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Date: 1980-04-02 00:00:00
Title: Recommendation for a COUNCIL REGULATION concluding an Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of India on trade and commercial cooperation in jute products (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                       COW ( 80 ) 155 final .
                                                       Brussels , 2 April 1980
                           Recommendation for a
                            COUNCIL REGULATION
  concluding an Agreement between the European Economic Community
         and the Republic of India on trade and commercial
                     " cooperation in jute products
               ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
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 ---pagebreak---                       EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.   Th6 Agreement between the Community and India on trade in jute products ,
which came into force on 1 January 1976 , expired on 31 December 1979 .
     To determine the arrangements for imports of jute products from
1 January 1980 , the Council authorized the Commission by a decision of
23 November 1979 to open negotiations with" India for the conclusion of       '
a new Agreement .
2.   Pursuant to this decision and in consultation with the Article 113
Committee, negotiations were held in January 1980 and resulted in the
initialling of a draft Agreement by both Heads of Delegation on 30 January .
     The main provisions of the new Agreement are as follows :
      (i)     Duration of four years (1 January 1980 to 31 December 1983 );
      ( ii )  India will voluntarily restrict its exports to the Community
              of certain jute fabrics to agreed levels ( categories 4 and 7 );
      ( iii ) the establishment of a consultation procedure in respect of jute .
              fibres ( category 6 ), which are not subject to import restrictions ,
              to enable such restrictions to be introduced under certain conditions .
              The two delegations having ascertained at the end of the negotiations
              that these conditions were fulfilled in respect of exports of jute
              yarn to Benelux , consultations were held under Article 4 of the
              initialled Agreement ;   as a resultlndia will voluntarily restrict
              yarn exports to these Community regions to an agreed level , as
              recorded in the Agreed Minutes initialled by both Heads of Delegation
              and annexed to the draft Agreement ;                         ,
      ( iv)   provisions to ensure flexibility in the quantitative limits fixed
              ( carryover , advance delivery and transfer );
      ( v)    continuation of total suspension of CCT duties on all jute products
              by the Community as part of its offer on generalized tariff
                                         "                                      ■   *
              preferences ;     '                        •
 ---pagebreak---       ( vi )  assurances by India that it will provide on non-discriminatory
              terms the jute products necessary to . supply the Community market and
              industry ;
      ( vii ) definition of the terms of reference of the Joint Cooperation Committee
              with a view , inter alia , to examining the possibilities and formulating
              suggestions regarding research and development cooperation in the
              production and use of the products' in question ;
      ( viii)An undertaking by the Community to abolish all quantitative restrictions
              on imports of jute products originating in India on expiry of the
              Agreement / namely on 1 January 1984 .
3.    The Commission considers the draft Agreement which has the approval of
the Article 113 Committee , an acceptable result for the Community .     It
therefore recommends that the Council conclude this Agreement by adopting
the regulatior of which a draft is annexed hereto .
    • An exchange of Note Verba les in which the two parties have agreed to the
de facto application of the provisions of the Agreement from 1 March 1980 ,
pending the completion of the procedures necessary to its formal entry into
force is also-    annexed for the Council 's information .
 ---pagebreak---               RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION
        concluding an Agreement between the European Economic
        Community and the Republio of India on trade and
        commeroial cooperation in jute produots
THE COUNCIL OP 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 and Commercial cooperation in jute
products negotiated between the European Eoonomio Community and the
Republio of India should be oonoluded,
                              -               I
HAS ADOPTED IHIS REGULATION :
                            Article 1
The Agreement between the European Economic Community and the
Republic of India on trade and commercial cooperation in jute
products , is hereby concluded on behalf of the European Economic _
 Community .        -
 The text of the Agreement is annexed to this Regulation .
                            Article 2
The President of the Council shall notify the other Contracting
Party of the completion by the Community of the procedures
necessary for the entry into force of the Agreement .
                            Article 5
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
its publication in the Offioial 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 President
 ---pagebreak---                            AGREERENT
 between the European Economic Community and the Republic of India
        on trade and commercial cooperation in jute products
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .
                                        of the one part , '
 ahd
 THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA ,
                                        of the other part ,
 RECOGNISING the importance of jute for India and the importance of trade
 in jute products between the European Economic Community ( hereinafter re­
 ferred to as the " Community") and fndia ,
 DESIROUS of ensuring , on the one hand , an increasing use of such products and
on the otner , the orderly development of their trade in order to achieve
 the complete liberalisation of trade in jute products between the Community
 and India ,
HAVING regarding to the Commercial Cooperation Agreement between the
 Community and jndia ,
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 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 the United
Kirgdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the European Economic
Community and the European Atomic Energy Community , of 22 January 1972 ,
CONSCIOUS of the provisions of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ,
BELIEVING that it is necessary to encourage and facilitate contacts and
cooperation between their respective jute interests ,
STRESSING the need for promoting cooperation in research and devlopment 1n '
the jute sector,
HAVE DECIDED, In a spirit of mutual cooperation, to conclude this Agreement .
 ---pagebreak---                       Article 1
 This Agreement shall apply to manufactured jute products, originating -in
coming from     India        , as defined in Anntx A.
 ---pagebreak---                      Article 2
      For t^e duration of this Agreement and within the . framework of its
offer on generalised tariff preferences , the Community shall apply
autonomously to the manufactured jute products set out in Annex B , and
originating in and coning from    India               , suspended duties
of the Comrnom Customs Tariff at the rate of 2ero ,
 ---pagebreak---                                  Article 3
   1.   The Community shall not subject Imports of products defined under
  Article 1 to   new quantitative restrictions .
  2.    The Community shall suspend for the duration of this Agreement all existing
  quantitative restrictions on the imports of the products defined 1n Annex C
                                                              #                     •
  provided that the Government of    India       applies , for the duration of the
  Agreement , such measures as are necessary to keep Its exports within the
  quantitative limits set out in this Annex .                              _    , '
  3.    If additional demand should arise on the Community market , the Community
  will not object to these quantitative limits being increased on the understanding
  that the additional quantities shall be determined on the basis of mutual
  agreement between both Parties .
                                           '
                                              .
       Quantities ofthe quota shares set out In Annex C not taken up by a
 Member State of the Community may be used In another Member Stae, within
  the limits •''d In accordance with the procedures In force In the Community.
The Community undertakes to reply to any request for re-allocation within four
weeks of its receipt .
                      M
5.    All quantitative restrictions on imports into the Community of jute
products originating In andjcomlng from India wilt b« eliminated with effect
from 1 January 1984 .
 ---pagebreak---                                  Art icie 4
   1.     The   0"-> un ity shall not subject Imports of jute yarn to quantitative
   restrictions ,      However , should it consider that Indian exports of jute
   yarn are seriously, prejudicing conditions in its market or in the market
   of any of its regions , raking a limitation on further trade necessary ,
   the Cormu'iity may request a consultation with India , provided that the
   request for su<".h consultation is accompanied by a statement demonstrating
   the existence of the ab . vr conditions in the Community or in the region
   concerned .
    2.    Sud consultation shall be entered into within three weeks of
  notification o * the reqjc.-t , with a view to reaching an agreement or a
   mutually acceptable conct.~ion within two further weeks at the latest .
   Should jjcfo agreement c ^ uU. ally acceptable conclusion not be reached
   within tie specified period , the Community may introduce a quantitative
   li ■nitati-m in the market of <; he Community or in the markets of the
• region or regions concerned on an annual basis which shall , in any case ,
   net be lower than the level reached by imports of jute yarn from India
  into the affected market or markets during the twelve months prior to the
  dare on which the request for consultation was notified .
  3.      Paragraph 5 of Article 3 shall apply ..,.
                                                                       «
 ---pagebreak---                             Article  5
  1.     Imports into the Community of Jute products covered by this
  Agreement which are intended for immediate re-export from the Community \
  or for processing and subsequent re-export outside the Community shall
  not be subject to the Quantitative limits established'by this Agreement *
  The Community authorities will ascertain - under the administrative
  system of control in force to this effect within the Community ,
  the quantities of jute products imported from     India        which have
 been immediately rf-cxported, or re-exported after processing , outside **
 the Community , and they will accordingly inform , on a quarterly basis ,
 the Indian authorities .                              ;     ' .
 2.     In any case where the competent authorities within the Community
 ascertain under the administrative system of control in force^ that imoorts
 of jute products covered by this Agreement have been counted against the
 ceilings established under this Agreement but have subsequently been re-exported
from the Community, the authorities concerned will inform on a quarterly basis
the Indian       authorities of the quantities Involved and will authorize
 imports of the same quantities which shall not be counted against the
 ceilings fixed by the Agreement .
3.     In any case where the Community ascertains that the imports referred
to in paragraph 1 have been retained for consumption within the Community,    i
the latter will notify the government of        India       on • quarterly    j
bo sis of the amounts involved.     In such cases .   India        shall , at
                              t
the request of the Community, count such amounts «ga1nst the quantitative
lialt or I1 « its in question for the current year. .
 ---pagebreak---                                    Article 6
 1.    Within any orv.1 Agreement year , the unused por'.ions of one of the
 quantitative limits establi r; hrd undrr this Ag eemert in respect of any
 region of thv Community market may be transferred to another quantitative
 limit established for the same region of the Community market as follows :
    - from       Category     4 to      Category 7 and vice-versa , provided that
       the quantities involved do not exceed ? 0% of the quantitative limit
       for ? he Category to nMcii the transfer is made.
 2.    Unused quantities , no ? exceeding 10% of one annual ceiling , may be
 carried over and added to < he ccrespondir.g ceiling for the following year .
 3.    Each annual leiling may ;>e exceeded, up to a limit of 10X of its total ,
 in anticipation of tSe correspoi dirg ceiling for she following year.
4.' The above flexibility provisions must not , in any single given Agreement
year, result in any ceiling being exceeded by more than 2CK .
                                                                               V
S.    The provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall only be applied by India
following writttn notification to the Coamuhity by' thr« Trvdian . .
authorities.
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 ---pagebreak---                                    Article 7
 1.         Tho ayrcf-d quantitative limits shall be administered using a system
of double checking , the details for which are set out in Annex D , subject
to such changes as may be mutually agreed upon In the Joint Cooperation
Committee set up in Artiele 10 .
2.            India   undertakes to inform the Community , on a   quarterly bosis
of the total quantities covered by export authorisations issued by the
I n -i i ,3 n        authorities for all the jute products referred to in Article 3
and , where appropriate , in Article 4 .
3.          Similarly , the Community will Inform the Indian    • authorities , on
a quarterly basis , of the total volume of Imports Into the Community
cf the products in question .
 ---pagebreak---                       Article 8
1.   The implementation of " his Agreement shall lot disrupt a normal
trade in j'lte oroducts between the Community and India .
2.   S!"culd one of the Parties inform the other that special difficulties
have arisen in this connection , the two Parties shall consult each other,
within the framework of the Joint Cooperation Committee , in order to v
determine th « measures necessary to remedy the situation .
 ---pagebreak---                           Article 9
     Without prejudice to the policies of the Government of India
concerning the regulation of its exports according to the production
situation and the external demand for the products covered by this Agreement
undertakes to take appropriate steps to ensure that the needs of the
Community market and industries are met 1n a non-discriminatory Banner*
 ---pagebreak---                                      Art lei® 10
   1.    A Join* Coooeration Committee shall be set i*> and entrusted with
   the folloyw j tasks :
        - to a»rang* consultations promptly at the request of either Party
             cn ;nr matter eoncerring t h« trade In Jute products in a spirit
             of vcoceretbn ;
        - to examine any prcblen which may ar!$e as » result of the
              Impl em ?nt*t tan of this Agreement ;
        - to exaalne ways and .veans of Increasbg and diversifying the end-
             use* of jute products / Including studies of the experience of other
            (targets in tiit rcga * d;
       • to investigate possibilities, and formutaie suggest Ions, for cooperation
            In regard to research Into and development of, the production and
           uses, of jute products ;
       - to develop contact ? between, and facilitate joint projects and
          programmes mutually agreed upon by, representatives of the jut*
           trade and industries of both the Community and India
                                                    !     1
2.    The Joint Cooperation Co»«1ttee shall U composed of representatives
Of the Community and India
3. The Joint Cooperation Committee shall be convened at the request of
either Contracting Party and^ 1n sny case* at least once a year.
 ---pagebreak---                                 Article 11
1.   This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the month
following the date on whici the the Contracting Parties notify earh o*h«*r
rf the co-pletion of the procedures necessary for this purpose . It $'-i » ll
applicable until 31 December 1983 .                        '
2.   This Agreement shall apply with effect from 1 January 1980.
 ---pagebreak--- Ar < : ' ' '
             P r"t t. h «?* f^o y
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 ---pagebreak---                                Article 13
     This Agreement shall be drawn up in two copies in the Danish , Dutch ,,
English - French - German - Italian and Hindi languages , each of these texts
                                                              4
being equally authentic * •
Done at   Brussels .                                            30 January 1980
 ---pagebreak---      r            - 1i -             |I           (i
                                                        ANNEX A
        Definition of categories of Jute produces covered by Article 1
Category    1          Jute fp.brlca weighing more than 5°0 f7®2 and of a
                       width of not more than 150 cm , and jute bags of
                       fabric weighing more than 500 g/m2 .
Category , 2           Jute fabrics weighing not lesB than 310 g/c2 but tot
                       »ore than 5 00 g/m2 , and of a width of not snore than i30 cm ,
                       iind ju -ie bags of fabrics weighing not leee than 310 g/m2
                       Vui no i wore than $00 g/m2 »
Category    3          Jute fabi'iCt weighing less titan 310 g/fc2 ar.d of width of
                       not oore than 150 cn9 and jute bags of fabric weighing
                       less than 310 g/xa2.
                                                            \
Category 4             Woven fabrics of Jute ,. Irrespective of their weight per
                        square metre, of a width more than 150 cm. but not more than
                        310 cm. other than those referred to in Cateqory 7.
Category 5              Woven fabrics of jute, irrespective of their weight per
                         square metre, of a width more than 310 cm, other than those
                         referred to in Category 7, with no patent selvedge* at any
                         Interval throughout the width of the cloth .
Category t»              Jute yarn.
Category 7               jute fabrics, bleached, dyed or printed, either wholly or
                         in part , of a width bt more than 150 cm. Irrespective
                         ©f their weight per       with no patent selvedges at any
                          interval throughout the yic'th t the cloth.
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                   JER KX B
                                         Tariff eucpcnsions covered by Article 2
. s/* i.ci • i r. f*                                                          Rate of Suspension to be
                                           Deccriptxon of rooae                         appUed
    *y/ .05          Yarn of juto or of other textile bast
                       fibres of heeding No 57»03
    57*10            Woven fabrics of juto or of other textile
                       baGt fibres, of heading No 57«03
                  '    A. Of & width of not nora than 150 on
                           end woifjhing por n2
                           I.     L cc 3 than 310 G
                           II .   Not less than 310 g but not more
                                         500 g
                           'III . fore than 50° 8
                                                   *
                       8 . Of a width of more than 150 cm
    62.03            Sacks and bags of a kind used for the packing
                       of goods
                       A. Of jute or of other textile bast fibre *
                           of heading No 57.03
                           XI *   Othor
                                  ( a) Of fabrics weighing lees than
                                        310 g/n>2
                                  (b) Of fabric weighing not less                          1
                                        than 310 g/m2 but not more than                      1
                                        500 g/o2
                                  ( o) Of fabrio weighing more than
                                        500 g/m2
                       The Community hereby undertakes to continue to suspend customs duties on all
                       imports of packaging materials , in accordance with the provisions of the
                       Customs Convention on temporary import • of packing items.
 ---pagebreak---                                                     ANNEX C
         Product :, and quantitative limits for which India will exercise restraint
  towards the Cornunity for the oeriod during which the Agreement shall be
  applicable . Products covered by Category 5 ( as defined in Annex A ) will not be
 subject to quantitative, limitations ^
          The Community hereby notifies India that the quantitative limits for the
  jute products listed below will be allocated between the Member States as fol­
  lows     :
  Category 4 ( as defined in Annex A )                    Quantitative limit's   '      ( metric tons )
       tfe:iber State                         1980            1931          1982          1983
       Bénélux                                  652            717           789   , ■     868
       Denrr.ark                              • 163             179          197           217
        France                            1 386              1 525         1 677        1 845
        F.fc . Germany                          910          1 001         1 101        1 211
        Ireland                                 560            616           678           745
        Itjly                                   191   ■        210           231           254
       United Kingdom           !                              515           567           623
I      ELC                               k 3:-o
                                  t il – . 1'     » MMMHBM
                                                             4 < 63    |  5 240        5 763
  Cw>teq"ry 7 ( as defined in Annex A )                   Quantitative limits          ( metric , tons )
                               s
                                                              1981          1982          1983
       r - .- rber Stnte
                                |             1980
       Eenelux                                  636        I   687           742           801
     : Denmark                                  189            204           220           23ô
       France                                   268            ? S9          312           337  '      I
       f.R. Germany                            610             65 /          712           769
       Irelard                                 214      •      231           249           269
       Italy                                    125            135           146           158
       United Kfngdo»                           513            554           598           646
       ËEC
                                        2 555                2 75 ?       2 979        3 218
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                            '  ANNEX D     ■     .
                           System of double checking referred to in Article 7
    1.          In the Community, the competent authorities shall accept , without delay,
                imports of products for which quantitative limitations have been agreed upon
               in Article 3 and, where appropriate, Article 4 of this Agreement , upon production
               of the importer 's request together with the original copy of the export permit(1 )
   2.          The competent Indian authorities shall issue export permits for all the products
               referred to in paragraph 1 wfthin the quantitative limits set out in Annex C
               ( and in any case where the provisions of Article 4 . have been invoked).
   3.          The export permit must mention : ~                        -- r-T-r-r-v-r–                 ^
.' • *    V•                                -      •    »' •      '               1        «. •, V.'*;         '  .   ' i     *     •
    (a)        the M*ember . State of final destination ,           .               '    : .' r          /
   ( b>        the sériât number,                                                                                           ^
   ( c)        the name and address of the importer , »                                . ,             v
   ( d)        the name and address of the exporter ,         v.
   ( e )> the net weight ( in kilogrammes or metric tons ) and the value,                                        v
          e  '       .     •                                           •          .     ......                      ■
. ( f ) , the category and the classification bf * the products ( 2 ),
   ( g > ' the certification issued by the Indian                     . authorities stating that the quantity
         f-    has been debited against the agreed quantitative limits for export to the
               Community ( relevant Member State of final destination) or , where appropriate,
         '* is'for immediate re-export or for inward processing and subsequent re-export
       .       outside the Community ( 3 ).
   4.          In the Community, the competent . authorities shall accept , within reasonable
   limits , differences between the weight as stated in the export permit and the cargo
   weight or the imported weight:. The competent                          Indian        authorities shall however
   endeavour to reduce such discrepancies to a minimum.
  5.           The competent Indian           -authorities shall notify the competent authorities ,
   in the Community of any withdrawal , or part withdrawal, of an export permit . The
 " fatter shall , within the context of the administrative regulations governing                                                                  '
   such matters , take appropriate steps .                       • . • ; ,
  6.           The competent Indian        . authorities shall forward every six months to the
  competent authorities in the Community, via the Commission, a summary of the                                                                    j
  export permits issued. These summaries shall state, for every category of product, * "
  the net weight in metric tons of the authorised exports, their assignment to the ; ; j
  various ceilings and Athe
  been consigned.,                 .;".
                                        Member States. \of the Commrinity to which the goods/have                                        . 'L
                                                                                                                                                 j
  7.          The competent Community authorities shall forward every six months to the ' . v
  competent authorities in 'India                    via the Mission of India                              ; to the European
  Economic Communities in Brussels a summary of the most recent figures available                                                       ' j
  for imports of products covered by this Agreement .                                                ,                                        ij
  <1)        Where import licenced are required under the regulation in f>rce in one or                                           '         j;
             other Member State, such licences shall be Issued autpmatically on demand,                                               .. I
           • within a limited number ofdays.                                                                                                !
 fe> In the case of the fabrics of Category A the width shall be indicated ( in                                                           j
         ' centimetres), till such time as appropriate changes to NIMEXE are made.
                                                                               t<.or.f;«r>£aneonttauad<?over leaf • s •
 ---pagebreak---                                ANNEX 0 ( continued >
Footnote ( 3 ) Exports shall be debited against the quantitative limits established
               for the year in which shipment of the goods has been effected .
 ---pagebreak---                               ANNEX E
                            JOINT DECLARATION                   %
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       The Contracting Parties agree to make a special effort to fulfil
  the tasks set out In Article 10 of the Agreement .          To this end they will' :
        a)       encourage and facilitate contacts between representatives of Indian
           . ar>d Community Jute Interests^ 1n particular through
                 •   annual review and monitoring meetings between the
                   " Industrial and commercial Interests of the two sides;
ι
                •    exchange of delegations ;
     V
                -    the formulation and execution of <jo1nt promotion and
             ,      publicity campaigns ;
            *                                                                          ;
       b)       examine the possibility of providing support for any progr3mmes :
               or projects jointly recommended by the Jute Interests of the
               two sides as likely to be of mutual benefit to these Interests;
                                                  « ) .
       c)      to consider modalities to facilitate contacts and cooperation
               between the Indian         Jute Industries Research Association
               and Interested European research Institutes and examine the possibillt
               of providing support for any specific projects jointly drawn up or .
               recommended by thea.     -  .                                             t
               .                -
 ---pagebreak---                           AGREED MINUTES
 In accordance with Article U of the " Agreement between the European Econonic
Community and the Republic of India oh Trade and Commercial Cooperation in
Jute Products ", initialled today , consultations between the delegation of
 India and the delegation of the European Economic Community were held at the .
 same time in order to solve problems caused by the imports into the Benelux
countries of jute yarn from India .
a>   The delegations came to the following arrangements :
   , India will limit its exports Of CCT Heading No . 57.06 ( yarn of jute
     or other textile bast fibres of heading No . 57.03 ) to the Benelux countries
      in   order not to exceed for the period 1 January 1980 - 31 December 1983 , the
     arounts agreed upon for each year .
     The quantity for the period 1 January - 31 December 1980 has been established
     at 7,500 tonnes .   This quantity is increased by 8% for each following year^
     such a percentage being applied on the quantity of the preceding year .
     The two parties agreed to re-examine the situation at the end of the
     second year . ,                        ,
                               > .        •  •
b) > As long as the arrangement is in . force, the quantities exported         t
     within the aforementioned agreed limits shall be administered
     according to the conditions laid down in Article 7 and Annex p of
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     the aforementioned Agreement .
         •  ,  '                  i  •
Brussels , 30 January 1980
FOR THE INDIAN DELEGATION                                    FOR THE DELEGATION OF THE
                                                             EUROPEAN ECONOMIC C0 v ^ U\'IT'