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CONFIDENTIAL GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TEX.SB/1275*
T A R I F F S A N D T R A D E 9 December 1986
Textiles Surveillance Body
ARRANGEMENT REGARDING INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN TEXTILES
Notification under Article 4:4
Additional Protocol to the Bilateral Agreement between the EEC and Romania
Note by the Chairman
Attached is a notification received from the EEC of an Additional Protocol to its agreement with Romania. This Protocol was concluded consequent on the accession of Spain and Portugal to the EEC. The Protocol was effective from 1 January 1986 and valid until 31 December 1986.
The bilateral agreement and previous modifications are contained in COM.TEX/SB/928, 929, 993, 994 and 995.
*English only/anglais seulement/Inglese solamente
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Pursuant to Article 4:4 of the Arrangement as extended by the 1986 Protocol,
I am notifying a number of additional protocols to bilateral agreements ini
tialled by the European Community and the countries set out below. These
protocols have been negotiated consequent on the accession of the Kingdom
of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the European Communities on January
1986, and determine by common accord adjustments and transitional measures
to the existing bilateral agreements.
The additional protocols are in application for the period from 1 January
to 31 December 1986, with the exception of the additional Protocol negotiated
with the People's Republic of China which will be in application until
31 December 1988. The protocols concern the following countries : Brazil,
China, Egypt, Guatemala, Haiti, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Macau,
Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Singapore,
South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Uruguay and Czechoslovakia.
Yours faithful^,
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Enclosures.
Ambassador M. RAFFAELLI Chairman Textiles Surveillance Body, GATT Centre William Rappard Rue de Lausanne, 154
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ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL
TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
AND THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF ROMANIA
ON TRADE IN TEXTILE PRODUCTS CONSEQUENT
ON THE ACCESSION OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN
AND THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC TO THE COMMUNITY
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THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
of the one part, and
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF ROMANIA,
of the other part,
CONSIDERING the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the
Portuguese Republic to the European Communities on
1 January 1986,
HAVING REGARD to the Agreement between the European Economic
Community and the Socialist Republic of Romania on trade in
textile products initialled on 23 July 1982, and, hereinafter
referred to as the "Agreement",
HAVE DECIDED to determine by common accord the adjustments
and transitional measures of the Agreement consequent on the
accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic
to the European Economic Community
and TO CONCLUDE THIS PROTOCOL:
ARTICLE 1
The text of the Agreement as hereby amended, including its
Annexes and Exchange of Letters forming an integral part
thereof, shall be drawn up in Spanish and Portuguese and
those texts shall be authentic in the same way as the
original texts.
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ARTICLE 2
The Agreement shall be amended as follows:
1) The limits set out in Annex II shall be increased to the
quantities set out in the Annex hereto
2) The following paragraph is hereby inserted into Article 1 :
"2A. For the purposes of applying the provisions of
paragraph 2 in the year 1986, the preceding year's total
imports from all third countries shall be calculated on
the basis of imports into the Community as constituted
on J>1 December 1985 and of imports into Spain and Portugal.
Trade between the Community, Spain and Portugal, or
between Spain and Portugal shall be excluded from this
total."
3) Article 7(6) shall be replaced by the following:
"6. In accordance with the procedures set out in
paragraphs 2 and 4, a quantitative limit may be fixed on
a regional basis where imports of a given product into
any region of the Community in relation to the amounts
determined in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 2A
exceed the following regional percentage:
Germany
Benelux
Prance
Italy
Denmark
Ireland
United Kingdom
Greece
Spain
Portugal
28.5%
10.5$
18.5?
15.0?
3.0$
1.058
23.5*
2.05?
1.5%
1.5S."
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M) The following paragraph is hereby added to Article 7:
"12. In 1986, for purposes of introducing Community
quantitative limits or quantitative limits for regions
of the Community other than Spain or Portugal, should the
figures calculated on the basis of paragraph 2A be
unavailable, or should those figures be lower than those
resulting from bhe rules in force prior to enlargement,
the latter will exceptionally continue to be used.
For purposes of introducing regional limits for Spain and
Portugal, should the import figures for the year 1985 be
unavailable, the import total shall be established by the
means set out in paragraph 2A but on the basis of 198M
import figures."
ARTICLE 3
The Annex to this Protocol forms an integral part thereof.
This Protocol forms an integral part of the Agreement.
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ARTICLE 4
1. This Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of
the month following the date on which the contracting parties
notify each other that the procedures necessary to this end
have been completed.
2. It shall be applicable with effect from 1 January 1986 and
remain in force during the period of validity of the Agreement
between the European Economic Community and the Socialist
Republic of Romania on trade in textile products.
ARTICLE 5
This Protocol is drawn up in duplicate in the Danish, Dutch,
English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
and Romanian languages, each of those texts being equally
authentic.
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ANNEX
CATEGORY
1
2
2A
3
4
5
6
7
8
12
13
DESCRIPTION
Cotton yarns
Cotton fabrics
Of which, other than grey or bleached
Fabrics of discontinuous synthetic fibres
Knitted shirts, singlets, T-shirts
Jerseys, pullovers
Men's and women's woven trousers, men's shorts and breeches, woven
Women's knitted blouses
Men's woven shirts
Knitted stockings and socks other than women's stockings of synthetic yarn
Men's and women's knitted underpants, knickers and briefs
UNIT
tonnes
tonnes
tonnes
tonnes
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000
COMMUNITY QUANTITATIVE LIMITS IN 1986
1 035
4 002
2 482
1 129
15 334
10 586
4 255
717
6 216
30 132
9 979
P.A./CEE/R/Annex/
CATEGORY
14B
15A
15B
16
17
20
22
23
24/25 C1)
26
36
37
DESCRIPTION
Men's overcoats, raincoats and other coats, cloaks and capes
Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments
Women's woven overcoats, raincoats and other coats, cloaks and jackets
Men's woven suits
Men's woven jackets and blazers
Bed linen
Yarn of discontinuous synthetic fibre
Yarn of man-made fibre
Men's and women's knitted pyjamas
Woven and knitted dresses
Woven fabric of continuous man-made fibre
Woven fabric of man-made staple fibre
UNIT
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
tonnes
tonnes
tonnes
1 000 pieces
1 000 pieces
tonnes
tonnes
COMMUNITY QUANTITATIVE LIMITS IN 1986
762
103,5
1 027
1 782
859
762
2 276
2 622
3 965
853
386
2 9̂ 5
( ) For Germany, subceiling of 90 000 pieces of nightdresses
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CATEGORY
4l
55
58 (2)
71
73
77
81
82
104
DESCRIPTION
Yarn of continuous synthetic textile fibre
Synthetic staple fibre
Carpets, carpeting and rugs
Knitted outer garments
Track suits
Synthetic stockings
Women's outer garments
Knitted undergarments of wool or fine animal hair
Other impregnated or coated fabrics
UNIT
tonnes
tonnes
tonnes
tonnes
tonnes
1 000 pairs
tonnes
tonnes
tonnes
COMMUNITY QUANTITATIVE LIMITS IN 1986
3 073
11 484
606
118
1 245
1 367
223
1 055
215
( ) Industrially manufactured carpets.
F.A./CEE/R/Annex/e 3