CELEX: 31973D0071
Language: en
Date: 1973-03-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 8 March 1973 autonomously increasing imports into the Community of cotton textiles forming the subject of agreements concluded between the Community and certain third countries

No L 94/20                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                10. 4. 73
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 8 March 1973
               autonomously increasing imports into the Community of cotton textiles forming the
               subject of agreements concluded between the Community and certain third countries
                                                      (73/71 /EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                exporting third countries, but without prejudice to
COMMUNITIES,                                                   existing agreements between the new Member States
                                                                and the third countries concerned ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community ;                                      Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
                                                                are in accordance with the Opinion of the Quota
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    Administration Committee ;
1023/70 (*) of 25 May 1970 establishing a common
procedure for administering quantitative quotas,
and in particular Article 1 1 thereof ;                         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1471 /70 (2) of 20 July 1970 establishing a common                                     Sole Article
procedure for the autonomous increase of imports                The quantitative ceilings set out in the agreements
into the Community of products subject to                       concerning the textile trade concluded between the
measures of voluntary restraint by exporting coun­              European Economic Community and the following
tries ;                                                         countries :
Whereas the Community has concluded with the
Republic of Korea (3), the Arab Republic of                                Country
                                                                                                   Date of
                                                                                                                 Expiry
                                                                                                  signature
Egypt (4 ), Hong Kong (5 ), the Republic of India (6),
Japan (7) and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (8)
trade agreements on cotton textiles which remain in             Republic of Korea               29 . 3. 1971  31. 12. 1973
force after 1 January 1973 , the date on which the              Arab Republic of Egypt           12 . 3. 1971  30. 9. 1973
Accession of the new Member States to the Commu­
                                                                Hong Kong                       22. 7. 1971   31. 12. 1973
nity took effect ;
                                                                Republic of India                12 . 3. 1971  30. 9. 1973
Whereas, from that date, these agreements apply to             Japan                              7. 2. 1972   30. 9. 1973
the enlarged Community ; whereas the quantitative              Islamic Republic
ceilings on imports into the Community set out in               of Pakistan                      12 . 3. 1971  30. 9 . 1973
the agreements were agreed on the basis of the
market of the six Member States composing the
Community at the time of negotiation ; whereas,                 are, from 1 January 1973 and until the expiry dates
therefor, in order to avoid disturbing traditional              of these agreements, increased autonomously up to
trade flows, the ceilings must be modified so as to             the limits indicated in the Annex .
take account of the needs of the enlarged Commu­
nity ; whereas provision must thus be made to                   This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
permit the import into the enlarged Community,
until the expiry dates of .the agreements in question,          Done at Brussels, 8 March 1973 .
of quantities additional to those laid down in the                                         For the Commission
said agreements, the amounts thereof being fixed in                                           The President
the light of the traditional trade flows existing
between the new Member States and the various                                            François-Xavier ORTOLI
(*)  OJ No  L 124, 8 . 6 . 1970.
(»)  OJ No  L 164, 27 . 7 . 1970 .
(3)  OJ No  L 55 , 8 . 3 . 1971 .
(4)  OJ No  L 43 , 22.2 . 1971 .
(»)  OJ No  L 220, 30. 9 . 1971 .
(•)  OJ No  l. 43 , 22 . 2 . 1971 .
(7)  OJ No  L 134, 12 . 6 . 1972 .
(8 ) OJ No  L 43 , 22.2 . 1971 .
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                                                         ANNEX
          Autonomous increases in the quantitative ceilings laid down in the Agreements concluded
                between the Community and certain third countries concerning the cotton textile trade
          ( Quantities provided for in agreements still in force between certain new Member States
                             and certain third countries have not been taken into account
                                                                                             (quantities in metric tons)
                                                               GROUP I                           GROUP II
                                                  unbleached     or bleached   cotton
                                                        fabrics , whether or not      other cotton fabrics, made-up
                                                               mercerized             goods and various cotton goods
          Republic of Korea                          from 5 500 to          5 504        from    1 350 to     1 351
             of which :
             — for the domestic market               from 1 500 to          1 504
             — for re-export                         from 4 000 to         4 000
          Arab Republic of Egypt                     from 3 240 to          3 350        from      360 to        385
          Hong Kong                                                                      from 15 490 to 15 760
          Republic of India                           from 8 385 to         8 460        from    3 115 to     3 535
          Japan                                      from 5 910 to          6 045        from    6 835 to     6 995
          Islamic Republic of Pakistan               from 3 330 to         3 960         from      970 to     1 150