COMMISSIONE DELLE COMUNITÀ EUROPEE 
C0N(89) 661 def. 
Bruxelles, 13 dicembre 1989 
Proposta di 
OECISZONE DEL CONSIGLIO 
sulla messa in atto, a titolo provvisorio, 
dell'accordo sul commercio dei prodotti tessili 
fra la Comunità economica europea 
e l'Unione delle Repubbliche Socialiste Sovietiche 
(presentata dalla Commissione) 
RELAZIONE 
Conformemente alle direttive ricevute dal Consiglio il 12 giugno 1989 
(1), la Commissione ha negoziato con l'URSS un accordo bilaterale sul 
commercio dei prodotti tessili. Essa ha condotto le negoziazioni in 
stretta cooperazione con gli Stati membri in seno al Comitato dell'arti­
colo 113. 
Alla fine di queste negoziazioni, I'll dicembre 1989 la Commissione ha 
siglato un accordo tessile con l'URSS, che dovrebbe essere applicato a 
titolo provvisorio a decorrere dal 1° gennaio 1990 a condizione che anche 
l'URSS confermi, entro il 18 dicembre 1989, il proprio assenso a darvi 
applicazione provvisoria a decorrere dal 1° gennaio 1990. 
Con la presente proposta, la Commissione invita il Consiglio ad 
approvare, come fu il caso per gli accordi tessili con altri Paesi terzi 
fornitori, l'applicazione provvisoria dell'accordo siglato, in attesa 
della sua conclusione formale e con riserva di applicazione reciproca da 
parte dell'URSS. 
(1) Doc. 6845/89 

DECISIONE DEL CONSIGLIO 
del 
relativa all'applicazione, a titolo provvisorio, dell'accordo 
tra la Comunità economica europea e 
l'Unione delle Repubbliche Socialiste Sovietiche 
sul commercio dei prodotti tessili 
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considerando che la Commissione ha negoziato, a nome della Comunità, un 
accordo sul commercio dei prodotti tessili con l'Unione delle Reppubliche 
Socialiste Sovietiche 
considerando che è opportuno applicare tale accordo a titolo provvisorio, a 
decorrere dal !• gennaio 19$jf0, in attesa del'espletamento delle procedure 
necessarie alla sua conclusione, con riserva di applicazione provvisoria 
reciproca da parte dei paesi partecipanti, 
DECIDE : 
Articolo 1 
L'accordo tra la Comunità economica europea e l'Unione delle Repubbliche Socialis 
Sovietiche sul commercio dei prodotti tessili è applicato, a titolo provvisorio, a 
decorrere da 1° gennaio 19$Q in attesa della sua conclusione formale, con 
riserva di applicazione provvisoria reciproca da parte dei paesi 
partecipanti. 
Il testo dell'accordo è accluso alla presente decisione 
Articolo 2 
La Commissione è invitata a rendere nota la presente decisione al paese 
partecipante ed a ricevere il suo accordo, da comunicare successivamente al 
Consiglio. 
Fatto a Bruxelles, addì 
Per il Consiglio 
Il Presidente 
AGREDCNT BETWEEN 
THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY 
AND 
THE UNION OT SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 
ON TRADE IN TEXTILE PRODUCTS 

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THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
of the one part, and 
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUmjJÇS^ . ; 
of the other part, 
DESIRING to promote, with a view to permanent cooperation and in conditions 
providing every security for trade, the orderly and equitable development 
of trade in textile products between the European Economic Community 
(hereinafter referred to as "the Community") and the Union of Soviet 
Socialist Republics (hereinafter referred to as "USSR"), 
RESOLVED to take the fullest possible account of the serious economic and 
social problems at present affecting the textile industry in both importing 
and exporting countries, and in particular, to eliminate real risks of 
market disruption on the market of the Community and real risks of 
disruption to the textile trade of the USSR, 
HAVE DECIDED to conclude this Agreement and to this end have designated as 
their Plenipotentiaries : 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES : 
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 
WHO HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS : 
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Article 1 
1. Trade in textile products listed in Annex I and originating within the 
Contracting Parties shall be liberalized for the duration of this 
Agreement under the conditions set out therein. 
2. Subject to the provisions of this or any successive Agreement, the 
Community undertakes, in respect of the products listed in Annex I, to 
suspend the application of quantitative import restrictions currently 
in force and not to introduce new quantitative restrictions. 
Quantitative import restrictions shall be re-introduced in case of 
denunciation or non replacement of the present Agreement. 
3. Measures having equivalent effect to quantitative restrictions on the 
importation into the Community of the products listed in Annex I shall 
be prohibited. 
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Article 2 
1. The USSR agrees to establish and maintain for each calendar year 
quantitative limits on its exports to the Community in accordance with 
Annex II. Such exports shall be subject to a double-checking system 
specified in Protocol A. 
2. In administering the quantitative limits referred to in paragraph 1, 
the USSR shall ensure that the Community textile industry shall benefit 
from utilization of the said limits. 
More particularly, as regards categories 1, 2, 2A and 3 the USSR 
undertakes upon request from Community textile industry to reserve, as 
a priority, 25 % of the quantitative limits concerned for industry 
users during a period extending between 1 February to 20 March of each 
year and another 25 % of the quantitative limits concerned for industry 
users during a period extending between 1 September to 15 October of 
each year. For this purpose, contracts made with the industry during 
the periods in question shall be taken into consideration. 
3. To facilitate the implementation of these provisions the Community 
shall provide the competent USSR authorities, before the end of each 
year, with a list of interested manufacturers and processors and, if 
possible, of the quantity of products requested for each firm. To this 
end, the firms concerned are invited to make direct contact with the 
relevant USSR enterprises as early as possible during the two 
reservation periods mentioned in paragraph 2, in order to make their 
purchasing intentions known. 
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Article 3 
1. Exports of textile products specified in Annex III of this Agreement 
are subject to the conditions laid down in the following paragraphs. 
Such exports shall be subject to a double-checking system specified in 
Protocol A. 
2. The USSR agrees to maintain for each calendar year its exports to fhe 
Community of the products specified in Annex III within the levels 
specified therein, hereinafter referred to as consultation levels. 
3. Consultations shall be held periodically, in accordance with the 
procedure provided for in Article 18, in order to examine the trend of 
exports with regard to the consultation levels and to bring about, if 
necessary and, where appropriate, in advance of the relevant 
consultation level being attained, mutually agreed adjustments thereto. 
4. If it appears that quantities additional to the levels set out in 
paragraph 2 are required, consultations will be held, in accordance 
with the procedures of Article 18 and at the request of either 
Contracting Party, with a view to finding a mutually acceptable 
solution. Such a solution may consist of either fixing a new 
consultation level for the current calendar year or fixing a definitive 
quantitative limit which will be subject to the provisions laid down 
for the products listed in Annex II. If the consultations do not lead 
to a mutually satisfactory solution, the consultation levels specified 
in Annex III, as eventually modified, shall be maintained. 
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Article 4 
1. Imports into the Community of textile products covered by this 
Agreement shall not be subject to the quantitative limits established 
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in Annex II or to the consultation levels set out in Annex III, 
provided that they are declared to be for re-export outside the 
Community in the same state or after processing, within the framework 
of the administrative system of control which exists within the 
Community. 
However, the release for home use of products imported under the 
conditions referred to above shall be subject to the production of an 
export licence issued by the USSR authorities, and to proof of origin 
in accordance with the provisions of Protocol A. 
2. Where the Community authorities ascertain that imports of textile 
products have been set off against a quantitative limit or a 
consultation level established under this Agreement, but that the 
products have subseauently been re-exported outside the Community, the 
authorities concerned shall inform the USSR authorities within four 
weeks of the quantities involved and authorize imports of identical 
quantities of the same products, which shall not be set off against 
the quantitative limit or consultation level established under this 
Agreement for the current or the following year. 
3. USSR exports of cottage industry fabrics woven on hand- or 
foot-operated looms, garments or other made-up articles ohtained 
manually from such fabrics and of traditional folklore handicraft 
products shall not be subject to quantitative limits, provided that 
these products meet the conditions laid down in Protocol B. 
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4.^ The Community and the USSR recognize the special and differential; 
character of re-imports of textile products into the Community after 
processing ip the USSR. 
Provided that they are affected in accordance with thè regulations on 
economic outward processing in force in the Community, these 
re-imports are not subject to the quantitative limits set out in Annex 
II and the consultation levels set out in Annex III when they are 
subject to the specific arrangments laid down in Protocol D. 
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Article 5 
1. In any Agreement year advance use of a portion of the quantitative 
limit established for the following Agreement year is authorised for 
each' category of products up to 55» of the quantitative limit for the 
current Agreement year. 
Amounts delivered in advance shall be deducted from the corresponding 
quantitative limits established for the following Agreement year. 
2. Carryover to the corresponding quantitative limit for the following 
Agreement year of the amounts not used during any Agreement year is 
authorised for each category of products up to 75» of the quantitative 
limit for the current Agreement year. 
3. Transfers in respect of categories in Group I shall not be made from 
any category except as follows: 
transfers between Categories 2 and 3 and from Category 1 to Cate­
gories 2 and 3 may be made up to 45» of the quantitative limits 
for the category to which the transfer is made* 
transfers between Categories 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 may be made up to 
45î of the quantitative limit for the category to which the 
transfer is made. 
Transfers into any category in Groups II and III may be made from any 
category or categories in Groups I, II and III up to 55» of the 
quantitative limit for the category to which the transfer is made. 
4. The table of equivalence applicable to the transfers referred to above 
is given in Annex I to this Aqreement. 
5. The increase in any category of products resulting from the cumulative 
application of the provisions in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 above during an 
Agreement year shall not exceed the followinq limits • 
. - 135» for categories of products in Group I; 
13,55» for categories of products in Group II. 
6. Prior notification shall be given by the authorities of the USSR in 
the event of recourse to the provisions of paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 / 
above. 
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Article 6 
1. Exports of textile products not listed in Annex II or Annex III to 
this Agreement may be made subject to quantitative limits by the USSR. 
on the conditions laid down in the following paragraphs. 
2. Where the Community finds, under the system of administrative control 
set up, that the level of imports of products in a given category not 
listed in Annex II or Annex III originating in the USSR exceeds, in 
relation to the preceding year's total imports into the Community from 
all sources of products in that category, the following rates : 
- 2,45» for categories of products in Group II, 
- 85» for categories of products in Group III, 
it may request the opening of consultations in accordance with the 
procedure described in Article 18 of this Agreement, with a view to 
reaching agreement on an appropriate restraint level for the products 
in such category. 
3. Pending a mutually satisfactory solution, the USSR undertakes, from 
the date of notification of the request for consultations, to suspend 
or limit at the level indicated by the Community exports of the 
category of products in question to the Community or to the region or 
regions of the Community market specified by the Community. 
The Community shall authorize thr ÎT:• rt^-' ir" of products of the said 
category shipped from the USSR before the date on which the request 
for consultations was submitted. 
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4. Should the Contracting Parties be unable in the course of 
'consultations to reach a satisfactory solution within the period 
Specified in, Article 18, paragraph 2, the Community shall have the- .. 
' : right ;tc introduce a definitive quantitative limit at an annual 3,evel ; 
v not lower than the level resulting from the application of the formula 
set out in paragraph 2, or 1065» of the level of imports reached during 
the calendar year preceding that in which imports exceeded the level 
resulting from the application of the formula set out in paragraph 2 
and gave rise to the request for consultations, whichever is the 
higher. 
The annual level so fixed shall be revised upwards after consultations 
in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 18, with a 
view to fulfilling the conditions set out in paragraph 2, should the 
trend of total imports into the Community of the product in question 
make this necessary. 
5. The limits introduced under paragraph 2 or paragraph 4 may in no case 
be lower than the level of imports of products in that category ori­
ginating in the USSR in 1989. 
6. Quantitative limits may also be established by the Community on a 
regional basis in accordance with the provisions of Protocol C. 
7. The provisions of this Article shall not apply where the percentages 
specified in paragraph 2 have been reached as a result of a fall in 
total imports into the Community, and not as a result of an increase 
in exports of products originating in the USSR. 
8. In the event of the provisions of paragraph 2, 3 or 4 being applied, 
the USSR undertakes to issue export licences for products covered by 
contracts concluded before the introduction of the quantitative limit, 
up to the volume of the quantitative limit fixed. 
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9;. Up to the date of communication of the statistics referred to in 
Article 15 paragraph 6, the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Article 
shall apply oh the basis of the annual statistics previously 
communicated by the Community. 
.10. The provisions of this Agreement which concern exports of products 
subject to the quantitative limits established in Annex II shall also 
apply to products for which quantitative limits are introduced under 
this Article. 
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Article 7 
1. The Community and the USSR agree to cooperate fully in preventing the 
circumvention of this Agreement by transhipment, re-routing or 
whateveT other means. 
2. Where information available to the Community as a result of the 
. investigations carried out in accordance with the procedures set out 
in Protocol A constitutes evidence that products of USSR origin 
subject to quantitative limits or consultation levels established 
under this Agreement have been transhipped, re-routed or otherwise 
imported into the Community in circumvention of this Agreement, the 
Community may request the opening of consultations in accordance with 
the procedures described in Article 18, with a view to reaching 
agreement on an equivalent adjustment of the corresponding 
quantitative limits or consultation levels established under this 
Agreement. 
3. Pending the result of the consultations referred to in paragraph 2, 
the USSR shall as a precautionary measure, if so requested by the 
Community, make the necessary arrangements to ensure that adjustments 
of quantitative limits or consultation levels liable to be agreed 
following the consultations referred to in paragraph 2 may be carried 
out for the quota year in which the request to open consultations in 
accordance with paragraph 2 was made, or for the following year if the 
quota for the current year is exhausted, where clear evidence of 
circumvention is provided. 
4. Should the Contracting Parties he unable in the course of 
consultations to reach a satisfactory solution within the period 
specified in Article 18 paragraph 2, the Community shall have the, 
right, where clear evidence of circumvention has been provided, to 
deduct from the quantitative limits or consultation levels established 
under, this Agreement amounts equivalent to the products of USSR 
origin. 
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Article 8 
1. The USSR shaj.1 endeavour to ensure that exports of textile products 
covered by this Agreement are spaced out as evenly as possible over 
the year, due account being taken in particular of seasonal factors. 
2. Should there be an excessive concentration of imports of any products 
belonging to a category subject to quantitative limits under this 
Agreement, the Community may request consultations in accordance with 
the procedure specified in Article 18 with a view to remedying this 
situation. 
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Article 9 
In the event of denunciation of this Agreement as provided for in Article 
22 paragraph 3, the quantitative limits established in Annex II and the 
consultation*levels in Annex III shall be reduced on a pro rata temporis 
basis unless the Contracting Parties decide otherwise by common agreement* 
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Article 10 
1. For the purpose of the effective administration of this Agreement, the 
quantitative limits and consultation levels referred to in Articles 2 
and 3 may be divided by the Community ioto-shares J"QJ?-each of its 
regions. Such shares shall be communicated by the Community to the 
USSR. 
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Article 11 
1. Portions of the quantitative limits established in Annex II or the 
consultation levels set out in Annex III not.--used in one region of the 
Community may be reallocated to ^another, region j.n annnitflflnce with the 
procedures in force in the Community. 
The Community undertakes to examine with care and reply within four 
weeks to any request made for reallocation by the USSR. With regard 
to the quantitative limits established in Annex II, in the event of 
agreement on such reallocation, the flexibility provisions set out in 
Article 5 shall continue to be applicable to the levels of the 
original allocation. 
2. After the first of 3une of each year of application of the Agreement, 
the USSR may transfer, subject to prior notification to the Community, 
the unused quantities of the regional quota-shares of a Community 
quantitative limit, set out in Annex II or of a consultation level, 
set out in Annex III, to the quota-shares of the same limit of other 
regions of the Community provided that the reqional quota-share from 
which the transfer is made is utilised by less than 805, and up to the 
amount of the following percentages of the quota-share to which the 
transfer is made: 
4 5» in the first year of application of the Agreementj 
8 % in the second year of application of the Agreement; 
16 % in the third year of application of the Agreement. 
The percentage in the subsequent years of application of the Agreement 
shall be determined following consultations between the Contracting 
Parties. 
3. Should it appear in any given region of the Community that additional 
supplies are required, the Community may, where measures taken 
pursuant to paragraph 2 are inadequate to cover those requirements, 
authorize the importation of amounts greater than those stipulated in 
Annex II. 
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Article 12 
1, The USSR is prepared to cooperate fully and to the extent necessaryjto 
take, within the framework of its trade policy- and within the limits 
of its powers, measures to prevent the disruption of the trade for 
certain raw materials listed in"Annex IV. 
2. Taking into account its production and export possibilities, the USSR 
in administering exports of the products referred to in paragraph 1 
shall give whenever possible favourable treatment, on a 
non-discriminatory basis, to the above mentioned products, requested 
by the Community with a view to meeting its needs. 
3. Problems arising in this area may be the subject of the consultations 
provided for under Article 18. 
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Article 13 
1. Should the Community consider that a textile product covered by this 
Agreement is being imported into the Community from the USSR at a. ; 
price abnormally lower than the normal competitive level and is for 
this reason causing or threatening to cause serious injury to 
Community producers of like or directly competing products, it may 
request consultations under Article 18, and in that event the 
following specific provisions shall be applicable. 
2. If following such consultations it is acknowledged by common accord 
that the situation described in paragraph 1 exists, the USSR shall 
take, within the limits of its powers, the necessary steps, notably as 
regards the price at which the product in question will be sold, to 
remedy the situation. 
3. In order to determine whether the price of a textile product is 
abnormally lower than the normal competitive level, it may be compared 
with: 
the prices generally charqed for like products sold under the 
ordinary conditions by other exporting countries on the market of 
the importing country; 
the prices of like national products at a comparable marketing 
stage on the market of the importing country; 
the lowest prices charged by a third country for the same product 
in the course of ordinary commercial dealings in the three months 
preceding the request for consultations, and not havinq led to 
the adoption of any measure by the Community. 
4. ' Should the consultations referred to in paragraph 2 above fail to lead 
to agreement within thirty days of the Community's request for 
consultations, the Community may, until these consultations have 
produced a mutually satisfactory solution, temporarily refuse 
consignments of the product in question at prices under the 
conditions referred to in paragraph 1 above. 
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5. In totally exceptional and critical circumstances, where consignments 
of products are being imported from the USSR into the Community at ; 
prices abnormally lower than the normal competitive level, such as to 
cause injury which it would be difficult to repair, the Community may 
temporarily suspend imports of the products concerned pending 
agreement on a solution in the course of consultations, which shall be 
opened immediately. The Contracting Parties shall do their utmost to 
reach a mutually acceptable solution within 10 working days' notice of 
the opening of such consultations. 
6. Should the Community have recourse to the measures referred to in 
paragraphs 4 and 5 above, the USSR may at any time request the opening 
of consultations to examine the possibility of eliminating or 
modifying these measures where the causes which made them necessary no 
longer exist. 
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Article 14 
1. The classification of the products covered by this Agreement is based 
on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and'on thè Common Custom's 
Tariff of the Community (hereinafter called the "Combined 
Nomenclature", or in abbreviated form "CN") and any amendments 
thereof. 
Where any decision on classification results in a change of 
classification practice or a change of category of any product subject 
to this Agreement the affected products shall follow the trade regime 
applicable to the practice or category they fall into after such 
changes. 
Any amendment to the Combined Nomenclature (CN) made in accordance 
with the procedures in force in the Community, concerning categories 
of products covered by this Agreement or any decision relating to the 
classification of goods shall not have the effect of reducing 
quantitative limits or consultation levels introduced pursuant to this 
Agreement. 
2. The origin of the products covered by this Agreement shall be 
determined in accordance with the rules in force in the Community. 
Any amendment to these rules of origin shall be communicated to the 
USSR and shall not have the effect of reducing any Quantitative limit 
established in Annex II or the consultation.levels set out in Annex 
III. 
The procedures for control of the origin of the products referred to 
above are laid down in Protocol A. 
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Article 15 
1. The USSR shall supply the Community with precise statistical 
information on all export licences issued for categories of textile 
products subject to the quantitative limits set out in Annex II, and 
the consultation levels set out in Annex III expressed in quantities 
and in terms of value and broken down by Member State of the 
Community, as well as on all certificates issued by the competent 
USSR organizations authorized under USSR legislation for products 
referred to in Article 4 paragraph 3 and subject to the provisions of 
Protocol B. 
2. The Community shall likewise transmit to the USSR authorities precise 
statistical information on import authorizations or documents issued 
by the Community authorities and import statistics for products 
covered by the system referred to in Article 6 paragraph 2. 
3. The information referred to above shall, for all categories of 
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products, be transmitted before the end of the second month following 
the quarter to which the statistics relate. 
4. Upon request by the Community, the USSR shall supply import statistics 
for all products covered by Annex I. 
5. Should it be found on analysis of the information exchanged that there 
are significant discrepancies between the returns for exports and 
those for imports, consultations may be initiated in accordance with 
the procedure specified in Article 18 of this Agreement. 
6. For the purpose of applying the provisions of Article 6, the Community 
undertakes to provide the USSR authorities before 15 April of each 
year with the preceding year's statistics on imports of all textile 
products covered by this Agreement, broken down by supplying country 
and Community Member State. 
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Article 16 
1. The USSR shall create favourable conditions for. imports of textile 
products originating in the Community listed in Annex I and, inter 
alia, accord to them non-discriminatory treatment as regards the '-'•in­
application of quantitative restrictions, the granting of licences and 
the allocation of currency needed to pay for such imports. The USSR 
will also recommend to its importers to use the possibilities offered 
by the Community producers of textiles mentioned above while according 
the highest possible degree of liberalization to those imports taking 
into account the development of trade between the Contracting Parties. 
2. Where a need for additional supplies arises and in particular a need 
leading to the diversification of imports of textile products in the 
USSR, the USSR shall accord non-discriminatory treatment to imports of 
textile products originating in the Community. 
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Article 17 
1. Thé Contracting Parties agree to examine the trend of trade in textile 
products and garments each year, in the framework of Tfhe"cbnsultations 
provided for in Article 18 and on the basis of the statistics referred 
to in Article^ 15. 
2. If the Community finds that in the cases foreseen in Article 16 
paragraph 2 of this Agreement it is placed in an unfavourable position 
as compared with a third country, it may request consultations with the 
USSR in accordance with the procedure specified in Article 18 with a 
view to taking appropriate action. 
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ARTICLE 18 
1. The consultation procedures referred to in this Agreement other than 
those referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, shall be governed by the 
following provisions: 
as far as possible consultations shall be held periodically. Specific 
additional consultations may also be held; 
any request for consultations shall be notified in writing to the 
other Contractina Party; 
where appropriate, the request for consultations shall be followed 
within a reasonable period (and in any case not later than fifteen 
days following the notification) by a report setting out the 
circumstances which, in the opinion of the requesting Party, justify 
the submission of such a request; 
the Contracting Parties shall enter into consultations within one 
month of notification of the request at the latest, with a view to 
reaching agreement or a mutually acceptable conclusion within one 
further month at the latest; 
the period of one month referred tò above for the purpose of reaching 
agreement or a mutually acceptable conclusion may be extended by 
common accord. 
2. The Community may request consultations in accordance with paragraph 1 
when it ascertains that during a particular year of application of the 
Agreement difficulties arise in the Community or one of its regions due to 
a sharp and substantial increase, by comparison to the preceding year, in 
imports of a given category of Group 1 subject to the quantitative limits 
set.out in Annex II. 
3. At the request of either of the Contracting Parties, consultations 
shall be held on any problems arising from the application of this 
Agreement. Any consultations held under this Article shall take place in a 
spirit of co-operation and with a desire to reconcile the differences 
between the Contracting Parties. 
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Article 19 
The Contracting Parties undertake to promote the exchange of visits by 
persons, groups and delegations from business, trade and industry, to 
facilitate contacts in the industrial, commercial and technical fields 
connected with trade and cooperation in textile industry and textile 
products and garments, and to assist in the organization of fairs and 
exhibitions of mutual interest. 
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Article 20 
As regards intellectual property, at the request of. either Contracting 
Party, consultations shall be held in accordance with the procedure laid 
down in Article 18 with a view to finding an equitable solution to problems 
relating to the protection of marks, designs or models of articles of 
apparel and textile products. 
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ARTICLE 21 
this Agreement shall apply, on the one hand, to the territories in which 
the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community is applied and 
under the conditions laid down in that Treaty and, on the other hand, to 
the territory of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 
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Article 22 
1. This Agreement shall enter into force on the first clay"of the month 
following the date of its signature. It shall be applicable until 31 
December 1992. 
2. This Agreement shall apply with effect from 1 January 1990. 
3. Either Contracting Party may at any time propose modifications to this 
Agreement or denounce it, provided that at least six months' notice is 
given. In that event, the Agreement shall come to an end on the 
expiry of the period of notice. 
4. The Contracting Parties agree to enter into consultations not later 
than six months before the expiration of the present agreement with a 
view to possibly concluding a new Agreement. 
5. The Annexes and Protocols to this Agreement and the Agreed Minutes and 
letters exchanged or attached thereto, shall form an integral part 
thereof. 
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Article 23 
This Agreement shall be drawn up in two copies in the Danish, Dutch, 
English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Russian 
languages, each of these texts being equally authentic. 
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ANNEX I ' 
LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 (1) 
1. When the constitutive material of the products of categories 1 to 114 is not specifically mentioned, these 
products are to be taken to be made exclusively of wool or of fine hair, of cotton or of man-made fibres. 
2. Garments which are not recognizable as being garments for men or boys or as being garments for women or 
girls are'classified with the latter. ' \ •' 
3. Where the expression 'babies' garments' is used, this is meant also to cover girls* garments up to and including 
«commercial size 86. 
GROUP I A 
Category CN code 1988 Description Table of équivalence 
pieces/kg Vpiece 
(1) (2) (3) (4) (S) 
5204 11 00 
5204 19 00 
5205 1100 
5205 12 00 
5205 13 00 
520544 00 
5205 15 10 
5205 15 90 
5205 21 00 
5205 22 00 
5205 23 00 
5205 24 00 
5205 25 10 
5205 25 30 
5205 25 90 
5205 31 00 
5205 32 00 
5205 33 00 
5205 34 00 
5205 35 10 
5205 35 90 
5205 41 00 
5205 42 00 
5205 43 00 
5205 44 00 
5205 45 10 
5205 45 30 
5205 45 90 
5206 
5206 
5206 
5206 
5206 
5206 
5206 
5206 
5206 
5206 
5206 
5206 
5206 
5206 
5206 1100 
12 00 
13 00 
14 00 
15 10 
15 90 
2100 
22 00 
23 00 
24 00 
25 10 
25 90 
31 00 
32 00 
33 00 Cotton yarn, not put up for retail sale 
• v;t: 
m M-—(2) (3) (4) (5) 
(cont'd) 5206 34 00 
5206 35 10 
5206 35 90 
5206 41 00 
520642 00 
5206 43 00 
5206 44 00 
5206 45 10 
5206 45 90 
ex 5604 90 00 
5208 It 10 
5208 1190 
5208 12 11 
5208 12 13 
5208 12 15 
5208 12 19 
5208 12 91 
5208 12 93 
5208 12 95 
5208 12 99 
5208 13 00 
5208 19 00 
5208 21 10 
5208 21 90 
5208 22 11 
5208 22 13 
5208 22 15 
5208 22 19 
5208 22 91 
5208 22 93 
5208 22 95 
5208 22 99 
5208 23 00 
5208 29 00 
5208 31 00 
5208 32 11 
5208 3213 
5208 32 15 
5208 32 19 
5208 32 91 
5208 32 93 
5208 32 95 
5208 32 99 
5208 33 00 
5208 39 00 
5208 41 00 
5208 42 00 
5208 43 00 
5208 49 00 
5208 51 00 
5208 52 10 
5208 52 90 
5208 53 00 
5208 59 00 
5209 
5209 
5209 
5209 
5209 
5209 
5209 
5209 
5209 
5209 
5209 
5209 1100 
12 00 
19 00 
2100 
22 00 
29 00 
31 00 
32 00 
39 00 
4100 
42 00 
43 00 Woven fabrics of cotton, other than gauze, terry fabrics, narrow woven 
fabrics, pile fabrics, chenille fabrics, tulle and other net fabrics: 
\ 
3o 
(1) (2) (3) (4) (S) 
2 : 5209 4910 
(contUJ 5209 49 90 
5209 5100 
5209 52 00 
5209 59 00 
5210 1110 
52101190 
5210 1200 
5210 19 00 
5210 21 10 
5210 2190 
* 5210 22 00 
5210 29 00 
5210 31 10 
5210 31 90 
5210 32 00 
5210 39 00 
5210 41 00 
5210 42 00 
5210 49 00 
5210 51 00 
5210 52 00 
5210 59 00 
5211 11 00 
521112 00 
521119 00 
5211 21 00 
521122 00 
5211 29 00 
5211 31 00 
521132 00 
521139 00 
52114100 
521142 00 
521143 00 
52114911 
521149 19 
521149 90 
5211 51 00 
521152 00 
521159 00 
521211 10 
5212 1190 
5212 12 10 
5212 12 90 
5212 13 10 
5212 13 90 
5212 14 10 
5212 14 90 
' 5212 15 10 
5212 15 90 
5212 21 10 
5212 2190 
5212 22 10 
5212 22 90 
5212 23 10 
5212 23 90 
5212 24 10 
5212 24 90 
5212 25 10 
5212 25 90 
ex 5811 00 00 
ex 6308 00 00 N 
%A 
of rr (2) -II nr» ini ìjiii^nnnr ~~-wi-**ri*JJM*^** 
(3) (4) (5) 
*«y 5208 3100 
5208 32 11 
5208 32 13 
5208 32 15 
5208 32 19 
5208 32 91 
5208 32 93 
5208 32 95 
5208 32 99 
5208 33 00 
5208 39 00 
5208 4100 
5208 42 00 
5208 43 00 
5208 49 00 
5208 51 00 
5208 52 10 
5208 52 90 
5208 53 00 
5208 59 00 
5209 31 00 
5209 32 00 
5209 39 00 
5209 41 00 
5209 42 00 
5209 43 00 
5209 49 10 
5209 49 90 
5209 51 00 
5209 52 00 
5209 59 00 
5210 31 10 
5210 31 90 
5210 32 00 
5210 39 00 
5210 41 00 
5210 42 00 
5210 49 00 
5210 5100" 
5210 52 00 
5210 59 00 
52113100 
521132 00 
521139 00 
5211 41 00 
521142 00 
521143 00 
521149 11 
521149 19 
5211 49 90 
5211 51 00 
521152 00 
5211 59 00 
5212 13 10 
5212 13 90 
5212 14 10 
5212 14 90 
5212 15 10 
5212 15 90 
5212 23 10 
5212 23 90 
5212 24 10 
5212 24 90 
5212 25 10 
5212 25 90 
ex 5811 00 00 
ex 6308 00 00 a) Of whicht .; 
Other than unbleached or bleached 
\ 
(1) (2) 
55121100 
5512 19 10 
5512 19 90 
5512 2100 
5512 29 10 
5512 29 90 
5512 9100 
5512 99 10 
5512 99 90 
55131110 
5513 11 30 
5513 11 90 
5513 12 00 
5513 13 00. 
5513 19 00 
5513 2110 
5513 21 30 
5513 21 90 
5513 22 00 
5513 23 00 
5513 29 00 
5513 31 00 
5513 32 00 
5513 33 00 
5513 39 00 
5513 41 00 
5513 42 00 
5513 43 00 
5513 49 00 
5514 1100 
5514 12 00 
5514 13 00 
5514 19 00 
5514 21 00 
5514 22 00 
5514 23 00 
5514 29 00 
5514 31 00 
5514 32 00 
5514 33 00 
5514 39 00 
5514 4100 
5514 42 00 
5514 43 00 
5514 49 00 
5515 11 10 
5515 11 30 
5515 1190 
5515 1210 
5515 12 30 
5515 12 90 
5515 13 11 
5515 13 19 
5515 13 91 
5515 13 99 
5515 19 10 
5515 19 30 
5515 19 90 
5515 21 10 
5515 21 30 
5515 21 90 
5515 22 11 
5515 2219 
5515 22 91 
5515 22 99 
5515 29 10 
5515 29 30 (3) 
Woven fabrics of rynthetic fibres (discontinuous or waste) other than 
narrow woven fabrics, pile fabrics (including terry fabrics) and chenille 
fabrics (4) 
\ 
 
m-
, a)M |- • (2y-"" | .-•• (3) 
3 •:'••;'': ••'*' 5515 29 90 
(cont'd) 5515 91 10 
5515 9130 
5515 9190 
5515 9211 
5515 9219 
5515 92 91 
5515 92 99 , 
5515 99 10 
5515 99 30 
.5515 99 90 
r 58O3 9J0 3O 
ex 5905 00 70 
ex 6308 00 00 (4) (5) 
3 a) \ 
$5512 19 10 
5512 19 90 
5512 29 10 
5512 29 90 
5512 99 10 
5512 99 90 
5513 21 10 
5513 21 30 
5513 21 90 
5513 22 00 
5513 23 00 
5513 29 00 
5513 31 00 
5513 32 00 
5513 33 00 
5513 39 00 
5S13 41 00 
5513 42 00 
5513 43 00 
5513 49 00 
5514 21 00 
5514 22 00 
5514 23 00 
5514 29 00 
5514 3100 
5514 32 00 
5514 33 00 
5514 39 00 
5514 4100 
5514 42 00 
5514 43 00 
5514 49 00 
5515 1130 
5515 1190 
5515 12 30 
5515 12 90 
5515 13 19 
5515 13 99 
5515 19 30 
5515 19 90 
5515 21 30 
5515 21 90 
5515 22 19 
5515 22 99 
5515 29 30 
5515 29 90 
5515 91 30 
5515 9190 a) Of which: 
Other than unbleached or bleached 
-3V 
ti) (2) 
3 a) 5515 9219 • 
(cont'd) 5515 92 99 
5515 99 30 
5515 99 90 
5803 90 30 
ex 5905 00 70 
ex 6308 00 00 (3) 
;W'3S-
GROUP I B 
gK:0>: 
>;-.:; 6105 10 00 
6105 20 10 
6105 20 90 
6105 90 10 
6109 10 00 
6109 90 10 
6109 90 30 
6110 2010 
6110 30 10 '.-... 0)"*j. - . . ' 
—— • .' . -à 
Shirts, T-shirts, lightweight fine knit roll, polo or turtle necked jumpers 
and pullovers (other than of wool or fine animal hair), undervests and 
the like, knitted or crocheted (4) 
6,48 (S) 
154 
6101 10 90 
6101 20 90 
6101 30 90 
6102 10 90 
6102 20 90 
6102 30 90 
6110 10 10 
6110 10 31 
611010 39 
611010 91 
611010 99 
6110 20 91 
6110 20 99 
6110 30 91 
6110 30 99 Jerseys, pullovers, slip-overs, waistcoats, twinsets, cardigans, 
bed-jackets and jumpers (other than jackets and blazers), anoraks, 
windcheaters, waister jackets and the like, knitted or crocheted •A 221 
6203 41 10 
6203 41 90 
6203 42 31 
6203 42 33 
6203 42 35 
6203 42 90 
6203 43 19 
6203 43 90 
6203 49 19 
6203 49 50 
6204 61 10 
6204 62 31 
6204 62 33 
6204 62 35 
6204 63 19 
6204 69 19 Men's or boys* woven breeches, shorts other than swimwear and 
trousers (including slacks); women's or girls woven trousers and slacks, 
of wool, of cotton or of man-made fibres 1,76 568 
6106 10 00 
6106 20 00 
6106 90 10 
6206 20 00 
6206 30 00 
6206 40 00 Women's or girls' blouses, shirts and shirt-blouses, whether or not 
knitted or crocheted, of wool, cotton or man-made fibres 5,55 180 
6205 10 00 
6205 20 00 
6205 30 00 Men's or boys' shirts, other than knitted or crocheted, of NVOOI, cotton 
or man-made fibres 4,60 217 
GROUP II A 
(1) (2) 
5802 11 00 
5802 19 00 
ex 6302 60 00 (3) 
Terry towelling and similar woven terry fabrics of cotton; toilet linen 
and kitchen linen, other than knitted or crocheted, of terry towelling 
and woven terry fabrics, of cotton (4) (5) 
20 6302 2100 
6302 22 90 
6302 29 90 
6302 31 10 
6302 31 90 
6302 32 90 
6302 39 90 Bed linen, other than knitted or crocheted 
A 
22 
22 a) 5508 1011 
5508 10 19 
5509 11 00 
5509 12 00 
5509 21 10 
5509 21 90 
5509 22 10 
5509 22 90 
5509 31 10 
5509 31 90 
5509 32 10 
5509 32 90 
5509 41 10 
5509 41 90 
5509 42 10 
5509 42 90 
5509 51 00 
5509 52 10 
5509 52 90 
5509 53 00 
5509 59 00 
5509 61 10 
5509 61 90 
5509 62 00 
5509 69 00 
5509 91 10 
5509 91 90 
5509 92 00 
5509 99 00 
5508 10 19 Yarn of staple or waste synthetic fibres, not put up for retail sale 
5509 
5509 
5509 
5509 
5509 
5509 
5509 
5509 31 10 
3190 
32 10 
32 90 
61 10 
61 90 
62 00 
69 00 a) Of which acrylic 
23 5508 20 10 
5510 1100 
5510 12 00 
5510 20 00 
5510 30 00 
5510 90 00 Yarn of staple or waste artificial fibres, not put up for retail sate 
***. 
32 
32 a) 580110 00 
5801 21 00 
580122 00 
5801 23 00 
5801 24 00 
5801 25 00 
5801 26 00 
5801 31 00 
580132 00 
580133 00 
5801 34 00 
5801 35 00 
580136 00 
5802 20 00 
5802 30 00 
580122 00 V) 
Woven pile fabrics and chenille fabrics (other than terry towelling or 
terry fabrics of cotton and narrow woven fabrics) and tufted textile 
surfaces, of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres (4) 
a) Of which: 
Cotton corduroy (5). 
\ 
39 6302 51 10 
6302 5190 
6302 53 90 
ex 6302 59 00 
6302 91 10 
6302 91 90 
6302 93 90 
ex 6302 99 00 Table linen, toilet and kitchen linen, other than knitted or crocheted, 
other than of terry towelling or similar terry fabrics of cotton 
GROUP II B 
(l) 
12 (2) 
6115 1200 
6115 19 10 
6115 19 90 
6115 20 11 
6115 20 90 
6115 9100 
6115 92 00 
6115 93 10 
6115 93 30 
6115 93 99 
6115 99 00 (3): _^ 
Panty-hose and tights, stockings, understockings, socks, ankle-socks, 
sockettes and the like, knitted or crocheted, other than for babies, 
including stockings for varicose veins, other than products of category 
70 (4) 
24,3 
pairs (5) 
41 
13 6107 1100 
6107 12 00 
6107 19 00 
6108 21 00 
6108 22 00 
6108 29 00 Men's or boys* underpants and briefs, women's or girls' knickers *\i 
briefs, knitted or crocheted, of wool, cotton or man-made fibres 17 59 
14 6201 11 00 
ex 6201 1210 
ex 6201 12 90 
ex 6201 13 10 
ex 6201 13 90 
6210 20 00 Men's or boys' woven overcoats, raincoats and other coats, cloaks and 
capes, of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres (other than 
parkas) (of category 21) 0,72 1389 
15 62021100 
ex 6202 12 10 
ex 6202 12 90 
ex 6202 13 10 
6202 13 90 
6204 31 00 
6204 32 90 
6204 33 90 
6204 39 19 
6210 30 00 Women's or girls' woven overcoats, raincoats and other coats, cloaks 
and capes; jackets and blazers, of wool, of cotton or of man-made 
textile fibres (other than parkas) (of category 21 ) 0,84 1 190 
16 6203 
6203 
6203 
6203 
6203 
6203 
6203 
6203 1100 
1200 
19 10 
19 30 
2100 
22 90 
23 90 
29 19 Men's or boys' suits and ensembles, other than knitted or crocheted, of 
wool, of cotton or of man-made fibres, excluding ski suits 0,80 1250 
17 6203 31 00 
6203 32 90 
6203 33 90 
6203 39 19 Men's or boys' jackets and blazers, other than knitted or crocheted, of 
wool, of cotton or of man-made fibres 1,43 700 
18 6207 11 00 
6207 19 00 
6207 21 00 
6207 22 00 
6207 29 00 
6207 91 00 Men's or boys' singlets and other vests, underpants, briefs, nightshirts, 
pyjamas, bathrobes, dressing gowns and similar articles, other than 
knitted or crocheted 
m 
Tir""*"*" 
18 -:'< 
(cont'd) ~-~"-(2T~ 
6207 92 00 
6207 99 00 
6208 11 00 
6208 19 10 
6208 19 90 
6208 21 00 
6208 22 00 
6208 29 00 
6208 91 10 
6208 91 90 
6208 92 10 
6208 92 90 
6208*99 00 (3) 
Women's or girls' singlets and other vests, slips, petticoats, briefs, 
panties, nightdresses, pyjamas, negliges, bathrobes, dressing gowns 
and similar articles, other than knitted or crocheted (4) (5) 
19 6213 20 00 
6213 90 00 Handkerchiefs, other than knitted or crocheted 59 \ 17 
21 ex 6201 12 10 
ex 6201 12 90 
ex 6201 13 10 
ex 6201 13 90 
6201 91 00 
6201 92 00 
6201 93 00 
ex 6202 12 10 
ex 6202 12 90 
ex 6202 13 10 
ex 6202 13 90 
6202 91 00 
6202 92 00 
6202 93 00 Parkas; anoraks, windcheaters, waister jackets and the like, other than 
knitted or crocheted, of wool, of cotton or man-made fibres 2,3 435 
24 6107 21 00 
6107 22 00 
6107 29 00 
6107 91 00 
6107 92 00 
ex 6107 99 00 
6108 
6108 
6108 
6108 
6108 
6108 
6108 
6108 
6108 31 10 
3190 
32 11 
3219 
32 90 
39 00 
9100 
92 00 
99 10 Men's or boys' nightshirts, pyjamas, bathrobes, dressing gowns and 
similar articles, knitted or crocheted 
Women's or girls' nightdresses, pyjamas, négliges, bathrobes, dressing 
gowns and similar articles, knitted or crocheted 3.9 257 
26 6104 4100 
6104 42 00 
6104 43 00 
6104 44 00 
6204 4100 
6204 42 00 
6204 43 00 
6204 44 00 Women's or girls' dresses, of wool, of cotton or man-made fibres 3,1 323 
27 6104 51 00 
6104 52 00 
6104 53 00 
6104 59 00 Women's or girls' skirts, including divided skirts 2.6 385 
;liD 
*nr 
27 
(cont'd) 
28 (2) 
6204 51 00 
6204 52 00-
6204 53 00 
6204 59 10 
29 
31 
68 
73 
76 6103 41 10 
6103 41 90 
6103 42 10 
6103 42 90 
6103 43 10 
£103 43 90 
6103 49 10 
6103 49 91 
6104 61 10 
6104 61 90 
6104 6210 
6104 62 90 
6104 63 10 
6104 63 90 
6104 69 10 
6104 69 91 (3) (4) 
Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (other than 
swimwear), knitted or crocheted, of wool, of cotton or man-made 
fibres (5) 
1,61 
6204 
6204 
6204 
6204 
6204 
6204 
6204 
6204 1100 
12 00 
13 00 
19 10 
2100 
22 90 
23 90 
29 19 \ 620 
Women's or girls' suits and ensembles, other than knitted or crocheted, 
of wool, of cotton or man-made fibres, excluding ski suits 
6212 10 00 
6111 1090 
611120 90 
611130 90 
ex 6111 90 00 
ex 6209 10 00 
ex 6209 20 00 
ex 6209 30 00 
ex 6209 90 00 Brassieres, woven, knitted or crocheted 
6112 1100 
6112 1200 
6112 1900 Babies* garments and clothing accessories, excluding babies' gloves, 
mittens and mitts of categories 10 and 87, and babies' stockings, socks 
and sockettes, other than knitted or crocheted, of category 88 1.37 730 
18,2 
Track suits of knitted or crocheted fabric, of wool, of cotton or of 
man-made textile fibres 
6203 22 10 
6203 23 10 
6203 29 11 
6203 32 10 
6203 33 10 
6203 39 11 
6203 42 11 
6203 42 51 
6203 43 11 
6203 43 31 
6203 49 11 
6203 49 31 
6204 22 10 
6204 23 10 
6204 29 11 Men's or boys* industrial or occupational clothing, other than knitted 
or crocheted; 
Women's or girls' aprons, smock-overalls and other industrial or 
occupational clothing, other than knitted or crocheted 55 
1,67 600 
71 
* (I (2) 
76 . I 6204 32 10 
(contd) I 6204 33 10 
6204 39 11 
6204 62 11 
6204 62 51 
6204 63 11 
6204 63 31 
6204 69 11 
6204 69 31 
77 (3) 
6211*32 10 
6211 3310 
6211 42 io 
6il» 43 1 fl­
ex 6211 20 CO Ski suits, other than knitted or crocheted 
78 6203 41 30 
6203 42 59 
6203 4J 39 
6203 49 39 
6204 61 80 
6204 61 90 
6204 62 59 
6204 62 90 
6204 63 39 
6204 63 90 
6204 69 39 
6204 69 50 
6210 40 00 
6210 50 00 
6211 31 00 
621132 90 
621133 90 
62114100 
621142 90 
6211 43 90 Garments, other than knitted or crocheted, excluding garments of 
categories 6, 7, 8, 14, 15. 16.17,18. 21, 26, 27, 29, 68. 72, 76 and 
77 
83 6101 10 10 
6101 20 10 
6101 30 10 
6102 10 10 
6102 20 10 
6102 30 10 
6103 31 00 
6103 32 00 
6103 33 00 
ex 6103 39 00 
6104 3100 
6104 32 00 
6104 33 00 
ex 6104 39 00 
ex 6112 20 00 
6113 00 90 
6114 1000 
6114 20 00 
6114 30 00 Overcoats, jackets, blazers and other garments, including ski suits, 
knitted or crocheted, excluding garments of categories 4,5,7,13, 24, 
26, 27, 28, 68, 69, 72, 73, 74, 75 
GROUP m A 
(1) (2) 
33 5407 2011 
6305 31 91 
6305 31 99 (3) (4) 
Woven fabric - of synthetic filament yarn obtained from srrip or the 11i-.«• 
of polyethylene or polypropylene, less than 3 m wide 
Sacks and bacs, of a kind used for the packing of goods, not knitted or 
crocheted, obtained from strip or the like 
34 •»0~ 20 19 i VC'ovcn fahrio of synthetic filament yarn, obtained from strip or the 
like of polyethylene or polypropylene, 3 m or more wide 
35 
35 a) 5407 10 00 
5407 20 90 
5407 30 00 
5407 41 00 
5407 42 10 
5407 42 90 
5407 43 00 
5407 44 10 
5407 44 90 
5407 5100 
5407 52 00 
5407 53 10 
5407 53 90 
5407 54 00 
5407 60 10 
5407 60 30 
5407 60 51 
5407 60 59 
5407 60 90 
5407 71 00 
5407 72 00 
5407 73 10 
5407 73 91 
5407 73 99 
5407 74 00 
5407 81 00 
5407 82 00 
5407 83 10 
5407 83 90 
5407 84 00 
5407 91 00 
5407 92 00 
5407 93 10 
5407 93 90 
5407 94 00 
ex 5811 00 00 
ex 5905 00 70 
5407 42 10 
5407 42 90 
5407 43 00 
5407 44 10 
5407 44 90 
5407 52 00 
5407 53 10 
5407 53 90 
5407 54 00 
5407 60 30 
5407 60 51 
5407 60 59 
5407 60 <>0 Woven fabrics of synthetic fibres (continuous/, other than those for 
tyres of category 114 
a) Of which: 
Other than unbleached or bleached 
iy («.; (5) 
35 a) 
(cont'd) 
36 
36 a) 
37 5-:--;:i": 
54>»7 ?.» io 
5407 73 91 
5407 73 99 
5407 74 00 
5407 82 00 
5407 83 10 
5407 83 90 
5407 84 00 
540? 92 00 
5407 93 10 
5407 93 9v 
5407 94 00 
ex 5811 00 00 
ex 5905 00 70 
5408 
54vî8 
54Û8 
«408 
5408 
5408 
5408 
5408 
5408 
5408 10 00 
2100 
22 10 
22 90 
23 10 
23 90 
24 00 
3100 
32 00 
33 00 
34 00 Woven fabrics of continuous artificial fibres, other than those for tyres 
o» category 114 
ex 5811 0000 
ex 5905 00 70 
5408 10 00 
5408 22 10 
5408 22 90 
5408 23 10 
5408 23 90 
5408 24 00 
5408 32 00 
5408 33 00 
5408 34 00 
ex 5811 00 00 
ex 5905 00 70 
5516 11 00 
5516 12 00 
5516 13 00 
551614 00 
5516 21 00 
5516 22 00 
5516 23 10 
5516 23 90 
5516 24 00 
5516 3100 
5516 32 00 
5516 33 00 
5516 34 00 
5516 41 00 
5516 42 00 
5516 43 00 
5516 44 00 
5516 9100 a) Of which: 
Other than unbleached or bleached 
Woven fabrics of artificial staple fibres 
(1) 
37 
(cont'd) 
37 a) 55U, o; •. 
5516 V) Mi-
5516 94 (in 
5X03 9<; .So 
ex 5905 OZ JO 
5516 1200 
5516 13 00 
5516 14 00 
SSI»! 22 00 
5316 23 10 
5516 23 90 
5516 24 00 
5516 32 00 
5516 33 00 
5516 34 00 
5516 42 00 
5516 43 00 
5516 44 00 
5516 92 00 
5516 93 00 
5516 94 00 
5803 90 50 
ex 5905 00 70 a) Of which: 
Other than unWci.' '• "' bleached 
38 A 
38 B 6002 43 11 
6002 93 10 Knitted or crocheted svi theric curtain fabric including net curtain 
fabric 
ex 6303 91 00 
ex 6303 92 90 
ex 6303 99 90 Net curtains, other than <nitted or crocheted 
40 ex 6303 91 00 
ex 6303 92 90 
ex 6303 99 90 
6304 19 10 
ex 6304 19 90 
6304 92 00 
ex 6304 93 00 
ex 6304 99 00 Woven curtains (including drapes), interior blinds, curtain and bed 
valances and other furnishing articles, other than knitted or crocheted, 
of wool, of cotton or of man-made fibres 
41 5401 1011 
5401 10 19 
5402 10 10 
5402 10 90 
5402 20 00 
5402 31 10 
5402 3130 
5402 31 90 
5402 32 00 
5402 33 10 
5402 33 90 
5402 39 10 
5402 39 90 
5402 49 10 
5402 49 91 
5402 49 99 
5402 51 10 
5402 51 30 Yam of synthetic filament (continuous), not put up for retail sale, other 
than non-textured single yam untwisted or with a twist of not more 
than 50 rums per metre 
ontd) 54w_ .N.- !•• 
5402 5: *. 
. 5402 59 10 
5402 59 90 
5402 61 10 
5402 61 30 
5402 61 90 
5402 6210 
5402 62 90 
5402 69 10 
5402 69 90 
ex 5604 20 00 
ex 560190 00 
*2 5401 20 10 
5403 
5403 
5403 
ex 5403 
5403 
5403 
5403 
5403 
5403 10 00 
20 10 
20 90 
32 00 
33 90 
39 00 
4100 
42 00 
49 00 Yarn of continuous man-made fibres, not put up for retail sale: 
Yarn of artificial fibres: yam of artificial filaments, not pur up for 
retail sale, other than single yam of viscose rayon untwisted or with a 
twist of not more than 250 turns per metre and single non-textured 
yam of cellulose acetate 
ex 5604 20 00 
43 5204 20 00 
5207 10 00 
5207 90 00 
5401 10 90 
5401 20 90 
5406 10 00 
5406 20 00 
5508 20 90 
5511 30 00 Yam of man-made filament, yam of staple artificial fibres, cotton yarn, 
put up for retail sale 
46 5105 10 00 
5105 2100 
5105 29 00 
5105 30 10 
5105 30 90 Carded or combed sheep's or lambs' wool or other fine animal hair 
47 5106 10 10 
5106 10 90 
5106 20 11 
5106 20 19 
5106 20 91 
5106 20 99 
5108 10 10 
5108 10 90 Yam of carded sheep's or lambs' wool (woollen yam) or of carded fine 
animal hair, not put up for retail sale 
48 5107 10 10 
5107 10 90 
5107 20 10 
5107 20 30 Yam of combed sheep's or lambs* wool (worsted yarn) or of combed 
fine animal hair, not put up for retail sale 
48 ;' -..• . 
cont'd) 51-! :- N-
. 5in: ::0 vj 
5107.20 99 
51UK 10 iV 
5108 20 90 
49 5109 10 10 
5109 10 90 
5109 90 10 
5109 90 90 Yarn of sheep's or lambs' wool or of fine animal hair, put up fcr retail 
sale 
50 5111 11 .10 
.5111 l'i 10 
5111 19 90 
511120 00 
5111 30 10 
5111 30 30 
5111 30 50 
5U1 90 10 
511190 91 
511190 93 
511190 99 
5112 1100 
511219 10 
5112 19 90 
5112 20 00 
5112 30 10 
5112 30 30 
5112 30 90 
5112 9010 
5112 90 91 
5112 90 93 
5112 90 99 Woven faim*.» of sheep's or iambs' \<-M>1 or of fine animal ha» 
51 5203 00 00 Cotton, carded or combed 
53 5803 10 00 Cotton gauze 
54 5507 00 00 Staple artificial fibres, including waste, carded, combed or otherwise 
processed for spinning 
55 5506 10 00 
5506 20 00 
5506 3000 
5506 90 10 
5506 90 91 
5506 90 99 Synthetic staple fibres, including waste, carded or combed or otherwise 
processed for spinning 
56 5508 10 90 
551110 00 
551120 00 Yam of staple synthetic fibres (including waste), put up for retail 
sale 
58 5701 10 10 
5701 10 91 
5701 10 93 
5701 10 99 
5701 90 10 
5701 90 90 Carpets, carpetines and rugs, knotted (made up or not) 
&&<«<• 
59 <- : VU.Ì. :.. 
570210 00 
5702 31 IO 
5702 3130 
5702 3190 
5702 3110 
^702 32 90 
5702 39 10 
5702 41 10 
5702 4190 
5702 42 t0 
5702 42 90 
5702 49 10 
5702 51 00 
5702 52 00 
ex 5702 59 00 
5702 91 00 
5702 92 00 
ex 5702 99 00 
5703 10 10 
5703 10 90 
5703 20 11 
5703 20 19 
5703 20 91 
5703 20 99 
5703 3011 
5703 30 19 
5703 30 51 
5703 30 59 
5703 30 91 
5703 30 99 
5703 90 10 
5703 90 90 
5704 10 00 
5704 90 00 
5705 00 10 
5705 00 31 
5705 00 39 
ex 5705 00 90 and other tcx: • truies, other than the carpets of 
;r. 
60 5805 00 00 Tapestries, hand-made, of the type Gobelins, Flanders, Aubusson, 
Beauvais and the like, and needleworked tapestries (for example, petit 
point and cross stitch) made in panels and the like by hand 
61 ex 5806 10 00 
5806 20 00 
5806 31 10 
5806 31 90 
5806 32 10 
5806 32 90 
5806 39 00 
5806 40 00 Narrow woven fabrics, and narrow fabrics (bolduc) consisting of warp 
without weft assembled by means of an adhesive, other than labels and 
similar articles of category 62 
Elastic fabrics and trimmings (not knitted or crocheted), made from 
textile materials assembled from rubber thread 
Chenille yam (including flock chenille yam), gimped yam (other than 
metallized yarn and gimped horsehair yam): 
Tulle and other net fabrics but not including woven, knitted or 
crocheted fabrics, hand or mechanically-made lace, in the piece, in 
strips or in motifs 62 5606 00 91 
5606 00 99 
5804 
5804 
5804 
5804 
5804 
5804 
5804 
5804 1011 
10 19 
10 90 
21 10 
2190 
29 10 
29 90 
30 00 
(2) (3) (4) 
. t>Z 
(cont'd) >tfU/ 10 1U 
580710 90 
5808 10 00 
5808 90 00 
5810 10 10 
5810 10 90 
58109110 
5810 91 90 
5810 9210 
5810 92 90 
5810 99 10 
5810 99 90 Labels, badges and the like ot textile materials, not embroidered, in the 
piece, in scrips or cut to shape or sire, woven 
Braids and ornamental trimmings in the piece; tassels pompons and the 
like 
Embroidery, in the piece, in strips or in motifs 
63 5906 9100 
ex 6002 10 10 
6002 10 90 
ex 6002 30 10 
6002 30 90 
ex 6001 10 00 
6002 20 31 
6002 43 19 Knitted or crocheted fabric of synthetic fibres containing by weight 5 % 
or more of elastomeric yam and knitted or crocheted fabric containing 
by weight 5 % or more of rubber thread 
Raschel lace and long-pile fabric of synthetic fibres 
65 5606 0010 
ex 6001 10 00 
6001 21 00 
600122 00 
60012910 
6001 9110 
6001 91 30 
60019150 
6001 91 90 
6001 92 10 
6001 92 30 
60019250 
600192 90 
60019910 
ex 6002 10 10 
6002 20 10 
6002 20 39 
6002 20 50 
6002 20 70 
ex 6002 30 10 
6002 4100 
60024210 
6002 42 30 
6002 42 50 
6002 42 90 
6002 43 31 
6002 43 33 
6002 43 35 
6002 43 39 
6002 43 50 
6002 43 91 
6002 43 93 
6002 43 95 
6002 43 99 
6002 9100 
6002 92 10 
6002 92 30 
6002 92 50 Knitted or crocheted fabric other than those of categories 38 A and 63, 
of wool, of cotton or of man-made fibres 
••••5-I.NVJ 
65 
(cont'd/ 
?'-U*" (2). 
6002 9290 
6002 93 31 
6002 93 33 
600293 35 
6002 93 39 
6002 93 91 
6002 93 99 
6301 10 00 
630120 91 
6301 20 99 
630130 90 
' ex 6301 40 90 
ex 630190 90 • ,Y; * . 
/ 
Travellir.g rugs and blankets, oiher than knitted or crocheted, of wooi, 
of corion or of man-made hbres (4) (5) 
. . 
:»'»<..'.' Hi li 
ri v 
10 61111010 
61112010 
6111 3010 
ex 6111 90 00 
6116 1010 
6116 10 90 
6116 91 00 
6116 92 00 
6116 93 00 
6116 99 00 Gloves, mittens and mitts, knitted or crocheted 17 
pairs (5) 
59 
67 5S07 90 90 
6113 0010 
611710 00 
6117 20 00 
6117 8010 
6117 80 90 
6117 90 00 
6301 20 10 
6301 30 10 
6301 40 10 
6301 90 10 
63021010 
6302 10 90 
6302 40 00 
ex 6302 60 00 
63031100 
6303 12 00 
6303 19 00 
63041100 
6304 9100 
ex 6305 20 00 
ex 6305 39 00 
ex 6305 90 00 
6305 3110 
6307 10 10 
6307 9010 Knitted or crocheted clothing accessories other than for babies; 
household linen ot au kinds, knitted or crocheted; curtains (including 
drapes) and interior blinds, curtain or bed valances and other 
furnishing articles knitted or crocheted; knitted or crocheted blankets 
and travelling-rugs, other knitted or crocheted articles including parts 
of garments or otc!:*King accessories 
67 a) 
69 
70 6305 31 10 
6108 11 10 
61081190 
6108 19 10 
6108 19 90, 
61:51100 
6115 2019 
6115 93 91 a) Of which: 
Sacks and bags of a kind used for the packing of goods, made from 
polyethylene or polypropylene strip 
Wotnen's or girls* slips and petticoats, knitted or crocheted 
Panty-hose and tights of synthetic fibres, measuring per single yam less 
than 67 deàtex (6,7 tex) 
Wotnen's full-length hosiery of synthetic fibres 7,8 ' 
30.4 
pairs 128 
33 
(1) 
72 (2) -
6112 3110 
6U2 31 90 
6112 3910 
6112 39 90 
6112 41 10 
6112 4190 
6112 4910 
6112 49 90 
621111 00-
6211 12 00 Swimwear, of wool, of cotton oi ..»i man-made fibres (4) 
9,7 N-*J . ;;*» 
103 
74 6104 1100 
6104 12 00 
6104 13 00 
ex 6104 19 00 
6104 21 00 
6104 22 00 
6104 23 00 
ex 6104 29 00 Women's or girls knitted or crocheted suits and ensembles, of wool, of 
cotton or man-made fibres, excluding ski suits 1.54 650 
75 
84 6103 
6103 
6103 
6103 
6103 
6103 
6103 1100 
12 00 
19 00 
2100 
22 00 
23 00 
29 00 Men's or boys' knitted or crocheted suits and ensembles, of wool, of 
conon or of man-made fibres, excluding ski suits 
6214 20 00 
6214 30 00 
6214 40 00 
6214 90 10 Shawls, scarves, mufflers, mantillas, veils and the like other t! an 
knitted or crocheted, of wool, of conon or man-made fibres 0,80 1250 
85 6215 20 00 
6215 90 00 Ties, bow des and cravats not knitted or crocheted, of wool, of cotton 
or man-made fibres 17,9 56 
86 6212 20 00 
6212 30 00 
6212 90 00 Corsets, corset-belts, suspender belts, braces, suspenders, garters and 
the like, and parts thereof, whether or not knitted or crocheted 8,8 114 
87 6216 0000 
ex 6209 10 00 
ex 6209 20 00 
ex 6209 30 00 
ex 6209 90 00 Gloves, minens and mitts, not knitted or crocheted 
88 621710 00 
6217 90 00 
ex 6209 10 00 
ex 6209 20 00 
ex 6209 30 00 
ex 6209 90 00 Stockings, socks and sockettes, not knitted or crocheted; other clothing 
accessories, parts of garments or of clothing accessories, other than for 
babies, other than knitted or crocheted 
(1) 
90 ^ »2' 
5607 4100 
5607 49 11 
5607 49 19 
5607 49 90 
5607 50 11 
5607 SO 19 
5607 50 30 
5607 50 90 Turin» r/*r/4**»#» *f\n+* ar%A #**M«*.* n( r%tw**U++%^ ''trSÌ- c!-l:'.'jJ VL ÎIJI C4) t5) 
91 6306 21 00 
6306 22 00 
6306 29 00 Tents 
93 ex 6305 20 00 
ex 6305 39 00 Sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goods of woven 
fabrics, other than made from polyethylene or polypropylene strip 
94 5601 
5601 
5601 
5601 
5601 
5601 
5601 
5601 
5601 10 10 
10 90 
21 10 
21 90 
2210 
22 91 
22 99 
29 00 
30 00 Wadding of textile materials and artides thereof; textile fibres, not 
exceeding 5 mm in length (flock), textile dust and mill neps 
95 560210 19 
5602 10 31 
5602 10 39 
5602 10 90 
5602 21 00 
5602 29 90 
560290 00 
ex 5807 90 10 
ex 5905 00 70 
6210 10 10 
6307 90 91 Fdt and artides thereof, whether or not impregnated or coated, oth« r 
than floor coverings 
96 5603 00 10 
5603 00 91 
5603 00 93 
5603 00 95 
5603 00 99 
ex 5807 90 10 
ex 5905 00 70 
621010 91 
6210 10 99 
ex 6301 40 90 
ex 6301 90 90 
6302 2210 
6302 32 10 
6302 53 10 
6302 93 10 
6303 92 10 
6303 99 10 Non-woven fabrics and artides of such fabrics, whether or not 
impregnated, coated, covered or laminated 
•-•flrT*?---1-' *•*•..« 
:.'.'"-'ji (4) (5) 
•»•-.• 
(Càr.ù ex «04 1* 90 
ex «-304 93.00 J 
ex 6304 99 00 j 
ex 6305 39 00 
6307 10 30 
ex 6307 90 99 
5608 11 11 
5608 11 19 
5608 11 91 
5608 11 99 
5608 19 11 
5608 19 19 
5608 19 31 
5608 19 39 
5608 19 91 
5608 19 99 
5608 90 00 Nets and netting made of twine, cordage or rope and made up fishing 
uns of yarn, twine, cordage or roj..-
98 5609 00 00 
5905 00 10 Other artides made from yam, twine, cordage, rope or cables, other 
than textile fabrics, artides made from such fabrics and articles of 
category 97 
99 5901 10 00 
5901 90 00 
5904 10 00 
5904 91 10 
5904 91 90 
5904 92 00 
5906 10 10 
5906 10 90 
5906 99 10 
5906 99 90 
5907 00 00 Textile fabrics coated with gum or amylaceous substances, of a kind 
used for the outer covers of books and the like; tracing doth; prepared 
painting canvas; buckram and similar stiffened textile fabrics of a kind 
used for hat foundations 
Linoleum, whether or not cut to shape; floor coverings consisting of a 
coating or covering applied on a textile backing, whether or not cut to 
shape; 
Rubberized textile fabrics, not knitted or crocheted, exduding those 
for tyres 
Textile fabrics otherwise impregnated or coated; painted canvas being 
theatrical scenery, studio back-doths or the like, other than of category 
100 
100 5903 
5903 
5903 
5903 
5903 
5903 
5903 10 10 
10 90 
2010 
20 90 
9010 
90 91 
90 99 Textile fabrics impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with 
preparations of cellulose derivatives or of other artificial plastic 
materials 
101 ex 5607 90 00 Twine, cordage, ropes and cables, plaited or not, other than of 
synthetic fibres 
109 6306 11 00 
6306 12 00 
6306 19 00 
6306 3100 
6306 39 00 Tarpaulins, sails, awnings, and sunblinds 
(.*> (4) (S) 
11V 
111 630* 4 S» 0.1 
6306 91 Ou j Camping goods, woven, othtr than pneumatic mattresses and tents 
6306 99 00 
112 
113 6*307 20 00 ; Other made up textile articles, woven, exduding those of categories 
: ex 6307 90 99 
6307 10 90 113 and 114 
Floor cloths, dish cloths and dusters, other than knitted or 
crocheted 
114 5902 
5902 
5902 
5902 
5902 
5902 10 10 
10 90 
20 10 
20 90 
90 10 
90 90 
5908 00 00 
5909 00 10 
5909 00 90 
5910 00 00 
5911 
ex 5911 
5911 
5911 
S911 
5911 
5911 
5911 
5911 
5911 10 00 
20 00 
31 11 
3119 
31 90 
32 10 
32 90 
40 00 
9010 
90 90 Woven fabrics and artides for technical uses 
GROUP IV 
Category 
0) 
115 
117 (2) 
53061011 
5306 1019 
530610 31* 
5306 10 39 
5306 10 50 
5306 10 90 
5306 2011 
5306 2019 
5306 20 90 
5308 90 11 
5308 90 13 
5308 90 19 Description 
(3) 
Flax or ramie yarn Table of equivalence 
pieces 'kg 
(5) 
5309 
5309 
5309 
5309 
5309 
5309 
5309 
5309 
5309 11 11 
1119 
11 90 
19 10 
19 90 
21 10 
2190 
29 10 
29 90 Woven fabrics of flax or of ramie 
53110010 
5803 90 90 
5905 00 31 
5905 00 39 
118 6302 29 10 
6302 39 10 
6302 29 30 
6302 52 00 
ex 6302 59 00 
6302 92 00 
ex 6302 99 00 Bed linen, uble linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen, of flax or ramie, 
other than knitted or crocheted 
120 ex 6303 99 90 
6304 19 30 
ex 6304 99 00 Curtains (induding drapes), interior blinds, curtain and bed valances 
and other furnishing articles, not knitted or crocheted, of flax or 
121 ex 5607 90 00 Twine, cordage, ropes and cables, plaited or not, of flax or ramie 
122 ex 6305 90 00 Sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goods, used, of flax, 
other than knitted or crocheted 
123 5801 90 10 
6214 90 90 Woven-pile fabrics and chenille fabrics of flax or ramie, other than 
narrow woven fabrics 
Shawls, scarves, mufflers, mantillas, veils and the like, of flax or ramie, 
other than knitted or crocheted 
^G 
AN*0 II 
For practic':! reasons the nrndurt descriptions used in Annex I are ni ver» in 
the present Annex in ahhreviated form. 
Community quantitative limits 
Category 
1 
2 
2A 
3 
4 
5 Description 
Cotton yarn 
Woven febrics of 
cotton 
of which: other 
than unbleached or 
ble8ched 
Woven fabrics of 
man-made fibres 
(discontinuous or 
waste) 
Shirts, T-shirts 
end the like, 
knitted or 
crocheted 
Jerseys, wind-
cheaters and the 
like Units 
Tonnes 
Tonnes 
Tonnes 
Tonnes 
1000 
pieces 
1000 
pieces Year 
1990 
1991 
1992 
1990 
1991 
1992 
1990 
1991 
1992 
1990 
1991 
1992 
1990 
1991 
1992 
1990 
1991 
1992 Quantitative limits 
EEC 
4 600 
4 761 
4 928 
12 400 
12 834 
13 283 
2 900 
3 002 
3 107 
1 800 
1 863 
1 928 
2 850 
2 978 
3 112 
2 350 
2 456 
2 566 
Category 
6 
7 
8 
20 
21 ANNEX II 
Description 
Woven trousers 
Blouses and shirt-
blouses, woven, 
knitted or 
crocheted 
Men's shirts, woven 
Bed linen, other 
than knitted or 
crocheted 
Parkas, anoraks, 
woven Units 
1000 
pieces 
1000 
pieces 
1000 
pieces 
Tonnes 
1000 
pieces Year 
1990 
1991 
1992 
1990 . 
1991 
1992 
1990 
1991 
1992 
1990 
1991 
1992 
1990 
1991 
1992 Quantitative limits' 
EEC 
2 200 
2 299 
2 402 
1 100 
1 150 
1 201 
2 600 
2 717 
2 839 
1 950 
2 018 
2 089 
1 200 
1 254 
1 310 
AY ! î I 
For practical reasons the product descriptions used in Annex I ar; qiven in 
the present Annex in abbreviated form. 
Community consultation levels 
Category Description Units Consultation levels 
EEC 
Woven terry fabrics 
and toilet linen Tonnes 2 500 
12 Socks, other than 
babies' 1000 
pairs 7 000 
13 Underpants snd 
briefs, knitted or 
crocheted 1000 
pieces 7 000 
15 Women's overcoats, 
raincoats, cloaks 
and capes, other 
than knitted or 
crocheted 1000 
pieces 1 000 
16 Men's woven suits 1000 
pieces 800 
22 Yarn of staple or 
waste synthetic 
fibres Tonnes 2 000 
*f 
Category 
23 
24 
i 
26/27 
29 Description 1 
Yarh of stenle or 
wastr artifici al 
fih'rs 
''yjamos, niqht-
drcssc?. bath robes 
riressino oowns and 
thr Jike, knitted 
or crocheted 
Woven and knitted 
or crorii'led 
dresses ?.<nd skirt:;t 
incìvUnq rtivided 
sk i r t F 
Women's or qirl's 
suits and ensem-
bles, other than 
knitted or 
crocheted llnii r. 1 
Tnnnes 
1000 
pieces 
1000 
pieces 
1000 
pieces Consultation levels 
EEC 
1 500 
1 ano 
1 8on 
500 
Cateqory 
33 
36 
37 
39 
50 Description 
Woven fabrirs nf 
synthetic fila^mt 
yarn, sar'^s an:i 
hans oh*, t'iner1 froT 
strio 
V.'oven fahrics of 
reoenerated fihres 
(conti nuotici 
Woven fabrics of 
reaenerated fibres 
(riiscontinuous nr 
waste) 
Tahle, tolet and 
kitchen linen, 
other than knitted 
or crocheted 
Woven fabrics of 
wool or of fine 
animai hair Units 
Tonnes 
Tonnes 
Tonnes 
Tnnnes 
Tonnes Consultation levels 
EEC 
1 900 
1 400 
1 800 
900 
450 
Category 
67 
73 
74 
83 
90 
115 
117 
118 Description ! 
I 
Clothing acces­
sori es, other than 
for habies, and 
other articles, 
knitteri or 
crocheted, 
including parts 
Track suits 
Womon' r> or oirls' 
knitted or 
crocheted suits and 
ensembles 
Other knitted 
qarments 
Cordaqe of 
synthetic fibres 
Flax or ramie yarn 
Woven fabrics of 
flax or of ramie 
Bed linen, tahle 
linen, toilet and 
kitchen linen of 
flax or ramie :'nits 
Tonnes 
inno 
pieces 
inoo 
pieces 
Tonnes 
Tonnes 
Tonnes 
Tonnes 
Tonnes Consultation levels 
rrr 
900 
P:'>O 
1 ono 
550 
1 400 
550 
1 200 
800 
Cateqory Description Unit: Consultation levels 
EEC 
33 
36 Woven fabrirs of 
synthetic fila^mt 
yarn, sar'^s an.! 
bans ohtrìinAci fro.-* 
;*: *. r i r » Tonnes 1 900 
V.'oven fahrics of 
recentrâtp.i fibres 
(continuous Tonnes 1 400 
37 Woven fabrics of 
reoenerated fibres 
(discontinuous nr 
waste) Tonnes 1 800 
39 Table, tolet and 
kitchen linen, 
other than knitted 
or crocheted Tonnes 900 
50 Woven fabrics of 
wool or of fine 
animal hair Tonnes 450 
Category 
67 
73 
74 
83 
90 
115 
117 
118 Description ! 
Clothing acces­
sori es, other than 
for babies, and 
other articles, 
knitted or 
crocheted, 
including oarts 
Track suits 
V'orcon' s or qirls' 
knitted or 
crocheted suits and 
ensembles 
Other knitted 
garments 
Cordage of 
synthetic fibres 
FIex or ramie yarn 
Woven fabrics of 
fiex or of ramie 
Bed linen, table 
linen, toilet and 
kitchen linen of 
flax or ramie '•r.it s 
Tonnes 
1000 
pieces 
1000 
pieces 
Tonnes 
Tonnes 
Tonnes 
Tonnes 
Tonnes Consul int.ion levels 
rr.r 
900 
Pf.O 
1 000 
550 
1 400 
550 
1 200 
800 
ANNEX IV 
RAW MATERIALS REFERRED TO IN ARTICI»" 1.2 
Angore 
Cashmere 
Cotton 
Silk waste 
PROTOCOL A 
TITLE I 
CLASSIFICATION 
ARTICLE 1 
1. The competent authorities of the Community undertake to inform 
the USSR of any chanoes in the Combined nomenclatures (PA1) before the date 
of their entry into effect in the Community. 
2. The competent authorities of the Community undertake to inform 
the USSR of any decisions relating to the classification of products 
subject to the Agreement within one month of their adoption at the latest. 
Such communication shall include: 
(a) a description of the products concerned; 
(b) the relevant category and the related C.N. codes; 
(c) the reasons which have led to the decision. 
3. Where a decision on classification results in a change of 
classification practice or a chanqe of category of any product subject to 
the Agreement, the competent authorities of the Community shall provide 30 
days' notice, from the date of the Community's communication, before the 
decision is put into effect. Products shipped before the date of entry into 
effect of the decision shall remain suhject to the earlier classification 
practice, provided that the goods in question are presented for importation 
into the Community within 60 days of that date. 
4. Where a Community decision on classification resulting in a change of 
classification practice or a change of categorisation of any product 
subject to the Agreement affects a category subject to restraint, the 
Contracting Parties agree to enter into consultation in accordance with the 
procedures described in Article 18 of the Agreement with a view to 
honouring the obligation under the second subparagraph of Article 14(2) of 
the Agreement. 
- .la-
5. In case of divergent, opinions between the USSR and the competent 
Community authorities nt the point of entry into the Community on the 
classification of products covered by the present Agreement, classification 
shall provisional!y be based on indications provided by the Community, 
pending consultations in accordance with Article 18 with a view to reaching 
agreement on definitive classification of the product concerned. 
•/•^^yj^irfe 
TITLE II 
ORinru 
'ARTICLE 2 
1. Products orioinatino in the USSR for export to the Community in 
accordance with the arrangements entab 1ished.by this Agreement shall be 
accompanied by a certificate of USSR origin conformino, to the model annexed 
to this Protocol. 
2. The certificate of origin shall be certified by tKe competent USSR 
organizations authorized under USSR legislation if the products in question 
can be considered products oriqinatino in that country within the meanjhq . 
of the relevant rules in force in the Community. 
3. However, the products in Group III may be imported into the Community 
in accordance with the arrangements established by this Agreement on 
production of a declaration by the exporter on the invoice or other 
commercial document relating to the products to the effect that the 
products in question originate in the USSR within the meaninq of the 
relevant rules in force in the Community. 
j* 
- -3;--, 
ARTICLE"3 
Théf cerfrfïcafè of origin shall be issued only or an; Oicat ion having been 
made in writing by the exporter or, under the exoorter's responsibility, by 
his authorized representative. The competent USSR organizations authorized 
under USSR legislation shall ensure that the certificate of oriqin is ; \ 
properly completed and for this purpose they shall call for any necessary 
documeotary evidence or carry out any check which they consider 
appropriate. 
A 
Where different criteria for. determinino oriqin are laid Hown-Tdr^^'pp^t^cfesV. 
fallino within the same category, certificates or déclarât ions of origin 
shall contain a stiff icientJ.v detailed description of the 'goods to enable 
the criterion !:nbr :'•'•. • •*'•••' • '••••.•' - >c- (!r »..'!,j.ch the certificate ^was: 
issued or the declaration drawn, un. 
•& 
'-">:">-• 
ARTICLE 5. 
The discovery of siioht discrepancies between the statements made in the 
certificate of oriqin and those made in the documents produced to the 
customs office for the purpose of carrying out the formalities for 
importing, the product shall not ipso facto cast doubt upon the statements 
in the certificate. 
•/* 
TITLE III 
DOUBLE CHECK!NO SYSTEM FOR CATECORIES OF 
PRODUCTS WITH QUANTITATIVE LIMITS -
AND CONSULTATION LEVELS 
Section I 
Exportation 
ARTICLE 6 
The competent USSR authorities shall issue an export licence in respect of 
all consignments from the USSR of textile products referred to in Annex II 
and in Annex ITI, up to the relevant quantitative limits or consultation 
levels as may be modified by Articles 3, 4, 5, 7, 9 and 11 of the Agreement 
and of textile products subject to any definitive or provisional 
quantitative limits established as a result of the application of-Article 6 
of the Aqreement. 
•&v 
,--.-7---
ARTICLE 7 
1. The export licence, shall conform to the model annexed to this 
Protocol. It must certify inter alia that the quantity of the product in 
question has been set off against the quantitative limit or consultation' 
level prescribed for the cateqory of the product in Question. 
2. Each export licence shall only cover one of the cateqories of products', 
listed in Annex IT or Annex III of the Aqreement. It may be used for one or 
more cohsianments of the products in question. 
«6. 
.-.rrfSr-
ARTICLE 8 
The competent' Community authorities must be notified forthwith of the 
withdrawal or alteration of any export licence already issued. 
,./•• 
ART I CUE 9 
^V-' £/.Exports. *shall be set off against the quantitative limits or 
consultation levels established for the year in which shipment of the goods 
has been effected, even if the export licence is issued after such 
shipment. 
2. For the purposes of applyi.no paraoraph 1, shipment of the goods is 
considered to have taken place on the date of their loading on to the 
exportina aircraft, vehicle or vessel. 
,.«& 
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ARTICLE 10 
ThëVpresentation of an export licence, in application of Article 12 below, 
shall be effected not later than 31'March of the year fol lowing that in •!";• 
which the goods covered by the licence have been shipped. 
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Section II 
Imoortation 
•ARTICLE 11 
Importation into the Community of textile products subject to -ouantitative 
limits ór consultation levels shall he subject to the presentation of an 
import authorÌ7atioo or document. 
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ARTICLE 12 
!.. The competent Community authorities shall issue the import 
authorization or document referred to in Article 11 within five -workinq 
days of the presentation hy the importer of the original of the 
corresponding export licence. 
The import authorization or document shall be valid for six months. 
2. The competent Communi tv authorities shall cancel the already issued 
import authorization or document if the corresponding export licence has 
been withdrawn. 
However, if the competent Community authorities have not been notified 
about the withdrawal or cancellation of the export licence until after the 
products have been imported into the Community, the quantities involved 
shall be set off aoainst the quantitative limit or consultation level for 
the cateqorv and the nuota vear in ouest inn. 
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ARTICLE 13 
1.^ . If the competent Community authorities find that the total quantities 
covered by export licences issued by the competent USSR authorities for a 
particular cateqory in any Agreement year exceed the quantitative limit 
established in Annex II or the consultation level established in Annex III 
for that category, as may hp modified hy Articles 3, 4, 5, 7, 9 and 11 of 
the-Agreement, or any definitive or provisional limit established under 
Article 6 of the Aoreement, the competent Commuoity authorities may suspend 
the further issue of imnort outhorirjnt ions or documents. In this event, the 
competent Community authorities shall immediately Inform the cornpeteot USSR 
authorities and the special consultation procedure set out in Article 18 of 
the Anreemeot shall he initiated forthwith. 
2. Exports of USSR origin not covered by USSR export licences issued in 
accordance with the provisions nf this Protocol may be refused the issue nf 
import authorizatioos or documents by the competent Community authorites. 
However, without orejudice to Article 7 of the Aqreement, if the import of 
such products are allowed into the Community by the competent Commuoity 
authorities the quantities involved shall not be set off against the 
appropriate quantitative limits or coosultation levels set out in Annex II 
and in Annex ITT or established as a result of the application of Articles 
3 aod 6 of.the Anreemeot, without the express aqreemeot of the USSR. 
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TITLE IV 
FORM AND PRODUCTION OF EXPORT LICENCES 
AND CERTIFICATES OF ORIP.IN," AND COMMON PROVISIONS 
ARTICLE 14 
.1. The export licence and the certificate of oriqin may comprise 
additional conies duly indicated as such. They shall be made out in English 
or French. If they are completed by haod, entries must he in ink and in 
printscript. 
These documents shall measure 210 x 297 mm. The paper used must be white 
writing paper, sized, noi containinn mechanical pulp and weighing not less 
than 25 q/m2. Each part shall have a printed ouilloche-pattern background 
making any falsification by mechanical or chemical meaos apparent to the 
eye. 
If the documents have several copies only the top copy which is the 
original shall be printed with the quilloche pattern background. This copy 
shall be clearly marked as "origioal" and the other copies as "copies". 
Only the origioal shall be accepted by the competent authorities io the 
Community as being valid for the purpose of export to the Community in 
accordance with the arrangements established by the Aqreement. 
/ 
2. Each document shall bear a standardized serial number, whether or oot 
printed, by which it can he identified. 
This number shall be composed of the following elements: 
- two letters identifying the USSR as follows: SU 
two letters identifying Member State of destination as follows: 
%• 
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BL = Benelux 
DK = Denmark 
DE = Federal Republic of Germany 
EL = Greece 
ES = Spain 
FR = France 
CO r United Kingdom 
IE = Irelaod 
IT = Italy 
PT = Portugal 
a one-dioit number identifyino nuota year, correspoodiog to the last 
figure io the respective Aoreemept year, e.g. 0 for 1990, 
a two-diqit number identifyino the particular issuing office coocerned 
in the USSR] 
a five-digit number runninq coosecutively from 00001 to 99999 
allocated to the respective Member State of destioation. 
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ARTICLE .15 
The-export licence and certificate of origin may be issued after the 
shipment of the products to which they relate. Tn such cases they shall 
bear either the endorsement "délivré a posteriori" or the endorsement 
"issued retrospectively". 
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ARTICLE 16 
1. In the e*vent of theft, loss or destruction of an export licence or a 
certificate of oriqio, the exoorter may apply to the competent USSR 
authorities or to the competent USSR organizations authorized under USSR 
legislation which issued the document for a duplicate to he made out on th« 
basis of-the-export documents in his possession. The duplicate of any such 
certificate or licence so issued shall bear the endorsement "duplicata". 
2. The duplicate must bear the date of the original export licence or 
certificate of oriolo. 
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TTTLE V 
ADMINISTRAT!VE rxuOPERAIION 
ARTICLE 17 
The Community and the USSR shall co-ooerate closely to implemeot the 
provisions of the Agreemeot. To this cod, contacts and exchanoes of views 
(including on technical matters) shall be facilitated by the Cootractiog 
Parties. 
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ARTICLE IR 
In; order to ensure the oroper application of the Aqreement, the Community 
and the USSR shall assist each other io checkino the authenticity and 
accuracy of export licences and certificates of orioin issued or 
declaration made under this Protocol. 
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ARTICLE 19 
The USSR shall send the Commission of the Europeap Communities the names 
and addresses of the competent "SSR authorities or of the competept USSR 
orgaoizations authorized under USSR legislation to issue and to verify 
export licences and certificates nf oriqin together witl specimens of the 
stamps and signatures used by these authorities or oronnizations. The USSR 
shall also notify the Commission of any change in this information. 
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ART rCLE 20 
1. , Subsequent verification of certificates of oriqin or export licences 
shall he carried nut at random, or whenever the competent Commuoity « 
authorities hreve reasonable doubt as to the authenticity of the certificate 
or licence or as to the accuracy of I he information regarding the products 
in question. 
2. In such cases the competent authorities io the Community shall return 
the certificate of origin or export licence or a copy therof to the 
competeot USSR organizations authorized under USSR leoislation or to the 
competent USSR authorities giving, where aonrooriate, the reasoos of form 
or substaoce for ao enquiry. Tf the invoice has been submitted, such 
invoice or a cony therof shall ho attached to the certificate or liceoce or 
its copy. The authorities shall also forward any information that has been 
ohtaioed suogesting that the particulars civep oo the said certificate or 
liceoce are inaccurate. 
3. The provisioos of paragraph 1 gbove shall be applicable to subsequeot 
verifications of the declarations of oriqio referred to io Article 2 of 
this Protocol. 
4. The results of the subsequeot verificatioos carried out io accordaoce 
with paragraphs 1 and 2 above shall be communicated to the competent 
authorities of the Commuoity within three mooths at the latest. The 
information commuoicated shall iodicate whether the disputed certificate or 
liceoce or declaration applies to the ooods actually exported aod whether 
these qoods are eligible' for export in accordaoce with the arraogemeots 
established by the Aoreemeot. The ioformation shall also include, at the 
request of the Community, copies of all documentatioo necessary to 
determine the facts fully and in particular the true oriqio of the qoods. 
Should such verificatioos reveal, systematic irregularities in the use of 
declarations of oriqio, the Community may subject imports of the products 
in question to the provisions of Article 2(1) of this Protocol. 
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5. For the purpose of subsequent verification of certificates of crioin, 
copies of the certificates as well. as. agy export documeots referrioo'to 
them shall be- kept for at least a period of two years by the competeot IFSSR 
organizations authorized under USSR leaislatinn. 
6. Recourse to the raodom verification procedure specified in this 
Article must not constitute an obstacle to the release for home use of the 
products in question. 
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ARI I CLE 21 
1. Where the verification procedure referred to in Article 20 or where 
information available to the Community or to the USSR indicates or appears 
to iodicate that the provisions of this Aqreemeot are being contravened, 
the Contracting Parties shall co-operate closely aod with the appropriate 
.'urgency to: prevent such contravention. 
2. To this end, the USSR shall, on its own initiative or at the request 
of the Community, carry nut appropriate enquiries or arranqe for such 
enquiries to be carried out coocernino operatioos which are or appear to 
the Community to he in contravention of this Agreement. The USSR shall 
communicate the results of these enquiries to the Community toqether with 
any other pertinent information enahlinn the true origin of the qoods to be 
determined. 
3. By agreement between the Community and the USSR officials designated 
by the Community may he present at the enquiries referred to in 
paragraph 2. 
4. In pursuance of the co-operatioo referred to in paraqraph 1, 
the USSR and the Community shall exchanqe any information considered by 
either Contractinq Party to he of use io preveotinq the ccntravention of 
the provisions of this Aqreement. These exchanoes may include information 
oo textile production in the USSR and on trade in textile products of a 
kiod covered by this Agreement between the USSR and other countries, 
particularly where the Community has reasonable grounds to coosider tnat 
the products in questioo may be io transit across the territory of the USSR 
prior to their importatioo intn the Community. This information may include 
at the request of the Community copies of available relevant docurneotation. 
5. Where it is established that the provisioos of this Aqreemeot have 
been contravened, the USSR aod the Community may aqree to take such 
measures as are necessary to prevent a recurrence of such cootraveotioo.J 
Annex tu Protocol A, Article p ( 1 ) 
t Eir-:16' («a""!. '«•' Jfldes* cowidr) 
Exc:"3'.eu? mw. an*''*: complex p*?;i ORIGINAL 
3 Cuota ytMi 
Année contingentatre 
5 Ces :r<ee (wnt fu!« J«;»SS. counur! 
Oer-'alsiie inom ac-rsse complete c> No 
4 Category numbei 
Numéro de catégorie 
CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN 
(Textile products) 
CERTIFICAT D'ORIGINE 
• (Produits textiles) 
6 Country o! origin 
Pays ti'origine 7 Country of destination 
Pays de destination 
PI*:» and dale ol shipment - Means ol transport 
Liti! -\ date o'embàfQuement - Moyen & tr^nroon 9 Supplementary ti=t?iis 
Données supplémentaires 
10 Maris and numbers • Number and tunc c? enc-ges • Oï SCKiPTiON OF GOODS 
Mi-sas et numéros - Nombre e; na'.jre OÎÎ coìr: - COGNATION OES MARCHANOISIS 11 Quantity (•) 
Quantité (') 
I 
S 
e 
i 
o 
U 
f 
SS 
S10 
SS 
S E 
s £ 
li 
o ç 
* 8 
Si 
1Ï $1 
io £ 12 F02 Value (••) 
Wî-jf fob (') 
13 CERTIFICATION BY THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY - V'SA DE L AUTORITÉ COMPETENTI 
I. It? undersigned, certify that the goods described zV.n originated m the country ir.own m boi No 6. in accordance with the provisions in torce in the Eursper ?«nomic 
Corr-umly. 
Je soussigné certifie que les marchandises désignées c-dessus sont originaires du pays figurant dans la case 6. conformément aux dispositions en vigueur dans ta Communauté 
économique européenne. 
14 Corrretînl authority (name tuBidCress covai;.) 
Aulete compétente (nom. avesse compiei :^ysi At - A . on - le 
i$içna!u'*l •Starno - Ciotti 
Annev to Protocol A, Article 7 (\) 
1 Exporter (nane. tuB addfess. courwy) 
Exportateur (nom. adresse como'ele, pi y: 
5 Consignee (Mme. lull address ccuntry) 
Destinataire (nom. adresse compte, pays) ORIGINAL 
j nuota year 
Année contingentait No 
4 Category number 
Numèio de catégorie 
EXPORT LICENCE 
(Textile products) 
LICENCE D'EXPORTATION 
. (Produits textiles) 
6 Country of origin 
Pays d'origine 7 Country ol destination 
Pays de destination 
B Place and date of shipment - Means ol iiansprrt 
lieu et dite d'embarquement • Moyen de transport 9 Supplementary dcli'ii 
Données supplémentaires 
I 
S 
l 
J» ti !» f 
I z 
î 
s 10 Marks and numbers - Number and kmrj of péages - DESCRIPTION GF GOODS 
Marques et numéros - Nombre et naturo des coîis - DESIGNATION DES MARCHANDISES 11 Quantity (<) 
Quantité (') ">2 rC; V.'I'JS (Ji 
Vai-zur fed ('! 
13 CERTIFICATION BY THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY - VISA DE L'AUTORITE COMPETENTE 
I, the undersigned, certify that the goods described above have been charged against the quantitative limit established lor the year shown m box No 3 m respect of the 
category shown in box No 4 by the provisions regulating trade in textile products with the European Economic Community. 
Je soussigné certifie que les marchandises désignées ci-dessus ont été imputées sur ta limite quantitative fixée pour l'année indiquée dans la case 3 pour la catégorie désignée dans 
la case 4 dans le cadre des dispositions régissant les échanges de produits textiles avec la Communauté économique européenne. 
14 Competent authority (name, fui address covntiy» 
Autorité compétente (non. adtesse compiei» pa/-.; At-A on - le 
(Signait)'*) (Stamp - Cacher) 
PROTOCOL n 
i. The exemption provided for io Article 4 (3) of the Apreement in respect of 
cottaqe industry products shall apply only to the followioq products: 
9 
(a) fabrics woven oo hanrJ- or foot-operated looms, being fabrics of a kind 
traditionally made in the cottaqe industry of the USSR; 
(b) qarments or other textile articles of a kind tradjtiooally made in the 
cottaqe industry of the USSR obtained manually frnm the fabrics 
referred to above and sewn exclusively by hand 'without the aid of any 
machine; 
(c) traditional folklore textile products made by hand in the cottaqe 
industry of the USSR as defined in a list to be aqreed between the 
Cootractinq Parties. 
Exemption shall be granted only for products accompanied by a certificate 
issued by the competent USSR organizations authorized under USSR 
legislation in accordance with the model annexed to this Protocol. Such 
certificates must state the grounds oo which exemption is based and shall 
be accepted by the competent Community authorities provided that they are 
satisfied that the products coocerned conform to the conditions set ouw. in 
this Protocol. Certificates for the products referred to in paragraph (c) 
must be clearly marked "FOLKLORE". In the event of a differeoce of opinion 
between the USSR and the competeot Community authorities at the point of 
entry into the Community cooceroing the nature of products, consultation 
shall be held within a month in order to settle the differeoce. Should 
imports of any of the above products reach such proportioos as to cause 
difficulties to the Community, the Contracting Parties shall opeo 
consultations forthwith in accordance with the procedure laid dowo in 
Article 14 of the Agreement with a view to finding a quantitative solution 
to the problem. 
2. The provisions of titles IV and V of Protocol A shall be applied;: 
| mutatis mutandis to the products^referred to in paragraph 1.^ 
r* '::•'; AL 
ivis:s cimpiei?. oayJ' CfRTIFir.ATF i!.y.;rd to HANDLOOMS. TEXTILE HANDICRAFTS and TRA-
uiiiUNAL it;.iiit fKùûùùïS, u> uni uOilAtit INUUSIKY. issued in 
conformity v\:tn and under the conditions regulating trade in textile 
products with the European Economic Community "^ -•;'-• 
CERTIFICAT relatif aux TISSUS TISSES SUR METIERS A MAIN, aux PRO­
DUITS TEXTILES FAITS A LA MAIN, et aux PRODUITS TEXTILES RELEVANT 
DU FOLKLORE TRADITIONNEL, DE FABRICATION ARTISANALE, délivré en 
conformité avsc et sous les conditions régissant ies échanges de produits 
textiles avec 12 Communauté Economique Europterm 
< Country ol or : : 
Pays d origin: F'gyî fjï jLJi.i.ît.on 
v. £'.}?.>.<.;. -- :V-\t-$ -.: :-ans:ort 1 Supplements^ details 
Données sup: ì-.entaires 
E Marks ani numbers - Uurnoei n:i *•:.: Û; r.arkeges - DESCRIPTION OF GOODS 
Marques et numéros - Nombre et nato»? des colis - DESIGNATION DES MARCHANDISES 9 Quantity 
Quantité ID FOB Value (!) 
Valeur FOB (1) 
11 CERTIFICATION BY THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY - VISA OE L'AUTOR'TE COMPETENTE 
I. the undersigned, certify that the consignment described above includes only the following textile products of the cottage industry of the country shown in box No 4: 
a) fabrics woven op looms operated solely, by hand or foot (handlooms) (2) 
b) garments or other textile articles obtained ouiuialry from ttw fabrics desciirrt 
c) traditional fondera ^noierait textile products made by hand, as defined in the fist agreed between the European Economic Community and the country shown • box No 4. 
Je soussigné certifie que renvoi décrit ci-dessus contient exclusrvement les produits textiles suivants relevant de la fabrication artisanale du pays figurant dans la case No 4: 
a) tissus tissés sur des métiers actionnés à la main ou au pied (handlooms) (2) 
b) vêtements ou autres articles textiles obtenus manuellement a partir de tissus décrits sous a) et cousus uniquement a la main saris l'aide (Tune machine (handicrafts) (2) 
c) produits textiles relevant du folklore traditionnel fabriqués a la main, comme définis dans fa liste convenue entre la Communauté Economique Européenne et le pays 
indiqué dans la case No 4. 
12 Competent authority (nam. M adtttss. country) 
Autorité compétente (nom. adresse compiete, oap) 
= (S Al-A Oi« - le. 
(Signature) (Stamp - Cache ••&. 
• • ''UOCflL C 
Under Article è(6) of the Agreement, a quantitative limit may be fixed on a 
regional hssis where imports of a given product into any region of the 
Community in relation to the amounts determined in accordance with 
oaraoraph 2 i.r the said Article 6 exceed the followiog reoional percentaoe: 
Germany 25.5 
Benelux 9.5 
France 16.5 
Italy 13.5 
Denmark 2.7 
Ireland 0.8 
United Kingdom 21.0 
Greece 1.5 
Spain 7.5 
Portugal 1.5 
M 
Reimports in the sense of Article ^ paragraph 4 of this Agreement into the 
•".••' • ••••'•••'. '••*•' •' '.'"•" • • • 
Community of products listed in the Annex to this Protocol shall be suhject 
.Jk. • • • • ' ': •''....'••:• • 
to the provisions of the Agreement except as specifically provided for by 
the particular provisions set out below: 
1. Only reirroorts into the Community subject to the specific quantitative 
limits set out in the annex to this Protocol, as mav he modified by 
the anniication of paragraphs 2 and 3, shall he considered réimporte 
in the sense of Article 4, paragraph 4. 
2. Reimports not covered by the annex to this Protocol may he submitted 
to soecific quantitative limits following consultations in accordance 
with the procedures set out in Article 18 of the Agreement, provided 
the products concerned are subject to the quantitative limits 
established under Annex II or the consultation levels established 
under Annexe III to the Agreement» 
3. The Community may, at its own discretion, and bearing in mind the 
interest of both Contracting Parties, or in the framework of a request 
set out in Article 18 of the Agreement: 
(a) examine the possibilities of transfers between categories and 
advance usé or carry-over of portions of specific quantitative 
limits from one year to another; 
(b) consider the scope for reallocating portions of any specific 
quantitative limits not used in one region of the Community to 
another region» 
4. However the Community may automatically carry out the flexibilities in 
the sense of paragraph 3 up to the following extent: 
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(a) transfer between categories up to 20?,; of the share established 
for the category to which the transfer is made^j 
' . '•'••.-, 
• ••• '•'''• ^ 
(b) carryover of specific quantitative limits from one year to 
another up to 10,5% of the share for the year of actual 
utilisation; 
(c) advance use of specific quantitative limits from one year to 
soother tip to 7,5% of the share for the year of actual 
utilisation. 
5. The Community shall .inform the USSR of any measurer» taken pursuant to 
the preceding paragraphs. 
6. Debiting against a specific quantitative limit referred to in 
paragraph 1 shall be carried out by the competent authorities of the 
Community at tie time of issuing the prior authorization provided for 
by the Community regulation on economic outward processing, Regulation 
(EEC) No. 636/82. A specific quantitative limit shall be debited for 
the year in which a prior authorization is issued. 
7. A certificate of origin shall be ÌSSMH for «11 products covered by 
the present Protocol by the competent USSR organizations authorized 
under USSR legislation in accordance with the provisions of Protocol A 
of the Agreement, bearing a reference to the prior authorization 
referred to in pflrc^rcpu S rs evidence that the processing operation 
described in the prior authorization has been carried out in the USSR. 
8. The Community shall provide the USSR with the names, addresses and the 
specimens of stamps used by the competent authorities of the Community 
for the issue of thé prior authorizations referred to in paragraph 6. 
9. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 1 to 8 above, the USSR 
and the Community will continue to consult together to seek a mutually 
acceptable means to enable both Contracting Parties to take advantage 
of the OPT provisions in the Agreement with a view to effective 
development of trade in textiles between the USSR and the Community 
Annex to [>w incoi D 
OPT quantitative limits 
(In this Annex the product descriptions used in Annex Ï are given in 
abbreviate;* form) 
Category 
7 
21 
29 
73 Description 
Rlouses and shirt-
blo'jses 
Parkas, anoraks 
and the 1 ike, 
woven 
Women' s or girl' s 
suits and ensembles 
Track suits Hni;s 
1000 
oieces 
100'T 
oieces 
100? 
pieces 
1000 
pieces Vcar 
1990 
1991 
1992 
1990 
1991 
1992 
1990 
1991 
1992 
1990 
1991 
1992 Quantitative limits 
— EEC 
400 
427 
456 
300 
320 
342 
100 
107 
114 
150 
160 
171 
AGREED MINUTE 
In the context of the Aoreement between the European Economic 
Community and che Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on trade in 
textile products initialled on 11 December 1989, the Contracting 
Parties agreed that the USSR, with regard to Article 2 paragraph 
2 of the Agreement, in administering the quantitative limits 
shall ensure the following* 
As regards the categories 1, 2, 2a and 3, to reserve for the year 
1990, as a priority, 30 % of the quantitative limits concerned 
for industry users during a period beginning on 1 January and 
ending on 20 of March. For this purpose, contracts concluded 
with the industry during the period in question shall be taken 
into consideration. 
To this end, the firms concerned are invited to make direct 
contact with the relevant USSR enterprises as early as possible 
during the above reservation period, in order to make their 
purchasing intentions known. 
Head of the Delegation 
of the European Economic 
Community Head of the Delegation 
of the Union of Soviet 
Socialist Republics 
°l> 
AGc.EEn MINUTE 
In the context of the Agreement between the European Economic 
Community and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on trade in 
textile products initialled on 11 December 1989, the USSR 
pxr.','ca:,Bfj its concern over the type and scope of economic cutward 
processing operations referred to in Article 4 paraoraph 4 of the 
Aqreement. 
The Community informed the USSR that the provisions on economic 
outward processing in force in the Community refer to Council 
Regulation (EEC) n* 636/82 of 16 March 1982. 
Economic outward processing is a special form of industrial 
cooperation. It is intended in particular to enable the textile 
and clothing industry to adapt to the conditions of international 
competition. The quantities of products reimported into the 
Community under economic outward processing should not exceed the 
agreed limits. , 
a» 
The Community assured the USSR that in the event of any future 
modification of Regulation (EEC) n" 636/82, the Community will 
take all necessary measures in order to ensure that this 
modification shall not have any substantial adverse effect on the 
industrial cooperation which could be established on the basis of 
the above Regulation. 
Head of the Delegation of the 
European Economic Community Head of the Delegation of 
the Union of Soviet Socialist 
Republics 
AGREED MINUTE 
In the context of the Agreement between the European Economic 
Community and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on trade in 
textile products initialled on 11 December 1989, the USSR 
expressed its concern over the possibility of the Community 
taUino unilateral action in,accordance with Article 7 paraoranh 4 
o f i h e A g r e e m e n t. 
The Community took note and expressed the view that in the event 
of the need arising for recourse to Article 7, the Community will 
explore with the USSR all possible avenues for arriving at a 
mutually satisfactory solution. 
Head of the Delegation of the » 
European Economic Community Head of the Delegation of 
the Union of Soviet 
Socialist Republics 
i 
ft 
CONFIDENTIAL 
AGRET.n M1NHÎ 
In the course of the neootiations leadino to the Agreement 
between the European Economic Community and the Union of Soviet 
Socialist Republics on trade in textile products initialled on 
11 December ' 19R9, the Communi tv informed the USSR that, pursuant 
to Article 10 of the A'qreenent, the regional breakdown of the 
quantitative limits arid consultation levels will be established 
by taking into account the current flows of trade from the USSR 
to the regions of the Community as well as the following 
burden-sharinq formula: 
D 25,5 
UK 21 
F 16,5 
I 13,5 BNL 9,5 
E 7,5 
DK 2,7 
GR 1,5 P 1,5 
IRL 0,8 
EEC 100 
It was also understood that the established shares shall be 
communicated as soon as possible but not later than the 1 January 
of the calendeç year that such shares will be in force. 
Head of the Delegation of 
the European Economic 
Community Head of the Delegation 
of the Union of Sovi.et 
Socialist Republics 
AGREED MINUTE 
The Community and the USSR agree that the provisioos of Article 
11 paragraph 2 df the Aqreement between the European Economic 
Community and the Union of Soviet Socialist Remjhlics on trade in 
textile products initialled on 11 December 19R9 will he applied 
in a way which will not ^eorive certain Member States with 
relatively small shares of Community quotas (Denmark, Ireland end 
Greece) of imports of products serving as inputs for their 
processing industry. 
The Community and the USSR further agree to hold consultations, 
should the need arise, in order to avert any problems which might 
occur in this respect. 
Head of the delegation of 
the European Economic 
Community Head of the Delegation of 
the Union of Soviet 
Socialist Republics 
d*4 
AGREED MINUTE 
In the context of the Aqreement between the European Economic 
Community and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on trade in 
textile products initialled on 11 December 1989, the USSR 
informed the Community that it is introducing a new foreign trade 
statistical system projected to take effect on 1 January 1991, 
and for this reason it expressed its serious concern over its 
ability to comply technically with its obligation to supply the 
Community, notably during 1990, with import statistics for. t11 
products covered by Annex I, referred to in Article 15 pararraoh 
4 of the Aqreement. 
The Community took note of the concern expressed by USSR. The 
Community and the USSR agreed to hold consultations, should the 
need arise, in order to avert any problems which might occur in 
this respect. 
He8d of the Delegation of 
the European Economic 
Community Head of the Delegation of 
the Union of Soviet 
Socialist Republics 
I 
AtîREED MINUTE 
In the context of the. Agreement between the European Economic 
Community and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on trade in 
textile products initialled on 11 December 1989, the Contractinq 
Parties agreed that the USSR, with regard to Article 2 paragraph 
2 of the Agreement, in administering the Quantitative limits 
shall ensure the following. 
As regards the categories 1, 2, 2a and 3, to reserve for the year 
1990, as a priority, 30 % of the Quantitative limits concerned 
for industry users during a period of three months, beginning on 
1 January and endino on 31 of March. For this purpose, contracts 
concluded with the industry during the period in question shall 
be token into consideration. 
To this end, the firms concerned are invited to make direct 
contact with the relevant USSR enterprises as early is possible 
durinq the above reservation period, in order to make their 
purchasing intentions known. 
Head of the Delegation 
of the European Economic 
Community Head of the Delegation 
of the Union of Soviet 
Socialist Republics . 
AGREED MINUTE 
In the context of the Agreement between the European Economic 
Corrmunity and the Union of Soviet Soci a] i st- Republic on trade in 
textile products initialled on 13 r>ecember 1989, the USSR 
expressed its concern over the effective imnlementat ion of the 
Provisions of Protocols A, p and D of the Aoreement as frorc I 
January 1990. 
The Community took note and exnressed its readiness for prompt 
and close technical cooperation with the HSSP , in order to assist 
the USSR to comply efficiently and correctly with the Provisions 
of Protocols A, B and D and with a view to avoid any technical 
problems which might occur in this respect. 
Heed of the Delegation 
of the European Economic 
Community Head of the Delegation 
of the Union of Soviet 
Socialist Republics 
ACRELD MINUTE 
In the context of the Aoreement between the European Economic 
Community and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on trade in 
textile products initialled on 11 December 1989, the Contracting 
Parties agreed that, with renerò to Article 9 of Protocol A of 
the ahove Aoreement, the date of shipment of the goods, where 
different means of transport are used to effect the exportation, 
is the date of their loading on the first means of transport Liscd 
as indicated in the corresponding transport document. 
Head of the Deleoation 
of the European Economic 
Community Head of the Delegation 
of the Union of Soviet 
Socialist Republics 
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AGREEMENT 
T\ THE FORM OF AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS 
BETWEEN 
THE EUROPEAN' CCfWjMir COMMUNITY 
AND 
THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 
II 
./foé 
Sir, ; • ' 
I have the honour to refer to the Agreement between the European 
Economic Community and the Union of Soviet Socialist Reoublics on 
trade in textile productr initialled on 11 December 1989. 
Following the negotiations for the said Agreement the Contracting 
Parties have agreed nn the following provisions concerning trade 
.In certain textile product» fallimi within ihr ln«llln eateooriea 
other than categories 1 to 123 provided for in Regulation (EEC) 
no. 3420/83, as amended. 
during the period of application of the above mentioned Aareement 
«•?••! without prejudice to the provisions of the Agreement between 
the European Economic Community end the European Atomic Energy 
Community and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on trade 
r - •• rt.i'ir-ercial and economic cooperation initalled on 26 November 
19^9 with regard to the above categories of products, the 
Community reserves its right to request that the Contracting 
Parties enter into consultations in accordance with Article 18 of 
the above mentioned Agreement on trade in textile products with a 
view to bringing within the coverage and the provisions of that 
Agreement certain of the textile product categories mentioned 
above and with 8 view to negotiating import arrangements into the 
Community for such categories of products. 
I shall be obliged if you would confirm that the foreqoing is in 
accordance with the conclusions reached followinq the 
negotiations on this question between the European Economic 
Community end the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and that 
this exchange of letters constitutes an agreement hetween the 
European Economic Community and the Union of Soviet Socialist 
Republics. 
Brussels, 11 December 1989 Head of the Delegation of 
the European Economic 
Community 
« 
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Sir, 
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of 
today's date,.which reads as follows: 
"I have the honour to refer to the Aqreement between the European 
Economic Community end the Union of Soviet Socialist Repuhlica on 
trade in textile products initialled on 11 December 1989. 
Following the negotiations for the said Aareement the Contracting 
Parties have eqreed on the followinq provisions eoncerninq trade 
'in certain textile products fallino within the textile categories 
other than categories 1 to 123 provided for in Requlation (EEC) 
no. 3420/83, as amended. 
During the period of application of the above mentioned Aqreement 
and without prejudice to the provisions of the Agreement between 
the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy 
Community and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on trade 
and commercial and economic cooperation initalled on 26 November 
1989 with regard to the above categories of products, the 
Community reserves its right to request that the Contracting 
Parties enter into consultations in accordance with Article 18 of 
the above mentioned Agreement on trade in textile products with a 
view to bringing within the coverage and the provisions of that 
Aqreement certain of the textile product categories mentioned 
above and with a view to negotiating import arrangements into the 
Community for such categories of products. 
I shall be obliged if you would confirm that the foregoing is in 
accordance with the' conclusions reached followino the 
negotiations on this question between the European Economic 
Community and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and that 
this exchange of lettera constitutes an aareement between the 
European Economic Community and the Union of Soviet Socialist 
Republics." 
I 
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1 hove the honour to inform the rurnpean Economic Community that 
my Government confirms that the foregoing in in accnrdunn; with 
the concluaion reached following the miqotiatJons on thin 
guention between thn Union of Snvlel '.orini I nt Rnpiihl t m and thn 
I urnpcnn Economic Community fifì<t t I» ir t I h I r. exrlminie nf Irltrm 
constitutes an agreement between the Union of Soviet Socialist 
Republics and the European Economic Community. 
Please accept, Sir, the assurance rf my hiqhest consideration. 
Brussels, 11 December 1989 Head of the Delegation 
of the Union of Soviet 
Socialist Republics 
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