CELEX: 51980PC0337
Language: en
Date: 1980-06-20
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION concerning the arrangements for importation into the Benelux countries of jute yarn originating in Thailand (submitted by the Commission to the Council)

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                                                             COM(80)337 final
                                                             Brussels . 20 June 1980
                            PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION
                  concerning the arrangements for importation into the
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                 Benelux countries^ of jute yarn/originating in Thailand
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COM ( 80 ) 337 final
 ---pagebreak---                       EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1 . In July 1977 consultations took place between Thailand and the Community jj
following the sharp rise in Thailand 's exports of jute ya'rn to Benelux ,           j:
which has led to disruption of the Benelux markets , in particular that of           j
Belgium .                                                                        '   |.
       The outcome of these talks was an arrangement in the form of signed           !
and agreed minutes , whereby the authorities of Thailand undertook to
restrain their exports of jute yarn to Benelux for three years ( 1977-1979 ).
     " To put this arrangement into effect within the Community , the Council
adopted Regulation ( EEC ) No 2463 / 77 of 7 November 1977 concerning import
                                                                                   (1)
arrangements into the Benelux countries of . jute yarn originating in Thailand
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II . . That arrangement expired on 31 December 1979 .      As it was not possible to
hold fresh consultations with Thailand before the end of 1979 to determine
the arrangements to apply from 1 January 1980 , the Council , in agreement
with Thailand , extended the 1979 arrangements for the first three months of
                                        •                       (2)
1980 , by Regulation ( EEC ) No . 3019 / 79 of 20 December 1979     extending the import
arrangements in force for certain jute products originating in Bangladesh ^ India
and Thailand .                                                                       i
III .      Consultations between the Community and^Thailand took place
in February and May 1980 . These consultations resulted in the signing of
Agreed Minutes in which Thailand undertook to limit its exports of jute
yarn into the Beneux countries for a period of four years : - 1980 , 1981 ,
1982 , 1983 .   .
       In order to put this Lrran^ement into effect within the Community, it
 is proposed that the Counc i I adopt the annexed draft regulation .
(1 )   0J No L 286 , 10.11.1977 , p. 4
(2)    0J No L 340 , 31.12.1979 , p. 1
 ---pagebreak---                 PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION
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       concerning the arrangements for Importation into the
       Benelux countries of jute yarn originating in Thailand
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 of the Commission ,
Whereas , following consultations between the Eurooean Economic Community
and the Kingdom of Thailand, the Government of that country has undertaken .
to establish a voluntary restraint for exports of jute yarn into the Benelux
countries for the period 1 January 1980 until 31 December 1983 ;
Whereas the effectiveness of the voluntary restraint measures introduced by the
Thai authorities is dependent on the establishments a system of Community
surveillance ; whereas the implementation of such surveillance requires that
imports of the products in question into the Benelux countries are subject
to authorization ;
Whereas the .voluntary restraint measures set quantitative limits for exports
 effected during the years 1980 , 1981 , 1982 and 1983 , whereas it is accordingly
 necessary to fix quantitative limits for imports into the Benelux countries of
the products in question ;
             consultations provide       ,               ,       .
Whereas the                        for the possibility of Carrying over , up
to a certain percentage , unused quantities of the quantitative limit fixed
for one year to the limit for the following year , and the use in anticipation
cf a part of a quantitative limit fixed for the following year ;
 Whereas it is provided that products entering
the Benelux countries under the inward processing arrangements, or any other
suspensive arrangement ^, which are re-exported from the customs territory of
the Community , in their original state or after processing , . will not be counted
against the quantitative limits fixed ;
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          Whereas imports into the Benelux countries of jute yarn originating in Thailand
          and effected since the 1 January 1980 should' be counted against the ceiling
        fixed for the year 1930 ,                                                 .
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      - HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION        : ■  -    -   '                 '        •
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                                               Article 1             ~
        1. .   Imports   into the Benelux countries of the following products originating
         in Thailand and imported from that country during the period of 1 January 1980 to 31
  December       1983 shall be subject to the' production of an import authorization granted
         by the competent authorities of the Member State concerned .               The import
         authorizations will be limited to the quantities indicated below : >
        iCCT Heading No        Description of goods             Unit            Quantitative    limits
                                                                           1980     1981      1982   . 198 ^
             57.06          Yarn of jute or of other
                                                             Tonnes     . 7 500 ,   8 100     8 750    9 450
                            textile bast fibres of
                            heading No 57.03
         2.     Import authorizations shall be granted automatically and without delay within
         the limits indicated in paragraph 1 upon production by the importer of an                  export
         licence granted by the competent authorities in Thailand and containing the
         particulars    set out in the annex hereto .
                Imports thus authorized shall be counted against the quantitative limit
         fixed for the period during which the goods were placed on board in Thailand for
xport    to the Benelux countries ..      When issuing import ..authorizations to         be counted
         against the quant it atiiye   limit fixed for 1980 , the competent authorities
         of thePlemher States shall take into account import authorizations already issued
         since 1 January 1980 .
 ---pagebreak---                                      Article 2
      When the Commission finds      that , in accordance with the  agreed ninutes
of consultations , acceptance should be given in respect of a notification by the
Thai authorities that they intend :
    to carry-over unused quantities of the quantitative limits fixed in the
    Agreed Minutes from one year to the limit fixed for the following year ;
    to use in anticipation a part of a quantitative limit fixed for the following
    year ,
 it shall so inform the Member States, whi ch shall authorise imports in excess
of the limits fixed in Article 1 up to the amount of the quantities indicated
by the Commission .
                                   Article 3
      Products entering the Benelux countries under the inward processing
arrangements, or under any other suspensive arrangements, which are re-exported
from the customs territory of the Community , either in their original state
or after processing , shall not be counted against the quantitative limits
fixed in Axticle 1 .
                                   A rt i c le 4
      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 Counci I
                                                            The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                               ANNEX
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                      Particulars referred to in Article 1(2 )
                                                                           (1)
    Export licences to be issued by the competent authorities in Thailand         j
in respect of the products referred to in this Regulation shall specify          I
or include :                         "                    ■       '
1.   The destination , and in particular the town and the Member State
     of destination .            ,                ' .
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2.    A  sériai number .      ;
3.   The name and address of       the importer .
4.   The name and address of the exporter .
5.   A description of the goods .      -
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6.   The quantity ( in tonnes ).
7.   A certificate    to the effect that the quantity in question has been counted
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     against - the quantitative limit fixed for the Benelux countries or ,
     where appropriate, that the said quantity is intended for re-export ,       '
     whether or not after further processing , from the Community.             - j;
(1)  Department of Foreign Trade , Ministry of Commerce