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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)602 final
Brussels,23October1981
Recommendation fora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
ontheconclusionoftheAdditionalProtocoltotheAgreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandHaitiontradein
textileproductsconsequent ontheaccessionoftheHellenicRepublic
totheCommunity
(submittedtotheCounciIby"theCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.UndertheActofAccessionofGreecetotheEuropeanCommunities
(Article123),itwasagreedthattheCommunitywouldnegotiate
protocolsofadaptationtothebilateral agreements ontradein
textileproductsbetweentheCommunity andthirdcountries.
2.ByDecisionof1August1980theCouncilauthorised theCommissionto
opennegotiations withHaititoconcludeanagreementonsuch
adaptation. \ ,'
3.Inaccordance withthatCouncilDecisionandinconsultation withthe
Article.113Committee,theCommission conductednegotiations withHaiti
from22Septemberto16December1980.
Followingthenegotiations ^adraftProtocolwasdrawnupextendingthe'
termsoftheoriginalbilateral agreementtotradebetweenHaiti-and
'theenlargedCommunity,thus(interalia) *
-extendingtheexistingconsultation procedures wherebynewvoluntary
.restraintmeasuresmaybeintroducedforcategoriesofproductsnot
atpresentsubjecttolimitation,wherecertainthresholds areexceeded,
inrespectofboththewholeCommunity andGreece. .
TheheadsofDelegationinitialled thetextofthedraftProtocolon
16December1980havingnoteditcorrectlyrepresentgd theresultsof
thenegotiations .
4.TheProtocolhas-already beenimplemented byCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No3553/80of22December1980(1)amendingtheexistingregimeestablished
byRegulation (EEC)No3059/78of21December1978(2)i

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5.TheCommissionconsidersthatthedraftProtocolembodiesanarrangement
whichisacceptabletotheCommunity.Itthereforerecommendsthatthe
CounciI:
(i)approvetheProtocolbyadoptingtheRegulation,thedraftof
whichisannexedhereto;
(ii)pendingapprovaloftheProtocol,takethenecessarydecisions
inconnectionwiththesigningthereof.
(1)O.J.NoL381of31.12.1980,p.1
(2)O.J.NoL365of27.12.1978,p.1

OftiaalToomiloftheEuropeanCommursiHo • NoL
(Actswho**publicationkobligatory)
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RECOMMENDATION
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC
ontheconclusionofiheAdditionalProtocoltotheAgreementbetweentheEaropcn
EconomicCommunityandHaiti ort Xn-i1
;rodTctrcov\S€<juenL the.accessionoft'v.Ro.iuMic
*toc(,c's'-4*iitv
THF.COUNCILOKTHLfcUKOI'hANCOMMUNIIIhS .
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheKuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
Hjvingretardtothereiommendanon fromthe
(oinnusMtto ,
Whereasit11ncttuarytoapprovetheAdditional
ProtocoltotheAgreementberweentheEuropean
kioronucCommunity andHaiti
onintextileproductstotakeaccountof
theaccessionoftheHellenicRepublictothe
i•miiiiuiiity..consequentontheaccckiionoftheHellenic
RepublictotheCommunityiiherebyapprovedon
behalfoftheCommunity .
ThetextoftheProtocoliaannexedtothiaRegulation.
ArtuU2
ThePresidentoftheCouncilthai!givethenotification
providedforit)Arode4oftheAdditionalProtocol(I)
HASADOPTfcD THISREGULATION :
ArttcU1
TheAdJioonalProtocoltotheAgreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity andHaiti
t.iir-oini:til-,.'•'••ictoArtici43
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
F.uropfjrtCommumtift .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginiaentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,
'ForthaCouncil
(I)ThedateofentryintoforceofthePrwocolwillhe
publishedintheOfficial ofthtE*rop+*n
Cvmrntmiiim by(heGeneralSecretarialoftheCouaoL

AdditionalProtocoltotheAgreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andHaitiontradeintextileproducts
consequent ontheaccessionoftheHellenic
RepublictotheEuropeanCommunities .
(initialledonI6December1980)

THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
oftheonepart,and
THEGOVERNMENT OPHAITI
of"theotherpart,
CONSIDERINGtheaccessionoftheHellenicRepublictotheEuropeanCommunities
onJanuaryII98l|
HAVINGREGARDTOtheAgreementconcluded "betweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandHaition15January19^0,hereinafterreferredtoasthe
"Agreement",
HAVEDECIDEDtodeterminebycommonaccordtheadjustments andthe
transitional measurestobeincorporated inthesaidAgreementconsequent on
theaccessionoftheHellenicRepublictotheEuropeanCommunities .
andTOCONCLUDETHISPROTOCOL :

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Article I
The text ofthe Agreement amended asfollows andthose ofthe annexe and
protocols forming anintegral part thereof ,'shall bedrawn upinGreek
andheauthentic asarethe original texts .
Article 2
TheAgreement ishereby amended asfollows :
1.Paragraph 2ofProtocol CtotheAgreement shall bereplaced
bythe following :
"Where the Community finds ,under the system ofadministrative
control setup,that the level ofimports ofproducts inany
category listed intheAnnexe originating inHaiti exceeds ,in
relation to102% ofthepreceding year 'stotal imports ofproducts
inthat category into theterritories within which theTreaty establishing
themropean Lcononic Community was applied on31December 19oC,
the following rates ;
-forcategories ofproducts inGroup I: 0.2%
-forcategories ofproducts inGroup II : 1.5 '1°
-forcategories ofproducts inGroup III ,IVorV:4,»0%
itmayrequest theopening ofconsultations inaccordance with
theprocedure described inArticle 5 "theAgreement ,with aview
toreaching agreement onanappropriate restraint level forthe
products insuch acategory .
2.paragraph 6ofProtocol CtotheAgreement shall oereplaced oy
the following :
'Quantitative limits onaregional basis maybeintroduced cr.l;
where imports ofariven product into anyregion ofthe Oo.x.ro;:ity
...co .•thefollowing regional percentages of100/102 (100divided
by102)oftheamounts determined inaccordance with paragraph 2:

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Germany 28.5%
Bénélux 10.5%
Prance lQ.5%
Italy 15$
Denmaxk 3»
Ireland Ifo
UK 23.5$
Greece 2%
3.For "thepurpose ofworking outthe "preceding year 'stotal
imports ",asreferred toinparagraph I,the figure forimports
from Greece tobeused inthecalculations forboth 1980 and
1981 shall bethevolume ofimports recorded in1980 .
Article 3
This Protocol shall form anintegral part oftheAgreement ,
Article 4
This Protocol shall beadopted inaccordance with the procedures laid down
bytheContracting Parties .Itshall enter into force onIJanuary 1981 ,
providing the Contracting parties have notified each other before that date
that thenecessary procedures have been completed .After this date the
Protocol shall enter into force onthe first dayofthe second month following
such notification .
*
Article 5
This Protocol isdrawn upinduplicate intheDanish ,German ,Greek ,English ,
French ,Italian andDutch languages ,each .text being equally authentic .

:T0T2VZ3BAL2
TheMissionoftheRepublicofHaitipresentsitscomplimentstothe
Directorate *GeneralfcrlirternalRelationsoftheCommissionoftheEuropean
Communities andhasthehonourtorefertotheAdditional Protocoltothe
Agreementontradeintextileproductsconsequent ontheaccessionofthe
HellenicRepublictotheEuropeanCommunitiesinitialledtodaybythe
RepubliccfHait'iandtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity.
TheMissionoftheRepublicofHaitiwishestoinformtheDirectorate-
GeneralforExternalRelationsthat,pendingcompletionoftheprocedures
necessaryfortheconclusion andentryintoforceoftheProtocolthe
GovernmentoftheRepublicofHaitiispreparedtoagreethattheprovisions
oftheAgreementbeapplieddefactofromIJanuary1981iftheCommunity
ispreparedtodolikewise.
TheMissionoftheRepublicofHaiticonsidersthatthisUote,together
withtheCommunity'sKoteofacknowledgement ,constitutes anAgreement
betweentheGovernmentoftheRepublicofHaitiandtheCommunity.
TheLlissionoftheRepublicofHaititakesthisopportunity ofrenewing
totheDirectorate-General forExternalRelationstheassuranceofits
highestconsideration .

iTOTEVERBAIE
TheDirectorate-General forExternalRelationsoftheCommission 01
theEuropeanCommunitiespresentsitscomplimentstotheMissionofthe
RepublicofHaitiandhasthehonourtoacknowledgereceiptofitsITote
Ver'baleoftoday'sdatewhichreadsasfollows:
"TheIlissionoftheRepublicofHaitipresentsitscomplimentstothe
Directorate-General forExternalRelationsoftheCommissionoftheEuropean
Communities andhasthehonourtorefertotheAdditional Protocoltothe
Agreementontradeintextileproductsconsequent ontheaccessionofthe
HellenicRepublictotheEuropeanCommunitiesinitialledtodaybythe
RepublicofHaitiandtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity.
TheMissionofthe.RepublicofHaitiwishestoinformtheDirectorate-
GeneralforExternalRelationsthat,pendingcompletionoftheprocedures .
necessaryfortheconclusionandentryintoforceoftheProtocol,the
GovernmentoftheRepublicofHaitiispreparedtoagreethattheprovisions
oftheAgreementbeapplieddefactofromIJanuaryI98Iif"theCommunity
ispreparedtodolikewise.
TheIlissionoftheRepublicofHaiticonsidersthatthisNote,together
withtheCommunity'sIToteofacknowledgement ,constitutes anAgreementbetween
theGovernmentoftheRepublicofHaitiandtheCommunity.
TheIlissionoftheRepublicofHaititakesthisopportunity ofrenewing
totheDirectorate-General forExternalRelationstheassuranceofitshighest
consideration