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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)370final
Brussels.20July1978
PROPOSAL FOR
ACOUNCILDECISIONOPENINGANADDITIONAL QUOTAFORTHE
IMPORTATION INTOITALYOFWOVENFABRICSOFFLAX
FROMPOLAND
(SubmittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
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C01.1(78)370final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1, On .15June theItalian Government ,inaccordance with Article
3ofCouncil Deoision 75/210/SECof27March 1975 onunilateral import
arrangements inrespect ofBtate-trading countries , notified the
other Member States andtheCommission .ofillsrequest forthefollowing
amendment totheunilateral import arrangements applied inItaly in
respeot ofPolands
–exceptional opening ofanadditional quota ofLit 100million
forwoven fabrics offlax (CCT54«05)j
–limitation for1978 ontheutilization ofquota No22inAnnex V(f)
ofDecision 77/809/SEC, toLit765million (outer andunder
garments formen ,women andchildren ).
2. Italy 'srequest calls forthefollowing comments :
–theadditional Lit100millioA quota requested byItaly ,which
corresponds toapproximately 20t,'isexceptional andwill
therefore notberenewed automatically next year ;
–theincrease inimports ofwoven fabrics offlax iscounterbalanced
byanequivalent reduction inimports ofmore sensitive products
(outer andunder garments formen ,women andchildren );
–quotas fortheimportation into Italy oftextiles from East
•European countries have risen only vary sporadically andslightly
over thelast four years ,.Since 1974 »theItalian quota forwoven
fabrics offlax from Poland hasbsen increased from Lit 330million
toonly Lit340million ,inepita ofthefall intheItalian
currency * '
(l)0oJ+Ko«L«?9j 21«4*1975
(?)0oJ.ïïo.L„360 ,31.12,1977
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3. Since Italy 'srecrc-eat toes not pose anyparticular economic
problomSf theCommission could have decided onthenecessary measures
itself ,tmdar Article 5(l) Decision 75/210/SE;C„
However ,since negotiations were authorized inthetextile fields between
Poland endtheComanmity ^inaccordance with thefirst paragraph of
Article 7oftheDecision ,only theCouncil isable toadopt the
amendment inquestion ,,
4. Accordingly ,theCommission proposes that theCounoils
–adopt theannexed draft decision ;
-authorize itspublication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean
Conmranities .

PROPOSAL FOR A
COUNCIL DECISION OF
OPENING ANADDITIONAL QUOTA FOR TKS IMPORTATION INTO
ITALY OFWOVEN FABRICS OFFLAX PftOM POLAND
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Article 113thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
WHEREAS Annex V(f)-Poland toCouncil Decision 77/809/EECof20December 1977
for1978 theimport quotas laiddown byDecision 75/210/EEConunilateral (l)
import arrangements inrespect ofState-trading countries (2),establishes
forItaly ,inter alia ,aquota (H°20)ofLit 34-0million ,forthe
importation ofunbleached woven fabrics offlax ,etc.,aridaquota (No»22)
ofLit865million ,fortheimportation ofouter andunder garments for
men ,women andohildrem
WHEREAS under Article 3ofDecision 75/210/eeCL
Italy hasrequested theexceptional opening for1978ofanadditional
quota ofLit100million frtheimportation ofwoven fabrics offlax
andalso theexceptional reduction forI978ofthe"saidquota Eo22fromLit '
865million .toLit765million ?.
WHSHEA3 inthese circumstances Italy 's si;"doesactglvsn risetoanypartic
lar problems ,andthene»^8^d«eired 'ehou'id 'tharafora' be"adopted ,
ro 31.12.1377.' U

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WHEREAS theCouncil hasauthorized negotiations for
theconclusion ofatextile agreement with Poland swhereas consequently ,under
Article 7ofCouncil I>eciRion_75 /2lb/El!D_oV_22J?a^h_1375 orunilateral ....
import arrangements inrespect ofstate–trading countries ,
Member States maynolonger implement measures amending their import
arrangements ia^respeot ofPoland fortextile products ,without a_
prior Bacision being adopted bythe *Council under Article _
113oftheTreaty ? . .. .
HAS .ADOPTED THIS DECISION : ■ \\
Article 1*
'1.ByWayofexception sfor1978 ,Italy shall open anadditional quota
ofLit100million fortheimportation ofwoven fabrics offlax sailing within
position Ifo5405 ofthaCommon Customs Tariff .
2.Bywayofexception ,for1978 ,quota No22"inAnnex V(f)7 ""
toDecision 77/809/EECshall bereduced from Lit'865million toLit
765million .
Artide 2
This Decision isaddressed totheItalian Republic .
Done at ,
For the Counoil
The President
(2)0,J,,ïïo L.99r 21.4.1975 ,p97 ■
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