CELEX: 31975D0020
Language: en
Date: 1974-12-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 13 December 1974 autonomously raising the ceilings on the importation into the Community of cotton textiles subject to measures of voluntary restraint by Taiwan

No L 4/ 18                                Official Journal of the European Communities                               8 . 1 . 75
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 13 December 1974
              autonomously raising the ceilings on the importation into the Community of
                       cotton textiles subject to measures of voluntary restraint by Taiwan
                                                            (75/20/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                              Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;                                                  The quantitative ceilings set out in the Agreement on
                                                                      trade in cotton textiles concluded between the Euro­
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                         pean Economic Community and Taiwan on 20 April
1471 /70 (') of 20 July 1970 establishing a common                    1971 are hereby autonomously raised for an 18-month
procedure for the autonomous increase of imports                      period running from 1 October 1973 to 31 March
into the Community of products subject to measures                    1975 to the levels indicated below :
of voluntary restraint by exporting countries ;                       Group I :
                                                                      unbleached or bleached cotton
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No
1023/70 (2 ) of 25 May 1970 establishing a common                     fabrics, whether or not merce­
procedure for administering quantitative quotas, and                  rized of which :                     15 814 metric tons ,
in particular Article 1 1 thereof ;                                   — for the domestic market             6 364 metric tons ,
                                                                      — for re-exportation                  9 450 metric tons ;
Whereas the Agreement (3 ) on trade in cotton textiles
                                                                      Group II :
concluded by the Community with Taiwan expired in
1973, but imports of cotton textiles originating in and               other cotton fabrics, made-up
                                                                      articles    and    miscellaneous
coming from Taiwan continue to be effected under
                                                                      cotton articles                       3 554 metric tons .
the arrangements for voluntary restraint provided for
in that Agreement, subject to the ceilings specified                                          Article 2
therein as autonomously raised by the Commission
Decision of 30 March 1 973 (4) ;                                      This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
Whereas it is necessary, in order to facilitate the                   Done at Brussels , 13 December 1974 .
smooth development of trade, to raise autonomously
these ceilings ;                                                                                For the Coin mission
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                                                  The President
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Quota
Administration Committee ,                                                                     Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
 ( 1) OJ No L 164, 27 . 7 . 1970 , p. 41 .
(2 )  OJ No L 124, 8 . 6 . 1970 , p. 1 .
(3 )  OJ No L 43 , 22 . 2 . 1971 , p. 22 .
 (4 ) OJ No L 120 , 7 . 5 . 1973 , p. 26 .