CELEX: 31977R0114
Language: en
Date: 1977-01-18 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 114/77 of 18 January 1977 concerning import arrangements for certain textile products originating in Singapore

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                                   COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 114/77
                                                  of 18 January 1977
             concerning import arrangements for certain textile products originating in
                                                       Singapore
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                    be in particular the gradual adjustment of the quanti­
COMMUNITIES,                                                   ties admitted under current import conditions to
                                                               market supply requirements ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113              Whereas steps should be taken to ensure that there is
thereof,                                                       no evasion of the objectives of the Agreement by indi­
                                                               rect imports of products originating in Singapore ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                               Whereas the quantitative limits laid down by the
                                                               Agreement apply to exports from Singapore ; whereas
Whereas, in the context of the Arrangement regarding           the goods imported should therefore be charged
international trade in textiles, the European Economic
                                                               against the quantitative limit fixed for the year in
Community and the Republic of Singapore have                   which these goods were exported from Singapore ;
negotiated an Agreement on trade in textiles ; whereas
the Commission      has submitted to the Council a
recommendation for a Regulation concluding that                Whereas, for certain textile products, the Agreement
Agreement, hereinafter referred to as the 'Agreement' ;        provides for a consultation procedure enabling safe­
                                                               guard measures to be adopted where there is real risk
Whereas, for the purpose of implementing the Agree­            of market disruption ; whereas, in accordance with
ment, import arrangements must be adopted for the              this procedure, the Republic of Singapore has under­
products in question ;                                         taken to apply voluntary restraint in respect of exports
                                                               of certain textile products to certain Member States ;
                                                               whereas compliance with these quantitative limits will
Whereas the Agreement requires the Community to                be guaranteed by a system of bilateral checking ;
admit imports of certain textile products within the
quantitative limits laid down , compliance with which
will be guaranteed by a system of bilateral checking ;         Whereas, to this end, quantitative limits should be
                                                               fixed for imports of these products into the Member
                                                               States in question and detailed rules laid down for
Whereas appropriate provisions applicable in the               their administration by the Member States ;
Community should therefore be adopted for 1976 and
 1977, including criteria for the allocation of the
quantitative limits agreed with the Republic of Singa­         Whereas the Agreement provides that those products
pore ;                                                         which enter the Community's customs territory under
                                                               inward processing or other temporary importation
                                                               arrangements and are re-exported therefrom in their
Whereas , in view of the considerable disparities              original state or after processing should not be
existing between the conditions currently governing            charged against the agreed quantitative limits ;
imports of the products concerned into the Member
States and in view of the particular sensitivity of the
Community's textile industry, standardization of these         Whereas, account being taken of Article 12 of the
import conditions can only be achieved progressively ;         Arrangement regarding international trade in textiles,
whereas the criterion to be adopted for the allocation         on which the Agreement is based, the latter does not
of the Community quantitative limits should therefore          apply to textile products of silk, of flax or of ramie ;
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Whereas the quantitative limits established for 1975             from in their original state or after processing shall
under the Agreement have not been fully used ;                   not be charged against the quantitative limits referred
whereas the Republic of Singapore has notified the              to in paragraph 1 .
Community of its intention to carry over to 1976 the
unused portions of the quantitative limits for 1975, to
the extent allowed under Article 7 of the Agreement,
                                                                                         Article 2
                                                                 1 . Save as otherwise provided in paragraphs 2 and
                                                                 3, imports into the Community of the textile products
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                 listed in Annex B and originating in Singapore shall
                                                                 not be subject to quantitative restrictions.
                          Article 1
                                                                 2.     In the Member States specified in Annex B,
                                                                 imports of the textile products referred to in para­
1.     Imports into the Community of the textile                graph 1 and exported from Singapore between 1
products listed in Annex A, originating in Singapore            January 1976 and 31 December 1977 shall be subject
and exported between 1 January 1976 and 31                       to the quantitative limits given in that Annex.
December 1977, shall be subject to the quantitative
limits agreed between the Community and the Repu­               These quantitative limits may be modified according
blic of Singapore and set out in that Annex .                    to the procedure laid down by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                 1023/70, and in particular Article 11 thereof.
2. The quantitative limits shall be allocated among
the Member States in accordance with the procedure               3. Paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of Article 1 shall apply to
laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1023/70                 the quantitative limits referred to in this Article.
of 25 May 1970 establishing a common procedure for
administering quantitative quotas (*), and in particular
in Article 1 1 thereof, in such a way as to ensure the
expansion and orderly development of trade in textiles                                   Article 3
and to permit amounts to be carried over or brought
forward from one year to another.                                Imports into the Community of the textile products
                                                                 referred to below, originating in Singapore and accom­
However, the allocation shall be made on the basis of            panied by a certificate which is issued and endorsed
the import volumes admitted under the conditions                 by the competent authorities of the Republic of Singa­
currently applied in the Member States and shall                 pore and contains the details set out in Annex D,
provide for annual rates of increase which are appreci­          shall not be subject to quantitative restrictions :
ably higher for those Member States whose import
volumes are relatively the lowest, in such a way that            (a) cotton handloom fabrics of the cottage industry,
this allocation is gradually aligned with market supply               containing not more than 5 % by weight of man­
requirements .                                                        made fibres, being fabrics which are both tradition­
                                                                      ally of the kind woven on handlooms and actually
3 . The competent authorities of the Member States                    woven on a loom for which the motive power is
concerned shall , within the quantitative limits pres­                provided entirely by the operators (that is, where
cribed , automatically authorize the import of the                    the three primary movements of weaving, namely
products referred to in paragraph 1 immediately upon                  shedding, picking and beating, are induced by
production by the importer of the original of the                     hand or foot and no other source of power is
export licence issued by the competent authorities of                 used) ;
the Republic of Singapore and containing the details             (b) goods made up by the cottage industry from such
set out in Annex C.                                                   cotton handloom fabrics ;
                                                                 (c) traditional Singapore folklore handicraft textile
4. Authorized imports shall be charged against the                    products cut, sewn or otherwise fabricated by hand
quantitative limits valid for the year during which the               in cottages which are units of the cottage industry.
products were taken aboard within the territory of
Singapore for export to the Community.
                                                                                         Article 4
5.     Products which enter the Community 's customs
territory under inward processing or other temporary
importation arrangements and are re-expo ; L .i there­           This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                 following its publication in the Official Journal of
(') OJ No L 124, 8 . 6 . 197«, p. 1 .                            the European Communities.
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
              Done at Brussels, 18 January 1977.
                                                                                   For the Council
                                                                                    The President
                                                                               Anthony CROSLAND
                                                        ANNEX A
                                       Quantitative limits referred to in Article 1
                CCT                                                                                       Quantitative limits ( items)
 Category     heading          NIMEXE code
    No           No               ( 1976)                               Description
                                                                                                            1976                1977
     1     ex 61.01                                  Men's and boys' outer garments :                   6 1 56 200        6 070 200
                       61.01-61 ; 63 ; 65 ; 67 ;     — Trousers ( including jeans), breeches
                       ex 69                            and the like , other than of silk or waste
                                                        silk or of flax or ramie
               61.02                                 Women's,      girls'   and      infants'    outer
                                                    garments :
                                                     ex B. Other than babies' garments :
                       61.02-ex 91 ; ex 93 ; ex             — Trousers         ( including      jeans),
                       95 ; ex 96 ; ex 98 ; ex 99               breeches     and    the  like ,  other
                                                                than of silk or waste silk or of
                                                                flax or ramie
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                                                          ANNEX B
                                       Quantitative limits referred to in Article 2
              CCT
                           NIMEXE code                                                          Member               Quantitative
 Category                                                           Description                            Units         limits
   No        heading           ( 1976)                                                           States
               No                                                                                                       ( 1976)
   2           55.09 55.09-all codes              Other woven fabrics of cotton                France   1 000 kg       1 320
                                                                                               Italy                       666
                                                                 - including
   2a      ex 55.09                               Other woven fabrics of cotton :              France   1 000 kg           300
                     55.09-03 ; 04 ;      05     — Other        than      unbleached      and
                     51 ; 52 ; 53 ; 54 ;  55          bleached
                     56 ; 57 ; 59 ; 61 ;  63
                     64 ; 65 ; 66 ; 67 ;  69
                     ex 71 ; 81 ; 82 ;    83
                     84 ; 86 ; 87 ; 92 ;  93
                     97
   3          60.05                              Outer garments and other articles,             France    Items      2 090 000
                                                 knitted or crocheted, not elastic or­
                                                 rubberized :
                                                 ex A. Outer garments and clothing
                                                          accessories :
                     60.05-01 ; 22 ; 23 ;                 — Jerseys, pullovers, slip­
                     24 ; 25 ; ex 29 ; 31 ;                  overs,        twinsets,    cardi­
                     32 ; 33 ; 34 ; ex 39                    gans, bed-jackets, and
                                                              jumpers, other than of
                                                              silk or waste silk or of
                                                              flax or ramie
   4       ex 61.03                               Men s and boys under garments                France     Items     1 760 000
                                                  including collars, shirt fronts and
                                                  cuffs :
                     61.03-11 ; 15 ;              — Other than of silk or waste silk
                     ex 19 ; 31 ; 35 ;                or of flax or ramie
                     ex 39
   5           61.02                              Women s, girls and infants' outer            France     Items  ( 1 . 9 . 1976
                                                  garments :                                                     to 31. 8 . 1977)
                                                  ex B. Other         than      babies'   gar­                        750 000
                                                          ments :
                                                          — Shirts and blouses :
                     61.02-83                                 — Of synthetic textile
                                                                     fibres
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                                ♦                                     ANNEX C
                                                     Details referred to in Article 1 (3 )
            The export licences issued by the competent authorities of the Republic of Singapore (') for products
            covered by this Regulation shall specify or contain :
            1 . the destination , and in particular the Member State for which the goods are intended ;
            2. the serial number ;
            3 . the name and address of the importer ;
            4. the name and address of the exporter ;
            5 . the net quantity, in the units specified in Annexes A and B to this Regulation and the value of the
                products covered by the licence ;
            6 . the category against which the products have been charged by the competent authorities of the
                Republic of Singapore and the description of the products ;
            7 . a declaration to the effect that the quantity in question has been charged against the Member
                State of destination's share of the agreed ceiling for exports to the Community, or, where appro­
                priate, that the quantity is intended for immediate re-export from the Community or for re-export
                from the Community after processing ;
            8 . the year during which the products were exported , that is when they were taken aboard within the
                territory of Singapore for export to the Community .
            ( ) Department of Trade-. Ministry of Finance . Singapore
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                                                                      ANNEX D
                                                     Certificate referred to in Article 3
          The certificate issued by the competent authorities of the Republic of Singapore (') for the products
          referred to in Article 3 of this Regulation shall contain :
          1 . the following heading :
               'Certificate in respect of cotton handloom fabrics and products thereof ;
          2 . name and address of the manufacturer ;
          3 . name and address of the exporter ;
          4. name and address of the importer within the Community ;
          5 . description of goods ;
          6 . quality (in tonnes or items) ;
          7 . name of vessel or flight number ;
          8 . port or airport of destination ;
          9 . the following declaration (2) :
               This is to certify that the above shipment consists of :
               — cotton handloom fabrics (as defined in Article 4 ( 1 ) (i) of the Agreement) containing not more
                   than 5 % by weight of man-made fibres ;
               — handmade goods made up by the cottage industry from cotton handloom fabrics (as defined in
                   Article 4 ( 1 ) ( i ) of the Agreement);
               — traditional Singapore folklore handicraft textile products cut, sewn or otherwise fabricated by
                   hand in cottages which are units of the cottage industry.
                                                                                                         Signed   '
          (')   Department of Tr.uk-. Ministrv of Finance , Singapore.
          (-') The definition referred to in the first two indents is that >»et out Article 1 of this Regulation.