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RECOMMENDATION FOR ACOUNCIL DECISION
AUTHORISING THE COMMISSION TONEGOCIATE WITH BOLIVIA
ANAGREEMENT ONTRADE INTEXTILES
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
InDecember1977theCouncil,approvedtheresultsofthetextile
negotiations betweentheCommunityandthirdcountriesand(inter
alia):
a)providedthatwherenecessaryappropriate arrangements could
benegotiated withnewsuppliercountries,
b)established globallimitsoncertain'sensitive'textileproducts,
includingcottonyarn,
c)approvedthesignatureoftheProtocolofrenewaloftheArrange­
mentregardingInternational TradeinTextiles('MFA')subjectto
aletterofacceptance containing areservation limitingCommunity
adherencetotheMFAtocountrieswithwhomabilateralagreement
wasnegotiated .
On28July1978BoliviasignedtheMFA(subjecttoratification )and
on19July1979formallyrequestednegotiations withtheCommunityfor
abilateraltextileagreement.
ThoughimportsfromBoliviaremainrelatively smallthatcountryconfirmed
inpreparatory talksthatfollowingindustrial developmentitnowhas
production capacityincottonyarn.Asaresultithopestosupplyup
to18,500tonnesofcottonyarntotheCommunityintheperiod1980-1984,
creatingatemporaryexportmarkettoearnforeignexchangewhilst
domesticdemanddevelopsinBolivia.
The113CommitteeoftheCouncilhasbeenfullyinformedoftheback­
groundandprogressofthesepreparatory talks.
TheCommissionfeelsthattheabsenceofpastyarnimportsfromBolivia
makesitatpresentimpossible toofferyarnquotasforfuturetrade
toanewsupplieratatimewhenrestrictions arebeingstrictlyapplied
tootherwell-established tradingpartners.
Howeverabilateralagreementwithnoquotasinitially,butthe
subsequentrighttorequestthem(similartotheagreementswithHaiti

andGuatemala)appearsdesirable.Thiswouldensuresecurityfor
Communityindustryinthefutureandmaintainequitablerelations
withotherMFAsuppliercountries.
AtthesametimeitwouldpermittextileimportsfromBoliviato
benefitunderthegeneralisedpreferences schemesothatany
futurequotaswouldreflectactualtradeonafaircomparisonwith
otherdevelopingcountries.
TheCommissionthereforerecommendstheCounciltoadoptthedraft
decisionattachedauthorisingtheopeningofnegotiations with
Boliviatoconcludeanagreementwithoutinitialquotaswitha
rightfortheCommunitytonegotiatethemlater.

Recommendation fora
CouncilDecision ,
authorising theCommissionto
negotiatewithBoliviaanagreementon
tradeintextiles
«
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission;
WhereastheCouncilinDecember1977established globallimitsforimports
Iofcottonyarn,envisagedagreementswithnewtextilesupplierstothe
Community,andauthorised signatureoftheProtocolrenewingtheArrangement
regardingInternational TradeinTextiles('MFA*);
WhereasBoliviahasalsobecomeamemberoftheMFA,andhasrequested
negotiation ofabilateralagreementontextiletradewiththeCommunity;
Whereas,bothfortheprotectionofCommunityproducersandthemaintenance
oforderlyandequitabletextilestraderelationswithothernon-membercountries,
itisdesirabletonegotiate suchanagreement;
HADDECIDED ASFOLLOWS:
SOLEARTICLE
TheCommission 1sherebyauthorizedtonegotiatewithBoliviaanagreement on
tradeintextileproducts.
TheCommissionshallconductthenegotiations 1nconsultation withthe
SpecialCommitteeprovidedforinArticle 1T5oftheTreatyinaccordance
withthedirectives contained :intheAnnex.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
Président

ANNEX
NEGOTIATING DIRECTIVE
Bilateraltextileagreementlastinguntil31December1982similarto
thatwithothertextilesuppliercountriesinthesameexportsituation
asBolivia(1)/withnoquotasinitiallybutwithprovisions whereby
newquotascanbeintroducedattherequestoftheCommunity.
(1)Suchagreements havebeennegotiatedwithHaiti,Guatemala,Uruguay
IndonesiaandBangladesh