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Date: 1982-07-12 00:00:00
Title: Recommendation for a COUNCIL REGULATION on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of India on trade in coir products (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                             COM(82)437 final
                                                             Brussels , 12 July 1982
                                            Recommendation for a
                                              COUNCIL REGULATION
 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and
                      the Republic of India on trade in coir products
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 ---pagebreak---                                EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.     On 10 December 1979 the Council took a decision authorising the Commission to
open negotiations with India for the conclusion       of an agreement on trade in
coir products .    In accordance with this decision and in consultation with the
Article 113 Committee , the Commission held negotiations with India on
29 and 30 September 1980 .
2.     Upon the conclusion of these negotiations a draft agreement stipulating
                                 1
the following was formulated       :
          i.   a period of validity of two years , from 1 January 1981 to 31
               December 1982 ;
         ii .  maintenance of the total suspension of CCT duties for all coir
               products under the Community 's offer on generalised tariff
               preferences ;
        iii .  an undertaking by the Community to eliminate at the end of the
               Agreements' life , that is on 1 January 1983 , any quantitative
               restriction on imports of finished coir products originating in
               and coming from India ( at present there are restrictions in only
               one Member State ) ;
         iv .  assurances from India regarding supplies on      non-discriminatory terms
               to the Community coir industry and market ;
          v.   the setting up of a Joint Cooperation Committee , which will be
                responsible for investigating possibilities , and formulating suggestions ,
               with a view to cooperation in regard to research into , and
               development of , the production and uses of coir products , and with
               a view to developing contacts between representatives of the coir
               trade and industries of both the Community and India .
 1
   The draft agreement was initialled on 1 October 1980 .
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3.   The Commission regards this draft agreement , on which the Article
113 Committee delivered a favourable opinion , as an acceptable result for
the Community . It therefore recommends that the Council conclude this
agreement by adopting the attached draft regulation .
                          *
     Also attached , for the Council 's information , is an exchange of
Notes Verbales whereby the two parties agreed to apply the provisions of the
Agreement de facto from 1 January 1981 pending the completion of the necessary
procedures for its formal entry into force .
 ---pagebreak---                    RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION
      concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European
               Economic Community and the Republic of India on trade in
                                coir products
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 ,
Whereas the Agreement on trade in coir products between the European Economic
Community and the Republic of India should be approved,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                  Article 1
The Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of
India on trade in coir products is hereby approved on behalf of the Community .
The text of the Agreement is annexed to this Regulation .
                                 Article 2
The President of the Council shall give the notification provided for in ,
                               1
Article 8 of the Agreement
 1
   The date of entry into force of the Agreement will be published in the
 Official Journal of    the European Communities by the General Secretariat
  of the Council .
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                               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 Council
                                             The Président
 ---pagebreak---                            AGREEMENT
between the European Economic Community and the Republic of India on
                       trade in coir products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
of the one part , and
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA
of the other part ,
                            »
DESIROUS of ensuring an increasing use of coir products and the orderly
development of trade in these products in order to achieve the complete
liberalisation of trade in coir products between the European Economic
Community , Hereinafter referred to as " the Community ", and India ,
NOTING the Joint Declaration of Intent on the development of trade
relations with Ceylon ( now Sri Lanka ), India , Malaysia , Pakistan ( now
Bangladesh and Pakistan ) and Singapore , annexed to the Final Act of the '
Treaty of Accession of the Kingdom of Denmark , Ireland , the Kingdom of
Norway and trie United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nothern Ireland to the
European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community , of
the 22 January 1972 ,
HAVING REGARD to the Commercial Cooperation Agreement between the European
Ecor.onic Community and India ,
CONSCIOUS of the provisions of the General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade ,
HAVE DECIDED , in a spirit of mutual cooperation, to conclude this
Agreement J
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 ---pagebreak---                                      Article 1
           This Agreement shall apply to manufactured coir products , originating
  in and coming from India , as defined in Article 2 .
                                    A rt i c le 2
           The Cc^^unity shall , autonomously and in the context of its offer
  reo-rding the granting of generalised tariff preferences , apply to manufactured
  coir products set out below originating in and coming from India , suspended
  duties of 1 he Common Customs Tariff at the rate of zero .
     CCT
  heading                      Descript ion
     fJo .
     53.02            Other carpets , carpeting , rugs , mats and matting ,
                      õnd " Kelem ", " Schumacks " and " Karamanie " rugs and
                       the like ( made up or not ):
I
                      A.    Carpets , carpeting , rugs , mats and matting :
                            I.  Coir mats and matting , and tufted carpets .
                                 carpeting and rugs
                ^ ·
                                      Article 3
           1.   " he Cormunity shall not subject imports of the products listed in
  Article ?, orininiting in and coming from India , to new quantitative restrictions
  The Contr ji;t ir.i Parties agree to take all appropriate steps to facilitate the
  full utili-jotion of the import possibilities deriving from existing quantitative
  restrictions .
           2.   All quantitative restrictions on imports into the Community of
  ccir products originating in and coming from India will be eliminated as
   fror the d)te of 1 January 1983 .                                        I
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                                      Article 4
       The Republic of India and the Community shall exchange all information
that is of use to the Contracting Parties relating to trade in coir products.
                                      Article 5
       The implementation of this Agreement shall not disrupt a normal trade
in coir products between the Community and India .
       Should one of the Parties inform the other that special difficulties have
arisen in this connection , the Contracting Parties shall consult each other
within the framework of the Joint Cooperation Committee in order to determine
the measure necessary to remedy the situation.
                                    Article 6
       Subject, to the policies of the Government of the Republic of India
concerning the regulation of its exports according to its production situation
and the external demand for the products defined above , the Republic of India
airees to take appropriate steps to ensure that the needs of the Community
m ir krt      in<lu\t » lev arc met in d non"diacr imiriutory manner.
                                   Article 7
       A Joint Cooperation Committee shall be set up and entrusted with the
following tasks :
           to examine any problem which may arise as a result of the
           implementation of this Agreement ,
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 ---pagebreak---    to v.'- e- st ig.jte possibilities of , and formulate suggestions for , coope­
   ration in regard to :
   - existing production methods ,
   - research into , and development of , new techniques of preparing
     and processing coir and manufacturing coir goods
   in order to expand the end uses of coir .
- to develop contacts between , and facilitate joint projects and programmes
   mutually agreed upon by ,       representatives' of the coir trade and industry
   of both Iidia and the Corfiiunity , including Institutes dealing with the
   developreit of coir and coir products .
2.     The Joint Cooperation Committee shall be composed of representatives
of the Republic of India and the Community .
3.     The Joint Cooperation Committee shall be convened upon the request
of either Contracting Party and in any case at least once a year .
                                    Art i c le 8
       The Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the month
following the date on which the Contracting Parties have notified each
other of the completion of the procedures necessary for this purpose .
It shall be valid until 31 December 1982 .
       This Agreement shall apply with effect from 1 January 1981 .
                                    Art iele 9
       The annexes to this Agreement shall form an integral part thereof .
                                    Art i c le 10
       This agreement shall be drawn up in two copies , in the Danish , Dutch ,
English , French , German , Greek , Italian and Hindi languages , each text being
authentic .
Done at Brussels
 ---pagebreak--- S IP ,
       Concluding the negotiations conducted between the Government of India
and the European Economic Community which have led this day to the
signing of t;he Agreement concerning the trade in coir products , I have
the honour , with reference to Article 2 of the Agreement , to inform you
of the following :
       With regard to Greece , the import duties will be those which will
result from the progressive adaptation of this Member State to the Community
system of generalised preferences , in conformity with Article 117 of the
Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Hellenic Republic and
the adjustments to the treaties .
       Please accept , Sir , the assurances of my highest consideration .
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 ---pagebreak---                          JOINT DECLARATION
      The Contracting Parties agree to make a special effort     to
fulfill 1 1" e tasks set out in Article 7 of the Agreement . To this
end tf-'Py kill endeavour to facilitate annual round-table discussions
between Ue industrial , commercial and research interests and
they undertake to examine the possibility of providing support for any
programed or projects recommended as a result cf such discussions
as likely to be of mutual benefit to these interests .
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                                                       NOTE VERBALE
                           The jpirectorate General for External Relations presents its
                compliment ? to the Mission of the Republic of India to the European
                Economic Community and has the honour to refer to the Agreement on
                trade in coir products negotiated between India and the Community and -
                 initialled today .
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                           The Directorate General for External Relations wishes to inform '
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   \            the Government of India that whilst awaiting the completion of the
     \          necessary procedures for the conclusion and the coming into force of
                the Agreement , the Community is prepared to allow the provisions of
 .              the Agreement to apply de facto from 1 January 1981 if the Government of
                the Republic of India is disposed to do likewise .
     \
                           The Directorate General for External Relations would be grateful
                 if the Government of India would confirm its agreement to the fore­
                going .
                           The Directorate General for External Relations avails itself of
                the opportunity to renew to the Mission of the Republic of India to the
                 European Economic Community the assurances of its highest consideration .
                                                                   Brussels ,
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                      The Indian Mission to the European Economic
             Community presents its compliments to the Commission
             of the European Communities and has the honour to
            refer to the Agreement between the European Economic
            Community and the Republic of India on trade in Coir
            products negotiated between India and the Community
            and initialled today and the Commission 's Note
            Verbale No * 07615 of 1st October . The Indian Mission
            has the honour to state that it concurs with the
            proposal made in the Commission 's Note Verbale
            referred to above .
                      The Indian Mission to the European Economic
            Community avails itself of this opportunity to renew
            to the Commission of the European Communities the
            assurances of its highest consideration .
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            Brussels
            1st October 1980
            Commission of the European Commanities ,
            Rue de la Loi 200 .
            10*f9 Brussels .