CELEX: 51976PC0496
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Date: 1976-09-24
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION provisionally extending in advance for 1977 the import quotas laid down for 1976 by Council Decision 75/788/EEC in respect of the People's Republic of China (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                       Proposal for a
                               COUNCIL DECISION
                                                                      »
           provisionally extending in advance for 1977 the
           import quotas laid down for 1976 by Council Decision
           75/ 788 / EEC in respect of the People 's Republic of
                  China
                ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission )
 COM(76) 496 final .
 ---pagebreak---                          EXPLANATORY  NOTE
1.       In conformity with Council Deoision 75/210/EEC of 2J Maroh 1975 , "the
Council adopts each year, before the 30 november, the import quotas to he opened
by the Member States in respect of various State trading oountries for the
following year .
         If no Council Decision has been adopted by that date , the existing
import quotas are automatically extended on a provisional basis for the
following year : the Council then adopts the definitive quotas before the
following 1st March .
2.       As regards C^sa, a number of Member States recently expressed the
wish to be allowed publish the quotas for 1977 before the Canton Trade Fair,
which lasts from mid-October until mid * November, so that the Community firms
know the import possibilities for 1977 into their respective oountries from
China, before attending the Fair which is a very important event for the purpose
of concluding trade agreements with China .
3.       In view of the advisability of meeting the wishes of the Member
States in this case , the Commission feels that the adoption of the quotas in
question can be achieved by an early (in relation to the specified date of
30 November) extension on a provisional basis of the current quotas of all the
Member States in respect of China : the advantage of this measure is that on
the one hand all the Member States will be able to take part in the Canton
Trade Fair under the same conditions , and on the other hand, the measure will
not prejudge the definitive quota arrangements which the Council will adopt
for 1977 on a proposal from the Commission next autumn.
         Since in this proposal the Commission envisages a number of technical
adjustments for certain quotas in the textile sector, so as to improve the
economic coordination possibilities for imports of a number of particularly
sensitive products , it would be advisable that in the granting of import
authorisations for these same quotas in respect of China, the Member States
already take into account this aim so as to avoid prejudging the possibility
of adjusting these quotas in the future .
 ---pagebreak---          To this end the Commission reserves the right to provide orally
the precise details during the examination of the present proposal within
the Trade Questions Working Group of the Council .
4.       As requested by a number of Member States , the Council and Commission
could moreover, "by a joint declaration in the minutes at the time of adoption
of the present decision,   agree - that the definitive quota arrangement which
will be adopted in respeot of Chine next automn, will not be more restrictive
than the one in force for 1976 and extended on a provisional basis for 1977 *
5*       The Commission therefore proposes that the Council adopt the decision
and the declaration for the minutes as laid down in Annexes I and II respectively
 ---pagebreak---                                                               ANNEX I
                                 COUNCIL DECISION
            provisionally extending in advance for 1977 the
            import quotas laid down for 1976 by Council Decision
            75 / 788/ EEC in respect of the People 's Republic of
                                         China
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 , under Article 8 of Council Decision 75 / 210/ EEC on unilateral
                                                                      (1)
import arrangements in respect of state-trading countries                 , the Council
should normally adopt by 30 November 1976 the changes to be made for the
year 1977 to the import quotas listed in the Annexes to Council Decision
75 / 788 / EEC of 18 December 1975 amending for 1976 the import quotas laid
                                          ( 2)      . .      . .   .
down by the first-named Decision               , and whereas lf-no Council Decision
has been adopted by that date , the existing import quotas are to be
extended on a provisional basis for the following year ;
Whereas , however , the Canton Trade Fair - which by tradition is
particularly important as regards the conclusion of commercial contracts
between Community firms and import and export undertakings of the People 's
Republic of China - starts in mid-October , and whereas it is therefore
advisable that the import quotas to be opened in respect of that country
for 1977 be laid down before the Canton Trade Fair ;
( ) 0J No L        99 , 21 . 4.1975 , p . 7
< 2) OJ No L 332, 29.12.1975, p. 1
 ---pagebreak---                                    - 2 -
Whereas , however , it is advisable at this stage that the import quotas
 in question be adopted on a provisional basis , by an advance extension
of the import quotas currently in force , this by way of derogation from
Article 8, second paragraph, first sentence , of Council Decision 75 / 210/ EEC
and subject to such amendments as the Council may make on the adoption of
the import quotas for 1977 in respect of all state-trading countries ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                  Article 1
By way of derogation from Article 8, second paragraph , first sentence , of
Decision 75 / 210 / EEC , the provisional extension for 1977 of the import quotas
as set out in Annex X to Decision 75 / 788 / EEC concerning the People 's Republic
of China shall take effect on the date of entry into force of thieoecision .
Such extension shall be without prejudice to any changes or adjustments
to the said quotas that the Council may consider necessary upon the adoption
pursuant to the aforesaid Article 8 of the import quotas for 1977 in respect
of all state-trading countries .
Imports under the quotas extended as aforesaid may not be effected
before 1 January 1977 .
                                  Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
                                            Done at
                                            For the Council
                                            The President
 ---pagebreak---                                               ANNEX II
                              D R A _F 2
       Joint Declaration of the Council and the Commission
                   to be included in the minutes
The Council and the Commission hereby agree , each in respect of its own
particular area of competence , that the definitive quotas to be adopted
for 1977 in respect of China pursuant to Article 8 of Decision 75 / 210/ EEC
will not , taken overall , be more restrictive as regards their effective
scope than those for 1976 .