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Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2993/75 of the Council of 10 November 1975 concluding the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on trade in textile products and laying down provisions for its application #Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on trade in textile products

17. 11 . 75                          Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 297/21
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 2993 /75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                   of 10 November 1975
                 concluding the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Islamic
                 Republic of Pakistan on trade in textile products and laying down provisions for its
                                                        application
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                        enabling safeguard measures to be adopted where
                                                                  there is a risk of market disruption ; whereas, in
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                     accordance with this procedure, Pakistan has
 European Economic Community, and in particular                   undertaken to apply voluntary restraint in respect of
 Article 113 thereof;                                             its exports to certain Member States ; whereas the
                                                                 voluntary restraint in question will be administered
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     in accordance with the system of double checking
 1023 /70 ( x ) of 25 May 1970 establishing a common             provided for in the Agreement;
 procedure for administering quantitative quotas, and
 in particular Article 2 thereof;                                Whereas products brought into the customs territory
                                                                 of the Community under the inward processing
Having        regard   to   the    proposal     from   the       traffic system or temporary entry arrangements and
 Commission ;                                                     re-exported from that territory without further
                                                                 processing or after undergoing working should not
                                                                 be subject to the Community quantitative quotas or
Whereas the Agreement negotiated between the                     to the voluntary restraint measures adopted in
European Economic Community and the Islamic                       respect of exports to certain Member States,
 Republic of Pakistan on trade in textile products
 should be concluded ;
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the Community is obliged under the
Agreement to permit the import of certain textile
 products within quantitative limits to which Pakistan
                                                                                        Article 1
undertakes to adhere by applying voluntary restraint
in respect of its exports to the Community ; whereas
it is therefore necessary to introduce Community                 The Agreement between the European Economic
quantitative quotas, to fix the volume thereof for               Community and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on
 1975, 1976 and 1977 and to establish the criteria for           trade in textile products is hereby concluded on
their allocation, with account being taken of the                behalf of the Community.
system of double checking provided for in the
Agreement;                                                       The text of the Agreement is annexed to this
                                                                 Regulation.
Whereas in view of the considerable disparities in
the conditions to which imports of the products in
question into the Member States are currently                                           Article 2
subject, and in view of the particularly sensitive
nature of the textile industry in the Community, the             The President of the Council shall notify the other
standardization of these import conditions can only              Contracting Party that, as regards the Community,
be achieved by progressive stages ; whereas these                the procedures necessary for the entry into force of
quotas should be allocated taking into account, in               the Agreement have been completed.
particular, the fact that the volumes admitted under
the present import conditions are being adapted by
progressive stages to market supply requirements ;                                      Article 3
Whereas the Agreement provides in respect of                     1.    Imports into the Community of the textile
another textile product for the suspension by the               products set out below originating in and coming
Community of the quantitative import restrictions               from Pakistan shall be subject to Community
together with a special consultation procedure                   quantitative quotas and the volumes of the quotas
                                                                 for 1975 , 1976 and 1977 are shown for each of these
<*) OJ No L 124, 8 . 6 . 1970, p. 1 .                           products :
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                                                                                                Volume
                                                                                            (in metric tons)
                  CCT heading No                   Description
                                                                                      1975       1976         1977
                  55.09                Other woven fabrics of cotton                17 038      18 230       19 510
              of which
              ex 55.09                 Woven fabrics of cotton, other
                                       than unbleached or bleached                    1 002      1 040        1 075
              ex 62.02                 Bed linen, toilet linen and
                                       kitchen linen, of cotton                       1 750      1 873        2 004
However the volume of the quotas fixed for 1975                    Tariff, originating in and coming from Pakistan,
«re reduced by the amount of imports affected in                   shall not be subject to quantitative restrictions.
that year before the entry into force of the
Agreement.
2.     The quotas shall be allocated, in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 11 of                                                  Article 5
Regulation (EEC) No 1023 /70, in such a way as to
ensure the expansion and orderly development of
trade in textiles and to permit carryover and
anticipation from year to year.
                                                                   Imports into the Community of the textile products
                                                                   referred to below, originating in and coming from
                                                                   Pakistan and accompanied by a certificate issued and
The allocation shall be made, however, on the basis                endorsed by the relevant Pakistani authorities in
of the import volumes admitted on the conditions                   accordance with Annex II to the Agreement, shall
currently applied in the Member States and shall                   not be subject to quantitative restrictions :
provide for annual rates of increase that are
appreciably higher for the Member States whose
import volumes are relatively the lowest in such a
way as to adapt them by progressive stages to
market supply requirements.                                           (i) cotton handloom fabrics of the cottage industry,
                                                                            containing not more than 5 °/o by weights of
                                                                            man-made fibres ; being fabrics which are both
3.     Import authorizations shall be granted in                            traditionally of the kind woven on handlooms
accordance with the system of double checking                               and actually woven on a loom for which the
defined in Annex III to the Agreement.                                      motive power is provided entirely by the
                                                                            operators (that is where the three primary
                                                                            movements of weaving namely shedding,
                                                                            picking and beating, are induced by hand or
4. Products brought into the customs territory of                           foot and no other source of power is used);
the Community under the inward processing traffic
system or temporary entry arrangements and re­
exported from that territory without further
processing or after undergoing working shall not be
 set off against the quotas provided for in paragraph 1 .             (ii ) goods made up by the cottage industry from
                                                                            such cotton handloom fabrics ;
                         Article 4
                                                                    (iii) traditional Pakistani folklore handicraft textile
                                                                            products cut, sewn or otherwise fabricated by
Imports into the Community of cotton table linen                            hand in cottages which are units of the cottage
under heading No ex 62.02 of the Common Customs                             industry.
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                                                     Article 6
             This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication
             in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
             Articles 3 , 4 and 5 shall apply from the date of entry into force of the Agreement.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 10 November 1975 .
                                                                '          For the Council
                                                                             The President
                                                                            G. MARCORA
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                                                     AGREEMENT
             between the European Economic Community and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on
                                                trade in textile products
             THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
             of the one part,
             THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN,
             of the other part,
             DESIRING to ensure the orderly and equitable development of trade in textiles between
             the European Economic Community (hereinafter referred to as the Community) and the
             Islamic Republic of Pakistan (hereinafter referred to as Pakistan);
             HAVING REGARD to the provisions of the Arrangement regarding International Trade in
             Textiles (hereinafter referred to as the Geneva Arrangement) and especially Article 4 thereof;
             HAVE DECIDED , in a spirit of mutal cooperation and in accordance with the said Geneva
             Arrangement, to conclude this Agreement and to this end have designated as their
             Plenipotentiaries:
             THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES :
             THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN :
             WHO HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS :
                       Article 1
                                                                        CCT           Nimexe
                                                                     heading No         No               Description
1 . The Parties recognize and confirm that, subject
                                                                       55.09     All Nos          Other woven fabrics
to the provisions of this Agreement and without                                                   of cotton
prejudice to their rights and duties under the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the conduct of                      ex 62.02     11 , 71 and 73   Bed linen, toilet linen
                                                                                                  and kitchen linen of
their mutual trade in textiles shall be governed by                                               cotton
the provisions of the Geneva Arrangement.
                                                                 3 . Pakistan agrees to establish quantitative limits
2. This Agreement shall apply to trade in those                  on exports to the Community in accordance with
categories of textile products, originating in and               Annex I. Quantities of the quota shares set out in
dispatched from Pakistan, which are listed below                 Annex I not taken up by a Member State of the
and to those referred to in Article 5 (4).                       Community may be reallocated to another Member
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State within the limits decided by the Community in          administrative system of control in force that
accordance with the procedures in force in the               imports of textile products to which this Agreement
Community. The Community undertakes to respond               applies have been charged against quantitative limits
within four weeks of its receipt to any request made         established under this Agreement but subsequently
by Pakistan for such reallocation . It is understood         re-exported outside the Community, the competent
that any reallocation so effected would not need to          authority concerned will inform the Pakistani
be confined within any limits set in flexibility             authorities of the quantities involved and authorize
provisions established elsewhere in this Agreement.          imports of the same quantities which shall not be
                                                             charged to the quantitative limits under the
                                                             Agreement.
                       Article 2
1 . Pakistan undertakes to ensure that its exports                                      Article 4
to the Community of textile products to which this
Agreement applies do not exceed the quantitative
limits established under the provisions thereof and          1 . The following Pakistani textile products shall ,
shall     cooperate with the Community in                    subject to the conditions indicated hereafter, be
implementing the measures recognized in this                 admitted into the Community without quantitative
Agreement as necessary for this purpose.                     limit :
2 . The Community undertakes, in respect of the                  (i ) cotton handloom fabrics of the cottage industry,
categories of textile products to which this                          containing not more than 5 °/o by weight of
Agreement applies, and subject to the satisfactory                    man-made fibres, being fabrics which are both
operation of this Agreement, not to introduce new                     traditionally of the kind woven on handlooms
quantitative restrictions, to suspend the application                 and actually woven on a loom for which the
of any at present in force and to refrain from                        motive power is provided entirely by the
invoking the provisions of Article 3 of the Geneva                    operators (that is where the three primary
Arrangement provided that exports to the                              movements of weaving, namely shedding,
Community of such textile products originating in                     picking and beating, are induced by hand or
and dispatched from Pakistan do not exceed the                        foot and no other source of power is used);
quantitative limits established under the provisions
of this Agreement.                                             ( ii ) goods made up by the cottage industry from
                                                                      such cotton handloom fabrics ;
                       Article 3                              (iii ) traditional Pakistani folklore handicraft textile
                                                                      products cut, sewn or otherwise fabricated by
                                                                      hand in cottages which are units of the cottage
1 . Imports into the Community of those textile                       industry.
products to which this Agreement applies, which are
for immediate re-export or for inward processing
and subsequent re-export outside the Community               2.        Admission into the Community of these
shall not be subject to quantitative limits established      products without quantitative limit shall be subject
under this Agreement, provided they are entered as           to the satisfactory operation of agreed arrangements
such under an administrative system of control in            for certification .
force for this purpose within the Community.
2.    In any case where Community authorities
ascertain that imports described in paragraph 1 have                                    Article 5
been retained for consumption within the
Community, the latter will notify the Government of          1 . Both Parties agree to enter promptly into
Pakistan on a quarterly basis of the amounts                 consultations with each other, at the request of
involved . Pakistan shall in such cases and at the
                                                             either and in accordance with the provisions of the
request of the Community, charge such amounts                Geneva Arrangement, on any matter concerning their
against the quantitative limit or limits in question for     mutual trade in textiles and in particular on any
the current Agreement year or for the next following         problems arising from the application of this
Agreement year.                                              Agreement. Consultations held under the provisions
                                                             of this Article shall be approached by both Parties in
3 . In any case where the competent authorities              a spirit of compromise and with a view to the
within the Community ascertain under an                      conciliation of differences existing between them.
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2 . Any request for consultations under this                          6.      The procedure referred to in paragraph 5 will
Agreement shall be accompanied by a factual                           only be resorted to sparingly and will be
statement of the reasons and justifications for such a                implemented in a manner consistent with the
request .                                                             principles and objectives of the Geneva Arrangement .
                                                                      7.      In the event that the Parties are unable to reach
3 . The two Parties, unless agreed otherwise, will                    agreement during the consultations provided for in
consult as soon as possible within 30 days of the                     this Article, either of the Parties may, as a signatory
request for such consultations, and will make their                   to the Geneva Arrangement, . refer the matter to the
best efforts to complete such consultations within 30                 Textiles Surveillance Body in accordance with Article
days of their commencement.                                           11 of the Geneva Arrangement. Either Party,
                                                                      choosing to adopt such a course of action, shall
                                                                      immediately notify the other of its intention .
4. Notwithstanding the generality of the
provisions of paragraphs 1 , 2, 3 and 7, the
Community may at any time request consultations                                                     Article 6
with Pakistan :
                                                                      If, having regard to the provisions of the Geneva
 (a ) whenever conditions in its market are such that a               Arrangement, either Party considers that it is being
          limitation of further trade in cotton table linen           placed in an inequitable position in respect of trade
          ( CCT heading No ex 62.02, Nimexe Nos 41 , 43               in textiles as compared with a third country, that
          and 47) may be necessary to eliminate real risks            Party may request consultations with the other with
          of market disruption ;                                      a view to seeking equitable solutions. Such
                                                                      consultations will be held and concluded promptly.
                                                                      The Parties will take such appropriate remedial
 (b ) whenever imports into the Community of textile                  measures as may be mutually acceptable and
          products of fibres other than cotton in direct              consistent with their international rights and
          competition with those which are within the                 obligations, including the making of any necessary
          categories listed in Article 1 (2) and paragraph 4          reasonable modification to this Agreement.
          (a) of this Article cause or threaten to cause a
          real risk of market disruption such that the
          quantitative limits established under this
          Agreement could be evaded ;                                                               Article 7
 (c) whenever an excessive concentration of trade in                   1 . ( a ) Within any one Agreement year, unused
          any specific products within the categories listed                     portions of quantitative limits established
          in Article 1 (2) and paragraph 4 ( a) of this Article                  under this Agreement may be transferred to
          causes or threatens to cause a real risk of market                     another quantitative limit so established,
          disruption in respect of that product.                                 under the conditions set out below.
                                                                            (b ) Transfers may only be effected under this
5 . Pending a mutually satisfactory solution to the                              Agreement as follows :
consultations described in paragraph 4, Pakistan
 shall limit exports of the product(s) in question to
the Community to the greater of:                                                   ( i ) into category 55.09 ( other woven fabrics
                                                                                         of cotton) and, therein, into subcategory
                                                                                         ex 55.09 (cotton fabrics, other than grey
     ( i ) 107 °/o of the exports of such product(s) to the                               or bleached) from category ex 62.02
            Community during the most recent 12-month                                     ( Nimexe Nos 11 , 71 and 73 ) ( bed linen ,
            period preceding the month in which the                                      toilet linen and kitchen linen, of cotton),
            request for consultations was made for which                                 provided that such transfers do not
            statistics are available to the two Parties ; or                             exceed 10% of the quantitative limit for
                                                                                         the category or subcategory into which
                                                                                         they are made ;
  ( ii) the average annual exports of such product(s )
            from Pakistan to the Community for the most
            recent three-year period preceding the month in                       ( ii ) into category ex 62.02 (Nixeme Nos 11 ,
            which the request for consultations was made,                                71 and 73 ) ( bed linen, toilet linen and
            for which statistics are available to the two                                kitchen linen , of cotton) from category
            Parties .                                                                    55.09 ( other woven fabrics of cotton),
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                 provided that such transfers do not                                        Article 10
                 exceed 7 °/o of the quantitative limit of
                 the category into which they are made ;          Subject to the satisfactory operation of this
                                                                 Agreement and the communication of the relevant
          (iii ) within category 55.09 (other woven              statistical data indicated in Article 9, the Parties
                 fabrics of cotton), into subcategory ex          agree that the quantitative limits established under
                 55.09 (cotton fabrics, other than grey or       this Agreement shall be managed under a system of
                 bleached), provided that such transfers         double checking, consisting of export licences and
                 do not exceed 7 °/o of the quantitative         automatic counterpart import licences.
                 limit for the subcategory into which they
                 are made .
                                                                                            Article 11
2. Portions of any quantitative limit established                 1.     Both Parties shall take all possible measures to
under this Agreement which are not used during any                ensure that traditional channels and methods of
Agreement year may be carried over and added to                   trade between the Community and Pakistan are
the corresponding quantitative limit in the following             maintained .
Agreement year, within a limit of 10 °/o of the latter.
                                                                  2. Should the Community inform Pakistan that
                                                                  the application of this Agreement has given rise to
3.     "Within      a  limit of 10 °/o   of each     of the       difficulties regarding the maintenance of existing
quantitative limits established under this Agreement,             commercial relations between importers in the
advance deliveries shall be authorized from the                   Community and their suppliers in Pakistan the
corresponding quantitative limit established for the              Parties agree to consult together in accordance with
following Agreement year. Amounts delivered in                    the procedures set out in Article 5 .
advance shall be deducted from the quantitative
limits for the products in question for the following
                                                                                            Article 12
Agreement year.
                                                                  Without prejudice to the other provisions of this
4. The flexibility provisions set out in paragraphs               Agreement, Pakistan agrees that quantitative
 1 , 2 and 3 shall not, in any given Agreement year,              restrictions with regard to imports into Ireland of
result in any quantitative limit for any category                 the following textile products from Pakistan may be
being exceeded by more than 15 % of the                           maintained until 30 June 1977 at the latest in
quantitative limit for that category for that                     accordance with the rights enjoyed by Ireland under
Agreement year.                                                   the Treaty by which that country acceded to the
                                                                  European Communities.
                            Article 8                                    CCT
                                                                      heading No                       Description
 Pakistan shall ensure that exports of all textile
products restrained under this Agreement are spaced                55.05              Cotton yarn, not put up for retail sale
 out evenly over each of the Agreement years, due                  55.06              Cotton yarn, put up for retail sale
account being taken, in particular, of seasonal                    55.07              Cotton gauze
factors .
                             Article 9
                                                                                            Article 13
The Parties recognize that the successful                          1.     This Agreement shall enter into force on the
implementation of this Agreement depends in large                 first day of the month following the date on which
part upon mutual cooperation on statistical matters.              the     Parties   have    notified    each     other of   the
Pakistan therefore agrees to furnish to the                       completion of the procedures necessary for the
Community precise statistical information, on a                    purpose (*). It shall remain in force until 31 December
quarterly basis, on all export authorizations issued              1977.
by the Pakistani authorities for all categories of
textile exports to the Community to which this                     (!) The date of entry into force will be published in the
Agreement applies.                                                     Official Journal of the European Communities.
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2.    This Agreement shall apply with effect from          4.    The Annexes to this Agreement shall form an
1 January 1975 .                                           integral part thereof.
3 . Either party may at any time propose                                          Article 14
modifications to this Agreement or denounce it
provided that notice is given at least 120 days before     This Agreement shall be drawn up in two copies in
the expiry of any 12-month period ; in the latter          the Danish, Dutch, English, French, German and
event the Agreement will come to an end on the             Italian languages, each of these texts being equally
expiry of the said 12-month period.                        authentic .
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                                                            ANNEX I
           Products for which Pakistan will exercise restraint towards the whole Community from the
                                               entry into force of the Agreement
           The Community hereby notifies Pakistan that the quantitative limits for the textile products
           listed below will be allocated between the Member States as follows :
                                                                                         Quantitative limits
                                                                                         ( in metric tons )
                       Products category                      Member State
                        or subcategory
                                                                                  1975           1976         1977
           55.09                                           Germany                1 650          2 028        2 437
           Other woven fabrics of cotton
                                                           France                 1 080          1327         1595
                                                           Italy                  1729           2 049        2 399
                                                           Benelux                  905          1 075        1256
                                                           United Kingdom        10 326        10 378        10 430
                                                           Ireland                  677             680         683
                                                          Denmark                   671             693         710
                                                          EEC                    17 038        18 230        19 510
           of which                                        Germany                   75              85          95
           ex 55.09
                                                           France                    67              76          84
           Cotton fabrics other than grey
           or bleached                                    Italy                      58              65          72
                                                           Benelux                   38              43          48
                                                           United Kingdom           381           . 386         390
                                                           Ireland                  296             297         298
                                                           Denmark                   87              88          88
                                                          EEC                     1 002          1 040        1075
           ex 62.02                                       Germany                   285             333         387
           ( Nimexe Nos 11 , 71 and 73 )                  France                    152             183         212
           Bed linen, toilet linen and kitchen
           linen , of cotton                               Italy                    257             274         291
                                                          Benelux                   261             265         270
                                                           United Kingdom           454             474         497
                                                           Ireland                     6              7            8
                                                          Denmark                   335             337         339
                                                          EEC                     1750           1 873        2 004
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                                                        ANNEX 11
                                           Handloom and textile handicraft articles
            1 . In accordance with Article 12 (3 ) of the Geneva Arrangement, the Community and Pakistan
                have agreed, in Article 4 of the Agreement that, subject to certain conditions Pakistani
                exports of certain handloom and textile handicraft products would be admitted into the
                Community without quantitative limit. The conditions set out in Article 4 (2) of the
                Agreement specifies that admission of such products into the Community without
                quantitative limit shall be subject to the satisfactory operation of agreed arrangements for
                certification.
            2. The Community and Pakistan hereby agree that in carrying out the provisions of Article 4
                of the Agreement the following form of certificate shall be used.
                'Certificate in regard to cotton handloom fabrics and products thereof
                Name and address of manufacturer,
                Name and address of exporter,
                Name and address of importer within the Community ,
                Description of goods,
                Quantity (metric tons),
                Name of ship or flight number,
                Port or airport of destination.
                This is to certify that the above shipment consists of:
                   (i) cotton handloom fabrics of the cottage industry, containing not more than 5 % by
                       weight of man-made fibres, being fabrics which are both traditionally of the kind
                       woven on handlooms and actually woven on a loom for which the motive power is
                       provided entirely by the operators (that is where the three primary movements of
                       weaving, namely shedding, picking and beating, are induced by hand or foot and no
                       other source of power is used);
                  (ii) goods made up by the cottage industry from such cotton handloom fabrics ;
                ( iii) traditional Pakistani folklore handicraft textiles products cut, sewn or otherwise
                       fabricated by hand in cottages which are units of the cottage industry.
                                                                                      Signed                '
            3 . The body which shall be authorized to issue the above certificates is the Export Promotion
                Bureau, Government of Pakistan .
            4. In addition such descriptive certificate shall be endorsed by a Government agency to the
                effect that the consignment is approved for export, without any quantitative ceilings, as
                provided for in the Agreement and in the Geneva Arrangement.
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                                                      ANNEX 111
                                                System of double checking
          1 . As agreed between the Parties in Article 10 of the Agreement, the administration of textile
               imports from Pakistan will be based on a system of double checking. The details of this
               system have been agreed between the Parties and are set out below.
          2. The authorities of the Member States of the Community will* automatically and without
               delay, accept imports of cotton textile products on submission of the importer's application
               together with the original export licence. These export licences will be issued by the
               Pakistani authorities up to the total amount of the agreed ceilings.
          3 . The export licences issued by the Pakistani authorities shall be applicable to the products
               subject to restraint under the Agreement.
          4. The export licence must specify :
               ( 1 ) destination,
               ( 2) serial number,
                (3 ) importer's name and address,
                (4) exporter's name and address,
                (5) net weight (in kilogrammes or metric tons) and value,
                (6) category and description of product,
                (7) the issue of a certificate by the Pakistani authorities showing that the quantity has
                     been debited against the agreed ceiling for exports to the Community or, where
                     appropriate, if for immediate re-export or for inward processing and subsequent re­
                     export outside the Community.
          5. The authorities of the Member States of the Community will not raise difficulties in the
                event of a discrepancy between the weight indicated in the export licence and the shipment
               or import weight provided it is within reasonable limits, while the Pakistani authorities,
               for their part, will endeavour to keep any discrepancies to a minimum.
          ,6 . In the event of total or partial withdrawal of an export licence, the Pakistani authorities
                will notify the authorities of the Member States of the Community of such total or partial
                withdrawal. The authorities of the Member States of the Community will take the
                appropriate measures in accordance with their existing administrative provisions.
           7. The Pakistani authorities will forward to the authorities of the Member States of the
                Community, via the embassies of the Member States of the Community and directly to the
                Commission, quarterly returns showing the total net weight in metric tons covered by the
                export licences issued against the ceilings for exports to the Member States of the
                Community, for all categories of textile exports to the Community to which the Agreement
                applies.
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                                                        ANNEX IV
                                                     Conversion factors
            1 . In the course of negotiating the Agreement, it was noted that restrictions previously in
                force in one Member State had been expressed in square yards, whereas 'under the
                Agreement metric weight units are used for the Community as a whole. It was further noted
                that in order to arrive at base levels for quantitative limits in the new Agreement the
                relationship between square yards and metric tons had been directly derived from customs
                statistics relating to imports of the products in question from Pakistan.
            2. The Pakistani delegation expressed concern lest, nevertheless, the effect of this change
                might prove to be restrictive in terms of the trade opportunities provided. For the
                avoidance of doubt, it was confirmed on behalf of the Community that the change of unit
                of measurement was in no way intended to have this effect.
            3 . It was further agreed that for a transitional period of two years ( 1975 and 1976) the
                Customs authorities of the Member State concerned (the United Kingdom) would maintain
                a running check on both the tonnage and square yardage of imports from Pakistan and
                that if during this transitional period the square yard equivalent of the quantitative limits
                expressed in metric tons was not reached, additional imports would be accepted to a
                level not exceeding the square yard equivalent derived as indicated above. In case a new
                ratio emerges by the end of 1976, the quantitative limit for 1977 expressed in metric tons,
                will be fixed on the basis of the new ratio and appropriate growth factor.