CELEX: 51979PC0651
Language: en
Date: 1979-11-16 00:00:00
Title: Recommendation for a COUNCIL DECISION authorizing the Commission to oepn negotiations with Greece with a view to theconclusion of a textile arrangement in 1980 (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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                                                                  COM ( 79 ) 651 Final
       COMMISSION
         OF THE
                                                                  Brussels, 16 november 1979 .
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                              FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
     General Secretariat
                                        Recommendation for a
                                           COUNCIL DECISION
                         authorizing the Commission to oepn negotiations
                         with Greece with a view to theconclusion of a
                                     textile arrangement in 1980
                          ( presented by the Commission to the Council )
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1. At its meeting in December 1977 the Council established global import
   ceilings for 8 ultra-sensitive textile products from low-cost supplier
   countries , including some Mediterranean countries such as Greece .
2. In the case of Greece , one of the Community 's main suppliers for these
   ultra-sensitive products , it was necessary, in order to avoid having
   to take restrictive measures , to seek an arrangement compatible with
   the spirit of the Association Agreement .
3. Such an arrangement was concluded in July 1978 and renewed in 1979 after
   Council approval at its December 1978 meeting .    As , in principle , (
   Greece will only become a member of the Community on 1 January 1981 ,
   it seems indispensable to renew in 1980 the arrangement currently in
   force , in order to preserve the coherence of the Community 's commercial
   textiles policy .
A. It has emerged from exploratory conversations that the Greek authorities
   will only accept such a renewal in exchange for substantial improvements
   in the structure and economic content of the existing agreement .
5. In accordance with the declaration concerning textiles in the minutes
   of the Council of 2 90ctober 1979, the Commission therefore feels it
   necessary to ask the Council for supplementary directives .
                                             Consequently, the Commission
   recommends that the Council adopt on 20 November 1979 the attached draft
   in order to enable negotiations with Greece to be opened as quickly as
   possible .   Any further delay might affect considerably the results of
   the negotiations .
 ---pagebreak---                             Recommendation for a
                              COUNCIL DECISION
          authorizing the Commission to oepn negotiations with Greece
          with a view to the conclusion of a textile arrangement in 1980
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 Recommendation from the Commission , considering the
decisions of commercial policy adopted by the Council at its session of
19 and 20 December 1977 ;
Whereas Gfeece is one of the major supplier countries to the Community for
most of the textile products subject to overall import ceilings ;
Whereas the forthcoming accession of Greece to the Community requires
that the Greek textile industry be integrated into the Community in an
orderly and coordinated manner ;
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                              Sole Article
The Commission is authorized to open negotiations with a view to the
conclusion of an arrangement concerning textiles between the EEC and the
Hellenic Republic .
The Commission shall conduct these negotiations in consultation with the
Special Committee set up under Article 113 of the Treaty in accordance
with the directives annexed to this Decision .
Brussels ,                                     For the Counci I
                                               The President
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                                                      NEGOTIATION DIRECTIVES
  I   Ecùnomic Content
                                                          I      I        BNL              UK          IRL             DK
Cat .       Unit
                                                                      7.950-8.050      2.650-2.750    220-250       3.000-3.150  51.670-52.600
                       23.700-23.950      - 5.950    8.350-8.500
                                                                    ( 1.850-1.950             ,          25           120-140      5.500-5.800
                                          x            700-800
               ^           650-700        - 1.200           «        \      (1 )     j      70           25
                                                                                                                  ι
                                                                                                                  !
                                                                                                                    -
                                                                                                                        χ          2 .: ^0-2.500
                                                                                                                                       ■
                                                                                       1.350-1.500     40-50          400-430     38.500-39.500
                                                            χ          4.600-4.800
          1000 ρ        27.500-28.500      χ
          1000 ρ ,      13.000-14.000     >– 6.500          χ                χ
                                                                                  ■ I
                                                                                          900-950   ' 100-120 :         χ         25.000-26.500
          ιηηα ο             χ             χ       Ι        χ      I         x                 X          15            χ          4.300-4.500
                                                                          300-370         350-400      .  40             Χ  ν      6.100-6.300
                                          3-550              x
                                            χ                χ         5.100-5.400             χ          χ              X
                                                                                                                                I         *
                                                        removal of .restrictions
                                                                                        1.050-1.150       50                        3.150-3.500 !
                                        700-800          400-500
          < 1 ) Cats . 2 and 3 together
            X removal of restrictions                                                                                                            lî
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TEXT
     Administrative cooperation ; - renewal of all the provisions in force in1979 covering all
                                    categories whether or not these are subject to limits .
                                  - Consultation clause to be maintained (par . 6 of the Memorandum
                                     of Joint Action of 7 February 1979 )
b ) Flexibility : carryover : 10% of non-utilised 1979 quantities
                  Transfer : 15% between cats ; 2 and 3 on the one hand and among cats . 4, 5 and 7
                               on the other
  c ) Validity :  One year ( from 1 January 1980 to 31 December 1980 )