CELEX: 21981A1222(02)
Language: en
Date: 1982-03-16 00:00:00
Title: Protocol extending the Arrangement regarding international trade in textiles

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21981A1222(02)

Protocol extending the Arrangement regarding international trade in textiles  

Official Journal L 083 , 29/03/1982 P. 0009 Spanish special edition: Chapter 11 Volume 15 P. 0221  Portuguese special edition Chapter 11 Volume 15 P. 0221 

++++PROTOCOL EXTENDING THE ARRANGEMENT REGARDING INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN TEXTILES  THE PARTIES TO THE ARRANGEMENT REGARDING INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN TEXTILES ( HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS " THE ARRANGEMENT " OR " MFA " ) ,  ACTING PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH 5 OF ARTICLE 10 OF THE ARRANGEMENT , AND  REAFFIRMING THAT THE TERMS OF THE ARRANGEMENT REGARDING THE COMPETENCE OF THE TEXTILE COMMITTEE AND THE TEXTILES SURVEILLANCE BODY ARE MAINTAINED , AND  CONFIRMING THE UNDERSTANDINGS SET FORTH IN THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE TEXTILES COMMITTEE ADOPTED ON 22 DECEMBER 1981 , A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HEREWITH ,  HEREBY AGREE AS FOLLOWS :  1 . THE PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF THE ARRANGEMENT SET OUT IN ARTICLE 16 , SHALL BE EXTENDED FOR A PERIOD OF FOUR YEARS AND SEVEN MONTHS UNTIL 31 JULY 1986 .  2 . THIS PROTOCOL SHALL BE DEPOSITED WITH THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL TO THE CONTRACTING PARTIES TO THE GATT . IT SHALL BE OPEN FOR ACCEPTANCE , BY SIGNATURE OR OTHERWISE , BY THE PARTIES TO THE ARRANGEMENT , BY OTHER GOVERNMENTS ACCEPTING OR ACCEDING TO THE ARRANGEMENT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 13 THEREOF AND BY THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY .  3 . THIS PROTOCOL SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JANUARY 1982 FOR THE COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE ACCEPTED IT BY THAT DATE . IT SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE FOR A COUNTRY WHICH ACCEPTS IT ON A LATER DATE AS OF THE DATE OF SUCH ACCEPTANCE .  DONE AT GENEVA THIS TWENTY-SECOND DAY OF DECEMBER , ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-ONE , IN A SINGLE COPY IN THE ENGLISH , FRENCH AND SPANISH LANGUAGES , EACH TEXT BEING AUTHENTIC .