text: prior surveillance system introduced by the Community.5. In administering the quantitative limits established under this Agreement, Moldova shall ensure that the Community textile industry shall benefit from utilization of the said limits.More particularly, Moldova undertakes upon request from the Community to reserve to the Community textile industry, as a priority, at least 50 % of the quantitative limits concerned during a period extending between 1 January to 31 May of each year. For this purpose, contracts made with the industry during the period in question shall be taken into consideration.6. To facilitate the implementation of these provisions the Community shall provide the competent Moldovan authorities, before the end of each year, with a list of interested Community manufacturers and processors and, if possible, of the quantity of products requested for each firm. To this end, the firms concerned are invited to make direct contact with the relevant Moldovan enterprises as early as possible during the reservation period mentioned in this paragraph, in order to make their purchasing intentions known.Article 31. Imports into the Community of textile products covered by this Agreement shall not be subject to the quantitative limits established under this Agreement, provided that they are declared to be for re-export outside the Community in the same state or after processing, within the framework of the administrative system of control which exists within the Community.However, the release for home use of products imported into the Community under the conditions referred to above shall be subject to the production of an export licence ißüd by the authorities of Moldova, and to proof of origin in accordance with the provisions of Protocol A.2. Where the Community authorities ascertain that imports of textile products have been set off against a quantitative limit established under this Agreement, but that the products have subsequently been re-exported outside the Community, the authorities shall inform the Moldovan authorities within four weeks of the quantities involved and authorize imports of identical quantitative limit established under this Agreement for the current or the following year, as appropriate.3. The Community and Moldova recognize the special and differential character of re-imports of textile products into the Community after processing in Moldova as a specific form of industrial and trade cooperation.Should quantitative limits be established under Article 5, provided that they are effected in accordance with the regulations on economic outward processing in force in the Community, these re-imports shall not be subject to these quantitative limits if they are subject to the specific arrangements laid down in Protocol C.Article 4Should quantitative limits be introduced under Article 5, the following provisions shall apply:1. In any Agreement year advance use of a portion of the quantitative limit established for the following Agreement year is authorized for each category of products up to 5 % of the quantitative limit for the current Agreement year.Amounts delivered in advance shall be deducted from the corresponding quantitative limits established for the following Agreement year.2. Carry-over to the corresponding quantitative limit for the following Agreement year of


text: the amounts not used during any Agreement year is authorized for each category of products up to 7 % of the quantitative limit for the current Agreement year.3. Transfers in respect of categories in Group I shall not be made from any category except as follows:- transfers between categories 2 and 3 and from category 1 to categories 2 and 3 may be made up to 4 % of the quantitative limits for the category to which the transfer is made,- transfers between categories 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 may be made up to 4 % of the quantitative limit for the category to which the transfer is made.Transfers into any category in Groups II, III, IV and V may be made from any category or categories in Groups I, II, III, IV and V up to 5 % of the quantitative limit for the category to which the transfer is made.4. The table of equivalence applicable to the transfers referred to above is given in Annex I to this Agreement.5. The increase in any category of products resulting from the cumulative application of the provisions in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 above during an Agreement year shall not exceed the following limits:- 13 % for categories of products in Group I,- 13,5 % for categories of products in Groups II, III, IV and V.6. Prior notification shall be given by the Moldovan authorities in the event of recourse to the provisions of paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 above, at least 15 days in advance.Article 51. Exports of textile products listed in Annex I to this Agreement may be made subject to quantitative limits on the conditions laid down in the following paragraphs.2. Where the Community finds, under the system of administrative control set up, that the level of imports of products in a given category listed in Annex I originating in Moldova exceeds, in relation to the preceding year's total imports into the Community from all sources of products in that category, the following rates:- 0,35 % for categories of products in Group I,- 1,2 % for categories of products in Group II,- 4 % for categories of products in Groups III, IV and V,it may request the opening of consultations in accordance with the procedure described in Article 15 of this Agreement, with a view to reaching agreement on an appropriate restraint level for the products in such category.3. Pending a mutually satisfactory solution, Moldova undertakes, from the date of notification of the request for consultations, to suspend or limit at the level indicated by the Community exports of the category of products in question to the Community or to the region or regions of the Community market specified by the Community.The Community shall authorize the importation of products of the said category shipped from Moldova before the date on which the request for consultations was submitted.4. Should the Contracting Parties be unable in the course of consultations to reach a satisfactory solution within the period specified

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text: in Article 15 (2), the Community shall have the right to introduce a definitive quantitative limit at an annual level not lower than the level resulting from the application of the formula set out in paragraph 2, or 106 % of the level of imports reached during the calendar year preceding that in which imports exceeded the level resulting from the application of the formula set out in paragraph 2 and gave rise to the request for consultations, whichever is the higher.The annual level so fixed shall be revised upwards after consultations in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 15, with a view to fulfilling the conditions set out in paragraph 2, should the trend of total imports into the Community of the product in question make this necessary.5. The annual growth rate for the quantitative limits introduced under this Article shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Protocol D.6. The provisions of this Article shall not apply where the percentages specified in paragraph 2 have been reached as a result of a fall in total imports into the Community, and not as a result of an increase in exports of products originating in Moldova.7. In the event of the provisions of paragraph 2, 3 or 4 being applied, Moldova undertakes to ißü export licences for products covered by contracts concluded before the introduction of the quantitative limit, up to the volume of the quantitative limit fixed.8. Up to the date of communication of the statistics referred to in Article 12 (6), the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Article shall apply on the basis of the annual statistics previously communicated by the Community.Article 61. In view of ensuring the effective functioning of this Agreement, the Community and Moldova agree to cooperate fully in order to prevent, to investigate and to take any necessary legal and/or administrative action against circumvention by transhipment, re-routing, false declaration concerning the country or place of origin, falsification of documents, false declaration concerning fibre content, quantities description or classification of merchandise any by whatever other means. Accordingly, Moldova and the Community agree to establish the necessary legal provisions and administrative procedures permitting effective action to be taken against such circumvention, which shall include the adoption of legally binding corrective measures against exporters and/or importers involved.2. Should the Community believe on the basis of information available that the present Agreement is being circumvented, the Community will consult with Moldova with a view to reaching a mutually satisfactory solution. These consultations will be held as early as possible and at the latest within 30 days from the date of request.3. Pending the results of the consultation referred to in paragraph 2, Moldova shall, as a precautionary measure, if so requested by the Community, take all necessary measures to ensure that, where sufficient evidence of circumvention is provided, adjustments of quantitative limits established under Article 5 liable to be agreed following the consultations referred to in paragraph 2 may be carried out for the


text: quota year in which the request to open consultations in accordance with paragraph 2 was made, or for the following year if the quota for the current year is exhausted.4. Should the Parties be unable, in the course of the consultation referred to in paragraph 2 to reach a mutually satisfactory solution, the Community shall have the right:(a) where there is sufficient evidence that products originating in Moldova have been imported in circumvention of the present Agreement, to set off the relevant quantities against the quantitative limits established under Article 5;(b) where sufficient evidence shows that false declaration concerning fibre content, quantities, description or classification of products originating in Moldova has occured, to refuse to import the products in question;(c) should it appear that the territory of Moldova is involved in transhipment or re-routing of products not originating in Moldova, to introduce quantitative limits against the same products originating in Moldova if they are not already subject to quantitative limits, or to take any other appropriate measures.5. The Parties agree to establish a system of administrative cooperation to prevent and to addreß effectively all problems arising from circumvention in accordance with the provisions of Protocol A to this Agreement.Article 71. The quantitative limits established under this Agreement on imports into the Community of textile products of Moldovan origin will not be broken down by the Community into regional shares.2. The Parties shall cooperate in order to prevent sudden and prejudicial changes in traditional trade flows resulting in regional concentration of direct imports into the Community.3. Moldova shall monitor its exports of products under restraint or surveillance into the Community. Should a sudden and prejudicial change in traditional trade flows arise, the Community will be entitled to request consultations in order to find a satisfactory solution to those problems. Such consultations must be held within 15 working days of their being requested by the Community.4. Moldova shall endeavour to ensure that exports of textile products subject to quantitative limits into the Community are spaced out as evenly as possible over the year dü account being taken in particular of seasonal factors.Article 8In the event of denunciation of this Agreement as provided for in Article 20 (3), the quantitative limits established pursuant to this Agreement shall be reduced on a pro rata temporis basis unleß the Contracting Parties decide otherwise by common agreement.Article 9Moldova exports of cottage-industry fabrics woven on hand- or foot-operated looms, garments or other made-up articles obtained manually from such fabrics and of traditional folklore handicraft products shall not be subject to quantitative limits, provided that these products originating in Moldova meet the conditions laid down in Protocol B.Article 101. Should the Community consider that a textile product covered by this Agreement is being imported into the Community from Moldova at a price abnormally lower than the normal competitive level and is for this reason causing or threatening to cause serious injury to Community producers of like or directly competing products, it may request consultations under Article 15, and


text: in that event the following specific provisions shall be applicable.2. If following such consultations it is acknowledged by common accord that the situation described in paragraph 1 exists, Moldova shall take, within the limits of its powers, the necessary steps, notably as regards the price at which the product in question will be sold, to remedy the situation.3. In order to determine whether the price of a textile product is abnormally lower than the normal competitive level, it may be compared with:- the prices generally charged for like products sold under the ordinary conditions by other exporting countries on the market of the importing country,- the prices of like national products at a comparable marketing stage on the market of the importing country,- the lowest prices charged by a third country for the same product in the course of ordinary commercial dealings in the three months preceding the request for consultations, and not having led to the adoption of any measure by the Community.4. Should the consultations referred to in paragraph 2 above fail to lead to an agreement within 30 days of the Community's request for consultations, the Community may, until these consultations have produced a mutually satisfactory solution, temporarily refuse consignments of the product in question at prices under the conditions referred to in paragraph 1 above.5. In totally exceptional and critical circumstances, where consignments of products are being imported from Moldova into the Community at prices abnormally lower than the normal competitive level, such as to cause injury which it would be difficult to repair, the Community may temporarily suspend imports of the products concerned pending agreement on a solution in the course of consultations, which shall be opened immediately. The Contracting Parties shall do their utmost to reach a mutually acceptable solution within 10 working days' notice of the opening of such consultations.6. Should the Community have recourse to the measures referred to in paragraphs 4 and 5 above, Moldova may at any time request the opening of consultations to examine the possibility of eliminating or modifying these measures where the causes which made them necessary no longer exist.Article 111. The classification of the products covered by this Agreement is based on the tariff and statistical nomenclature of the Community (herinafter called the 'combined nomenclature', or in abbreviated for 'CN') and any amendments thereof.Where any decision on classification results in a change of classification practice or a change of category of any product subject to this Agreement the affected products shall follow the trade regime applicable to the practice or category they fall into after such changes.Any amendment to the combined nomenclature (CN) made in accordance with the procedures in force in the Community concerning categories of products covered by this Agreement or any decision relating to the classification of goods shall not have the effect of reducing quantitative limits introduced pursuant to this Agreement.2. The origin of the products covered by this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the rules in force in the


text: Community.Any amendement to these rules of origin shall be communicated to Moldova and shall not have the effect of reducing any quantitative limit established pursuant to this Agreement.The procedures for control of the origin of the products referred to above are laid down in Protocol A.Article 121. Moldova shall supply the Commission with precise statistical information on all export licences ißüd for categories of textile products subject to the quantitative limits established under this Agreement, or to a double-checking system expressed in quantities and in terms of valü and broken down by Member States of the Community, as well as on all certificates ißüd by the competent Moldovan authorities for products referred to in Article 9 and subject to the provisions of Protocol B.2. The Community shall likewise transmit to the Moldovan authorities precise statistical information on import authorizations ißüd by the Community authorities and import statistics for products covered by the system referred to in Article 5 (2).3. The information referred to above shall, for all categories of products, be forwarded before the end of the month following the month to which the statistics relate.4. Upon request by the Community, Moldova shall supply import statistics for all products covered by Annex I.5. Should it be found on analysis of the information exchanged that there are significant discrepancies between the returns for exports and those for imports, consultations may be initiated in accordance with the procedure specified in Article 15 of this Agreement.6. For the purpose of applying the provisions of Article 5, the Community undertakes to provide the Moldovan authorities before 15 April of each year with the preceding year's statistics on imports of all textile products covered by this Agreement, broken down by supplying country and Community Member State.Article 131. Moldova shall create favourable conditions for imports of textile products originating in the Community listed in Annex I and, where appropriate inter alia, accord to them non-discriminatory treatment as regards the application of quantitative restrictions, and the granting of licences and the allocation of currency needed to pay for such imports. Moldova will also recommend to its importers to use the possibilities offered by the Community producers of textiles mentioned above while according the highest possible degree of liberalization to those imports taking into account the development of trade between the Contracting Parties.2. Where a need for additional supplies arises and in particular a need leading to the diversification on imports of textile products in Moldova, Moldova shall accord non-discriminatory treatment to imports of textile products originating in the Community.Article 141. The Contracting Parties agree to examine the trend of trade in textile products and garments each year, in the framework of the consultations provided for in Article 15 and on the basis of the statistics referred to in Article 12.2. If the Community finds that in the cases foreseen in Article 13 (2) of this Agreement it is placed in an unfavourable position as compared with a third country, it may request consultations with Moldova in accordance


text: with the procedure specified in Article 15 with a view to taking appropriate action.Article 151. Save where it is otherwise provided for in this Agreement, the consultation procedures referred to in this Agreement shall be governed by the following provisions:- as far as possible consultations shall be held periodically. Specific additional consultations may also be held,- any request for consultations shall be notified in writing to the other Contracting Party,- where appropriate, the request for consultations shall be followed within a reasonable period and in any case not later than 15 days following the notification by a report setting out the circumstances which, in the opinion of the requesting Party, justify the submission of such a request,- the Contracting Parties shall enter into consultations within one month of notification of the request at the latest, with a view to reaching agreement or a mutually acceptable conclusion within one further month at the latest,- the period of one month referred to above for the purpose of reaching agreement or a mutually acceptable conclusion may be extended by common accord.2. The Community may request consultations in accordance with paragraph 1 when it ascertains that during a particular year of application of the Agreement difficulties arise in the Community or one of its regions dü to a sharp and substantial increase, by comparison to the preceding year, in imports of a given category of Group I subject to the quantitative limits established pursuant to this Agreement.3. At the request of either of the Contracting Parties, consultations shall be held on any problems arising from the application of this Agreement. Any consultations held under this Article shall take place in a spirit of cooperation and with a desire to reconcile the differences between the Contracting Parties.Article 16The Contracting Parties undertake to promote the exchange of visits by persons, groups and delegations from busineß, trade and industry, to facilitate contacts in the industrial, commercial and technical fields connected with trade and cooperation in textile industry and textile products and garments, and to assist in the organization of fairs and exhibitions of mutual interest.Article 171. Moldova is prepared to cooperate fully and to the extent necessary to take, within the framework of its trade policy and within the limits of its powers, measures to prevent the disruption of the trade for certain raw materials listed in Annex III.2. Taking into account its production and export possibilities, Georgia in administering exports of the products referred to in paragraph 1, shall give whenever possible favourable treatment, on a non-discriminatory basis, to the abovementioned products, requested by the Community with a view to meeting its needs.3. Problems arising in this area may be subject to the consultations provided for in Article 15.Article 18As regards intellectual property, at the request of either Contracting Party, consultations shall be held in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 15 with a view to finding an equitable solution to problems relating to the protection of marks, designs or models of articles of


text: apparel and textile products.Article 19This Agreement shall apply, on the one hand, to the territories in which the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community is applied and under the conditions laid down in that Treaty and, on the other hand, to the territory of the Republic of Moldova.Article 201. This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the date on which the Parties notify each other of the completion of the procedures necessary for that purpose. It shall be applicable until 31 December 1994. Thereafter, the application of all the provisions of this Agreement shall be extended automatically for a period of one more year up to 31 December 1995, unleß either Party notifies the other at least six months before 31 December 1994 that it dös not agree with this extension.2. This Agreement shall apply with effect from 1 January 1993.3. Either Contracting Party may at any time propose modifications to this Agreement or denounce it, provided that at least six months' notice is given. In that event, the Agreement shall come to an end on the expiry of the period of notice.4. The Contracting Parties agree to enter into consultations not later than six months before the expiration of the present Agreement with a view to possibly concluding a new Agreement.5. The Annexes, Protocols, Agreed Minutes and letters exchanged or attached to this Agreement, shall form an integral part thereof.Article 21This Agreement shall be drawn up in two copies in the Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portugüse, Spanish and Moldovan languages, each of these texts being equally authentic.For the Government of the Republic of MoldovaFor the Council of the European CommunitiesANNEX I (The contents of this Annex I are identical to those of pages 9 to 41.) ANNEX II Products without quantitative limits subject to the double-checking system referred to in Article 2 (3) to the Agreement.(The full products descriptions of the categories listed in this Annex are to be found in Annex I to the Agreement.)Category:123456789203915115117118ANNEX III RAW MATERIALS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 17 Silk and silk wastePROTOCOL A TITLE I CLASSIFICATION Article 11. The competent authorities of the Community undertake to inform Moldova of any changes in the combined nomenclature (CN) before the date of their entry into force in the Community.2. The competent authorities of the Community undertake to inform the competent authorities of Moldova of any decisions relating to the classification of products subject to the present Agreement, within one month of their adoption at the latest. Such communication shall include:(a) a description of the products concerned;(b) the relevant category and the related CN codes;(c) the reasons which have led to the decision.3. Where a decision on classification results in a change of classification practice or a change of category of any product subject to the Agreement, the competent authorities of the Community shall provide 30 days' notice, from the date of the Community's communication, before the decision is put into effect. Products shipped before the


text: date of entry into effect of the decision shall remain subject to the earlier classification practice, provided that the goods in the question are presented for importation into the Community within 60 days of that date.4. Where a Community decision on classification resulting in a change of classification practice or a change of categorization of any product subject to the Agreement affects a category subject to quantitative limits, the Contracting Parties agree to enter into consultation in accordance with the procedures described in Article 15 of the Agreement with a view to honouring the obligation under the second subparagraph of Article 11 (1) of the Agreement.5. In case of divergent opinions between Moldova and the competent Community authorities at the point of entry into the Community on the classification of products covered by the present Agreement, classification shall provisionally be based on indications provided by the Community, pending consultations in accordance with Article 15 with a view to reaching agreement on definitive classification of the product concerned.TITLE II ORIGIN Article 21. Products originating in Moldova for export to the Community in accordance with the arrangements established by this Agreement shall be accompanied by a certificate of Moldovan origin conforming to the model annexed to this Protocol.2. The certificate of origin shall be certified by the competent Moldovan organizations authorized unter the Moldovan legislation if the products in question can be considered products originating in that country within the meaning of the relevant rules in force in the Community.3. However, the products in Group III, IV and V may be imported into the Community in accordance with the arrangements established by this Agreement on production of a declaration by the exporter on the invoice or other commercial document relating to the products to the effect that the products in question originate in Moldova within the meaning of the relevant rules n force in the Community.4. The certificate of origin referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be required for import of goods covered by a certificate of origin Form A or Form APR completed in accordance with the relevant Community rules in order to qualify for generalized tariff preferences.Article 3The certificate of origin shall be ißüd only on application having been made in writing by the exporter or, under the exporter's responsibility, by his authorized representative. The competent Moldovan organizations authorized under Moldovan legislation shall ensure that the certificate of origin is properly completed and for this purpose they shall call for any necessary documentary evidence or carry out any check which they consider appropriate.Article 4Where different criteria for determining origin are laid down for products falling within the same category, the certificates or declarations of origin must contain a sufficiently detailed description of the goods so as to enable Moldovan criterion to be determined, on the basis of which the certificate was ißüd or the declaration drawn up.Article 5The discovery of slight discrepancies between the statements made in the certificate of origin and those made in the documents produced to


text: the customs office for the purpose of carrying out the formalities for importing the products shall not ipso facto cast doubt upon the statements in the certificate.TITLE III DOUBLE-CHECKING SYSTEM Section I Exportation Article 61. The competent authorities of Moldova shall ißü an export licence in respect of all consignments from Moldova of textile products subject to any definitive or provisional quantitative limits established under Article 5 of the Agreement, up to the relevant quantitative limits as may be modified by Articles 4, 6 and 8 of the Agreement, as well as of all consignments of textile products subject to a double-checking system without quantitative limits as provided for in Article 2 (3) and (4) of the Agreement.Article 71. For products subject to quantitative limits under this Agreement the export licence shall conform to Model 1 annexed to this Protocol and it shall be valid for exports throughout the customs territory to which the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community applies. However, where the Community has made recourse to the provisions of Articles 5 and 7 of the Agreement in accordance with the provisions of the Agreed Minute No 1, or to the Agreed Minute No 2, the textile products covered by the export licences can only be put into free circulation in the region(s) of the Community indicated in those licences.2. Where quantitative limits have been introduced pursuant to this Agreement, each export licence must certify inter alia that the quantity of the product in question has been set off against the quantitative limit established for the category of the products concerned and shall only cover one category of products subject to quantitative limits. It may be used for one or more consignments of the products in question.3. For products subject to a double-checking system without quantitative limits the export licence shall conform to Model 2 annexed to this Protocol. It shall only cover one category of products and may be used for one or more consignments of the products in question.Article 8The competent authorities of the Community must be informed immediately of the withdrawal or modification of any export licence already ißüd.Article 91. Exports of textile products subject to quantitative limits pursuant to this Agreement shall be set off against the quantitative limits established for the year in which the shipment of the goods has been effected even if the export licence is ißüd after such shipment.2. For the purpose of applying paragraph 1, shipment of the goods is considered to have taken place on the date of their loading onto the exporting aircraft, vehicule or vessel.Article 10The presentation of an export licence, in application of Article 12 hereafter, shall be effected not later than 31 March of the year following that in which the goods covered by the licence have been shipped.Section II Importation Article 11Importation into the Community of textile products subject to quantitative limits or to a double-checking system pursuant to this Agreement shall be subject to the presentation of an import authorization.Article 121. The


text: competent authorities of the Community shall ißü the import authorization referred to in Article 11 above, within five working days of the presentation by the importer of the original of the corresponding export licence.2. The import authorizations concerning products subject to quantitative limits under this Agreement shall be valid for six months from the date of their ißü for imports throughout the customs territory to which the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community is applied. However, where the Community has recourse to the provisions of Articles 5 and 7 of the Agreement in accordance with the provisions of the Agreed Minute No 1, or to the Agreed Minute No 2, the products covered by the import licences can only be put into free circulation in the region(s) of the Community indicated in those licences.3. The import authorizations for products subject to a double-checking system without quantitative limits shall be valid for six months from the date of their ißü for imports throughout the customs territory to which the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community is applicable.4. The competent authorities of the Community shall cancel the import authorization already ißüd whenever the corresponding export licence has been withdrawn.However, if the competent authorities of the Community are notified of the withdrawal or the cancellation of the export licence only after the importation of the products into the Community, the relevant quantities shall be set off against the quantitative limits established for the category and the quota year concerned.Article 131. If the competent authorities of the Community find that the total quantities covered by export licences ißüd by the competent authorities of Moldova for a particular category in any year exceed the quantitative limit established in accordance with Article 5 of the Agreement for that category, as may be modified by Articles 4, 6 and 8 of the Agreement, the said authorities may suspend the further ißü of import authorizations. In this event, the competent authorities of the Community shall immediately inform the authorities of Moldova and the special consultation procedure set out in Article 15 of the Agreement shall be initiated forthwith.2. Exports of products of Moldovan origin subject to quantitative limits or a double-checking system and not covered by Moldovan export licences ißüd in accordance with the provisions of this Protocol may be refused an import authorization by the competent Community authorities.However, without prejudice to Article 6 of the Agreement if the import of such products is allowed into the Community by the competent authorities of the Community, the quantities involved shall not be set off against the appropriate quantitative limits established pursuant to this Agreement, without the expreß agreement of the competent authorities of Moldova.TITLE IV FORM AND PRODUCTION OF EXPORT CERTIFICATES AND CERTIFICATES OF ORIGIN, AND COMMON PROVISIONS CONCERNING EXPORTS TO THE COMMUNITY Article 141. The export licence and the certificate of origin may comprise additional copies duly indicated as such. They shall be made out in English or French. If they are completed by hand, entries must be


text: in ink and in printed script.These documents shall measure 210 × 297 mm. The paper used shall be white writing paper, sized, not containing mechanical pulp, and weighing not leß than 25 g/m2. If the documents have several copies only the top copy, which is the original, shall be printed with the guilloche pattern background. This copy shall be clearly marked as 'original' and the other copies as 'copies'. Only the original shall be accepted by the competent authorities of the Community as being valid for the purpose of export to the Community in accordance with the provision of the Agreement.2. Each document shall bear a standardized serial number, whether or not printed, by which it can be identified.This number shall be composed of the following elements:- two letters identifying the exporting country as follows: MD- two letters identifying the intended Member State of customs clearance as follows:BL = Benelux,DE = Federal Republic of Germany,DK = Denmark,EL = Greece,ES = Spain,FR = France,GB = United Kingdom,IE = Ireland,IT = Italy,PT = Portugal,- a one-digit number identifying quota year, corresponding to the last figure in the respective year, e.g. 3 for 1993,- a two-digit number from 01 to 99, identifying the particular issuing office concerned in the exporting country,- a five-digit number running consecutively from 00001 to 99999 allocated to the intended Member State of customs clearance.Article 15The export licence and the certificate of origin may be ißüd after the shipment of the products to which they relate. In such cases they must bear the endorsement 'délivré a posteriori' or the endorsement 'ißüd retrospectively'.Article 161. In the event of a theft, loß or destruction of an export licence or a certificate of origin, the exporter may apply to the competent Moldovan authorities which ißüd the document for a duplicate to be made out on the basis of the export documents in his possession. The duplicate of any such certificate or licence so ißüd shall bear the endorsement 'duplicata' or 'duplicate'.2. The duplicate shall bear the date of the original export licence or certificate of origin.TITLE V ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION Article 17The Community and Moldova shall cooperate closely in the implementation of the provisions of this Protocol. To this end, contacts and exchanges or views, including on technical matters, shall be facilitated by both Parties.Article 18In order to ensure the correct application of this Protocol, the Community and Moldova offer mutual assistance for the checking of the authenticity and the accuracy of export licences and certificates of origin ißüd or of any declarations made within the terms of this Protocol.Article 19Moldova shall transmit to the Commission of the European Communities the names and addresses of the authorities competent to ißü and verify the export licences and the certificates of origin, together with specimens of the stamps used by these authorities and specimen signatures of officials responsible for signing the export licences and the certificates of origin. Moldova shall also notify the Community of any change in this information.Article 201. Subsequent verification of certificates


text: of origin or export licences shall be carried out at random, or whenever the competent Community authorities have reasonable doubt as to the authenticity of the certificate or licence or as to the accuracy of the information regarding the trü origin of the products in question.2. In such cases, the competent authorities in the Community shall return the certificate of origin or the export licence or a copy thereof to the competent Moldovan authorities, giving, where appropriate, the reasons of form or substance which justify an enquiry. If the invoice has been submitted, such invoice or a copy thereof shall be attached to the certificate or to the licence or their copies. The authorities shall also forward any information that has been obtained suggesting that the particulars given on the said certificate or licence are inaccurate.3. The provisions of paragraph 1 above shall also apply to subsequent verifications of the declarations of origin provided for in Article 2 of this Protocol.4. The results of the subsequent verifications carried out in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 above shall be communicated to the competent authorities of the Community within three months at the latest. The information communicated shall indicate whether the disputed certificate, licence or declaration, applies to the goods actually exported and whether these goods are eligible for export under the arrangements established by the Agreement. The information shall also include, at the request of the Community, copies of all the documentation necessary to fully determine the facts, and in particular the trü origin of the goods.Should such verifications reveal systematic irregularities in the use of declarations of origin, the Community may subject imports of the products in question to the provisions of Article 2 (1) of this Protocol.5. For the purpose of subsequent verification of certificates of origin, copies of the certificates as well as any export documents referring to them shall be kept for at least two years by the competent Moldovan authorities.6. Recourse to the random verification procedure specified in this Article must not constitute an obstacle to the release for home use of the products in question.Article 211. Where the verification procedure referred to in Article 20 or where information available to the competent authorities of the Community or of Moldova indicates or appears to indicate that the provisions of this Agreement are being circumvented or infringed, the two Contracting Parties shall cooperate closely and with the appropriate urgency in order to prevent any such circumvention or infringement.2. To this end, the competent authorities of Moldova shall, on their own initiative or at the request of the Community, carry out appropriate inquiries, or arrange for such inquiries to be carried out, concerning operations which are, or appear to the Community to be, in circumvention or infringement of this Protocol. Moldova shall communicate the results, of these inquiries to the Community, including any other pertinent information enabling the cause of the circumvention or infringement, including the trü origin of the goods to be determined.3. By agreement between


text: the Community and Moldova, officials designated by the Community may be present at the inquiries referred to in paragraph 2 above.4. Pursuant to the cooperation referred to in paragraph 1 above, the competent authorities of the Community and Moldova shall exchange any information considered by either Contracting Party to be of use in preventing circumvention or infringement of the provisions of this Agreement. These exchanges may include information on the production of textile, products in Moldova and on the trade in the type of products covered by this Agreement between Moldova and third countries, particularly where the Community has reasonable grounds to consider that the products in question may be in transit acroß the territory of Moldova prior to their importation into the Community. This information may include at the request of the Community copies of all available relevant documentation.5. Where sufficient evidence shows that the provisions of this Protocol have been circumvented or infringed, the competent authorities of Moldova and the Community may agree to take the measures set out in Article 6 (4) of the Agreement, and any other measures as are necessary to prevent a recurrence of such circumvention or infringement.Annex to Protocol A, Article 2 (1) >VERWEIS AUF EINEN FILM>Annex to Protocol A, Article 7 (1): Model 1 >VERWEIS AUF EINEN FILM>Annex to Protocol A, Article 7 (3): Model 2 >VERWEIS AUF EINEN FILM>PROTOCOL B referred to in Article 9 Cottage industry and folklore products originating in Moldova1. The exemption provided for in Article 9 in respect of cottage industry products shall apply to the following types of product only:(a) fabrics woven on looms operated solely by hand or foot, being fabrics of a kind traditionally made in the cottage industry of Moldova;(b) garments or other textile articles of a kind traditionally made in the cottage industry of Moldova obtained manually from the fabrics referred to above and sewn exclusively by hand without the aid of any machine;(c) traditional folklore products of Moldova made by hand, in a list to be agreed between the Community and Moldova.Exemption shall be granted in respect only of products covered by a certificate conforming to the specimen attached to this Protocol and ißüd by the competent authorities in Moldova. These certificates must indicate the reasons justifying their issuance; the competent authorities of the Community will accept them after having checked that the products concerned have fulfilled the conditions established in this Protocol. The certificates concerning the products envisaged in (c) above must bear a stamp 'FOLKLORE' marked clearly. In the case of a difference of opinion between the Parties concerning the nature of these products, consultations shall be held within one month in order to resolve these differences.Should imports of any product covered by this Protocol reach proportions liable to cause problems within the Community, consultations with Moldova shall be initiated as soon as possible, with a view to resolving the situation by the adoption if necessary of a quantitative limit, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article


text: 15 of this Agreement.2. The provisions of Titles IV and V of Protocol A shall apply mutatis mutandis to the products covered by paragraph 1 of this Protocol.Annex to Protocol B >VERWEIS AUF EINEN FILM>PROTOCOL C Reimports into the Community, within the meaning of Article 3 (3) of this Agreement, of products listed in the Annex to this Protocol shall be subject to the provisions of this Agreement, unleß the special provisions below provide otherwise:1. Subject to paragraph 2, only reimports into the Community of products affected by the specific quantitative limits laid down in the Annex to this Protocol shall be considered reimports within the meaning of Article 3 (3) of the Agreement.2. Reimports not covered by the Annex to this Protocol may be made subject to specific quantitative limits following consultations in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 15 of the Agreement, provided the products concerned are subject to quantitative limits pursuant to the Agreement, to a double-checking system or to surveillance measures.3. Having regard to the interests of both Parties, the Community may at its discretion, or in response to a request under Article 15 of the Agreement:(a) examine the possibility of transferring from one category to another, using in advance or carrying over from one year to the next, portions of specific quantitative limits;(b) consider the possibility of increasing specific quantitative limits.4. However, the Community may apply automatically the flexibility rules set out in paragraph 3 above within the following limits:(a) transfers between categories may not exceed 20 % the quantity for the category to which the transfer is made;(b) carry-over of a specific quantitative limit from one year to the next may not exceed 10,5 % of the quantity set for the year of actual utilization;(c) advance use of specific quantitative limits from one year to another may not exceed 7,5 % of the quantity set for the year of actual utilization.5. The Community shall inform Moldova of any measures taken pursuant to the preceding paragraphs.6. The competent authorities in the Community shall debit the specific quantitative limits referred to in paragraph 1 at the time of ißü of the prior authorization required by Council Regulation (EEC) No 636/82 which governs economic outward processing arrangements. A specific quantitative limit shall be debited for the year in which a prior authorization is ißüd.7. A certificate of origin made out by the organizations authorized to do so under Moldovan law shall be ißüd, in accordance with Protocol A to the Agreement, for all products covered by this Protocol. This certificate shall bear a reference to the prior authorization mentioned in paragraph 6 above as evidence that the processing operation it describes has been carried out in Moldova.8. The Community shall provide Moldova with the names and addresses of, and specimens of the stamps used by, the competent authorities of the Community which ißü the prior authorizations referred to in paragraph 6 above.9. Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraphs 1 to 8 above, Moldova and


text: the Community shall continü consultations with a view to seek a mutually acceptable solution enabling both Contracting Parties to benefit from the Agreement's provisions on outward processing traffic and so ensure the effective development of trade in textile products between Moldova and the Community.Annex to Protocol C (The product descriptions of the categories listed in this Annex are to be found in Annex I to the Agreement)OPT QUOTAS>PLATZ FÜR EINE TABELLE>PROTOCOL D The annual growth rate for the quantitative limits which may be introduced under Article 5 of the Agreement for the products covered by the Agreement shall be fixed by Agreement between the Parties in accordance with the consultation procedures established in Article 15 of the Agreement.Agreed Minute No 1 In the context of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Moldova on trade in textile and clothing products, initialled at Brussels on 14 May 1993, the Parties agreed that Article 5 of the Agreement dös not preclude the Community, if the conditions are fulfilled, from applying the safeguard measures for one or more of its regions in conformity with the principles of the internal market.In such an event, Moldova shall be informed in advance of the relevant provisions of Protocol A to the Agreement to be applied, as appropriate.For the Government of the Republic of MoldovaFor the Council of the European CommunitiesAgreed Minute No 2 Nothwithstanding Article 7 (1) of this Agreement, for imperative technical or administrative reasons or to find a solution to economic problems resulting from regional concentration of imports, or in order to combat circumvention and fraud of the provisions of this Agreement, the Community will establish for a limited period of time a specific management system in conformity with the principles of the internal market.However, if the Parties are unable to reach a satisfactory solution during the consultations provided for in Article 7 (3), Moldova undertakes, if so requested by the Community, to respect temporary export limits for one or more regions of the Community. In such a case, these limits shall not preclude the importation into the region(s) concerned of products which were shipped from Moldova on the basis of export licences obtained before the date of formal notification to Moldova by the Community about the introduction of the above limits.The Community shall inform Moldova of the technical and administrative measures, such as defined in the attached note verbale, that need to be introduced by both Parties in order to implement the above paragraphs in conformity with the principles of the internal market.For the Government of the Republic of MoldovaFor the Council of the European CommunitiesAgreed Minute No 3 In the context of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Moldova on trade in textile and clothing products, initialled at Brussels on 14 May 1993, the Parties agreed that Moldova shall endeavour not to deprive certain regions of the Community which have traditionally had relatively small shares of Community quotas of imports of products serving


text: as inputs for their processing industry.The Community and Moldova further agreed to hold consultations, should the need arise, in order to avert any problems which might occur in this respect.For the Government of the Republic of MoldovaFor the Council of the European CommunitiesAgreed Minute No 4 In the context of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Moldova on trade in textile and clothing products, initialled at Brussels on 14 May 1993, Moldova agreed that, from the date of request for and pending the consultations referred to in Article 7 (3), it shall cooperate by not issuing export licences that would further aggravate the problems resulting from the regional concentration of direct imports into the Community.For the Government of the Republic MoldovaFor the Council of the European CommunitiesExchange of notes The Directorate-General for External Relations of the Commission of the European Communities presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova and has the honour to refer to the Agreement on textile products between Moldova and the Community initialled at Brussels on 14 May 1993.The Directorate-General wishes to inform the Ministry that whilst awaiting the completion of the necessary procedures for the conclusion and the coming into force of the Agreement, the Community is prepared to allow the provisions of the Agreement to apply de facto from 1 January 1993. This is on the understanding that either Party may at any time terminate this de facto application of the Agreement provided that 120 days' notice is given.The Directorate-General for External Relations would be grateful if the Ministry would confirm its Agreement to the foregoing.The Directorate-General for External Relations avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova the assurance of its highest consideration.Exchange of notes The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova presents its compliments to the Directorate-General for External Relations of the Commission of the European Communities and has the honour to refer to the Agreement on textile products between Moldova and the Community initialled at Brussels on 14 May 1993.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova wishes to confirm to the Directorate-General that whilst awaiting the completion of the necessary procedures for the conclusion and the coming into force of the Agreement, the Government of the Republic of Moldova is prepared to allow the provisions of the Agreement to apply de facto from 1 January 1993. This is on the understanding that either Party may at any time terminate this de facto application of the Agreement provided that 120 days' notice is given.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova to the European Communities avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Directorate-General for External Relations of the Commission of the European Communities the assurance of its highest consideration.


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 Protokoll zur Erneuerung des Kooperationsabkommens zwischen der Europäischen Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft und dem Königreich Thailand über die Produktion und die Vermarktung von Manihot sowie den Handel mit Manihot
 Amtsblatt Nr. L 155 vom 10/06/1986 S. 0009 - 0010
 ***** PROTOKOLL zur Erneuerung des Kooperationsabkommens zwischen der Europäischen Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft und dem Königreich Thailand über die Produktion und die Vermarktung von Manihot sowie den Handel mit Manihot DER RAT DER EUROPÄISCHEN GEMEINSCHAFTEN einerseits, DIE REGIERUNG DES KÖNIGREICHS THAILAND andererseits, NACH seitens der Regierung des Königreichs Thailand gewünschten Konsultationen gemäß Artikel 9 des Kooperationsabkommens zwischen dem Königreich Thailand und der Europäischen Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft über die Produktion und die Vermarktung von Manihot sowie den Handel mit Manihot, im folgenden »Kooperationsabkommen" genannt, UNTER BERÜCKSICHTIGUNG der Tatsache, daß seit dem Inkrafttreten des Kooperationsabkommens das Königreich Thailand Vertragspartei des Allgemeinen Zoll- und Handelsabkommens (GATT) geworden ist, IN DER ERKENNTNIS, daß das Kooperationsabkommen ordnungsgemäß angewendet worden ist, MIT RÜCKSICHT DARAUF, daß nicht alle Ziele landwirtschaftlicher Entwicklung und Diversifizierung in Thailand im Laufe des ursprünglichen Fünfjahreszeitraums verwirklicht werden konnten und daß daher die Bemühungen in diesem Zusammenhang, einschließlich etwaiger Beratungen auf Ministerebene, fortgesetzt werden sollten, IN DEM WILLEN, das Kooperationsabkommen fortzuführen, HABEN BESCHLOSSEN, das mit diesem Protokoll insbesondere bezueglich der Artikel 1, 3 und 9 ergänzte und geänderte Kooperationsabkommen zu erneuern; sie haben zu diesem Zweck zu ihren Bevollmächtigten ernannt: DER RAT DER EUROPÄISCHEN GEMEINSCHAFTEN: DIE REGIERUNG DES KÖNIGREICHS THAILAND: DIESE SIND nach Austausch ihrer in guter und gehöriger Form befundenen Vollmachten WIE FOLGT ÜBEREINGEKOMMEN: Artikel 1 Das Kooperationsabkommen wird für einen Vierjahreszeitraum, beginnend am 1. Januar 1987, verlängert. Es gilt anschließend jeweils für weitere Vierjahreszeiträume auf der Grundlage der für den Vierjahreszeitraum vom 1. Januar 1987 bis zum 31. Dezember 1990 vereinbarten Mengen, sofern es nicht von einer der Vertragsparteien mindestens ein Jahr vor Ablauf des ursprünglichen Vierjahreszeitraums oder eines der darauffolgenden Vierjahreszeiträume gekündigt wird. Eine Kündigung wird zu Ende des Vierjahreszeitraums wirksam, in dem sie notifiziert worden ist. Vor der Notifizierung der Kündigung des Abkommens nimmt die Vertragspartei Konsultationen mit der anderen Vertragspartei auf, um Lösungen zu suchen oder Änderungen zu vereinbaren, die einen Fortbestand des Kooperationsabkommens ermöglichen. Artikel 2 (1) Für den Vierjahreszeitraum vom 1. Januar 1987 bis zum 31. Dezember 1990 sowie für jeden der darauffolgenden Vierjahreszeiträume wird die Gesamtausfuhrmenge je Zeitraum auf 21 Millionen Tonnen festgesetzt. Die Ausfuhren dürfen jedoch 5,5 Millionen Tonnen pro Jahr nicht überschreiten. (2) Zur Aufrechterhaltung kontinuierlicher Manihotlieferungen beim Übergang zwischen den Jahren 1986 und 1987 sowie zwischen den 1991 beginnenden darauffolgenden Verlängerungszeiträumen kann das Königreich Thailand im letzten Quartal der Jahre 1986 und 1990 sowie des letzten Jahres jedes der darauffolgenden Vierjahreszeiträume im Rahmen der in Absatz 1 genannten Jahreshöchstmenge Ausfuhrbescheinigungen für eine zusätzliche Menge von bis zu 500 000 Tonnen ausstellen. Diese Menge wird auf die Ausfuhrmenge des unmittelbar darauffolgenden Vierjahreszeitraums angerechnet. Artikel 3 (1) Im Rahmen der vereinbarten Mengen erhebt die Europäische Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft weiterhin Einfuhrabgaben von höchstens 6 v. H. des Zollwerts auf die nach dem Kooperationsabkommen derzeit eingeführten Manihotwurzeln und -erzeugnisse; hierunter fallen


text: auch solche »hard pellets", die in einem Verfahren hergestellt werden, bei dem die Manihotwurzeln vor der Pelletisierung zunächst zu Mehl/Schrot zermahlen werden. Es wird anerkannt, daß technologische Verbesserungen bei der Manihotverarbeitung zu dessen leichterem Transport und/oder zur Lösung von Umweltproblemen von der gemeinsamen Arbeitsgruppe gemäß Artikel 7 des Kooperationsabkommens weiterverfolgt werden sollten. (2) Absatz 1 gilt unbeschadet des Inkrafttretens des neuen harmonisierten Systems zur Bezeichnung und Kodierung der Waren. (3) Dieser Artikel berührt oder präjudiziert jedoch nicht die künftige Definition der folgenden beiden Gruppen von Erzeugnissen: a) Erzeugnisse, die unter die derzeit ausgesetzte ursprüngliche GATT-Bindung der Gemeinschaft fallen; b) Erzeugnisse, die unter die derzeitige GATT-Regelung fallen, nach der die GATT-Bindung der Gemeinschaft zeitweilig ausgesetzt und durch ein Zollkontingent ersetzt wurde. (4) Jede künftige Definition oder Auslegung der in Absatz 3 genannten GATT-Bindung der Gemeinschaft oder Vereinbarung über deren zeitweilige Aussetzung berührt nicht das Kooperationsabkommen. Artikel 4 Dieses Protokoll ist in zwei Urschriften in dänischer, deutscher, englischer, französischer, griechischer, italienischer, niederländischer, portugiesischer, spanischer und Thai-Sprache abgefasst, wobei jeder Wortlaut gleichermassen verbindlich ist.


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 Beschluß Nr. 1/81 des Gemischten Ausschusses EWG- Österreich vom 24. Juni 1981 zur erneuten Änderung von Artikel 8 des Protokolls Nr. 3 über die Bestimmung des Begriffs "Erzeugnisse mit Ursprung in" oder "Ursprungserzeugnisse" und über die Methoden der Zusammenarbeit der Verwaltungen
 Amtsblatt Nr. L 247 vom 31/08/1981 S. 0002 - 0002
 BESCHLUSS Nr. 1/81 DES GEMISCHTEN AUSSCHUSSES vom 24. Juni 1981 zur erneuten Änderung von Artikel 8 des Protokolls Nr. 3 über die Bestimmung des Begriffs "Erzeugnisse mit Ursprung in" oder "Ursprungserzeugnisse" und über die Methoden der Zusammenarbeit der VerwaltungenDER GEMISCHTE AUSSCHUSS -gestützt auf das am 22. Juli 1972 in Brüssel unterzeichnete Abkommen zwischen der Europäischen Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft und der Republik Österreich,gestützt auf das Protokoll Nr. 3 über die Bestimmung des Begriffs "Erzeugnisse mit Ursprung in" oder "Ursprungserzeugnisse" und über die Methoden der Zusammenarbeit der Verwaltungen, insbesondere auf Artikel 28,in Erwägung nachstehender Gründe:Einige der am 1. Oktober 1980 gültigen nationalen Kurse der Europäischen Rechnungseinheit waren niedriger als die Kurse vom 30. Juni 1978. Diese Tatsache würde infolge des im Beschluß Nr. 1/78 des Gemischten Ausschusses festgelegten automatischen Wechsels des Stichtages in den jeweiligen Landeswährungen zu einer Verminderung der im Rahmen der Verfahrensvereinfachung festgelegten Hoechstbeträge führen. Um dies zu vermeiden, müssen die in Europäischen Rechnungseinheiten ausgedrückten Hoechstbeträge angehoben werden.Die Gemeinschaft hat die Europäische Rechnungseinheit ab 1. Januar 1981 durch die Europäische Währungseinheit (ECU) ersetzt.Es ist deshalb angebracht, den Ausdruck "Europäische Rechnungseinheit" im Protokoll Nr. 3 durch den Ausdruck "ECU" zu ersetzen -BESCHLIESST:Artikel 1Artikel 8 des Protokolls Nr. 3, geändert durch den Beschluß Nr. 1/78 des Gemischten Ausschusses, wird wie folgt geändert:- In Absatz 1 Buchstabe b) wird der Ausdruck "2 400 Europäische Rechnungseinheiten" durch den Ausdruck "2 750 ECU" ersetzt;- in Absatz 2 wird der Ausdruck "165 Europäische Rechnungseinheiten" durch den Ausdruck "190 ECU" sowie der Ausdruck "480 Europäische Rechnungseinheiten" durch "550 ECU" ersetzt;- in den Absätzen 3 und 4 wird der Ausdruck "Europäische Rechnungseinheit" in allen Fällen durch den Ausdruck "ECU" ersetzt.Artikel 2Dieser Beschluß tritt am 1. Mai 1981 in Kraft.Geschehen zu Brüssel am 24. Juni 1981.Im Namen des Gemischten AusschussesDer PräsidentJosef MEISL


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 DE
 Amtsblatt der Europäischen Union
 L 143/23
 BESCHLUSS DES GEMEINSAMEN EWR-AUSSCHUSSES
 Nr. 28/2010
 vom 12. März 2010
 zur Änderung von Anhang XIII (Verkehr) des EWR-Abkommens
 DER GEMEINSAME EWR-AUSSCHUSS —
 gestützt auf das Abkommen über den Europäischen Wirtschaftsraum, geändert durch das Anpassungsprotokoll zum Abkommen über den Europäischen Wirtschaftsraum, nachstehend „Abkommen“ genannt, insbesondere auf Artikel 98,
 in Erwägung nachstehender Gründe:
 (1)
 Anhang XIII des Abkommens wurde durch den Beschluss des Gemeinsamen EWR-Ausschusses Nr. 13/2010 vom 29. Januar 2010 (1) geändert.
 (2)
 Die Richtlinie 2009/112/EG der Kommission vom 25. August 2009 zur Änderung der Richtlinie 91/439/EWG des Rates über den Führerschein (2) ist in das Abkommen aufzunehmen.
 (3)
 Die Richtlinie 2009/113/EG der Kommission vom 25. August 2009 zur Änderung der Richtlinie 2006/126/EG des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates über den Führerschein (3) ist in das Abkommen aufzunehmen —
 BESCHLIESST:
 Artikel 1
 Anhang XIII des Abkommens wird wie folgt geändert:
 1.
 Unter Nummer 24a (Richtlinie 91/439/EWG des Rates) wird folgender Gedankenstrich angefügt:
 „—
 32009 L 0112: Richtlinie 2009/112/EG der Kommission vom 25. August 2009 (ABl. L 223 vom 26.8.2009, S. 26).“
 2.
 Unter Nummer 24f (Richtlinie 2006/126/EG des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates) wird Folgendes angefügt:
 „ , geändert durch:
 —
 32009 L 0113: Richtlinie 2009/113/EG der Kommission vom 25. August 2009 (ABl. L 223 vom 26.8.2009, S. 31).“
 Artikel 2
 Der Wortlaut der Richtlinien 2009/112/EG und 2009/113/EG in isländischer und norwegischer Sprache, der in der EWR-Beilage des Amtsblatts der Europäischen Union veröffentlicht wird, ist verbindlich.
 Artikel 3
 Dieser Beschluss tritt am 13. März 2010 in Kraft, sofern dem Gemeinsamen EWR-Ausschuss alle Mitteilungen nach Artikel 103 Absatz 1 des Abkommens vorliegen (4).
 Artikel 4
 Dieser Beschluss wird im EWR-Abschnitt und in der EWR-Beilage des Amtsblatts der Europäischen Union veröffentlicht.
 Geschehen zu Brüssel am 12. März 2010.
 Für den Gemeinsamen EWR-Ausschuss
 Der Vorsitzende
 Alan SEATTER
 (1) ABl. L 101 vom 22.4.2010, S. 23.
 (2) ABl. L 223 vom 26.8.2009, S. 26.
 (3) ABl. L 223 vom 26.8.2009, S. 31.
 (4) Ein Bestehen verfassungsrechtlicher Anforderungen wurde nicht mitgeteilt.


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 25.10.2016
 DE
 Amtsblatt der Europäischen Union
 L 289/4
 ABKOMMEN
 zwischen der Europäischen Union und den Föderierten Staaten von Mikronesien über die Befreiung von der Visumpflicht für Kurzaufenthalte
 DIE EUROPÄISCHE UNION, nachstehend „Union“ oder „EU“ genannt, und
 DIE FÖDERIERTEN STAATEN VON MIKRONESIEN, nachstehend „Mikronesien“ genannt,
 nachstehend gemeinsam „Vertragsparteien“ genannt —
 IN DEM BESTREBEN, die freundschaftlichen Beziehungen zwischen den Vertragsparteien weiter auszubauen, und von dem Wunsch geleitet, Reisen ihrer Bürger durch die Sicherstellung der Visumfreiheit für Einreise und Kurzaufenthalt zu erleichtern,
 GESTÜTZT auf die Verordnung (EU) Nr. 509/2014 des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates vom 15. Mai 2014 zur Änderung der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 539/2001 des Rates zur Aufstellung der Liste der Drittländer, deren Staatsangehörige beim Überschreiten der Außengrenzen im Besitz eines Visums sein müssen, sowie der Liste der Drittländer, deren Staatsangehörige von dieser Visumpflicht befreit sind (1), mit der unter anderem 19 Drittländer, darunter Mikronesien, in die Liste der Drittländer aufgenommen wurden, deren Staatsangehörige von der Visumpflicht für Kurzaufenthalte in den Mitgliedstaaten befreit sind,
 ANGESICHTS DES UMSTANDS, dass die Befreiung von der Visumpflicht gemäß Artikel 1 der Verordnung (EU) Nr. 509/2014 für diese 19 Länder ab dem Zeitpunkt des Inkrafttretens eines mit der Union zu schließenden Abkommens über die Befreiung von der Visumpflicht gilt,
 IN DEM WUNSCH, den Grundsatz der Gleichbehandlung aller EU-Bürger zu wahren,
 UNTER BERÜCKSICHTIGUNG DES UMSTANDS, dass Personen, deren Reise dem Zweck dient, während ihres Kurzaufenthalts einer Erwerbstätigkeit nachzugehen, nicht unter dieses Abkommen fallen und somit für diese Personengruppe die einschlägigen Bestimmungen des Unionsrechts und der nationalen Rechtsvorschriften der Mitgliedstaaten sowie der nationalen Rechtsvorschriften Mikronesiens hinsichtlich der Visumpflicht oder -freiheit und des Zugangs zur Beschäftigung weiterhin Anwendung finden,
 UNTER BERÜCKSICHTIGUNG des Protokolls über die Position des Vereinigten Königreichs und Irlands hinsichtlich des Raums der Freiheit, der Sicherheit und des Rechts und des Protokolls über den in den Rahmen der Europäischen Union einbezogenen Schengen-Besitzstand, die dem Vertrag über die Europäische Union und dem Vertrag über die Arbeitsweise der Europäischen Union beigefügt sind, und in Bestätigung, dass die Bestimmungen dieses Abkommens nicht für das Vereinigte Königreich und Irland gelten —
 SIND WIE FOLGT ÜBEREINGEKOMMEN:
 Artikel 1
 Zweck
 Dieses Abkommen sieht für die Bürger der Union und die Bürger Mikronesiens die Befreiung von der Visumpflicht vor, wenn sie für höchstens 90 Tage in einem Zeitraum von 180 Tagen in das Hoheitsgebiet der anderen Vertragspartei reisen.
 Artikel 2
 Begriffsbestimmungen
 Für die Zwecke dieses Abkommens bezeichnet der Ausdruck:
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 „Mitgliedstaat“ einen Mitgliedstaat der Union mit Ausnahme des Vereinigten Königreichs und Irlands;
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 „Bürger der Union“ eine Person, die die Staatsangehörigkeit eines Mitgliedstaats im Sinne von Buchstabe a besitzt;
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 „Bürger Mikronesiens“ eine Person, die die Staatsangehörigkeit Mikronesiens besitzt;
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 „Schengen-Raum“ den Raum ohne Binnengrenzen, der das Hoheitsgebiet der Mitgliedstaaten im Sinne von Buchstabe a umfasst, die den Schengen-Besitzstand vollständig anwenden.
 Artikel 3
 Anwendungsbereich
 (1) Bürger der Union, die einen von einem Mitgliedstaat ausgestellten gültigen normalen Pass, Diplomatenpass, amtlichen Pass, Dienst- oder Sonderpass besitzen, dürfen ohne Visum in das Hoheitsgebiet Mikronesiens einreisen und sich dort für die in Artikel 4 Absatz 1 festgelegte


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Dauer aufhalten.
 Bürger Mikronesiens, die einen von Mikronesien ausgestellten gültigen normalen Pass, Diplomatenpass, amtlichen Pass, Dienst- oder Sonderpass besitzen, dürfen ohne Visum in das Hoheitsgebiet der Mitgliedstaaten einreisen und sich dort für die in Artikel 4 Absatz 2 festgelegte Dauer aufhalten.
 (2) Absatz 1 gilt nicht für Personen, deren Reise dem Zweck dient, einer Erwerbstätigkeit nachzugehen.
 Für Bürger Mikronesiens, die dieser Personengruppe angehören, kann jeder Mitgliedstaat gemäß Artikel 4 Absatz 3 der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 539/2001 (2) einzeln beschließen, die Visumpflicht beizubehalten oder aufzuheben.
 Für Bürger der Mitgliedstaaten, die dieser Personengruppe angehören, kann Mikronesien in Bezug auf jeden einzelnen Mitgliedstaat gemäß seinen nationalen Rechtsvorschriften beschließen, die Visumpflicht beizubehalten oder aufzuheben.
 (3) Die mit diesem Abkommen eingeführte Befreiung von der Visumpflicht findet unbeschadet der Rechtsvorschriften der Vertragsparteien über die Bedingungen für Einreise und Kurzaufenthalt Anwendung. Die Mitgliedstaaten und Mikronesien behalten sich vor, die Einreise in ihr jeweiliges Hoheitsgebiet und den Kurzaufenthalt in diesem Gebiet zu verweigern, wenn eine oder mehrere dieser Bedingungen nicht erfüllt sind.
 (4) Die Befreiung von der Visumpflicht gilt unabhängig von dem für das Überschreiten der Grenzen der Vertragsparteien verwendeten Verkehrsmittel.
 (5) Fragen, die nicht unter dieses Abkommen fallen, werden durch das Unionsrecht, die nationalen Rechtsvorschriften der Mitgliedstaaten oder die nationalen Rechtsvorschriften Mikronesiens geregelt.
 Artikel 4
 Aufenthaltsdauer
 (1) Bürger der Union dürfen sich höchstens 90 Tage in einem Zeitraum von 180 Tagen im Hoheitsgebiet Mikronesiens aufhalten.
 (2) Bürger Mikronesiens dürfen sich höchstens 90 Tage in einem Zeitraum von 180 Tagen im Hoheitsgebiet der Mitgliedstaaten, die den Schengen-Besitzstand vollständig anwenden, aufhalten. Dieser Zeitraum wird unabhängig von einem etwaigen Aufenthalt in einem Mitgliedstaat berechnet, der den Schengen-Besitzstand noch nicht vollständig anwendet.
 Unabhängig von der für das Hoheitsgebiet der den Schengen-Besitzstand vollständig anwendenden Mitgliedstaaten berechneten Aufenthaltsdauer dürfen sich Bürger Mikronesiens im Hoheitsgebiet eines Mitgliedstaats, der den Schengen-Besitzstand noch nicht vollständig anwendet, jeweils höchstens 90 Tage in einem Zeitraum von 180 Tagen aufhalten.
 (3) Dieses Abkommen lässt die Möglichkeit für Mikronesien und die Mitgliedstaaten unberührt, die Aufenthaltsdauer im Einklang mit den jeweiligen nationalen Rechtsvorschriften und dem Unionsrecht über 90 Tage hinaus zu verlängern.
 Artikel 5
 Räumlicher Geltungsbereich
 (1) Dieses Abkommen gilt für die Französische Republik nur für das europäische Hoheitsgebiet der Französischen Republik.
 (2) Dieses Abkommen gilt für das Königreich der Niederlande nur für das europäische Hoheitsgebiet des Königreichs der Niederlande.
 Artikel 6
 Gemischter Ausschuss für die Verwaltung des Abkommens
 (1) Die Vertragsparteien setzen einen Gemischten Sachverständigenausschuss (im Folgenden „Ausschuss“) ein, der sich aus Vertretern der Union und Vertretern Mikronesiens zusammensetzt. Die Union wird durch die Europäische Kommission vertreten.
 (2) Der Ausschuss hat unter anderem folgende Aufgaben:
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 Überwachung der Durchführung dieses Abkommens;
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 Unterbreitung von Vorschlägen zur Änderung oder Ergänzung dieses Abkommens;
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 Beilegung von Streitigkeiten betreffend die Auslegung oder Anwendung dieses Abkommens.
 (3) Der Ausschuss wird bei Bedarf auf Antrag einer Vertragspartei einberufen.
 (4) Der Ausschuss gibt sich eine Geschäftsordnung.
 Artikel 7
 Verhältnis zwischen diesem Abkommen und bestehenden bilateralen Abkommen zwischen den Mitgliedstaaten und Mikronesien über die Befreiung von der Visumpflicht
 Dieses Abkommen hat Vorrang vor bilateralen Abkommen oder Vereinbarungen


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zwischen einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten und Mikronesien, soweit sie Fragen betreffen, die unter dieses Abkommen fallen.
 Artikel 8
 Schlussbestimmungen
 (1) Dieses Abkommen wird nach den internen Verfahren jeder Vertragspartei ratifiziert oder genehmigt und tritt am ersten Tag des zweiten Monats in Kraft, der auf den Tag der letzten der beiden Notifikationen folgt, mit denen die Vertragsparteien einander den Abschluss der hierfür erforderlichen Verfahren notifiziert haben.
 Dieses Abkommen wird ab dem Tag nach seiner Unterzeichnung vorläufig angewandt.
 (2) Dieses Abkommen wird auf unbegrenzte Zeit geschlossen, kann aber gemäß Absatz 5 gekündigt werden.
 (3) Dieses Abkommen kann von den Vertragsparteien durch eine schriftliche Vereinbarung geändert werden. Änderungen treten in Kraft, sobald die Vertragsparteien einander notifiziert haben, dass ihre für die Änderung des Abkommens erforderlichen internen Verfahren abgeschlossen sind.
 (4) Jede Vertragspartei kann dieses Abkommen insbesondere aus Gründen der öffentlichen Ordnung, zum Schutz der nationalen Sicherheit oder der öffentlichen Gesundheit, wegen illegaler Einwanderung oder der Wiedereinführung der Visumpflicht durch eine Vertragspartei ganz oder teilweise aussetzen. Die Entscheidung über die Aussetzung wird der anderen Vertragspartei spätestens zwei Monate vor ihrem geplanten Inkrafttreten notifiziert. Eine Vertragspartei, die die Anwendung des Abkommens ausgesetzt hat, unterrichtet unverzüglich die andere Vertragspartei, sobald die für die Aussetzung ausschlaggebenden Gründe nicht mehr bestehen, und hebt die Aussetzung auf.
 (5) Jede Vertragspartei kann dieses Abkommen gegenüber der anderen Vertragspartei schriftlich kündigen. Das Abkommen tritt 90 Tage nach der Kündigung außer Kraft.
 (6) Mikronesien kann dieses Abkommen nur für alle Mitgliedstaaten aussetzen oder kündigen.
 (7) Die Union kann dieses Abkommen nur für alle ihre Mitgliedstaaten aussetzen oder kündigen.
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 За Европейския съюз
 Рог la Unión Europea
 Za Evropskou unii
 For Den Europæiske Union
 Für die Europäische Union
 Euroopa Liidu nimel
 Για την Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση
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 Pour l'Union européenne
 Za Europsku uniju
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 Europos Sąjungos vardu
 Az Európai Unió részéről
 Għall-Unjoni Ewropea
 Voor de Europese Unie
 W imieniu Unii Europejskiej
 Pela União Europeia
 Pentru Uniunea Europeană
 Za Európsku úniu
 Za Evropsko unijo
 Euroopan unionin puolesta
 För Europeiska unionen
 За Федеративните щати Микронезия
 Por los Estados Federados de Micronesia
 Za Federativní státy Mikronésie
 For Mikronesiens Forenede Stater
 Für die Föderierten Staaten von Mikronesien
 Mikroneesia Liiduriikide nimel
 Για τις Ομόσπονδες Πολιτείες της Μικρονησίας
 For the Federated States of Micronesia
 Pour les États fédérés de Micronésie
 Za Savezne Države Mikronezije
 Per gli Stati federati di Micronesia
 Mikronēzijas Federatīvo Valstu vārdā –
 Mikronezijos Federacinių Valstijų vardu
 A Mikronéziai Szövetségi Államok részéről
 Għall-Istati Federali tal-Mikroneżja
 Voor de Federale Staten van Micronesië
 W imieniu Sfederowanych Stanów Mikronezji
 Pelos Estados Federados da Micronésia
 Pentru Statele Federate ale Microneziei
 Za Mikronézske federatívne štáty
 Za Federativne države Mikronezije
 Mikronesian liittovaltion puolesta
 För Mikronesiska federationen
 (1) ABl. EU L 149 vom 20.5.2014, S. 67.
 (2) Verordnung (EG) Nr. 539/2001 des Rates vom 15. März 2001 zur Aufstellung der Liste der Drittländer, deren Staatsangehörige beim Überschreiten der Außengrenzen im Besitz eines Visums sein müssen, sowie der Liste der Drittländer, deren Staatsangehörige von dieser Visumpflicht befreit sind (ABl. EU L 81 vom 21.3.2001, S. 1).
 GEMEINSAME ERKLÄRUNG ZU ISLAND, NORWEGEN, DER SCHWEIZ UND LIECHTENSTEIN
 Die Vertragsparteien nehmen die engen Beziehungen zwischen der Europäischen Union und Island, Norwegen, der Schweiz und Liechtenstein zur Kenntnis, die insbesondere auf dem Übereinkommen vom 18. Mai 1999 und dem Abkommen vom 26. Oktober 2004 über die Assoziierung dieser Länder bei der Umsetzung, Anwendung und Entwicklung des Schengen-Besitzstands beruhen.
 Daher ist es wünschenswert, dass Island, Norwegen, die Schweiz und Liechtenstein einerseits sowie Mikronesien andererseits unverzüglich bilaterale Abkommen über die Befreiung von der Visumpflicht für Kurzaufenthalte mit ähnlichen Bestimmungen schließen, wie sie dieses Abkommen vorsieht.
 GEMEINSAME ERKLÄRUNG ZUR AUSLEGUNG VON ARTIKEL 3 ABSATZ 2 DIESES ABKOMMENS BETREFFEND DIE PERSONENGRUPPE, DEREN REISEZWECK DARIN BESTEHT, EINER ERWERBSTÄTIGKEIT NACHZUGEHEN
 In dem Wunsch, eine gemeinsame Auslegung zu gewährleisten, vereinbaren die Vertragsparteien, dass für die Zwecke dieses Abkommens die Personengruppe, die einer Erwerbstätigkeit nachgeht, Personen umfasst, deren Einreise dem Zweck dient, im Hoheitsgebiet der anderen Vertragspartei als Arbeitnehmer oder Dienstleistungserbringer einer Erwerbstätigkeit nachzugehen.
 In diese Personengruppe sollten nicht fallen:
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 Geschäftsleute, d. h. Personen, die zum Zweck geschäftlicher Beratungen reisen (ohne im Land der anderen Vertragspartei beschäftigt zu sein),
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 Sportler oder Künstler, die punktuell an einer Veranstaltung teilnehmen oder ein Engagement wahrnehmen,
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 Journalisten, die von den Medien ihres Wohnsitzlands entsandt werden, und
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 innerbetriebliche Auszubildende.
 Der Gemischte Ausschuss überwacht die Umsetzung dieser Erklärung im Rahmen seiner Zuständigkeit nach Artikel 6 dieses Abkommens; er kann Änderungen vorschlagen, wenn er dies aufgrund der Erfahrungen der Vertragsparteien für erforderlich hält.
 GEMEINSAME ERKLÄRUNG ZUR ABGRENZUNG DES ZEITRAUMS VON 90 TAGEN IN EINEM ZEITRAUM VON 180 TAGEN GEMÄSS ARTIKEL 4 DIESES ABKOMMENS
 Die Vertragsparteien vereinbaren, dass der Zeitraum von höchstens 90 Tagen in einem Zeitraum von 180 Tagen gemäß Artikel 4 dieses Abkommens entweder einen ununterbrochenen Aufenthalt oder mehrere aufeinanderfolgende Aufenthalte bezeichnet, deren Gesamtdauer in einem Zeitraum von 180


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Tagen 90 Tage nicht übersteigt.
 Zugrunde gelegt wird ein „gleitender“ Zeitraum von 180 Tagen, wobei rückblickend geprüft wird, ob die Vorgabe von 90 Tagen in einem Zeitraum von 180 Tagen weiterhin an jedem einzelnen Aufenthaltstag im letzten Zeitraum von 180 Tagen erfüllt ist. Unter anderem bedeutet dies, dass die Abwesenheit während eines ununterbrochenen Zeitraums von 90 Tagen zu einem neuen Aufenthalt bis zu 90 Tagen berechtigt.
 GEMEINSAME ERKLÄRUNG ZUR INFORMATION DER BÜRGER ÜBER DAS ABKOMMEN ZUR BEFREIUNG VON DER VISUMPFLICHT
 In Anerkennung der Bedeutung der Transparenz für die Bürger der Europäischen Union und die Staatsangehörigen Mikronesiens vereinbaren die Vertragsparteien, die uneingeschränkte Verbreitung der Informationen über Inhalt und Folgen des Abkommens über die Befreiung von der Visumpflicht und damit zusammenhängende Fragen wie die Einreisebedingungen sicherzustellen.


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 21988A0927(01)
 Abkommen zwischen der Europäischen Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft und der Republik Indien über den Handel mit Textilwaren - Protokoll A - Protokoll B - Protokoll C - Vereinbarte Niederschriften - Notenwechsel Nichtamtliche Übersetzung
 Amtsblatt Nr. L 267 vom 27/09/1988 S. 0002 - 0041 L 301 30/10/1990 P. 0047
 AGREEMENT between the European Economic Community and the Republic of India on Trade in textile products Done at Brussels on 31 October 1986 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,of the one part, andTHE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA,of the other part,DESIRING to ensure the orderly and equitable development of trade in textile products between the European Economic Community (hereinafter referred to as 'the Community') and India.ON THE BASIS of the Arrangement regarding international trade in textiles (hereinafter referred to as 'the Geneva Arrangement'), and in particular Article 4 thereof, as renewed under the Protocol and the conclusions adopted by the Textiles Committee on 31 July 1986,HAVE DECIDED in a spirit of mutual cooperation to conclude this Agreement and to this end have designated as their Plenipotentiaries:THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES:THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA:WHO HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:SECTION ITrade arrangementsArticle 11. The Parties recognize and confirm that, subject to the provisions of this Agreement and without prejudice to their rights and obligations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the conduct of their mutual trade in textile products shall be governed by the provisions of the Geneva Arrangement and the Protocol of Extension dated 31 July 1986.2. In respect of the products covered by this Agreement, the Community undertakes not to introduce quantitative restrictions under Article XIX of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade or Article 3 of the Geneva Arrangement.3. Measures having equivalent effect to quantitative restrictions on the importation into the Community of the products covered by this Agreement shall be prohibited.Article 21. This Agreement shall apply to trade in textile products of cotton, wool and man-made fibres originating in India which are listed in Annex I.2. The classification of the products covered by this Agreement is based on the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff and on the nomenclature of goods for the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States (NIMEXE).From the entry into force of the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS) this classification will be based on theHarmonized System and on the Community nomenclatures derived from that system.3. The origin of the products covered by this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the rules in force in the Community.Any amendment to these rules of origin shall be communicated to India and shall not have the effect of reducing any quantitative limit established in Annex II.The procedures for control of the origin of the products referred to above are laid down in Protocol A.Article 3India agrees for each Agreement year to restrain its exports to the Community of the products described in Annex II to the limits


text: set out therein.Exports of textile products set out in Annex II shall be subject to a double-checking system specified in Protocol A.Article 4India and the Community recognize the special and differential character of re-imports of textile products into the Community after processing in India.Such re-imports may be agreed outside the quantitative limits established under this Agreement provided that they are effected in accordance with the regulations on economic outward processing in force in the Community.Article 5With reference to Article 12 (3) of the Geneva Arrangement, the limitations set out in this Agreement will not apply to handloom fabrics of the cottage industry, hand-made cottage industry products made of such handloom fabrics and traditional folklore handicraft textile products provided that these products meet the conditions laid down in Protocol B.Article 61. Imports into the Community of textile products covered by this Agreement shall not be subject to the quantitative limits established in Annex II, provided that they are declared to be for re-export outside the Community in the same state or after processing, within the framework of the administrative system of control which exists within the Community.However, the release for home use of products imported under the conditions referred to above shall be subject to the production of an export certificate ißüd by the Indian authorities, and to proof of origin in accordance with the provisions of Protocol A.2. Where the Community authorities have evidence that imports of textile products have been set off against a quantitative limit established under this Agreement, but that the products have subsequently been re-exported outside the Community, the authorities concerned shall inform the Indian authorities within four weeks of the quantities involved and authorize imports of identical quantities of the same products, which shall not be set off against the quantitative limit established under this Agreement for the current or the following year.Article 71. In any Agreement year advance use of a portion of the quantitative limit established for the following Agreement year is authorized for each category of products up to 5 % of the quantitative limit for the current Agreement year.Amounts delivered in advance shall be deducted from the corresponding quantitative limits established for the following Agreement year.2. Carryover to the corresponding quantitative limit for the following Agreement year of the amounts not used during any Agreement year is authorized for each category of products up to 7 % of the quantitative limit for the current Agreement year.3. Transfers in respect of categories in Group I shall not be made from any category except as follows:- transfers between categories 2 and 3 and from category 1 to categories 2 and 3 may be made up to 7 % of the quantitative limits for the category to which the transfer is made,- transfers between categories 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 may be made up to 7 % of the quantitative limit for the category to which the transfer is made.Transfers into any category in Groups II and III may be made from any


text: category or categories in Groups I, II and III up to 7 % of the quantitative limit for the category to which the transfer is made.4. The table of equivalence applicable to the transfers referred to above is given in Annex I to this Agreement.5. The increase in any category of products resulting from the cumulative application of the provisions in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, above during an Agreement year shall not exceed 17 %.6. Prior notification shall be given by the authorities of India in the event of recourse to the provisions of paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 above.Article 81. Exports of textile products not listed in Annex II to this Agreement may be made subject to quantitative limits by India on the conditions laid down in the following paragraphs.2. Where the Community finds, under the system of administrative control set up, that the level of imports ofproducts in a given category not listed in Annex II originating in India exceeds, in relation to the preceding year's total imports into the Community from all sources of products in that category, the following rates:- 1,0 % for categories of products in Group I,- 5,0 % for categories of products in Group II,- 10,0 % for categories of products in Group III,it may request the opening of consultations in accordance with the procedure described in Article 16 of this Agreement, with a view to reaching agreement on an appropriate restraint level for the products in such category.The Community shall authorize the importation of products of the said category shipped from India before the date on which the request for consultations was submitted.3. Pending a mutually satisfactory solution, India undertakes to limit exports of the products in the category concerned to the Community or to the regions of the Community market specified by the Community for a provisional period of three months from the date on which the request for consultations is made. Such provisional limit shall be established at 25 % of the level of imports reached during the calendar year preceding that in which imports exceeded the level resulting from the application of the formula set out in paragraph 2, and gave rise to the request for consultation or 25 % of the level resulting from the application of the formula set out in paragraph 2, whichever is the higher.4. Should the Parties be unable in the course of consultations to reach a satisfactory solution within the period specified in Article 16 of the Agreement, the Community shall have the right to introduce a definitive quantitative limit at an annual level not lower than the level resulting from the application of the formula set out in paragraph 2, or 106 % of the level of imports reached during the calendar year preceding that in which imports exceeded the level resulting from the application of the formula set out in paragraph 2 and gave rise to the request for consultations, whichever is the higher.The annual level so fixed shall be


text: revised upwards after consultations in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 16, with a view to fulfilling the conditions set out in paragraph 2, should the trend of total imports into the Community of the product in question make this necessary.5. The limits introduced under paragraph 2 or 4 may in no case be lower than the level of imports of products in that category originating in India in 1986.6. Quantitative limits may also be established by the Community on a regional basis in accordance with the provisions of Protocol C.7. The provisions of this Article shall not apply where the percentages specified in paragraph 2 have been reached as a result of fall in total imports into the Community, and not as a result of an increase in exports of products originating in India.8. In the event of the provisions of paragraph 2, 3 or 4 being applied, India undertakes to ißü export certificates for products covered by contracts concluded before the introduction of the quantitative limit, up to the volume of the quantitative limit fixed.9. Up to the date of communication of the statistics referred to in Article 9 (6), the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Article shall apply on the basis of the annual statistics previously communicated by the Community.10. The provisions of this Agreement which concern exports of products subject to the quantitative limits established in Annex II shall also apply to products for which quantitative limits are introduced under this Article.Article 91. India shall supply the Community with precise statistical information on all export certificates ißüd by the Indian authorities for all categories of textile products subject to the quantitative limits established under this Agreement as well as on all certificates ißüd by the Indian authorities for all products referred to in Article 5 and subject to the provisions of Protocol B.The Community shall likewise transmit to the Indian authorities precise statistical information on import authorizations or documents ißüd by the Community authorities in respect of export certificates ißüd by India.2. The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall, for all categories of products, be transmitted before the end of the second month following the quarter to which the statistics relate.3. The Community shall supply to the Indian authorities import statistics for all products covered by the system of administrative control referred to in Article 8 (2) and for products covered by Article 6 (1).4. The information referred to in paragraph 3 shall, for all categories of products, be forwarded before the end of the third month following the quarter to which the statistics relate.5. Should it be found on analysis of the information exchanged that there are significant discrepancies between the returns for exports and those for imports, consultations may be initiated in accordance with the procedure specified in Article 16.6. For the purpose of applying the provisions of Article 8, the Community undertakes to provide the Indian authorities before 15 April of each year with the preceding year's statistics on


text: imports of all textile products covered by this Agreement, broken down by supplying country and Community Member State.7. India and the Community will exchange to the extent possible available statistical information on trade in textile products.Article 101. Should there be divergent opinions between India and the competent Community authorities at the point of entry into the Community on the classification of products covered by the present Agreement, classification shall provisionally be based on indications provided by the Community, pending consultations in accordance with Article 16 with a view to reaching agreement on definitive classification of the product concerned.2. If the above provisional classification results in provisional debit against a quantitative limit for a category of products other than the category indicated on the export documents ißüd by the competent Indian authorities, the Community shall inform India of such provisional debit within 30 days.3. The authorities of India shall be informed of any amendment to the tariff and statistical nomenclatures in force in the Community or any decision, made in accordance with the procedures in force in the Community, relating to the classification of products covered by this Agreement.Any amendment to the tariff and statistical nomenclatures in force in the Community or any decision which results in a modification of the classification of products covered by this Agreement shall not have the effect of reducing any quantitative limit established in Annex II.The procedures for the application of this paragraph are set out in Protocol A.Article 111. India and the Community agree to cooperate fully in preventing the circumvention of the present Agreement.2. Where information available to the Community as a result of the investigations carried out in accordance with the procedures set out in Protocol A constitutes evidence that products of Indian origin subject to quantitative limits established under this Agreement have been transhipped, rerouted or otherwise imported into the Community in circumvention of this Agreement, the Community may request the opening of consultations in accordance with the procedures described in Article 16 of this Agreement, with a view to reaching agreement on an equivalent adjustment of the corresponding quantitative limits established under the Agreement.3. Pending the result of the consultations referred to in paragraph 2, India shall as a precautionary measure, if so requested by the Community, make the necessary arrangements to ensure that adjustments of quantitative limits liable to be agreed following the consultations referred to in paragraph 2, may be carried out for the quota year in which the request to open consultations in accordance with paragraph 2 was made, or for the following year if the quota for the current year is exhausted, where clear evidence of circumvention is provided.4. Should the Parties be unable in the course of consultations to reach a satisfactory solution within theperiod specified in Article 16 of the Agreement, the Community shall have the right, where clear evidence of circumvention has been provided, to deduct from the quantitative limits established under this Agreement amounts equivalent to the products of Indian origin.Article 12India