CELEX: 21986A1129(09)
Language: en
Date: 1986-11-03 00:00:00
Title: Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the People' s Republic of Bulgaria on trade in textile products consequent on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the Community

No L 338 / 22                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                    29 . 11 . 86
                                                     ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL
               to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the People's Republic of Bulgaria
               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 THE PEOPLE 'S REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA
               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 the People's Republic of
               Bulgaria on trade in textile products initialled on 20 July 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                                     any region of the Community in relation to the amounts
                                                                            determined in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 2A
The text of the Agreement as hereby amended , including its                 exceed the following regional percentage :
Annexes and Protocols , Declarations and Exchange of
Letters forming an integral part thereof, shall be drawn up in                     Germany                             28,5%
Spanish and Portuguese and those texts shall be authentic in                       Benelux                             10,5%
the same way as the original texts .                                               France                              18,5%
                                                                                   Italy                               15,0%
                                                                                   Denmark                              3,0%
                              Article 2                                            Ireland                              1,0%
                                                                                   United Kingdom                      23,5%
The Agreement shall be amended as follows :                                        Greece                               2,0%
                                                                                   Spain                                7,5%
( 1 ) The limits set out in Annex II shall be increased to the                     Portugal                             1,5%
      quantities set out in the Annex hereto ;
( 2 ) The following paragraph is hereby inserted into                  (4 ) The      following  paragraph     is  hereby   added to
      Article 7 :                                                           Article 7 :
      '2A . For the purposes of applying the provisions of                  ' 12 .    In 1986 , for purposes of introducing
      paragraph 2 in the year 1986 , the preceding year's total             Community quantitative limits or quantitative limits for
      imports from all third countries shall be calculated on               regions of the Community other than Spain or Portugal ,
      the basis of imports into the Community as constituted                should the figures calculated on the basis of paragraph
      on 31 December 1985 and of imports into Spain and                     2A be unavailable , or should those figures be lower than
      Portugal . Trade between the Community , Spain and                    those resulting from the rules in force prior to
      Portugal , or between Spain and Portugal shall be                     enlargement , the latter will exceptionally continue to be
      excluded from this total .'
                                                                            used .
( 3 ) Article 7 ( 6 ) of the Agreement shall be replaced by the
      following :                                                           For purposes of introducing regional limits for Spain
                                                                            and Portugal , should the import figures for the year
      '6 .   In accordance with the procedures set out in                   1985 be unavailable , the import total shall be
      paragraphs 2 and 4 , a quantitative limit may be fixed on             established by the means set out in paragraph 2A but on
      a regional basis where imports of a given product into                the basis of 1984 import figures .'
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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 the People's Republic of Bulgaria on trade in textile
                                                                     products .
                           Article 4                                                            Article 5
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 ,
parties notify each other that the procedures necessary to this      Spanish and Bulgarian languages , each of those texts being
end have been completed .                                            equally authentic .
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                                                        ANNEX
                                                                                              Community
     Category                               Description                             Unit      quantitative
                                                                                            limits in 1986
         1    Cotton yarns                                                        tonnes            96
         2    Woven cotton fabrics                                                tonnes        1 281
         2 A  Woven cotton fabrics other than unbleached                          tonnes           487
         3    Woven fabrics of discontinuous synthetic fibres                     tonnes           163
         3 A  Synthetics fabrics , other than unbleached                          tonnes            88,5
         4    T-shirts                                                         1 000 pieces        796
         5    Pullovers                                                        1 000 pieces        809
         6    Trousers                                                         1 000 pieces        407
         7    Blouses                                                          1 000 pieces        351
         8    Shirts                                                           1 000 pieces     2 617
        12    Knitted stockings and socks                                       1 000 pairs     2 102
        14 B  Men's overcoats , raincoats and other coats                      1 000 pieces        159
        15 B  Women's overcoats , raincoats and other coats                    1 000 pieces        333
        16    Men's woven suits                                                1 000 pieces        234
        50    Woven fabrics of wool                                               tonnes           257
        76    Workwear                                                         1 000 pieces     1 549
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                                                              Letter No 1
                                                                                                     Brussels ,
              Sir ,
              I have the honour to refer to the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European
              Economic Community and the People's Republic of Bulgaria on trade in textile products , consequent
              on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the Community , initialled on
              13 December 1985 .
              In order to take account of the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the
              Community , the Community and Bulgaria have further agreed , in the course of the negotiations on the
              said Additional Protocol , that the provisions of the Exchange of Letters between Bulgaria and the
              Community concerning exports of certain products of flax and ramie from Bulgaria to the Community
              shall also apply to exports of these products from Bulgaria to Spain and Portugal under the same
             conditions as those set out in the Additional Protocol .
              The entry into force and duration of these arrangements shall be identical to those of the
              abovementioned Additional Protocol .
             Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration .
                                                                                          On behalf of the Council
                                                                                       of the European Communities
                                                             Letter No 2
                                                                                                     Brussels ,
             Sir ,
             I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today's date , which reads as follows :
                   'I have the honour to refer to the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European
                   Economic Community and the People's Republic of Bulgaria on trade in textile products ,
                   consequent on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the
                   Community , initialled on 13 December 1985 .
                   In order to take account of the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to
                   the Community , the Community and Bulgaria have further agreed in the course of the negotiations
                   on the said Additional Protocol , that the provisions of the Exchange of Letters between Bulgaria
                   and the Community concerning exports of certain products of flax and ramie from Bulgaria to the
                  Community shall also apply to exports of these products from Bulgaria to Spain and Portugal
                   under the same conditions as those set out in the Additional Protocol .
                  The entry into force and duration of these arrangements shall be identical to those of the
                  abovementioned Additional Protocol .'.
             I have the honour to inform the Community that my Government confirms that the foregoing is in
             accordance with the conclusions reached following the negotiations on this matter between the
             European Economic Community and the People's Republic of Bulgaria .
             Please accept , Sir , the assurance of my highest consideration .
                                                                                         For the Government
                                                                                 of the People 's Republic of Bulgaria