CELEX: 21986A1129(15)
Language: en
Date: 1986-11-03 00:00:00
Title: Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Hong Kong on trade in textile products consequent on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the Community

29 . 11 . 86                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No L 338 / 57
                                                         ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL
                to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Hong Kong on trade in textile
                products consequent on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the
                                                                 Community
                THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                of the one part , and
                THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG
                of the other part ,
                CONSIDERING the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic of the European
                Communities on 1 January 1986 ,
                HAVING REGARD to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Hong Kong on trade in
                textile products initialled on 30 November 1982 , and hereinafter referred to as the 'Agreement',
                HAVE DECIDED to determine by common accord the adjustments and transitional measures of the Agreement
                consequent on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the European Economic
                Community , and
                TO CONCLUDE THIS PROTOCOL :
                              Article 1                                               Germany                              28,5%
                                                                                      Benelux                              10,5%
The text of the Agreement as hereby amended , including its                           France                               18,5%
Annexes and Protocols forming an integral part thereof, shall                         Italy                                15,0%
be drawn up in Spanish and Portuguese and those texts shall                           Denmark                               3,0%
be authentic in the same way as the original texts .                                  Ireland                               1,0%
                                                                                      United Kingdom                       23,5%
                                                                                      Greece                                2,0%
                              Article 2                                               Spain                                 7,5%
                                                                                      Portugal                              1,5%
The Agreement shall be amended as follows :
                                                                          (4 ) The following paragraph is hereby added to
                                                                                Article 7 :
( 1 ) The limits set out in Annex II shall be increased to the
      quantities set out in the Annex hereto ;                                  '5 .    In 1986 , for purposes of invoking the provisions
                                                                                of paragraph 3 in respect of Community quantitative
( 2 ) The following paragraph is hereby inserted into                           limits or quantitative limits for regions of the
      Article 7 :                                                               Community other than Spain or Portugal , should the
      ' 8A . For the purposes of applying the provisions of                     figures calculated on the basis of paragraph 8A be
      Article 7 paragraph 8 in the year 1986 , the preceding                    unavailable , or should those figures be lower than those
      year's total imports from all third countries shall be                    resulting from the rules in force prior to enlargement ,
      calculated on the basis of imports into the Community                     the latter will exceptionally continue to be used .
      as constituted on 31 December 1985 and of imports into                    For purposes of invoking the provisions of paragraph 3
      Spain and Portugal . Trade between the Community ,                        in respect of quantitative limits for Spain and Portugal ,
      Spain and Portugal , or between Spain and Portugal shall                  should the import figures for the year 1985 be
      be excluded from this total .'                                            unavailable , the import figures for the year 1984 will be
                                                                                used instead for the calculation prescribed in paragraph
( 3 ) The following paragraph shall replace Article 7 ,                         8A .'
      paragraph 9 :
                                                                          ( 5 ) The following shall be added to Article 11 ( 2) of
      '9 .    The Community further undertakes not to invoke                    Protocol A , under the heading:
      the provisions of this Article on a regional basis before
                                                                                'two letters identifying country of destination as
      the level of export authorizations for textile products                   follows :
      mentioned in paragraph 2 in any category exceeds the
      following regional percentages of the levels referred to in               ES — Spain
      paragraphs 8 and 8A :                                                     PT — Portugal'.
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                           Article 3                                2.    It shall be applicable with effect from 1 January 1986
                                                                    and remain in force during the period of validity of the
The Annex to this Protocol forms an integral part thereof.          Agreement between the European Economic Community
This Protocol forms an integral part of the Agreement.              and Hong Kong on trade in textile products.
                           Article 4                                                           Article S
1.    This Protocol shall enter into force on. the first day of     This Protocol is drawn up in duplicate in the Danish , Dutch ,
the month following the date on which the contracting               English , French , German , Greek, Italian , Portuguese and
parties notify each other that the procedures necessary to this     Spanish languages , each of those texts being equally
end have been completed .                                           authentic .
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                                                                 ANNEX
    Category                        Product                          Year           Unit    EEC    Spain     Portugal
         2   Cotton fabrics                                         1986          tonnes  13 260     30          6
         2 A of which : other than grey or bleached                 1986         tonnes   11 445     26          5
         3   Fabrics of discontinuous synthetic fibres              1986         tonnes   11 041      9          4
         3 A of which : other than grey or bleached                 1986         tonnes    7 400,5    7,5        4
         4   Knitted shirts , singlets , T-shirts , sweat-shirts    1986     1 000 pieces 24 677     28          6
         5   Jerseys , pullovers                                    1986     1 000 pieces 26 419     23          4
         6   Men's and women's woven trousers and men's
             shorts / breeches                                      1986     1 000 pieces 50 916     26          5
        6 A  of which : trousers                                    1986     1 000 pieces 42 659    22           4
         7   Women's woven and knitted blouses                      1986     1 000 pieces 29 245     31          3
         8   Men's woven shirts                                     1986    1 000 pieces  46 675    65           6
         9   Cotton towelling , toilet and kitchen linen of
             cotton towelling                                       1986         tonnes    1 502     10          2
     10 / 11 Knitted gloves                                         1986      1 000 pairs 71 723   450         59
       12    Knitted stockings and socks , other than women's
             stockings of synthetic yarn                            1986      1 000 pairs  8 571   110         30
       13    Men's and women's knitted underpants , knickers
             and briefs                                             1986    1 000 pieces  76 186   142         20
       14 A  Woven men's coated coats                               1986    1 000 pieces   3 041      7,5        1,5
       14 B  Men's overcoats , raincoats and other coats ,
             cloaks and capes                                       1986    1 000 pieces   2 845      7,5        1,5
       15 A  Woven women's coated coats                             1986    1 000 pieces   1 360      7,5        1,5
       16    Men's woven suits                                      1986       1 000 sets  2 489      7,5        1,5
       18    Men's woven underwear other than shirts               1986          tonnes    3 559      7,5        1,5
    19 / 89  Cotton handkerchiefs                                  1986     1 000 pieces  81 347   339         25
      21     Anoraks , windcheaters , men's and women's            1986     1 000 pieces  14 899    35           8
    24 / 25  Men's and women's knitted pyjamas and
             nightdresses                                          1986     1 000 pieces   6 744    28           6
      26     Woven and knitted dresses                             1986     1 000 pieces   9 288    30           8
      27     Woven and knitted skirts                              1986     1 000 pieces   8 215    20          4
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  Category                           Product                        Year         Unit     EEC     Spain   Portugal
     28       Knitted trousers                                      1986    1 000 pieces  3 224      7,5      1,5
     30 A     Women's woven pyjamas and nightdresses                1986    1 000 pieces  9 649     11        2
     31       Brassieres                                            1986    1 000 pieces 16 090    180       10
     32       Woven pile fabrics other than terry fabrics           1986       tonnes     5 789      7,5      3,5
     39       Table linen , toilet and kitchen linen other than
              from terry                                            1986       tonnes     1 295      7,5      1,5
     61       Narrow woven fabrics                                  1986       tonnes     1 461      7,5      1,5
     68       Babies' under garments of knitted or crocheted
              fabrics                                               1986       tonnes       694      7,5      1,5
     71       Babies' knitted outerwear                             1986       tonnes       334      7,5      1,5
     72       Knitted swimwear                                      1986    1 000 pieces 12 757     49       10
     73       Track suits , knitted                                 1986    1 000 pieces  1 683     10        2
     74       Women's knitted suits                                 1986    1 000 pieces  1 106     10        3
     76       Woven workwear                                        1986       tonnes     3 636     12        2
   78 / 81    Men's , women's , boys', girls', infants' woven
              bath robes etc.                                       1986       tonnes     8 236     12        2
     78       of which men's / boys' woven bath robes etc. ,
              except categories 6 , 14 A , 14 B , 16 , 17 , 21 , 76
              and 79                                                1986       tonnes     4 527      7,5      1,5
     80       Babies' woven garments                                1986       tonnes       980      7,5      1,5
     82       Under garments , other than babies', knitted or
              crocheted                                             1986       tonnes     1 265      7,5      1,5
     83       Other knitted outer wear                              1986       tonnes     2 363      9        2
     87       Gloves , etc. , other than knitted                    1986       tonnes     1 629,5   13        1,5