CELEX: 51980PC0477
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Date: 1980-07-19
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) ON ARRANGEMENTS FOR IMPORTS INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM OF CERTAIN TEXTILE PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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               PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
        ON ARRANGEMENTS FOR IMPORTS INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM
                     OF CERTAIN TEXTILE PRODUCTS
               ORIGINATING IN THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT
            (presented by the Commission to the Council )
  C0M(80 ) 477 final
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 ---pagebreak---                        EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM
The Commission 's proposal for a Council Regulation annexed proposes to
submit to a quantitative limitation, the imports into the United Kingdom
of certain textile products (T-shirts and table linen ) originating in
Egypte .                                              • - y
The limitations have been negotiated in the framework of the bi'lateral
agreement EC / Egypt on the trade in certain tfextile products concluded
under the Multifibre Agreement (MFA ).     The quantities indicated in this
regulation have met the agreement of the third country .
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On the Internal level , Regulation ( EEC ) N® 3059/ 78 of the Council dated
21 December 1978 on common rules for imports of certain textile products
originating in certain third countries / including Egypt , sets out in
Articles 11 and 15 the procedures for the introduction of such limitations .
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For Category 9 ( table linen ) the level of 300 tonnes has been accepted by
Egypt and by the United Kingdom .            •                      -
As regards Category 4 ( T-shirts )/ the limitation level agreed by Egypt on
the basis of a compromise solution , suggested by the Commission representative
(575 000 + 125 000 pieces on an exceptional basis tor 1980) has not met the
agreement of the United Kingdom, which insists on a lower level (450 000
pieces ).
In the absence of an agreement , the Community must consider unilateral
measures . Wishing to avoid such measures with a country linked to the
 Community by a cooperation agreement and taking into account the        '
 reasonable level agreed by Egypt , the Commission has submitted the
 compromise solution to the Textile Committee established ~by Regulation
 3059/78.   The Commission proposal f is supported by the Danish, German,
 Irish and Italian delegations .   The French , Belgian and Dutch delegations
 abstained and the United Kingdom rejected the proposal .
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In the absence of a   favourable opinion of the Committee , the Commission
is obliged to submit the proposal to the Council , who has to act within
one month . ' Should the Council fail to take a decision within the above
time limit , the Commission will adopl the proposed measures .
A rapid decision is necessary considering that the Egyptian exports are
suspended for the moment at the Community 's request and that after the
conclusion of the consultations , this suspension can no longer be
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imposed on Egypt .
 ---pagebreak---                                COUNCIL      REGULATION ( EEC ) No
                                       of                                         •
                  on arrjigements for imports into the United Kingdom of
                certain textile products originating in the Arab Republic of
                                     Egypt
         THE   COUNCIL    OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                  ~
         Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,         /
         Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 3059/ 78 of 21 December 1978 on
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         common rules for imports of certain textile products originating in third
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      /  countries     , as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 2143 / 79        , and in
         particular Articles 11 and 15 thereof ,
         Whereas Article 11 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 3059 / 78 lays down the conditions
         on which quantitative limits may be established ; whereas imports into the
         Arab Republic of Egypt of shirts , T-shirts ,, lightweight roll , polo or turtle-
         necked jumpers and pullovers , undervests and the tike , knitted or rubberized ,
         other than babies' garments , of cotton ( Category 4 ) and of woven cotton
         terry fabrics , toi let - and kitchen linen of woven cotton terry fabrics
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         ( Category 9)originating in the Arab Republic of Egypt have exceeded the
         respective levels referred to in paragraph 3 of the said Article 11 ;
         Whereas , in accordance with paragraph 5 of the said Article 11 , the Arab
         Republic'of Egypt was notified on 5.3.1980 of requests for consultations ;
     \   whereas , following those consultations , it is desirable to make the products
         in question subject to quantitative limits for the years 1980 to 1982 ;
         Whereas paragraph 13 of the said Article 11 ensures that quantitative Limits
         are observed by means of a double-checking system in accordance with Annex V
         to Regulation ( EEC ) No 3059 / 78 ;
         Whereas the products in question exported from the Arab Republic of Egypt
         between 1 January 1980 and the date of entry into force of this Regulation
         must be set off against the quantitative limit for 1980 ;                            i
( 1 ) 0J No L 365 , 27.12.1978, p. 1
( 2 ) 0J No L 248, 2.10.1979 , p. 1
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                             Article 1
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Importation into the United Kingdom of the Categories of products originating
in the Arab Republic of Egypt    specified in the Annex hereto shall be subject
to the quantitative limits given in that Annex and to the provisions of
Article 2 ( 1 ).
                             Article 2
1 . Products as referred to in Article 1 , shipped from the Arab Republic of
Egypt to the United Kingdom before the date of entry into force of this
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Regulation / and not yet released for free circulation , shall be so released  -
subject to the presentation of a bill of lading or other transport document
proving that shipment actually took place before that date .
2 . Imports of products shipped from the Arab Republic of Egypt to the
United Kingdom after the entry into force of this Regulation shall be
subject to the double'-checking system described in Annex V to Regulation
( EEC)' No 3059 / 78 .
3 . For the purposes of applying the provisions of paragraph 2 , the quantities
of products shipped from the Arab Republic of Egypt on or after 1 January 1980
and released for free circulation shall be set off against the quantitative
limit established for 1980 .
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                           Article 3
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This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication
in the Official Journal of the European Communities .            ,
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It shall apply until 31 December 1982 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .
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Done at Brussels .
                               For the Counci l
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                CCT          NIMEXE                                                 Member         Quantitative limit from
    Category    heading      code               Description                         States   Units
                                                                                                   1 January to 31 December
                No .         < 1980 )
                                                                                                      1980           1981    1982
               60.04                         Under garments , knitted or cro-.                       575
                                                                                                         (1) 1
                                                                                    UK     1 000                   598      622
               BI a )                        cheted , not elastic or rubber­               pièces
                                             ized :               •      *
                 Ha )                                                      • • m
                 IV          60.04-19 ;.        Shirts , T-shirts , lightweight *
                    d ) laal 23 ; 7.1 ; 79 ;   fine knit roll , polo or turtle
                         dd] 89           '    necked jumpers and pullovers ,
                        2ddi                   undervests and the like , knit­
                                               ted or crocheted , not elastic
                                               or rubberized ; other than ba­
                                               bies * garments of cotton
               55.08                         Terry towelling and similar ter- '     UK      tons     300           318      337
                                             ry fabrics of cotton :
               62.02
               B III a)1                     Bed linen , table-linen , toilet
                                             linen and kitchen linen ; curtains
                                             and other furnishing articles :
                                             B. Other :    - ~
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                              55.08-10 ;     , Woven cotton terry fabrics ;       j
                             30 ; 50 ; 80;     toilet and kitchen linen of        i
                                               woven cotton terry fabrics
                              62.02-71
( 1 ) An additional quantity of 125 000 pieces has been fixed for the year 1980