90/175/EEC: Council Decision of 2 April 1990 concerning the provisional application of the Agreed Minute amending the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the People's Republic of China on trade in textile products

COUNCIL  DECISION
of 2 April 1990
concerning the provisional application of the Agreed Minute amending the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the People's Republic of China on trade in textile products
(90/175/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 completion of the procedures necessary for its conclusion, the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the People's Republic of China on trade in textile products, initialled on 9 December 1988, has been applied provisionally since 1 January 1989 in accordance with Decision 88/656/EEC (1) insofar as the Community is concerned;
Whereas that Agreement provides for the possibility of re-examining, in the light of recent trade developments, the quantitative adjustments to be made to the quotas for certain textile categories to allow for the introduction of the harmonized system;
Whereas, following consultations between the Community and the People's Republic of China, an Agreed Minute amending the quotas for categories 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 16, 21, 27, 67 and 73 laid down in the Agreement was initialled on 15 December 1989;
Whereas, pending completion of the procedures necessary for the conclusion of the Agreement and the Agreed Minute, the Agreed Minute should be applied provisionally with effect from 1 January 1990 provided it is applied likewise by the People's Republic of China,