CELEX: 51973PC1568
Language: en
Date: 1973-09-20 00:00:00
Title: RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DSCISION accepting the extension of the Long-term Arrangement regarding International Trade in Cotton Textiles (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                      COM(73 ) 1568 final ,
                                                      Brussels . 20 September 1973
                   RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DSCISION
          accepting the extension of the Long-term Arrangement
             regarding International 'Trade in Cotton Textiles
                                                                         V
               ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
    COM(73 ) 1568 final
 ---pagebreak---                               EXPLANATORY MEKQRAinm
      At its meeting on 23/ 24 July 1?73 , the Council authorized the Commis­
 sion to represent ; the Community in the negotiations on the extension of
 the Long-Tern Arrangement concerning the International Trade with
 cotton textiles ( LTA) from 30 September 1973 » "the date on which it is
currently due to expire , until 31 December 1973 *
      These negotiations were held on 31 July 1973 in Geneva within the
Cotton Textiles Committee , which was set up "by the Arrangenent , and re­
sulted in a unanimous recommendation from the Committee that the Arrange­
ment be extended until 31 December 1973t The Committee also approved
the suggestion by the Director-General of GATT that , in order to simplify
the extension procedure , each party to the LTA should send him a letter
referring to the recommendation from the Cotton Textiles Committee and
informing him that it accepted the extension .
      The Commission considers that this extension of the LTA is in the
Community T s interests , and therefore recommends the Council to accept
it by adopting the annexed Decision *
      It is not necessary for the Member States also to accept this exten­
sion of the LTA . It is true that most Member States-although not all -
became at oiie time or another parties to the LTA , which entered into force
on 1 October 1962 . However , all the provisions of this Arrangement come
under the common commercial policy and hence participation therein has
since the end of the transitional period , been the sole responsibility
of the Comniinity .
 ---pagebreak---                     REC GMMENDATI ON FOR A COUNCIL LECISIOIT
            'accepting the extension of the Long-terra Arrangement
                regarding International Trade in Cotton Textiles
 THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic C omnunity ,
 and in particular Article 113 thereof ^
 Having regard to the proposal from the Corxiission ,
 Whereas the negotiations within the Cotton Textiles Committee between the
 European Economic
/Community and the other contracting parties to the Long-term Arrangement
 regarding International Trade in Cotton Textiles resulted in the recommen­
 dation that the contracting parties accept the extension until 31 December
 1973 of that Arrangement , and whereas this recommendation should be acted
 uponj
 HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS i
                                   Article 1
 The .extension until 31 December 1973 of. "the Long-term Arrangement regarding
 International Trade in Cotton Textiles is hereby accepted on behalf of the
 European Economic Community .
                                   Article 2
 The President of the Council shall designate the person empowered to sign the
 annexed declaration of acceptance , and shall confer on him the powers re­
 quired in order to bind the Community .
                                                Done at Brussels ,
                                                For the Council
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The Director-General ,
Dear Sir ,
     Further to the decision of the Cotton Textiles Committee at its nee-
ting on 31 July 1973 to recommend that the Arrangement of 1 October 1962
regarding International Trade in Cotton Textiles , which is due to expire
on 30 September 1973 in accordance with the provisions of Article 14
thereof , "be extended until 31 December 1973 » I have the honour to inform
you that the European Economic Community accepts this extension .