2008/939/EC: Council Decision of 8 December 2008 on the signing and the 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: 2008-12-08
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Belarus, quantitative restriction, signature of an agreement, textile product, trade agreement (EU)

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(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory)

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DECISIONS

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 8 December 2008

on the signing and the 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

(2008/939/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

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

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

the
The Commission has negotiated on behalf of
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
2009, pending the completion of procedures required for
its conclusion, subject
to reciprocal provisional appli­
cation by the Republic of Belarus.

Article 1

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person(s) empowered to sign 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 initialled on 1 April 1993, as last amended and
extended by the agreement in the form of an Exchange of
Letters
the
Community subject to its conclusion.

initialled on 19 October 2007 on behalf of

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

Article 2

to reciprocity,

Subject
in the form of an
the Agreement
Exchange of Letters shall be applied on a provisional basis
from 1 January 2009, pending its formal conclusion.

(3)

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

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 2009 will be reduced to the levels applicable in 2008.

Article 3

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The decision to implement paragraph 1 shall be taken in accordance with the procedures referred to in
2.
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).

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

Article 4

It shall take effect on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 8 December 2008.

For the Council
The President

B. KOUCHNER

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