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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77 )104final
Brussels ,24March 1977
PROPOSAL FORCOUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
maintaining thearrangements fortheauthorization ofimports
into Prance and into theUnited Kingdom ofcertain knitted or
crocheted under garments originating intheKingdom ofThai­
land ortheRepublic ofthePhilippines
(Submitted bytheCommission totheCouncil )
COM(77 )104final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.AsaresultofasharpincreaseinimportsintoFranceandintothe
UnitedKingdomofknittedorcrochetedshirtsandsimilargarmentsfrom
anumberofnon–membercountries,inparticularThailand,thePhilippines
andSingapore,thosetwoMemberStatesrequestedinSeptemberandOctober
1976thattheCommissioninitiateconsultations withthethreecountries
concernedwithaviewtolimitingtheimportsinquestion.
2.TherequestwereexaminedinaWorkingPartycomprisingrepresen­
tativeoftheMemberStates,withaCommissionrepresentative inthe
chair.
Duringthisexaminationitwasfoundthatthetotalimports,fromall
non-membercountries,oftheseproductshadincreasedsubstantially
andthattheyhadcometotakeupaverysignificant shareofthemarket
fortheseproductsinthetwoMemberStatesconcerned.Thisdevelopment
hashadasaconsequence asubstantial decreaseofthedomesticconsumption
andemploymentinthissector.
Theexamination showedfurthermorethatthedevelopment ofimports
didnot,atthismoment,justifytheintroduction ofarestrainton
importsoftheseproduotsintheotherregionsoftheCommunityin
respeotofthePhilippines andThailand.
AsaoonolusionoftheexaminationtheCommissionrepresentative
proposedthatactionbetakenasrequestedbythetwoMemberStates
concerned }theotherdelegations gaveafavourableopiniononthis
proposal *

3.Consultations "began with Thailand andthePhilippines (1)inaccor­
dance with theprocedure under Article 3oftheMultifibre Arrangement ;
these twonon-member countries ,with which theCommunity hasnotcon­
cluded a "bilateral agreement ontrade intextiles ,areboth party tothe
Arrangement .
4.Theconsultations with Thailand began on18November 1976 andended
on28January 1977 with theinitialling ofanote whereby Thailand agreed
totheintroduction ofvoluntary restraint oftheexports inquestion .
5*Theconsultations with thePhilippines began on26November 1976 and
ended on21January 1977 with thePhilippines agreeing tointroduce volun­
tary restraint ofthe exports inquestion .
(l)Theconsultations with Singapore were opened intheoontert ofthe
"bilateral agreements negotiated between theCommunity andSingapore
ontrade intextile products .These consultations began on3January
1977 only andhave notyetbeen conoluded

6.Thedetails of "themeasures accepted byThailand and
tythePhilippines arethesame :they involve voluntary restraint
ofexports in1977 »which must besupplemented byasystem ofimport
licences ifitistobeeffective .Otherwise exporters andimporters
could circumvent thecontrol ofexports bysending goods tothe
Community viaanintermediary destination towhich goods maybeex­
ported freely .
7.Since the twonon-member countries inquestion were not able to
establish such export control immediately ,there isadanger that the
firms concerned may seek tocircumvent the effects oftheproposed
restriction byanticipated deliveries .This danger isavery real one ,
inview oftheunusual rate ofimports inrecent months andthe fact that the
Thai andPhilippia *industrialists areaware of-theresult ofth»consultation *
Inorder toprevent such actions ,theCommission decided to
introduce theimport arrangements referred toinpoint 6under the
emergency procedure provided forinArticle 12ofRegulation (EEC)No
1439/74»adopting Regulations (EEC)558/77of16March 1977 and
No557/77ofthesame date.(l )
8.Article 12(6)ofRegulation No1439/74stipulates that measures
adopted bytheCommission pursuant tothat Article must befollowed
within tenworking days byaproposal totheCouncil onappropriate
measures which could beadopted bytheCouncil totake over from the
emergency measures adopted bytheCommission .
Itispointed outthat Commission Regulations adopted pursuant
toArticle 12ofRegulation (EEC)1439/74expire sixweeks following
their entry into force unless they areconfirmed bytheCouncil .
Inthis context ,theCommission proposes that theCouncil adopt
theregulation proposed hereunder ,thepurpose ofwhich istoconfirm
themeasures adopted bythetwoCommission regulations referred to
inpoint 7above .
(1)OJNoL21,of18.3.1977

Proposal forCouncil Regulation (EEC)
maintaining thearrangements fortheauthorization ofimports
into France andinto theUnited Kingdom ofcertain knitted or
crocheted under garments originating intheKingdom ofThai­
land ortheRepublic ofthePhilippines
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC)No1439/74of4June 1974 on
common rules forimports (1),andinparticular Article 13thereof ,
After consultation within theAdvisory Committee established byArticle
5oftheabove Regulation ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas byRegulations (EEC)No558/77(2)andNo552/77of16March 1977 (3)
theCommission introduced arrangements fortheauthorization ofimports .into
France andinto theUnited Kingdom ofcertain knitted orcrocheted under gar­
ments originating intheKingdom ofThailand ortheRepublic ofthePhilippine ^
Whereas thefactors which caused thearrangements tobeintroduced have
persisted andwhereas itisaccordingly necessary forthearrangements to
remain inforce until 30June 1978 ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION ;
Article 1
Thearrangements fortheauthorization ofimports into France andinto the
United Kingdom ofcertain knitted orcrocheted under garments originating
intheKingdom ofThailand ortheRepublic ofthePhilippines ,adopted by
Regulations (EEC)No558/77and (EEC)NO552/77 ,shall remain applicable
until 30June 1978 .
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on (
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable
inallMember States .

Done atBrussels . For the Council
The President
(1)OJNoL159,15.6.1974,p.1
(?)OJNoL21,18.3.1977,P.
(3)OJNoL21,18.3.1977