CELEX: 51979PC0764
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Date: 1979-12-14
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) extending the import arrangements in force for certain jute products originating in Bangladesh, India and Thailand (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                   Proposal for a
                              COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
              extending the import arrangements in force for certain
                            jute products originating in
                           Bangladesh . India and Thailand
                   ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
                                L
C0M(79 ) 764 final
 ---pagebreak---                                     EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
  I. There is an agreement currently in force between the Community and India
      and another between the Community and Bangladesh on trade in jute products ,
  v These agreements provide , inter alia , for quantitative limits on exports
     of certain jute products , enforced by a double-checking system. To
     give effect within the Community to the measures for implementing the
     double-checking system , the Council adopted three regulations :
        (i)     Council Regulation ( EEC ) No . 846/ 77 of 25 April 1977 concerning
                import arrangements for certain jute products originating in
                the Republic of India ( 1 );
        ( ii )  Council Regulation ( EEC ) No . 1393/ 77 of 27 June 1977 concerning
                import arrangements for certain jute products originating in
                the People 's Republic of Bangladesh ( 2 );
                                  >
        ( iii ) Council Regulation ( EEC ) No . 1617/ 79 of 24 July 1979 on arrangements
                for the importation into the Benelux countries of jute yarn
                originating in India ( 3 ).
      . The agreements with these two countries expire on 31 December , as do ,
     the above implementing regulations .
II . Under an arrangement between Thailand and the Community, Thailand 's exports
     of jute yarn to the Benelux countries are subject to voluntary export
     restraint measures administered under a double-checking system . . The
     Community implementing measures providing for the administration of these
     quantitative limits were,laid down by Council Regulation ( EEC ) No . 2463 / 77
     of 7 November 1977 concerning import arrangements into the Benelux countries
     of jute yarn originating in Thailand, and repealing Regulation ( EEC ) No .
     1278 / 77 ( 4).'
     Both the arrangement with Thailand and the related implementing regulation
     also expire on 31 December .
     (1)     OJ No L 104 , 28.4.1977 , p. 2
     (2)     OJ No L 158 , 29.6.1977 , p. 14
     ( 3)    OJ No L 190, 28.7.1979 , p. 12
     (4)     OJ No L 286 , 10.11.1977 , p. 4
 ---pagebreak--- III . The Community is currently negotiating new agreements with Bangladesh and
       India on trade in jute products .       ./
       It is planned to hold fresh consultations shortly with Thailand on its
      exports of jute yarn to the Benelux countries .
                         ;
 IV . The four regulations cited in sections I and II , which govern imports of
      jute products at the moment , are due to expire on 31 December .   Neither the
      negotiations with India and Bangladesh nor the consultations with Thailand
      can be concluded in time for any import arrangements resulting from them
      to be put into effect within the Community by 1 January 1980 .
      So that there should be no legal vacuum , the current import arrangements
      should be extended on a temporary basis , without prejudice to the outcome
      of the negotiations and consultations .
      The extension period could cover the first three months of 1980 , by which "
      time the negotiations and consultations with the exporting countries should
      be completed .
      The interim quantitative limits will be based on the 1979 volumes .    However ,
      in order , to avoid disrupting trade flows and to enable Community importers
      to have access to large enough quantities    to conclude contracts , it would
      be inadvisable to establish the limits on a three month pro rata basis
      i.e. at a quarter of the 1979 levels .
      It would be better to allow imports up to           the 1979 limits , with
      quantities imported under the interim arrangements being subsequently deducted
      from the limits to be established by the implementing regulations putting the
      new agreements and arrangement into effect .
 ---pagebreak---                                 -  3  -
 India , Bangladesh and Thailand have been informed by the Commission of
the need for interim arrangements and of the proposed implementing measures .
All three indicated their agreement and will adopt the measures required
to administer their exports of the products in question in the first
three months of 1980 .     *              '          '
                                                              Λ
The . Commission therefore proposes that the Council adopt the annexed
draft regulation as soon as possible since it is due to come into force
on 1 January .             >'
 ---pagebreak---                            Proposal for a
                    COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
extending the import arrangements in force for certain
                  jute products originating in
                 Bangladesh , India and Thailand
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Whereas the agreements on trade in jute products between the European
Economic Community and the Republic of India and between the European
Economic Community and the People 's Republic of Bangladesh expire on 31
December 1979 ;
Whereas the arrangement between the European Economic Community and the
Kingdom of Thailand concerning Thailand 's exports of jute yarn to the
Benelux countries also expires on 31 December 1979 ;-
Whereas , the implementing regulations applying the above agreements and as
a result of these agreements and this arrangement , the follow were adopted :
Council Regulation ( EEC ) No . 846 /77 of 25 April 1977 concerning import .
arrangements for certain jute products originating in the Republic of
       (1 )
India ; Council Regulation ( EEC ) No . 1393 / 77 of 27 June 1977 concerning
import arrangements for certain jute products originating in the People 's
                            (2 )
Republic of Bangladesh           ; Council Regulation No . 2463 /77 of 7 November
1977 concerning import arrangements into the Benelux countries of jute yarn
originating in Thailand , and repealing Regulation ( EEC ) No . 1278 /77 ; Council
Regulation ( EEC ) No . 1617 /79 of 24 July 1979 on arrangements for the
                                                                                  ( 4)
importation into the Benelux countries of jute yarn originating in India               ^
whereas these regulations are also due to expire on that date ;
( 1 ) 0J  No . L 104, 28.4.1977 , p. 2
(2 ) 0J   No . L 158, 29.6.1977 , p. 14
(3 ) 0J   No . 286, 10.11.1977 , p. 4
(4 ) 0J   No . L 190, 28.7.1979 , p. 12
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   Whereas negotiations or consultations are taking place between the Community
   and these three countries for the conclusion                 of new agreements and a new
   arrangement ;           whereas the said negotiations and consultations cannot be
   completed in time . for any import arrangements resulting from them as
   regards the Community to be put into effect by 1 January 1980 ;
   Whereas it is therefore necessary to extend the import arrangements
   in force in 1979 for # a short .period, while retaining quantitative
   limits enabling normal trade flows to be maintained ,
'HASADOPTEp THIS REGULATION :
                                          Article 1
   1.            The validity of Regulations ( EEC ) Nos . 846 / 77 , 1393 /77 , 2463 /77 and
                 1617 /79 is hereby extended until 31 March 1980 .
  2.             Imports may be effected for products which are subject to restraint
             ;   under the Regulations cited in paragraph 1 , according to
   '■            quantities laid down for 1979 in those Regulations .
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  3.             The quantities imported will be subsequently deducted from the limits
   to be established in the new arrangements .
                                          Article 2
                 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 .
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   Done at Brussels,                                                         For the
                                                                             For  the Council
                                                                                       Council
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                                                                               The President