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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)420 final
Brussels,11September1978
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
ontheapplicationofDecisionNoofthe
CouncilofAssociation EEC-Turkeyrelatingto
proofoforiginforcertaintextileproducts
exportedbyTurkey
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
UnderthetermsoftheMultifibre Arrangement (MFA)importations intothe
EECoftextileproductsoriginating invariousthirdcountries are
subjecttosystemsofquantitative restriction orimportsurveillance
(depending ontheparticular thirdcountryoforigin).
ByvirtueoftheEEC-TurkeyAssociation AgreementgoodsexportedfromTurkey
totheEECcanbeimportedatzeroorpreferential ratesofduty.Astheterms
oftheAssociation AgreementestablishthesettingupofaCustomsUnion
betweentheEECandTurkey,thepreferential ratesofdutyapplyequallyto*
goodsoriginating inTurkeyaswellastonon-Turkish goodsinfreecircul--
ationthere.
There.istherefore ariskthattextileproductsoriginating incountriessubject
totheMultifibre Arrangement andwhichareinfreecirculation inTurkey,may
beimportedintotheCommunityunderthetermsoftheEEC-Turkey Association
Agreement.Theseimportations wouldthereforeevadethecontrolsystems(quan­
titativerestrictions orimportsurveillance )setupundertheMultifibre
Arrangement inrespectofsuchproducts.
TheCouncilofAssociation EEC-Turkey hasthereforetoadoptDecisionattached
totheproposalforRegulation whichwillbringimportations ofcertaintex­
tileproductsfromTurkeyintoconformitywiththeexistingCommunitysystemof
controloforiginforthesegoods.TheDecisionintroduces asimplified pro­
cedureforthecontroloforigintakingintoaccountthespecialnatureofthe
tradewithintheframeworkoftheEEC-TurkeyAssociation Agreement.

ProposalforCouncilRegulation (EEC)No/78
ontheapplicationofDecisionNooftheCouncilofAssociation EEC-Turkey
relatingtoproofoforiginforcertaintextileproductsexportedbyTurkey
> 1"1
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THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunityand.
inparticularArticle113thereof.
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasartAssociation AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
Turkeywassignedon12September 1963andenteredintoforceon17November
1964; .
Whereas,havingregardtotheneedtopreventdeflections oftrade*
andabusesinrespectofcertaintextileproducts,theCouncilofAssociation i
EEC-Turkey hasadoptedDecisionNo ;
WhereastheDecisionshouldbemadeoperativeintheCommunity,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : :
Article 1
Forthepurposeofimplementing the,Association AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
Community andTurkey,Decision NooftheCouncilofAssociation annexed
tothisRegulationshallbeapplicableintheCommunity.
Article 2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon15August1978.
»
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein
allMemberStates.
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DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil
ThePresident

EEC-TURKEY ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT
THE COUNCIL OFASSOCIATION
COUNCIL OFASSOCIATION DECISION NO. /78
relating toproof oforigin forcertain textile products exported byTurkey
THE COUNCIL OFASSOCIATION .
•/
Having regard ,to -theAssociation Agreement ,andtheadditional Protocol theret
Whereas deflections oftrade andabuses irrrespect ofthetextile products
falling within Chapter 51and -Chapters 53to62oftheCommon Customs
Tariff should beprevented byappropriate verification measures ?whereas'
theintroduction ,tothat end ,ofasystem ofverification oforigin under
theAgreement would prove useful foralimited period ;
Whereas ,moreover ,theestablishment andapplication ofsuch "asystem wiLl *
notconstitute ameasure equivalent toaquantitative restriction forbidden by
theAssociation Agreement asregards theimportation ofTurkish textiles
products into theCommunity ;
Whereas itisnecessary tohave the power *toapply theimport regime
applicable tothecountry oforigin ,ifthis isnotTurkey ,
HAS DECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
Article 1
Onentering "theCommunity ftextile products listed intheAnnex and
originating inTurkey orinfree circulation inTurkey must beaccompanied
byevidence oftheir origin according tothefollowing rules t

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1.Forproducts originating inTurkey ,movement certificates A.TR.1 orA.TR.3 ,
issued inTurkey ,shall contain certification oforigin .This certifi­
cation shall consist ofthewords "Turkish origin "inthe "Remarks "box
onmovement certificates A.TR.1 orA.TR.,3 ,validated bythestamp and
signature ofthe competent authority .
The origin thus certified must comply with the criteria forthe
determination oforigin laid down bytheCommunity .
2.Asregards theimport oftextile products infree circulation inTurkey
not originating inTurkey ,evidence oforigin shall "besubject
tothe rules inforce inthe Community .
Article 2
TheCommunity maysubmit theproducts referred toinArticle 1(2)tothe
import regime applicable inrespect oftheir country oforigin ,without
prejudice totheapplication ofthetariff regime oftheAssociation
Agreement .
Article 3
Theverification procedure laid down inArticle 11ofDecision No5/72of
theCouncil ofAssociation shall apply tothe certification mentioned in
Article 1(l).
Article 4
This Decision shall enter into force on15August 1978 .
Textjle products exported from Turkey before that date shall notbeaffected
bytheorovisions ofthis Decision .
This decision shall heannlicable for aoeriod ofone year .Itshall berenewed
bytacit aoreement forfurther Deriods ofoneyear unless this isppoosed by
either Darty onemonth before itsexoiry .
For the Council ofAssociation
The President

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