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COM(76)266final(m"
COMMISSION Brussels,3rdJune1976
OrTHE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
, CONFIDENTIAL
Secretoriat
Proposal for a
(PUBLIC )COUNCIL DECISION
increasing certain ofthequotas forimports into
the Benelux countries and into Ireland from Romania
laid downbyCouncil Decision 75/788/EEC.
Proposal for a
(CONFIDENTIAL )COUNCIL DECISION
amending the (confidential )Council Decision of
18December 1975 concerning theimplementation of
Council Decision 75/788/EEC.
(submitted bytheCommission totheCouncil )
CCM(76 )266final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Whentheunilateral arrangements forimportsintotheMemberStates
fromState-trading countries wereadoptedfor1976on18Decemberlastyear,
therewasnoincreaseinthe(public)bilateral quotasorthe(confidential )
overallceilingsforimportsintotheBeneluxcountries compared withthe
1975levels1^.
2.Inaccordance withArticle3ofCouncilDecision 75/210/EECof27
March1975unilateral importarrangements inrespectofState-trading
2)countries ,theBelgianGovernment ,onbehalfofthethreeBeneluxcoun­
tries,askedon23Aprilforcertainbilateral quotasandoverallceilings
tobeincreased .
Theincreases inquestionaregenerally speakingfairlysmall,particul­
arlyinthecaseoftextileproducts ,forwhichtheyamounttonomorethan
5/&(byvalue).Thisrateofincreaseisaboutthesamesizeasthatofthe
quotaincreases adoptedbytheCouncillastDecember inrespectoftextile
productsforotherMemberStates.Theseincreases arealsoverysmallin
absolute valueterms.
Theamendments requested bytheBeneluxcountries donottherefore
poseanyparticular problems fromtheeconomic viewpoint .Moreover ,noobject­
ionwasraisedbytheotherMemberStatesatthetimeoftheConsultation
procedureinitiated on27April1976pursuanttoArticle4(l)ofDecision
75/210/EEC.
3.Similarly ,underthesameprovisions mentioned inpoint2above,Ire­
landrequested on29April1976thatnewimportquotasbecreatedandthat
importquotasincludedinCouncilDecision 75/788/EECbeincreasedinrespect
ofcertainState-trading countries .
Theseamendments arerequested byIrelandforthefollowing reasons:
AttherequestoftheCommission ,:Irelandreplacedin1976itsglobal
quotasforalltheState-trading (andotherthirdcountries )together,by
bilateral quotasinrespectofeaohoftheState-trading countries individually .
l)ForpublicDecision 75/788/EECseeOJNo.332of29.12.1975 andforthe
confidential DecisionseeDoc.l/187/lE(COMER24rev.l)of9.12.1975.
2)ÛJNo.L99,21.4.1975 .

Todetermine thesebilateral quotas,Irelandbaseditselfontheaverage
importsfromthesecountries duringtheperiod1971 "to1973>thesebeingthe
onlycompletestatistics available atthattime.However,thequotasfor
textileproducts werefoundtobeconsiderably lowerthanthelevelof
importsreachedforthesameproductsduringtheperiod1974/75*Thisresulted
inprotestsdirectedattheIrishGovernment byeconomiooperators who
noticedthatthenewimportarrangement ,adoptedbytheCommunity for1976,
was,withoutreason,morerestrictive thanthatexistingin1975*
Inordertoremedythissituation ,theIrishGovernment nowrequests ,
bymeansoftheproposed amendments ,anadaptation ofthe'currentofficial
quotaarrangement totheactualimportflowsregistered in1974-75-
Theamendments inquestion aretherefore purelyofaformalnature,
sincenorealincreaseofimportsfor1976incomparison withlastyearis
envisaged .
Noobjection fromtheMemberStateswasformulated inrespectofthese
amendments whichwerethesubjectofaconsultation ,heldon11May1976
xinderArt.4(l)ofDecision 75/210/EEC.
4.Theamendments requested bytheBeneluxandIrelandcantherefore be
adoptedbytheCommission underthenormalprocedure ,withtheexception of
thoseconcerning textileproducts coveredbytheArrangement regarding the
International Tradeintextiles ,andrelatingtoRomania.
TheCouncilauthorised Community negotiations withRomania ontextile
matters on15March1975*Inaccordance withthefirstindentofArticle 7
ofDecision 75/210/EEC,anyamendmentafterthatdatetothearrangements
forimportsoftextileproducts intotheMemberStatesfromRomaniamustbe
decidedbytheCouncil,theonlyexceptions beingthosecasesexpressly
referredtointhesaidArticle.Itisforthisreasonthatthetwopro­
posalsfordecisions annexedhereto(AnnexesIandII)arebeingpresented
totheCouncil .
(Pendingthesedecisions ,theBeneluxcountries haverequestedthatthe
normalprocedure fortheamendment bytheCommission oftheotherquotasand
ceilings shouldbesuspended sothatalltheamendments mayenterintoforce
atthesametime.)
5.Pursuanttotheconfidential Decisionof18December 1975,"theBenelux
countries mayexceed,inrespectofagivenproduot fromagivencountry,
thecorresponding quotaforthatproduotandcountrywhichappearsinthe
published quotalists,onthesolecondition thatitstotalimportsofthis

productfromall"theEuropeanorAsianState-trading countries donotexoeed
theamountoftheoverallceilingfixedfortheproductsinquestion inthe
sameconfidential Decision .
TheBeneluxcountries maytherefore exceedin197^thebilateral quotas
fortextileproductsfromRomania ("byusinganyquantities remaining under
thecorresponding quotasforotherState-tracking countries )withoutbeing
obliged-ar'theotherMemberStatesare-togivepriornotification at
Community level.InviewofthefactthatCommunity negotiations withthis
thirdcountryarecurrently inprogress ,thismeansthat,eveniftheCouncil
weretorefuseforeconomic ortactical reasonsanyincrease intheother
MemberStates *quotasfortextileproducts fromRomania ,theBeneluxcountries
could,however ,appreciably increasetheirimportsfromRomaniabyusing
theiroverallceilings ,therebyfollowing acommercial policytowardsthis
countrywhichdeviates fromtheguidelines laiddownbytheCouncil.
Thissituation therefore posesaproblemasregardstheuniformapplic­
ationofthespiritofthesaidArticle 7»asregardsequality oftreatment
fortheMemberStatesinthecontextofCommunity procedures ,andinpartic­
ularasregardsthecoherence oftheCommunity *scommercial policytowards
Romania inthetextile sector.
Inordertoeliminate thesevariousproblems ,steps'shouldbetaken
toensurethatintheparticular caseofRomaniaandinallothercasesof
Community negotiations withaStat^-trading country,theBeneluxcountries
shouldbesubjecttotheprovisions ofArticle7ofDecision 75/210/EECas
regardsthegeographical allocation ofitsoverallceilings .
Tothisend,theconfidential Decisionof18December shouldbesupple­
mentedbyanarrangement whereby ,intheeventofCommunity negotiations with
aState-trading country,thetotalimportsfromthatthirdcountryableto
beauthorised bytheBeneluxcountries duringthecurrentyearwithineach
overallceilingmaynotexceedthetotalimportsfromthesamethirdcountry
authorised withinthesameoverallceilings duringtheprevious year.The
resultofthiswouldbethatiftheBeneluxcountries wishedtoexceedthese
limitstheywouldhavetoinitiatetheCommunity priornotification and
consultation procedure"^.(OnthispointseeArticle2ofthedraftCouncil
DecisionwhichformsAnnexII).
l)Itshouldalsoberemembered thatanarrangement withthesameobjective
iscontained inthedraftconfidential decision onoutwardprocessing
trafficinthecontextofeconomic cooperation measures betweentheFederal
RepublicofGermanyandcertainState-trading countries ,whichisinthe
processofbeingadoptedbytheCouncil.

6.TheCommission therefore proposesthattheCounciladoptthefollowing
decisions :
-the(public)Decisionincreasing certainoftheimportquotasgivenin
AnnexVl(a)toCouncilDecision75/788/EEC3(Benelux-Romania );andsecondly,
replacing AnnexVl/eofthesameDecision (Ireland-Romania ).
-the(confidential )Decisionamendingthe(confidential )CouncilDecision
of18December 1975concerning theimplementation oftheaboveDecision
75/788/EEC.

ANNEX I
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b^nii'f é;iHl&f
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proposal fora(public )Council Decision amending certain import quotas
into the Benelux countries and into Ireland from Romania laid
down by Decision 75/788/EEC
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Article 113thereof ,
Having regard toCouncil Decision 75/210/EECof27March 1975 onunilateral
import arrangements inrespect ofstate-trading countries ^,andinparticu­
larthefirst indent ofArticle 7thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas ,inaccordance with Article 3ofthe said Decision ,theBelgian .
Government ,onbehalf ofthethree Benelux countries ,andtheIrish Government
have proposed that there should beamendments tocertain ofthe
quotas forimports into theBenelux countries and into Ireland laid down
byCouncil Decision 75/TBS/EECof18December 1Q75amending forl?7o the
import quotas laiddown byDecision 75/210/EEC (2);
Whereas some oftheamendments proposed refer toimport quotas laid down
inrespect ofRomania forproducts covered bytheArrangement regarding
International Trade inTextiles (MFA);
Whereas on15March 1975 "theCouncil authorized Community negotiations
tobeopened with Romania inrespect oftextile products covered bythe
MFA ;whereas ,therefore ,theamendments totheimport quotas concerned
canonly beadopted bymeans ofaCouncil Decision ,inaccordance with
Article 113oftheTreaty ;
(1)OJNoL99,21.4.1975,p.7
(2)OJNoL332,29»12.1975,P.1

2 ANNEXI
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Whereastheamendments proposed arenotsuchastohinderthe
gradualstandardisation oftheimportarrangements appliedintheMember
States,nortoaffecttheproperfunctioning ofthecommonmarket;
whereas ,therefore therequests fromBeneluxandIrelandshouldbegranted
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION:''
ArticleI
TheamountsoftheBeneluximportquotasgiveninAnnexVI(a)toCouncil
Decision 75/788/EECan<lse"tou"ti*1AnnexIheretoareherebyreplaced
"bythefiguressetoutinthelatterAnnex,
Article 2
AnnexVl(e)tothesaidDecision hereby replacedbyAnnexVI(e)
contained inAnnexIIhereto.
Article 3
ThisDecisionisaddressed totheBeneluxcountries andIreland.
DoneatBrussels
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

-3- ANNEX I
Λ*^*ητί»ϊ !Ο;.Γ*0Γ**3 iw4*wr\^nmçzj;Ïi«s\r^gCT-s.«ag|jI_ili^'iiri;'^>ifNm11IGIUI SSS
N°ofthe
ceilingGCTheading
N° "IDescription Amounts inBfrs
8 ex53.11
ex56.07
ex58.04
ex51.04
ex55.09
ex56.07
–10"ex51.
ex55,.04
.09
ex56.07Tissusdelaineoudepoilsfins,àl'exclusiondestissus
pourcouvertures nonviséessouslaposition62.01
Tissusdefibrestextilessynthétiques etartificielles dis­
continuescontenantmoinsde85%enpoidsdefibres
textilessynthétiques ouartificielles mélangésprinci­
palementouseulement delaineoudepoilsfinsk
l'exclusiondestissusécrus ;
Velours,peluches,tissusbouclésettissusdechenille,
delaine,depoilsfinsougrossiers
Tissusdefibressynthétiques ouartificielles continues ,
àl'exclusion de:tissusécrusetimprimés,crêpeset
tissuspourbandagespneumatiques
Autrestissusdecoton,contenant aumoins85%en
poidsdecoton,àl'exclusionde:tissusécrusnonmer­
cerisésettissusimprimés
Tissusdefibrestextilessynthétiques ouartificielles
discontinues autresquemélangésprincipalement ou
seulement delaineoudepoilsfinsàl'exclusion de:
tissusécrusetimprimésetcrêpes •|
Tissusimprimésdefibrestextilessynthétiques ouarti­
ficiellescontinues ,àl'exclusiondescrêpes
Autrestissusdecotoncontenant aumoins85%en
.poidsdecotonsimprimés
•Tissusimprimésdefibrestextilessynthétiques ouarti­
ficiellesdiscontinues ,autresquemélangésprincipale­
mentouseulement delaineoudepoilsfins,àl'exclu­
siondescrêpes1.785.000
ll.655.OOO
5.040.000

ANNEXVI-ROMANIA
•I
'·1
(e)Ireland
N°CCT
heading
NeDescription Quantity
%
.ft.
151.04 Wovenfabrics ofman-made fibres
(continuous ),including woven
fabricsofmonofilorstrip
fallingwithinheadingn°51.01
or51.02)I.
j124,500yd2
)
)
)
)55.09 Otherwovenfabrics ofcotton
ex56.07 Wovenfabrics ofman-made fibres
(discontinuous orwaste)
2•54.05 Wovenfabrics offlaxandramie24,000yd2
3ex58,04 Certainwovenpilefabricsand
chenille fabrics300yd2
4ex59.08 Certaintextilefabrics,impreg-
nated,coated,coveredor
laminated withpreparations of
cellulose derivatives orofother•artificial plastiomaterials4
700yd2
5ex59.12 Textil'efabrics,otherwise impre-
gnatedorcoated;paintedcanvas
beingtheatrical scenery,studio
backclothsorthelike11,800yd2

ANNEXII
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f'i:"i■■■■ «=.... ::.&P.*J»,Ka/n' ■'<' H n%JAKJy;i»:Jrum-^u«uUtfUí :u«uui*Lû4
proposalfora(confidential )CouncilDecisionamendingthe(confi­
dential) Decisionof18December 1975concerning theimple­
mentation of Decision 75/788/EEC.
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Article 113thereof ,
HavingregardtoCouncilDecision 75/210/EECof27March1975onunila­
teralimportarrangements inrespectofstate-trading countries^,and
inparticular thefirstindentofArticle 7thereof ,
Havingregardtotheproposal fromtheCommission ,
Whereas,inaccordance withArticle 3ofthesaidDecision ,theBelgian
Government hasproposed onbehalfofthethreeBeneluxcountries that
thereshouldbeamendments iocertain oftheoverallceilingsforimports
intotheBeneluxcountries laiddownbytheconfidential Council
Decision of18December 1975concerning theimplementation ofCouncil
Decision 75/210/EEConunilateral importarrangements inrespectof
state-trading countries ,asamendedbyCouncilDecision 75/788/EEC
Whereas someoftheamendments proposed refertooverallimport
ceilingslaiddowninrespectofEuropeanstate-trading countries ,thus
including Romania ;whereastheseoverallceilingsrefertoproducts
coveredbytheArrangement regarding International TradeinTextiles
(MFA),
Whereas on15March1975 "theCouncilauthorized Community negotiations
tobeopenedwithEomaniainrespectofthetextileproductsin
question ;whereas,therefore ,amendments to "theoverallimport
1)OJN°L99,21.4.1975 ,P.7
2)SeeDoc.I/I87/IE/75(COMER24Rev.l)of9.12.75

-2- ANNEX II
C ;?r-pr-?p«r11<*sifiii:'.}y'à.,N$f-jr-' £jjhi'fjH mêkhfi
irVkyJ1&»>&niailijf&la
ceilings concerned canonly beadopted bymeans ofaCouncil Decision
inaccordance with Article 113of "theTreaty ,
Whereas ,moreover ,provision should bemade whereby from themoment that the
opening ofCommunity negotiations with astate-trading country isauthorised ,
theamount ofimports able tobegranted bytheBenelux countries
under theoverall ceilings inrespect ofthat country may only beincreased
over the1975 level inaccordance with theprocedures provided laid
down inthe said Article 7»
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :O
Article 1
Theamounts oftheoverall import ceilings fortheBenelux countries
given inAnnex ItotheCouncil Decision of18December 1975 an(*set
outbelow arehereby increased asfollows :
ι
Iï°du
plafond1T°TrJ0 Ij)cnominat iondesProduits
....
1051.04 oxA|'i'isaus defibres textiles
:5juvnthetiquen etartificiol -
Ilescontinues (vco:n;)ris
les tissus demonofils ou
(lelamés desn°s 51.01 ou
51.02 ),,al'exclusion des
tissus pour banda ,-^espneu­
matiques ,descrêpes etdes
tissus écrus :
-Tissu simpr imas :
Cycompris 55.09 BexI,
AexI,exII;5^.07 A
exI,exII.exB)
53.11 exATissus delaine oudepoils
«xbfltn ;,àl'exclusion dos
tissus Tjour couvertures
(yconprir .j'S.O'f AexI,
exII,exBetex5U.O4I
-.4 .__ .I-.ontants
29.83i.55O FB
20.414.100 FB

Article 2
Thefollowing subparagraph ishereby added toArticle 1oftheDecision
referred toinArticle 1:
"3.Once ,however ,theopening ofCommunity negotiations with a
state-trading country hasbeen authorized ,theamount oftheimport
authorisations which maybegranted bytheBenelux countries inrespect
ofthat country under each oftheoverall ceilings setoutinAnnexes
Iand IImaynot exceed thevolume oftheimport authorisations
granted inrespect ofthesame third country under thecorresponding
overall ceiling for1975 «
Anyauthorisation exceeding thelimits referred tointhepre­
ceding subparagraph shall besubject totheprovisions ofArticle 7
ofDecision 75/210/EEC."
Article 3
This Decision isaddressed tothe Member States .
Done at
For the Council
The President
\