90/503/EEC: Council Decision of 8 October 1990 concerning the provisional application of the agreed Minute amending the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka on trade in textile products

COUNCIL  DECISION
of 8 October 1990
concerning the provisional application of the Agreed Minute amending the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka on trade in textile products
(90/503/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, pending the completion of the procedures necessary for its conclusion, the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka on trade in textile products, initialled on 31 May 1986, has been provisionally applied since 1 January 1987 in accordance, having regard to the Community, with Decision 87/459/EEC (1);
Whereas that Agreement provides for the possibility of re-examining quantitative adjustments to the quotas for certain categories, in order to allow for the introduction of the harmonized system;
Whereas, following consultations between the Community and Sri Lanka, an Agreed Minute modifying the quotas on products of categories 6, 7, 8 and 21 provided for in the Agreement was initialled on 6 March 1990;
Whereas, pending the completion of the procedures necessary for the conclusion of the Agreement and the other Agreed Minutes, the Agreed Minute of 6 March 1990 should be applied provisionally, with effect from 1 January 1990, provided that there is reciprocal provisional application on the part of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka,