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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Proposalfora
COUNCILDECISION
amendingthequotasfortheImportationintotheBeneluxcountriesof
certaintextileproductsoriginating inAlbaniaandHungary
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
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C0M(79)120final'.

EXPLANATORY Mli.lORAIIDUM
1.On5February1979theBelgianGovernment ,inaccordancewithArticle3
ofCouncilDecision75/210/EECof27March1975onunilateralimport
arrangements inrespectofstate-trading countries,notifiedtheother
MemberStatesandtheCommission,onbehalfoftheBeneluxcountries,of
itsdesireforthefollowingincreasestobemadeincertainquotasfor
theBeneluxcountriesvis-a-visAlbania,HungaryandRomaniainrespect
oftextileproductscoveredbytheoutwardprocessingarrangements :
Albania Presentquotas
('000pieces)
Category5s
Category6:208
678Increase
('000pieces)
10
43NewQuotas
('000pieces)
218
721
HungaryCategory4s
5:
«6*.
ft
M8;1,134
748
1,008
1,147
48171
56
164
88
11,305
804
1,172
1,235
49
RomaniaCategory6996 13 1,009
2.WithregardtotextileproductsinGroupI(themostsensitiveproducts),
theCommissionhasrequestedthattheBeneluxcountries *requestshould
bethesubjectofconsultation withtheotherMemberStates.
OJNo.L99,21.4.1975-
Men'swovenshortsandtrousers.
^Women'swoventrousers.

2.
TheBenelux request calls for thefollowing observations :
(i)imports under theoutward processing arrangements arecovered by
theglobal internal ceilings laid down bythe Council in1977 as
regards products ofthe categories inGroup I;
(ii)theglobal internal ceilings for1979 have been fully allocated
among supplier countries asregards categories 4and 6.
There istherefore noreserve available tomeet the Benelux countries'
request regarding these categories ofproducts ;moreover ,outward pro­
cessing traffic intextile products with Romania iscovered bytheman­
date for thenegotiations onanagreement onindustrial products with
that country ,adopted bytheCouncil on6February .Forthis reason
anydecision ontheamendment ofthe import arrangements inrespect of
Romania must betaken bythe Council .Inthemeantime theMember States
maynotimplement theproposed measures (seefirst indent ofArticle 7
ofDecision 75/210/EEC).
3.Inview oftheforegoing ,theCommission made aproposal totheBenelux
countries for acompromise that would enable some oftheproposed mea­
sures tobeadopted immediately andtheother increases tobere-examined
next autumn .*However ,theBenelux countries could notaccept this com­
promise .Accordingly theCommission wasobliged toraise anobjection
inrespect ofthemeasures proposed bytheBenelux countries and tolay
thematter before theCouncil inaccordance with Article 5(2)and (3)
andthefirst indent ofArticle 7ofDecision 75/210/EEC.
4.Theattached draft decision provides for anincrease inthe quotas for
categories 5and8inrespect ofAlbania andHungary .With regard to
categories 4and 6inrespect ofAlbania ,Hungary andRomania ,thepossi­
bility ofgranting theBenelux countries theproposed increases should
beexamined inthecontext ofthesolutions inrespect oftheglobal
internal ceilings which maybeadopted bytheCouncil inthenear future
inconnection with thetextile negotiations with Bulgaria andChina .

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5.Accordingly ,theCommissionproposesthattheCouncil:
adopttheannexeddraftDecision;
authoriseitspublication intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities ;
examinetheadvisability ofaccordingtheincreasesincategories 4
and6inthecontextofthesolutionstobeadoptedinconnectionwith
theproblemsarisingoutofthetextilenegotiations withBulgariaand
China.

ANNEX
Proposalfora
COUNCILDECISION
amendingthequotasfortheimportation intotheBeneluxcountriesof
certaintextileproductsoriginating inAlbaniaandHungary
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheBeneluxcountries,pursuanttoArticle3ofCouncilDecision
75/210/EECof27March1975onunilateral importarrangements Inrespect
1ofstate-trading countries,haverequestedthattheimportarrangements
resultingfromCouncilDecision79/252/EECbeamendedasregardsAlbania
andHungary.
Whereascertainamendments requested bytheBeneluxcountriesposeno
*particular economicproblemsand.themeasuresinquestionshouldbeadopted,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
OJNoL99,21.4.1975,p.7
20JNoL60,12.3.1979.

ANNEX
ARTICLE 1
1.Insection(f)ofAnnexIV(Albania)totheDecision
79/252/EEC,theamountofthequotaundertheoutwardprocessing
arrangements inrespectoftheBeneluxcountries,asregardscategory5,
isherebyincreasedfrom208000to218000pieces.
2.Insection(g)ofAnnexVI(Hungary)tothesameDecision,theamounts
ofthequotasundertheoutwardprocessingarrangements inrespectof
theBeneluxcountries,asregardscategories 58,arehereby
increasedfrom748000to804000piecesandfrom48000to49000pieces
respectively .
ARTICLE2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheBeneluxcountries.
Doneat FortheCouncil
ThePresident