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Date: 1982-06-04
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 3061/79 on common rules for imports of certain textile products originating in the People's Republic of China (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                Proposal for a   a      IL*/
                            COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
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certain textile products originating in>t the \ People 's Republic of China
                 ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
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                      EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Under Article 11 of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 3061 / 79 on common rules
for imports of certain textile products originating in China , ( the
regulation implementing the textile agreement ), China must be invited,
within eight days of a request from a Member State , to take ! part in
 consultations with a view to reaching agreement on a mutually
acceptable level of limitation ( basket extractor procedure ) where the
products in question were subject to quantitative restriction under the
autonomous arrangements in effect at the time when the agreement was
initialled ( July 1979 ).
For products not subject to quantitative restriction , such a decision
 is taken in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 14 ,
i.e. after obtaining the opinion of the Textile Committee established
for the purpose .
In the case of the first category of products , the reference in Article
11(4 ) and ( 7)to " products subject to quota " is not precise enough , since
under the autonomous arrangements products can be subject to quantitative
restriction without a quota being opened .     The wording of these paragraphs
should therefore be amended in order to make certain that the more or
less automatic procedure for the opening of consultations with China
at short notice covers all products subject to quantitative restriction
and not merely those for which there is a quota .     In any case , it is
reasonable :o assume that by and large products subject to quantitative
restriction but not to quota would be more sensitive than products
subject to quota .
Under the practice followed to date , China has always been asked for
consultations within eight days of a Member State 's request where the
products concerned are subject to quantitative restriction , whether
there was a quota or not .    But in the interests of legal precision ,
on which one Member State has laid particular emphasis , the Commission
wishes to submit the following proposal for a regulation to the Council .
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                          COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 3061 / 79 on common rules for imports of
certain textile products originating in 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 Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 3061 / 79 of 20 December 1979
on common rules for imports of certain text i le products originating in
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the People 's Republic of China ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas the structure and aims of the Regulation ( EEC ) No 3061 / 79 are such
that the consultation procedures and provision for the suspension of the '
granting of import documents are applicable to all products subject to
quantitative restriction under the autonomous import arrangements in effect
at the time of initialling of the Agreement on trade in textile products
between the Community and the People 's Republic of China ;    whereas in the
interests of clarity the provisions of Article 11(4 ) and ( 7 ) of the said
Regulation should therefore be made more specific ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 0J Mo L 345 , 31.12.1979, p. 1 .
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The expression      subject to quota " in Article 11(4 ) and ( 7 ) of Regulation
( EEC ) No 3061 / 79 is hereby replaced by the expression " subject to
quantitative restriction ".
                                 Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .
Done at Brussels                                        For the Council