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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM<76)572final.
Brussels,ANovember1976
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AMENDMENT TOTHE
RECOMMENDATION FORAREGULATION OFTHECOUNCIL
concluding anAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandMacaoontradeintextileproducts
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission/pursuantto
Article149,para.2oftheEECTreaty)
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C0MC76)572final.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Arecommandation foraCouncil Regulation concerning theconclu­
sion ofanAgreement between theCommunity andMacao ontrade intextile
products hasbeen sent bytheCommission tothoCouncil dat«d 23February
1976 (Doc .COM(76 )32final )
TheMacao authorities hav® ,bythefollowing ,axprese®d thewish
that detailed clauses exclude from theapplication ofeventual quanti­
tative restriction ,certain textil® goods ofth^eott&g© iadustry (ash©s
bean provided inmost ofthe siasilar Agy®«®©ats Si®g©tiet,r><a feytheCommunity
with other third countries )•
Following contacts with tfa®Mission ofFesrtag-'sl and tha f?acao
authorities aad inconsultation rith the Artisle 113Committee ,
thetext ofaaarticle and&&Asmcz refer.?!®® it .fesiv© b"»*a drafted ?
thetwoparties have agreed tothis test *
The texts inquestion be$i£g ih@a pa^t ©fth®®b©T® ^it®d Agreement ?
theprocedure tortheconclusion ®£tsfeieb ,isalysady inpysgress iathe
Council ,itisfitting that thetests ba tofcfeeAgreement is
question *
TheComBiseioa then istransmitting totfe®Council thetext of
theArticle andoftheAanes inquestion (®s®Amass )iaorder that the
Regulation concerning thecoBclusioa oftfe@Agr®«»enl !to®t«*K«n byth®
Council onthsbasis ofthetest oftheAg^eeneafc "than eoraplsted#
(1)cf.B©e® S/33V76 (COMBE-' 9®)

Article........
1.ImportstotheCommunityofthetextileproductsreferredtobelow,
originating inMacao,shallbefreefromquantitative restrictions,1fthey
satisfyoneofthefollowingdefinitions :,
i)cottonhandloomfabricsofthecottageindustry,containing
notmorethan5%byweightofman-madefibres,beingfabricswhich
arebothtraditionally ofthekindwovenonhandlooms and
actuallywovenonaloomforwhichthemotivepowerisprovided
entirelybytheoperators (thatiswherethethreeprimarymove­
mentsofweaving,namelyshedding,pickingandbeating,are
inducedbyhandorfootandnoothersourceofpowerisused);
ii)handmadegoodsmadeupbythecottageindustryfromsuchcotton
Handloomfabrics;
iii)jerseysknitted byhandfromwoolyarnswithoutuseofamachine;
iv)traditional Macaofolkloretextileproductscut,sewn,
orotherwisefabricated byhandincottageswhichareunitsofthe
cottageindustry-
2.TheadmissionoftheseproductstotheCommunity',freefromquantita­
tiverestrictions ,shallbesubjecttotheproperfunctioning oftheagrees
arrangements concerning-«ertif ication.

CottageindustrytextileproductsANNEX
1.InaccordancewithArticle12(3)oftheGenevaArrangement,
theCommunityandMacaoagreewithArticle....oftheAgreement
that/subjecttocertainconditions,exportsfromMacaototheCommunity,of
certaincottageindustrytextileproductsshallbeadmittedfreefrom
quantitative restrictions .Theconditions setoutinArticle....para....of
theAgreementshallindicatethattheadmissionoftheseproductstotheCommunity
freefromquantitativerestrictions,shallbesubjecttotheproperfunctioning
oftheagreedarrangements concerningcertification .
2.TheCommunityandMacaoherebyagreethatfortheimplementation of
Article.......oftheAgreement,themodelcertificate givenbelowshallbe
used:
Certificate inrespectofcottageindustrytextileproductsreferredto
inArticle oftheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
Macaoontrademtextileproducts.
Nameandaddressofmanufacturer,
Nameandaddressofexporter
NameandaddressofimporterwithintheCommunity
Description ofgoods
Quantity(intonnes)
Nameofvesselorflightnumber
Portorairportofdestination .
Thisistocertifythattheaboveshipmentconsistsof:
i)cottonhandloomfabricsofthecottageindustry,containingnot
morethan5%byweightofman-madefibres,beingfabricswh'charebnt
traditionally ofthekindwovenonhandlooms andactuallywovenona
loomforwhichthemotivepowerisprovidedentirelybytheoperators
(thatiswherethethreeprimarymovementsofweaving,namelyshed­
ding,pickingandbeating,areinducedbyhandorfootandnoother
sourceofpowerisused);
ii)handmadegoodsmadeupbythecottageindustryfrcmsuchcotton
handloomfabrics;iii)jerseysknittedbyhandfromwoolyarnswithout'useofamachine
iv)traditional Macaofolkloretextileproductscut,sewn,or
otherwisefabricated byhandincottageswhichareunitsofthe
cottageindustry.
3.Theissuingauthorityfortheabovecertificates shallbe*
Eeparticao Provincial deServicosdeEconómica-Macao