CELEX: 31973D0271
Language: en
Date: 1973-08-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 2 August 1973 autonomously increasing imports into the Community of cotton textiles forming the subject of agreements concluded between the EEC and certain non-member countries on trade in cotton textiles

No L 253 /22                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                     10 . 9 . 73
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 2 August 1973
                autonomously increasing imports into the Community of cotton textiles forming the
                subject of agreements concluded between the EEC and certain non-member countries
                                                      on trade in cotton textiles
                                                            (73/271/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES ,
                                                                                                Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          The quantitative ceilings set out in the agreements on
1471 /70 ( ] ) of 20 July 1970 establishing a common                  trade in cotton textiles concluded between the European
procedure for the autonomous increase of imports                      Economic Community and the following countries :
into the Community of products subject to measures
of voluntary restraint by exporting countries ;
                                                                                                          Date of
                                                                                 Country                 Signature          Expiry
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1023/70 ( 2) of 25 May 1970 establishing a common
procedure for administering quantitative quotas , and                  Republic of Korea               29 . 3 . 1971   31 . 12 . 1973
in particular Article 11 thereof ;
                                                                       Hong-Kong                       22 . 7 . 1971   31 . 12 . 1973
Whereas the Community has concluded with the
Republic of Korea ( 3), Hong-Kong (4), the Republic                    Republic of India               12 . 3 . 1971   30 .  9 . 1973
of India ( 5), the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (6),
                                                                       islamic Republic of Pakistan    12 . 3 . 1971   30 .   9 . 1973
Taiwan ( 7) and the Federative Republic of Yugosla­
via (8) agreements on trade in cotton textiles ;                       faiwan                          20 . 4 . 1971   30 .  9 . 1973
Whereas these agreements provide for the voluntary                     Federative Republic of          18 . 4 . 1973   31 . 12 . 1973
restraint on exports to a level agreed between both                    Jugoslavia
parties ;
Whereas the Federal Republic of Germany recently
requested the Commission that, as temporary economic                   are, from 1 January 1973 and until the expiry dates
measures under its envisaged economic stabilization                   of these agreements, increased autonomously, up to
plan, certain quantitative ceilings provided for in the               the limits indicated in the Annex .
agreements mentioned should be increased to allow
the import of additional quantities ;
                                                                                                Article 2
The Quota Administration Committee, when it had
completed its work, commented favourably on the
following Proposal formulated by the Commission                        This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
concerning the increases in the Community quantitat­
ive ceilings which the Federal Republic of Germany
would enjoy :                                                         Done at Brussels , 2 August 1973 .
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                                                        For the Commission
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Quota
                                                                                                                The President
Administration Committee, which met on 11 July
1973 ;                                                                                                  François-Xavier ORTOLI
i1) OJ  No L 164, 27. 7. 1970, p . 41 .
(2) OJ  No L 124, 8 . 6. 1970, p . 1 .
(3) OJ  No L 55 , 8 . 3 . 1971 , p . 12.
(4) OJ  No L 220, 30. 9. 1971 , p . 23 .
(5) OJ  No L 43 , 22 . 2. 1971 , p . 2 .
(6) OJ  No L 43 , 22 . 2. 1971 , p . 32.
O   OJ  No L 43 , 22 . 2. 1971 , p. 22.
(8) OJ  No . L 182 , 5 . 7. 1973 , p . 2 .
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                                                         ANNEX
            Autonomous increase in the quantitative ceilings laid down in the Agreements concluded between
                     the Community and certain non-member countries on trade in cotton textiles
                                                                                      (Quantities in metric tonsj
                                                                                            GROUP II
                                                           GROUP I
                                               unbleached or bleached cotton     other cotton fabrics, made up
                                               fabrics whether or not mercerized     goods and various cotton
                                                                                               goods
            Republic of Korea                    from     5 504 to    6 054
               of which :
               — for the domestic
                  market                         from     1 504 to    2 054
            Hong-Kong                                                              from 15 760 to 17 560
            Republic of India                                                      from    4 185 to    6 185
            [slamic Republic of Pakistan         from     3 960 to    4 460        from    1 150 to     1 480
            Taiwan                                from 10 010 to 10 610            from    2 350 to    2 560
               of which :
               — for the domestic
                  market                          from    4 010 to    4 610
            Federative Republic of
            Yugoslavia                           from 14 200 to 14 400             from    3 080 to     3 480
               of which :
               — for the domestic
                  market                          from 10 406 to 10 606