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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 2462/ 77

of 7 November 1977

concerning import arrangements for certain textile products originating in the

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN ties admitted under current import conditions to

COMMUNITIES , market supply requirements ;

Whereas imports of goods exported from Yugoslavia Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European

should be charged against the quantitative limits fixed Economic Community, and in particular Article 113

in the Agreement for the period concerned ; thereof,

Whereas steps should be taken to ensure that there is Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,

no evasion of the objectives of the Agreement by indi­

rect imports of products originating in Yugoslavia ;

Whereas, in the context of the Arrangement regarding

International Trade in Textiles ('), the European Whereas the Agreement provides that those products

Economic Community and the Socialist Federal Repu­ which enter the Community's customs territory under

blic of Yugoslavia have concluded an Agreement on inward processing or other temporary importation

trade in textile products (2) ; arrangements and are re-exported therefrom in their

original state or after processing should not be

Whereas, for the purpose of implementing the Agree­ charged against the agreed quantitative limits ;

ment, import arrangements must be adopted for the

products in question ; Whereas the Agreement does not apply in the

Community to re-imports from Yugoslavia of textile

articles produced by the working or processing of Whereas the Agreement requires the Community to

products temporarily exported from the Community, admit imports of certain textile products within the

quantitative limits provided for, compliance with

which will be guaranteed by a system of double

checking ;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas appropriate provisions applicable in the

Community should therefore be adopted for 1976 and

Article 1 1977, as well as criteria for the allocation of the

quantitative limits agreed with the Socialist Federal

Republic of Yugoslavia ; 1 . Imports into the Community of the textile

products listed in Annex I, originating in Yugoslavia

and exported between 1 January 1976 and 31 Whereas, in view of the considerable disparities

December 1977, shall be subject to the quantitative existing between the conditions currently governing

limits set out in that Annex . imports of the products concerned into the Member

States and in view of the particular sensitivity of the

2 . The quantitative limits shall be allocated among Community's textile industry, standardization of these

the Member States in accordance with the procedure import conditions can only be achieved progressively ;

laid down in Council Regulation ( EEC) No 1023 /70 whereas the criterion to be adopted for the allocation

of 25 May 1970 establishing a common procedure for of the Community quantitative limits should therefore

administering quantitative quotas (3 ), and in particular be in particular the gradual adjustment of the quanti­

in Article 1 1 thereof, in such a way as to ensure the

(•) OJ No L 118 , 30 . 4. 1974, p. 2 .

2) OJ No L 188 , 28 . 7. 1977, p. 2 . (3 ) OJ No L 124, 8 . 6 . 1970 , p. 1 .

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expansion and orderly development of trade in textiles which the products were loaded within the territory of and to permit amounts to be carried over or brought the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia for export forward from one year to another. to the Community. However, the allocation shall be made on the basis of 5. Products which enter the Community's customs the volume of imports admitted under the conditions territory under inward processing or other temporary currently applied in the Member States and shall importation arrangements and are re-exported there­ provide for annual rates of increase that are appreci­ from in their original state or after processing shall ably higher for those Member States whose volume of not be charged against the quantitative limits referred imports are relatively the lowest, in such a way as to to in paragraph 1 . adapt them by progressive stages to market supply requirements . 6. Re-imports into the Community of textile 3 . The competent authorities of the Member States products carried out after working or processing, in concerned shall, within the quantitative limits laid Yugoslavia of products temporarily exported by the down, automatically and without delay authorize the Community shall not be charged against the quantita­ tive limits referred to in paragraph 1 . import of the products referred to in paragraph 1 immediately upon production by the importer of the original export authorization issued by the competent Article 2 authorities of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugo­ slavia containing the details set out in Annex II. This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 4. Authorized imports shall be charged against the following its publication in the Official Journal of quantitative limits applicable for the year during the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 November 1977 . For the Council The President A. HUMBLET

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ANNEX I

Quantitative limits referred to in Article 1

Quantitative limits CCT Nimexe (tonnes) Code Description of goods heading No 1976 1977 55.09 01 to 98 Other woven fabrics of cotton EEC 12 779 13 546 of which ex 55.09 Cotton fabrics, other than unbleached or bleached EEC 1 425 1 505

ex 62.02 B 11 ; 41 ; 43 ; Bed linen , table linen , toilet linen and kitchen EEC 952 1 009 47 ; 71 ; 73 ; linen of cotton ; curtains and other furnishing arti­ 81 cles of cotton

ANNEX II

Details referred to in Article 1 (3)

The export authorization issued by the authorities of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in respect of the products subject to limitation under this Regulation shall specify or contain : 1 . destination ; 2 . serial number ; 3 . importer's name and address ; 4. exporter's name and address ; 5. net weight (in tonnes) and value ; 6 . category and classification of product ; 7. certificate issued by the Yugoslav authorities showing that the quantity has been debited against the agreed quantitative limit for exports to the Community or, where appropriate, is for imme­ diate re-export or for processing and subsequent re-export outside the Community ; 8 . year during which the products were exported i.e. loaded in Yugoslavia for export.