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Date: 1973-06-08
Title: Proposal for a REGULATION (EEG) OF THE COUNCIL on the opening, allocation and administration of a Community tariff quota for certain textile products originating in Yugoslavia#Proposal for a REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL opening tariff preferences for certain textile produces originating in Yugoslavia (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                 COM(73)919 final
                                                 Brussels . 8 June 1973
                               Proposal for a
                     REGULATION ( EEG ) OF THE COUNCIL
        on the opening , allocation and administration of a Community
     tariff quota for certain textile products originating in Yugoslavia
                              Proposal for a
                     REGULATION ( EEC ) OF THE COUNCIL
                   opening tariff preferences for certain
               textile produces originating in    Yugoslavia
               ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
  COM(73) 919 final
 ---pagebreak---                                                             GUD/233/73-E
                            EXPLANATORY lEHORAlDUM
 1.  In its offer on generalized preferences the Community has in principle
restricted the grant of preferences on cotton textile products and on
substitute products to developing countries which have signed the Long
Term Arrangement on International Trade in Cotton Textiles ( LTA ).    It
took the view , however , that preferences for these products can also be
granted to countries which have not signed the LTA , provided such
countries enter into commitments towards the Community similar to those
obtaining under that Arrangement .
2.  In accordance with the wish expressed by the Yugoslav delegation at
meetings of the joint EBC-Yugoslavia Commission in 1971 and 1972 ,
negotiations have taken place between Yugoslavia and the EEC for the
conclusion of an Agreement on Trade in Cotton Textiles .     This Agreement ,
which was signed on 17 April 1973 must come into force on 1 June 1973
It involves , inter alia , a commitment on the part of Yugoslavia to apply
the necessary measures to ensure that . ports of cotton textiles to the
Community do not exceed certain fixed quantities .
3.  The commitments entered into by Yugoslavia towards the Community
under that Agreement may be considered as similar to those of the LTA .
The Commission consequently proposes to extend to Yugoslavia the benefit
of generalized preferences for cotton textiles and substitute products
according to certain arrangements set out below :
    (a ) Generalized tariff preferences for cotton textiles and substitute
           products from Yugoslavia are to be granted only for the period
           of validity of the Long Term Arrangement on International Trade
           in Cotton Textiles , i.e. until 30 September 1973 , as is the case
           at the moment with the other beneficiaries of such preferences .
    (b ) , In order not to affect the advantages which the'present
           beneficiaries enjoy for the same products , separate ceilings
           at zero duty are opened for Yugoslavia .  These ceilings are not
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          available to the other beneficiary developing countries ; on the
          other hand the ceilings from which the other countries benefit
          are not available to Yugoslavia . *
                                             »
     (c ) The ceilings opened for Yugoslavia are equal to the maximum
          amounts per country , expressed, in quantities , used for the
          present beneficiaries for the period up to 30 September 1973 .
          These ceilings are not , however , to be less than 10$ of Yugoslav
          exports to the Community in 1968 nor more than 100fo of those
          exports ( calculated on the basis of a reduction of % in the
          annual figures ). For the few products which were not exported
          in 1968 a special solution is adopted .
4.  The purpose of the proposals for regulations annexed hereto relating
to the textile products in question is to extend to Yugoslavia the
benefit of the generalized tariff preferences on the terms set out above .
As regards the textile products which are the subject of Community tariff
quotas , the Commission would point out that the reason for not setting up
a reserve is that it considers the quota volume to be so small that it
will quickly be used up , at a more or less equal rate in all Member States .
Since special solutions are adopted for certain cases , the rule for
calculating the Community ceilings set out at 3(c ) above - which,
incidentally , is more complex than that set out in Article 1(3 ) of
Regulation (EEC ) No 2764/72 of 19 December 1972 (OJ No L 296 , 30 December
1972 ) on calculation of the ceilings for the corresponding textile
products - cannot be applied systematically *    Moreover , unlike the
products listed in Annex A to that Regulation , a certain number of which
are not subject to any special control , only one such situation arises as
regards the present arrangement s (that of knitted or crocheted fabric
other than in cotton falling within sub-heading ex 60 . 06 A ). It is
particularly for those reasons that it has seemed more appropriate to
specify the volume of the Community ceilings in question for each type
of product concerned .
                                                                       •A
 ---pagebreak---                                                           cur/ 233/73-E
                                                          AKMSK I
               REGULATION (l2?C )            OP THE COUNCIL
      on the opening, allocation and administration - of a Community
   tariff quota for certain textile products originating in Yugoslavia
TEE COUHCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
and in particular Article 113 thereof ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Whereas within the framework of USTCTAD the European Economic Community
has made an offer concerning the granting of tariff preferences for
finished and semi-finished products from developing countries ; whereas
the preferential treatment provided for by that offer covers , in general ,
all finished and semi-finished products falling within Chapters 25 to 99
of the Brussels nomenclature and originating in developing countries ;
Whereas , however , as regards cotton textile products covered by the Long
Term Arrangement on International Trade in Cotton Textiles , the offer
provides that the preferences , in the form of ceilings for duty-free
importation , are to be granted to those .countries to which , as they have
signed the Long Term Arrangement , the generalized preferences apply , and
to any countries which enter into commitments towards the Community
similar to those obtaining under that Arrangement and for the period of
that Arrangement , which expires on 30 September 1973 ; whereas , having
regard in particular to the link established by Article 6 of the Long
Term Arrangement between cotton products and substitute products , it
appears in the event to be proper , since total suspension of customs
duties is to be granted ,     subject to the same system as that outlined
above those substitute products x^hich appear on the conditional list of
partial and limited reductions of customs duties registered under GATT
by the Community during the last tariff negotiations ;
 ---pagebreak---                                       - 2 -                GUD/ 233/73-E
                                ι
                                                           AMEX I
 Whereas the offer contains a clause stipulating that the Community has
made the offer on the basis that all the principal industrial countries
which are members of the OSCD grant preferences and devote comparable
 efforts to that end ; whereas it follows from the conclusions reached
within UNCTAD that the offer is provisional , does not constitute a binding
 commitment and in particular may subsequently be withdrawn in whole or in
part ; whereas withdrawal might be decided on, among other measures , in
 order to correct any unfavourable situations which might arise in the
associated countries as a result of the application of the system of
 generalized preferences ;
Whereas for the various categories of textile products in question Council
Regulations ( EEC ) No 2763/72 £l ) and No 2764/72 ( l ) of 19 December 1972
put into effect for Member States of the Community as it was originally
oanposedthe abovementioned offer for the first nine months of 1973 in
 favour of those developing countries which satisfy the conditions outlined
above and are listed in Annex B to those Regulations ; whereas Yugoslavia
 for its part has recently entered into commitments similar to those under
the Long Term Arrangement ; whereas Yugoslavia should therefore also be
granted the benefit of tariff preferences for the textile products in
question for the first nine months of 1973 ; whereas in order not to
affect the advantages which the present beneficiaries enjoy for the like
                                                    I
products , separate ceilings at zero duty should be opened exclusively for
products originating in Yugoslavia ; whereas each of these ceilings should
under normal conditions be equal to the maximum amount fixed by
Regulations (EEC ) No 2763 and 2764/72 for corresponding products , with
a lower limit of 10$ and an upper limit of 100$ of the quantities of the
types of products in question exported from Yugoslavia to the Community
 in 1968 ;
Whereas the .Community should , therefore , for the period to 30 September
 1973 , open Community duty-free tariff quotas in respect of the products
 listed in the Annex to this Regulation up to the amounts specified in
metric tons for each of them ; whereas the benefit of these tariff quotas
                                                                    •/.
  0J No L 296 , 30 December 1972 , pages 63 to 73 »
 ---pagebreak---                                     - 3 -                  GUD/ 233/73-E
                                                           AMEX I
should apply only to products originating in Yugoslavia , and the origin
of the goods should be determined in accordance with the procedure laid
down in Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC ) Ho 802/68^" of 27 June 1968
on the common definition of the concept of the origin of goods ;
Whereas an arrangement whereby the use of such tariff quotas is allocated
among the original Member States would appear to conform to the Community
nature of those quotas ; whereas application of the principles generally
used for allocating the Community tariff quotas opened up to the present
time results , in the event , because of the diversity of the products in
question and of the specification thereof in the benefiting country , in
calculations which are made difficult by the fact that the statistical
data required are sometimes incomplete or insufficiently precise and
representative ; whereas the time needed to make these calculations is
incompatible with the need for continuity in the application of the tarif
preferences in question ; whereas , under these conditions , the Community
tariff quotas in question must for the moment be allocated among the
Member States on a fixed rate system ; whereas , applying general economic
criteria of external trade , gross national product and population , the
initial share of each of the Hember States , expressed as a percentage ,
in the quota amounts would for the quota period in question be as follows
                          Germany          37° 5$
                         Bénélux           15 = 1%
                          Frane e          27 « 1%
                          Italy            20.3K
Whereas since the tariff quota volumes are relatively small it appears
possible , without derogating from the Community nature of those quotas ,
to provide , in the event , for an arrangement for the tise thereof whereby
there will be one allocation only under them ; xtfhereas it would appear
                                                                     ./•
X0J Eo L 1/.8, 28 June 1968, p.l .
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                                                             AÏÏNEX I
  to be possible to make this allocation according to the percentages
  indicated in the table above ;
  Whereas since the Kingdom of Belgium , the Kingdom of the Netherlands and
  the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are combined within and jointly represented
  by the Benelux Economic Union as regards the allocation of the tariff
  quotas in question , any operation relating to the administration of quotas-
  shares granted to that economic union may be performed by one of its
 members ;
  Whereas , since the tariff quotas in question are to be valid until
  30 Septanber 1973 , amendments to the system as provided for may have to be
 made in the framework of provisions which are the subject of Protocol
  No 23 annexed to the Act appended to the Treaty of Adhesion ( l ).
  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                       Article 1
  1.   Until 30 September 1973 » the Common Customs Tariff duties on the
  products listed in the Annex are totally suspended for Community tariff
           /                         >
  quotas up to the volume in metric tons indicated in column 3 of that
  Annex opposite each of those products .
  2.   The benefit of each such tariff quota is granted only for products
  originating in Yugoslavia .   For the purposes of this Regulation the origin
  of the goods shall be determined in accordance with the procedure laid
  down in Article 14 of Regulation (EBC ) NO 802/68.
                                       Article 2
  The Community tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall b3 allocated
  among the Member States in quota shares equal to the quantities shown in
  column 4 of Annex A opposite each type of product .
                                                                      ./•
( 1 ) Official Journal of the European Communities No L 73 of 27 March
      1972 , page 178 .
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                                                          ANTEX I
                                   Article 3
 1.  The Member States shall ensure that importers of the products concerned,
 established in their territory have free access to the shares allocated to
 them .
 2.  The extent to which the shares of the Member States have been used up
 shall be ascertained on the basis of imports of the products in question
presented for customs clearance under declarations for entry into free
 circulation and accompanied by a certificate of origin conforming to the
requirements of Article l(2 ).
 3.  Goods may benefit f3?om the tariff quota only if the certificate of
origin referred to in paragraph 2 is produced before the date on which the
duties are reintroduced .
                                   Article 4
The Member States shall regalarly inform the Commission of imports of the
products in question which are effectively charged against their quota
shares .
                                   Article 5
The Member States and the Commission shall collaborate closely in order to
 ensure that the provisions of the foregoing Articles are observed .
                                   Article 6
The foregoing provisions may be amended    in the framework of provisions
which are the subject of Protocol No 23 annexed to the Act appended to
the Treaty of Adhesion .
                                   Article 7
This Regolation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
 in all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,              1973                  For the Council ,
                                                       The President ,
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                                            AliïïSX
                List of products covered by Community duty–free
                      tariff quotas as part of the generalized
                   tariff preferences in favcur of Yugoslavia
                                                                       I
                                                                       I   Volume of quota
         Common                                       Quota volume         shares allocated
Item
 Mo
         Customs        Description of goods           ( in nietric        to Member States
        Tariff LTo                                        tons )           ( in metric tons )
           (1 )                    (2)                      (3 )                   (4 )
      i
 1   |    55.05        Cotton yarn , not put up
      i                for retail sale :
     ]
                       Bo   Other :
      I
     I
                          II .   Other :
     |              i
                                 Measuring, per
     1
                    I            single yarn ,
                    !            per kilo :
                                 - 14 000 m or
                                   less                      41            Germany : 15 . 3°
                                                                           Benelux : 6.19
                                                                           Prance :' 11.11
                                                                           Italy    :;  8.32
                                                    I
 2                               – more than        |
                                   14 000 m but
                                   not more than
                                   40 000 m         I      64].      ; j Germany : 240 . 38
                                                                           Beneluxr 96-79
                                                    I
                                                    !                    | Plance : 173 . 71
                                                    i
                                                    t
                                                                         ! Italy : 130 . 12
 3                             ■ – more than
                                   40 000 m but
                                   not more than
                                   80 000 m         I      221             Germany :; 82.88
                                                    !   .                  Benelux :. 33° 37
                                                    I
                                                                           Prance : 59-89.
                                                    t                      Italy s 44° 86
                                                    !
 4                               - more than        i
                                   80 000 m but
                                   not more than
                                   120 000 m        !        32    :       Germany : 12.00
                                                                           Benelux : 4*83
                                                    I
                                                    I
                                                                           Prance : 8.67
                                                                           Italy : 6.5O
 ---pagebreak---                                              - 2 -                  GUD/233/73-E
                                                                      Volume of quota
Item
          I Common                                    Qaota volume    shares allocated
  No
          I Customs       Description of goods         ( in metric    to 1-Ieraber States
            Tariff No                                   . tons )      ( in metric tons )
               (1 )                 (2)                - (3 )                  4
   5         55 . 09     Other woven fabrics of
                         cotton :
                         A. Containing Qjfo or
                            more by weight of
                            cotton :
                            I. Of a width of
                                 less than 85 cm
                                 - unbleached                18       Germany :     6.75
                                                                      Bénélux :     2.72
                                                                      France :      4 « 88
                                                                      Italy     :   3.65
   6                   I         – other                     57       Germany :    21.37
                                                                      Bénélux :     8.61
                                                                      Prance :     15-45
                                                                    i Italy : 11.57
 : 7                       II . Other :
                                                                        >
                                 - unbleached , of
                                   a width :
          I
          I
          !
                                   of 85 cm or
                               *   more but not
                                   more than 115 cm         574       Germany : 215.25
                                                                      Benelux : 86.68
                                                                      Prance : 155 - 55
                      i
                                                                      Italy : 166 . 52
   8                             - more than 115 cm
                                   but not more
                                   than I65 cm              349       Germany : 130 . 87
                                                                      Benelux :    52«70
                                                                   !  Prance :     94° 58
                                                                      Italy :      70.85
   9                             - more than I65 cm         113       Germany :    42.38
                                                                      Bénélux :    I7.O6
                                                                      Prance i     30.62
                                                                      Italy :      22.94
  10  !                          Other :            j
                                                    I
                                 - print ed                  40        Germany :   15.00
                                                                      Bénélux :     6.04
                                                                      Prance :     10 . 84
                                                                       Italy    :   8.12
  11' ;                j         – other                     40        Germany :   15*00
                                                                      Bénélux :     6.04
                                                                      Prance :     10 . 84
        I
        I                                                              Italy    :   8.12
 ---pagebreak---                                                 - 3 -                      GUD/ 233/73-E
       I                                                  I               r          '
       i                                                                    volume of quota
Item   [ Common                                             Quota volume    shares allocated
  llo  | Customs       Description of goods                  ( in metric    to Member States
         Tariff No                                              tons )      ( in metric tons )
       1    CD     i             (2)         •        .           (3) .             (4 ) :
                   i            ■ –- - - - -  - ■ - –
       I
                   i                                      I
  12   ;   56.05   j Yarn of man-made fibres
                   ! (discontinuous or                    I            ;
                   [ waste ), not put up for t                    '    "
                   [ retail sale
                   I
                   I B. Of regenerated tex-
                   :     tile fibres                                54      Germany :      20.25
                                                                            Bénélux :       8 » 15
                                                                          | Prance : 14.63
                                                                            Italy      {   10.97
                   ï
 13        56.07     Woven fabrics of man­
                   | made fibres (discon-
                   | t inuotis or waste ):
                   | B. Of regenerated tex-
                   \     tile fibres :
                         - printed                      |           75      Germany        28.13
                                                                            Bénélux      . H.33
                                                                            PVance         20.32
                   !        :                           :                   Italy          15.22
 1-4                     - other                                    75   : Germany         28.13
                                                                            Bénélux :      11.33
                                                                            France         20.32
                                                                            Italy t        15.22
 15       ex 60.03   Stockings , under stock­
                     ings , socks , ankle-
                     socks , sockettes and
                     the like , knitted or
                     crocheted , not
                     elastic nor rubberized :
                     - of cotton                                    13      Germany :       4° S3
                                                                         I
                                                                            Bénélux :       1.9"
                                                                            France :        3 » 52
                                                                            Italy      :    2 064
  16 !     60o04     Undergarments , knitted
      i
                     or crocheted , not
                     elastic nor rubberized :
                   I A. Of cotton                                   54      Germany :      20 , 25
                                                                            Bénélux :       80 15
                                                                            îtance :       14.63
                                                                            Italy :        10 . 97
                                                                                            « Iu
 ---pagebreak---                                     - 4 -              GUD/233/73-E
                                                        Volume of quota
      Common                              Quota volume  shares allocated
rte
 No
      Customs   Description of goods       (in metric   to Member States
     Tariff No                               tons )     ( in metric tons )
        (1 )              (2)                  (3 )-           (4 )
 17    61.01   Men * s and "boys * outer
               garmentsî
          /
               - other than of cotton
                  fabric                      143       Germany :   53=63
                                                        Bénélux :   21.59
                                                        Prance :    38.75
                                                        Italy :     29.03
 18    62.02   Bed linen , table linen,
               toilet linen and kitchen
               linen ; curtains and
               other furnishing
               articles :
               - of cotton fabric               23      Germany :    8.63
                                                        Bénélux :    3.47
                                                        France s     6.23
                                                        Italy   :    4-67
  19           - other                           3      Germany :    1.13
                                                        Bénélux :    0.45
                                                        Prance :     0.81
                      «                                 Italy   :    0.61 .
 ---pagebreak---                                                           GUD/ 233/7 3-E
                                                          AKHEX II
                REGULATION (ESC )            OP THE COUNCIL
               opening tariff preferences for certain textile
                     products originating in Yugoslavia
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COIEIU1IITIE3 .
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Article 113 thereof ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Whereas within the framework of U1JCTAD the European Economic Community has
made an offer concerning the granting of tariff preferences for finished
and semi-finished products from developing countries ; whereas the
preferential treatment provided for "by that offer covers , in general , all
finished and semi-finished products falling within Chapters 25 to 99 of "the
Brussels Nomenclature and originating in developing countries ;
Whereas , however , as regards cotton textile products covered by the Long
Term Arrangement on International Trade in Cotton Textiles , the offer
provides that the preferences , in the form of ceilings for duty-free ,
importation are to be granted to those countries to which , as they have
signed the Long Term Arrangement , generalized preferences apply , and to
any countries which would enter into commitments towards the Community
similar to those obtaining under that Arrangement and for the period of
that Arrangement which expires on 30 September 1973 ; whereas , having
regard in particular to the link established by Article 6 of the Long
Term Arrangement between cotton products and substitute products , it
appears in the event to be proper , since total suspension of customs
duties is to be granted , to subject to the same system as that outlined
above those substitute products which appear on the conditional list of
partial ejid limited reductions of customs duties registered under GATT by
the Community during the last tariff negotiations ;
 ---pagebreak---                                                            GUD/ 23 3/7 3-E
                                                           ANTEX II
 Whereas -the offer contains a clause stipulating that the Community has
made the offer on the "basis that all the principal industrial countries
which are members of the OECD grant preferences and. devote comparable
 efforts to that end ; whereas it follows from the conclusions reached
within U1TCTAD that the offer is provisional , does not constitute a binding
commitment and in particular may subsequently be withdrawn in whole or in
part ; whereas withdrawal might be decided on, among other , measures , in
order to correct any unfavourable situations which might arise in the
associated countries as a result of the application of the system of
generalized preferences ;
Whereas for the various categories of textile products in question Council
Regulations (EEC ) Noe 2763/72^" and 2764/72^ of 19 December 1972 'put into
effect for Member States of the Community as it was originally composed
the abovementioned offer for the first nine months of 1973 in favour of those
developing countries which satisfy the conditions outlined above and are
listed in Annex B to those Regulations ; whereas Yugoslavia for its part has
recently entered into commitments similar to those under the Long Term
Arrangement ; whereas Yugoslavia should therefore also be granted the
benefit of tariff preferences for the abovementioned textile products for
the first nine months o.T 1973 » whereas in order not to affect the
advantages which the present beneficiaries enjoy for the like products ,
separate ceilings at zero should be opened exclusively for products
originating in Yugoslavia ; whereas each of these ceilings should under
normal conditions be equal to the maximum amount fixed by Regulations (EEC )
Hos 2763/72 and 2764/72 for corresponding products , with a lower limit of
1C$ and an upper limit of 100$ of the quantities of the class of products
in question exported from Yugoslavia to the Community in 1968; whereas
these ceilings must be adjusted in order to take account of certain
special cases where there are no deliveries from Yugoslavia ;
                                                                     ./•
  OJ No L 296 , 30 December 1972 , pp . 63–73 <•
 ---pagebreak---                                     - 3 -                  GUD/ 233/73-E
                                                           ALFFLEX II
Whereas, therefore , in respect of each of the classes of products listed in
 the Annex to this Regulation , the Commission should until 30 September
 1973 alloif duty-free imports up to the Community ceilings indicated
opposite each of those classes ; whereas the "benefit of these tariff quotas
 should be granted only for products originating in Yugoslavia and the
origin of the goods should be determined in accordance with the procedure
laid down in Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC ) No 802/68^" of 2J June
1968 on the common definition of the concept of the origin of goods ;
Whereas in the event these objectives may be attained by a form of
administration under which imports of the products in question are charged
at Community level against the ceilings as and when the products are
presented for customs clearance under declarations for entry for free
circulation and accompanied by a certificate of origin ; whereas this form
of administration should make it possible to reintroduce Common Customs
Tariff duties as soon as the ceilings have been reached at Community level ;
Whereas this form of administration requires very close and particularly
rapid collaboration between the ?Iember States and the Commission, and the
Commission must in particular be able to follow the extent to which charges
are made against the ceilings and inform the ilember States thereof ; whereas
this collaboration must be sufficiently close for the Commission to be able
to take adequate measures to reintroduce the Common Customs Tariff duties
once the ceilings have been reached ;
Whereas , since the ceilings in question are to be valid until 30 September
1973 , amendments to the system as provided for may have to be made    in the
framework of provisions which are the subject of Protocol No 23 annexed
to the Act appended to the Treaty of Adhesion ( 2 ).
  OJ No L 148, 28 June I968 , p.l .
  OJ No L 73 of 27 March 1972 , p. 178
 ---pagebreak---                                      - 4 -                 GUD/ 233/73-E
                                                           AMEX II
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION!
                                   Article I
1.   Until 30 September 1973 , the Common Customs Tariff duties on the
products listed in the x\nnex axe, subject to Articles 2 and 4(2 ), totally
suspended for Community ceilings up to the volume in metric tons indicated
in column 3 of that Annex opposite each of those products .
2.   The benefit of the suspension is granted only for products originating
in Yugoslavia .   For the purposes of this Regulation the origin of the goods
shall be determined in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 14 of Regulation (EEC ) No 802/68.
                                   Article 2
As soon as the ceilings indicated in column 3 of the Annex have been
reached at Community level , the Common Customs Tariff duties may be
reintroduced at any time on imports of the products in question from
Yugoslavia, until the end of the period specified in Article l(l ).
                         •s
                                   Article 3
1.   Imports of the products in question shall effectively be charged
against the Community ceilings as and when the products are presented for
customs clearance under declarations for entry into free circulation and
are accompanied by a certificate of origin conforming to the requirements
of Article 1(2 ).
2 . Goods may be charged against a ceiling only if
the certificate of origin referred to in paragraph 1 is produced before
the date on which the duties are reintroduced .
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3 . The ext ant to which the ceilings ha.ve actually "been used -up shall be
ascertained at a Community level on the basis of imports charged in
accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 .
                                  Article 4
1 . The Commission, in close collaboration with Member States , shall take *
all necessary measures to ensure that the foregoing provisions are applied ,
2.  The Commission shall by Regulation reintroduce the Common Customs
Tariff duties on imports from Yugoslavia , in accordance with Article 2 .
                                  Article 5
The Member States shall regularly inform the Commission of imports of the
products in question which are effectively charged against the Community
ceilings provided for in Article l(l ).
                                  Article 6
The foregoing provisions may be amended in the framework of provisions which
are the subject of Protocol No 23 annexed to the Act appended to the
Treaty of Adhesion®
                                  Article 7
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in. the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                 1973                    For the Council ,
                                                            The President
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                                          AIïï'JEX
       List of products originating in Yugoslavia which are covered by-
         generalized tariff preferences for certain textile products
                                                                        I
         Common                                                         I  Community
Item
 Ho
         Customs                  Description of goods                  . ceiling ( in
        Tariff No                                                         metric tons )
           (1 )                             (2)                         !      (3)
                                     .                                  1
   i ;    54»°5   , Flax or ramie yarn . . . .                                  18
                  i
   2      55-05   ! I Cotton yarn, not put up for retail sale:
                      A.  ilultiple or cabled , finished , m
                          balls or on cards , reels , tubes or
                          similar supports of a weight
                           ( including support ) not exceeding         j
                          900 g                                                  8
   3                  B.  Other :
                          I.    Measuring, per single yarn ,
                                120 000 m or more per kg ........                6
  4       55.06       Cotton yarn , put up for retail sale                       2
  5       55.07       Cotton gauze                 .              -..            3
  6       55.08       Terry towelling and similar terry                1
                      fabrics , of cotton ................ . .... .              6
  7       55.09       Other woven fabrics of cotton:                   I
                      B. Other                                    ...i          45
  8       58,04       Woven pile fabrics and chenile fabrics ■         i
                      (other than t erry towelling or similar
                      terry fabrics of cotton falling within
                      heading Ho 55° 08 and fabrics falling            1
                    | within heading Eo 58 . 05 ) .......... . ... . . I        38'
  9       58.10     i Embroidery, in the piece, in strips or in 1
                      motifs . .0 ....... .                                     14 .
                                                                             •/
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     1
     I
        Common                                                       ! Community
Item
 Mo
        Customs                 Description of goods                 | ceiling ( in
       Tariff Ho                                                     I metric tons )
     i
          (1 )                            (2)                        I      (3 )
     1
                Π
 10      60.01     Knitted or crocheted fabric , not elastic
     I             nor rubberized :              .............. ..             8
     {
     I           *
                 i B.     0f man-ins.de fibres
     I
                 I C,     Of other textile materials
     i           !
 11 i ex 60*02 j! Gloves     , mittens and mitts , knitted or
                   crocheted , not elastic nor rubberized ,
                   of cotton ...................                               8
                 i
                 i
 12      60.05 •   Outer garments and other articles ,
     i
                   knitted, or crocheted , not elastic nor
     I             rubberized :                                              23
     i
     i
     i             A.     Outer garments and clothing
                          accessories :
                           ex II . Other , of cotton
                   ex B.      Other , of cotton
         60.06     Knitted or crocheted fabric and articles
                   thereof , elastic or rubberized
                   ( including elastic knee-caps and elastic
                   stockings}:
                   A.     Fabric :
 13                       ~ in cotton fabric                    .. <           2
                 i
                 i
 14                       - other                                              2
                 j
         61.01   ! Men ' s and boys * outer garments :
 15                - in cotton fabric                                        23
                 I
 16                - other                                         j       143
         61.02     Women * s , girls' and infants 1 outer          j
                 i
                 i
                   garments :
 17                - in cotton fabric                              I         45
 18 !              - other                                         !
                                                                   i
                                                                             57
     I
     I                - - -                    -  -
                                                                            ./•
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                                                                          r                   1
         Common                                                              Conunvnity
It an
 Bo
         Customs                    Description of goods                  [ ceiling ( in
        Tariff Ilo                                                          metric
                                                                              ui      tons
                                                                                      UUXIO )
                                                                                            f
            (1                              ( 2)                                 (3 )
                                                                        !
          61.03    I Men 's and boys' undergarments , including
                     collars , shirt fronts and cuffs :
 19                  – in cotton fabric ......................                   45
 20                ! – other                                                     45
 21     ex 61.04   | Women's , girls * and infants'undergarments ,
                     of cotton                                                   27
                                                                                 14
 22       61.05    | HctüCL-CSrCXll öfS O096a6ooao9o<>:>«aoo«c--0oo«oae
 23       62.01      Travelling rugs and blankets :
                     B.    Other :
                           I.   of cotton                                         8
 24       62.03      Sacks and bags , of a kind used for the
                     packing of goods .......... ......                   I      42
                                                                          i
                     B.    Of other textile materials :
                           I.   Used :
                   j            ex (b) other :
                                - m cotton fabric
                      ■
                   i ex II .    Other :
                                - in cotton fabric
      \
 25   |   6 2 . 04   Tarpaulins , sails , awning, sunblinds ,
                     t ents and camping goods .................
                                                                          j      45