89/232/EEC: Council Decision of 20 February 1989 concerning the provisional application of the Agreed Minute amending the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of India on trade in textile products

COUNCIL  DECISION
of 20 February 1989
concerning the provisional application of the Agreed Minute amending the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of India on trade in textile products
(89/232/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 Republic of India on trade in textile products, initialled on 31 October 1986, has been provisionally applied since 1 January 1987 in accordance, having regard to the Community, with Decision 88/495/EEC (1);
Whereas that Agreement provides for the possibility of re-examining, in the light of recent developments, quantitative adjustments to the quotas for certain categories, in order to allow for the introduction of the harmonized system;
Whereas, at the end of consultations between the Community and the Repuiblic of India, an Agreed Minute amending the quota on category 4 products provided for in the Agreement was initialled on 23 June 1988;
Whereas pending the completion of the procedure necessary for the conclusion of the Agrement and the Agreed Minute, the Agreed Minute should be applied provisionally, with effect from 1 January 1988, provided that there is a reciprocal provisional application on the part of the Republic of India,