CELEX: 51981PC0115
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Date: 1981-03-19
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) concerning the arrangements for importation into Italy of jute yarn originating in Thailand (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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                                                    COM(81)115 final
                                                    Brussels , 19th March 1981
                    PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
            concerning the arrangements for importation into Italy of
                               jute yarn originating in Thailand
               ( presented by the Commission to the Council )
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 ---pagebreak---                         EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.     An arrangement is in force between the European Economic Community
and Thailand concerning Thai exports.of jute yarn to the Community .
The arrangement , which was agreed with Thailand last May under an approach
similar to that which led to bilateral agreements on jute products with
India and Bangladesh , is valid - like those two agreements - until the       .
end of 1983 .                                             c   . • »
      Under the terms of the arrangement Thailand undertook to enter into
consultations at the Community 's request should the increase in its exports
of jute yarn cause serious injury on the Community market or in one of its
                                                            (
                                                            1
regions .                                           -       ',
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2.    As a result of the particularly large increase in Thai exports of jute
yarn to Italy during 1980 , serious difficulties have arisen on the Italian .
market .  Consequently the Community asked Theiland , in accordance with the
above-mentioned arrangement , for consultations to find a solution to those
              1
difficulties .                         ;   ~     /
      At the close of the consultations , which took place on 20 and 23
January , Thailand undertook to exercise voluntary restraint in respect of
its exports of jute yarn to Italy , at agreed levels , for the period 1 January
1981 to 31 December 1983 .           ,                  ,
      It is proposed that the Council adopt the attached regulation to
implement the results of the consultations within the Community .
1
  Article 113 Committee -  Textiles , 29 October 1980 .
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                                                                                   to the limit for the following year, and the use in anti­
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                                        cipation of a part of a quantitative limit fixed for the
COMMUNITIES.
                                                                                   following year ;                                             .
Having regard lo the Treaty establishing the European                              Whereas it is provided that products entering
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113
thereof,                                                                           r     Itfly             under the inward processing arran­
                                                                                   gements, or any other suspensive arrangements, which
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission.                                 are re-exported from the customs territory of the
                                                                                   Community, in their original state or after processing,
Whereas , following the » onsultations held                                        will not be counted against the quantitative limits
between the European Economic Community                                            fixed ;
and the Kingdom of Thailand on the basis                                           Whereas under the above Arrangement Thai
of the Arrangement in force between the                                            exports of jute yarn to the Community
Community and Thailand concerning exports                                          are subject to export licences issued
of jute yarn , the Government of that                                              by the Thai authorities ; whereas
 country has undertaken to establish vol­                                           imports into Italy of jute yarn placed
 untary restraint for exports of jute                                              on board in Thailand from 1 January
 yarn to Italy for the period 1 January                                             1981 on the basis of export licences
 1981 until 31 December 1983 ;                                                      issued by the Thai authorities before
 Whereas the effectiveness of the voluntary restraint                               that date must be counted against the
 measures introduced by the Thai authorities is                                     ceiling fixed for 1981 ;
 dependent on the establishment of a system of
 Community surveillance the implementation of which
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                              ~  "
 requires that imports of the products in question into
          Italy             arc subject to authorization ;
                                                                                             Article /
 Whereas the voluntary restraint measures set quantita­
 tive limits for exports effected during ( he years                  1.    Imports into the               Italy        . of che
 1981 , 1982 and 1983 ; whereas it is accordingly neces­            following products originating in Thailand and
 sary to fix quantitative limits for imports into                   imported from that country during the period 1
         Italy        o.' the products in question ;                January 19S1to 31 December 1983 shall be subject to
 Whereas the consultations provide for the possibility              the production of an import authorization granted by
                                                                    the competent authorities of the Member State
 of carrying over, up to a certain percentage, unused
                                                                    concerned. The import authorizations will be limited
 quantities of the quantitative limit fixed for one year
                                                                    to the quantities indicated below :
                                                                                         Quantitative limits
                         CCT
                                                Dncripiioa              Unii
                     heading No                                                             19S2             . 1983
                                                                                  1981
                 57.06              Yam oí jute or of other textile    Tonnes
                                                                                3 390       3 ¿ 60         3 955
                                    bast libres of heading No 57.03
    2. Import authorizations shall be granted automati­              authorities before that date snail
    cally and without delay, within the limits indicated in           be counted against the quantities
    paragraph 1 , upon production by the importer of an               fixed for 1931 .
    export licence granted by the competent authorities in
    Thailand and containing the particulars set out in the                                   Articlt 2
    Annex hereto.
                                                                    When the Commission finds that, in accordance with
                                                                    the agreed minutes of consultations, acceptance
    Imports thus authorized shall be counted against the            should be given in respect of a notification by the
    quantitative limit fixed for the penod during which             Thai authorities that they intend :
    the goods were placed on board in Thailand for
    export to Italy . Ircoorts into Italy                           – to carry over unused quantities of a quantitative
    of jute yarn placed or. tcard in Thai­                               limit fixed in the agreed minutes from one year to
                                                                         the limit fixed for the following year.
     land froiTi 1 January 1981 oh the b?sis
    of export licences issued by the Thai
 ---pagebreak--- – to use in anticipation a par. of a quantitative limit       suspensive arrangements, which are re-exported from
     fixed for the following year,                            the customs territory of the Community, either in
it shall so inform the Member State which shall auth*         their original . state or after processing, shaM not be
eri»e imparts in excess of the limits fixed in Article 1      taunted agein«t the quarutwiivt limiM fixed in
                                                              Article 1 .
up to the amount of the quantities indicated by the
Commission.
                                                                                       Article 4
                        Article . 3
                                                             This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
Products entering ... Italy                   under the       following its publication in the Official Journal of
inward processing arrangements, or under any other            the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
                                           Τ   ι
               Done at Brussels
                                                                          For the Council
 ---pagebreak---                                                  ANNEX
                                Particular* referred to la Article 1 (2)
Export licences to be issued by the competent authorities in Thailand (') in respect of the products
referred to in this Regulation shall specify or include :
1 . the destination, and in particular the town and the Member State of destination ;
2. a sériai number :                                                                                    ,
3. the name and address of the importer ;
4. the name and address of the exporter ;
5. a description of the goods ;
6. the quantity (in tonnes):                                                      ,
                                                                                /
7. a certificate to the effect that the quantity in question has been counted against the quantitative
    limit fixed for ' j t a I y           • or» where appropriate, that the said quantity is intended for
    re-export, whether or not after further processing, from the Community.
 (*) Department of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce.