except
coir mats and matting and tufted carpets
ofcoir ,shall also benefit from these sus­
pensions .The same coir mats and matting
undtufted carpets ofcoir shall ,however ,
benefit from these suspensions when origina­
ting inSri Lanka .For the purposes ofthis
Foliation the concept oforiginating pro­
ducts shall bethat laid
d'jwn byCommission Regulation (EEC )No3614 /73
applicable toproducts benefiting from tariff pre-
fcvc.Kcs granted bytheCommunity todeveloping
countries fortheperiod from 1January until 31
December 197.5 -

Article 2
1.The Commission ,inclose collaboration with
Member States ,shall take allnecessary measures to
ensure that theforegoing provisions are applied .
2.TheMember States shall regularly inform the
Commission ofimports benefiting under thepre­
ceding provisions .
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1
January 197/.
ThisRegulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable inallMemberStates .
Done atBrussels ,:
For theCouncil
The Président

Proposal for a
REGULATION (EEC )OFTHfi COUNCIL
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration ofaCommunity tariff quota
forcertain textile products originating inYugoslavia
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard tothe Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community ,and .inparticular
toArticle 113 thereof :
Having regard to the proposai from the
Commission ; n .. . .
Whereas within the framework ofUNCTAD the
European Economic Community offered togrant
tariff preferences onfinished and semi-finished
products originating in developing countries ;
whereas thepreferential treatment proposed inthat
offer covers ,generally speaking ,allfinished and
semi-finished industrial products falling within
Chapters 25to99oftheBrussels Nomenclature and
originating indeveloping countries ;
Whereas ,however ,inrespect ofcotton textile
products formerly covered bythe Long-term Arrangement (l)
regarding International Trade inCotton Textiles ,
theoffer made bytheCommunity lays down that
thepreferences ,intheform ofduty-free ceilings ,
will begranted tothe countries benefiting from
generalized preferences which aresignatories tothe
Long-term Arrangement or possibly .tothose
countries benefiting from generalized preferences
which undertake inrespect ofthe Community
commitments similar tothose existing under that
Arrangement and foritsduration ;whereas ,having
particular regard tothelink which Article 6ofthe
Long-term Arrangement established between cotton
products andsubstitute products ,itappears justified
inthese circumstances and byvirtue ofthefactthat
atotal suspension ofcustoms duties isinvolved to
include inthesame scheme asthat described above
those substitute textile products given inthe
conditional listofpartial and limited reductions of
customs duties deposited with GATT bythe
Community during the last series oftariff
negotiations ;
Whereas theoffer made bytheCommunity includes
aclause stipulating that theCommunity drew upthe
offer on the assumption that all the main
industrialized countries which are members ofthe
OECD would participate ingranting preferences and
would make similar efforts inthis direction ;
whereas ,moreover ,itisevident from the
conclusions worked outinUNCTAD that thisoffer ,
while being ofatemporary nature ,does not
constitute abinding commitment and,inparticular ,
may bewithdrawn wholly orinpart atalater date ;
(')OJNoL225,12.10.1970 ,p.29.

whereas thispossibility may beadopted inter alia
with aview toremedying any unfavourable
situations which might arise inthe associated •
countries following the implementation ofthe
generalized preference scheme ;
Whereas ,moreover ,theConference ofHeads of
State orofGovernment oftheMember States and
theStates acceding totheEuropean Communities
held inParis from 19to21October 1972 invited the
Community institutions and the Member States
progressively toadopt an overall policy of
development cooperation on aworld-wide scale
comprising inparticular the improvement of
generalized preferences with theaim ofachieving a
steady increase inimports ofmanufactures from the .
developing countries ;
Whereas ,inaccordance with Protocol No23tothe
ActofAccession (2),thegeneralized tariff preference
scheme became applicable inthenew Member States
from 1January 1974 ;
Whereas ,for the various categories oftextile
products inquestion ,Council Regulation (EEC )No
of 1974 opening ,allocating
andproviding fortheadministration ofCommunity
tariff quotas forcertain textile products originating
indeveloping countries ^'and Council Regulation
(EEC )No of : 1974
establishing preferential tariffs inrespect ofcertain .
textile products originating in'developing countries ^/
putinto effect theabovementioned offer for1975
favour ofthose developing countries satisfying the
conditions outlined above and listed inAnnex Bto
those Regulations ;whereas this measure has been
taken on atransitional basis ,the Commission
counting onthecountries thus concerned totake
measures ensuring that equivalent objectives are
respected ,atleast throughout 1975 ;inexpec­
tation ofsuch time ,asthe "Arrangement
concerning International Trade inTextiles "
"becomes applicable (5);whereas
Yugoslavia for its part has entered into
commitments similar tothose made under theLong -
term Arrangement ;whereas Yugoslavia should ,
therefore ,"bysimilar considerations "be
granted the benefit oftariff
preferences forthetextile products inquestionalso for197.;jwhereas ,inorder nottoaffect the
advantages which thepresent beneficiaries enjoy for
these products ,separate ceilings atzeroduty should
beopened exclusively forproducts originating in
Yugoslavia ;whereas each ofthese ceilings should
under normal conditions beequal tothemaximum
(2)OJNoL73,27.3.1972 .D.14.
(»)OJNoL
(4)OJNo L
(5)OJP L118,30.4.1974 ,P.1

amount fixed byRegulations (EEC )No3502 /73and
(EEC )No3503 /73forcorresponding products ,with
alower limit of10°/oandanupper limit of100'/#of
thequantities ofthetypes ofproducts inquestion
exported from Yugoslavia tothe Community in
1968 ;
Whereas theCommunity should ,therefore ,forthe
period to31December 197^open Community
duty-free tariff quotas inrespect oftheproducts
listed intheAnnex tothis Regulation uptothe
amounts specified inmetric tons foreach ofthem ;
whereas thebenefit ofthese tariff quotas should
apply only toproducts originating inYugoslavia ,
and theconcept oforiginating products should be
determined inaccordance with theprocedure laid
down inArticle 14ofCouncil Regulation (EEC )No
802/68(')of27 June 1968 on the common
definition oftheconcept oforigin ofgoods ;.
Whereas autilization scheme ofCommunity tariff
quotas among theMember States would appear to
conform tothe Community character ofthose
quotas ;whereas the application ofthe generally
accepted principles inrespect oftheallocation ofthe
Community tariff quotas which have been opened
until now entails ,under these circumstances and in
view ofthe variety ofthe products concerned ,
calculations which areallthemore problematic in
that thestatistical data required sometimes prove to
be incomplete ornot sufficiently accurate or
representative ;whereas thetime required forthese
calculations cannot bereconciled with thecontinuity
necessary fortheapplication ofthetariff preferences
concerned ;whereas ,under these conditions ,it
would beadvisable still atthis stage toadopt a.
fixed scale for allocating the Community tariff
quotas concerned among the Member States ;^
whereas ,onthebasis ofgeneral economic criteria
i.e.foreign trade inthe textile sector ,the gross
national product andpopulation ,thepercentages for
theinitial shares oftheMember States inthequota
amounts areasfollows forthequota year under
consideration :
Germany 27'/#
Bénélux 10°/o
France 19•/»
Italy 14•/•
Denmark 7#/o
Ireland 1•/•
United Kingdom 22®/o
(')OJNo L.148,28.6.1968 ,p.1.

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Whereas ,since the tariff quotas involved areingeneral
relatively small itappears possible ,without affecting
the Community nature ofthe quotas under
consideration ,toprovide atthisstage forautilization
scheme based onasingle allocation among the
Member States ,more particularly since imple­
mentation oftheprinciple regarding the
setting upofareserve site,recannot ,in
such asensitive area ,beputinhand except
progressively and must remain attuned tothe
methods ofadministration laid down inthe
general framework ofthe scheme ofgeneralized
preferences ;whereas such allocation could be
made according tothepercentages setoutinthe
table above ;
Whereas since the Kingdom ofBelgium ,the
Kingdom oftheNetherlands andtheGrand Duchy
ofLuxembourg areunited inandrepresented bythe
Benelux Economic Union fortheallocation ofthe
tariff quotas concerned ,anymeasure concerning the
administration ofthe shares allocated tothat
Economic Union may becarried outbyoneofits
Members ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
1.From 1January to31December 1975.the
Common Customs Tariff duties andthetariff duties
ofthenewMember States ontheproducts listed in
theAnnex shall betotally suspended forCommunity
tariff quotas uptothe volume inmetric tons
indicated incolumn 3ofthatAnnex inrespect of
each ofthose products .
Ireland isauthorized toapply quota duties equal to
theduties which itapplies toimports ofthesame
products from Member States other than theUnited
Kingdom .
2.Thetariff quotas referred toshall begranted
only toproducts originating inYugoslavia .Forthe
purposes ofthis Regulation the concept of
originating products shall be determined in
accordance with theprocedure laiddown inArticle
14ofRegulation (EEC )No802/68.
Article 2
TheCommunity tariff quotas referred toinArticle 1
(1)shall beallocated among theMember States in
shares equal totheamounts indicated incolumn 4
oftheAnnex inrespect ofeachtypeofproduct .
Article 3
1.The Member States shall ensure free access to
theshare which has been allocated tothem for
importers ofthe products concerned who are
established ontheir territory .
2.The extent towhich theshares ofMember
States have been actually filled shall bedetermined
onthebasis ofimports oftheproducts which have

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been entered for home use,and which are
accompanied byacertificate oforigin inaccordance
with therules referred toinArticle 1(2).
3.Goods may qualify foratariff quota only if
thecertificate oforigin referred toinparagraph 2is
submitted before thedate onwhich thelevying of
duties isreintroduced .Article S
Member States andtheCommission shall cooperate
closely toensure that thepreceding provisions are
observed .
Article 6
vals ofimports actually charged against This Regulation shall enter into force on1January
1975 .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety and directly applicable inallMember
States .
Done atBrussels ,Article 4
Member States shall inform the Commission at
regular intervals ofimports actually charged against
their shares .
FortheCouncil
The Président

ANNEX
Listofproducts originating inYugoslavia covered byCommunity duty-free tariff quotas as
part ofthegeneralized tariff preferences
Ordcr
NoCCT
hcnding
No
wDescription
(2)Quota
volume
(inmctric
tons )
(3)V olume ofshares allocated
toMember States
(inmetric tons )
4)
1 55.05 Cotton yarn ,notputupforretail sale :
B.Other :
II.Other :
Measuring ,per single yam ,per
kilo ;
–14000 morless 75 Germany 2Qt25Bcnelux 7,50
France 14,25
Italy 10,50
Denmark ,5,25
Ircland . 0,75
United Kingdom 16,50
2 –More than 14000 mbut not
more than 40000 m.346 Germany 363,42Bénélux . 135,60
France 255,74
Italy 188,44
Denmark 9422
Ircland 13*46
United Kingdom 296 12
3 –More than 40000 mbut not
more than 80000 m462Germany 124,74
Bénélux 46,20
France 87,78
Italy 6468
Denmark 32,34
Ireland 4,62
United Kingdom 101 64
4 –More than 80000 mbut not
more than 120000 m68 Germany 18,36
Bénélux 6,80
France 12,92
Italy 9,52
Denmark 4,76
Ireland 0,68
United Kingdom 14.36
5 55.09 Other woven fabrics ofcotton :
A.Containing 85%>ormore byweightofcotton :
I.Ofawidth ofless than 85cm:
–Unbleached 40 Germany 10,80 -
Bénélux 4,00France 7,60
Italy 5,60
Denmark 2,80
Ireland 0,40
United Kingdom 8,80

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Ordcr
NoCCT
heading
No
(1)Description
(2)Quota
volume
(ininctrlc
tons )
(3)V olume ofshares allocated
toMember ,State »
(inmetric toiu )
(4)
6 –Other 120 Germany 32.40
Bénélux 12,00
France 22,80italy 16*80
Dcamark 8,40
Ireland 120
United Kingdom 26*40
7 II.Other :
–Unbleached ,ofawidth :
–Of85cmormore but not
more than 115 cmi
1150 i»
Germany 325,89
Bénélux 120,70
France 229,33
Italy 168,98
Denmark 84,49
Ireland 12,07
United Kingdom 265,54
8 –More than 115 cmbutnot
more than 165 cm732 Germany
Bénélux .73,20
France
Italy 102,48
Denmark 51,24
Ireland 7,32
United Kingdom 161,04
9 –More than 165 cm 236 Germany 63,72
Bénélux 23,60France ' 44,84Italy 33^04 '
Denmark 16,52
Ireland 2,36
United Kingdom 51,92
10 Other :
–Printed82 Germany 22,14
Bénélux 8,20
France 15,58
Italy 11,48
Denmark 5,74
Ireland ' 0,82
United Kingdom 18,04
11 –Other 82 Germany 22,14
Bénélux 8,20
France 15,58Italy iTJÏÉf
Denmark 5,74
Ireland 0,82
UnitedKingdom 18,04
12 56.05 Yarn ofman-made fibres (discontinuous
orwaste ),not put upforretail sale:
B.Ofregenerated textile fibres 173 Germany 46,71
Bénélux 17,30
France 32,87
Italy . 24,22
Denmark 12,11
Ireland ]73
United Kingdom . 38*06

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Order
NoCCT
hcading
No
(1)Deicription
»)Quota
volume
(inmctric
ton»)
(3)V olume ofsnares allocated
toMember States
(inmetric tons )
(«)
13
\56.07 woven fabrics of man-made fibres
(discontinuous orwaste ):
B.Ofregenerated textile fibres :
–Printed 57 Cermany 42,39
Bénélux 1570
France 29*83
Italy 2198Denmark KiQQ
Ireland
United Kingdom 3/,
14 –Other 157 Germany 42.39
Bénélux 15,70
France 29,83
Italy 21,98
Denmark 10,99
Ireland 1,57
United Kingdom 3*,54
15 ex60.03Stocking ,under stockings ,socks ,ankle -
socks ,sockettes andthelike,knitted or
crocheted ,notelastic orrubberized :
–Ofcotton23Germany 6,21Bénélux 2,30
France 4,37
Italy 3,22
Denmark l,bl
Ireland »n^United Kingdom 5,0o
16 60.04 Under garments ,knitted orcrocheted ,
not elastic orrubberized :
A.Ofcotton 113 Germany 30,51
Bénélux 11.30
France 21,47
Italy 15.82
Denmark 791
Ireland l'l3
United Kingdom 24*86
17 61.01Men'sand boys' outer garments :
–Ofcotton fabric 47 Germany 12,69
Bénélux 4,70
France
Italy
Denmark
Ireland 0|47
United Kingdom 10,34
18 –Other!298 Germany 80,46Bénélux 2980
France 56*62
Italy 4172
Denmark 20,86
Ireland 2,98
United Kingdom 65,56

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Order
NoCCT
hcading
No
(1)Description
(2)'QuoUvolume
(Jnmctrle
ions )
(3)V olume ofshares allocated '
toMember States
(inmetric tons )
(4)
19 61.02 Woman 's,girls' and infants outer
garments :
–Ofcotton fabric
\63 Germany 'c'qn
Bénélux 11*Q7
France q'cqItaly {.g
Denmark n»r^
Ireland
United Kingdom ,J>°°
20 –Other 120 Germany 32,40Bénélux 12,00
France 22,80
Italy 16,80
Denmark 8,40
Ireland 1,20
United Kingdom 26.40
21 61.03 Men'sand boys' under garments ,
including collars ,shirt fronts and cuffs :
–Other than ofcotton fabric 63Germany 17,01
Bénélux b,JUFrance . .U,9ï '
Italy
Denmark SJ'
Ireland
United Kingdom
.22 62.02 Bed linen ,table linen ,toilet linen and
kitchen linen ;curtains and other
furnishing articles :
–Ofcotton fabric52\
i
i
Germany
Bénélux :
France
Italy ! '
Denmark
Ireland iV'rrUnited Kingdom 1I|H
-23 –Other 6 Germany 1,62
Bénéluxsr fe
Denmark
Ireland 0»$United Kingdom •

Proposai fora
REGULATION (EEC )OFTHE COUNCIL
I
opening tariff preferences forcertain textile products originating inYugoslavia
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing the
European Economic Community ,andillparticular
toArticle 113thereof ;
Having regard to the proposai from tne
Commission ;
Whereas within the context ofUNCTAD the
European Economic Community offered togrant
tariff preferences onfinished and semi-finished
products originating indeveloping countries ;
whereas thepreferential treatment proposed inthat
offer covers ,generally speaking ,allfinished and
semi-finished products falling within Chapters 25to
99oftheBrussels Nomenclature andoriginating in
developing countries ;
Whereas ,however ,inrespect ofcotton textile
products formerly covered bythe_Long-term Arrangement ^1;
regarding International Trade inCotton Textiles the
offer made bytheCommunity lays down that the
preferences ,intheform ofduty-free ceilings ,willbe
granted tothecountries benefiting from generalized
preferences which aresignatories totheLong-term
Arrangement or possibly tothose countries
benefiting from generalized preferences which
undertake in respect of.the Community
commitments similar tothose existing under that
Arrangement andforitsduration ;whereas ,having
particular regard tothelinkwhich Article 6ofthe
Long-term Arrangement established between cotton
products andsubstitute products ,itappears justified .
inthese circumstances andbyvirtue ofthefactthat
atotal suspension ofcustoms duties isinvolved to
include inthesame scheme asthat described above
those substitute textile products given inthe
conditional listofpartial andlimited reductions of
customs duties deposited with GATT bythe
Community during the last series oftariff
negotiations ;
Whereas theoffer made bytheCommunity includes
aclause stipulating thattheCommunity drew upthe
offer on the assumption that all the main
industrialized countries which aremembers ofthe
OECD would participate ingranting preferences and
would make similar efforts inthis direction ;
whereas ,moreover ,itisevident from the
conclusions worked out inUNCTAD that thisoffer ,
while being ofatemporary nature ,does not
constitute abinding commitment and,inparticular ,
may bewithdrawn wholly orinpart atalater date ;
(')OJNoL225,12.10.1970 ,p.29.

-2-
whereas thispossibility may beadopted inter alia
with aview toremedying any unfavourable
situations which might arise intheassociated
countries following the implementation ofthe
generalized preference scheme ;
Whereas ,moreover ,theConference ofHeads of
State orofGovernment oftheMember States and
theStates acceding totheEuropean Communities
held inParis from 19to21October 1972 invited the
Community institutions and the Member States
progressively toadopt anoverall policy of
development cooperation onaworld-wide scale
comprising inparticular the improvement of
generalized preferences with theaimofachieving a
steady increase inimports ofmanufactures from the
developing countries ;
Whereas ,inaccordance with Protocol No23tothe
ActofAocession (a),thegeneralized tariff preference
scheme "became 1applicable inthe new
Member States from 1January 19T4 ;
Whereas for the various categories oftextile
products inquestion Council Regulation (EEC )No1974 opening ,allocating
andproviding fortheadministration ofCommunity
tariff quotas forcertain textile products originating
indeveloping countriey^'and Council Regulation
(EEC ) 1974 -opening
tariff preferences inrespect ofcertain^textile
products originating indeveloping countries putinto
effect theabovementioned offer for197-5"infavour
ofthose developing countries satisfying the
conditions outlined above andlisted inAnnex Bto
those Regulations ;whereas thismeasure hasbeen
taken onatransitional basis ,the Commission
counting onthecountries thus concerned totake
measures ensuring that equivalent objectives were
respected ,atleast throughout 197SJandin
expectation ofsuch time asthe "Arrange­
ment concerning International Trade inTextiles "becomes applicable iW^hereas
Yugoslavia foritspart hasentered intocommitments
similar tothose made under the Long-term
Arrangement ;whereas Yugoslavia should ,therefore ,"bysimilar COnsiderar -tion begranted thebenefit oftariff preferences for
theabovementioned textile products also for
1975 ;whereas ,inorder nottoaffect theadvantages
which the present beneficiaries enjoy for these
products ,separate ceilings atzero duty should be
opened exclusively for products originating in
(*)OJNoL73,27.3.1972 .p.14.
(»)OJNo L •
(4)OJNoL
(5)OJ L118of30.4.1974 ,p.1

Yugoslavia ;whereas each ofthese ceilings should
under normal conditions beequal tothemaximum
amount fixed byRegulations (EEC )No and
(EEC )No forcorresponding products ,with
alower limit of10°/oandanupper limit of100°/«
ofthequantities ofthetypes ofproducts inquestion
exported from Yugoslavia totheCommunity in1968 ;
whereas these ceilings must beadjusted inorder to
take account ofcertain special cases where there are
nodeliveries from Yugoslavia ;whereas these ceilings
must beadjusted ,however ,totakeaccount inter olid
ofcertain particular cases where there areno
deliveries from Yugoslavia ;
Whereas ,therefore ,inrespect ofeach ofthetypes of
products listed intheAnnex tothisRegulation ,the
Community should until 31December 1975 allow
duty-free imports uptotheCommunity ceilings
indicated opposite each ofthose classes ;whereas the
benefit ofthese tariff quotas should apply only to
products originating inYugoslavia ,andtheconcept
oforiginating products should bedetermined in
accordance with theprocedure laiddown inArticle
14ofCouncil Regulation (EEC )No802/68(')of
27June 1968 onthecommon definition ofthe
concept oftheorigin ofgoods ;
Whereas ,intheevent ,these objectives may be
attained byamethod ofadministration based onthe
charging atCommunity level ofimports ofthe
products inquestion against theabovementioned
ceilings asandwhen theproducts areentered for
home useandareaccompanied byacertificate of
origin ;whereas thisform ofadministration should
make itpossible toreintroduce duties assoon asthe
ceilings have been reached atCommunity level ;
Whereas rhis form ofadministration requires close
and particularly rapid collaboration between the
Member States and the Commission ,and the
Commission must inparticular beable tofollow the
extent towhich charges aremade inrespect ofthe
ceilings and inform theMember States thereof ;
whereas thiscollaboration must besufficiently close
fortheCommission tobeable totake adequate
measures toreintroduce thenormal duties ,
?
i
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :duties andthetariff duties ofthenew Member
States ontheproducts listed intheAnnex shall be'
totally suspended forCommunity ceilings uptothe
volume inmetric tonsindicated incolumn 3ofthe.
Annex inrespect ofeach ofthose products .
Ireland isauthorized toapply quota duties equal to
theduties which itapplies toimports ofthesame
products from Member States other thantheUnited
Kingdom .
2.The benefit ofthesuspension referred toin
paragraph 1isgranted onlyforproducts originating
inYugoslavia .Forthepurposes ofthisRegulation
the concept oforiginating products shall be
determined inaccordance with theprocedure laid
down inArticle 14ofRegulation (EEC )No802/68.
Article 2
Assoon astheceilings indicated incolumn 3ofhe
Annex have been reached atCommunity level ,the
normal duties may bereintroduced atanytime on
imports ofproducts originating inYugoslavia ,until
theendoftheperiod specified inArticle 1(1).
Article 3
1.Imports oftheproducts inquestion shall be
actually charged against theCommunity ceilings as
andwhen theproducts areentered forhome use
and areaccompanied byacertificate oforigin
pursuant totherules laiddown inArticle 1(2).
2.Goods maybecharged against aceiling only if
thecertificate oforigin referred toinparagraph 1is
submitted before thedate onwhich thelevying of
duties isreintroduced .
3.Theextent towhich theceilings have actually
been filled shall bedetermined atCommunity level
onthebasis ofimports charged inaccordance with
paragraphs 1and2.
Article 1
1.From 1January to31December 1975 .subject
toArticles 2and4(2),theCommon Customs Tariff
f
(MOJNoL148,28.6.1968 ,p.1.Article 4
1.The Commission ,inclose collaboration with
theMember States ,shall take allnecessary measures
toensure thattheabove provisions areapplied .

2.The Commission shall ,bymeans ofa
Regulation ,reintroduce thelevying ofnormal duties
inrespect ofYugoslavia ,inaccordance with Article 2.against theCommunity ceilings provided forin
Article 1(1).
Artide S Article 6
The Member States shall regularly inform the This Regulation shall enter intoforce on1January
Commission ofimports which areactually charged 1975 •
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable inallMember
States .
v 4
Done atBrussels , __ j.
FortheCouncil
The Président

ANNEX
Listoftheproducts originating inYugoslavia which arecovered bygeneralized tariff
preferences forcertain textile products
CCT
hcading No
1Detcription
«Community
ceiling
(inmctric toni )
0
54.05
55.05
55.06
55.07
55.08
55.09
58.04
58.10
60.01
ex60.02
60.05
60.06
61.03woven fabrics offlaxoryarn
Cotton yarn ,notputupforretail sale:
A.Multiple orcabled ,finished ,inballs oroncards ,reels ,tubes or
similar supports ,ofaweight (including support )notexceeding 900g
B.Other :
I.Measuring ,persingle yarn,120000 mormore perkg
Cotton yarn ,putupforretail sale
Cotton gauze
Terry towelling andsimilar terry fabrics ,ofcotton
Other woven fabric »ofcotton :
B.Other
Woven pile fabrics and chenille fabrics (other than terry towelling or
similar terry fabrics ofcotton falling within heading No55.08 and
fabrics falling within heading No58.05 )
Embroidery ,inthepiece ,instrips orinmotifs
Knitted orcrocheted fabric ,notelastic orrubberized :
B.Ofman-made fibres
C.Ofother textile materials
Gloves ,mittens andmitts ,knitted orcrocheted ,notelastic orrubberized ,ofcotton
Outer garments andother articles ,knitted orcrocheted ,notelastic orrubberized
A.Outer garments andclothing accessories :
exII.Other ,ofcotton
exB.Other ,ofcotton
Knitted orcrocheted fabric andarticles thereof ,elastic orrubberized
(including elastic knee-caps andelastic stockings ):
A.Fabric :
–Incotton fabric
–Other
Men sandboys *under garments ,including collars ,shirt fronts andcuffs :
–Incotton fabric \

CCT
heading NoDescription
2Community
ceiling
(inmetric tons )
3
ex61.04
61.05
62.01
62.03
62.04Women 's,girls 1andinfants' under garments ,ofcotton
Handkerchiefs
Travelling rugs and blankets :
B.Other :
I.OfCotton
Sacks andbags ,ofakind used forthepacking ofgoods ;
B.Ofother textile materials :
I.Used :
çx(b)Others
–Incotton fabric
exII.Other :
–Incotton fabric
Tarpaulins ,sails ,awnings ,sunblinds ,tents andcamping goods53,55
29,40
15,75
85
94,50