CELEX: 51980PC0868
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Date: 1980-12-12
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) making the importation into Greece of certain jute products originating in India or Bangladesh subject to quantitative limitation (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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           making the importation into Greece of certain jute products
                  originating in India or Bangladesh subject to
                              quantitative limitation
                   ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
COM ( 80 ) 863 final
 ---pagebreak---                       EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
   I.     The Community has agreements on trade in lute products with India and
                            1                                                             ·
  Bangladesh respectively .     The Agreements provide inter alia      for voluntary
  restraint by those countries of their exports of certain jute products to the
  Community for the lifetime of the accords , i . e . unt i I 31' December 1983 .
  II .    With a view to adapting the Agreements in the light of Greece 's accession ,
  the Council authorized the Commission to open negotiations with India and
  Bangladesh ;   and since the voluntary restraint ceilings are administered by tbe
  exporting countries themselves it is necessary to reach agreement with them
  on the level to be applied for Greece .
  III .   So far it has not been possible to conclude the negotiations .      Pending '
  the outcome the Community needs to take internal transitional measures to adapt the
  import rules, applying in Greece to those laid down by the Agreements for the         > >
  Community .   In particular , it is necessary to limit Greece 's imports of certain       ,
  jute products originating iri India or Bangladesh which are subject to quantitative
. restrictions under the Agreements .    The limits are set for a year , and it is
  understood . that once the negotiations have been concluded these transitional
  arrangements will be replaced by new rules reflecting the outcome of the talks .
  The limits have been worked out on the same basis as was used for the other'
  Member States' ceilings during the original Community negotiations with the two
  exporting countries , i.e. in this case the highest yearly figure for Greek imports
  of the products concerned since 1977 , plus a growth rate .
  IV .    Accordingly., the Commission recommends that - the Council adopt the
  following regulation .             '
  1 _.  .
    The Agreements are being applied de facto pending completion of the procedures
  necessary for formal conclusion ..
 ---pagebreak---                  PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
      making the importation into Greece of certain jute products originating
          in India or Bangladesh subject to quantitative Limitation
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community , and
  particular Article . 113 thereof ,
  Whereas Agreements on trade in jute products have been negotiated between the
  Community on the one hand and India and Bangladesh on the , other , providing
  for voluntary restraint of exports of certain products to the Community ;
                        .  •  %
  Whereas it has not yet been possible to conclude the current negotiations with
  the aforementioned countries on adaptation of the said Agreements to take
. account of   the accession of Greece ;
  Whereas / pending the outcome of the negotiations /, it is therefore necessary to
  place , as a transitional arrangement , quantitative limits on imports into
  Greece of certain jute products originating in Bangladesh and India , so as to
  align the rules for Greek imports as closely as possible with those applying
  in the Community as a whole ;
  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION   :
                                   Artic le 1
  From 1 January to 31 December 1981 imports into Greece of the jute products
  listed in the Annex to this Regulation and originating in Bangladesh or
  India shall be subject to this Regulation .
                                   Artic le 2
  Imports into Greece of the jute products listed in the Annex shall be subject
  to import authorizations to be issued by the Greek authorities up to the
  limits indicated in the said Annex .
 ---pagebreak---                                Artic le 3
Products admitted into Greece under inward processing or other suspensory
arrangements shall not , provided that they are declared under such arrangements
to be for re-export from that territory to a third country in their original
state or after processing , be set off against the quantitative limits referred
to in Article 2 .
                               Artic le 4                             ,
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication
in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation sha 1 1- be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .                            -
Done at Brussels ,                                   For the Counci l
                                                     The Président
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        Quantitative limits for imports into Greece of certain
        jute products originating iri Bangladesh .and India
                                                                        Quantitative limits 1981
                                                                               ( tonnes )
  CCT
           N1MEXE
 headmj      code
                                           Description
   No
                                                                       Bang ladest]    índia
57.10 Β     57.10-61 Woven fabrics of jute or of other bast fibres of
         ex 57.10-65 heading No 57.03 :
                     ex B. Of a width of more than 150 cm but not                       346
                            more than 310 cm, other than those of
                            category 7
57.10 Β     57.10-70 woven fabrics of jute or of other textile bast
                     fibres of heading No 57.03 :                                       203
                     ex B. Of a width of more than 150 cm, wholly
                            or partially bleached, dyed or printed and
                            having no visible selvedge in the width