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Date: 1976-04-26 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 903/76 of 8 April 1976 concluding the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Hong Kong on trade in textile products #Agreement between the European Economic Community and Hong Kong on trade in textile products #Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Hong Kong on trade in textile products

26. 4. 76                         Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 108/ 1
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                                      (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 903/76
                                                  of 8 April 1976
             concluding the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Hong Kong
                                            on trade in textile products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                     products is hereby concluded on behalf of the
                                                              Community.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community, and in particular                The text of the Agreement is annexed to this
Article 113 thereof,                                          Regulation.
Having regard to the recommendation from the
Commission,                                                                          Article 2
Whereas the Agreement on trade in textile products            The President of the Council shall notify the other
negotiated between the European Economic                      Contracting Party of the completion by the
Community and Hong Kong should be concluded,                  Community of the procedures required for the entry
                                                              into force of the Agreement (1 ).
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                     Article 3
                       Article 1
                                                              This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
The Agreement between the European Economic                   day following its publication in the Official Journal
Community and Hong Kong on trade in textile                   of the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Luxembourg, 8 April 1976.
                                                                                   For the Council
                                                                                    The President
                                                                                     G, THORN
                                                               H The date of entry into force of the Agreement will be
                                                                  published in the Official Journal of the European
                                                                  Communities.
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                                                    AGREEMENT
                between the European Economic Community and Hong Kong on trade in textile
                                                        products
            THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
            of the one part,
            THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG,
            of the other part,
            DESIRING to ensure the orderly and equitable development of trade in textile products between
            the European Economic Community (hereinafter referred to as 'the Community') and Hong
            Kong,
            HAVING REGARD to the provisions of the Arrangement regarding International Trade in
             Textiles (hereinafter referred to as 'the Geneva Arrangement') and in particular Article 4
            thereof,
            HAVE DECIDED, in a spirit of mutual cooperation and in conformity with the Geneva
            Arrangement, to conclude this Agreement and to this end have designated as Plenipotentiaries:
             THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES :
             THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG :
             WHO HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS :
                       Article 1                                shares set out in Annex I not taken up by a Member
                                                               State of the Community may be re-allocated to
1 . The parties recognize and confirm that, subject             another Member State within the limits decided by
to the provisions of this Agreement and without                 the Community in accordance with the procedures in
prejudice to their rights and obligations under the             force in the Community. The Community shall
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the                     respond within four weeks of its receipt to any
conduct of their mutual trade in textile products shall         request made by Hong Kong for such re-allocation. It
be governed by the provisions of the Geneva                     is understood that any re-allocation so effected
Arrangement.                                                    would not need to be confined within any limits set
                                                                in flexibility provisions established elsewhere in this
2.   This Agreement shall apply to trade in those               Agreement.
categories of textile products originating in and
dispatched from Hong Kong which are listed in                                           Article 2
Annexes I and II and to trade in those textile
products which are referred to in Article 4.                    In respect of the categories of textile products to
                                                                which this Agreement applies, and subject to the
3.   Hong Kong shall establish quantitative limits on           satisfactory operation of this Agreement, the
exports to the Community in accordance with the                 Community shall not introduce new quantitative
schedule set out in Annex I. Quantities of the quota            restrictions and shall refrain from invoking the
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provisions of Article 3 of the Geneva Arrangement             countries in the Geneva Arrangement, the following
provided that exports to the Community of such                specific consultation procedures shall apply to the
textile products originating in and dispatched from           products set out in Annex II .
Hong Kong do not exceed the quantitative limits
established under the provisions of this Agreement.           3.        Hong Kong acknowledges that, in accordance
                                                              with the Community's statement accompanying its
                       Article 3
                                                              acceptance of the Geneva Arrangement, the
                                                              procedures referred to in this Article may be invoked
                                                              by the Community at the level of the Member States.
1.     Imports into the Community of those textile
products to which this Agreement applies which are            4. In respect of the products set out in Annex II
for immediate re-export or for inward processing and          Hong Kong shall issue export authorizations and
subsequent re-export outside the Community shall              provide fortnightly returns to the Commission,
not be subject to quantitative limits established under       showing, by product and by Member State, the
this Agreement, provided they are entered as such             quantities covered by export authorizations issued to
under an administrative system of control in force for
                                                              Hong Kong exporters in order to provide the
this purpose within the Community.                            Commission         with    advance  information   on   the
                                                              development of trade by product and by region of
2.      In any case where Community authorities               the Community.
 ascertain that imports described in paragraph 1 have
been retained for consumption within the                      5.        The Community may request consultations with
Community, the latter shall notify Hong Kong on a             a view to reaching agreement on an appropriate level
quarterly basis of the amounts involved. Hong Kong            of restraint for any product set out in Annex II
 shall in such cases and at the request of the
                                                              whenever, in the opinion of the Community,
Community, charge such amounts against the                    conditions in any of its markets are such that a
quantitative limits in question for the current
                                                              limitation on further trade in any such product may
Agreement year or for the next following Agreement            be necessary to eliminate real risks . of market
year .
                                                              disruption .
3.     In any case where the competent authorities            6.        The request for such consultation shall be
 within the Community ascertain under an
                                                              accompanied, within a reasonable period of time, by
 administrative system of control in force that imports       a       statement   of   the  market   conditions  in  the
 of textile products to which this Agreement applies          Community which, in the opinion of the Community,
 have been charged against quantitative limits                make necessary the request for consultation. The
 established under this Agreement but subsequently
                                                               statement shall include data designed to demonstrate
 re-exported outside the Community, the competent              the existence of real risks of market disruption ( as
 authority concerned shall inform the Hong Kong                defined in Annex A to the Geneva Arrangement).
 authorities of the quantities involved and authorize
 imports of the same quantities which shall not be
 charged to the quantitative limits under the                  7.        Until such time as a mutually satisfactory
 Agreement.                                                    conclusion has been arrived at by means of such
                                                               consultations, Hong Kong shall, if so requested by
                                                              the Community :
                        Article 4
                                                                 ( i ) cease the issue of further export authorizations
                                                                       from the date on which the Community's request
 1 . The parties shall enter promptly into                             for consultations was made;
 consultation with each other at the request of either
 party on any matter concerning their trade in textile         ( ii ) not thereafter resume the issue of export
 products and in particular on any problem arising                     authorizations for as long as may be necessary to
 from the application of this Agreement. Such                          ensure that exports to the Community recorded
 consultations shall be held in conformity with the                    for the product in question do not exceed, at an
 provisions of the Geneva Arrangement and shall be                     annual rate, the exports recorded in the 12
 approached by both parties in a spirit of compromise                  months ending two months before the month in
 and with a view to the conciliation of differences                    which the Community's request for consultations
 existing between them .                                               was made.
 2. In view of the desire of the parties to avoid, on           8 . Export authorizations issued prior to the
 the one hand, real risks of market disruption in the          receipt of the request for consultations referred to
  Community and, on the other hand, disruption to the           above may be honoured by the issue of export
 textile trade of Hong Kong, and having full regard to          licences by Hong Kong, and the Community shall
 the need for equitable treatment of participating              admit imports of all goods in respect of which export
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authorizations have already been issued at the date                                           Article 5
on which the Community requested consultations.
                                                               1 . ( a) Within any one Agreement year, unused
9.     The parties shall consult as soon as possible                     portions of quantitative limits established
within 30 days of the request for such consultations                     under this Agreement may be transferred to
and make their best efforts to complete such                             another quantitative limit so established,
consultations within 60 days of the request for                          under the conditions set out below.
consultations.
                                                                   (b) Transfers may only be effected under this
                                                                         Agreement as follows :
10.     In the event of the parties being unable to
reach agreement during such consultations either of                        (i) the ceiling for any specific category may
the parties may elect to bring the matter before the                           be increased by the transfer from any
Textiles Surveillance Body in accordance with Article                           other     category    or     categories   of    a
11 (4) of the Geneva Arrangement. Either party                                 maximum percentage amount calculated
choosing to adopt such course of action shall                                   in    accordance      with      the   table    of
immediately notify the other of its intention.                                  equivalences set out in Annex IV;
                                                                         ( ii) the maximum percentage by which any
11 . In implementation of paragraphs 4 to 9 Hong                                specific ceiling may be exceeded shall be :
Kong shall advise the Community immediately upon
receipt of any applications for export authorizations                           ( a) 7 % of the ceiling in respect of
in exceptionally large amounts or unusual                                            categories other than categories 3 , 4,
concentration      of     applications     for    export                             6, 8 , 11 and 12 set out in Annex I,
authorizations in a particular product. In judging                              ( b) 7 % of the ceiling in respect of
what constitutes exceptionally large amounts or                                      categories 3 , 4, 6, 8 , 11 and 12 set out
unusual concentrations of applications, Hong Kong                                    in Annex I where the transfer is
will have regard to recent levels of trade and shall                                 effected by a corresponding reduction
ensure that the quantities covered by the issue of                                   in any of categories 3 , 4, 6, 8 , 11
export authorizations in question would not be such                                  and 12,
as to cause a sharp and substantial increase of
imports of the products in question into the                                   (c) 5 % of the ceiling in respect of
Community.                                                                           categories 3 , 4, 6, 8, 11 and 12 where
                                                                                     the transfer is from categories other
                                                                                     than categories 3 , 4, 6, 8 , 11 and 12.
 12. The parties shall consult at the request of
either party in order to review the need for the
 maintenance or modification of any limit established          2.      Portions of any quantitative limit established
in respect of a particular product as a result of these        under this Agreement which are not used during any
consultation arrangements .                                    Agreement year may be carried over and added to the
                                                               corresponding quantitative limit in the following
                                                               Agreement year within the limit set out in paragraph
 13 .   If an excessive product concentration of trade         4.
 takes place in any category for which Community
 quantitative limits are provided under this                   3.      Advance delivery may be authorized from the
Agreement, or to which this Article otherwise applies,         quantitative limit established for the same product
 which, in the opinion of the Community, creates real          for the following Agreement year, within the limit set
 risks of market disruption in respect of that product,        out in paragraph 4. Amounts delivered in advance
 the Community may request consultations with Hong             shall be deducted from the quantitative limit for the
 Kong under the same conditions as those set out in            product in question for the following Agreement
 paragraph 7, save that the term 'export                       year .
 authorizations' used therein shall be replaced for the
 purposes of this paragraph by 'export licences'.
                                                               4.      In any one Agreement year carry over and carry
                                                               forward may be utilized to a limit of 10 % of which
 14. If, in the opinion of the Community, imports              carry forward shall not represent more than 5 % .
 into the Community of products which, apart from
 their fibre composition, are like products to products
 listed in Annexes I and II         and are in direct          5.      The preceding flexibility provisions shall not, in
 competition with such products, create risks of               any given Agreement year, result in a quantitative
 market disruption, the Community may request                  limit for any category being exceeded by more than
 consultations with Hong Kong under the same                    15 % of the quantitative limit for that category for
 conditions as those specified in paragraph 7.                 that Agreement year,
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6. The use of the provisions for carry over and                                          Article 9
carry forward set out above shall be preceded by a
written notification to the Community by Hong                 1.      The parties shall take all possible measures to
Kong.                                                        ensure that traditional channels and methods of trade
                                                              between them are maintained.
7. Hong Kong shall set out in its periodical
statistical reports the maximum export levels for each       2. Should the Community inform Hong Kong that
category subject to a specific ceiling and the rate           the application of this Agreement has given rise to
of utilization of these levels .                              difficulties regarding the maintenance of existing
                                                              commercial relations between importers in the
                                                              Community and their suppliers in Hong Kong, the
                         Article 6                            Parties      shall    consult    in accordance     with    the
                                                              procedure set out in Article 4 ( 1 ).
1 . Hong Kong shall endeavour to ensure that
exports of all textile products for which quantitative
limits may be established under this Agreement are                                       Article 10
spaced out as evenly as possible over each of the
Agreement years, due account being taken, in                  Without prejudice to the other provisions of this
particular, of seasonal factors.                              Agreement, quantitative restrictions with regard to
                                                              imports into Ireland of the following textile products
2. In particular, Hong Kong shall use its best                from Hong Kong may be maintained until 30 June
endeavours to ensure that exports from Hong Kong              1977 at the latest.
of products to which this Agreement applies will not,
in the calendar year 1975, exceed the limits                        Brussels Tariff
established by virtue of this Agreement for 1975 .                   Nomenclature                   Description
                                                                      heading No
Should any excess occur which, in the opinion of the
Community, gives rise to serious difficulties, the
parties shall consult each other with a view to                         55.05             Cotton yarn, not put up for retail
arriving at solutions to resolve the difficulties. Hong                                   sale
Kong shall give sympathetic consideration to any
proposals by the Community for such solutions.
                                                                        55.06             Cotton yarn, put up for retail sale
                         Article 7                                      55.07             Cotton gauze
The parties shall exchange all useful information
concerning their mutual trade in textile products in
order to ensure the successful implementation of this
Agreement.
                                                                                         Article 11
                         Article 8                             This Agreement shall apply to the territories where
                                                               the Treaty establishing the European Economic
 1.     The quantitative limits established under this         Community applies, on the conditions established in
Agreement shall be managed under a system of                   the said Treaty, and to the territory of Hong Kong.
 double checking, the details of which are set out in
Annex III .
                                                                                         Article 12
 2. Hong Kong shall furnish the Community with
precise statistical information, on a fortnightly basis        1 . This Agreement shall enter into force on the
 (or other intervals as may be agreed), of all export          first day of the month following the date on which
 licences issued by Hong Kong for all categories of            the parties have notified each other of the completion
 textile products exported to the Community to which           of the procedures necessary for the purpose (1). It
 this Agreement applies.                                       shall remain in force until 31 December 1977.
 3 . The Community shall likewise forward to Hong
 Kong, on a quarterly basis, precise statistical                (x) The date of entry into force of the Agreement will be
 information of imports of such products into the                   published in the Official Journal of the European
 Community.                                                         Communities.
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2.     This Agreement shall have effect from 18 July          4.    The   Annexes    and    the Protocol     to  this
1975 .                                                        Agreement shall form an integral part thereof.
3.     Either party may at any time propose                                         Article 13
modifications to this Agreement or denounce it
provided that notice is given at least 120 days before        This Agreement shall be drawn up in two copies in
the expiry of any 12-month period; in the latter event        the Danish, Dutch, English, French, German and
the Agreement will come to an end at the expiry of            Italian languages, each of these texts being equally
the said 12-month period.                                     authentic.
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                               Schedule of quantitative limits established under Article 1 (3)
                                                                                                                                             Quantitative limit
             cription                                           Control unit                  Member State
                                                                                                                           1975                    1976                  1977
     ther than gauze, terry towel-
          narrow fabrics of a width not
        and chenille fabrics, tulle and
                                                          Equivalent                   Germany                           1 813                  2 352                  2 924
                                                          1 000 kg (a)                 France                              400                    600                    900
                                                                                       Italy                             1 800                  2 198                  2 625
    fibres (discontinuous or waste):                                                   Benelux                           1 700                  2 056                  2 373
                                                                                       United Kingdom                   17 291 (b)             17 377 (b)             17 464 (b)
                                                                                       Ireland                             450                    452                    461
                                                                                       Denmark                             157                    229                    285
                                                                                       EEC                              23 611 (b)             25 264 (b)             27 032 (b)
         ed for category 1, sublimits as set out below are established, with respect only to the United Kingdom, for the products falling
    fibres (continuous), including
      strip:
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                                                          Equivalent
                                                                                        United Kingdom                    7 298                  7 334                  7 371
ade fibres (discontinuous or                              1 000 kg (a)
            ividing the total area of the fabric in m 2 by the average area of the fabric in m 2 per kg. For this purpose the average area per kg is to be taken as follows:
              scontinuous o r waste): 6 m ! per kg,
              ntinuous): 8 m 2 per kg.
               are attributed to the United Kingdom also cover exports of the products of B T N heading N o 5 1 . 0 4 Woven fabrics of man-made fibres (continuous), including woven
                5 1 . 0 2 : e x A. Woven fabrics of synthetic textile fibres — Unbleached o r bleached.
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                                                                                                                                             Quantitative limit
             scription                                          Control unit                 Member State
                                                                                                                             1975                   1976                  1977
     her than gauze, terry towelling
     narrow fabrics of a width not
      s and chenille fabrics, tulle and
  or bleached                                             Equivalent                                                        600                    876                  1 137
                                                                                         Germany
                                                          1 000 kg (a)                  France                              340                    502                    657
    fibres (discontinuous or waste) :                                                   Italy                               150                    225                    337
                                                                                        Benelux                             370                    473                    601
                                                                                        United Kingdom                   8 105 (b)               8 146 (b)              8 187 (b)
                                                                                        Ireland                             150                    155                    161
  or bleached                                                                           Denmark                              80                    104                    134
                                                                                        EEC                              9 795 ( b)             10 481 (b)            11 214 (b)
       fied for category 2, sublimits as set out below are established, for the United Kingdom only, for the products falling within
  e fibres (continuous), including
    r strip :
  or bleached                                             Equivalent
                                                          1 000 kg ( a)                 United Kingdom                   4 140                   4 160                  4 182
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ade fibres (discontinuous or
  or bleached
            ividing the total area of the fabric in m1 by the average area of the fabric in m* per kg. For this purpose the average area per kg is to be taken as follows :
                continuous or waste) : 6 m2 per kg,
               ntinuous) : 8 m2 per kg.
              are attributed to the United Kingdom also cover exports of the products of BTN heading No 51.04 Woven fabrics of man-made fibres (continuous), including woven
              51.02 : ex A. Woven fabrics of synthetic textile fibres — Other than unbleached or bleached.
                                                                                                                                                                                       .
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                                                                                                                                    Quantitative limit
           ription                                           Control unit                  Member State
                                                                                                                     1975                   1976               1977
   ocheted , not elastic or rubberi­                   1 000 units ( a)              Germany                      9 189                  9 336              9 502
                                                                                     France                          65                    221                324
                                                                                     Italy                          203                    283                393
   ts, singlets and the like                                                         Benelux                      1 479                  1591               1 717
                                                                                     United Kingdom              11 527                 11 585             11 643
                                                                                     Ireland                         88                     97                107
                                                                                     Denmark                        763                    784                808
                                                                                     EEC                         23 314                23 897              24 494
articles , knitted or crocheted ,                      1 000 pieces                      Germany                 10 405                 10 619             10 864
                                                                                     France                         130                    300                414
                                                                                     Italy                          367                    489                642
   ers, twinsets , cardigans , bed­                                                   Benelux                     2 241                  2 402              2 574
                                                                                      United Kingdom             17 585                 17 673             17 761
                                                                                     Ireland                         23                     31                 41
                                                                                     Denmark                        939                    968                998
                                                                                     EEC                         31 690                32 482              33 294
articles , knitted or crocheted ,                      1 000 kg ( b)                     Germany                     735                   840                 914
                                                                                      France                          33                    50                  75
                                                                                     Italy                            27                    41                  62
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                                                                                     Benelux                         352                   386                 410
 nks                                                                                 United Kingdom                1 821 ( c)            1 850 (c)           1 924 (c)
                                                                                     Ireland                           2                     3                   5
                                                                                     Denmark                          61                    75                  85
                                                                                     EEC                          3 031 (c)              3 245 (c)         3 475 (c)
             eckoned as one unit. One singlet shall be reckoned as one half of a unit.
             ponents of the garments.
            t of the United Kingdom also cover exports of all other outer garments and clothing accessories classified under BTN heading No 60.05 other than those specified
            ieces, including a knitted top garment and a knitted lower garment which are contracted for, packed, consigned and sold together.
                                                                                                                                                                                  No L 108 /9
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       ription                        Control unit       Member State
                                                                          1975          1976            1977
                                                                                                                    No L 108 / 10
 nts :
  type
                                 1 000 pieces        Germany             1 068         1 077           1 089
                                                     France                15             25              34
   outer garments :                                                       194            209             224
                                                     Italy
                                                     Benelux              720            724             728
  type
                                                     United Kingdom       549            572             595
                                                     Ireland                1              1               2
                                                     Denmark               57             61              64
                                                     EEC                 2 604         2 669           2 736
ents (other than knitted or
                                 1 000 pieces (a)    Germany             6 106         6 137           6 168
                                                     France                 47           251             376
                                                     Italy                 291           437             656
   ke                                                Benelux             1 163         1 327           1 502
                                                     United Kingdom      2 378         2 725           3 146
                                                     Ireland                 5            14             21
                                                     Denmark               644           647            650
                                                     EEC                10 634       11 538           12 519
ents (other than knitted or
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  and the like
                                 1 000 pieces        Germany            21 010       21 342           21 717
                                                     France                187           496             725
   outer garments (other than                                                           982            1 313
                                                     Italy                 713
                                                     Benelux             2 023        2 239            2 467
  and the like, except divided                       United Kingdom     25 953       26 083           26 213
                                                     Ireland                12           27               39
                                                     Denmark             2 381        2 417            2 452
                                                     EEC                52 279       53 586           54 926
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                                                                                        Quantitative limit
   ription                               Control unit           Member State
                                                                                 1975           1976           1977
  outer garments (other than j
                             1       1 000 pieces       Germany                 2 824         2 838           2 852
                                 I                      France                     52            78             117
                                                        Italy                      42            63              95
                                                        Benelux                   207           306             416
                                                        United Kingdom          1 083         1 260           1 436
                                                        Ireland                     3             5               8
                                                        Denmark                   111           139             164
                                                        EEC                     4 322         4 689           5 088
   outer garments ( other than
                                     1 000 pieces       Germany                 5 584         5 843           6 092
                                                        France                    136           204             306
   kirts                                                Italy                     226           339             509
                                                        Benelux                   883         1 093           1 297
                                                        United Kingdom          4 167         4 408           4 642
                                                        Ireland                     7            11              17
                                                        Denmark                   184           240             307
                                                        EEC                    11 187        12 138          13 170
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 outer garments (other than 1
                                 J   1 000 pieces       Germany                16 069        16 149          16 230
                                 I                      France                     88           225             321
                                                        Italy                     159           183             261
                                                        Benelux                 1 504         1 623           1 746
                                                        United Kingdom          5 546         5 742           5 936
                                                        Ireland                     5            12              17
                                                        Denmark                   389           420             452
                                                        EEC                    23 760        24 354          24 963
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     ription                               Control unit       Member State
                                                                               1575            1976          1977      No L 108/ 12
ments (other than knitted or
     shirt fronts and cuffs : - 1 000 pieces              Germany            28 189        28 526          28 917
                                                          France                169           588             850
                                                          Italy                 963         1 270           1681
                                                          Benelux             3 051         3 327           3*642
                                                          United Kingdom     27 460        27 597          27 735
                                                          Ireland                 9            32              46
                                                          Denmark             2 125         2 175           2 232
                                                          EEC                61 966        63 515          65 103
                                                                                                                        Official
ments (other than knitted or
      shirt fronts and cuffs :
 garments
                                      1 000 pieces        Germany             6 878         6 912           6 947
    under garments (other than                            France                 83           270             405
                                                          Italy                  18           219             328
                                                          Benelux               648           853           1 147
   other night garments                                                       3 600         3 871           4 256
                                                          United Kingdom
                                                          Ireland                 4            15              22
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                                                          Denmark               209           272             362
                                                          EEC                11440         12 412          13 467
                                                                                                                        Communities
   et linen and kitchen linen ;
     articles :
                                  •   1 000 kg            Germany             1 124         1 356           1 580
                                                          France                 75           112             168
                                                          Italy                  70           105             158
                                                          Benelux               123           179             229
   inen
                                                          United Kingdom      4 260         4 281           4 302
                                                          Ireland                 3             4               6
                                                          Denmark                99           120             145
                                                          EEC                 5 754         6 157           6 588
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                                                                   ANNEX 11
                           Products subject to the specific consultation procedures under Article 4
                Brussels Tariff
                Nomenclature                                                    Description
                 heading No
                  ex 60.02            Gloves, mittens and mitts, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized :
                                      Gloves impregnated or coated with artificial plastic materials :
                                      — Other :
                                          — Of synthetic textile fibres
                                          — Of cotton
                  ex 60.04            Under garments, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized, other than :
                                      — Shirts, T-shirts, undervests, singlets and the like
                  ex 60.05            Outer garments and other articles, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or
                                      rubberized, other than :
                                      — Jerseys, pullovers, slipovers, twinsets, cardigans, bedjackets, jumpers
                                      — Infants' garments
                                      — Bathing costumes and trunks
                                      — Dresses and frocks
                                      — Skirts
                                      — Trousers
                                      — Combination sets ( a)
                  ex 61.01            Men's and boys' outer garments :
                                      — Waterproof garments and raincoats other than raincoats of the overcoat
                                          type
                  ex 61.02            Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments :
                                      — Waterproof garments and raincoats other than raincoats of the overcoat
                                          type
                  ex 61.01            Men's and boys' outer garments :
                                      — Work clothing
                  ex 61.02            Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments :
                                      — Other :
                                          — Work clothing
                  ex 61.01            Men's and boys' outer garments :
                                      — Articles of apparel used for sports
                  ex 61.02            Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments :
                                      — Other :
                                          — Articles of apparel used for sports
           ( a) A knitted combination set consists of two or three pieces, including a knitted top garment and a knitted lower garment,
                which are contracted for, packed, consigned and sold together.
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             Brussels Tariff
             Nomenclature                                     Description
              heading No
               ex 61.01      Men's and boys' outer garments other than :
                             — Waterproof garments
                             — Work clothing
                             — Articles of apparel used for sports
                             — Suits
                             — Trousers, breeches and the like
                             — Jackets, blazers and the like
               ex 61.02      Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments other than :
                             — Waterproof garments
                             — Work clothing
                             — Articles of apparel used for sports
                             — Coats and jackets
                             — Dresses
                             — Skirts
                             — Shirts and blouses
                             — Trousers, jeans and the like
               ex 61.03      Men's and boys' under garments, including collars, shirt fronts and cuffs,
                             other than :
                             — Shirts
                             — Pyjamas and other night garments
               ex 61.04      Women's , girls' and infants' under garments other than :
                             — Pyjamas, nightdresses and other nightwear
               ex 61.09      Corsets, corset-belts, suspender-belts, brassières, braces, suspenders, garters
                             and the like (including such articles of knitted or crocheted fabric), whether
                             or not elastic :
                             — Brassières
               ex 62.02      Bed linen, table linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen ; curtains and other
                             furnishing articles :
                             — Net curtains
                             — Other :
                                — Curtains and other furnishing articles
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                                                         ANNEX III
                                                 System of double checking
             As agreed between the parties in Article 8 of the Agreement, the administration of exports from
             Hong Kong and imports into the Community of those textile products to which the Agreement
             applies will be based on a system of double checking. The details of this system have been
             agreed between the parties and are set out below.
             The competent authorities within the Community will, automatically and without delay, accept
             imports of the textile products referred to above on submission of the importer's application
             together with a certified copy of the export licence. The competent authorities within the
             Community shall be entitled to require the presentation of a certificate of Hong Kong origin
             and a certified copy of an export licence in respect of those textile products originating in
             Hong Kong and set out in Annex I and (in any case where Article 4 has been invoked) in
             Annex II. These export licences will be issued by Hong Kong up to the total amount of the
             agreed ceilings.
             The export licences issued by Hong Kong in respect of the products subject to restraint under
             this Agreement shall specify and contain :
             1 . destination ;
            2 . serial number ;
            3 . importer's name and address ;
            4. exporter's name and address ;
            5. quantity in the units as designated in the Agreement and, where the quantity is expressed
                 other than in weight, the equivalent weight calculated in accordance with the table of
                 equivalences as set out in Annex IV ;
            6. category and description of product ;
            7. certification by Hong Kong that the quantity has been debited against the agreed ceiling for
                 exports to the Community or, where appropriate, is for immediate re-export or for inward
                 processing and subsequent re-export outside the Community.
            The competent authorities within the Community will not raise difficulties in the event of a
            discrepancy between the weight indicated in the export licence and the shipment or import
            weight provided it is within reasonable limits.
            Hong Kong will forward to the competent authorities within the Community, via the represen­
            tatives of the Member States of the Community and directly to the Commission, the periodic
            returns provided for in Article 8 of the Agreement showing the details referred to in ( 1), (5)
            and (6), covered by the export licences issued against the quantitative limits for exports to the
            Community, as well as the allocation of these export licences amongst the Member States of
            the Community for all categories of textile exports to the Community or any of its Member States
            to which the Agreement applies.
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                                                         ANNEX IV
                        Table of equivalences agreed for the purpose of the application of Article 5
              Brussels Tariff
                                                                                                           Ratio of
 Category     Nomenclature                                  Description
               heading No                                                                                equivalency
      3         ex 60.04           — Shirts , T-shirts and undervests , knitted or crocheted          6-4 units/kg
                                   — Singlets, knitted or crocheted                                  12-8 units/kg
      4         ex 60.05           Jerseys , pullovers, slipovers, twinsets, cardigans, bed­
                                   jackets and jumpers, knitted or crocheted                          5-18 pieces/kg
      6         ex 61.01      i
                ex 61.02      J
                                    Raincoats of the overcoat type                                    1-29 pieces/kg
      7         ex 61.01            — Men's and boys' suits                                           0-70 pieces/kg
                                    — Men's and boys' jackets , blazers and the like                   1-40 pieces/kg
      8         ex 61.01      1     Men's, boys', women's, girls' and infants' trousers,
                ex 61.02      ƒ     jeans, breeches and the like                                       2-47 pieces/kg
      9         ex 61.02            Women's, girls' and infants' coats and jackets                     1-25 pieces/kg
     10         ex 61.02            Women's, girls' and infants' dresses and skirts                    2-79 pieces/kg
     11          ex 61.02           Women's , girls' and infants' shirts and blouses                   5·55 pieces/kg
     12          ex 61.03           Men's and boys' shirts                                             4-60 pieces/kg
     13          ex 61.03      1
                                     Pyjamas, nightdresses and other night garments                    3-22 pieces/kg
                 ex 61.04      J
     15          ex 60.02            Gloves                                                           11-5 pairs/kg
     17          ex 61.01      i     Waterproof garments and raincoats other than raincoats
                 ex 61.02      J     of the overcoat type                                               1-29 pieces/kg
     18          ex 61.01      i     Work clothing                                                      1-40 pieces/kg
                 ex 61.02       J
     19          ex 61.01       \    Articles of apparel used for sports                                2·00 pieces/kg
                 ex 61.02       J
     21          ex 61.03       i    Other woven under garments                                         6·67 pieces/kg
                 ex 61.04       J
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                                                                     PROTOCOL
                 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Hong Kong on
                                                             trade in textile products
                 1 . Pursuant to Article 4 of the Agreement, consultations have been held between the
                      parties regarding exports from Hong Kong to the Community of the textile products
                      listed below.
                 2. As agreed in the consultations mentioned above, Hong Kong shall limit exports of
                      the products listed below to the regions of the Community and to the quantitative
                      limits indicated .
              Brussels                                                                                                         Quantitative limits
  Cate­        Tariff                                                                                  Control   Region(s)
           Nomenclature                                    Description                                   unit     covered
  gory
            heading No                                                                                                      1975    1976       1977
    15       ex 60.02         Gloves , mittens and mitts , knitted or crocheted, not                    1 000  Benelux (a) 2 260   2 396      2 540
                              elastic or rubberized :                                                  pairs
                                                                                                               France        197      209        222
                              — Gloves impregnated or coated with artificial plastic
                                  material                                                                     Italy         510      541        573
                              — Other :
                                  — Of synthetic textile fibres
                                  — Of cotton
    16       ex 60.04         Under garments, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or                      1 000  Germany       350      364        379
                              rubberized , other than :                                                   kg
                                                                                                               United        733      763        793
                              — Shirts , T-shirts , undervests, singlets and the like                          Kingdom
                              — Men's and boys' drawers and briefs
    17       ex 61.01         Men's and boys' outer garments :                                          1 000  United      1 522   1 613       1710
                              — Waterproof garments and raincoats other than rain­ pieces Kingdom
                                  coats of the overcoat type
             ex 61.02         Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments :
                              — Waterproof garments and raincoats other than
                                   raincoats of the overcoat type
    18       ex 61.01          Men's and boys' outer garments :                                          1000  United      2 133    2 240      2 352
                                                                                                        pieces  Kingdom
                              — Work clothing
             ex 61.02          Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments :
                              — Other :
                                      — Work clothing
     19      ex 61.01          Men's and boys' outer garments :                                          1 000 United         405      429       455
                                                                                                        pieces  Kingdom
                               — Articles of apparel used for sports
             ex 61.02          Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments :
                              — Other :
                                      — Articles of apparel used for sports
 (a) For Benelux, this category includes only gloves impregnated or coated with artificial plastic material.
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           Brussels                                                                                   Quantitative limits
 Cate­      Tariff                                                           Control   Region (s)
       Nomenclature
                                             Description                       unit     covered
 gory
        heading No                                                                                 1975    1976       1977
  20     ex 61.01   Men's    and   boys'     outer     garments other than : 1 000   United       2 699   2 861      3 033
                                                                               kg    Kingdom
                    — Waterproof garments
                    — Work clothing
                    — Articles of apparel used for sports
                    — Suits
                    — Trousers, breeches and the like
                    — Jackets, blazers and the like
         ex 61.02   Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments other than :
                    — Waterproof garments
                    — Work clothing
                    — Articles of apparel used for sports
                    — Coats and jackets
                    — Dresses
                    — Skirts
                    — Shirts and blouses
                    — Trousers, jeans and the like
  21     ex 61.03   Men's and boys' under garments including collars, shirt   1 000  United       4 238   4 492      4 762
                    fronts and cuffs , other than :                          pieces Kingdom
                    — Shirts
                    — Pyjamas and other night-garments
         ex 61.04   Women's, girls' and infants' under garments other than :
                    — Pyjamas, nightdresses and other nightwear