CELEX: 31977R1642
Language: en
Date: 1977-07-18 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1642/77 of 18 July 1977 concerning import arrangements for certain textile products originating in Thailand and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 845/77 for Thailand and Regulation (EEC) No 1183/77

22 . 7 . 77                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 183/7
                                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1642/77
                                                       of 18 July 1977
              concerning import arrangements for certain textile products originating in Thai­
              land and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 845/77 for Thailand and Regulation
                                                     (EEC) No 1183/77
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas, to this end, quantitative limits should be
COMMUNITIES,                                                     fixed for imports of these products into the Member
                                                                 States in question and detailed rules laid down for
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            their administration by the Member States ;
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113
thereof,                                                         Whereas imports of goods exported from Thailand in
                                                                  1977 should be charged against the quantitative limits
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,               fixed in the Agreement for that period ;
Whereas the European Economic Community and                      Whereas steps should be taken to ensure that there is
the Kingdom of Thailand have negotiated an Agree­                no evasion of the objectives of the Agreement by indi­
ment on trade in certain textile products within the             rect imports of products originating in Thailand ;
framework of the Arrangement regarding Interna­
tional Trade in Textiles (*) ;                                   Whereas the Agreement provides that products which
                                                                 enter the Community's customs territory under
                                                                 inward processing or other temporary admission
Whereas, for the purpose of implementing the Agree­
ment, import arrangements should be adopted for the              arrangements and are re-exported from that territory
products in question ;                                           in their original state or after processing should not be
                                                                 charged against the agreed quantitative limits ;
Whereas the Agreement requires the Community to                  Whereas, in view of Article 12 of the Arrangement
admit imports of certain textile products within                 regarding International Trade in Textiles, on which
quantitative limits, compliance with which will be               the abovementioned Agreement is based, the latter
guaranteed by a system of double checking ;                      does not apply to textile products of silk, flax or
                                                                 ramie ;
Whereas appropriate provisions applicable in the
Community should therefore be adopted for 1977 as                Whereas this Regulation replaces the temporary
well as criteria for the allocation of the quantitative          measures laid down for Thailand by Council Regula­
limits agreed with Thailand ;                                    tion (EEC) No 845/77 of 25 April 1977 maintaining
                                                                 in force the arrangements for the authorization of
Whereas, in view of the considerable disparities                 imports into France and into the United Kingdom of
existing between the conditions currently governing              certain knitted or crocheted undergarments origi­
imports of the products concerned into the Member                nating in the Republic of the Philippines or the
States and in view of the particular sensitivity of the          Kingdom of Thailand (2) ; whereas it also replaces the
Community's textile industry, standardization of these           measures laid down by Council Regulation (EEC) No
import conditions can only be achieved progressively ;            1183/77 of 3 June 1977 maintaining the arrange­
whereas one of the criteria to be adopted for the allo­          ments making the importation into Italy of certain
cation of the Community quantitative limits should               woven fabrics of cotton and certain woven fabrics of
therefore be the gradual adjustment of the quantities            synthetic textile fibres originating in the Kingdom of
admitted under current import conditions to market               Thailand subject to authorization (3),
supply requirements ;
Whereas, for certain other textile products, the Agree­
ment provides for a consultation procedure enabling              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
safeguard measures to be adopted where there is real
risk of market disruption ; whereas, in accordance
with this procedure, Thailand has undertaken to apply                                        Article 1
voluntary restraint in respect of exports of certain
textile products to certain Member . States ; whereas             1 . Imports into the Community of the textile
compliance with these quantitative limits will be                products set out in Annex A, originating in Thailand
guaranteed by the system of double checking ;
                                                                 (-) OJ No L 104, 28 . 4 . 1977, p . 1 .
(') OJ No L 118 , 30 . 4 . 1974, p. 2.                           (3 ) OJ No L 138 , 4 . 6 . 1977, p . 1 .
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and exported between 1 January and 31 December                 originating in Thailand which are listed in Annex B
1977, shall be subject to the quantitative limits set out      shall not be subject to quantitative restrictions.
in that Annex.
                                                               2. In the Member States listed in Annex B, imports
2. The quantitative limits shall be allocated among            of the textile products referred to in paragraph 1
the Member States in accordance with the procedure             exported from Thailand between 1 January and 31
laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1023/70               December 1977 shall be subject to the quantitative
of 25 May 1970 establishing a common procedure for             limits set out in that Annex.
administering quantitative quotas ( !), and in particular
in Article 1 1 thereof, in such a way as to ensure the         3 . The quantitative limits referred to in paragraph 2
expansion and orderly development of trade in                  may be amended in accordance with the procedure
textiles. However, the allocation shall be made on the         laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1023/70 , and in
                                                               particular in Article 1 1 thereof.
basis of the import volumes admitted under the condi­
tions at present applied in the Member States.                 4.      Article 1 (3), (4) and (5) shall apply to the quanti­
                                                               tative limits referred to in this Article.
3. The importation into the Community of the
products referred to in paragraph 1 is hereby made
                                                                                           Article 3
subject to the production of an import document
requested by the competent authorities in the                   Imports into the Community of certain traditional
Member States concerned . These documents shall be
                                                               Thai hand-made textile products, originating in Thai­
valid for a quantity which shall be such as to ensure          land and accompanied by a certificate conforming to
that the total volume of imports does not exceed the           the provisions of Annex D shall not be subject to
quantities referred to in paragraph 1 .                        quantitative restrictions.
4. Imports shall be permitted within the limits                The admission of these products into the Community
referred to in paragraph 1 , automatically and immedi­         without any quantitative restrictions shall be subject to
ately either upon production of a bill of lading               the satisfactory operation of the above system of certifi­
proving that the goods were placed on board in Thai­           cates .
land before 1 June 1977 for export to the Community
or upon production by the importer of the original of          The Commission shall define the products in ques­
the export certificate granted by the competent author­        tion, in accordance with the description given in the
ities of Thailand containing the details set out in             framework of the Agreement on trade in certain
Annex C.                                                       textile products negotiated with Thailand.
5. Products which enter the Community's customs                                            A rticle 4
territory under inward processing or other temporary
admission arrangements and are re-exported from that           Those provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 845/77
territory in their original state or after processing shall    which concern Thailand and Regulation (EEC) No
not be charged against the quantitative limits referred         1183/77 are hereby repealed.
to in paragraph 1 .
                                                                                           Article 5
                         Article 2
                                                               This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
 1 . Without prejudice to paragraphs 2, 3 and 4,                following its publication in the Official Journal of
imports into the Community of the textile products              the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 18 July 1977.
                                                                              For the Council
                                                                               The President
                                                                               A. HUMBLET
(!) OJ No L 124, 8 . 6. 1970, p. 1 .
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                                                                           ANNEX A
                                                   Quantitative limits referred to in Article 1
                           CCT                                                                                                                         Quantitative
                                                  NIMEXE code                                                                                              limits
     Category             heading                                                                      Description
                                                      ( 1977)                                                                                         in 1 000 kgs
                            No
                                                                                                                                                          ( 1977)
         1                 55.09           all                             Other woven fabrics of cotton                                                14 052
                            56.07          all                              Woven fabrics of man-made fibres (discontinuous
                                                                            or waste) :
                                                                            A. Of synthetic textile fibres
     1 A (>)           ex 55.09            55.09-03 ; 04 ;       05        Other woven fabrics of cotton :                                               3 811
                                           51 ; 52 ; 53 ; 54 ;   55
                                                                           — Other than unbleached or bleached
                                           56 ; 57 ; 59 ; 61 ;   63
                                           64 ; 65 ; 66 ; 67 ;   69
                                          ex 71 ; 81 ; 82 ;      83
                                          84 ; 86 ; 87 ; 92 ;    93
                                          97
                           56.07          56.07-ex     01 ;      05         Woven fabrics of man-made fibres (discontinuous
                                          07 ; 08 ;   13 ; 14 ; 16          or waste) :
                                           18 ; 21 ;  23 ; 26 ; 27
                                                                            ex A. Of synthetic textile fibres :
                                          28 ; 33 ;   34 ; 36
                                                                                      — Other than unbleached or bleached
(') Category 1 A is a subcategory within category 1 and the quantitative limits for category 1 A are sublimits within the overall limits for category 1
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                                                           ANNEX B
                                     Quantitative limits referred to in Article 2
 Cate­    CCT          NIMEXE                                                                            Quantitative
                                                                                                 Regions
 gory    heading         code                              Description                   Units
                                                                                                 covered
                                                                                                            limits
  No       No           ( 1977)                                                                             ( 1977)
   2   ex 60.04  60.04-ex 11 ; 13 ; Under garments, knitted or crocheted, not          1 000   France       1 450
                 ex 1 9 ; ex 29 ; elastic nor rubberised :                             items
                                                                                               United
                 41 ; ex 49 ; ex — Shirts, T-shirts, rollneck undershirts,
                 59 ; ex 70 ; ex 80                                                            Kingdom     1 400
                                         singlets and similar articles other than
                                         of silk or noil or other waste silk or of
                                         flax or ramie
  3        60.05 60.05-01 ;     22 ; Outer garments and other articles, knitted        1 000   Denmark         408
                 23 ; 26 ; 27 ; 29 ; or crocheted, not elastic nor rubberised :        items               2 475
                                                                                               Germany
                 31 ; 32 ; 35 ; 37 ; ex A. Outer garments and clothing acces
                                                                                    ­          Ireland          38
                 39
                                              sories :
                                                                                               United
                                              — Jerseys, pull-overs, slip-Qvers,               Kingdom     2 672
                                                   twinsets, cardigans, bed-jackets
                                                   and jumpers, other than of silk
                                                   or noil or other waste silk or of
                                                   flax or ramie
  4    ex 60.04  60.04-ex 11 ; 13 ;   Under garments, knitted or crocheted, not        1 000    Benelux    1 050
                 ex 1 9 ; ex 29 ;     elastic nor rubberised :                         items
                 41 ; ex 49 ; ex
                                      — Shirts, T-shirts,        rollneck undershirts,
                 59 ; ex 70 ; ex 80
                                          singlets and similar articles, other than
                                          of silk or noil or other waste silk or of
                                          flax or ramie
           60.05 60.05-01 ;     22 ;  Outer garments and other articles, knitted
                 23 ; 26 ; 27 ; 29 ;  or crocheted , not elastic nor rubberised :
                 31 ; 32 ; 35 ; 37 ;
                 39
                                      ex A. Outer garments and clothing acces­
                                               sories :
                                               — Jerseys, pull-overs, slip-overs,
                                                    twinsets, cardigans, bed-jackets
                                                    and jumpers, other than of silk
                                                    or noil or other waste silk or of
                                                    flax or ramie
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                                                                   ANNEX C
                                                   Details referred to in Article 1 (4)
            The export certificates issued by the competent authorities of Thailand (') for products covered by
            this Regulation shall specify or contain :
            1 . the destination, and in particular the Member State for which the goods are intended ;
            2. the serial number ;
            3 . the name and address of the importer ;
            4. the name and address of the exporter ;
            5. the quantity, in the units specified in Annexes A and B and, for quantities expressed in units
                other than weight, the equivalent weight calculated on the basis of the table of equivalences
                below ;
            6. the category against which the products have been charged by the competent authorities of Thai­
                land and the description of the products ;
            7. a declaration to the effect that the quantity in question has been charged against the share of the
                Member State for which the goods are intended of the agreed ceiling for exports to the Commu­
                nity, or, where appropriate, that the quantity is intended for re-export from the Community in the
                original state or after processing.
            (*) Department of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce.
                                                        TABLE OF EQUIVALENCES
               CCT heading                                                                                 Rate
                                                              • Description
                   No                                                                                 of equivalence
            ex 60.04            — Shirts, T-shirts, rollneck undershirts, knitted or crocheted     6-4 items/kg
                                — Singlets, knitted or crocheted                                 1 2-8 items/kg
            ex 60.05            — Jerseys, pull-overs, slip-overs, twin-sets, cardigans, bed­
                                     jackets and jumpers, knitted or crocheted                     518 items/kg
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                                                           ANNEX D
                                             Certificate referred to in Article 3
           The certificate issued by the competent authorities of Thailand for the products referred to in Article
           3 shall contain :
           1 . the following heading :
               'Certificate relating to the traditional Thai hand-made textile products referred to in Article 3 of
               the Agreement between the EEC and Thailand on trade in certain textile products' ;
           2. name and address of the manufacturer ;
           3 . name and address of the exporter ;
           4. name and address of the importer in the Community ;
           5. description of goods ;
           6. quantity (in kg or items) ;
           7. name of vessel or flight number ;
           8 . port or airport of destination ;
           9 . the following declaration :
               This document is to certify that the above shipment consists of traditional Thai hand-made
               textile products, woven, cut, sewn or otherwise fabricated by hand, by units of the cottage
               industry.'