CELEX: 51979PC0192
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Date: 1979-04-18
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) ON ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE IMPORTATION INTO THE BENELUX COUNTRIES OF JUTE YARN ORIGINATING IN INDIA (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                            Brussels , 18th April 1979
                    PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
                     ON ARRANGEMENTS  FOR THE IMPORTATION
                      INTO THE BENELUX COUNTRIES OF JUTE
                           YARN ORIGINATING IN INDIA
                 (submitted to the Council by the Commission )
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 ---pagebreak---                             EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
I.   An Agreement is in force "between the European Economic Community and the
Republic of India on trade and commercial cooperation in jute products .     It
came into force on 1 January 1976 and is due to expire on 31 December 1979 *
The Agreement provides inter alia for quantitative limits on exports from
India of certain types of fabric .   Jute yarn is also covered by the Agreement
but is not subject to quantitative restrictions .   The Agreement provides ,
however , that when in the Community 's view the conditions prevailing in its
market , or in the markets of any of its Member States , are such that a
limitation on further trade in yarn is necessary , where the level of imports
has exceeded an indicative level laid down in the Agreement , the Community
may request consultations with a view to reaching a mutually satisfactory
solution to the question .
II . The indicative level fixed for the Benelux countries is 640 tonnes , but
from 1976 onwards imports into the Benelux countries of jute yarn from India
rose substantially : from 162 tonnes in 1976 through 3 128 tonnes in 1 977 1
rising to 3 870 tonnes for the first nine months of 1978 - The forecasts for
the remainder of that year pointed to an even steeper rise in imports , and
the Benelux countries therefore asked for consultations with India to find
an acceptable level for imports of jute yarn from India .   The necessary
evidence was produced in support of the request ( rapidly falling production
in the industry , effect of such a situation on the workforce ).
III . In the light of this situation the Community asked India, in
accordance with the Agreement , to open consultations with a view to limiting
India * s exports of jute yarn to the Benelux countries . Consultations
duly took place in November and December of last year .
 ---pagebreak--- The outcome of the consultations was that India was prepared to limit its
exports of jute yarn ( OCT heading No 57.06 ) to the Benelux countries at
a level of 13 000 tonnes for the period from 1 January 1978 to 31 December 1979 *
It was also provided that the quantitative limit thus established was to
be administered by the double checking system laid down in the Agreement for
exports of jute products already subject to voluntary restraint ( woven
fabrics of jute of a width of over 150 cm : categories 4/5 and. 7 )*
IV . In view of the need to implement within the Community the arrangements
arrived at as a result of the consultations , it is proposed that the
Council adopt the regulation annexed hereto .                       -
 ---pagebreak---                          COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
                     on arrangements for the importation into the
                     Benelux countries of jute yarn originating
                     in India
THE COUNCIL OP 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 1439/74 of 4 June 1974 on
common rules for imports^, and in particular Article 13 thereof,
After consulting the Advisory Committee set up "by Article 5 of the
aforementioned Regulation ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas an Agreement on trade and commercial cooperation in jute products
has "been concluded between the European Economic Community and the
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Republic of India ;
Whereas , as regards   imports into the Community or any of its markets of
jute yarn from India , which are not subject to quantitative restrictions ,
the said Agreement provides that the Community may request consultations
with India aimed at limiting trade in this product where such limitation
appears necessary and imports have exceeded an indicative level established
in the Agreement ;
Whereas , since imports of jute yarn into the Benelux countries had considerably
exceeded the indicative level, the Community requested
consultations with India with a view to reaching an arrangement limiting
the imports in question :
1 0J No L 159, 15*6.1974 , p . 1
20J No L 17 , 21.1.1978, p . 5 .
 ---pagebreak---           Whereas the consultations resulted in an undertaking "by the Indian Government
          to establish voluntary restraint , in accordance with the relevant provisions
          of the Agreement , in respect of exports to the Benelux countries of "yarn
          of jute or of other textile "bast fibres of heading No 57*03"» falling
          within heading No 57*06 of the Common Customs Tariff , for the period from
          1 January 1978 to 31 December 19795
          Whereas the effectiveness of the voluntary export restraint measures
          introduced by the Indian authorities depends on the Community1 s establishing
          a system of supervision ; whereas , in order for such a system to be instituted ,
          imports into the Benelux countries of the products in question originating
          in India pust be subject to authorization ;
          Whereas products entering the Benelux countries under inward processing
          or other temporary admission arrangements and intended for re-export from
          the customs territory of the Community in the same state or after processing
          should not be counted against the quantitative limit established ,
          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                            Article 1
          1.  The importation into the Benelux countries of the following products
          originating in India and shipped to those countries between 1 January 1978
          and 31 December 1979 shall be subject to the presentation of an import
          authorization issued by the competent authorities in the Benelux countries
          within the quantitative limits agreed between the European Economic Community
          and the Republic of India and shown below :
CCT headi no     NIMEXE-Code        Description          Unit s        Quantitative limit
   No              1978-1979                                           1.1.1978 to 31.12.1979
 57.06 •          57.06 ; 11 ; Yarn of jute or of other  Tonnes              13 000
                  15 ; 30      textile bast fibres of
                               heading No 57-03
 ---pagebreak---  2.  The competent authorities of the Benelux countries shall authorize
 imports of the products referred to in paragraph 1 automatically and without
 delay , within the quantitative limits established , on presentation lay
 the importer of    . export authorization issued "by the competent authorities
 of the Republic of India and containing the details        indicated in the
Annex to this Regulation .
 3 . When issuing import authori zation / the competent authorities of the
Benelux countries shall take into account the quantities already covered
"by import authorizations issued "before the entry into force of this
Regulation , in respect of quantities of the product in question shipped
 from India to the Benelux countries after 1 January 1978.
                                 Article 2
 Products imported into the Benelux countries under inward processing or
 other temporary admission arrangements and subsequently re–exported from
 the customs territory of the Community in the same state or af"ter processing
 shall not be counted against the quantitative limits referred to in Article 1 .
                                 Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following 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 m c une il
 ---pagebreak---                                                            ANNEX
                   Details referred to in Article 1(2 )
     Export authorizations issued by the Indian authorities in respect
of the products covered "by this Regulation shall contain the following
particulars :
( 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 kilograms or tonnes ) and the value ;
( f)  the category and the classification of the product ;
( g)  certification by the Indian authorities stating that the quantity
      has been counted against the agreed quantitative limits for exports
      to the Member States concerned or that , where appropriate , it is
      for immediate re-export or for inward processing and subsequent
      re-export outside the Community ;
( h) the year during which the products were exported , i.e. were placed
      on board in India for export to the Benelux countries .