CELEX: 51979PC0120
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Date: 1979-03-12
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION amending the quotas for the Importation into the Benelux countries of certain textile products originating in Albania and Hungary (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                Proposal for a
                               COUNCIL DECISION
amending the quotas for the Importation into the Benelux countries of
       certain textile products originating in Albania and Hungary
                ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
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C0M(79 ) 120 final'.
 ---pagebreak---                              EXPLANATORY Mli.lORAIIDUM
1.   On 5 February 1979 the Belgian Government , in accordance with Article 3
     of Council Decision 75/210/EEC of 27 March 1975 on unilateral import
     arrangements in respect of state-trading countries , notified the other
     Member States and the Commission , on behalf of the Benelux countries , of
     its desire for the following increases to be made in certain quotas for
     the Benelux countries vis-a-vis Albania , Hungary and Romania in respect
     of textile products covered by the outward processing arrangements :
     Albania               Present quotas                  Increase     New Quotas
                           ( '000 pieces )             ( '000 pieces ) ( '000 pieces )
                 Category 5 s          208                    10            218
                 Category 6 :          678                    43            721
     Hungary     Category 4s         1,134                   171          1,305
                              5:       748                    56            804
                     «        6*.    1,008                   164          1,172
                     ft
                                     1,147                    88          1,235
                     M        8;        48                     1             49
     Romania     Category 6            996                    13          1,009
2 . With regard to textile products in Group I ( the most sensitive products ),
     the Commission has requested that the Benelux countries * request should
     be the subject of consultation with the other Member States .
   OJ No . L 99 , 21 .4 . 1975-
   Men 's woven shorts and trousers .
^ Women 's woven trousers .
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   The Benelux request calls for the following observations :
     ( i ) imports under the outward processing arrangements are covered by
           the global internal ceilings laid down by the Council in 1977 as
           regards products of the categories in Group I ;
   ( ii ) the global internal ceilings for 1979 have been fully allocated
           among supplier countries as regards categories 4 and 6 .
   There is therefore no reserve available to meet the Benelux countries'
   request regarding these categories of products ; moreover , outward pro­
   cessing traffic in textile products with Romania is covered by the man­
   date for the negotiations on an agreement on industrial products with
   that country , adopted by the Council on 6 February .    For this reason
   any decision on the amendment of the import arrangements in respect of
   Romania must be taken by the Council .     In the meantime the Member States
   may not implement the proposed measures ( see first indent of Article 7
   of Decision 75/210/EEC ) .
3. In view of the foregoing, the Commission made a proposal to the Benelux
   countries for a compromise that would enable some of the proposed mea­
   sures to be adopted immediately and the other increases to be re-examined
   next autumn . * However , the Benelux countries could not accept this com­
   promise .     Accordingly the Commission was obliged to raise an objection
   in respect of the measures proposed by the Benelux countries and to lay
   the matter before the Council in accordance with Article 5(2 ) and ( 3 )
   and the first indent of Article 7 of Decision 75/210/EEC .
4. The attached draft decision provides for an increase in the quotas for
   categories 5 and 8 in respect of Albania and Hungary . With regard to
   categories 4 and 6 in respect of Albania , Hungary and Romania , the possi­
   bility of granting the Benelux countries the proposed increases should
   be examined in the context of the solutions in respect of the global
   internal ceilings which may be adopted by the Council in the near future
   in connection with the textile negotiations with Bulgaria and China .
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5. Accordingly , the Commission proposes that the Council :
   adopt the annexed draft Decision ;
   authorise its publication in the Official Journal of the European
   Communities ;
   examine the advisability of according the increases in categories 4
   and 6 in the context of the solutions to be adopted in connection with
   the problems arising out of the textile negotiations with Bulgaria and
   China .
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                                 Proposal for a
                                COUNCIL DECISION
amending the quotas for the importation into the Benelux countries of
certain textile products originating in Albania and Hungary
THE COUNCIL OF 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 the Benelux countries , pursuant to Article 3 of Council Decision
75 / 210 / EEC of 27 March 1975 on unilateral import arrangements In respect
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of state-trading countries , have requested that the import arrangements
resulting from Council Decision 79/ 252 / EEC be amended as regards Albania
and Hungary .
Whereas certain amendments requested by the Benelux countries pose no
                     *
particular economic problems and. the measures in question should be adopted,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
  OJ No L 99, 21.4.1975 , p . 7
2 0J No L 60, 12.3.1979.
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                             ARTICLE 1
1.  In section ( f ) of Annex IV ( Albania ) to the Decision
    79/ 252 / EEC ,     the amount of the quota under the outward processing
    arrangements in respect of the Benelux countries , as regards category 5 ,
    is hereby increased from 208 000 to 218 000 pieces .
2.  In section ( g ) of Annex VI ( Hungary ) to the same Decision , the amounts
    of the quotas under the outward processing arrangements in respect of
    the Benelux countries , as regards categories 5        8 , are hereby
    increased from 748 000 to 804 000 pieces and from 48 000 to 49 000 pieces
    respectively .
                             ARTICLE 2
This Decision is addressed to the Benelux countries .
Done at                          For the Council
                                 The President