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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 1169/ 76 of 17 May 1976 concerning import arrangements for certain textile products originating in Brazil

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas, with the exception of the products covered COMMUNITIES , by Category 2 of the table in Annex A, those products which enter the Community's customs territory under Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European •inward processing or other temporary admission Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 arrangements and are re-exported therefrom in their thereof, original condition or after processing should not be set off against the abovementioned quantitative limits , Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,

Whereas , in the context of the arrangement regarding international trade in textiles , the European Economic HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Community and Brazil have negotiated an Agreement on trade in textile products ; whereas the Commission has submitted to the Council a recommendation for a Article 1 Regulation concluding that Agreement ; 1 . During 1976 and 1977 imports into the Commu­ Whereas , for the purpose of applying the Agreement nity of the textile products listed in Annex A and orig­ which has been negotiated, import arrangements for inating in Brazil shall be subject to the quantitative the products in question should be adopted and put limits agreed with Brazil and set out in that Annex , into force immediately ; and to the presentation of an export certificate issued by the authorities of that country . Whereas the Agreement requires the Community to admit imports of certain textile products within 2 . These quantitative limits shall be allocated quantitative limits , the observance of which will be among the Member States in accordance with the guaranteed by an agreed system of bilateral checking ; procedure laid down in Council Regulation ( EEC) No 1023 / 70 of 25 May 1970 establishing a common proce­ Whereas the appropriate provisions for 1976 and 1977 dure for administering quantitative quotas ('), and in should therefore be adopted, including the criteria for particular in Article 1 1 thereof, in such a way as to the allocation of the quantitative limits agreed with Brazil ; ensure the expansion and orderly development of trade in textiles and to permit amounts to be carried Whereas, because of the considerable disparities over or brought forward from one year to another. between the conditions now governing imports of the However, the allocation shall be made on the basis of products concerned into the Member States and because of the particular sensitivity of the Commu­ the import volumes admitted under the conditions nity's textile industry, standardization of these import currently applied in the Member States and shall conditions can only be achieved progressively ; provide for annual rates of increase that are appreci­ whereas the criterion to be adopted for the allocation ably higher for those Member States whose import of the Community quantitative limits should therefore volumes are relatively the lowest, in order to align be the gradual adjustment of the amounts admitted them gradually with the supply requirements of the market . under current import conditions to the supply require­ ments of the market ; 3 . The competent authorities of the Member States Whereas imports should be set off against the quantita­ concerned shall , within the quantitative limits pres­ tive limits fixed for the year in which the goods were exported from Brazil ; (') OJ No L 124, 8 . 6 . 1970 , p. 1 .

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cribed, automatically authorize the import of the off against the quantitative limits referred to in para­ products referred to in paragraph 1 immediately upon graph 1 . production by the importer of an export certificate issued by the competent authorities of Brazil and Article 2 containing the details set out in Annex B. However, this export certificate will not be required for goods The measures provided for in this Regulation shall taken aboard in Brazil before 1 June 1976 . replace those laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 790/76 of 6 April 1976 amending the 4. Authorized imports shall be set off against the interim measures established by Commission Regula­ quantitative limits valid for the year during which the tion (EEC) No 3355/75 with regard to imports of products were taken aboard in Brazil for export . certain textile products originating in the Federal 5 . With the exception of the products covered by Republic of Brazil ('). Category 2 of the table in Annex A, products which enter the Community's customs territory under Article 3 inward processing or other temporary admission arrangements and are re-exported therefrom in their This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 May original condition or after processing shall not be set 1976 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels , 17 May 1976 . For the Council

The President

R. VOUEL

(') OJ No L 92, 7. 4. 1976, p. 18 .

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ANNEX A

Quantitative limits referred to in Article 1

Quantitativeive limits CCT Cate­ NIMEXE code heading Units gory Description No ( 1975) 1976 1977

1 55.05 26 500 28 090 Cotton yarn , not put up for retail sale 1 000 kg

2 ex 55.09 Other woven fabrics of cotton : 1 000 kg 15 000 15 450 55.09-01 ; 02 ; 11 ; 1.2 — Unbleached or bleached 13 ; 14 ; 15 ; 16 ; 17 ; 19 21 ; 29 ; 31 ; 33 ; 35 ; 37 38 ; 39 ; 41 ; 49 ; 68 ; ex 71 ; 72 ; 73 ; 74 ; 76 ; 77 78

3 ex 55.09 Other woven fabrics of cotton : 2 850 3 021 1 000 kg 55.09-03 ; 04 ; 05 ; 51 — Other than unbleached and bleached 52 ; 53 ; 54 ; 55 ; 56 ; 57 59 ; 61 ; 63 ; 64 ; 65 ; 66 67 ; 69 ; ex 71 ; 81 ; 82 ; 83 ; 84 ; 86 ; 87 ; 92 ; 93 97

4 ex 62.02 Bed linen , table linen , toilet linen and kitchen 6 000 6 360 1 000 kg linen ; curtains and other furnishing articles : ex B. Other than net curtains : — Bed linen : 62.02-11 — Of cotton — Table linen : - 41 , 43 , 47 — Of cotton — Toilet linen and kitchen linen : - 71 , 73 — Of cotton

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ANNEX B

Details referred to in Article 1 (3)

The export certificate issued by the Brazilian authorities (') for products covered by this Regulation shall specify or contain : 1 . the destination , and in particular the Member State to which the goods are destined ; 2 . the order number ; 3 . the name and address of the importer ; 4. the name and address of the exporter ; 5 . the net weight, in kilogrammes or in metric tons, and the value of the products covered by the certificate ; 6 . the category against which the product has been debited by the Brazilian authorities and the description of the product ; 7. a certificate to the effect that the quantity in question has been debited against the share of the Member State to which it is being sent of the agreed ceiling for exports to the Community, or, where appropriate, that the quantity is for immediate re-export, or for re-export after processing, outside the Community ; 8 . the year during which the products were exported , that is, were taken aboard in Brazil for export to the Community.

( ! ) Cartcira de Comercio Exterior (CACEX ).