Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the People' s Republic of China on trade in textile products consequent on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the Community
Date: 1987-05-11
Institutions: European Economic Community, Taiwan
Subjects: agreement (EU), distributive trades, textile product













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21987A0514(01)

Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the People' s Republic of China on trade in textile products consequent on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the Community  


Official Journal L 125 , 14/05/1987 P. 0043 





*****ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL  TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON TRADE IN TEXTILE PRODUCTS CONSEQUENT ON THE ACCESSION OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN AND THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC TO THE COMMUNITY  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES  OF THE ONE PART, AND  THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA  OF THE OTHER PART,  CONSIDERING THE ACCESSION OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN AND THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ON 1 JANUARY 1986,  HAVING REGARD TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON TRADE IN TEXTILE PRODUCTS INITIALLED ON 18 JULY 1979, AS SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED BY THE PROTOCOL INITIALLED ON 13 NOVEMBER 1981 CONSEQUENT ON THE ACCESSION OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES AND BY THE SUPPLEMENTARY PROTOCOL INITIALLED ON 29 MARCH 1984, AND HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE "AGREEMENT',  HAVE DECIDED TO DETERMINE BY COMMON ACCORD THE ADJUSTMENTS AND TRANSITIONAL MEASURES TO BE INCORPORATED IN THE AGREEMENT BY REASON OF THE ACCESSION OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN AND THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC TO THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, AND  TO CONCLUDE THIS ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL :  ARTICLE 1  THE TEXT OF THE AGREEMENT AS HEREBY AMENDED, INCLUDING ITS ANNEXES AND PROTOCOLS, EXCHANGE OF LETTERS, DECLARATIONS AND AGREED MINUTE, FORMING AN INTEGRAL PART THEREOF, SHALL BE DRAWN UP IN SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE AND THOSE TEXTS SHALL BE AUTHENTIC IN THE SAME WAY AS THE ORIGINAL TEXTS .  ARTICLE 2  THE AGREEMENT IS AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :  1 . THE LIMITS SET OUT IN ANNEX III ARE INCREASED TO THE QUANTITIES SET OUT IN THE ANNEX HERETO .  2 . THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH IS INSERTED INTO ARTICLE 6 :  "2A . FOR THE PURPOSES OF APPLYING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH 2 IN 1986, THE PRECEDING YEAR'S TOTAL IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY FROM ALL THIRD COUNTRIES SHALL BE CALCULATED ON THE BASIS OF IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY AS CONSTITUTED ON 31 DECEMBER 1985 AND OF IMPORTS INTO SPAIN AND PORTUGAL . TRADE BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY, SPAIN AND PORTUGAL, OR BETWEEN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL SHALL BE EXCLUDED FROM THIS TOTAL .'  3 . PROTOCOL C IS REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :  "UNDER ARTICLE 6 ( 6 ) OF THE AGREEMENT, A QUANTITATIVE LIMIT MAY BE FIXED ON A REGIONAL BASIS WHERE IMPORTS OF A GIVEN PRODUCT INTO ANY REGION OF THE COMMUNITY IN RELATION TO THE AMOUNTS DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPHS 2 AND 2A OF THE SAID ARTICLE 6 EXCEED THE FOLLOWING REGIONAL PERCENTAGE :  GERMANY 28,5 %,  BENELUX 10,5 %,  FRANCE 18,5 %,  ITALY 15 %,  DENMARK 3 %,  IRELAND 1 %,  UNITED KINGDOM 23,5 %,  GREECE 2 %,  SPAIN 7,5 %,  PORTUGAL 1,5 %.'  4 . THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH IS ADDED TO ARTICLE 6 :  "12 . FOR PURPOSES OF INTRODUCING COMMUNITY QUANTITATIVE LIMITS OR QUANTITATIVE LIMITS FOR REGIONS OF THE COMMUNITY OTHER THAN SPAIN OR PORTUGAL, SHOULD THE FIGURES FOR THE PRECEDING YEAR'S TOTAL IMPORTS BE UNAVAILABLE, OR SHOULD THOSE FIGURES BE LOWER THAN THOSE FOR IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY AS CONSTITUTED PRIOR TO THE ACCESSION OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL, THE LATTER WILL EXCEPTIONALLY CONTINUE TO BE USED FOR PURPOSES OF THE CALCULATION REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPHS 2 AND 2 .  FOR PURPOSES OF INTRODUCING REGIONAL LIMITS FOR SPAIN AND PORTUGAL, SHOULD THE IMPORT FIGURES FOR 1985 BE UNAVAILABLE, THE IMPORT TOTAL SHALL BE ESTABLISHED BY THE MEANS SET OUT IN PARAGRAPH 2A BUT ON THE BASIS OF 1984 IMPORT FIGURES .'  5 . THE FOLLOWING SHALL BE ADDED TO THE SECOND INDENT OF THE SECOND SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 14 ( 2 ) OF PROTOCOL A TO THE SUPPLEMENTARY PROTOCOL UNDER THE HEADING : "_ TWO LETTERS IDENTIFYING COUNTRY OF DESTINATION AS FOLLOWS :'  "ES_SPAIN  PT_PORTUGAL .'  ARTICLE 3  THE ANNEX TO THIS PROTOCOL SHALL FORM AN INTEGRAL PART THEREOF . THIS PROTOCOL SHALL FORM AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE AGREEMENT .  ARTICLE 4  1 . THIS PROTOCOL SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE CONTRACTING PARTIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR OWN PROCEDURES . IT SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH FOLLOWING THE DATE ON WHICH THE CONTRACTING PARTIES NOTIFY EACH OTHER THAT THE PROCEDURES NECESSARY TO THIS END HAVE BEEN COMPLETED .  2 . THIS PROTOCOL SHALL BE APPLICABLE WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JANUARY 1986 AND REMAIN IN FORCE DURING THE PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF THE AGREEMENT .  ARTICLE 5  THIS PROTOCOL SHALL BE DRAWN UP IN DUPLICATE IN THE DANISH, DUTCH, ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, GREEK, ITALIAN, PORTUGUESE, SPANISH AND CHINESE LANGUAGES, EACH OF THOSE TEXTS BEING EQUALLY AUTHENTIC .  ANNEX  THE PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS IN THIS ANNEX ARE ABBREVIATED ONES; THE FULL PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS AS WELL AS THE RELEVANT NIMEXE POSITIONS ARE REPRODUCED IN ANNEX I TO THE AGREEMENT .  THE QUANTITIES FOR SPAIN AND PORTUGAL, WITHIN THE COMMUNITY LIMITS LISTED BELOW, ARE SET OUT IN A SEPARATE TABLE .  COMMUNITY LIMITS  1.2.3.4.5CATEGORY  DESCRIPTION  UNITS  YEAR  EEC QUANTITATIVE LIMITS   //   //  //  //  //  //  //  //  //  //  1  COTTON YARNS, NOT FOR RETAIL SALE  TONNES  1986 1987 1988  2 938 2 956 2 973   //   //  //  //  //  2  COTTON FABRICS, WOVEN  TONNES  1986 1987 1988  20 805 20 909 21 013   //   //  //  //  //  3  FABRICS OF DISCONTINUOUS SYNTHETIC FIBRES, WOVEN  TONNES  1986 1987 1988  3 996 4 115 4 240   //   //  //  //  //  4  KNITTED SHIRTS, SINGLETS, T-SHIRTS, ETC .  1 000 PIECES  1986 1987 1988  6 116 6 361 6 614   //   //  //  //  //  5  JERSEYS, PULLOVERS ETC ., KNITTED  1 000 PIECES  1986 1987 1988  6 048 6 290 6 541   //   //  //  //  //  6  MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TROUSERS AND MEN'S SHORTS AND BREECHES, WOVEN  1 000 PIECES  1986 1987 1988  7 746 8 017 8 297   //   //  //  //  //  7  WOMEN'S WOVEN AND KNITTED BLOUSES  1 000 PIECES  1986 1987 1988  1 871 1 908 1 946   //   //  //  //  //  8  MEN'S WOVEN SHIRTS  1 000 PIECES  1986 1987 1988  7 555 7 668 7 785   //   //  //  //  //  9  WOVEN COTTON TERRY FABRICS, TOILET AND KITCHEN LINEN THEREOF  TONNES  1986 1987 1988  3 043 3 226 3 419   //   //  //  //  //  20/39  BED LINEN, TOILET LINEN ETC ., WOVEN  TONNES  1986 1987 1988  4 620 4 851 5 094   //   //  //  //  //  23  YARN OF DISCONTINUOUS REGENERATED FIBRES, NOT FOR RETAIL SALE  TONNES  1986 1987 1988  5 479 5 753 6 041   //   //  //  //  //  32  PILE FABRICS, WOVEN AND CHENILLE FABRICS  TONNES  1986 1987 1988  2 564 2 693 2 827   //   //  //  //  //  12  KNITTED STOCKINGS AND SOCKS, OTHER THAN WOMEN'S STOCKINGS OF SYNTHETIC YARN  1 000 PAIRS  1986 1987 1988  10 698 11 127 11 571   //   //  //  //  //  18  MEN'S WOVEN UNDERWEAR OTHER THAN SHIRTS  TONNES  1986 1987 1988  576 605 635   //   //  //  //  //  CATEGORY  DESCRIPTION  UNITS  YEAR  EEC QUANTITATIVE LIMITS   //   //  //  //  //  //  19  HANDKERCHIEFS  1 000 PIECES  1986 1987 1988  61 012 63 452 65 990   //   //  //  //  //  21  ANORAKS, WINDCHEATERS, MEN'S AND WOMEN'S, WOVEN  1 000 PIECES  1986 1987 1988  4 736 4 950 5 173   //   //  //  //  //  26  DRESSES, WOVEN AND KNITTED  1 000 PIECES  1986 1987 1988  2 557 2 660 2 766   //   //  //  //  //  73  TRACK SUITS, KNITTED  1 000 PIECES  1986 1987 1988  1 620 1 684 1 752   //   //  //  //  //  76  WOVEN WORKWEAR, MEN'S AND WOMEN'S  TONNES  1986 1987 1988  2 571 2 687 2 808   //   //  //  //  //  37  FABRICS OF REGENERATED DISCONTINUOUS FIBRES  TONNES  1986 1987 1988  6 806 7 213 7 647   //   //  //  //  //  QUANTITIES ATTRIBUTED TO SPAIN AND PORTUGAL WITHIN COMMUNITY LIMITS  1.2.3.4,5.6.7.8.9,10CATEGORY  UNIT  YEAR  QUANTITIES  CATEGORY  UNIT  YEAR  QUANTITIES  1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10SPAIN  PORTUGAL   //  //  //  SPAIN  PORTUGAL   //   //  //  //  //  //   //  //  //  //  1.2.3.4.51  TONNES  1986 1987 1988  115 116 116  40 40 40   //   //  //  //  //  2  TONNES  1986 1987 1988  125 126 126  75 75 76  2 A  TONNES  1986 1987 1988  13 13 13  8 8 8   //   //  //  //  //  3  TONNES  1986 1987 1988  75 77 80  75 77 80  3 A  TONNES  1986 1987 1988  8 8 8  8 8 8   //   //  //  //  //  4  1 000 PIECES  1986 1987 1988  150 156 162  17 18 18   //   //  //  //  //  5  1 000 PIECES  1986 1987 1988  85 88 92  14 15 15   //   //  //  //  //  6  1 000 PIECES  1986 1987 1988  120 124 129  20 21 21   //   //  //  //  //  7  1 000 PIECES  1986 1987 1988  40 41 42  10 10 10   //   //  //  //  //  8  1 000 PIECES  1986 1987 1988  120 122 125  17 17 18   //   //  //  //  //  9  TONNES  1986 1987 1988  27 29 30  5 5 6   //   //  //  //  //  20/39  TONNES  1986 1987 1988  200 ( 1 ) 210 ( 1 ) 221 ( 1 )  21 22 23   //   //  //  //  //  23  TONNES  1986 1987 1988  65 68 72  12 13 13   //   //  //  //  //  32  TONNES  1986 1987 1988  18 19 20  14 15 15   //   //  //  //  //  12  1 000 PAIRS  1986 1987 1988  250 260 270  65 68 70   //   //  //  //  //  ( 1 ) SUB LIMIT FOR BED LINEN OF CATEGORY 20 :  1986 : 50 TONNES,  1987 : 53 TONNES,  1988 : 55 TONNES .  1.2.3.4,5.6.7.8.9,10CATEGORY  UNIT  YEARQUANTITIES  CATEGORY  UNIT  YEAR  QUANTITIES  1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10SPAIN  PORTUGAL   //  //  //  SPAIN  PORTUGAL   //   //  //  //  //  //   //  //  //  //  1.2.3.4.518  TONNES  1986 1987 1988  14 14 15  5 5 6   //   //  //  //  //  19  1 000 PIECES  1986 1987 1988  800 832 865  75 78 81   //   //  //  //  //  21  1 000 PIECES  1986 1987 1988  125 131 137  25 26 27   //   //  //  //  //  26  1 000 PIECES  1986 1987 1988  88 92 95  20 21 22   //   //  //  //  //  73  1 000 PIECES  1986 1987 1988  35 37 38  10 10 11   //   //  //  //  //  76  TONNES  1986 1987 1988  35 37 38  8 8 9   //   //  //  //  //  37  TONNES  1986 1987 1988  140 148 157  40 42 45  37 A  TONNES  1986 1987 1988  42 44 47  12 13 14   //   //  //  //  //  //  JOINT DECLARATION  REFERRING TO THE ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON TRADE IN TEXTILE PRODUCTS CONSEQUENT ON THE ACCESSION OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN AND THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC TO THE COMMUNITY AND HAVING REGARD PARTICULARLY TO THE PROVISIONS OF PROTOCOL B OF THE AGREEMENT ITSELF, AND ESPECIALLY TO THE CONFIDENTIAL EXCHANGE OF LETTERS CONCERNING PARAGRAPH 2 OF THE SAID PROTOCOL B, THE TWO PARTIES AGREE THAT, IF THE COMMUNITY SO WISHES, THIS CONFIDENTIAL EXCHANGE OF LETTERS CAN BE COMPLETED SO AS TO COVER EQUALLY IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED INTO SPAIN AND PORTUGAL .  FOR THIS PURPOSE, ANY QUANTITATIVE LIMITS THAT MAY BE SET WILL HAVE TO THE BASED ON A LEVEL NOT LOWER THAN PAST TRADE PERFORMANCE . THE CONSULTATION PROCEDURE OF THE AGREEMENT SHALL APPLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS JOINT DECLARATION .  1.2DELEGATION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA  DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY  AGREED MINUTE  IN THE COURSE OF THE NEGOTIATIONS WHICH LED TO THE INITALLING OF THE ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON TRADE IN TEXTILE PRODUCTS CONSEQUENT ON THE ACCESSION OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN AND THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC TO THE COMMUNITY, THE CHINESE DELEGATION EXPRESSED THE INTENTION, SHOULD ADDITIONAL EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES ARISE, TO SEEK ADJUSTMENTS IN THE QUANTITATIVE LIMITS SET OUT IN THE ANNEX TO THE SAID ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL .  THE DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY TOOK NOTE AND CONFIRMED THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL EXAMINE CAREFULLY AND GIVE ALL DUE CONSIDERATION TO ANY SUCH REQUEST MADE BY CHINA, SHOULD THERE BE A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL IMPORTS OF PRODUCTS COVERED BY THE ANNEX TO THE SAID ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL .  1.2HEAD OF DELEGATION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA  HEAD OF DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY  DECLARATION BY THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY  THE COMMUNITY HEREBY DECLARES THA CHINA'S TRADE IN TEXTILE PRODUCTS WITH THE CANARY ISLANDS, CEUTA AND MELILLA IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND CHINA ON TRADE IN TEXTILE PRODUCTS, NOR THOSE OF ITS ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL INITIALLED ON 31 OCTOBER 1986 .