CELEX: 51976PC0572
Language: en
Date: 1976-11-04 00:00:00
Title: AMENDMENT TO THE RECOMMENDATION FOR A REGULATION OF THE COUNCIL concluding an Agreement between the European Economic Community and Macao on trade in textile products (submitted to the Council by the Commission, pursuant to Article 149, para. 2 of the EEC Treaty)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                      COM < 76 ) 572 final .
                                      Brussels , A November 1976
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                         AMENDMENT TO THE
        RECOMMENDATION FOR A REGULATION OF THE COUNCIL
     concluding an Agreement between the European Economic
        Community and Macao on trade in textile products
   ( submitted to the Council by the Commission / pursuant to
     Article 149 , para . 2 of the EEC Treaty )
                '  ' I
   C0MC76 ) 572 final .
 ---pagebreak---                           EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
         A recommandation for a Council Regulation concerning the conclu­
sion of an Agreement between the Community and Macao on trade in textile
products has been sent by the Commission to tho Council dat«d 23 February
1976 ( Doc . COM(76 ) 32 final )
         The Macao authorities hav® , by the following , axprese®d the wish
that detailed clauses exclude from the application of eventual quanti­
tative restriction , certain textil® goods of th ^ eott&g© iadustry ( as h©s
bean provided in most of the siasilar Agy®«®©ats Si®g©tiet,r><a fey the Community
with other third countries ) •
         Following contacts with tfa® Mission of Fesrtag-'sl and tha f?acao
authorities aad in consultation rith the             Art isle 113 Committee ,
the text of aa article and && Asmcz refer.?!®®       it. fesiv© b"»*a drafted ?
the two parties have agreed to this test *
         The texts in question be$i£g ih@a pa^t ©f th® ®b©T® ^ it®d Agreement ?
the procedure tor the conclusion ®£ tsfeieb, is alysady in pysgress ia the
Council , it is fitting that the tests ba            to fcfee Agreement is
question *
         The ComBiseioa then is transmitting to tfe® Council the text of
the Article and of the Aanes in question ( ®s® Amass) ia order that the
Regulation concerning the coBclusioa of tfe@ Agr®«»enl! to® t«*K«n by th®
Council on ths basis of the test of the Ag^eeneafc " than eoraplsted#
( 1 ) cf. B©e® S/33V76 ( COMBE-' 9® )
 ---pagebreak---                                    Article ..... ...
 1.         Imports to the Community of the textile products referred to below,
originating in Macao, shall be free from quantitative restrictions , 1 f they
 satisfy one of the following definitions : ,
            i ) cotton handloom fabrics of the cottage industry , containing
                not more than 5 % by weight of man-made fibres , being fabrics which
                are both traditionally of the kind woven on handlooms and
                actually woven on a loom for which the motive power is provided
                entirely by the operators ( that is where the three primary move­
                ments of weaving , namely shedding , picking and beating , are
                induced by hand or foot and no other source of power is used );
           ii ) handmade goods made up by the cottage industry from such cotton
                Handloom fabrics ;
         iii ) jerseysknitted by hand from wool yarns without use of a machine;
          iv ) traditional Macao folklore textile products cut , sewn ,
                or otherwise fabricated by hand in cottages which are units of the
                cottage industry-
2.          The admission of these products to the Community', free from quantita­
tive restrictions , shall be subject to the proper functioning of the agrees
arrangements concerning-«ertif ication .
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   Cottage industry textile products
  1.         In accordance with Article 12 ( 3 ) of the Geneva Arrangement ,
 the Community and Macao agree with Article .... of the Agreement
 that / subject to certain conditions , exports from Macao to the Community , of
 certain cottage industry textile products shall be admitted free from
  quantitative restrictions . The conditions set out in Article .... para . ... of
 the Agreement shall indicate that the admission of these products to the Community
 free from quantitative restrictions , shall be subject to the proper functioning
 of the agreed arrangements concerning certification .
 2.          The Community and Macao hereby agree that for the implementation of
 Article ....... of the Agreement , the model certificate given below shall be
 used :
   Certificate in respect of cottage industry textile products referred to
 in Article           of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and
Macao on trade m textile products .
            Name and address of manufacturer ,
            Name and address of exporter
            Name and address of importer within the Community
            Description of goods
            Quantity ( in tonnes )
            Name of vessel or flight number
            Port or airport of destination .
This is to certify that the above shipment consists of :
            i ) cotton handloom fabrics of the cottage industry, containing not
                more than 5 % by weight of man-made fibres , being fabrics wh'ch are bnt
                traditionally of the kind woven on handlooms and actually woven on a
                loom for which the motive power is provided entirely by the operators
                ( that is where the three primary movements of weaving , namely shed­
                ding , picking and beating , are induced by hand or foot and no other
                source of power is used );
          ii ) handmade goods made up by the cottage industry frcm such cotton
                handloom fabrics ;
         iii ) jerseys knitted by hand from wool yarns without' use of a machine
          iv ) traditional Macao folklore textile products cut , sewn , or
                otherwise fabricated by hand in cottages which are units of the
                cottage industry .
3. The issuing authority for the above certificates shall be *
     Eeparticao Provincial de Servicos de Económica - Macao