CELEX: 51976PC0619
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Date: 1976-11-25 00:00:00
Title: RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION concluding an Agreement between the European Economic Community and the People's Republic of Bangladesh in jute products (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                            COM(76)619 final.
                                            Brussels , 25 November 1976.
                 RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION    \
                                                              *
       concluding an Agreement between the European Economic
       Community and the People 's Republic of Bangladesh in
                                jute products
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               ( submitted, to the Council by the Commission )
                                                          /
                                       /
 COM(76) 619 final
 ---pagebreak---                                  EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
 1.        By a decision of 20 January 1976 the Council authorized the Commission
to open negotiations with Bangladesh for the conclusion of an Agreement on trade
in jute products .
2.         Pursuant to this decision and in consultation with the Article 113 Commit­
tee , the Commission held negotiations with Bangladesh during the months of April ,
May and July 1976 .
3.         Following these negotiations a draft Agreement was drawn up , the main
provi s i ons of which are as follows CD '
           - Bangladesh will continue voluntarily to restrict its exports to the
              Community of certain jute fabrics to agreed levels ( categories 4,5 and 7)
           - the establishment of a consultation procedure in respect of jute fibres
              ( category 6), which are not subject to import restrictions , to enable
              such restrictions to be introduced under certain conditions ;
           - provisions to ensure flexibility in the quantitative limits fixed
              ( carryover , advance delivery and transfer );
           - continuation of a programme of progressive suspension of CCT duties
              which the Community is carrying out as part of its offer regarding
              generalized tariff preferences for the products in question ( the duty
              which is currently reduced by 50 % or 60 % will be reduced by 80 % on
              1 January 1977 and by fibres , however , duties will be suspended entirely
              on 1 January 1977 , and the total exemption already in force on the
              United Kingdom and Denmark will continue to be applied ;
           - assurances by India that it will provide on non - discriminatory terms
              the jute products necessary to apply the Community market and industry ,
            - definition of the terms of reference of the Joint Cooperation Committee
              with a view , j.nter_aj.ia , to examining the possi bi I i t i es and formul at ing
              suggestions regarding research and development cooperation in the pro
              ducti'on and use of the products in question .
 ( 1 ) An earlier Agreement concluded between the Community and Balgladesh
       ( cf „ OJ L 323 / 18 , 3 December 1974 ) on the same products expired on
       31   December   1975 .
 ---pagebreak---                                 - 2 -
     After establishing that the draft Agreement conformed with the outcome of
the negotiations , the Heads of Delegation initialled the text on 23 July 1976 .
A.   The Commission considers this draft Agreement in question an acceptable
result for the Community . It recommends that the Council conclude this Agree­
ment by adopting the regulation of which a draft is annexed hereto .
                                   *
                           *              *
     An Exchange of Motes Verbales in which the two parties have agreed to the
de_facto application of the provisions of the Agreement pending the completion
of the procedures necessary to its formal entry into force is also annexed.'
 ---pagebreak---            concluding an Agreement between the •" U'-ooesn Economc             nn-i-
           nity and the? people' * Repub I i c of B«naUd<?eh on t ,- #d© i ,-. Jut *
                                      Product s
   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 Recommendat ion from the Commission,
  Whereas the Agreement on Trade in Jute Products negotiated between the
  European Economic Community and the People 's Republic of Bangladesh               : ild
  be concluded ,
  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                 Article 1
  The' Agreement between the European Economic Community and the People 's Repu­
 blic of Bangladesh in Jute Products , the text of which is annexed hereto, is
  hereby concluded on behalf of the European Economic Community .
                                Artjç_le 2
 The President of the Council shall notify the other Contracting Party of the
 completion by the Community of the procedures necessary for the entry into
 force of the Agreement .
                              _ Artj,çle 3
 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publi­
 cation in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
Oone- at Brussels ,                                         For the Council ,
                                                            The President
 ---pagebreak---              AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
        PEOPLE 'S REPUSIXC OF 8ANGLA0ESM
                    and the
          EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
           ©N TRADE IN JUTE PRODUCTS
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 ---pagebreak---                               AGREE MENT
 between the European Economic Community and the Pcople e s Republic of
 Bangladesh on trade in jute products
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
of the one part , and
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE 'S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH
of the other part ,
NOTING the Joint Declaration of Intent on the* development of trade relations
with Ceylon ( now Sri Lanka ), India , Malaysia , Pakistan ( now Bangladesh and
Pakistan ) and Singapore , annexed to the Final Act of the Treaty of Accession of
the Kingdom of Denmark , Ireland, the Kingdom of Norway and the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the European Economic Community and
the European Atomic Energy Community , of 22 January 1972,
HAVING REGARD to the Commercial Cooperation Agreement between the People 's
Republic of Bangladesh and the Community,
  CONSCIOUS of the provisions of the General Agreement on Tariffs end Trade
 CONSCIOUS of the particular importance of the production and export of
 jute and jute products for the economy of the People 's Republic of Bangla'
 desh ,
 D5SI30US of ensuring an increasing us® of jut® products and the orderly
 development of trade ia jut© products betuooa tho European Econoaic Commu­
 nity , hereinafter referred to as "the Cocounity*, and the People 's Ropubl :
 of Bangladesh ,
 BELIEVING that it is necessary to encourage a&d feci litat o contacts and
 cooperation between their respective jute interests ,
 STRESSING the need of ps?oaotiag corporation is s-oosarch asd dovolop^oat
 iii the jut® sector ,
 HAVE DECIDED, ia a spirit of autoo! cooper&tios , to conclude this Aar^c^^
 ---pagebreak---                       Article 1
      This Agreement Shall apply to r.anuf acterued jut© products,
originating in and coining from Bangladesh, as defined in Annex A.
                                                              Ο
 ---pagebreak---                      Article 2
        Pending a solution unthin a multilateral context , the Community
shall for the duration of this Agreement and within the framework of its
offer of generalized tariff preferences , autonomously apply to manufactu­
red jute products originating in and coming from Bangladesh , the duties
of the Common Customs Tariff suspended in accordance with the rates and
timetable set out in Annex B.
 ---pagebreak---                        Article 3'
1.       The Community shall not subject imports of the products defined
under Article 1 to new quantitative restrictions .
         As a first step in the direction of eliminating in stages
remaining quantitative restrictions , the Community shall suspend
the existing quantitative restrictions on the imports of the products
defined in Annex C provided that Bangladesh applies such measures as
are necessary to keep its exports within the limits set out in this
Annex . The Community agrees to take all appropriate steps in order
to facilitate and encourage the full utilisation of the agreed quotas .
2.       The Community shall not object to the limits allocated in Annex C
being exceeded in the event of additional demand developing on the market
of the Community , taking also into account the level of £be "imports into
the Community of raw jute , on the understanding that any additional Quan­
tity shall be fixed by mutual agreement between the parties .
3.       Quantities set out in Annex C not taken yp by anyone Rember
State of the Community may be used by another Keir.ber , in accordance
with the procedures in force in the Community . The Community undertakes
to consider as favorably as conditions in the Community r.orket a I Lou
any request for re-allocation made by Ban^lsw^sh and to reply to this
request within four weeks of its receipt .
 ---pagebreak---  1.       Imports into th© Comiuuity of jute products covered by this Agreesc. •. .
viiich aro intended for imzaediatQ re–export from tho Coraniunity or for proccssi >>,
arid subsequent re-export cat a ido tho Cozsnra&Ity shall not "bo subject to the quar.ii
tive limits established by thio Agrecscari provided they aro ©stored as cuchundc ;
adminietrativo system of control in fore© for that purpose within the Comuni !.
2.        In any case , where Coco-unity authorities ascertain that the imports
referred to in paragraph 1 have "been retained for consumption within the
Cor^unity , the latter will notify the Government of Bangladesh - on a
quarterly basis of the amounts involved. In such cases Bangladesh shall
at the request of the Community , count  * such amounts against the quantitative
limit or limits in question for the current year or the following year .
3.        In any case where the competent authorities within the Co:smunity
ascertain under the administrative systea of control in fore© ^hat imports
of jute products covered "by this Agreement have besn counted . against the
ceilings established under this Agreement but have* subsequently been re-expo :
from the Community , the authorities concerned will inform the Bangladesh
authorities of the quantities involved and will authorize imports of the sam<-
quantities which shall not b© - counted against        eoilings fixed by tha
Agreement,
 ---pagebreak---                       Article S
         The Community shall not subject tr-, ports of jute yarn to Quan­
titative restrictions . However , the Community may , when in its view
the conditions prevailing in the Community or im any of its markets
are such that a I imitation on further trsde may bo necessary , request
consultations witit Bangladesh , provided thath ths level of imports
into such region of the Community market has exceeded the indicative
level indicated in Annex £ , and provided further that the request
for such consultations is accompanied , within a reasonable period o 4?
time , by a statement of the market conditions in the Co.~rr.t;nity or in
the region of ths Community concerned . Until such time as a mutually
satisfactory solution has been reached , Bangladesh undertakes , if so
requested by the Community , to limit the issue of export licences lor
jute yarn to the Community, or to the region or regions of the
Community market concerned, st the level to bo indicated by the
Community .
                                                               - Cl
                                                                &
 ---pagebreak---                           Article 6
  1.        Within any one Agreement year, the unused portions of any one
  of the quantitative limits established under this agreement in respect
 of any region of the Community market may be transferred to another
 quantitative limit established for the same region of the Community
 market as follow :
 " from the cateoory 4 / 5 to the category    7   and vi ce-versa provided
     that the quantities involved do not excc-ed 20Z of the quantitative
     limit to which they are transferred;
 2.         Unused quantities, not exceeding 10% of one annual ceiling ,
 may be carried over and added to the same ceiling for the following
 year .
3.         Each annual ceiling may be exceeded, up to a limit of 10%
of its total , in anticipation of the same ceiling for the following
year . Quantities used in anticipation shall be deducted from the ssrae
ceiling of the subsequent year .
1».        The above flexibility provisions must not , in any single
given Agreement year, result in any ceiling baing exceeded by more
than 20%
5.         The provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall only be
applied by Bangladesh following written notification to th« Community
by the Bangladesh authorities .
 ---pagebreak---                             Article 7
1„       The agreed ceilings shall be administered using a system of
double checking the details of which are set out in Annex D , subject
to sych changes as may be mutually agreed ,
2.       Bangladesh undertakes to inform the Community ,, on a sia
monthly besis , of the total quantities covered by export authorisations
i ssued by ths 9sng lades'^ authorities for sll the } u ^g procucis r6<t- i
red to in article 3 and ? where appropriate ^ in article 5 .
3.       Similarly the Community wilt inforra the Bsnglaoesh autnof » tics
on 3 six monthly basi s , of ths? total        ©tf imports • f » <- o v»io
 Community of the products in question .
                                                                           &
 ---pagebreak---          The implementation of this Agreement shall not disrupt the
normal trade channels between Bangladesh and the Contmum'Sy .
         Should one of the Parties inform the other that special
difficulties have arisen in this connection,, the two Parties shsll
consult each other in order to determine the iv.ocsures necessary to
remedy the situation .
                                                                T)/
 ---pagebreak---                           Article 9
          Without prejudice to the policies of the Government
of Bangladesh concerning the regulation of vis exports according
to the production situation . and the external demand tor the above-
mentioned products , Bangladesh undertakes to take appropriate steps
to ensure that the needs of the Community fitarket end industries are
it et in a nondi scriainatory oanner .
                                                              "Ί
                                                                /
 ---pagebreak---                         Article 10
1.       A Joint Cooperation Committee shall be set up and entrusted
with the following tasks :
         - to arrange consultations promptly at the req est of either
           Party on any matter concerning their trade in jute products
           in a spirit of cooperation ;
         - to examine any problem which may arise as a result of the
     *■    implementation of this Agreement , including the perspectives ,
           in the light of the economic situation in the Community 's
           jute sector , for the elimination in stages of quantitative
           restrictions ;
         - to examine ways and means of increasing and diversifying
           the end-uses of jute products , including studies of the
           experience of other markets in this regard ;
         - to investigate possibilities , and formulate suggestions i or ,
           cooperation in regard to research into and development of ,
           the production and uses of jute products ;
         - to examine the feasibility of promoting the use of jute
           products by means of publicity and marketing activities ;
         - to develop contacts between , and facilitate joint projects
           and programmes mutually agreed upon by, representatives of
           the jute trade and industries of both Bangladesh and the
           Community .
2.       The Joint Cooperation Committee shall be composed of repre­
sentatives of the . People 's Republic of Bangladesh and the Community .
3.       The Joint Cooperation Committee shall be convened at the
rarest of either Contracting Party , in any case at least once a year,
anal at a place mutually agreed upon .
 ---pagebreak---                          Article 11
        This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day
of the month following the date on which the Parties notify each
other that the procedures necessary for this purpose have been
completed , and shall apply from 1 January 1976 . It shall remain in
force until 31 December 1979 .
 ---pagebreak---                   Art jle  12
   The Annexes from an integral part of this Agreement .
                                                ; v
v\
 ---pagebreak---                        Arc TIC Le 13
       Tjiis Agreement hos been drawn up in two copies in the
Danish , Dutch , English , Freeh , German , Xtali&n and Bengali
languages each text being authentic .
 ---pagebreak---            iJei'im.ta.021 of categories oi jut© products cover«-i *u;>
 Category' 1 . •        Jute fabrics v;eighing noro than %0 g/ a2 and »> i" a
                        width of not more than 150 cm , and jute baga oi"
                        fabric weighing mora than 500 g/&2 .
 Category 2             Jute fabrics weighing not less than 3'0 s/m2 "but not Lior®
                        than 50O g/m2 , and of a width of not more than 150 era ,
                        andjute bags of fabric weighing not lasa than 310 g/n2
                       "but not more than 500 g/m2.
 Category 3            Jute fabrics weighing less than 310 g/m2 and of wia; *£
                       not more than 150 cm , and jute bags of fabric veighir^
                        less than 310 g/m2 .
 Category 4             Jute fabrics of a width of more than 150 ca lut not iaore ■?.* ;
                        230 eft , irrespective of thair weight per vtZ other than      ow
                        referred to in category 7 .
 Category 5             Jute fabrics of a width of more than 230 cm , irrespective of
                        their weight per- sc2 . Other than those referred to in catcgor
 C ate gory 6          Juta yara ,
 Category ^            Jute fabrics ( 1 ) bleached, dyed or printed, either wholly or
                        par ^ of a width ol more than_J50 cm, -i r respective of their
                        weight per m2 „-     '             *. c
( 1 ) « nh ro    patent selvedges at sny interval throughout: the wictfc c.r
          cloth .
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OCT heading                                                          Kat© of reaction to be r/rolleø
                                Description of goods
  No .                                                                            . 1.1977 1 « 7 . 1978
  57.06     Tarn of 'jut© or of other textile "bast                              2CCS
              fibres of heading Ho 57.03
  57 . 10   woven fabrics of jute or of other textile
              bast fibres of heading No 57*03
              A. Of a width of not more than 150 cm
                 and weighing per a2
                 I. -   Less than 310 g                                             '80%     1GC%
                 II .   Not less than 310 g but not store
                        ■than 500 g                                                  80%      100%
                 III. More than 500 g                                                80%       100%
              E. Of a width of more than 150 cm                                      80%       100%
  62.03     Sacks and bags of a kind used for "the packing
              of goods
              A. Of jute or of other textile bast fibres
                 of heading No 57*03
                 II .   Other
                         (a) Of fabrics weighing less than
                                                                                       80%
                              310 g/m2                                                         10
                         (b) Of fabrio weighing not less
                              than 310 g/m.2 but not more than
                              500 g/si2
                         (c ) Of fabric weighing nor© than
                              500 g/n2'
              Tho Cocaunity hereby undertakes to continue to suspend customs duties on a
               imports of packaging materials , in accordance with the provisio3^s--cr^the
              Customs Convention' on temporary iaports of packing items.                                /
                                                                                                     • β ·/· · ·
 ---pagebreak---     Produ - v- ? for which Bangladesh will exercise r^p^raint towards .
    Community from the entry into ' rce of this Agreement ,
    The Community hereby notifies Bangladesh that the quantitative
    limits for the jute products listed below will be allocated better. t he-
    Member States as follows :
    Category       4/ 5              Quantitative liroits         ( Metri c ton .;)
  i   Member
                         1976            1977             1978              1979
  ! _§ tate
        BNL               1.342           1.409           1.479
                                                 +■
        OK               1.292           1.298             1.304
                                                 T"
                           620              706              800             903
        FRG             1.104            1.267            1.448            1.649
       IRL                 300              350              400             450
                           222             245               266             283
       ksi                 840             960   |
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                                                          1.092
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                        5.720            6,235   !        6.789
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  Produces "fer which eancUstesr- *>* U exeff.us rait rsint- s -rut 3 rev.; the
  Community from t.'f entry 'into force o1f £iv«s A^reeaent .
  The Community hereby notifies Bangladesh th-st the quantitative
  limits for tf<© jute products lifted fceiou feill ba ©i located between the
  Member States ®s fclWuss
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                               dcubte control as pro;i4vcl !:>• .Vticte 7
  1.         In the Community , the competent authorities shall accept ,                    « • : out
  delay , the import of products listed in Annex C of this Agreement upon pre- :: u ct
  of the importer 's request together with the original copy of the export:
  2.        The competent authorities in Bangladesh shall, deliver export q -.- rants fo
  all the products listed in Annex C of this Agreement within the L-utts o : snc
  ceilings set out in that Annex .
  3 . The export permit shall mention :
            a ) the destination ( relevant member State ),
            b ) the sériai number .
            c ) the name         and address of the importer ,.
            d ) the name ,       and address of the exporter ,
            e ) the net weight ( in kilogrammes or metric tons ) and the value ,
             f ) the category and the classification of the products ,
            g ) the certification delivered by the authorities and string the
                 ceiling under which the products fall .
  4.         In the Community the competent authorities shall accept , within reader.
  limits , differences between the weight as stated in the import permit and the
  cargo weight or the imported weight . In Bangladesh the competent, authorities
  shall , however , endeavour to reduce to a minimum such possible discrepincie ;
  5.         In Bangladesh the competent authorities shall notify any withdrawa l ,
  or part withdrawal , of an export permit to the competent authorities in the
  Community . The latter shall , within the context of the administrative regula­
  tions governing such matters , take appropriate steps .
  6.         The competent authorities in Bangladesh shall forward to the competent
  authorities in the Community , through the Embassies of the
  Member States and directly to the Commission , every six months a survey of
  the de l i vtry of export permits . Such surveys           s hall state , foe every cate-
  qory c ? product , the net weight in metric ton ? of the author 1? cod                              t 1 '.
  aosiq'wrts vo the various ceilings and the Member States ov the com^-i ty „
  to i«i'cn :        Qocds have been consigned .
  <1> m                      any import licence r,:zy be required by nado^-V. p.-c : V - J .             ».
         s«t (. f»cfc«ices shall oe issuec .automatical I /,                    a lit- itec r.uT.o r o 1 ;
         days .
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    Indicative levels ?o r tne imports 1 UZ'i. .22. •n with pçrcrer.co
    to art i c   £f^h£^AgreeiijOjjt
                                                        Met ne îors
                 Beoeiux                                      3.950
                  United Kingdom                              2.600
                                                                     /
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 ---pagebreak---       The Contracting P*rti*s acm * to makj a                              r.:f-r *
to fulfill the tasks sat out in Article 10 of tho A^raec- e-.n* . ;£o
this end they »/il 1 «ru 3 savour to fsei / *. ■!;«.■. a.z.v,r«uX r^v- via-- '. ,
dincisGoior»o between the industrial , ccmaoreicil and reacnrch < tc - ei".
on Wtft sides , er;H they undertake to «sira»2.ii© t'ie
viding G'upport f    «. ay procurar.                         ivi • >v<a*.'}A'+^ *■.•*. ««. .<
of such dissisoniots no l.fJknZ.j to 'i -                    buL ^ ' ■ ■' »■<* . >' ' ■ ■■> '■ >■ ■ '- v
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                                                                              NOTE VERBALE
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               *3 i *J Ô
                                                     The Directorate Ganeral for External Relations presents "? rs
                                compliments to the Mission of the People 's Republic of Ba-.ir; laoexfi
                                to the                    European        Communities   arid has the honour to refer to iihf'
                               Agreement on trade in jute products negotiated between E^ngUdcs * ■■■" 'i
                                t ne Community and initialled today .
                                                      The Directorate General for External Relations wishes vc > ' " "m
                                t^e Government of Bangladesh that whilst awaiting the completion c
                                tne necessary procedures for the conclusion and the coming into forco ;>f
                                the Agreement , the Community is prepared to allow the pre 'i s c of t.i";
                               Aoreemant to apply de facto from today if ths Government of the ?ecpt.-* V ".
                                Republic of Bangladesh is disposed to do likewise .
                                                      The Directorate General for External Relations would b » grateful
                                if the Governement of Bangladesh would confirm its agreement to the
                                foregoing .
                                                      The Directorate General for External Relations avails itself of
                                the opportunity to renew to the Mission of Bangladesh to the European
                                Communities the assurances of its highest consideration .
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