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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)703final.
Brussels.23November 1981
RECOMMANDATION FORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
ontheconclusion oftheAdditional ProtocoltotheAgreementbetween
theEuropeanEconomicCommunity andthePeople'sRepublicofBangladesh
ontradeintextileproductsconsequent ontheaccession ontheHellenic
RepublictotheCommunity
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(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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C0M(81)703final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
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UndertheActofAccessionofGreecetot>jeEuropeanCommunities '
(Article123),itwasagreedthattheCommunitywouldpegotiate
protocolsofadaptationtothebilateralagreementsonfadein
textileproductsbetweentheCommunityan^thirdcountries.
ByDecisionof1August1980theCouncilauthorised theCommission
.v* •••- 'toopennegotiationswithBangladesh •'toconcludeanagre^went90'
suchadaptation. ..*$•"
InaccordancewiththatCouncilDecisionandinconsultation wit;hthe
Article113Committee,theCommission conductednegotiations with
Bangladesh from23rdSeptember1980to8thJanuary1981.
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Followingthenegotiations,adraftProtocolwasdrawnupexpendingthe
termsoftheoriginalbilateral agreementtotradebetween
Bangladesh andtheenlargedCommunity,thus(interalia)
-extendingtheexistingconsultation procedures wherebynewvoluntary
restraintmeasuresmaybeintroducedfgrcategoriesofproductsnttt
atpresent'subjecttolimitation,wher^certainthresholdsareexceeded,
■inrespectofboththewholeCommunityandGreece.
TheHeadsofDelegationinitialledthetijxtofth^-draftProtocolon
8thJanuary'1981 havingnotetjitcorrectlyrepresented ,the
resultsofthenegotiations . ~
TheProtocolhasalreadybeenimplemented byCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No3553/80of22Oecember1980(1)amendingtheexistingregimeestablished
•byRegulation (EEC)No3059/78of21December1978(2).

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5.The .Commission considers that thedraft Protocol embodies anarrangp
went which isacceptable totheCommunity ,Ittherefore recommends
that the Council t
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<i)approve theProtocol byadopting the "*Regulation ,thedraft of
which isannexed hereto ;
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Cii)pending approval oftheProtocol ,take thenecessary decisions
inconnection uith thesigning thereof .
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(1)O.J. NoL381of31.12.1980 ,p.1.
(2)O.J. NoL365of27.12.1978 ,p.1.

OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL
(Actswhosepublicationisobligatory)
RECOMMANDATION
COUNQLREGULATION (EEC)
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onthe*conc!usion oftheAdditionalProtocoltotheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandthePeople'sRepublicofBangladesh •
ontradeintextileproductsconsequent ontheaccessionoftheHellenic
RepublictotheCommunity.
ontradeintextileproducts,
consequentontheaccessionoftheHellenic
RepublictotheCommunityisherebyapprovedon
behalfoftheCommunity ,THF.COUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES .
(I.ivninregardto(heTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
l.ionomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
(hereof,
Hjvingregardtotherecommendation fromthe
Commission , ,ThetextoftheProtocolitannexedtothisRegulation.
\Vherea»iti.necessarytoapprovetheAdditional
Protocolro.heAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCon.munitvandthePeople's
RepublicofBangladesh-
ontradeintextileproductstotake
accountoftheaccessionoftheHellenic
RepublictotheCommunity-Article2
ThePresidentoftheCouncilshallgivethenotification
providedforinArticle13oftheAdditionalProtccol(f).
HASADOPTEDITUSREGULATION :
Article1
'TheAdditionalProtocoltotheAgreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
People'sRepublicofBangladeshArticle3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthecay
followingitspublicationintheOfficialjournalofiht
EuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentififtyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels.
',FortheCouncil
(J)ThedateofentryintoforceoftheProtocolwillbe
publishedintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
CommunitiesbytheGeneralSecretariatoftheCouncil.

Additional Protocol totheAgreement between
thdEuropean Economic Community and thePeople 's
Republic ofBangladesh ontrade intextile products
consequent ontheaccession oftheHellenic Republic
tothe Community
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THE COUNCIL OfTHE EUROPEAN CCrt?1 UNITIES :
ofthe one part -and
THE GOVERNMENT OFTHE PEOPLE 'SREPUBLIC OFBANGLADESH .
oftheother part ^
CONSIDERING theaccession oftheHellenic Republic to
theEuropean Communities on1January 1981 \
HAVING REGARD totheAgreement between the European Economic Community
and thePeople' sRepublic ofBangladesh andhereafter called the "Agreement ",
signed on23July 1979 . ' "
HAVE DECIDED todetermine bycommon accord theadjustments and transitional
measures totheAgreement consequent ontheaccession oftheHellenic
Republic tothe European Economic Community
and TOCONCLUDE THIS PROTOCOL :
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Article 1
Thetext oftheAgreement ashereby amended ,including itsannex ,
protocols andexchange ofnotes forming anintegral part thereof ,
shall bedrawn upinGreek and that .text shall beauthentic inthe
same wayastheoriginal texts .
Article 2
TheAgreement shall beamended asfollows :
1. Protocol C>paragraph 2,shall bereplaced bythefollowing :
'Where theCommunity finds ,under thesystem ofadministrative --
control setup,that the level ofimports ofproducts ina
given category listed intheAnnex originating inBangladesh
exceeds ,inrelation to102% ofthepreceding year 'stotal
imports intp theterritories within which theTreaty establishing
theEuropean Economic Community applied at31December 1980 of
products inthat category ,the following percentages' :
forcategories ofproducts inGroup I, 0.22
V ~ forcategories ofproducts inGroup II, , 1.5%
'*• forcategories ofproducts inGroup III,IVorV4%
itmay request theopening ofconsultations in .accordance with the
procedure specified inArticle 5oftheAgreement ,-with aview to
teaching agreement onasuitable level oflimitation forproducts
inthat category.'
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Protocol C,paragraph 6toth«Agreement »h«U b*rtaUctd by
thefollowing :
'Quantitative limits onaregional basis maybeintroduced
only where .imports ofagiven product into anyregion ofthe
Community exceed ,inrelation totheamounts calculated by
thefraction 100/102 Cone hundred divided byonehundred and
¥wo )oftheamounts determined inaccordance with paragraph ,
thefollowing regional percentages' :
Germany 28.5X
Benelux 10.5%
France 18.5X
Italy 15% ,
Denmark 3% ,
Ireland '1*
U.K. 23.5X
Greece 2X
Forthepurpose ofcalculating 'the preceding year 'stotal imports'
referred toin -1.above both of1980 aad1981 ,imports from the
Hellenic Republic shall bethose recorded in1980 .
Article 3
This Protocol forms anintegral part oftheAgreement .

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This Protocol shall beapproved bythecontracting Parties in
accordance with their ownprocedures .Itshall enter into force
onthe first day ofthe second month following thedate onwhich
thecontracting parties notify each other ofthecompletion of
theprocedures necessary forthis purpose .
Itshall apply with effect from 1stJanuary 1981 .
Article 5
This Protocol isdrawn upinduplicate ,intheDanish ,Jfutch ,English ,
French ,German ,Greek andItalian languages ,each ofth*tse texts
being equally authentic .
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CXCHANGS 0?NOTÉS
.TheHisjjiortoftheFeople'sRepublicofBangladesh ,latheEuropean
Communities presentsItscompliments totheDireetcrate-Gerer^Ifor
Exte^n-lIRelationsoftheCommissionoftheEuropea'nCommunities and
hasth*honourtorefertotheAgreementintextileproducts ../
negotiatedbetweenthePeople'sRepublicofBangladeshandtheC#»g^;?3ty# •/.
signed on23July1979,and.totheAdditional Protocoltotfce:
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Agreementconsequent ontheaccessionoftheHellenicRepublictothe
Communityinitialled on8January1981..
TheMissionofthePeople'sRepublicofBangladesh fishestoinform
theDirectorate-General thatwhilstawaitingthecompletionofthe
necessaryproceduresfortheconclusion andthecomingintoforceofthe
AdditionalProtocol/theBangladesh Governmentispreparedtoallowthe
provisions oftheAdditional Protocoltoapplydefactofro«listJanuary
1981iftheCommunityisdisposedtodolikewise.
TheMission'of thePeople'sRepublicofBangladesh wouldlilkealsoto.
proposethatthepresentnoteandtheCommunity'snoteinfepilyshall
constitute anAgreementbetweentheBangladesh Government andtheCommunity®
• ■TheMissionoftheFeople'sRepublicofBangladeshavailsitselfofthis
opportunity torenewtotheOirectorate-General forExternalRelations ,
theAssuranceofitshighestconsideration .
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"The Directorate-General for External Relations of itheCommission
presents itscompliments totheMission ofthePeople 'sRepublic ofBangladesh
*totheEuropean Communities andhasthehonour torefer totheMission 's
note oftoday reading asfollows :
"TheMission ofthePeople 'sRepublic ofBangladesh totheEuropean
Communities presents its compliments tothe Directorate-General for External
Relations oftheCommission ofthe European Communities and has the honour
torefer totheAgreement intextile products negotiated between the People 's
Republic ofBangladesh andtheCommunity signed on 23July 1979 .,andto
theAdditional Protocol .totheAgreement consequent ontheaccession ofthe
Hellenic Republic totheCommunity initialled-on 8January 1981 .
TheMission ofthePeople 'sRepublic ofBangladesh wishes toinform the
Directorate-General that whilst awaiting thecompletion ofthenecessary
procedures for t}ieconclusion andthecoming int6 force oftfjieAdditional
Protocol ,theBangladesh Government isprepared toallow theprovisions of j
theAdditional Protocol toapply defacto from litJanuary 1981 if .the
Community isdisposed todolikewise .
TheMission ofthePeople 'sRepublic ofBangladesh would like also to
propose that thepresent note and theCommunity 'snote inreply shall
constitute anAgreement .between theBangladesh fiovernment andtheCommunity .
TheMission ofthePeople 'sRepublic ofBangladesh avails itself ofthi :
Opportunity torenew totheDirectorate-General forExternal Relations the
assurance ofitshighest consideration ."
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The Directorate ofExternal Relations has the honour toconfirm
totheMission ofthePeople 'sRepublic ofBangladesh that itisagreed onthe ..*
content ofthe foregoing note and considers therefore that the exchange of
notes constitutes anagreement between theBangladesh Government^and the
iCommunity .
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The Directorate-General for External Relations avails itself of 1
this opportunity torenew totheMission ofthePeople 'sRepublic ofBangladesh 1
totheEuropean Communities theassurance ofitshighest consideration .
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