CELEX: 51982PC0705
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Date: 1982-10-29
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) making the importation into Greece of certain jute products originating in Bangladesh or India subject to quantitative limitation (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                     Proposal for a
                                COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
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                                EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
I.    Two Agreements are in force between the Community on the one hand
and India and Bangladesh on the other covering trade in jute products .
These Agreements involve , inter alia , voluntary restraint by these
two countries in their exports of these products to the Community for
the duration of the Agreements , that is until 31 December 1983 .      In
addition , the Community undertook to discontinue all quantitative restrictions
on imports after the expiration of these Agreements , that is from 1 January 1984 .
        In order to adapt these Agreements to the Accession of Greece to the
Community , the Council authorised the Commission to start negotiations with
India and Bangladesh .     As these Agreements contain voluntary restraint
limits , the administration of which is entrusted to the exporting countries ,
the amount of these limits in the case of Greece must be agreed with the
exporting third countries .
II .    As these negotiations were not concluded by the end of 1981 , unilateral
measures were adopted for 1982 so as to align arrancpm ents for the importation
into Greece of the products in question with those in force in the Community
as a result of the Agreements ;       limits on imports into Greece of jute products
for which there are Community quantitative restrictions in the Agreements
with Bangladesh and India were therefore laid down by Council Regulation
 ( EEC ) No 541 / 82 of 8 March 1982 ( 1 ).
III . Negotiations have continued during 1982 but it has not proved possible
to reach a solution ; the exporting countries feel that they cannot agree
to limit their exports of certain products ( given that there were no
 restrictions on imports into Greece before its accession to the Community)
unless they can enjoy the full tariff benefits accorded by the Community
under the Agreements ; this tariff problem arises from the fact that the
Community undertook in the Agreements with India and Bangladesh to apply
on a unilateral basis under the GSP a zero import duty on all jute products .
 C OJ No L 66 , 10.3.1982 , p.1
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However , in the case of Greece, jute products are among the products for which
a progressive alignment on the Community GSP is envisaged in the Act of
Accession ( products Listed in Annex VII ).  Since it has not been possible
to reach a negotiated solution , the unilateral arrangements must be extended
for 1983 on the understanding that if the negotiations do succeed those
arrangements would be replaced by new provisions reflecting the outcome
of those negotiations .
     It is proposed , however , that the quantitative limits be increased
appreciably in 1983 compared with the 1982 levels .   The increases meet
with the wishes expressed by the exporting countries and the Commission
believes they are acceptable .
IV .  Consequently , the Commission recommends that the Council adopt the
following regulation .
 ---pagebreak---   10 . 3 . 82                      Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 66/ 1
                                                          I
                                        (Acts whose publication ts obligatory)
                                          Proposal for a
                                  COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
              making the importation into Greece of certain jute products originating in
                            Bangladesh or India subject to quantitative limitation
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                  force for Greece in 1982, with a          increase in the
 COMMUNITIES,                                                 level of quantitative limits on imports,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 113
 thereof,                                                                            Article 1
                                                              From 1 January to 31 December 1983 imports into
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,          Greece of the jute products listed in the Annex and
                                                             originating in Bangladesh or India shall be subject to
Whereas Agreements on trade in jute products have            this Regulation.
 been negotiated between the Community on the one                                    Article 2
 hand and Bangladesh and India on the other, provi­
 ding for voluntary restraint of exports of certain of        Imports into Greece of the jute products listed in the
 these products to the Community ;                           Annex shall be subject to an import authorization to
                                                             be issued by the Greek authorities up to the quantita­
                                                             tive limits indicated in the Annex.
 Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 541 / 82('), the
 Council made the importation into Greece of certain                                 Article 3
 jute products originating in Bangladesh or India
subject to quantitative limitation so as to align the        Products admitted into Greece under inward proces­
 rules for imports into that Member State as closely as      sing or other suspensory arrangements shall not,
 possible on those applying in the other Member States       provided that they are declared under such arrange­
of the Community ; whereas these arrangements were           ments to be for re-export from that territory to a third
introduced pending the outcome of the current nego­          country in their original state or after processing, be
tiations with Bangladesh and India to adapt the said         set off against the quantitative limits referred to in
Agreements to take account of the accession of the           Article 2.
Hellenic Republic to the Community ;
                                                                                     Article 4
Whereas, since these negotiations have not yet been          This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
concluded, it proves necessary to maintain, as a transi­     following its publication in the Official Journal of the
tional measure, pending their conclusion, the rules in        European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels,
                                                                         For the Council
                                                                          The President
(') OJ No L 60 of 10.3.1982 , p. 1
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                                                     ANNEX
           Quantitative limits for imports into Greece of certain jute products originating in
                                             Bangladesh and India
                                             Quantitative limits 1983
                                                                                                                    (tonnes)
                    CCT
                                         NIMEXE                                                          Bangla­
  Category         heading                 code                             Description                   desh
                                                                                                                    India
                     No
     4            57.10 Β                                  Woven fabrics of jute or of other bast fibres
                                                           of heading No 57.03 :
                                         57.10-62          ex B. Of a width of more than 1 50 cm but
                                                                   not more than 310 cm, other than
                                                                   those of category 7                   200       600
     7            57.10 Β                                  Woven fabrics of jute of of other textile
                                                           bast fibres of heading No 57.03 :
                                         57.10-70          ex B. Of a width of more than 150 cm,
                                                                  wholly or partially bleached, dyed or
                                                                   printed and having no visible                   300
                                                                   selvadge in the width                 100