Proposal for a Council Decision on the signing, on behalf of the European Community, of an Agreement in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding between the European Community and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on arrangements in the area of market access for textile and clothing products, and authorising its provisional application
Date: 2001-11-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Pakistan, agreement (EU), market access, protocol to an agreement, textile product, trade agreement

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 16.11.2001
COM(2001) 682 final

2001/0274 (ACC)

Proposal for a

COUNCIL DECISION

on the signing, on behalf of the European Community, of an Agreement in the form of a
Memorandum of Understanding between the European Community and the Islamic
Republic of Pakistan on arrangements in the area of market access for textile and
clothing products, and authorising its provisional application

(presented by the Commission)

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

In  accordance  with  the  Council  negotiating  directives  of  9  November,  the  Commission  has
negotiated  a  Memorandum  of  Understanding  concerning  market  access  in  the  textiles  and
clothing sector with Pakistan.

The agreement provides that Pakistan will:

-

-

-

Reduce its tariffs in 2001 and 2002 to the rates agreed between the parties.

Bind its import tariffs for the textile and clothing sector within the WTO at the
rates agreed.

Not apply any non-tariff barriers in the sector.

The agreement provides that the European Community:

-

-

Will  increase  its  quotas  on  textiles  and  clothing  products  for  2001  by  15%
immediately following Pakistan’s notification of bound rates to the WTO.

Retains the right  to re-apply  the quota  regime at the  levels  applicable  for  the
year  in  question  in  the  event  that  Pakistan  fails  to  keep  any  of  the  above
commitments.

The agreement provides for periodic consultations and for consultations on request on any of
its  provisions  and  further  provides  that  the  Parties  will  co-operate  fully  concerning  any
necessary notifications to be made to the WTO or any of its bodies.

The  Council  is  invited  to  approve  this  proposal  for  a  Council  Decision  on  the  signing,  on
behalf of the European Community, of a Memorandum of Understanding on Market Access
in  textile  products  between  the  European  Community  and  the  Islamic  Republic  of  Pakistan
and authorising its provisional application pending the formal conclusion of that Agreement.

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2001/0274 (ACC)

Proposal for a

COUNCIL DECISION

on the signing, on behalf of the European Community, of an Agreement in the form of a
Memorandum of Understanding between the European Community and the Islamic
Republic of Pakistan on arrangements in the area of market access for textile and
clothing products, and authorising its provisional application

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European  Community,  and  in  particular
Article 133  thereof,  in  conjunction  with  the  first  and  second  subparagrah  of  Article  300  (2)
thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

The Commission has negotiated on behalf of the Community a bilateral Agreement in
the  form  of  a  Memorandum  of  Understanding  on  trade  in  textile  products  with
Pakistan.

The Agreement in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding was initialled on 15
October 2001.

The  Agreement  in  form  of  a  Memorandum  of  Understanding  should  be  signed  on
behalf of the Community.

In  order  to  allow  its  benefits  to  accrue  to  both  Parties  immediately  following  the
relevant  notifications  to  the  WTO,  it  is  appropriate  to  apply  this  Agreement  on  a
provisional  basis  as  from  1  December  2001  pending  completion  of  the  relevant
procedures for its formal conclusion, subject to reciprocity,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 

Article 1

Subject  to  its  possible  conclusion  at  a  later  date  the  President  of  the  Council  is  hereby
authorised  to  designate  the  persons  empowered  to  sign,  on  behalf  of  the  European
Community,  the  Agreement  in  the  form  of  a  Memorandum  of  Understanding  on  trade  in
textile products with Pakistan.

The text of the Agreement is annexed to this Decision.

3

Article 2

Subject to reciprocity, the Agreement in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding shall
be  applied  on  a  provisional  basis  from  1  December  2001  pending  the  completion  of  the
procedures for its formal conclusion

Article 3

The Commission shall re-apply the quota levels at those formerly applicable in the event of
the failure on the part of Pakistan to fulfil the obligations covered by  Points  2  and  4  of  the
Memorandum  of  Understanding  in  accordance  with  the  procedure  referred  to  in  Art.  17  of
Council  Regulation  3030/93  on  common  rules  for  imports  of  certain  textile  products  from
third countries1.

 Done at Brussels, 

For the Council
The President

1 

OJ  No  L  275,  8.11.1993,  as  last  amended  by    Council  Regulation  (EC)  no  824/97  (OJ  No  L  119,
8.5.1997,p.1)

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ANNEX

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

between the European Community and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on
arrangements in the area of market access 
for textile and clothing products
initialled in Brussels on 15 October 2001.

For the European Community

For  the  Islamic  Republic  of
Pakistan

5

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

between the European Community and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan

on transitional arrangements in the field of market access

for textile and clothing products

initialled in Brussels on 15 October 2001

1.

Delegations  of  the  European  Community  and  the  Islamic  Republic  of  Pakistan,
following earlier negotiations beginning in March 2001, met again on 15 October
2001 in Brussels to discuss improvements in access to the respective markets of
both  Parties  for  textile  and  clothing  products.    The  Parties  considered  that,
without prejudice to possible further discussions between them, they could agree
on a framework for improved market access for  the textiles  and  clothing  sector.
The Parties recorded their agreement in the following terms.

2.

The Islamic Republic of Pakistan agrees:

1.  To  bind  its  tariffs  on  textiles  and  clothing  at  the  rates  shown  in  Column  1
applicable from the date of notification and at the rates shown in Column 2 of
Annex 1 applicable from no later than 1st July 2002 by making an appropriate
notification to this effect to the World Trade Organisation.  Pakistan agrees to
consult with the European Community prior to making the notification.

2.  Where Pakistan applies lower  rates of  duty  than  those  foreseen  in  Point  2.1
Pakistan undertakes not to apply any rates higher than those currently applied
to imports of such products from the European Community.

3.  Without  prejudice  to  sub-paragraph  2  Pakistan  agrees  to  reduce  its  applied
rates  to  the  bound  rates  set  out  in  Annex  1  and  to  continue  to  apply  those
rates until further reduced by any subsequent notifications by Pakistan.

Following  confirmation  by  Pakistan  of  the  notification  foreseen  in  Point  2.1
above and the application of the tariffs foreseen in Annex I Column 1 for 2001,
the  European  Community  agrees  to  increase  the  quota  as  currently  foreseen  for
the  year  2001  by  15  %  following  which  increase  the  quota  levels  for  the  years
2002 to 2004 will be calculated on this new base level for 2001.

The  Parties  agree  to  refrain  from  adopting  any  non-tariff  measures  that  could
hinder trade in textile and clothing products.

1.  The  Parties  agree  that  the  balance  of  the  present  agreement,  forming  a
package of mutual concessions freely extended between the Parties, depends
on the full and faithful implementation of all the terms of this Memorandum
of  Understanding.    As  a  result  the  Parties  agreed  to  consult  periodically  in
order  to  ensure  the  proper  implementation  of  this  Memorandum  of
Understanding. In addition, the Parties agree to consult following the request
of either Party concerning any aspect of this Memorandum of Understanding.

6

3.

4.

5.

2. 

In  the  event  that  the  European  Community  seeks  to  exercise  the  right
contained  in  Point  6  the  European  Community  will  provide  Pakistan  with
details  of  any  alleged  failure  in  writing.  Consultations  with  a  view  to
remedying the failure in question will be held within 30 days of such written
request unless the Parties agree otherwise. In the event that the Parties cannot
agree  on  appropriate  remedial  action  within  30  days  from  the  start  of  the
consultations the European Community will have the right to proceed under
point 6. 

The  Parties  agree  that  the  European  Community  retains  the  right  to  reduce  the
quota level  to the  levels previously applicable  in the event that  Pakistan  fails  to
fulfil any of the obligations contained in Points 2 and 4 of this Agreement.

The Parties agree to co-operate fully in respect of any notifications that may be
necessary  to  the  World  Trade  Organisation  or  any  of  its  Bodies.    Any  such
notifications will be made jointly by the Parties unless they agree otherwise.

The Parties agree that this Memorandum of Understanding is without prejudice to
the  possibility  of  seeking  mutual  concessions  concerning  market  access  from
other trading partners in the sector.

The Parties agree that this Memorandum of Understanding is without prejudice to
their rights to invoke the WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding.

Any  Agreed  Minutes  and  Declarations  annexed  to  this  Memorandum  of
Understanding letter shall form an integral part of it.

The  Parties  agree  that  this  Agreement  in  the  form  of  a  Memorandum  of
Understanding shall enter into force on  the  first day  of the  month following  the
day  on  which  the  Parties  have  notified  each  other  that  the  internal  procedures
necessary  to this end have  been completed.  In the meantime,  it  shall  be  applied
provisionally from 1 December 2001 on conditions of reciprocity.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

For the European Community

For  the  Islamic  Republic  of
Pakistan

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Annex 1

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39

Agreed Minute

In the context of the Agreement in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding on trade
in  textile  and  clothing  products  between  the  European  Community  and  the  Islamic
Republic  of  Pakistan  initialled  in  Brussels  on  15  October  2001  and  more  particularly
with reference to Paragraph 4 thereof the Parties recorded their understanding that non-
tariff barriers related to all forms of hindrance to trade in the sector, include but are not
limited to matters such as:

(cid:1)  any additional duties on the import or sale of products of EU origin in excess of the
custom duties set out in the Agreement, or any other taxes of equivalent effect, which
are  higher  than  any  such  duties  or  taxes  imposed  on  the  production  or  sale  of
equivalent domestic goods

(cid:1) 

technical  regulations  or  standards,  or  conformity  assessment  or  certification  rules,
procedures or practices going beyond the purposes for which they are required

(cid:1)  any  formal  or  informal  minimum  import  price  requirement,  or  other  customs

valuation rules, procedures or practices giving rise to barriers to trade

(cid:1) 

rules,  procedures  or  practices  for  pre-shipment  inspection  that  are  discriminatory,
non-transparent,  excessively  lengthy  or  the  imposition  of  customs  controls  for  the
clearance of goods to shipments that have been subject of pre-shipment inspection

(cid:1)  excessively burdensome, costly or arbitrary rules, procedures or practices concerning
the certification of the origin of products or requiring direct shipment of goods from
the country of origin to the country of destination

(cid:1)  any  non-automatic  or  discretionary  licensing  requirements,  or  any  automatic
licensing rules, procedures or practices imposing disproportionate burdens or having
restrictive effects on imports

(cid:1) 

requirements  or  practices  concerning  marking, 
the  description  or
composition of the product or the description of the manufacturing of products which,
either in  their formulation of  in their  application,  are  in  any  form  discriminatory  as
compared with domestic products

labeling, 

(cid:1)  unduly long customs clearance delays or excessively burdensome, excessive or costly
customs  procedures,  including  inspection  requirements,  which  have  an  unnecessary
restrictive effect on imports

(cid:1)  subsidies causing injury to the EU textiles and clothing industry.

For the European Community

For  the  Islamic  Republic  of
Pakistan

40

Declaration

In the context of the Agreement in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding on trade
in  textile  and  clothing  products  between  the  European  Community  and  the  Islamic
Republic of Pakistan and the Agreed Minute thereto initialled in Brussels on 15 October
2001  the  Parties  declare  that  the  commitments  taken  concerning  non-tariff  barriers  are
bilateral commitments entered into between the parties independently of any multilateral
commitments  also  applicable  to  the  Parties.    In  consequence  the  Parties  agree  that  the
application of these provisions is of a purely bilateral nature.  The Parties further agree
that  these  bilateral  commitments  are  not  intended  to  go  beyond  or  place  them  under
higher standards or obligations than the level of commitments they have entered into in a
multilateral context.

For the European Community

For  the  Islamic  Republic  of
Pakistan

41