CELEX: 31977R1566
Language: en
Date: 1977-07-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1566/77 of 12 July 1977 making the importation into the Community or certain Member States of cotton yarn and garments originating in certain third countries subject to authorization

14. 7. 77                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 174/9
                                COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1566/77
                                                     of 12 July 1977
              making the importation into the Community or certain Member States of
              cotton yarn and garments originating in certain third countries subject to
                                                      authorization
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 country of origin ; whereas all these factors have given
COMMUNITIES,                                                    rise to market disruption and are causing substantial
                                                                injury to Community producers ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                               Whereas, in the context of the Arrangement regarding
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    International Trade in Textiles, the Community has
1439/74 of 4 June 1974 on common rules for                      negotiated Agreements on trade in textiles with
imports (!), and in particular Article 1 2 thereof,             Colombia, India, Malaysia, and Pakistan ; whereas the
                                                                Community has concluded bilateral Agreements esta­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   blishing special arrangements for trade with Egypt,
1525/70 of 20 July 1970 on the protective measures              Spain, Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey ; whereas each of
provided for in the Agreement between the European              the said Agreements contains specific provision for
Economic Community and Spain (2),                               recourse to safeguard measures ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1842/71 of 21 June 1971 on the protective measures              Whereas, in view of the market disruption referred to
provided for in the Additional Protocol to the Associa­         above, the Community has applied the procedures
tion Agreement between the European Economic                    provided for in the said Agreements, which allow
Community and Turkey and in the Interim Agree­                  appropriate safeguard measures to be taken in order to
ment between the European Economic Community                    limit imports of the products in question on the
and Turkey (3),                                                 Community market or on the market of certain
                                                                Member States, account being taken of the specific
Whereas imports into the Community of certain                   trend of imports according to country of origin ;
textile products (cotton yarn, men's shirts, T-shirts and
the like, women's shirts and blouses) from several
countries of origin have increased sharply and substan­
tially in the past few months ;                                 Whereas, in particular, under the Agreements negoti­
                                                                ated by the Community with Colombia, India,
                                                                Malaysia and Pakistan in the context of the Arrange­
Whereas imports of these products from all third                ment regarding International Trade in Textiles,
countries already accounted in 1976 for a considerable
                                                                compliance with the quantitative export limits esta­
share of the Community market ; whereas this share,             blished or to be established by virtue of the said Agree­
whether of the Community market as a whole or of                ments is ensured by an agreed bilateral system of
that of certain Member States, has since increased
further ;
                                                                control ; whereas the effectiveness of the voluntary
                                                                restraint measures taken by the abovementioned
                                                                exporting countries depends on the establishment of a
Whereas quantitative limits have already been esta­             system of control by the Community ; whereas in
blished for the products in question, in accordance             order to establish such a system it is found to be neces­
with the provisions of the MFA and of bilateral agree­          sary to make imports of the goods in question from
ments negotiated between the Community and certain              all the third countries concerned subject to authoriza­
supplying countries ;                                           tion :
Whereas there has been a substantial increase in
imports from other supplying countries either on the
Community market or on the market of one or more                Whereas, in order to ensure that the import authoriza­
Member States, according to the product and the third           tion arrangements referred to above are not evaded by
                                                                anticipatory exports or indirect imports likely to cause
(•) OJ No L 159, 15. 6. 1974, p. 1 .                            near irreparable damage to Community producers, it
(2) OJ No L 182, 16. 8 . 1970, p. 175 .                         is necessary to establish the said arrangements as soon
(3) OJ No L 192, 26. 8 . 1971 , p. 14.                          as possible,
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                ically and without delay either upon presentation of a
                                                             bill of lading proving that the goods in question were
                       Article 1                             placed on board in the country of origin for export to
                                                             the Member State of destination before the date of
The importation into the Community or certain                entry into force of this Regulation, or, providing that
Member States, as specified in Annex A to this Regula­       the limits referred to in paragraph 1 have not been
tion, of the goods indicated in that Annex, originating      reached, upon presentation of the document agreed
in the countries therein referred to, is hereby made         under the Agreements on trade in textiles negotiated
subject to the production of an import authorization         with each of the abovementioned countries, which
issued by the authorities of the Member States               document shall have been issued by the relevant
concerned .                                                  authority in each country and shall contain the parti­
                                                             culars listed in Annex B to this Regulation.
                       Article 2
                                                                                     Article 3
1 . Import authorizations shall be issued automati­
cally and without delay up to the quantities specified       1.    This Regulation shall enter into force on the
in Annex A. Imports effected from 1 July 1977 to the         second day following its publication in the Official
date of entry into force of this Regulation shall be         Journal of the European Communities.
deducted from these quantities where the goods in
question were exported from the third country                2. It shall apply until 31 December 1977, subject
concerned on or after that date.                             — in the case of imports of goods originating in
                                                             Colombia, Egypt, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Morocco
2. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 1 , for            or Tunisia — to the adoption of a Council Regulation
goods originating in Colombia, India, Malaysia or            in accordance with Article 12(6) and Article 13 of
Pakistan import authorizations shall be issued automat­      Regulation (EEC) No 1439/74.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 12 July 1977.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                       Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
                                                                           Vice-President
 ---pagebreak---                                                              ANNEX A
                                                                                                                                                                             14 . 7 . 77
                                                                                                        Third                   Member                        Quantity
                                          Description of goods                                                                                 Unit         (1 July -
                                                                                                       country                   States
                                                                                                                                                        31 December 1977)
               Cotton yarn, not put up for retail sale
                                                                                               Egypt                              D       tonnes            2 180
                                                                                                                                  F                           957
                                                                                                                                  I                           139
                                                                                                                                BNL                           847
                                                                                                                                UK                            228
                                                                                                                                IRL                             7-5
                                                                                                                                DK                            456
                                                                                                                                EEC                         4 814-5
                                                                                                                                                                              Official
                                                                                               Colombia                           F       tonnes              393
                                                                                               Spain                              F       tonnes            1 275
                                                                                               India                              F       tonnes              200
                                                                                                                                                                            Journal
               Under garments, knitted or crocheted, not elastic nor
               rubberised :                                                                                                                                                   of the
 ex            — shirts, roll-neck undershirts, T-shirts, vests and the
ex                  like except babies' garments, other than of silk, noil
   ex              or other waste silk, flax or ramie.
                                                                                                                                                                            European
                                                                                               Spain                             D        1000 items        1 532
                                                                                                                                 F                          1 350
                                                                                                                                BNL                         1 317
                                                                                               Malaysia                           F       1000 items          612
                                                                                                                                  D                           804
                                                                                               Morocco                            F       1000 items        2 580
                                                                                                                                                                              Communities
                                                                                               Pakistan                           F       1000 items          950
                                                                                                                                 DK                           112
                                                                                               Tunisia                            F       1000^ items         592
                                                                                               Turkey                             D       1000 items
                                                                                                                                  F                     / to be deter­
                                                                                                                                 UK                     ( mined later (')
      on Regulation . Until entry into force of this Regulation the import authorizations will be issued without limitations.                                                  No L 174/ 11
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                       Third                   Member
                                                                                                                                                          Quantity
                                         Description of goods                                                                               Unit         (1 July -
                                                                                                     country                   States
                                                                                                                                                     31_ December 1977)
              Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments :
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 84           ex B : other than babies' garments
                       — Blouses, other than of silk, noil or other waste
                         silk, flax or ramie.
                                                                                             Turkey                             F       1000 items     to be deter­
                                                                                                                                                       mined later (· )
              Men's and boys' under garments, including collars, shirt
              fronts and cuffs :
 19           — shirts, other than of silk, noil or other waste silk, flax
                   or ramie .
                                                                                             Morocco                            F       1000 items         542             Official
                                                                                             Tunisia                            F       1000 items         384
                                                                                                                                                                          Journal
    ion Regulation. Until entry into force of this Regulation the import authorizations will be issued without limitations.
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                                                                       ANNEX B
                                                   Particulars referred to in Article 2 (2)
            The export documents (') to be issued by the authorities of the exporting countries referred to in
            Article 2 (2) of this Regulation shall specify or include :
            1 . The destination, and in particular the Member State of destination ;
            2. The serial number :
            3. The name and address of the importer ;
           4. The name and address of the exporter ;
            5. The net weight in kilograms or tonnes, or the number of items, and the value ;
            6. The category and description of the products ;
            7. An attestation to the effect that the quantity of goods in question has been counted against the
                Member State of destination's share of the ceiling for exports to the Community or, where appro­
                priate, that this quantity is intended for immediate re-export, or re-export after processing, from
                the Community.
           (') Export authorization (India, Pakistan); export licence (Malaysia); certified copy of the export licence (Columbia).