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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COW(80)155final.
Brussels,2April1980
Recommendation fora
COUNCILREGULATION
concludinganAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andtheRepublicofIndiaontradeandcommercial
"cooperationinjuteproducts
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Th6AgreementbetweentheCommunity andIndiaontradeinjuteproducts,
whichcameintoforceon1January1976,expiredon31December1979.
Todeterminethearrangements forimportsofjuteproductsfrom
1January1980,theCouncilauthorized theCommission byadecisionof
23November1979toopennegotiations with"Indiafortheconclusionof'
anewAgreement.
2.Pursuanttothisdecisionandinconsultation withtheArticle113
Committee,negotiations wereheldinJanuary1980andresultedinthe
initialling ofadraftAgreementbybothHeadsofDelegation on30January.
Themainprovisions ofthenewAgreementareasfollows:
(i)Durationoffouryears(1January1980to31December1983);
(ii)IndiawillvoluntarilyrestrictitsexportstotheCommunity
ofcertainjutefabricstoagreedlevels(categories 4and7);
(iii)theestablishment ofaconsultation procedureinrespectofjute.
fibres(category6),whicharenotsubjecttoimportrestrictions ,
toenablesuchrestrictions tobeintroduced undercertainconditions .
Thetwodelegations havingascertained attheendofthenegotiations
thattheseconditions werefulfilledinrespectofexportsofjute
yarntoBenelux,consultations wereheldunderArticle4ofthe
initialled Agreement;asaresultlndia willvoluntarilyrestrict
yarnexportstotheseCommunityregionstoanagreedlevel,as
recordedintheAgreedMinutesinitialled bybothHeadsofDelegation
andannexedtothedraftAgreement; ,
(iv)provisionstoensureflexibility inthequantitative limitsfixed
(carryover,advancedeliveryandtransfer);
(v)continuation oftotalsuspensionofCCTdutiesonalljuteproducts
bytheCommunity aspartofitsofferongeneralizedtariff
" ■*
preferences ;' •

(vi)assurances byIndiathatitwillprovideonnon-discriminatory
termsthejuteproductsnecessaryto.supplytheCommunitymarketand
industry;
(vii)definitionofthetermsofreferenceoftheJointCooperation Committee
withaview,interalia,toexaminingthepossibilities andformulating
suggestions regardingresearchanddevelopment cooperation inthe
production anduseoftheproducts'inquestion;
(viii)Anundertaking bytheCommunitytoabolishallquantitative restrictions
onimportsofjuteproductsoriginating inIndiaonexpiryofthe
Agreement/namelyon1January1984.
3.TheCommission considersthedraftAgreement whichhastheapprovalof
theArticle113Committee,anacceptableresultfortheCommunity.It
therefore recommendsthattheCouncilconcludethisAgreement byadopting
theregulatiorofwhichadraftisannexedhereto.
•AnexchangeofNoteVerbalesinwhichthetwopartieshaveagreedtothe
defactoapplication oftheprovisionsoftheAgreementfrom1March1980,
pendingthecompletionoftheprocedures necessarytoitsformalentryinto
forceisalso-annexedfortheCouncil'sinformation .

RECOMMENDATION FOR ACOUNCIL REGULATION
concluding anAgreement between theEuropean Economic
Community andtheRepublio ofIndia ontrade and
commeroial cooperation injute produots
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic
Community ,andinparticular Article 113thereof ,
Having regard totheRecommendation from theCommission ,
Whereas theAgreement ontrade andCommercial cooperation injute
products negotiated between theEuropean Eoonomio Community andthe
Republio ofIndia should beoonoluded ,
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HAS ADOPTED IHIS REGULATION :
Article 1
TheAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community andthe
Republic ofIndia ontrade and commercial cooperation injute
products ,ishereby concluded onbehalf oftheEuropean Economic _
Community . -
Thetext oftheAgreement isannexed tothis Regulation .
Article 2
ThePresident oftheCouncil shall notify theother Contracting
Party ofthecompletion bytheCommunity oftheprocedures
necessary fortheentry into force oftheAgreement .
Article 5
This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird dayfollowing
itspublication intheOffioial Journal oftheEuropean Communities *
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable
inall Member States .
Done atBrussels . For the Council
The President

AGREERENT
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity andtheRepublicofIndia
ontradeandcommercial cooperation injuteproducts
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .
oftheonepart,'
ahd
THEGOVERNMENT OFTHEREPUBLIC OFINDIA,
oftheotherpart,
RECOGNISING theimportanceofjuteforIndiaandtheimportanceoftrade
injuteproductsbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity (hereinafter re­
ferredtoasthe"Community")andfndia,
DESIROUSofensuring,ontheonehand,anincreasing useofsuchproductsand
ontheotner,theorderlydevelopment oftheirtradeinordertoachieve
thecompleteliberalisation oftradeinjuteproductsbetweentheCommunity
andIndia,
HAVINGregardingtotheCommercial Cooperation Agreementbetweenthe
Community andjndia,
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NOTINGtheJointDeclaration ofIntentonthedevelopment oftraderelations
withCeylon(nowSriLanka),India,Malaysia,Pakistan(nowBangladesh and
Pakistan)andSingapore,annexedtotheFinalActoftheTreatyofAccession
oftheKingdomofDenmark,Ireland,theKingdomofNorwayandtheUnited
KirgdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandtotheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity,of22January1972,
CONSCIOUSoftheprovisionsoftheGeneralAgreement onTariffsandTrade,
BELIEVINGthatitisnecessarytoencourageandfacilitatecontactsand
cooperation betweentheirrespectivejuteinterests,
STRESSINGtheneedforpromotingcooperation inresearchanddevlopment 1n'
thejutesector,
HAVEDECIDED,Inaspiritofmutualcooperation,toconcludethisAgreement.

Article 1
ThisAgreementshallapplytomanufacturedjuteproducts,originating -in
comingfromIndia,asdefinedinAnntxA.

Article2
Fort^edurationofthisAgreement andwithinthe.frameworkofits
offerongeneralisedtariffpreferences,theCommunityshallapply
autonomously tothemanufactured juteproductssetoutinAnnexB,and
originating inandconingfromIndia ,suspendedduties
oftheComrnomCustomsTariffattherateof2ero,

Article3
1.TheCommunityshallnotsubjectImportsofproductsdefinedunder
Article 1tonewquantitative restrictions .
2.TheCommunityshallsuspendforthedurationofthisAgreementallexisting
quantitative restrictions ontheimportsoftheproductsdefined1nAnnexC
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providedthattheGovernmentofIndia applies,forthedurationofthe
Agreement,suchmeasuresasarenecessarytokeepItsexportswithinthe
quantitative limitssetoutinthisAnnex. _,'
3.Ifadditional demandshouldariseontheCommunitymarket,theCommunity
willnotobjecttothesequantitative limitsbeingincreasedontheunderstanding
thattheadditionalquantitiesshallbedetermined onthebasisofmutual
agreementbetweenbothParties.
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.
QuantitiesofthequotasharessetoutInAnnexCnottakenupbya
MemberStateoftheCommunity maybeusedInanotherMemberStae,within
thelimits•''dInaccordancewiththeprocedures InforceIntheCommunity.
TheCommunityundertakestoreplytoanyrequestforre-allocation withinfour
weeksofitsreceipt.
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5.Allquantitative restrictions onimportsintotheCommunityofjute
productsoriginating InandjcomlngfromIndiawiltb«eliminatedwitheffect
from1January1984.

Articie4
1.The0"->unityshallnotsubjectImportsofjuteyarntoquantitative
restrictions ,However,shoulditconsiderthatIndianexportsofjute
yarnareseriously,prejudicing conditionsinitsmarketorinthemarket
ofanyofitsregions,rakingalimitationonfurthertradenecessary,
theCormu'iitymayrequestaconsultation withIndia,providedthatthe
requestforsu<".hconsultation isaccompanied byastatementdemonstrating
theexistenceoftheab.vrconditionsintheCommunityorintheregion
concerned.
2.Sudconsultation shallbeenteredintowithinthreeweeksof
notification o*thereqjc.-t,withaviewtoreachinganagreementora
mutuallyacceptableconct.~ionwithintwofurtherweeksatthelatest.
Shouldjjcfoagreementc^uU.allyacceptableconclusionnotbereached
withintiespecifiedperiod,theCommunity mayintroduceaquantitative
li■nitati-minthemarketof<;heCommunityorinthemarketsofthe
•regionorregionsconcernedonanannualbasiswhichshall,inanycase,
netbelowerthanthelevelreachedbyimportsofjuteyarnfromIndia
intotheaffectedmarketormarketsduringthetwelvemonthspriortothe
dareonwhichtherequestforconsultation wasnotified.
3.Paragraph5ofArticle3shallapply..,.
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Article 5
1.ImportsintotheCommunityofJuteproductscoveredbythis
Agreementwhichareintendedforimmediatere-exportfromtheCommunity\
orforprocessing andsubsequentre-exportoutsidetheCommunityshall
notbesubjecttotheQuantitative limitsestablished'by thisAgreement*
TheCommunityauthoritieswillascertain-undertheadministrative
systemofcontrolinforcetothiseffectwithintheCommunity,
thequantitiesofjuteproductsimportedfromIndia whichhave
beenimmediately rf-cxported,orre-exported afterprocessing,outside**
theCommunity,andtheywillaccordingly inform,onaquarterlybasis,
theIndianauthorities . ;'.
2.Inanycasewherethecompetentauthorities withintheCommunity
ascertainundertheadministrative systemofcontrolinforce^thatimoorts
ofjuteproductscoveredbythisAgreementhavebeencountedagainstthe
ceilingsestablished underthisAgreementbuthavesubsequently beenre-exported
fromtheCommunity,theauthorities concernedwillinformonaquarterlybasis
theIndianauthorities ofthequantities Involvedandwillauthorize
importsofthesamequantities whichshallnotbecountedagainstthe
ceilingsfixedbytheAgreement.
3.InanycasewheretheCommunityascertainsthattheimportsreferred
toinparagraph 1havebeenretainedforconsumption withintheCommunity,i
thelatterwillnotifythegovernmentofIndia on•quarterly j
bosisoftheamountsinvolved.Insuchcases .India shall,at
t
therequestoftheCommunity,countsuchamounts«ga1nstthequantitative
lialtorI1«itsinquestionforthecurrentyear..

Article 6
1.Within any orv .1Agreement year ,theunused por'.ions ofone ofthe
quantitative limits establi r;hrdundrr this Ageemert inrespect ofany
region ofthvCommunity market maybetransferred toanother quantitative
limit established forthesame region oftheCommunity market asfollows :
-from Category 4to Category 7andvice-versa ,provided that
the quantities involved donotexceed ?0%ofthequantitative limit
for ?heCategory tonMcii thetransfer ismade .
2.Unused quantities ,no?exceeding 10%ofoneannual ceiling ,maybe
carried over andadded to <heccrespondir.g ceiling forthefollowing year .
3.Each annual leiling may ;>eexceeded ,upto alimit of10Xofitstotal ,
inanticipation oftSecorrespoi dirg ceiling forshefollowing year .
4.' Theabove flexibility provisions must not,inanysingle given Agreement
year ,result inanyceiling being exceeded bymore than 2CK.
V
S. Theprovisionsofthepreceding paragraphs shall only beapplied byIndia
following writttn notification totheCoamuhity by'thr«Trvdian . .
authorities .
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Article7
1.Thoayrcf-dquantitative limitsshallbeadministered usingasystem
ofdoublechecking,thedetailsforwhicharesetoutinAnnexD,subject
tosuchchangesasmaybemutuallyagreeduponIntheJointCooperation
CommitteesetupinArtiele10.
2.IndiaundertakestoinformtheCommunity,onaquarterlybosis
ofthetotalquantitiescoveredbyexportauthorisations issuedbythe
In-ii,3nauthorities forallthejuteproductsreferredtoinArticle3
and,whereappropriate,inArticle4.
3.Similarly,theCommunitywillInformtheIndian•authorities,on
aquarterlybasis,ofthetotalvolumeofImportsIntotheCommunity
cftheproductsinquestion.

Article8
1.Theimplementation of"hisAgreementshalllotdisruptanormal
tradeinj'lteoroductsbetweentheCommunityandIndia.
2.S!"culdoneofthePartiesinformtheotherthatspecialdifficulties
haveariseninthisconnection,thetwoPartiesshallconsulteachother,
withintheframeworkoftheJointCooperation Committee,inordertov
determineth«measuresnecessarytoremedythesituation.

Article9
WithoutprejudicetothepoliciesoftheGovernmentofIndia
concerningtheregulationofitsexportsaccordingtotheproduction
situationandtheexternaldemandfortheproductscoveredbythisAgreement
undertakestotakeappropriatestepstoensurethattheneedsofthe
Communitymarketandindustriesaremet1nanon-discriminatory Banner*

Artlei® 10
1.AJoin *Coooeration Committee shall beset i*>andentrusted with
thefolloyw jtasks :
-toa»rang *consultations promptly attherequest ofeither Party
cn;nrmatter eoncerring th«trade InJute products inaspirit
ofvcoceretbn ;
-toexamine anyprcblen which mayar!$e as»result ofthe
Implem?nt*t tanofthis Agreement ;
-toexaalne ways and .veans ofIncreasbg anddiversifying theend-
use*ofjuteproducts /Including studiesoftheexperience ofother
(targets intiit rcga *d;
•toinvestigate possibilities ,andformutaie suggest Ions,forcooperation
Inregard toresearch Intoanddevelopment of,theproduction and
uses ,ofjute products ;
-todevelop contact ?between ,andfacilitate joint projects and
programmes mutually agreed upon by,representatives ofthejut*
trade andindustries ofboth theCommunity andIndia
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2.TheJoint Cooperation Co»«1ttee shallUcomposed ofrepresentatives
OftheCommunity and India
3.TheJoint Cooperation Committee shall beconvened attherequest of
either Contracting Party and^1nsnycase*atleast once ayear .

Article11
1.ThisAgreementshallenterintoforceonthefirstdayofthemonth
followingthedateonwhicithetheContractingPartiesnotifyearho*h«*r
rftheco-pletionoftheproceduresnecessaryforthispurpose.It$'-i»ll
applicableuntil31December1983. '
2.ThisAgreementshallapplywitheffectfrom1January1980.

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Article 13
This Agreement shall bedrawn upintwo copies intheDanish ,Dutch ,,
English -French -German -Italian andHindi languages ,each ofthese texts
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being equally authentic * •
Done at Brussels . 30January 1980

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ANNEXA
DefinitionofcategoriesofJuteproducescoveredbyArticle1
Category1
Category ,2
Category3
Category4
Category5Jutefp.brlcaweighingmorethan5°0f7®2andofa
widthofnotmorethan150cm,andjutebagsof
fabricweighingmorethan500g/m2.
JutefabricsweighingnotlesBthan310g/c2buttot
»orethan500g/m2,andofawidthofnotsnorethani30cm,
iindju-iebagsoffabricsweighingnotleeethan310g/m2
Vuinoiworethan$00g/m2»
Jutefabi'iCtweighinglesstitan310g/fc2ar.dofwidthof
notoorethan150cn9andjutebagsoffabricweighing
lessthan310g/xa2.
\
WovenfabricsofJute,.Irrespectiveoftheirweightper
squaremetre,ofawidthmorethan150cm.butnotmorethan
310cm.otherthanthosereferredtoinCateqory7.
Wovenfabricsofjute,irrespectiveoftheirweightper
squaremetre,ofawidthmorethan310cm,otherthanthose
referredtoinCategory7,withnopatentselvedge*atany
Intervalthroughoutthewidthofthecloth.
Categoryt»
Category7Juteyarn.
jutefabrics,bleached,dyedorprinted,eitherwhollyor
inpart,ofawidthbtmorethan150cm.Irrespective
©ftheirweightperwithnopatentselvedgesatany
intervalthroughouttheyic'thtthecloth.

JERKXB
Tariff eucpcnsions covered byArticle 2
.s/*i.ci •ir.f*
Deccriptxon ofrooaeRate ofSuspension tobe
appUed
*y/.05 Yarn ofjuto orofother textile bast
fibres ofheeding No57»03
57*10 Woven fabrics ofjuto orofother textile
baGt fibres ,ofheading No57«03
' A.Of&width ofnotnora than 150on
endwoifjhing porn2
I. Lcc3than 310G
II.Notless than 310gbutnotmore
500g
'III .fore than 50°8
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8.Ofawidth ofmore than 150 cm
62.03 Sacks andbags ofakind used forthepacking
ofgoods
A.Ofjute orofother textile bast fibre *
ofheading No57.03
XI*Othor
(a)Offabrics weighing lees than
310g/n>2
(b)Offabric weighing notless
than 310g/m2butnotmore than
500g/o2
(o)Offabrio weighing more than
500g/m21
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TheCommunity hereby undertakes tocontinue tosuspend customs duties onall
imports ofpackaging materials ,inaccordance with theprovisions ofthe
Customs Convention ontemporary import •ofpacking items .

ANNEXC
Product:,andquantitative limitsforwhichIndiawillexerciserestraint
towardstheCornunityfortheoeriodduringwhichtheAgreementshallbe
applicable.ProductscoveredbyCategory 5(asdefinedinAnnexA)willnotbe
subjecttoquantitative ,limitations ^
TheCommunityherebynotifiesIndiathatthequantitative limitsforthe
juteproductslistedbelowwillbeallocated betweentheMemberStatesasfol­
lows:
Category 4(asdefinedinAnnexA)Quantitative limit's'(metrictons)
tfe:iberState 1980 1931 1982 1983
Bénélux 652 717 789 ,■868
Denrr.ark •163 179 197 217
France 1386 1525 1677 1845
F.fc.Germany 910 1001 1101 1211
Ireland 560 616 678 745
Itjly 191 ■ 210 231 254
UnitedKingdom ! 515 567 623
IELCk3:-o
til–.1'»MMMHBM4<63|5240 5763
Cw>teq"ry7(asdefinedinAnnexA)Quantitative limits (metric,tons)
sr-.-rberStnte|19801981 1982 1983
Eenelux 636 I687 742 801
:Denmark 189 204 220 23ô
France 268 ?S9 312 337'I
f.R.Germany 610 65/ 712 769
Irelard 214 •231 249 269
Italy 125 135 146 158
UnitedKfngdo» 513 554 598 646
ËEC2555 275?2979 3218

'ANNEXD ■.
SystemofdoublecheckingreferredtoinArticle7
1.IntheCommunity,thecompetentauthoritiesshallaccept,withoutdelay,
importsofproductsforwhichquantitativelimitationshavebeenagreedupon
inArticle3and,whereappropriate,Article4ofthisAgreement,uponproduction
oftheimporter'srequesttogetherwiththeoriginalcopyoftheexportpermit(1)
2.ThecompetentIndianauthoritiesshallissueexportpermitsforalltheproductsreferredtoinparagraph 1wfthinthequantitativelimitssetoutinAnnexC
(andinanycasewheretheprovisionsofArticle4.havebeeninvoked).
3.Theexportpermitmustmention:~ --r-T-r-r-v-r–^
.'•*V• - •»'• ' 1 «.•,V.'*;'.'i* •
(a)theM*ember.Stateoffinaldestination,.':.'r/
(b>thesériâtnumber, ^
(c)thenameandaddressoftheimporter,» .,v
(d)thenameandaddressoftheexporter,v.
(e)>thenetweight(inkilogrammes ormetrictons)andthevalue,v
e' . • • ....... ■
.(f),thecategoryandtheclassification bf*theproducts(2),
(g>'thecertification issuedbytheIndian .authoritiesstatingthatthequantity
f-hasbeendebitedagainsttheagreedquantitative limitsforexporttothe
Community(relevantMemberStateoffinaldestination )or,whereappropriate,
'*is'forimmediatere-exportorforinwardprocessingandsubsequentre-export
.outsidetheCommunity (3).
4.IntheCommunity,thecompetent .authorities shallaccept,withinreasonable
limits,differences betweentheweightasstatedintheexportpermitandthecargo
weightortheimportedweight:.Thecompetent Indianauthorities shallhowever
endeavourtoreducesuchdiscrepancies toaminimum.
5.ThecompetentIndian-authorities shallnotifythecompetentauthorities ,
intheCommunityofanywithdrawal,orpartwithdrawal,ofanexportpermit.The
"fattershall,withinthecontextoftheadministrative regulations governing '
suchmatters,takeappropriate steps. •.•;,
6.ThecompetentIndian .authorities shallforwardeverysixmonthstothe
competentauthoritiesintheCommunity,viatheCommission,asummaryofthe jexportpermitsissued.Thesesummariesshallstate,foreverycategoryofproduct,*"
thenetweightinmetrictonsoftheauthorisedexports,theirassignmenttothe;;j
variousceilingsandtheMemberStatesoftheCommrinitytowhichthegoods/havejbeenconsigned.,A.;". .\ .'L
7.ThecompetentCommunityauthoritiesshallforwardeverysixmonthstothe'.v
competentauthoritiesin'India viatheMissionofIndia ;totheEuropean
EconomicCommunitiesinBrusselsasummaryofthemostrecentfiguresavailable 'jforimportsofproductscoveredbythisAgreement. , ij
<1)Whereimportlicencedarerequiredundertheregulationinf>rceinoneor'j;
otherMemberState,suchlicencesshallbeIssuedautpmatically ondemand,..I
•withinalimitednumberofdays. !
fe>InthecaseofthefabricsofCategoryAthewidthshallbeindicated(inj
'centimetres),tillsuchtimeasappropriatechangestoNIMEXEaremade.
t<.or.f;«r>£aneonttauad<?over leaf•s•

ANNEX0(continued >
Footnote(3)Exportsshallbedebitedagainstthequantitative limitsestablished
fortheyearinwhichshipmentofthegoodshasbeeneffected.

ANNEXE
JOINTDECLARATION %– I
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TheContracting Partiesagreetomakeaspecialefforttofulfil
thetaskssetoutInArticle10oftheAgreement.Tothisendtheywill':
a)encourage andfacilitate contactsbetweenrepresentatives ofIndian
.ar>dCommunityJuteInterests^1nparticular through
•annualreviewandmonitoringmeetingsbetweenthe
"IndustrialandcommercialInterestsofthetwosides;
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•exchangeofdelegations;
V-theformulation andexecutionof<jo1ntpromotionand
,publicity campaigns;
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b)examinethepossibility ofprovidingsupportforanyprogr3mmes :
orprojectsjointlyrecommended bytheJuteInterestsofthe
twosidesaslikelytobeofmutualbenefittotheseInterests;
«).
c)toconsidermodalities tofacilitate contactsandcooperation
betweentheIndian JuteIndustries ResearchAssociation
andInterested EuropeanresearchInstitutes andexaminethepossibillt
ofprovidingsupportforanyspecificprojectsjointlydrawnupor.
recommended bythea.-. t
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AGREEDMINUTES
Inaccordance withArticle Uofthe"Agreement betweentheEuropeanEcononic
Community andtheRepublicofIndiaohTradeandCommercial Cooperation in
JuteProducts",initialled today,consultations betweenthedelegationof
Indiaandthedelegation oftheEuropeanEconomicCommunity wereheldatthe.
sametimeinordertosolveproblemscausedbytheimportsintotheBenelux
countriesofjuteyarnfromIndia.
a>Thedelegations cametothefollowingarrangements :
,IndiawilllimititsexportsOfCCTHeadingNo.57.06(yarnofjute
orothertextilebastfibresofheadingNo.57.03)totheBeneluxcountries
inordernottoexceedfortheperiod 1January1980-31December1983,the
arountsagreeduponforeachyear.
Thequantityfortheperiod 1January-31December1980hasbeenestablished
at7,500tonnes.Thisquantityisincreasedby8%foreachfollowingyear^
suchapercentage beingappliedonthequantityoftheprecedingyear.
Thetwopartiesagreedtore-examine thesituationattheendofthe
secondyear., ,
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b)>Aslongasthearrangementisin.force,thequantities exported t
withintheaforementioned agreedlimitsshallbeadministered
accordingtotheconditionslaiddowninArticle7andAnnexpof
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theaforementioned Agreement.
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Brussels,30January1980
FORTHEINDIANDELEGATION FORTHEDELEGATION OFTHE
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC C0v^U\'IT'