21995A0426(05)
26.4.1995 ÚRADNÝ VESTNÍK EURÓPSKYCH SPOLOČENSTIEV L 94/84
AGREEMENT
in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community and the Republic of Bulgaria
amending the Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement on trade in texti le products between the
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublicofBulgariatotakeintoacco unttheexpectedaccession
of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Swede n to the European Union
Letter from the Council of the European Union
Sir,
1.I have the honour to refer to the Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreemen t on trade in textile products
between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Bulgaria, ini tialled on 21 April 1993.
2.InordertotakeintoaccountthelikelyaccessionoftheRepublicofAustri a,theRepublicofFinlandandthe
Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union on 1 January 1995, the European Comm unity considers that
thefollowingamendmentsshouldbemadetotheAdditionalProtocoltotheE uropeAgreementontradein
textile products between the European Economic Community and the Republi c of Bulgaria:
2.1. Annex II of the Additional Protocol, which sets out the quantitative l imits for exports from the Republic of
Bulgaria to the European Union, is replaced by Appendix I to this letter.
2.2. Article 14, paragraph 2, subparagraph 2, second indent of Appendix A, Title IV, should be amended as
follows:
„— two letters identifying the intended Member State of customs clearance as follows:
AT = Austria
BL = BeneluxDE = Federal Republic of Germany
DK =DenmarkEL = GreeceES = SpainFI = FinlandFR = FranceGB = United KingdomIE = IrelandIT = ItalyPT = PortugalSE = Sweden“
2.3. The Annex to Appendix A, setting out the model of the certificate of ori gin, is replaced by Appendix II to
this letter.
2.4. The Annex to Appendix A, setting out the model of the export licence, is replaced by Appendix III to this
letter.
2.5. TheAnnextoAppendixC,settingoutthemodelofthecertificateappli cabletocertaincottageindustryand
folklore products, is replaced by Appendix IV to this letter.
2.6. The Annex to Appendix B of the Additional Protocol, which sets out the q uantitative limits for economic
outward processing operations, is replaced by Appendix V to this letter.11/zv. 22
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2.7. Should one or more acceding countries not join the European Union the a djustments calculated for this or
these countries shall be deducted from the „Adjusted limits“ set out in the Appendices to this letter and the
respective amendments mentioned under point 2.2 shall not enter into forc e.
2.8. Notwithstandingthemodificationsreferredtounderpoints2.3,2.4 and2.5,duringatransitionalperiodthat
will end on 30 June 1995, the competent authorities of the Republic of Bulga ria shall be authorized to
continue issuing the forms that were in use in 1994.
3.IshouldbeobligedifyoucouldkindlyconfirmtheacceptanceofyourGover nmentoftheforegoing.Should
this be the case, this Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters shall e nter into force on the first day
of the month following the day on which the Parties have notified each other that the legal procedures
necessarytothisendhavebeencompleted.Inthemeantime,itshallbeappl iedprovisionallyfrom1January
1995 on the conditions to be specified in an exchange of notes (see Appendix IV).
Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.
For the Council
of the European Union60 SK Úradný vestník Európskej únie 11/zv. 22
Appendix I
ANNEX II
(The full product descriptions of the categories listed in this Annex are t o be found in Annex I of the Protocol)
Community quantitative limits
Category UnitExisting limit
1995Adjustment for
Adjusted
limit 1995Adjusted
limit 1996Adjusted
limit 1997Adjusted limit
1998
Sweden Finland Austria
2 tonnes 4 058 154 69 128 4 409 4 497 4 587 4 679
2a tonnes 1 248 65 29 54 1 396 1 424 1 452 1 4814 1 000 pieces (
1) 3 767 614 534 508 5 423 5 667 5 922 6 189
5 1 000 pieces 4 095 244 184 202 4 725 4 938 5 160 5 393
6 1 000 pieces (1) 1 566 273 203 226 2 267 2 381 2 500 2 625
7 1 000 pieces 1 310 189 85 156 1 739 1 818 1 899 1 9858 1 000 pieces 4 607 257 133 213 5 210 5 392 5 581 5 776
73 1 000 pieces 2 809 104 46 86 3 045 3 227 3 421 3 626
(1) For the purpose of setting off exports against the agreed quantitative li mits a conversion rate of five garments (other than babies’ garments) of a m aximum commercial size
of 130 cm, for three garments whose commercial size exceeds 130 cm maybe app lied for up t o5%o ft h e quantitative limits. The export licence concerning these products
must bear, in box 9, the words „The conversion rate for garments of a commerc ial size of not more than 130 cm must be applied“.11/zv. 22 SK Úradný vestník Európskej únie 61



Appendix V
ANNEX TO APPENDIX B
(The full product descriptions of the categories listed in this Annex are t o be found in Annex I of the Protocol)
Outward processing traffic - Community quantitative limits
Category UnitExisting limit
1995Adjustment forAdjusted
limit 1995Adjusted
limit 1996Adjusted
limit 1997Adjusted limit
1998Sweden Finland Austria
4 1 000 pieces 11 168 389 174 322 12 053 12 866 13 735 14 662
5 1 000 pieces 4 900 171 76 141 5 288 5 645 6 026 6 4336 1 000 pieces 6 934 241 108 200 7 483 8 044 8 648 9 2967 1 000 pieces 10 028 349 156 289 10 822 11 553 12 333 13 1658 1 000 pieces 4 764 166 74 137 5 141 5 411 5 695 5 994
73 1 000 pieces 2 495 87 39 72 2 693 2 935 3 199 3 48711/zv. 22 SK Úradný vestník Európskej únie 65
Appendix VI
Exchange of notes
The Directorate-General for External Economic Relations of the Commissi on of the European Communities
presents its compliments to the Mission of the Republic of Bulgaria to the E uropean Communities and has the
honourtorefertotheAdditionalProtocoltotheAgreementontradeintext ileproductsbetweentheRepublicof
Bulgaria and the European Economic Community initialled on 21 April 1993, as amended by the exchange of
letters initialled on 6 December 1994.
The Directorate-General wishes to inform the Mission of the Republic of Bu lgaria that whilst awaiting the
completion of the necessary procedures for the conclusion and coming into force of the amended Additional
Protocol, the European Community is prepared to allow the provisions of th e Agreement to apply de facto from
1January1995.ThisisontheunderstandingthateitherPartymayatanytim eterminatethisdefactoapplication
of the amended Additional Protocol provided that six months notice is give n.
The Directorate-General for External Economic Relations would be gratef ul if the Mission of the Republic of
Bulgaria would confirm its agreement to the foregoing.TheDirectorate-GeneralforExternalEconomicRelationsoftheCommissi onoftheEuropeanCommunitiesavails
itself of this opportunity to renew to the Mission of the Republic of Bulgar ia to the European Communities the
assurance of its highest consideration.
The Mission of the Republic of Bulgaria to the European Communities presen ts its compliments to the
Directorate-General for External Economic Relations of the Commission o f the European Communities and has
thehonourtorefertothenoteoftheDirectorate-Generalof(dateofnotev erbale)regardingtheAdditionalProtocol
totheEuropeAgreementontradeintextileproductsbetweentheRepublico fBulgariaandtheEuropeanEconomic
Community initialled on 21 April 1993, as amended by the exchange of letter s initialled on 6 December 1994.
The Mission of the Republic of Bulgaria wishes to confirm to the Directorat e-General that whilst awaiting the
completion of the necessary procedures for the conclusion and coming into force of the amended Additional
Protocol,theGovernmentoftheRepublicofBulgariaispreparedtoallowt heprovisionsoftheAgreementtoapply
de facto from 1 January 1995. This is on the understanding that either Party may at any time terminate this de
facto application of the amended Additional Protocol provided that six mo nths notice is given.
The Mission of the Republic of Bulgaria to the European Communities avails itself of this opportunity to renew
totheDirectorate-GeneralforExternalEconomicRelationsoftheCommis sionoftheEuropeanCommunitiesthe
assurance of its highest consideration.66 SK Úradný vestník Európskej únie 11/zv. 22
Letter from the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria
Sir,
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of … which reads as fo llows:
„Sir,
1.IhavethehonourtorefertotheAdditionalProtocoltotheEuropeAgreemen tontradeintextileproducts
between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Bulgaria, ini tialled on 21 April 1993.
2.In order to take into account the likely accession of the Republic of Austri a, the Republic of Finland and
theKingdomofSwedentotheEuropeanUnionon1January1995,theEuropeanC ommunityconsiders
that the following amendments should be made to the Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement on
trade in textile products between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Bulgaria:
2.1. Annex II of the Additional Protocol, which sets out the quantitative l imits for exports from the Republic
of Bulgaria to the European Union, is replaced by Appendix I to this letter.
2.2. Article 14, paragraph 2, subparagraph 2, second indent of Appendix A, Title IV, should be amended as
follows:
‚— two letters identifying the intended Member State of customs clearance as follows:
AT = Austria
BL = BeneluxDE = Federal Republic of GermanyDK =DenmarkEL = GreeceES = SpainFI = FinlandFR = FranceGB = United KingdomIE = IrelandIT = ItalyPT = PortugalSE = Sweden‘
2.3. The Annex to Appendix A, setting out the model of the certificate of ori gin, is replaced by Appendix II
to this letter.
2.4. TheAnnextoAppendixA,settingoutthemodeloftheexportlicence,is replacedbyAppendixIIItothis
letter.
2.5. The Annex to Appendix C, setting out the model of the certificate appli cable to certain cottage industry
and folklore products, is replaced by Appendix IV to this letter.
2.6. TheAnnextoAppendixBoftheAdditionalProtocol,whichsetsouttheq uantitativelimitsforeconomic
outward processing operations, is replaced by Appendix V to this letter.11/zv. 22
SK Úradný vestník Európskej únie 67
2.7. Should one or more acceding countries not join the European Union the a djustments calculated for this
orthesecountriesshallbedeductedfromthe‚Adjustedlimits‘setoutint heAppendicestothisletterand
the respective amendments mentioned under point 2.2 shall not enter into f orce.
2.8. Notwithstandingthemodificationsreferredtounderpoints2.3,2.4 and2.5,duringatransitionalperiod
thatwillendon30June1995,thecompetentauthoritiesoftheRepublicofB ulgariashallbeauthorized
to continue issuing the forms that were in use in 1994.
3.I should be obliged if you could kindly confirm the acceptance of your Gover nment of the foregoing.
Shouldthisbethecase,thisAgreementintheformofanexchangeofletters shallenterintoforceonthe
first day of the month following the day on which the Parties have notified e ach other that the legal
proceduresnecessarytothisendhavebeencompleted.Inthemeantime,its hallbeappliedprovisionally
from 1 January 1995 on the conditions to be specified in an exchange of notes (see Appendix IV).
Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.“
I have the honour to confirm that my Government is in agreement with the cont ents of your letter.
Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.
For the Government
of the Republic of Bulgaria68 SK Úradný vestník Európskej únie 11/zv. 22
Appendix I
ANNEX II
(The full product descriptions of the categories listed in this Annex are t o be found in Annex I of the Protocol)
Community quantitative limits
Category UnitExisting limit
1995Adjustment for
Adjusted
limit 1995Adjusted
limit 1996Adjusted
limit 1997Adjusted limit
1998
Sweden Finland Austria
2 tonnes 4 058 154 69 128 4 409 4 497 4 587 4 679
2a tonnes 1 248 65 29 54 1 396 1 424 1 452 1 4814 1 000 pieces (
1) 3 767 614 534 508 5 423 5 667 5 922 6 189
5 1 000 pieces 4 095 244 184 202 4 725 4 938 5 160 5 393
6 1 000 pieces (1) 1 566 273 203 226 2 267 2 381 2 500 2 625
7 1 000 pieces 1 310 189 85 156 1 739 1 818 1 899 1 9858 1 000 pieces 4 607 257 133 213 5 210 5 392 5 581 5 776
73 1 000 pieces 2 809 104 46 86 3 045 3 227 3 421 3 626
(1) For the purpose of setting off exports against the agreed quantitative li mits a conversion rate of five garments (other than babies’ garments) of a m aximum commercial size
of 130 cm, for three garments whose commercial size exceeds 130 cm maybe app lied for up t o5%o ft h e quantitative limits. The export licence concerning these products
must bear, in box 9, the words „The conversion rate for garments of a commerc ial size of not more than 130 cm must be applied“.11/zv. 22 SK Úradný vestník Európskej únie 69



Appendix V
ANNEX TO APPENDIX B
(The full product descriptions of the categories listed in this Annex are t o be found in Annex I of the Protocol)
Outward processing traffic - Community quantitative limits
Category UnitExisting limit
1995Adjustment forAdjusted
limit 1995Adjusted
limit 1996Adjusted
limit 1997Adjusted limit
1998Sweden Finland Austria
4 1 000 pieces 11 168 389 174 322 12 053 12 866 13 735 14 662
5 1 000 pieces 4 900 171 76 141 5 288 5 645 6 026 6 4336 1 000 pieces 6 934 241 108 200 7 483 8 044 8 648 9 2967 1 000 pieces 10 028 349 156 289 10 822 11 553 12 333 13 1658 1 000 pieces 4 764 166 74 137 5 141 5 411 5 695 5 994
73 1 000 pieces 2 495 87 39 72 2 693 2 935 3 199 3 48711/zv. 22 SK Úradný vestník Európskej únie 73
Appendix VI
Exchange of notes
The Directorate-General for External Economic Relations of the Commissi on of the European Communities
presents its compliments to the Mission of the Republic of Bulgaria to the E uropean Communities and has the
honourtorefertotheAdditionalProtocoltotheAgreementontradeintext ileproductsbetweentheRepublicof
Bulgaria and the European Economic Community initialled on 21 April 1993, as amended by the exchange of
letters initialled on 6 December 1994.
The Directorate-General wishes to inform the Mission of the Republic of Bu lgaria that whilst awaiting the
completion of the necessary procedures for the conclusion and coming into force of the amended Additional
Protocol, the European Community is prepared to allow the provisions of th e Agreement to apply de facto from
1January1995.ThisisontheunderstandingthateitherPartymayatanytim eterminatethisdefactoapplication
of the amended Additional Protocol provided that six months notice is give n.
The Directorate-General for External Economic Relations would be gratef ul if the Mission of the Republic of
Bulgaria would confirm its agreement to the foregoing.TheDirectorate-GeneralforExternalEconomicRelationsoftheCommissi onoftheEuropeanCommunitiesavails
itself of this opportunity to renew to the Mission of the Republic of Bulgar ia to the European Communities the
assurance of its highest consideration.
The Mission of the Republic of Bulgaria to the European Communities presen ts its compliments to the
Directorate-General for External Economic Relations of the Commission o f the European Communities and has
thehonourtorefertothenoteoftheDirectorate-Generalof(dateofnotev erbale)regardingtheAdditionalProtocol
totheEuropeAgreementontradeintextileproductsbetweentheRepublico fBulgariaandtheEuropeanEconomic
Community initialled on 21 April 1993, as amended by the exchange of letter s initialled on 6 December 1994.
The Mission of the Republic of Bulgaria wishes to confirm to the Directorat e-General that whilst awaiting the
completion of the necessary procedures for the conclusion and coming into force of the amended Additional
Protocol,theGovernmentoftheRepublicofBulgariaispreparedtoallowt heprovisionsoftheAgreementtoapply
de facto from 1 January 1995. This is on the understanding that either Party may at any time terminate this de
facto application of the amended Additional Protocol provided that six mo nths notice is given.
The Mission of the Republic of Bulgaria to the European Communities avails itself of this opportunity to renew
totheDirectorate-GeneralforExternalEconomicRelationsoftheCommis sionoftheEuropeanCommunitiesthe
assurance of its highest consideration.74 SK Úradný vestník Európskej únie 11/zv. 22