2007/861/EC: Council Decision of 10 December 2007 on the signing and provisional application of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Belarus amending the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Belarus on trade in textile products
Date: 2007-12-10
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Belarus, quantitative restriction, signature of an agreement, textile product, trade agreement (EU)

21.12.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 337/113

COUNCIL DECISION

of 10 December 2007

on the signing and provisional application of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and the Republic of Belarus amending the Agreement between
the European Community and the Republic of Belarus on trade in textile products

(2007/861/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Article 2

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

to reciprocity,

Subject
in the form of an
the Agreement
Exchange of Letters shall be applied on a provisional basis
from 1 January 2008, pending its formal conclusion.

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

The text of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of
Letters is attached to this Decision.

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The Commission has negotiated on behalf of
the
Community an Agreement in the form of an Exchange
of Letters to extend for one year the existing Agreement
and Protocols on trade in textile products with the
Republic of Belarus, with some adjustments of the quan-
titative limits.

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
should be applied on a provisional basis as of 1 January
2008, pending the completion of procedures required for
to reciprocal provisional appli-
its conclusion, subject
cation by the Republic of Belarus.

(3)

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
should be signed on behalf of the Community,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Subject to its possible conclusion at a later date, the President of
is hereby authorised to designate the person(s)
the Council
empowered to sign on behalf of
the
Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the
European Community and the Republic of Belarus amending
the Agreement between the European Community and the
Republic of Belarus on trade in textile products.

the Community

Article 3

1.
If the Republic of Belarus fails to respect paragraph 2.4 of
the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters, the quota
for 2008 will be reduced to the levels applicable in 2007.

2.
The decision to implement paragraph 1 shall be taken in
accordance with the procedures referred to in Article 17 of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 of 12 October 1993
on common rules for imports of certain textile products from
third countries (1).

Article 4

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the
European Union.

It shall enter into force on the day following its publication in
the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 10 December 2007.

For the Council
The President

L. AMADO

(1) OJ L 275, 8.11.1993, p. 1. Regulation as

(EC) No 1217/2007 (OJ

last amended by
L 275,

Commission Regulation
19.10.2007, p. 16).