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PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
CONCERNING COMMONIMPORTARRANGEMENTS FOR
CERTAINJUTEPRODUCTS ORIGINATING ININDIA
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Bydecisionof23November1979theCouncilauthorised theCommissionto
opennegotiations withIndiafortheconclusion ofanewagreement ontrade
andcommercial cooperation injuteproductsasthepreviousAgreementexpired
on31December 1979.
Inaccordance withthisdecisiontheCommission/inconsultation withthe
Article113Committee,conductednegotiations inJanuarythisyear.These
negotiations culminated inadraftAgreementinitialled bybothHeadsof
Delegation on30January1980. '- .
ThenewAgreement,approvedbytheArticle113Committee,cannotformally
enterintoforce,however,untilthenecessaryprocedures havebeencompleted
onbothsides(fortheCommunity,.conclusion bytheCouncil).TheCommission
willshortlybesubmitting arecommendation concluding theAgreement.
However,sinceitisdesirablethattheresultsofthenegotiations beput
intoeffectaspromptlyaspossible,itwasagreedbyexchangeofnote
verbalesthatpendingcompletionofthenecessaryprocedures,theAgreement
wouldbeapplieddefactofrom1March1980.Theannexedproposalfora
regulation containsprovisions toestablishimportarrangements fortheproducts
concerned,asagreedwtihIndiaintheframeworkoftheAgreement .
2.ThenewAgreementprovidesinteraliaforthevoluntaryrestraintby
theIndianauthorities,withinthequantitative limitsagreed,ofexports
totheCommunityofcertainjuteproductsandforasystemofCommunitycontrol
ofcompliance withthoselimits.
Inordertomakesuchcontrolpossible,thisproposalforaregulation
providesfopth%Introduction ofarrangements makingImportsIntotheCommunity
oftheproductsinquestionsubjecttoquantitative limits.
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3.TheAgreement which hasbeen initialled isconcerned only with products
originating inandcoming from India .The Indian authorities will therefore
apply voluntary restraint only todirect exports totheCommunity .Thus products
covered bytheAgreement andoriginating inIndia maybefreely exported tothe
Community through non-member countries .TheCommunity mayoppose such indirect
exports ,forbytheAgreement itis -only obliged toadmit products originating
inandcoming from India which areaccompanied byanexport authorization asrequired
bytheAgreement .
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Since such indirect imports runcounter totheobjectives oftheAgreement
the import arrangements introduced bytheCommunity must beapplied toproducts
originating inIndia irrespective ofwhere they come from . ■
4. Itisproposed toadminister theCommunity quantitative limits inaccordance '
with theprocedure foradministering Community quantitative quotas established
byCouncil Regulation (EEC )No. .1023 /70,and inparticular Article 11(1 )thereof .
Under this procedure theCouncil hastodetermine thecriteria forallocating
thequantitative limits . <
\• '' • •
Thecriteria referred toareprimarily those taken asaguide forallocating
theceilings oftheprevious Agreement .
However ,inthe tight ofexperience with thefunctioning oftheprevious
Agreement ,and since under thepresent Agreement thevoluntary restraint
arrangements apply toanarrower range ofproducts ,these criteria have adjusted
togive abreakdown ofthe .agreed volumes between theMember States more in
line wit,h current trade patterns . ,
5.TheAgreement which hasbeen initialled provides fortheauotmatic ,
immediate ,acceptance bytheCommunity authorities ofimports subject tolimitation ,
upon production bytheimporter ofanexport authorization issued bytheIndian
authorities certifying that thequantities have been setoffagainst theagreed
quantitative limits .This provision therefore obliges theMember States'
authorities togrant import authorizations automatically assoon asarequest

ismadeaccompanied byanexportauthorization ,providedthattheagreed
limitsareobserved.
ThenewAgreementalsostipulatesthatproductsenteringtheCommunity
customsterritoryunderinwardprocessing orothersuspensory arrangements ■
andsubsequently re-exported fromtheCommunity mustnotbesetoffagainst
theagreedquantitative limits.
6.ThepreviousAgreementexpiredon31December1979;asitwasnotpossible
toholdthenegotiations forthenewAgreementbeforethen,theCouncil,
byagreementwiththenon-member countries concerned,adoptedRegulation
(EEC)No3019/79of20December1979(1),extendingforthefirstthreemonths
of1980theimportarrangements inforcefor1979forcertainjuteproducts
originating inBangladesh,IndiaandThailand,andstipulating thatthe
quantities importedundertheprovisional arrangements wouldbecharged
againstanylimitseventuallyfixedunderthenewagreements (negotiations
orconsultations withBangladesh andThailandarecurrentlyunderway).Now
thatanewAgreement hasbeennegotiated withIndia,theprovisional arrangements
shouldnolongerapplytothatcountryfromtheentryintoforceofthis
regulation .
7.SothattheobjectivesoftheAgreement maybeattainedpromptly
theCommission proposesthattheCounciladoptthedraftRegulation
annexedheretoassoonaspossible.
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PROPOSAL FOR ACOUNCIL REGULATION
concerning common import arrangements forcertain jute
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products originating in .India
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The COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
paving regard tothe,Ti»eaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
'fend inparticular Article 113thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas theEuropean Economic Community and theRepublic ofIndia have negotiated
anAgreement ontrade and commercial cooperation injute proucts ;whereas
theCommission hasput before theCouncil arecommendation for aregulation
concluding that Agreement ;
Whereas ,inorder toimplement that Agreement ,specific common import arrangements
must beintroducted for theproducts concerned originating inIndia ;
Whereas tothis end .theappropriate provisions valid intheCommunity for
theyears 1980 to1983 should beadopted ;
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Whereas under theAgreement theCommunity isobliged toadmit imports of
certain jute products within agreed quantitative limits ;whereas application
ofthequantitative limits inconformity with theAgreement negotiated with
India requires the introduction ofaspecial administrative procedure ;whereas
thecommon administration should bedecentralized bytheallocation ofthe
quantitative limits among theMember States ,andtheMember States' authorities
should issue import authorizations tiaccordance with the bilateral control
system laid down intheAgreement ;
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Whereas ,toensure optimum utilization ofthequantitative limits inquestion ,
they should beallocated both inaccordance with the criteria taken asa
guide inallocating thequantitative limits under theprevious Agreement
with India ,andtaking into consideration the fact thenewAgreement establishes
such limits for asmaller number ofproducts than under theoldAgreement ,
making itpossible totake fuller account ofthesupply requirements ofthe
various Member States ;

Whereasinviewofth«factthatconsiderable disparities nevertheless still
t
existintheconditions uponwhichimportsoftheproductsinquestionmay
feeadmittedintodifferentMemberStates,itwillonlybepossibleto
^tandarizesuchconditfpnsonagradualbasis;whereasallocationcantherefore
onlyprogressively bealignedonsupplyrequirements ;t•.. .
Whereasstepsshouldbetakentoensurethattheobjectives oftheAgreement
afjpnotthwartedbyindirectimportsofproductsoriginatinginIndia;
Whereasimportsshouldbesetoffagainstthequantitative limitsfixedfor.
theyearduringwhichthegoodswereshippedfromIndia;
WhereasproductswhichentertheCommunity'scustomsterritoryunderinward
processhgorothersuspensory arrangements andarere-exported fromthat-
territoryintheiroriginalconditionorafterprocessing shouldnotbeset
offagainsttheabovementioned quantitative limits;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3019/79extendeduntil31March1980
theimportarrangements inforcefor1979forcertainjuteproductsorigi­
natinginBangladesh,IndiaorThailand;whereas,fromthe.entryintoforce
ofthepresentRegulation,' theprovisionsofthatRegulation mustnolonger
applyinrespectofIndia;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
10JNoL340,31.12.1979,p.1

Article 1
1.ImportsintotheCommunityofthejuteproductslistedinAnnexAwhich
originateinIndiaandareshippedbetween1January1980and31December1983 >
shallbesubjecttothequantitative limitsagreedbetweentheCommunity and
India.andsetoutintheAnnexreferredtoabove.
,2.Thesequantitative limitsshallbeallocated amongtheMemberStatesin
accordancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninCouncilRegulation (EEC?No1023/70
of25May1970establishing acommonprocedureforadministering quantitative
quotas(1),andinparticular inArticle11thereof,insuchawayasto
ensuretheexpansion andorderlydevelopment oftradeinjuteproductsandto
permitamountstobecarriedoverorbroughtforwardfromoneyeartoanother.
3.Thejuteproductsreferredtoinparagraph 1originating inIndiashallbe
importedwithintheframeworkofthebilateralcontrolsystemdefinedinthe
Agreement wherebythe.authorities oftheMemberStatesconcernedshall,within
thequantitative limitspresecribed,automatically authorizetheimportofthe
productsreferredtoinparagraph 1immediately uponproduction bytheimporter
oftheoriginalcopyoftheexportauthorization issuedbytheIndianauthorities
andcontaining theparticulars setoutinAnnexB.
4.Authorized'imports shallbesetoffagainstthequantitative limitsestablished
fortheyearinwhich^heproductswereshippedfromIndia.#Inissuingimport
authorizations inrespectofthequantitativelimitsestablishedfor1980,the
authorities oftheMemberStatesshalltakeintoaccountauthorizations .already
issuedtocoverproductssubjecttoquantitative ,limitation undertheprovisional
arrangements providedforbyCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3019/79.
5.ProductsadmittedintotheCommunity'scustomsterritoryunderinwardprocessing
orothersuspensory "arrangements ,providedtheyaredeclaredundersucharrangements
tobeforre-exportfromthatterritoryintheiroriginalconditionorafter
processing,shallnotbesetoffagainstthequantitative limitsreferredto
inparagraph 1. '
V0JNoL124,8.6.1970,p.1

Article 2
Regulation (EEC)No3019/79shallnolongerbeapplicableinrespect
ofIndia.
Article 3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowing
itspublication intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectly
applicable inallMemberStates. .
OoneatBrussels. FortheCouncil
ThePresident

ANNEX A
Quantitative limits referred toinArticle 1(1)
(tonnes )
Category CCT Nimexe
No iHeading CodeDescriptionQuantitative limits
1982 1980 1981 1982
57.10 B|57.10-61
le*57.10-65
57.10 Β
57.0657.10-70
57.06-11 ;
15;
30Woven fabrics ofjute orofother bast
fibres ofheading No57.03 :
exB. ofawidth ofmore than 150 cm.
butnotexceeding 310 cm.other
than those ofCategory 7
woven fabrics ofjute orofother textile
bast fibres ofheading No.57.03 ;
exB.ofawidth ofmore than 150cm.,
wholly orpartially bleached ,
dyed orprinted andhaving no
visible selvedge inthe width *4330
Yarn ofjute orofother textile bast
fibres ofhading No57.032 .5554763 5240
2759 29795763
3218
Quantitative limits
for Bénélux
1980 |1981 1982 1983
75008100 [8750 9450

ANNEXxB
Particulars referredtoinArticle1(3)
Exportauthorizations issuedbytheIndianauthorities inrespect
oftheproductscoveredbythisRegulationshallcontainthefollowing
particulars :
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(a)MemberStateoffinaldestination
(b)Sériâtnurnber; '.
(c)Importer's nameandaddress;-
(d)Exporter's nameandaddress;
(e)Netweight(inkgortonnes)andvalue;
(f)Categoryandclassification oftheproduct;
(g)Certification bytheauthorities oftheRepublicofIndiathat
thequantityhasbeensetoffagainstthequantitative limitsfixed
fortheyearinwhichtheproductswereshipped,i.e.placedon
boardinIndiaforexporttotheCommunity (MemberStateoffinal
destination )or,whereappropriate,areforimmediatere-exportor
areforprocessing andsubsequentre-exportoutsidetheCommunity;
(h)Yearduringwhichtheproductswereshipped,thatis,were
placedonboardinIndiaforexporttotheCommunity.
1ForCategory4products,thewidthincentimetres mustalsobegiven;
thisspecification willberequireduntiltheNIMEXEclassification is
amendedsothatheadingsNos.57.10-61and65reflectthedescription
Z' -
ofproductsfallingwithinthecurrentdefinitionofCategory4.