CELEX: 51979PC0043
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Date: 1979-02-07
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) derogating from certain provisions concerning the definition of the concept 'originating products' contained in the Interim Agreement and in the Agreement on Cooperation between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Morocco (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                  COM(79)43 final.
                                                  Brussels , 7 February 1979
                                Proposal for a
                          COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
   derogating from certain provisions concerning the definition
             of the concept ' originating products contained
   in the Interim Agreement and in the Agreement on Cooperation
                 between the European Economic Community
                         arid the Kingdom of Morocco
              ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
   COM ( 79 ) 43 final .
 ---pagebreak---                                 EXPLANATORY NOTE ,
     ' ^                                                              ,
  I.      Présentation of the request                               :
          a)  Background : since 1 July 1976 the Kingdom of Marocco has        .
              from a derogation to the definition of the concept of originating
              products for textile products made in Morocco of headings 61.01 /
                    •     *                                                              ■ ι
        ■ '   61 . 02 , 61.03 and 61.04 of the common customs tariff , with a six
              month quota of '1250' tonnes .
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         b>   In a letter dated 9 June 1978 the Government of the Kingdom of
              Morocco put to the ; Commission , via their Ambassador in Brussels ,
              a request for the derogation to be extended for these products for.
            , three years .    . ' _ ■         .             "
II .     Ooinion of the Commission
         The Commission has carried out certaif> enquiries with the aim of determining
         'if it was possible to use grey cloth of Community , Algerian or Tunisian
         origin , to establish the problems involved in the use of this cloth
          ( quality , price , etc .) land to monitor the progress made to date with the
                                       '                                               *
          intention to set up a local weaving industry and the extension of
       ^ existing units .              i     '
          It seems that there is a price problem in using Community cloth and a
         quality problem in using cloth from the other Maghreb, countries , '
          Concerning the progress made to establish a local weaving industry ,
         despite of the agreement of the Moroccan Government ; the plans to set '
         up a weaving plant with 600 employees at Settat has not been realized .
         Other enterprises have however expressed their interest in setting
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up plants' for the production of cloth for shirts and the Industrial
 Development Office "is studying such a project .   The existing facilities
have been extended and have increased their capacity by use of a total
 investment of 38 . U millions of Dirhams in 1977 as against 8.8 million
 in 1976 .
 In addition , a spinning industry has also been set up intended as the
base for a whole weaving industry .     Production has increosed from -
215,272 spindles of continuous thread and 9,656 "open ended " spindles
in 1976 to 277,824 .spindles of continuous thread and 9 , 856 " open ended "
spindles in 1977 .    The increase in production of continuous thread
concerns only the fine combed thread which , it is hoped , will be used in
the context of the project of setting up a weaving industry at present
under study in Morocco .
In view of the above , the Commission feels that an extension to the Derogation
for- the period 1 July 1978 to 30 June 1980 for, a quantity of 2 , 500 tonnes per
year would be sufficient to ensure that Moroccan industry can continue to
operate until it is capable of supplying a product corresponding to tne
provisions of Protocol No . 2 to the Agreement .
 ---pagebreak---                                               PBOPOSAL FOR A .
                                       COUNCIL RECULATION ( EEC)
                   derogating                          from certain provisions concerning the definition-
                   of the concept of 'originating products' contained in the Interim Agreement
                   and in the Agreement on Cooperation, between the European Economic
                                        Community and the Kingdom of Morocco
    ■THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                                               . Artide 2
     COMMUNITIES. ■,
                                                                    The derogation referred to in Article I concerns the
     Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          following amounts :
     Economic Community, and in particular Article J 13
     thereof.                                                       – , fro« 1.7.1978 to 30.6.1979,2500 tonnes
     Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                    ~ frot 1.7.1979 to 30.6.1980,2500 tonnes.
    Whereas an Agreement on Cooperation
                           ( ' ) between the European
 ^ Economic Community ami the Kingdom of Morocco                                \                ArtiiU J
  wav - signed in Rabat on 27 April I ¥76 ;
                                                                   The I;UR . I movement certificates issued uruh-r this
   VC lien as in order to take account of Morocco's special ■       Regulation shall be endorsed with one of the
   situ .ilmn and 10 enable the industries concerned to
                                                                    following phrases :
   adapt :! ieir prc<duction' to the conditions required by
   the Protocol on the definition of the concept of 'origi­        – "IEXTIIE DEROGATION',
   nating products' annexed to those Agreements, it is             – AUW EICHUNG FCJK TEXTILWAREN',
. necessary to provide for that State a derogation from            – 'DEROGATION TEXTILES'.
   certain provisions concerning the definition set out in         – 'DEROGA TESSII.r,
   that Protocol,                                                  – AEVC-I IKING VOOR TEXTIEI.PRODUKTEN'.
                                                                   – UNDTAGELSESBESTEMMELSER                 EOR THK-
   HAS AIMM'li.l) THIS REGULATION :                                     STILS ! O l \ .
                                                                   The endorsement shall be inserted in box 7 "Remarks'.
                            AtiuU /               - '
   IW way of derogation from the Protocols on the defini­                  '                     Art nit 4
  tion of the concept of 'originating products' and on                                      ·.                  Λ
  methods of administrarative cooperation, annexed to              Every three month* the customs Authorities of the
                                  the Agreement on Cooper-'        Kingdom of Morocco shall communicate to the
  afion between the European Economic Community                    Commission the quantities of t^e products for which
  and the Kingdom of Morocco, and subject to the                   the certificates mentioned in Article 3 have been
  conditions set out in the following Articles, the provi-         issued. I he Commission shall forward this informa­
  sums of l ist* A annexed to the said Protocols which             tion to the Member States.
   apply to textile products manufactured * in Morocco
   and fading within heading Nos 6J.0I , 61.02, 61.03                    \   * .                 Artitit i
   »nj 61 'i4 of the Common Customs Tariff, shall be
   soj-picmented by the provisions in the table annexed            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1S72 .
   hcieto .
                                                                   It shall apply until 30 Juno 1980.
                   his Regubcon shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 Done at
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  ( * OJ s., L ia of 27.9.73 p-.2
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