CELEX: 51976PC0671
Language: en
Date: 1976-12-09 00:00:00
Title: RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION authorising the Commission to open negotiations with Poland for the conclusion of an Agreement on trade in textiles (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak---         COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                   COM(76)671 final.
                                                   Brussels , 9 December 1976
                          RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
                    authorising the Commission to open negotiations
                    with Poland for the conclusion of an Agreement
                                   on trade in textiles
                        ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
CQK(76 ) 671 final.
 ---pagebreak---                            EXPLANATORY
 1.          The Coramunity Is a party to the Arrangement regarding Interna­
 tional Trade in Textiles ( M.F.A. ). Article U of this Arrangement leaves
 open the possibility for participating countries to conclude bilateral
 agreements between importing and exporting countries . The Community was of
 the opinion that it was through the conclusion of such agreements with its
 principal suppliers that the principal objective of the M.F . A. , particularly
 the orderly and equitable development of trade in textiles , could best be
achieved .
             In accordance with this view , negotiations were initiated with
several third countries .
2. *         The Committee of Permanent Representatives decided at its meeting
on 12 March 1975 that negotiations should also be proposed by the Community
 to the three state-trading countries which are parties to the M. F . A.-
Hungary , Poland and Romania ( without prejudice to possible negotiations for
global trade agreements ). It also agreed the text of a letter to be addressed
by the Commission to the three countries indicating the willingness of the
Community to open negotiations which , "while taking account of the differences
 in commercial structures , would be based on the provisions of Article 1 of
 the M.F.A , n ( see text of letter in Annex A ).
             On November 24 , 1976 , the Polish authorities replied ( see Annex B )
 that they were prepared to open bilateral negotiations with the Community
 with a view to concluding an Agreement on trade in textiles , negotiations
 would take place on the basis of proposals and declarations concerning bila­
 teral negotiations made in the framework of the M.F.A. and contained in the
 letter * of Mr. Wellenstein of March 2*1 , 1975 , and in that delievered through
 the Polish Embassy on June 2,1976 ( copy of the letter in Annex C ) .
 ---pagebreak--- 3.           In view of the favourable response from Pol end to the Coram; Ti-hy
offer , the Commission is of the opinion that negotiations with Poland should
be opened aa soon as possible . In unofficial conversations between the
CosHBission' a services and the Polish authorities and in meetings of the
Council 's textile group on the preparation of negotiations with one of
the stats-trading countries mentioned below ( 1 ) certain elements which could
serva as a basis for the negotiations have emerged .
             In the light of these elements and obligations of the M.F.A. ,
the Commission considers that the negotiations with Poland should be governed by
the same criteria as the other negotiations which have already taken place ,
preserving those items which are necessary to . take account of the differences
in commercial structures mentioned in the Commission 's letter , cited above
at point 2 .
             On the internal level , the provisions adopted for the preceding
negotiations , particularly burden-sharing , should apply .
             Consequently , the Commission recommends to the Council , by
virtue of Article 113 of the Treaty , that it adopt the attached Decision .
( 1 ) It is useful to recall that negotiations have meanwhile taken place with
      Romania , this country having accepted the Community 's offer to negotiate ,
      and an Agreement has been initialled with that country on November 10,1976 .
 ---pagebreak---            Recommendation for a Council Decision
                                          »
authorising the Commission toppen negotiations with.poland
for the oonolusion of an agreement on trade in textiles
The Council of the European Communities ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European iSoonOmic Community
and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission,
Whereas Article 4 of the Arrangement Regarding International Trade in
Textiles leaves open the possibility for the conclusion of bilateral
agreements between importing and exporting countries ;
Whereas , the Community considers that the conclusion of such agreements
with the third countries which are its principal suppliers would best
enable it to achieve the objectives of the said Arrangement Regarding
International Trade. an Textiles ;
Mhereas , consequently, the Community proposed to Poland*: & party
to the said Arrangement , the opening of negotiations for the conolueion
of . an agreement on trade in textiles and whereas Poland has responded
favourably,
H8L3 ADOPTED THIS DECISION t                ..
                               Article 1
       The Commission is hereby authorised to open negotiations with
Poland < with a view to the oonolusion of an agreement on trade in
textile products , in accordance with the provisions of fche Arrangement
Regarding International Trade in Textiles .
                                                     •/6 •
 ---pagebreak---       The Commission shall conduct such negotiations in ©o»®*at
triih the special Article 113 Committee and on the       of the
directives in the Annex hereto#
                    *
Doss© at Brussels .                          For the Council
                                              The President
 ---pagebreak---                 X)ir eotiyes for n e ^-ot xations with Poland
                        »
I.   Items identical with those adopted with regard to all the countries
     with which the Community has negotiated .
     a) Auto limit at ion agreement , valid until 31 December 1977 j with
            an administration system which includes double-checking ,
     b ) Coverage of the agreement established selectively on the
            basis of the criteria, in Article 4 of the M.F.A. : elimination
            of real risks of market disruption and the fixing of ceilings
            based on that concept®
     c ) Binding consultation clause and regional measures .
     d) Provisions for flexibility , carry-over and anticipation.
II .  Âdditional itéras
       a) Inclusion of linen in the coverage of the agreement .
       b ) Provisions relating to outward processing traffic ; of the kind
             adopted for Yugoslavlae
HI .   Specific lteas flowing from the differences in commercial structures
        ( particularly price ).
       - Conditions analogous to those adopted ' on this subject in the
           framework of the negotiations with Romania ,,