CELEX: 51980PC0073
Language: en
Date: 1980-02-25 00:00:00
Title: RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION AUTHORISING THE COMMISSION TO NEGOCIATE WITH BOLIVIA AN AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN TEXTILES

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      COMMISSION                                                    Brussels , 25th February 1980
        OF THE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                                FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
    General Secretariat
                                       RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
                                 AUTHORISING THE COMMISSION TO NEGOCIATE WITH BOLIVIA
                                         AN AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN TEXTILES
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                     COM ( 80 ) 73 final
 ---pagebreak---                   EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
 In December 1977 the Council, approved the results of the textile
 negotiations between the Community and third countries and ( inter
 alia )   :
 a)     provided that where necessary appropriate arrangements could
        be negotiated with new supplier countries ,
 b)     established global limits on certain 'sensitive' textile products ,
        including cotton yarn ,
 c)     approved the signature of the Protocol of renewal of the Arrange­
        ment regarding International Trade in Textiles ( 'MFA' ) subject to
       a letter of acceptance containing a reservation limiting Community
       adherence to the MFA to countries with whom a bilateral agreement
        was negotiated .
On 28 July 1978 Bolivia signed the MFA ( subject to ratification ) and
on 19 July 1979 formally requested negotiations with the Community for
a bilateral textile agreement .
Though imports from Bolivia remain relatively small that country confirmed
in preparatory talks that following industrial development it now has
production capacity in cotton yarn .     As a result it hopes to supply up
to 18,500 tonnes of cotton yarn to the Community in the period 1980-1984 ,
creating a temporary export market to earn foreign exchange whilst
domestic demand develops in Bolivia .
The 113 Committee of the Council has been fully informed of the back­
ground and progress of these preparatory talks .
The Commission feels that the absence of past yarn imports from Bolivia
makes it at present      impossible  to offer yarn quotas for future trade
to a new supplier at a time when restrictions are being strictly applied
to other well-established trading partners .
However a bilateral agreement with no quotas initially, but the
subsequent right to request them ( similar to the agreements with Haiti
 ---pagebreak--- and Guatemala ) appears desirable . This would ensure security for
Community industry in the future and maintain equitable relations
with other MFA supplier countries .
At the same time it would permit textile imports from Bolivia to
benefit under the generalised preferences scheme so that any
future quotas would reflect actual trade on a fair comparison with
other developing countries .
The Commission therefore recommends the Council to adopt the draft
decision attached authorising the opening of negotiations with
Bolivia to conclude an agreement without initial quotas with a
right for the Community to negotiate them later .
 ---pagebreak---                       Recommendation for a
                      Council  Decision ,
                      authorising the Commission to
                      negotiate with Bolivia an agreement on
                      trade in texti les
                                                                         «
  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 proposal from the Commission;
 Whereas the Council in December 1977 established global limits for imports
                                                           I
 of cotton yarn, envisaged agreements with new textile suppliers to the
 Community, and authorised signature of the Protocol renewing the Arrangement
 regarding International Trade in Textiles ( 'MFA *);
 Whereas Bolivia has also become a member of the MFA , and has requested
 negotiation of a bilateral agreement on textile trade with the Community;
 Whereas, both for the protection of Community producers and the maintenance
of orderly and equitable textiles trade relations with other non-member countries ,
it is desirable to negotiate such an agreement ;
HAD DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                               SOLE ARTICLE
The Commission 1s hereby authorized to negotiate with Bolivia an agreement on
trade in textile products .
The Commission shall conduct the      negotiations 1n consultation with the
Special Committee provided for in Article 1 T5 of the Treaty in accordance
with the directives contained : in the Annex .
Done at Brussels ,
                                           For the Council
                                          Président
 ---pagebreak---                                 ANNEX
                        NEGOTIATING DIRECTIVE
 Bilateral textile agreement lasting until 31 December 1982 similar to
 that with other textile supplier countries in the same export situation
 as Bolivia ( 1 )/ with no quotas initially but with provisions whereby
new quotas can be introduced at the request of the Community .
( 1 ) Such agreements have been negotiated with Haiti , Guatemala , Uruguay
      Indonesia and Bangladesh