title: RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Socialist Republic of Romania on trade in textile products and of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters (submitted by the Commission to the Council)

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       COMMISSION                                                                 Brussels,    20 May 1985
            OF THE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
    G e n e ra l S e c re ta ria t                                       E Q E L Q F F IC IA L USE O NLY
                                      E|CQMMENDATION_FOR_A_COUNCIL_REGULATION
        concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European
     Economic Community and the Socialist Republic of Romania on trade
                in textile products and of the Agreement in the form of an
                                                exchange of letters
                                   (submitted by the Commission to the Council)
    C0M(85) 215 final
 ---pagebreak---                               EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.  By Decision of 25 February 1982, the Council authorised the Commission
     to open negotiations with Romania with a view to the conclusion of an
    agreement on trade in textile products.
2.  In accordance with that Council Decision, and in consultation with the
    Article   113  Committee,     the   Commission   conducted   negotiations  with
    Romania from 17 May to 23 July 1982.
    Following the negotiations, a draft Agreement was drawn up.
    The draft Agreement:
     (i)   covers  all   MFA   products    of cotton wool,   fine animal hair or
.          man-made fibres originating in Romania,
     (ii)  calls for voluntary restraint, at agreed levels, on exports to
           the Community of certain categories of products covered by the
           Agreement,
     (iii) provides   for   a   consultation    procedure  whereby   voluntary  re
           straint measures may be introduced for categories of products
           not  initially subject to limitation,        where certain thresholds
           are exceeded,
     (iv)  establishes a double checking system for categories of products
           subject  to   limitation,     and  an origin   control   system for all
           categories covered by the Agreement,
     (v)   includes a flexibility clause allowing the transfer of a certain
           percentage of the quotas from category to category, or from one
           year to another,
     (vi)  includes   an   "anti-surge"     clause  allowing   in  certain  circum
           stances  the   suspension     of  flexibility or the introduction of
           temporary limits within quotas,
     (vii) includes   an   "anti-fraud"     clause  allowing   in certain   circum
           stances  the debiting against       the quota of the true country of
           origin of quantities shipped fraudulently,
(viii)     includes a price clause which allows          the Community to request
           consultations    to   deal  with   problems caused by abnormally low
           export  prices    and   under   certain  circumstances   temporarily to
           suspend imports,
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  (ix)       in   exchange    for   limitation,      contains     an   undertaking by     the
              Community    not   to   introduce     further    quantitative     restrictions
              under Article XIX of the GATT or Article 3 of the MFA, or to
              measures   having an effect equivalent to quantitative restric
              tions .
 3.   Following     the    negotiations,        both    parties     further    concluded    an
      Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters that certain products
      of flax and ramie should be subject to quantitative limits under the
       same   conditions,     and   in   accordance       with   the   same   administrative
      arrangements,     as   the   less   sensitive      products    covered   by the draft
      Agreement on textile trade.
 4.   The Heads of the Delegation initialled the text of the draft Agreement
       and the exchange of letters on flax and ramie products on 23 July 1982
       , having noted      that   they   correctly represented the results of the
      negotiations.
 5.   In order to ensure that the successful implementation of the Agreement
      should not be put at risk and to prevent a flood of exports preceding
      its entry, into force,      the Community, following the conclusion of the
      negotiations, proposed to the third countries that until such time as
      the   Agreement    entered     into   force     both    parties     should   apply   its
      provisions    on   an   autonomous     basis     as   from   1 January     1983.  These
      provisions were put into effect by Council Regulation (EEC) N° 3589/82
      of 23 December 1982             making the importation into the Community of
      textile products originating in certain third                   countries subject to
      authorisation     and    quantitative      limitation,      as   amended    by  Council
      Regulation (EEC) N° 3762/83 of 19 December 1983                   .
6.    The Commission considers that the draft Agreement and the exchange of
      letters on flax and ramie products represent arrangements which are
     acceptable to the Community. It therefore recommends that the Council:
      (i)    approve the Agreement and the exchange of letters by adopting
             the regulation, the draft of which is annexed hereto,
      (ii)   pending approval of the Agreement and the exchange of letters,
             take   the  necessary     decisions      in   connection     with  the   signing
             thereof.
(1) OJ N° L 374, 31.12.1982, p.106
(2) OJ N° L 380, 31.12.1983, p.l
 ---pagebreak---            Recommendation for a Council Regulation concerning the
           conclusion of the Agreement between the European
           Economic Community and the Socialist Republic of
           Romania on trade in textile products and of the
           Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters
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 Recommendation from the Commission,
Whereas the Agreement on trade in textile products and the Agreement in
the  form   of  an  exchange  of   letters     negotiated   between  the   European
Economic   Community   and  the   Socialist      Republic, of  Romania   should  be
approved,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                   A r tic le  1
The Agreements between the European Economic Community and the Socialist
Republic of Romania on trade in textile products and the Agreement in the
form  of  an exchange    of letters   are     hereby  approved   on behalf   of the
Community.
The texts of the agreement are annexed to this Regulation.
                                   A r tic le  2
The President of the Council shall give the notification provided for in
Article 19 of the Agreement
                              (1 )
                                   A r tic le  3
This  Regulation   shall  enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States.
Done at Brussels,
                                                          For the Council
                                                             The President
(1) The date of entry into force of the Agreement will be published in the
    Official Journal of the European Communities by the Secretariat
    General of the Council.
 ---pagebreak--- AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
    AND THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF ROMANIA ON
            TRADE IN TEXTILE PRODUCTS
           Initialled  on 23 July 1982
 ---pagebreak---                                     AGREEMENT
 between the European Economic Community and the Socialist Republic of Romania
                          on trade in textile products
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
 of the one part, and
 THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF ROMANIA,
 of the other part,
 DESIRING to promote, with a view to permanent cooperation and in conditions
providing the utmost security for trade, the mutual expansion and orderly and
equitable    development   of   trade   in    textile  products  between   the
 European Economic Community (hereinafter referred to as 'the Community') and
the the Socialist Republic of Romania (hereinafter referred to as 'Romania'),
RESOLVED to take the fullest possible account of the economic and social
problems at present affecting the textile industry in both importing and
exporting countries, in particular in order to eliminate the real dangers of
distortion of the Community market and of disturbance of trade in Romanian
textile products.
Having regard to the Arrangement regarding International Trade in Textiles
(hereinafter referred to as the 'Geneva Arrangement'), and in particular
Article 4 thereof, and to the conditions set out in the Protocol extending the
Geneva Arrangement, together with the conclusions adopted on 22 December 1981
by the Textiles Committee,
Acting in their capacity as participants in the Geneva Arrangement,
HAVE DECIDED to conclude this Agreement and to this end have designated as
their Plenipotentiaries:
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES:
 ---pagebreak--- THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF ROMANIA,
 WHO HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
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                                    SECTION 1
                               Trade arrangements
                                    Article 1
1.   This Agreement shall apply to trade in textile products of cotton, wool,
fine animal hair or man-made fibres originating in Romania which are listed
in Annex I.
2.    The classification of the products covered by this Agreement is based on
the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff and on the Nomenclature of Goods
for the External Trade Statistics of the Community and the Statistics of Trade
between its Member States (NIMEXE).
3.   The origin of the products covered by this Agreement shall be determined
in accordance with the rules in force in the Community.
The procedures for control of the origin of the products referred to above are
laid down in Protocol A.
 ---pagebreak---                                    Article 2
1.     Romania   agrees to establish and maintain for each calendar year
quantitative limits on its exports to the Community in accordance with the
table in Annex II to this Agreement.
2.   Subject to the provisions set out in Article 5,and without prejudice to
the quantitative arrangements applicable to products undergoing the operations
referred to in Article 3(4), the Community undertakes in respect of products
covered by this Agreement to suspend the application of quantitative
restrictions on imports currently in force,        and not to introduce new
quantitative restrictions under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade or
Article 3 of the Geneva Arrangement.*
3.    Measures having equivalent effect to quantitative restrictions on the
importation into the Community of the products covered by this Agreement shall
be prohibited.
 ---pagebreak---                                     Article 3
 1. Exports of cottage industry fabrics woven on hand- or foot-operated looms,
 garments or other articles obtained manually from such fabrics and traditional
 folklore handicraft products shall not be subject to quantitative limits,
 provided that these products meet the conditions laid down in Protocol B.
 2.    Imports into the Community of textile products covered by this Agreement
 shall not be subject to the quantitative limits established in Annex II,
provided that they are declared to be for re-export from the Community in the
 same state or after processing, under the administrative system of control set
up for this purpose within the Community.
However, the release for home use of products imported under the conditions
 referred to above shall be subject to the production of an export licence
 issued by the Romanian authorities, and to proof of origin in accordance with
the provisions of Protocol A.
3.      Where the competent authorities in the Community have evidence that
imports of textile products have been set off against a quantitative limit
established under this Agreement, but that the products have subsequently been
re-exported from the Community in the same state or after processing, the
authorities concerned shall inform the Romanian authorities within four weeks
of the quantities involved and shall authorize imports of identical quantities
of the same products, which shall not be set off against the quantitative
limit established for the current or the following year.
4.    Re-imports into the Community of textile products listed in Annex I which
have been temporarily exported by the Community and subsequently processed in
Romania shall not be subject to the quantitative limits established under
this Agreement, provided they are effected in accordance with the regulations
on economic outward processing traffic in force in the Community.
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                                    Article 4
1.    Advance use of a portion of the quantitative limit established for the
following year shall be authorized for each category of products up to 5% of
the quantitative limit for the current year.
Amounts delivered in advance shall be deducted from the quantitative limits
established for the following year.
2.    Carryover to the corresponding quantitative limit for the following year
of amounts not used during any given year shall be authorized up to 5% of the
quantitative limit for the current year.
3.   In the case of Group I,   transfers shall be allowed only in the following
cases:
-  amounts may be transferred between categories 2 and 3 up to 3.5% of the
   quantitative limit for the category to which the transfer is made,
-  amounts may be transferred between categories 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 up to 3.5%
   of the quantitative Limit for the category to which the transfer is made.
Amounts may be transferred to any category in Group II or III from any
category in Group I, II, or III, up to 5% of the quantitative limit for the
category to which the transfer is made.
4.   The table of equivalence applicable to the transfers referred to above is
given in Annex I to this Agreement.
5.     The increase in any given category of products resulting from the
cumulative application of the provisions in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 above during
a single year must not exceed the following limits:
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-  11% for categories of products in Group I,
-  12.5% for categories of products in Group II or III.
6.   The Romanian authorities must give the Community prior notification of
any recourse to the provisions of paragraphs 1 , 2 and 3 above.
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                                   Article 5
1.     Should a textile product covered by this Agreement originating in and
coming from Romania be imported into the Community at an abnormally low price
which is beneath the normal competitive level, thus causing or threatening to
cause serious harm to Community producers of like or directly competing
products, the Community may ask to enter into consultations with Romania.
2.      If, following these consultations, it is recognized that the situation
referred to in paragraph 1 exists, Romania shall take all necessary steps to
prevent the said harm.
3.     Should these consultations fail to lead to an agreement within 30 days
of the submission of the Community's request for consultations, the Community
may temporarily suspend the issue of the document allowing importation of the
product in question at the price which prompted the Community to seek
consultations with Rompania.
4.      In totally exceptional and critical circumstances, where imports of a
Romanian textile product into the Community at an exceptionally low price
might cause damage which it would be difficult to remedy, the Parties shall
hold emergency consultations within five working days of notification by the
Community of the request for consultations.
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If,   within five working days, the Parties have not reached a mutually
acceptable agreement adequate to deal with the situation, the Community may
suspend the issue of the documents allowing importation of the product in
question.
5.      Should the Community have recourse to the measures referred to in the
preceding paragraphs,     Romania may at any time request the opening of
consultations to examine the possibility of modifying these measures where the
causes which made them necessary no longer exist.
6.       For the purposes of this Article, in order to determine whether the
price of a textile product is abnormally low, beneath the nirmal competitive
level, it shall be compared with:
- the price for like domestic products at a comparable stage of commercial
transaction in the market of the importing country, and
- the normal price for like products sold in the market of the importing
country by other exporting countries under ordinary market conditions, and
- the lowest price charged by a third country for the same product in the
three months preceding the request for consultations, where such price has
prompted      no    measure     on     the   part     of     the    Community.
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                                   SECTION II
                        Administration of the Agreement
                                    Article 6
1. Exports of textile products covered by this Agreement which are subject to
quantitative limits shall be subject to a double-checking system, the details
of which are specified in Protocol A.
2.    The competent authorities in the Member States are required to issue
import authorizations or documents automatically within five working days of
the submission of a request by an importer in accordance with Protocol A.
The said import authorizations or documents shall be valid for six months.
 ---pagebreak---                                     Article 7
 1.    The following provisions shall apply to exports of textile products not
 subject to a quantitative limit listed in Annex II to this Agreement.
 2.   Where the Community finds, under the system of administrative control set
 up, that the level of imports of products in a given category not subject to a
 quantitative limit under Annex II originating in Romania          exceeds the
 following percentage of     to the preceding year's total imports into the
 Community of products in that category:
 - 0.2% for categories of products in Group I,
 - 1.2% for categories of products in Group II,
 - 4% for categories of products in Group III
 it may request the opening of consultations in accordance with the procedure
described in Article 15 of this Agreement, with a view to reaching agreement
on the appropriate restraint level for the products in that category.
3. Pending a mutually satisfactory solution, Romania shall from the date of
notification of the request for consultations suspend or limit to the level
 indicated by the Community, which shall take account of past performance plus
a positive growth rate, exports to the Community, or to the region or regions
of the Community market specified by the Community, of the category of
products in question.
The Community shall authorize the importation of products of the said category
shipped from Romania before the date on which the request for consultations
was submitted.
4.    Should the Parties be unable in the course of consultations to reach a
satisfactory solution within the period specified in Article 15 of this
Agreement the Community shall have the right to introduce a quantitative limit
at an annual level not lower than the level resulting from the application of
the formula set out in paragraph 2, or 106% of the level reached during the
calendar year preceding that in which imports exceeded the level resulting
from the application of the formula set out in paragraph 2 and gave rise to
the request for consultations, whichever is the higher.
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The annual level so fixed shall be revised upwards after consultations in
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 15 with a view to
fulfilling the conditions set out in paragraph 2, should the trend of total
imports into the Community of the product in question make this necessary.
5.   The limits introduced pursuant to paragraph 2 or 4 may in no case be lower
than the level of Community imports of products in that category originating
in Romania in 1980.
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 exceed        the following regional
percentages of the amounts determined as laid down in paragraph 2:
                   Federal Republic of Germany        28.5%
                   Benelux                            10.5%
                   France                             18.5%
                   Italy                              15 %
                   Denmark                              3 %
                   Ireland                              1 %
                   United Kingdom                     23.5%
                   Greece                               2 %
7.   The annual growth rate for the quantitative limits introduced under this
Article shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Protocol C.
8.     The provisions of this Article shall not apply where the percentages
specified in paragraph 2 have been reached as a result of a fall in total
imports into the Community, and not. as a result of an increase in exports of
products originating in Romania.
9.    In the event of the provisions of paragraph 2, 3 or 4 being applied,
Romania undertakes to issue export licences for products covered by contracts
concluded before the introduction of the quantitative limit, up to the volume
of the quantitative limit fixed for the current year.
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10.    Up to the date on which the statistics referred to in Article 10(6) are
provided, the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Article shall be applied on
the basis of the annual statistics previously communicated by the Community.
11.     The provisions of this Agreement which concern exports of products
subject to the quantitative limits established in Annex II shall also apply to
products for which quantitative limits are introduced under this Article.
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                                    Article 8
1.    Where the Community ascertains that the level of imports in any Agreement
year of a given category of Group I products listed in Annex II exceeds the
level of imports in the preceding year by 10% of the level of the quantitative
limit in the same category for the current year, it may request the opening of
consultations in accordance with the procedure described in Article 15 of this
Agreement with a view to reaching agreement on:
-  the suspension, wholly or in part, of the provisions of Article 4
   or
- a modification of the quantitative limit set out in Annex II by the
   establishment of an ad hoc limit below the existing quantitative limit
-  and the corresponding equitable and quantifiable compensation.
2.     The Community shall authorize the importation of products of the said
category shipped from Romania      before the date on which the request for
consultations was submitted.
Pending a mutually satisfactory solution, Romania undertakes for a period of
one month from the date of notification of the request for consultations to
restrain exports of the products in the category concerned to the Community or
to the region or regions of the Community market specified by the Community to
one twelfth of the level of exports reached during the preceding calendar
year.
3.      A quantitative limit modified as a result of the application of
paragraph 1 in any year preceding the final Agreement year shall be subject to
a growth rate such as to ensure that the level of the quantitative limit set
out in Annex II for the final Agreement year is regained in that year.
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4.     Should the Parties be unable in the course of consultations to reach a
satisfactory solution within the period specified in Article 15 of the
Agreement, Romania undertakes, if so requested by the Community:
- to suspend the provisions of Article 4 wholly or in part for the category
    concerned, in respect of the Community as a whole or any of its regions
- to modify the quantitative limit set out in Annex II for the category
    concerned so as to restrain exports to the Community or any of its regions
    to 125% of the level of imports attained during the preceding calendar
    year, or to the level of exports reached on the date on which the request
    for consultations is made plus the level of exports laid down in paragraph
    2 during the consultation period, whichever is the higher.
 In the event of the provisions of this paragraph being applied, the Community
undertakes to maintain an offer of equitable and quantifiable compensation.
The application of the measures provided for in this paragraph is limited to
the Agreement year in which the measures are taken.
5.    The provisions of paragraph 1 shall not apply to a given category unless
the quantitative limit established in Annex II for that category represents at
 least 1% of total Community imports during 1980.
6.    The provisions of paragraph 1 shall not apply to a given category unless
the level of imports originating in Romania during the current year
represents at least 50% of the quantitative limit set out in Annex II for that
category in the Community as a whole or in any region or regions of the
Community concerned.
7.     In no case may a limit modified in accordance with the provisions of
paragraph 1 or 4 be lower than the level of imports in 1980 of products in
that category originating in Romania .
8.    The provisions of this Article also apply where the level referred to in
paragraph 1 is exceeded in any of the Community's regions.     In this case, the
compensation referred to in paragraphs 1 and 4 will concern the region or
regions of the Community indicated in the Community's request for
consultations.
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9.   With a view to limiting recourse to paragraph 1 of this Article, Romania
undertakes to inform the Community of any sharp and substantial increase in
the issue of export licences for any category which is likely to lead to the
fulfilment of the conditions required for the application of this Article.
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                                    Article 9
 1.     Romania and the Community agree to cooperate fully in preventing the
 circumvention of this Agreement by transshipment, rerouting or whatever other
 means.
 2.      Where information available to the Community as a result of the
 investigations carried out in accordance with the procedures set out in
 Protocol A constitutes evidence that products of Romanian origin subject to
 quantitative limits established under this Agreement have been transshipped,
 rerouted or otherwise imported into the Community in circumvention of this
 Agreement,    the Community may request the opening of consultations in
 accordance with the procedures described in Article 15 of this Agreement, with
 a view to reaching agreement on an equivalent adjustment of the corresponding
 quantitative limits established under the Agreement.
3.      Pending the result of the consultations referred to in paragraph 2,
Romania shall as a precautionary measure, if so requested by the Community,
make the necessary arrangements to ensure that adjustments of quantitative
 limits liable to be agreed following the consultations referred to in
paragraph 2 may be carried out for the quota year in which the request to open
consultations in accordance with paragraph 2 was made, or for the following
year if the quota for the current year is exhausted, where clear evidence of
circumvention is provided.
                                                      »
4.     Should the parties be unable in the course of consultations to reach a
satisfactory solution within the period specified in Article 15 of the
Agreement, the Community shall have the right, where clear evidence of
circumvention has been provided,     to deduct from the quantitative limits
established under this Agreement amounts equivalent to the products of
Romanian origin.
 ---pagebreak---                                    Article 10
1.    Romania undertakes to supply the Community with precise statistical
information on all export licences issued by the Romanian authorities for all
categories of textile products subject to the quantitative limits established
under this Agreement and on all certificates issued by the Romanian
authorities for all products referred to in Article 3(1) which are covered by
the provisions of Protocol B.
The Community shall similarly transmit to the Romanian authorities precise
statistical information on import authorizations or documents issued by the
Community authorities in connection with the export licences and the
certificates issued by Romania.
2.   The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall, for all categories of
products, be transmitted by the end of the second month following the quarter
to which the statistics relate.
3.     For the purposes of applying Article 9, Romania undertakes to transmit
to the Community at its request, available statistical information on all
exports of textile products by country of destination.
4.    The Community shall transmit to Romania statistical information on the
products covered by the system of administrative control referred to in
Article 7(2) and on the products covered by Article 3(2).
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5. Should it be.found on analysis of the information exchanged that there are
significant discrepancies between the returns for exports and those for
imports, consultations may be initiated in accordance with the procedure
specified in Article 15 of this Agreement.
6. For the purpose of applying the provisions of Article 7 and Article 8, the
Community undertakes to provide the Romanian authorities by 15 April of each
year with the preceding year's statistics on imports of all textile products
covered by this Agreement, broken down by supplying country and Community
Member State.
 ---pagebreak---                                   Article 11
1.   In case of a difference of opinion between Romania ■ and the competent
Community authorities at the point of entry into the Community on the
classification of products covered by this Agreement/ classification shall
provisionally be based on indications provided by the Community/ pending
consultations in accordance with Article 15 with a view to reaching agreement
on definitive classification of the products concerned.
2.    The authorities of Romania shall be informed of any amendment to the
Common Customs Tariff or NIMEXE or any decision made in accordance with the
procedures in force in the Community relating to the classification of
products covered by this Agreement.
Amendments to the Common Customs Tariff or NIMEXE or decisions which result in
a modification of the classification or products covered by this Agreement
shall not have the effect of reducing any quantitative limit established in
Annex II.
The  procedures   for the  application   of  this  paragraph are  set  out  in
Protocol A.
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                                  -Article
                                    - - - - - -12
                                                -     *
Romania shall endeavour to ensure that exports of textile products covered by
this Agreement are spaced out as evenly as possible over the year, due account
being taken nevertheless of seasonal factors.
However, in the event of denunciation of this Agreement as provided for in
Article 19(3), the quantitative limits established in Annex II shall be
reduced on a pro rata basis.
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                                  Article 13
Where, as a result of factors other than seasonal factors, there is an
excessive concentration of imports on any product belonging to a category
subject to quantitative limits under this Agreement, the Community may request
consultations in accordance with the procedure specified in Article 15 with a
view to remedying this situation.
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                                  Article 16
The Parties recognize and confirm that,   without prejudice to their rights and
obligations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade,               the
administration of their trade in the textile products defined in Article 1
shall be governed by the provisions of this Agreement and of the Geneva
Arrangement.
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                                  Article 17
1.   Romania and the Community Undertake to refrain from discrimination in
the allocation of the export licences and import authorizations or documents
referred to in Protocols A and B.
2.   In implementing this Agreement, the Contracting Parties shall take care
to maintain the traditional commercial practices and trade flows between the
Community and Romania .
3.   Should either Party find that the application of this Agreement is
disturbing commercial relations between the Community and Romania ,
consultations shall be entered into promptly, in accordance with the procedure
specified in Article 15 of this Agreement, with a view to remedying this
situation.
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                                  Article 18
This Agreement shall apply to the territories in which the Treaty establishing
the European Economic Community is applied on the one hand, and under the
conditions laid down in that Treaty, and to the territory of Romania on the
other hand.
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                                   Artide 19
1.    This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the month
following the date on which the Contracting Parties notify each other of the
completion of the procedures necessary for this purpose.         It shall be
applicable until 31 December 1986.
2.  This Agreement shall apply with effect from 1 January 1983.
3.    Either Party may at any time propose amendments to this Agreement or
denounce it, provided that at least 90 days' notice is given. In the latter
event the Agreement shall come to an end on the expiry of the period of
notice.
4.    The Annexes and Protocols to this Agreement and the exchanges of letters
shall form an integral part thereof.
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This Agreement shall be drawn up in two copies in the Danish, Dutch, English,
French, German, Greek, Italian and Romanian languages, each of those texts
being equally authentic.
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A N N E X 1
 ---pagebreak---                              CROUP I
            55.09-03      Woven fabrics of cotton,
            04; 05 06     other than gauze, terry fa
            07; 08 09     brics, narrow woven fabrics,
            10; 12 1      pile fabrics, chenille fabrics,
            14; 15 16     tulle and other net fabrics
            17; 19 2
           29; 32 34
           35; 37 38
           39; 41 49
           51; 52 53
           54; 55 56
           57; 59 61
           63; 64 65
           66; 67 68
          69:70 71
           72; 73 74
           75; 76 77
          78; 79 80
          81:82 83
          84; 86 90
          91; 92 93
          98; 99
          55.'09-06;  a) Of which other than un
          07 08:51;      bleached or bleached
          52 53;54;
          55 56:57;
          59 61;63;
          64 65; 66;
          67 70;71;
          80 81 ; 82;
          83 84;86;
          90 91:92;
          93 98; 99
1*1 C > l
 ---pagebreak---                   nimexe                    Description
C C fbw linjN ·     ct>d«
                    (l^>
                                          - v,       0f  man-made
                                 fi. Of synthetic textile fibre*'·
                                      Woven fabric* of synthetic
                  56.07-01;
                I 04;0S;07;           S&·
                | 03;10;12;
                  15; 19; 20;
                  22:25;29;           s a w ? «
                                      chenille fabric*
                   30;31:35;
                   38;39;<0;
                   41;43;4S;
                   « ;4 7 ;4 9
                     56.07-01;
                                     *\ Of which other theo tut*
                     05;07;08;          bleached or bleached
                      12;15;19:
                      22; 25;29;
                      31; 35;38;
                      <0;41;43;
                      46;47;49
         I
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                GROUP Ji o
                                                                   himexh                                                       Table o f equivalence
                                                                      r i·                     Description
                                                                     (1(32)
                                                                                øicccs/feø
                                                                                Under garments. knitted or cro
                                    60.04                                        cheted, not clastic or rubberized:
                                     D 1
                                          II n)                  60.04-19;            Shirts, T-shirts, lightweight        6 .4 8                 154
                                              b)                  20;22;23            fine knit roll, polo or turtle
                                              c)                  24;26;41            necked jumpers and pull
                                          IV b) I  »»)            50; 58; 71          overs, underve:>ls and the like,
                                                   dd)                                knitted or crocheted, not elas
                                                   ee)            79; 89
                                                                                tic or rubberized, other than
                                              <0 aa)                                  babies' garments, of cotton or
                                                   dd)                                synthetic      textile     fibres;
                                                   dd)                                T-shirts and lightweight fine
                                                                                knit roll, polo or turtle necked
                                                                                jumpers and pullovers, of re
                                                                                generated textile fibres, other
                                                                                than babies’ garments
                                    69.0J                                       Outer garments and other articles,
                                    A I                                         knitted or crocheted, not elastic                4-53 1         221
                                         IIb) 4 b b )l! aaa)                    or rubberized:
                                                        bbb)
                                                        ccc)                    A. Outer garments and cle hing
                                                        ddd)                         accessories:
                                                        eee)                         Jerseys, pullovers, slip-overs,
                                                    22 bbb)     60.05-01 ;
                                                                3 1; 33;34;          waistcoats, twinsets, cardi
                                                        ccc)                         gans, bed-jackets and jum
                                                        ddd)    35;36;39;
                                                                40;41; 42;           pers, knitted or crocheted, not
                                                        eee)                         elastic or rubberized, of wool,
                                                                43
                                                        rro                         of cotton or of man-made tex
                                                                                tile fibres
                                61.0!                                        Men's and boys' outer garmenta:
                                B V d) I
                                            2
                                            3
                                        «) 1                                                                               1 .7 6             568
                                            2
                                            3
                             16102
                              B II e) 6 aa)                                 Women's, girls' and infants' otter
                                                                           garments:
                                            bb)
                                            oc)                            B. Other:
                                                           61.01-62;           Men's and boys’ woven
                                                           64; 66; 72;         breeches, shorts and trousers
                                                           74; 76             (including slacks); women's,
                                                                              girls' and infants' woven
                                                          61.02-66;           trousers and slacks, of wool,
                                                          66; 72             of cotton or of man-made tex
                                                                             tile fibres
.......................... -    ..........                                                                          *                    M  .
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                                                                            Table o f equivalence
                  NIMf.XE                 Oeteripiio»
                    H«
                   (IC32)                                            p ie c e s/k g          g /p ie c e
                              Outer panmenu and other article»,
60.65                         knitted or crocheted, not elastic f
A llb )4 « a )2 2             or rubberized:                       j
               44             A. Outer garments and clothing
               55                 accessories;                                           100
                                                                                ssi
                                  11. Other
                              Women's, girls’ and infant*’ outer
61.03                         garments:
 B U ·) 7 bb)
           ee)                 B. Other:
            dd)
                  60.05-22;        Blouses and shirt-blouses,
                  23; 24; 25       knitted, crocheted (not elastic
                                   or rubberized), or woven, for
                  6 i.02-78:       women, girls and infants, of
                  82; 84           wool, of cotton or of man
                                   made textile fibres
                                Men’s and boy's under garment»,
  61.03                         including collar», shirt fronts and
  A                             cuffs:
                                     Men’s and boys' shirts,
                    61.03-11;
                    15; 19          woven, of wool, of cotton or
                                    of man-made textile fibres
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                                                GROUP li
                                                                                Tacle o f <*c*ui valence
                            NtM*XB
          CCTMrtlasN»          c--'«                  Description
                              <IM2)                                          p'icccs/kg              g /p fc e o
      J5.CS                             Terry towelling and similar teiTy
                                        fabrics of cotton;
      62.02                             Ded linen, table linen, toilet linen
      0 111·) I                         and kitchen linen; curtains and
                                        other furnishing articles;
                                        B. Other:
                          55.08-10;          Woven cotton terry fabrics;
                          30;50;80          toilet and kitchen linen of
                                            woven cotton terry fabrics
                          62.02-71
 20  62.02                             Bed linen, table linen, toilet linen
     B la)                             and kitchen linen; curtains and
         c)                            other furnishing articles:
                                       B. Other:
                       62.02-12;           Bed linen, woven
                        13; 19
    •
                        ■    -
22  56.05                             Yarn of man-made fibres (discon
    A                                 tinuous or waste), not put up for
                                     retail sale;
                                     A. Of synthetic textile fibres:
                      56.05-03;           Yarn of discontinuous or
                      05;07;09;           waste synthetic fibres, not put
                       II; 13; 15;        up for retail sale
                      19; 21; 23;
                      25;23;32;
                      34;36;38;
                      39; 42; 44;
                      45;46;47
                      56.05-21;      a) Of which acrylic
                      23; 25; 28;
                      32;34;36
    56.05                              Yarn of man-made fibres (discon
    D                                 tinuous or waste), noi put up for
                                      retail sale:
                                      B. Of regenerated textile fibres:
                      56.05-51;           Yarn of discontinuous or
                      55; 61; 65;         waste regenerated fibres, not
                      71;75;81;           put up for retail sale
                      85; 91;95;
                      99
 ---pagebreak---                                                           t r      -
                         NIMR.rE                                                    ’i-v* of equivalence
C ittji»                    < : 's                  Description
                           U--2}
                                                                           p ie c e s * t o        g/piece
   32     ex 53.C4                   Woven pile fabrics and chenille
                                     fabrics (_:!ier Ilian terry towcTTirj
                                     or rimilor terry fabrics c f cotton
                                     faJIintj within heading No 55.C3
                                     and fabrics falling within heading
                                     No-58.05):
                       58.04-07;          Woven pile fabrics and chen
                       II; 15; 18         ille fabrics (other.than terry
                       4I;43:45           fabrics of cotton and narrow
                       61; 63;67         woven fabrics), of wool, of
                       69;71; 75         cotton or of man-made textile
                       77; 78            fibres
                   58.04-63        a) of which cotton corduroy
         6102                       Bed linen, table linen, toilet linen
         O II a)                    and kitchen linen; curtains and
                «)                  other furnishing articles:
         ■. m >) 2
                c)                  8. Other:
                      62.02- *0;         Woven table linen, toilet and
                      42; 44;<6;        kitchen linen, other than of
                      51; 59;65;        cotton terry fabric
                      72;74;77
                                                                                u
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                Table o f equivalence
 \    ,'                                NÎMEXS                                                                         g /p ieee
                                           cede                                                1 pieccs/kg
        Ce-.r^xy        CCT
   • ------ :-------
                                                 ■                                  -------L·.
                                                                                41
              12     eo.03                           Stockings, under stockings, socks,            24*3 pain
                     A                               cnkle-cocks, socltcttes and the
                     D !                             like, knitted or crocheted, not
                        lib )                        elastic or rubberized;
                     C                                    Other than women’s stockings
                     D                 60.03-1!;
                                       19;20;27;          of synthetic textile fibres
                                       30:50 .
                                                                                t
                                                                                5»
                                                      Under garments, knitted or <ro-                   17
              13     60.04                            cheted, not clastic or rubberized.
                     0 IV b) 1 ce)
                                 2dd)                      Men’s and boy's underpants
                                       60.04-48;          a n d ‘ briefs, women’s, girls
                              d) 1 cc)  56; 75; 85
                                 2 cc)                     and infants’ (other than ba
                                                           bies) knickers and bne.s,
                                                           knitted or crocheted, not elas
                                                           tic or rubberized, of cotton o.
                                                           sythetic textile fibres
                                                       Men's and boys' outer garments:                                      1000
                                                                                i-o
             14 A     61.01
                      A 1                                   Men’s and boys’ coats of im
                                        61.01-01            pregnated, coated covered nr
                                                            laminated woven fabncfall-
                                                            ing within heading No 59.0»,
                                                            59 11 or 59.12
                                                       Men’s and boys’ outer garments:                 0-72               1389
               14 B    61.01
                       B Vb) 1           61.01-41;           Men's and boys' woven over
                                 2       42:44;46;           coats. raincoats and other
                                 3                           coats, cloaks and capes. Other
                                         47                  than those of category 14 A,
                                                             of wool, of cotton or of man
                                                             made textile fibres
                                                        Women's, girls’ end infants’ outer                                  909
               ISA     61.02                            garments:
                       Ola)
                                                        B. Other:
                                         61.02-05            Women’s, girls’ and in ft nr*
                                                             coats of impregnated, coatcu,
                                                             covered or laminated woven
                                                             fabric falling within heading
              f                                               No 59.08, 59.11 or 59.12
               15 B    61.02                            Women's, girls’ and infants’ outer              0-84              1190
                       0 11«) 1 sa)                     garments:
                                   bb)
                                   cc)                  B. Other:
                                 2 aa)   61.02-31;           Women's, girls’ and infants’
                                   bb)   32:33:35;           woven overcoats, raincoats
                                   cc)   36; 37; 39;         and other coats, cloaks and
                                         40                  capes: jackets and blazers,
                                                             other than garments of cate
                                                            gory 15 A, of wool, of cotton
                                                            or of man-made textile fibres
O   h.
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                Table of equivalence
                          HIMEXi                            DtiCfipt*®*'            p ie c e s/k g            g /p ie c e
           CCTht»4t#»Mo     c-te
                           «1-32»
                                                                                1250
                                      Men's and boys’ outer garments:                         o-eo
16     61.01
                                             Men's and boys' woven suits
       a vc) i          61.01-SI;
                2                            (including coordinate suits
                        54; S7               consisting of two or three
                3
                                             pieces, which are ordered,
                                              packed, consigned and nor
                                              mally sold together) of wool,
                                              of cotton or of man-made tes
                                              tile fibres, excluding ski suits
                                                                                1.
                                                                                700
                                       Men’s and boys’ outer garments:
 17     61.0!
        B V ·) 1                               Men's and boys’ woven jack-
                         61.01-34;             ets (excluding waister jackets)
                  2      36; 37
                  3                            and blazers of wool, of cotton
                                               or of man-made textile fibres
                                      ____________         ...
                                       Men’s and boys' under garment:·,
 18     61.03                          including collars, shirt fronts au.l
        D                              cuffs:
        C
                         61.03-51;             Men's and boys’ woven under
                         55; 59; 81 ;          garments other than shirts, ot
                         85; 89                wool, of cotton or of man
                                               made texile fibres
                                                                                .     *****   · +**—***
                                             Handkerchiefs:
    19     61.05
           A                61.05-20         A. Of woven cotton fabric, of a
                                                   value of more than li ECU
                                                   kg net weight
                                                                                59                     17
           BI                                B. Other:
              III
                            61.05-30;              Handkerchiefs of
                                                   fabric, of a value of not more
                            99                     than 15 ECU/kg net weight
                                                                                ■+      —
                                                                                2-3   435
                                                    •s and boys' outer garments;
                                              Women s, girls' and infants' outer
            61.02                             garments:
            B 11d)                            B. Other: .
                                                    Parkas; anoraks, windet1«®-
                             61.01-    29;          . . . . waister jackets and the
                             31 ; 32                ifve* woven, of wool, of eot-
                                                    ton or of man-made textile
                             61.02-     25;
                             26; 28                 fibres
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                Tac^e of eowivate-ce
                                   m m 'xs                 D:scrip(ion
C f.-^ry       CCT ►isiin j No        v-rl*                                       p io c ts /k D           g/picce
                                     (1(32)
    24     60.04-                             Under garments, knitted or cro
           D IV b) I bb)                     cheted, not elastic or rubberized:
                  d) I bb)
                                  60.04-47:       Men’s and boys' pyjamas,
                                  73              knitted or crocheted, of cot
                                                  ton or of synthetic textile
                                                  fibres                                                  257
                                                                                3 ,9
          B IV b) 2 as)
                        bb)
                  d) 2 aa)       60.04-51;        Women’s, girls’ and infants’
                        bb)      53; 81;33       (other than babies') knitted or
                                                 crocheted pyjamas and night
                                                 dresses, of cotton or synthetic
                                                 fibres·
   2«    60.05                              Outer garments and other articles,
         A II b) 4cc)     II                 knitted or crocheted, not elastic
                         22                 or rubberized:
                         33
                         44                 A. Outer garments and clothing
                                                 accessories:
                                                 II. Other
         61.02                              Women's, girls’ and infants’ outer                    31  .323
         B lie ) 4bb)                       garments:
                    cc)
                    dd)                     B. Other:
                    ee)         60.05-45;       Women’s, girls’ and infants*
                                46:47;48        (other than babies’) woven
                                                and knitted or crocheted
                               61.02-48;        dresses of wool, of cotton or
                                52; 53; 54      of man-made textile fibres
    27    60.05                              Outer garments and other articles,                   2-6  385
          A lib ) 4 dd)                      knitted or crocheted, not elastic
                                             or rubberized:
                                             A. Outer garments and clothing
                                                  accessories;
                                                  II. Olher
          61.02'                             Women's, girls' and infanta* outer
          B II e) 5 aa)                      garments:
                     bb)                     B. Other:
                     cc)
                                 60.05-51;        Women's, girls' and infants'^
                                 52; 54; 58      (other than babies’) woven
                                                 and knitted or crocheted
                                 61.02-57;       skirts, including divided skirts
                                 58; 62
   28    6005                               Outer garments and other articles,
         A Hb) 4 ee)                                                                            1-6!  620
                                            knitted or '.Tocheted, not clastic
                                            or rubberize 1:
                                            A. Outer garments and clothing
                                                accessor es:
                                                II. Other:
                               60.05-61;             Knitted or crocheted
                               62; 64                trousers (except shorts)
                                                    other than babies*
 ---pagebreak---                                                         -  35       -
                                Women·», girls’ and infants’ oucer         1-37
                                garments:
                                 B. Other:
                                     Women’s, girls' and infan,s
                                     (other rhuti babies) woven
                                     suits and costumes (including
                                     coordinate suits consisting of
                                     two or three pieces which are
                                     ordered packed consigned
                                     and normally sold together),
                                     of wool of cotton or of man
                                      made te.-dite fibres, excluding
                                      ski suits
                                  Women's, g’rls’ and infants’ un
                                  der garments
                                       Women's girls’ and infants
                                       woven p; jamas and night
                                       dresses, of wool, of cotton or
                                       of man-made textile fibres
                                  Women's, girls’ and infants un
JOB  61.04                        dergarments:
     D II
                                       Women's, girls’ and infan**
                 61.04-91;             (other than babies’) woven
                 9J;9S                 under garments, other than
                                       pyjamas and night dresses, of
                                       wool, of cotton or of man-
                                       made textile fibres
                                   Corset,, corsci-belw. suspender-             18-2
                                   belts, brass.tres. braces, susp .
                                                                            1
                                   dersV garters'and ^nllted'or
                                   ing suchwtiv.il» - -ethef of fl0t
                                   cheted fabrics
                                   elastic
                                                     woven, knitted or
                  61.09-50               Brassiere·
                                         crocheted
                                   U nd e r garments, k n itte d ° r ^ ° '
      60.04                        cheted. not elastic or rubberized.
  68
      A 1                           A Babies' garments, girls B*r-
          II  a)
                                    A· menu up to and including
              b)
              c)                         commercial size 86
          111 a)
              b)
              c)                         Babies’ under 8ar™efnt'
              4>   60.04-02;             knitted or crocheted fabrics,
                   03.04;06:             not elastic or rubberized
                   0 7 ;0 S :10;
                   II; 12; 14
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                                                                                Table of equivalence
         ..                 N1MEX2                     Description
             CTThrtdinjNo                                                        pieces/Ho          g/piccc
Ce«-;snr                      (1i32)
                                                                                £00
          iO.CS                           Outer garment* and other articles,
    73                                    knitted or crocheted, not elastic
          A II b) 3
                                          or rubberized:
                                          A. Outer garments and clothing
                                              accessories:
                                              II. Other:
                                                    Track suits of knitted or
                            60.05-16;               crocheted fabric not elas
                            17; 19                  tic or rubberized, of wool,
                                                    of cotton or of man-made
                                                     textile fibres
                                            Men's and boys' outer garm ent
      76    61.01
            3 I
                                            Women's, girls’ and infants outer
            61.01                           jaiinents:
            B Ha)
                                            B. Other:
                             61.01-     13;      Men's and boys’ woven in
                              15;17; 19          dustrial and occupational
                                                 clothing; women's, girls’ and
                             61.02-     12;      infants'       woven    aprons,
                              14                 smock-overalls and other in
                                                 dustrial and occupational
                                                 clothing (whether or not also
                                                 suitable for domestic use), of
                                                 wool, of cotton or of man
                                                 made textile fibres
                                            Men's and boys' outer garments:
      78    61.01
            A II             61.01-09;           Men's and boys' woven bath
            B III            24; 25; 26;         robes, dressing gowns, smok
                V f) !                           ing jackets and similar indoor
                             81; 92;95;
                    8)i      96                  wear, ski suits consisting of
                      2                          two or ihree pieces and other
                      3                         outer garments, except gar
                                                ments of categories 6, 14 A,
                                                 14 B, 16, 17, 21. 76 and 79. of
                                                wool, of cotton or of man
                                                made textile fibres
            61.02                           Women s, girls' and outer gar-
     81                                     ments:
            B 1 b)
               He)                          B. Other:
                  e)    aa)
                        aa)  61.02-07:          Women’s, girls' and infants'
                        bb)  22;23:24;          woven bath robes, dressing
                        ce)  85;90;91;          towns, bed jackets and similar
                            92                  indoor wear and outer gar
                                                ments, except garments of
                                                categories 6, 7, 15 A, 15 B, .1,
                                                26, 27, 29, 76, 79 and 80, of
                                                wool, of cotton or of man
                                                made textile fibres
                                                                                Va.
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                4L·
*
                                   NtMEXfl
                                                                                Table o f equivalence
   O sr siJ     CCT keediii] He      code                Cctcriptio·
•                                                                                g /p ic c e
                                                                               p t ee e s/ k g
                                                                                -T *
                                                                                I
     83     (W S                           Outer garments and other articles,
            A Ha)                          knitted or crocheted, not elastic
                 b) 4 hh)    I!            or rubberized:
                            22
                            33             A. Outer garments and clothing
                                               accessories;
                      ijij) II                 H. Other:
                      kk)   II
                      U) II     60.05-04;         Outer garments, knitted
                            22  76;77;78          or crocheted, not elastic
                            33  79;81;85          or rubberized, other than
                                88; C9;90         garments of categories 5.
                                91                7. 26, 27. 28, 71, 72,73, 74
                                                  sod 75, of wool, of cotton
                                                  or of man-made textile
                                                  fibres
  \
                                                                                n
                                                                                u
 ---pagebreak---                                              •              GROUP I I I A                                          •       13
                                           NIMEXC                                               * « s ;· ; f « s .
. <*'tesot f        CCTfcstititg N·
                                            <ISU)                                           pieces/kg'               g/plece
                                                       ____ __________________
     33         51.04                                  Woven fabrics of man-made
               A III·)                                 fibres (continuous), including
                                                       woven fabrics of monofil or strip
                                                      falling within heading No 51.01
                                                      or 51.02:
                                                      A. Woven fabrics of synthetic
                                                            textile fibres:
               62.03                                  Sacks and bags, of a kind used
               3 II b) t                              for the packing of goods:
                                                      B. Of other textile materials:
                                                      II. Other.
                                        51.04-06                Woven fabrics of strip or
                                                                the like of polyethylene or
                                        62.03-96                polypropylene, less than
                                                                3 m wide; woven sacks of
                                                               such strip or the like
   34         51.04                                  Woven fabrics of man-made
              A III b)                               fibres (continuous), including
                                                     woven fabrics of monofil or strip
                                                    falling within heading No 51.01
                                                    or 51.02:
                                                    A. Woven fabrics of synthetic
                                                          textile fibres:
                                       51.04-08           Woven fabrics of strip or the
                                                          like of polyethylene or poly
                                                         propylene, 3 m or more wide
 33         51.04                                 Woven fabrics of man-made
           A IV                                   fibres (continuous), including
                                                  woven fabrics of monofil or strip
                                                  falling within heading No 5l.pl
                                                  or 51.02:
                                                  A. Woven fabrics of synthetic
                                                       textile fibres:
                                     51.04-10:         Woven fabrics of synthetic
                                     II; 13;15;        textile fibres (continuous)
                                     17; 18;21;       other than those for tyres and
                                    23;25;27;         those containing elastomeric
                                    28;32:34;         yarn:
                                    36; 41; 48
                                    51.04-10;         ») Of which other than uis
                                    15; 17; 18:             bleached or bleached
                                    23; 25;27;
                                    28; 32;34;
                                    41;48
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                                        WlHnAC
                CCT beedinj Mo             eri«                   Detcriplion
  O ify ty
                                          (1932)                                                  p i e c e s /k g       g/piece
                                   1
                                                                                .· . i‘
                    i    '                                                              t
            51.04                                ■ Woven fabric* of man-made
      H                                          ■ fibres (continuous), including
            a in
                                                   woven fabrics of monofil or strip . ■                          f
                                                   falling within heading No 51.01
                         » » · 1··                 or 51.02:
                                                   B. Woven fabrics of regenerated
                                                        textile fihres:                                              I
                                                                                i
                                    51.04-55;          Woven fabrics of regenerated
                                                       textile fibres (continuous)                                  i
                                    56:58:62;                                                                       6
                                    64;66;72:          other ;han those for tyres and
                                    74;76; 81;         those containing elastomeric
                                    89.93;94;          yarn:                                                        1
                                                                                »
                                    97; 03
                                                                                >                          1
                                                       a) Of which other than un
                                    51.04-55;
                                                           bleached or bleached                                     i
  «■«                               53; 62; 64;
✓                                   72; 74;76;
                                    81; 89;94;
                                    97; 98
                                       "" '
                                                                                t
           56.07                                 Woven fabrics of man-made                                           1
           0                                     fibres (discontinuous or waste):
                                                 B. Of regenerated textile fibres:
                                   56.07-50:          Woven fabrics of regenerated
                                   51; 55;56;         textile fibres (discontinuous · ■·
                                   59; 60.61 ;       or waste) other than narrow
                                   65; 67;68;        woven fabrics, pile fabrics
                                   69; 70; 71;       (including terry fabrics) and
                                   72; 73;74;        chenille fabrics:
                                   77; 78;82;
                                   83; 84;87
                                    56.07-50;          ») Of which other than un
                                    55;56;59;               bleached or bleached
                                    61; 65;67;
                                    69:70; 71;
                                    7 3 ;74;77;
                                    78; 83; 84;
                                    87
    38 A    60.01                                  Knitted or crocheted fabric, not
             B Ib ) 1                              elastic or rubberized:
                                                   B. Of man-made fibres:
                                     60.01-40            Knitted or crocheted syn-
                                                        thetic curtain fabrics includ-
                                                        ing net curtain fabric
                                                                                -f"
    3SB     62.02                                  Bed linen, table linen, toilet linen
            A I!                                   and kitchen linen: curtains and
                                                   other furnishing articles:
                                     62.02-09      A. Net curtains
                                                                                u
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                                                                                Table o f equivalence
                                   NIMEXI
                                     rd i                      Description
             OCT Matins N ·                                                                                g/plece
                                    (1952)                                            p1«ees/feo
                                                                                " f
   <0    62.02                                  Red linen, table linen, toilet linen
          0 IV a)'                              and kitchen linen, curtains and
               c)                               other furnishing articles:
                                                B. Other:
                                62.02-83:            Woven curtains (other than
                                85:89               net curtains) and furnishing
                                                    articles, of wool, of cotton or
                                                    of man-made textile fibres
   41    «31.01                                 Yam of man-made fibres (contin
         A                                     uous). not put up for retail sale:
                                               A. Yarn of         synthetic   textile
                                                    fibres:
                                51.01-05:           Yarn' of synthetic textile
                                06:07:08;           fibres (continuous), not put
                               C9;10;12;            up for retail sale, other than
                               20:22:24;           non-textured single yam
                               27; 29; 30;         untwisted or with a twist o ~
                               35:36:37;           not more than 50 turns per
                               39;40;45            metre
   42    «51.01                                 Yarn of man-made fibres (contin
          B                                     uous). not put up for retail sale:
                                                B. Yarn of regenerated textili
                                                     fibres:
                                51.01-50:            Yam of regenerated textil
                                6I;67;68:           fibres (continuous), not pu
                                71:77:78:           up for retail sale, other that
                                80                  single yarn of viscose rayor
                                                    untwisted or with a twist o
                                                    not more than 250 turns pe
                                                   metre and single non-texture<
                                                   yarn of any acetate
43    51.03                  51.03-10;      Yam of man-made fibres (contin
                             20             uous), put up for retail sale
      51.04                                Woven fabrics of man-made
      A II                                 fibres (continuous), including
                                           woven fabrics of monofil or strip
                                           falling within heading No 51.01
                                           or 51.02:
                                                Woven fabrics of synthetic
                                                textile fibres:
                            51.04-05           Woven fabrics of synthetic
                                               textile fibres (continuous),
                                              containing elastomeric yam
                                                                                • u  ,
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                                                   nimexe
                                                     cede                         Dtvefiptio»
   C «” w>         .CCTH'dingN·                                                                          p ie e e s /k g        g /p ie c e
                                                    (ICSil
                                                                                —                   1
       45         51.01                                             Woven fabrics of rtian-m’ c e '                      ' *
                  D II                                              fibres (continuous), includin 3                        [
                                                                    woven fairies of monofil or stri P ·
                                                      *             falling within heading No 51.0 1
                                                                    or 51.02:
                                                                    B. Woven fabrics of regenerate d                       :
                                                                         textile fibres:                                   i
                                                  51.04-54               Woven fabrics of regenerate d
                                                                         textile fibres (continuous i.                      :
                                                                         containing elastomeric yarn                        1
       46     • «53.05                                             Sheep's or lamps' wool or othe r .
                                                                   animal hair (fine or coarse), care
                                                                   ed or combed:
                                                  53.05-10;             Carded or combed sheep’s o r
                                                 22; 29; 32;            lambs' wool or other fine ani                                      •
                                                 39                     mal hair
             J..... .................—-V .
                                             4—               4
      47        J3.P6                                         T   Yarn of carded sheep's or lambs'                         ··
                                                                  wool (woollen yarn), not put up *t-
                                                                  for retail sale:
               53.09                                                                                *
               A                                                 Yarn of fine animal hair (carded
                                                                 or combed), not put up for retail
                                                                 sale:
                                                53.06-21;             Yarn of carded sheep's or
                                               25:31:35;              lambs' wool (woollen yam) or
                                               51; 55; 71;            of carded fine animal hair,
                                               75                     not put up for retail tala
                                               53.03-11;
                                               15
    49    . 53.07
                                                                Yam of combed sheep's or lambs' |
                                                               wool (worsted yarn), not put up
                                                               for retail sale:                                        •
             53.09
             0                      .   .                     Yam o f fine animal hair (carded
                                                             1>r combed), not put up for retail
                              9                               1a(6·
                                             53.07-02;             Yam of combed sheep's or
                                             )8; 12; 18;           lambs' wool (worsted y; rn) rr
•                                             0; 40;51             of combed fine animal hair,         •
                                            59; 81:C9            . no* put up for retail sale
                                             3.08-21;
                                           2 S__
      — -
  49       e>(53.10                                          Yam of sheep's or lamb's wool,
                                                            0 horsehair or of other animal
                                                            h sir (fine or coarse), put up for re-
                                                            tail sale:
                                           5: .10-11:             Yarn of sheep's or lambs'
                                           1J                     wool or of fine animal hair,
                                                                  put up for retail sale
                                                                                •
                                                                                i
>?
                                                                                . U              !
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                                                                                T id e   o f o e > u 1 v a le n c e
                                                      NIMEXB
                 Cr' - r.jy        C C TtediasN ·        cede               Dstcripiioa
                                                       (1732)                                     p ie c e s /k g                 g /p le e o
                                                   53.II-OJ:   Woven fabrics of »heepV or
                             53.11
                                                   03; 07; 11  lambs’ wool or of fine animal hair
                                                   13;I7;20
                                                   30:^0;52
                                                   54:58:72
                                                   74; 75; 82
                                                   84;88;9t
                                                   93:97
                                                                                -
                     51        35.04                55.04-00    Cotton, carded or combed
              i'1; -·.
   -· ^ ··>                                        55.06-10;   Colton yam, put up for retail sale
            .... 52           55.06
i'K:  ' ·                                          30
                                                                          -
  7 ...
                   S3         55.07                55.07-10;   Cotton gauze
               /                                   90
            /
                  54         56.0«                            Man-made fibres (discontinuous
                            3                                 or waste), carded, combed or
                                                              otherwise prepared for spinning:
                                                              B. Regenerated textile fibres:
                                                  56.04-21;       Regenerated textile fibres
                                                  23:28 ·         (discontinuous or waste);
                                                                  carded or combed
                  55        56.04                             Man-made fibres (discontinuous
                            A                                 or waste), carded, combed or
                                                              otherwise prepared for spinning: ,
                                                              A. Synthetic textile fibres:
                                                  56.04- H ;     Synthetic textile fibres (dis
                                                  13; 15; 16;    continuous or waste), carded
                                                  17: IS         or combed
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                            NIM«:tS                      D::eri?*ioa
                              f-il                                                             p ie c e c /h fj
                                                                          ■■       ■■ ■'·"<·:·
                                        Y.-m of man-made fibres (discon-
                                         •nuous or waste). put up for re-.·
                                        tr>il sale:
                                               Yam of synthetic textile ■’
                          56.C6-I1;            fibres    (discontinuous        o r,
                          IS                   waste), put up for retail sale .
                                                                             .  - <-\
                                          Yam of man-made fibres (discon
        57    5 6 .«                      tinuous or waste), put up for re* ,
              3                           tail sale:                              >
                                                Yam of ’regenerated text.le
                           56.06-20             fibres    (discontinuous '■Of
vr·1·                                           waste), put up for retail sole, ^ ,
                           58.01-01:       Carpets, carpeting and rugs, knot
              55.01                        ted (made up or not)
- *-■ ' '-r-               11;13;17;
                           30; CO
·. ·*■
         .59    55.02                        Other carpets, carpeting rtfgY
                ex A                         mats and matting, and 'Kclei.y’,
                    D                        'Schumacks' and 'Karamanje;
                                             rugs and the like (made up or
                                             not):
               59.02                         Felt and articles of felt, whethef
               ex A                          or not impregnated or coated:
                                             A. Felt in the piece or simply cut
                                                 to rectangular shape: i         V
                            58.02-0«;            Woven, knitted or crocheted
                            C6; 07; 09;          carpets, carpeting, rugs, mats
                            55;61;65;            and matting, and ‘KelemV
                            71:75:81;            ‘Schumacks’ and ‘Karamanie*
                            85:90                rugs and the like (made u p e r
                                              • not); floor covering, of felt
                           59.02-01;
                           09
        60    58.05                       Tapestries, hand-made, of (he
                                          type Gobelins, Handers, Aubus
                                          son, Beauvais and the like, and
                                          needlsworked tapestries (for ex
                                          ample, petit point and cross
                                          stitch) made in panels and the
                                          like by hand:
                          58.03-00              Tapestries, hand-made
       61    58.05                       Narrow woven fabrics, and nar
             Ala)                        row fabrics (bolduc) consisting of
                    c                    warp without weft assembled by
                 II                     means of an adhesive, other than
             0 · ■ .·■·'                goods falling within heading
                                        No 58.06:
                         58.05-01;             Narrow woven fabrics not ex
                         CS;30;40;             ceeding 30 cm in width with
                         51;5 9 ;6 1;      '· selvedges (woven, gummed or
                         69; 73; 77;          made otherwise) on both
                         79; 90               edges, other than woven
                                              labels and the like; bolduc
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 O rrry         CCTJ-Hm j N ·           e~*e                            Description              I
                                       (1932)                                                      p jece s/k g            g/piece
                                                        ... L.|_..........................   ■ . i
   62       58.06                  58.06-10;          Woven labels, badges and (he
                                   90                like, not embroidered, in (he
                                                     piece, in strips or cut to shape or
                                                     size
           58.07                                     Chenille yam (including flock
                                                     chenille yarn), gimped yam (other
                                                    than metallized yam falling with
                                                    in heading No 52 01 and gimped
                                                    horsehair yarn); braids and orna
                                                    mental trimmings in the piece;
                                                    tassels, pompons and the like:
                                  58.07-31;               Chenille yarn (including flock
                                  39;50;80               chenille yarn), gimped yarn
                                                         (other than metallized yam
                                                         and gimped horsehair yarn);
                                                         braids and ornamental trim
                                                         mings in the piece; tassels,
                                                         pompons and the like
         58.08                   58.08-/0;         Tulle and other net fabrics (but
                                90                 not including woven, knitted or
                                                  crocheted fabrics), plain
        58.09                   58.C9-11;         Tulle and other net fabrics (but
                                19;2I:31;         not including woven, knitted or
                                35;39;9I;         crocheted fabrics), figured; hand
                               95; 99             or mechanically made lace, in the
                                                 piece, in strips or in motifs
        58.10                  58.10-21;         Embroidery, in the piece, in atrip*
                               29; 41;45;        or in motifs
                              49; 51:55:
                              59
M     160.01
       0 la )                                 I Knitted or crocheted fabric, not
                                             | elastic or rubberized:
                                               B. Of man-made fibres;
      60.06
      A                                     / Knitted or crocheted fabric and
                                                              e° r■ « '« tic or rubber“
                                             i n d r ' nf l,d' nl tlas,lc knee-caps
                                           I and elastic stockings):                       *
                                          I A. Fabric:
                           60.01-30
                                                  Knitted or crocheted fabric
                          (60.06-11;              not elastic or rubberized of
                           18                    synthetic textile fibres, con
                                                 taining elastofibres; knitted
                                                rubbenZeeded rabnC·C'a,!iC
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               c c r t-rd irj r:»
                                       HIM1XS
                                                                Dctcriptiaa
                                                                                Tehle of equivalence
C r—ery
                                        (1-31)     ’
                                                                                piccca/hg          0/picse
 «4      «0.01                                  Knitted or crocheted fabric, not
          0 lb ) 2                              elastic or rubberized:
                                                B. Of man-made fibres:
                                    60.01-SI;        Rachel lace and long-pile fab
                                    55               ric (imitation fur), knitted or
                                                     crocheted, not elastic or rub
                                                     berized, of synthetic textile
                                                     fibres
 «5      «0.01                                  Knitted or crocheted fabric, not
         A                                     elastic or rubberized:
         B lb )
            II                     60.01-01;        Other than those of categories
                                   10;62;64;        38 A, 63 and 64, o f wool, of
                                   65;63;72;        cotton or of man-made textile
                                   74;75;78;        fibres
                                   31;S9;92;
                                   94;96;97
        62.01                                  Travelling rugs and blankets:
        A
        B I                       62.01-10:        Travelling rugs and blankets,
           II ·)                  20; 81;85;       of wool, of cotton or of man'
                b)                93; 95           made textile fibres
               c)
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                        NSMEXB                       Description
        car headingno      c*de                                                                g/piocc
                          (IC32)                                             |    picccs/Wg
                                      Gloves, mittens and mitts, knitted
 10 60.02                             or crocheted, not elast.c or rub-         .
                                                                                59
    A                                 berized:                                     1 7 Pa lp s
                       60.02-40          Gloves, mittens and mitts,
                                         knitted or crocheted, not
                                         elastic or rubberized,
                                         impregnated o r coated with
                                         artificial plastic materials
                                                                            ■t.
                      60.02-50;           Gloves, mittens and mitts,
                      60;70;80            knitted or crocheted, not
                                         elastic or rubberized, other
                                         than-impregnated or' coated
                                         with artificial plastic
                                         materi als
 67  60.05  ·                          Outer garments and other articles,
     A lib) 5                          knitted or crocheted, not elastic
     3                                 or rubberized:
     60.06                             Knitted or crocheted fabric and
     B II                              articles thereof, elastic or rubber*1
        III                            ized (including elastic knee-caps
                                       and elastic stockings):
                                       B. Other:
                       60.05- 93;           Clothing accessories emf
                      94;95;96;             other articles (except g*.f·:
                      97;98;99              tnents), knitted or crocheted,
                                            not elastic or rubberized; orti-
                      60.06-      92;       cles (other than bathing cos
                      96; 98                tumes) of knitted or crocheted
                                            fabric, elastic or rubberized,
                                            of wool, of cotton, or ·»li
                                            man-made textile fibres ;         '
                                     t*
                      60.05-97           a) of which sacks and bags of a kind
                                               used for the packing of goods,
                                               made from polyethylene or polypropylene strip
 69  60.04                             Under garments, knitted or cro
     B IVb)2cc)                        cheted , not elastic or rubberized:
                                       B. Of other textile materials:
                                                                                7 .8    128
                       60.04-54              Women's, girls' and infants*
                                             knitted or crocheted petti
                                             coats and slips, of synthetic
                                            textile fibres, other than
                                          ■ babies' garmests
70  60.04                             Under garments, knitted or cro
    B 111                             cheted, not clastic or rubberized:
                                      B. Of other textile material«:
                                                                                3 0 .4    3 3
                      60.04-31;            Panty-hose (tights)
                      33:34
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                                                                                Taste ©f ©covalence
                                         NIMFX8
                    CCT b—dirg N ·          e r i*
                                           <;:22)                                                picces/fcg          g/plece
               co.os                                     Q ut:r garments end other art::!?', ·
      71                                                 knitted or crocheted, not e'.csu;·
               A lib ) I
                                                         r r rubberized:
                                                         A. Outer garment* and clothing.
                                                               accessories'.
                                                               IL Other;
                                                                   b) Other:
                                                                       1. Babies’ garments;
                                                                             girls' garments up
                                                                             to and including
                                                                             commercial size
                                                                             86;
                                      60.05-06:                              Babies'     knitted
                                      07; 08; 09                             outer garments, of
                                                                             wool, of cotton or*
                                                                    .        of man-made tex
                                                                             tile fibres
     72       60.05
              A II b) 2                                Outer "arments and other articles,
                                                       knitted cr crocheted, not elastic
                                                       or rubbenzed:
                                                       A. Outer garments and clothin;
                                                             accessories:
                                                             II. Other
             60.06
             0 I                                       Knitted cr crocheted fabric and
                                                      articles thereof, elastic or rubber
                                                      ized (including elastic knee-caps
                                                      and elastic stockings):
                                                      B. Other:                                   9 ,7                103
                                   60.05-        11;        Knitted swimwear
                                    13; 15
                                   00.06-91
                                   60.06-        91
          161.01
           0 !I                                      Men s and boys’ outer garments:
         f 61.02
           0 H b)
                                                    g^™emsS:'8,r,S'ind,nfams'oui"
                                                   B. Other:
                                                       ^      en sw|mwear, of wool, o f 1
                                                       cotton or of man-made textile
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                                     NIMEXE                                                    Table of equivalence
               CCTteediitgMa .         c~*a                      Description
                                      (IC32)                                            p ie c c c /k g              (j/piecc
    74      CO.OS                                 Outer garments end other articles,                 VS4.     — 6SCr
            A I lb )4 c 3 ) U                     knitted or crocheted, not elasi:
                                                  or rubberized;
                            33
                           44                     A. Outer garments and clothing
                                                       accessories;
                                                      ’ll. Other:                               LL  .. ^
                                   60.05-71 ;               Women's, girls' and in
                                   72;73; 74                fants' (other than babies’)
                                                            suits and costumes (in
                                                            eluding coordinate suits
                                                            consisting of two or three
                                                            pieces which are ordered
                                                            packed, consigned and
                                                            normally sold together),
                                                            of knitted or crocheted
                                                            fabric, not elastic or rub
                                                           becized, of wool, of cot
                                                            ton or of man-made tex
                                                           tile fibres, excluding sk
                                                           suits
                                                                                F—     --------
                                                                                o-co       1250
  73      40.03                                  Outer garments and other articles,
          A lib ) 4 fl)                          knitted or crocheted, not elastic
                                                 or rubberized:
                                                     Outer garments and clothing              .. . '
                                                     accessories:
                                                     11. Other:
                                 60.05-66;                 Men's and boys’ suits (in
                                 63                       eluding coordinate suits
                                                          consisting of two or three
                                                          pieces which are ordered,
                                                          packed, consigned and
                                                          normally sold together),
                                                          of knitted or crocheted
                                                          fabric, not elastic or rub
                                                          berized, of wool, of cot
                                                         ton or of man-made tex
                                                         tile fibres, excluding ski
                                                         suits
 77     60.03                                 Stockings, under stockings, socks,
        B Ha)                                 ankle-socks, sockettes and the
                                              like, knitted or crocheted, not
                                              elastic or rubberized:          ,
                               60.03-24;           Women’s stockings Of syn
                               26                 thetic textile fibres              j
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                                                                                3   .
                                                                          Table o f equivalence
                                                                     p-icccc/hg              g /p : c c e
     ftt.oa
     A
                                    commercial size 86-
                                Women's, girls' and infants’ un
       61.04                    der garments:
       A
                                A. Babies’ garments; girls' gar
                                     ments tip to and including
                                     commercial size 86;
                   61-02-01;         Babies’ woven garments of
                   03                wool, of cotton or of man
                                     made iextile fibres
                   6104-01:
                   C9
                                 Under garments, knitted or cro
  82    60.04                    cheted, not elastic or rubberized;
        B IV a)
              c>                 B. Of other textile materials:
                    60.04-38;         Under garments, other than
                   60                babies’, knitted or crocheted,
                                     not elastic or rubberized, of
                                     wool, of fine animal hair or of
                                     regenerated textile fibres
      61.06                     Shawls, scarves, mufflers, mantil
      B                        las, veils and the like:
      C
      D           61.06-30;         Other than knitted or cro
      E           40;50;60          cheted, of wool, of cotton or
                                    of man-made textile fibres
85                             Ties, bow ties and cravats:
                  61.07-30;        Other than knitted or cro
                  40; 90           cheted, of wool, of cotton or
                                   of man-made textile fibres
                                                                               8-8      114
86   6I.C9                    Corsets, corset belts, suspender-
     A                        belts, brassieres, braces, suspen
     Q                        ders, garters and the like (includ
     C .                      ing such articles of knitted or cro
     E                        cheted fabric), whether or not
                              elastic;
                 61.09-20;        Corsets, corset-belts, suspen
                 30;40;80         der-belts, braces, suspenders,
                                  garters and the like (including
                                  such articles of knitted or cro
                                  cheted fabric), other than
                                  brassieres, whether or not
                                  clastic
                                                                                U     i
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                                                            Table of equivalence
            r ‘M «xi
               r*ft                                     piecec/kO
              <tC32)
     61.10 61.10-00  gloves, mittens. mitt*, stockings,
  «7                 sock* and sockettes, not knitted
                     or crocheted
     61.11           Made up accessories for articles
  M                  of apparel (for example, dress
                     shields, shoulder and other pads,
                     belts, muff's, sleeve protectors,
                     pockets):
           61.11-00      Other than knitted or cro
                         cheted
I
 ---pagebreak---                                           26 .
   GROUP III C
9.
                    U K E 1 .'
       mill neps
       Felt and articles of felt, whether
       or not impregnated or coated.
            Felt and articles of fe't.
            whether or not trnpresna^d
            or coated, other than floor
            coverings
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                    e.sde                       Dtwnpoo»
                                                                       o icccs/hg
                                   Bonded fibre fabrics, similar
        55.03                      bonded yam fabrics, and articles
                                   of such fabrics, whether or not
                                   impregnated or coated:
                                        Other than clothing        and
                59.03-U :
                19; 30                  clothing accessories
                                    Nets and netting made of twine,
   «    59.05                       cordage or rope, and made up
                                    fishing nets of yarn, twine, cor
                                    dage or rope:
                                         Nets and netting made of
                 59.05-H;                twine, cordage or rope and
                 2 ! ; 2 9 ;9 i;
                                         made up fishing nets of yarn-
                 59                      twine, cordage or rope
       59.05                      Other articles made from yam,
 95                               twine, cordage, rope or cables,
                                  other than textile fabrics and arti
                                  cles made from such fabrics:
               59.06-00                Other articles made from
                                       yam, twine, cordage, rope or
                                       cables, other than textile
                                       fabrics, articles made from
                                       such fabrics and articles of
                                       category 97
      59.07    59.07-10;          Textile fabrics coated with gum
 99                               or amylaceous substances, of s
               50
                                  kind used for the outer covers of
                                 books and the like; tracing cloth;
                                 prepared painting canvas; buck
                                 ram and similar fabrics for hat
                                 foundations and similar uses
              59.08-10;          Textile fabrics impregnated, coal
ICO   59.CS
                                 ed, covered or laminated with
              51:61 ; 71 ;
              79                 preparations of cellulose deriva
                                 tives or of other artificial plastic
                                 materials
101  ex 59.04                    Twine, cordage, ropes and cables,
                                 plaited or not:
              59.04-80                Other than of synthetic textile
                                      fibres
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                          l  ..
    102     59.10         59.10-10;         Linoleums and materials pre
                          31; 39            pared on a textile base in a simi
                                            lar manner to linoleum, whether
                                            or not cut to shape or of a kind
                                            used as floor coverings; floor
                                            coverings consisting of a coating
                                            applied on a textile base, cut to
                                            shape or not
    103     59.11                           Rubberized textile fabrics other
            A I                             than rubberized knitted or cro
               II                           cheted goods:
               III b)
            O             59.11-11;              Excluding fabrics for tyres
                           14; 17; 20
    IC4     59.12                           Textile fabrics otherwise impreg
                                            nated or coated; painted canvas
                                            being theatrical scenery, studio
                                           back-cloths or the like:
                          59.12-00              Textile fabrics, impregnated
                                                or coated, other than those of
                                                categories 99. 100, 102 and
                                                103; painted canvas being
                                               theatrical scenery, studio
                                               back-cloths or the like
  105     59.13          59.13-01;        Elastic fabrics and trimmings
                         II; 13; 15;      (other than knitted or crocheted
                         19;32;34;        goods) consisting of textile mate
                        35; 39            rials combined with rubber
                                         threads
 106     59.14         59.14-00          Wicks, of woven, plaited or knit
                                        ted textile materials, for lamps,
                                        stoves, lighters, candles and the
                                        like; tubular knitted gas-mantle
                                        fabric and'mcandcscent gas man
                                       tles
107     59.15         59.15-10;        Textile hosepipir.g and similar
                      90              tubing, with or.without lining, ar
                                      mour or accessories of other ma
                                      terials
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                                    (1732)     ;
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          I                   f
                                                                                \
      ICS    50-16              5 9 .1 « »         Transmission, conveyor or eleva
                v *                                tor bells or belting, of textile ma
   1                                               terial, whether or not strengthened
                                                   with metal or other material
                                                                                ft
                                                                                1
                                                                                1
                                                                                1
                                                                                *   1
             62.04                                                                      i   !
 1    109                                         Tarpaulins, sails, awnings, sun-
1            A 1                                  blinds, tents and camping goods:
i             D I
!                             62.04-21;                Woven tarpaulins, sails, awn
                              61:69                    ings and sunblinds               )
                                                                                *
•    110    62.04                                 Tarpaulins, sails, awnings, sun- 1       ,
            A III                                 blinds, tents and camping goods: f
            B III                                                                       *  *
                               62.04-25;                Woven pneumatic mattresses         1
                               75
          !·
     I ll    62.C4                                 Tarpaulins, sails, awnings, sun-
            A IV                                   blinds, tents and camping goods:
             3 IV
                               62.04-29;                Camping goods, woven, other
                               79                       than pneumatic mattressis
                                                        and tents
                                                 Other made up tetile article* (ini
                                                 eluding dress pattens):
                                                      Other made uptextile article*,
                                                      woven, excludng those of
                                                     categories 113 and 114
                                                 Other made up textile articles (in
                                                 cluding dress patterns):
                                                 C. Floor cloths, dish         cloths.
                                                      dusters and the like:
                                                      Floor cloths, dish cloths,
                                                      dusters and the like, other
                                                      than knitted or crocheted
                             59.17-10:         Textile fabrics and textile articles
                             29'; 31; 39;      of a kind commonly used in
                             49;51;59;         machinery or plant
                             71;'79; 91;
                             93; 95;99
 ---pagebreak---                                               ANNEX II
                      For practical reasons the descriptions used in Annex I
                          are given in this Annex in an abbreviated form
                                   Community quantitative Limits
                                                                                EEC
Category                       Description                  Units   Year        quantitative
                                                                                limits
   1        Cotton yarn not put up for retail sale        Tonnes     1983    1022
         I                                                           1984    1023
         i                                                        ' 1985     1024
                                                                     1986    1025
   2       Cotton fabrics                                 Tonnas     1983    3900
                                                                     1984    3920
                                                                     1985    3939
                                                                     1986    3959
   2A        Of which other than unbleached or bleached   Tonnas     1983    2423
                                                                     1984     2435
                                                                     1985     2447
                                                                     1986    2460
    3        Fabrics of discontinuous synthetic fibres     Tonnes    1983    1080
                                                                     1984    1091
                                                                     1985    1102
                                                                     1936    1113
    4     I Knitted shirts, singlets, T-shirts,           1000       1983   14850
             sweater-shirts                               pieces     1984   14999
                                                                     1985   15148
                                                                     1986   15300
    5        Jerseys, pullovers_ _                        1000       1983   10100
                                                          aieces     1984   10252
                                                                     1985   10405
                                                                     1986   10561
    6         Men's and women's woven trousers and        1000       1983
              men's shorts and breeches                   aieces     1934    4100
                                                                     1985    4141
                                                                     1986    4182
                                                                             4224
      7       Women's knitted blouses                     1000       1983      680
                                                          pieces    1984       63?
                                                                    1985       694
           !                                                        1986       701
 ---pagebreak--- 1
                                                                          EEC
Category                   Description              Units   Year   quantitative
                                                                        limits
         I
     8     Men's woven shirts                      1000     1983    6000
                                                   pieces   1984    6060
                                                            1985    6121
                                                            1936    6182
   12      Knitted stockings and socks, other than 1000      1933  23132
           women's stockings of synthetic yarn              1984
                                                   pieces          23695
                                                            1935   29269
                                                            1986   29 354
   13      Men's and women's knitted underpants,   1000      1983   9211
           knickers and briefs                     aieces    1934   9395
                                                             1935   9583
                                                             1985   9775
   14B     Men's overcoats, raincoats and other     1000     1983     710
           coats, cloaks and capes                 aieces    1984     724
                                                             1985     739
                                                             1986     753
   15A     Women's woven coated coats               1000     1983       90
                                                    pieces   1984       93
                                                             1985       95
                                                             1986       98
   15B     Woven women's overcoats, raincoats and   1000     1983     920
           other coats, cloaks and jackets          pieces   1984     948
                                                             1985     976
                                                             1986    1005
   16      Men's woven suits                        1000      19§3   1617
                                                             1934    1666
                                                    pieces   1935    1715
                                                              1986   1767
    17      M ens woven jackets and blazers         1000      1983     785
                                                    pieces    1984     805
                                                              1985     825
                                                              1936     845
   20      Bed linen                                Tonnes  •1983      675
                                                              1984     695
                                                              1985     716
                                                              1986     738
     22    Yarns of discontinuous synthetic fibres   Tonnes   1983    2045
                                                              1984    2106
                                                              1965    2170
                                                              1986    2235
 ---pagebreak---                                                 6 O  -
                                                                                |
                                                                                \
                                                              rI
                                                               I                        EEC      j
    Category                            Description              Units       Year quantitative
                                                                                limits
      23           Yarn of discontinuous regenerated fibres     Ponne·     1983     23 6 7
                                                                                2433
                                                                          1.9c?     2311       ■
                                                                           1986     2336
               !
  24 & 251         Men's and women's knitted pyjamas               1000    1933     3488
                                                                  pieces 19?4       3623
                                                                           1993     3773
               II                                                          1986     3924
                I                                                  1000    1983       773
      26        ! Woven and knitted dresses                       pieces L9S4         793
                                                                           1965       791
                1                                                          1986       793
                                                                   Tonnes 1933
      36        ! Fabrics of continuous regenerated fibres                 1984
                                                                                323
                                                                                339        !
                1                                                          1935       336
                                                                            1986      374
      37        ! Fabrics of regenerated discontinuous fibres      Tonne« 1993       2447
                j                                                           19S4     2369
                                                                            193>     2693
                                                                            1936     2333        |
      41        ! Yarns of continuous textile fibres               Tonne* 1933       2492        ■
                 j                                                          IS84     2617
                                                                            193 ?    2717
                                                                            19 £6
                 j
                 i
                                                                                2933
                 !                                                 Tonnej 1993       9946
      55            Synthetic textile fibres
                                                                            1984   10363
                                                                            1923   10833
                                                                            1966   11393         J
      582           Knotted carpets                                Tonnes 1983        500
                                                                            1984      525
                                                                            1985      551
                                                                            1986      579
      71            Babies' knitted outer wear                      Tonnes 1933         94
                                                                            1984        99
                                                                            19S5       104
                                                                            1936       109
      77            Synthetic stockings                           1000
                                                                  pieces     1993    1160
                                                                            1984     1213
                  I                                                         19&3     1279    .
                  ___________________________________________               1986     1343
1
2Germany: sub-ceiling of 80 000 pieces for women's nightshirts.
 Manufactured industrially.
 ---pagebreak---                                   -   é'i
                                                                    EEC
Category                 Description            Units  Year  quantitative
                                                                 limits
  81     Other women's outer wear
                                               Tonnes 1933      187
                                                      1934      194
                                                      1935      202
                                                      1936      210
  82     Other knitted underwear, wool or fine Tonnes 1983      904
         animal                                       1934      949
                                                      1965      997
                                                      1986 ·   1046
 104     Other impregnated or coated fabrics   Tonnes 1933      174
                                                      1934      183
                                                      1935      192
                                                      1986      201
 ---pagebreak---                      Regiona L quantità cive Limits
                                                                  ROMANIA
ategory   Description           Unit      Member State     Year           Limit
    18  Woven under          Tonnes        BNL           1983              109
        garments                                         1984              114
                                                         1985              120
                                                         1986              126
    21  Parkas, anoraks.     1000          I ta ly ,     1983              612
        windcheaters           pieces                    1984              643
                                                         1985       ·      673
                                                         1986              708
    28  Knitted trousers     1000          BNL           1933              122
                               pieces                    1984              128
                                                         1935              135
                                                         1986              141
    29   Woven suits            1000       I t a ly      1983                61
         and costumes           pieces                   1934                64
                                                         1985                67
                                                         1986                71
    30A  Woven pyjamas and      1000       BNL           1983              165
         nightdresses           pieces                   1984              173
                                                         1935              132
                                                         1986              191
    39   Table li.nen.        Tonnes       Prance        1933              112
         toilet linen                                    19 =4             115
                                                         i ? l- 5          119
                                                         1986              122
         Table linen,         Tonnes        I ta ly      1983              375
         toilet linen                                    1984              386
                                                         1985              397
                                                         1986              409
                                                       i
    73   Track-suits          1000          Germany      1983              585
                                pieces                   1934              597
                                                       ■ 1985              609
                                                         1986              621
                                           Prance        1983              100
                                                         I9£4              102
                                                         1985              104
                                                         1966              106
                                           BNL           1983              129
                                                         1984 ·            132
                                                         1935              134
                                                         1986              137
    69  Knitted petticoats    Tonnes       HNL           1983              323
        and slips                                        1984              339
                                                         1985              358
                                                         19 86             374
     83 Knitted outer          Tonnes      BNL           1983              106
        garments                                         1984              111
                                                         1935              117
                                                         15*6               113
 ---pagebreak---                               Regional quantitative Limits
                                                                 ROMANIA
                  Description             Unit      Member State   Year  Limit
  91                Tents                Tonnes        France      1983   357
                                                                   1984   375
                                                                   1985   394
                                                                   1986   416
5% sub-ceiling for cotton.
 ---pagebreak---                                       - év-
                                  PROTOCOL A
                                     TITLE I
                                CLASSIFICATION
                                    Section I
                                    Article 1
1. The competent authorities of the Community undertake to inform Romania of
any changes in the Common Customs Tariff or NIMEXE before the date of their
entry into effect in the Community.
2. The competent authorities of the Community undertake to inform Romania of
any decisions relating to the classification of products covered by the
Agreement not later than one month following their adoption.
This communication shall include:
(a) a description of the products concerned
(b)  the relevant category, tariff heading or subheading and the NIMEXE code
(c) the reasons which have led to the decision.
3.     Where a decision on classification results in a change of earlier
classification practice or a change of category of any product covered by the
Agreement, the competent authorities of the Community shall provide 15 days'
notice, from the date of the Community's communication, before the decision
enters into effect.
Products shipped before the date of entry into effect of the decision shall
remain subject to the earlier classification practice, provided that the goods
in question are presented for importation into the Community within 60 days of
that date.
 ---pagebreak---                                        - #r-
                                     TITLE II
                                      ORIGIN
                                    Article 2
  1. Products originating in Romania for export to the Community in accordance
 with the arrangements established by the Agreement shall be accompanied by a
 certificate of origin conforming to the specimen annexed to this Protocol.
 2. The certificate of origin shall be issued by the competent authorities of
 Romania if the products in question can be considered products originating in
 that country within the meaning of the relevant rules in force in the
 Community.
 3.    However, products in Group III may be imported into the Community in
 accordance with the arrangements established by the Agreement on production of
 a declaration by the exporter on the invoice or other commercial document
 stating that the products in question originate in Romania within the meaning
of the relevant rules in force in the Community.
4.        The certificate of origin referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be
 required for import of goods covered by an Form A certificate of origin or
Form APR issued in accordance with the Community rules governing admission for
generalized tariff preferences.
                                   Article 3
The competent authorities of Romania shall be responsible for ensuring that
certificates of origin are properly completed and for this purpose they shall
ask for any necessary documentary evidence or carry out any checks which they
consider appropriate.
 ---pagebreak---                                    Article 4
Where different criteria for determining origin are laid down for products
falling within a single category/ a certificate or declaration of origin shall
contain a sufficiently detailed description of the goods to make it possible
to identify the criterion on the basis of which the certificate was issued or
the declaration drawn up.
                                   Article 5
The discovery of slight discrepancies between the statements made in the
certificate of origin and those made in the documents produced to the customs
office for the purpose of carrying out the formalities for importing the
products shall not ipso facto cast doubt upon the statements in the
certificate.
 ---pagebreak---                                        -6h
                                    TITLE III
                             DOUBLE-CHECKING SYSTEM
                      FOR CATEGORIES OF PRODUCT SUBJECT TO
                               QUANTITATIVE LIMITS
                                    Section I
                                      Export
                                    Article 6
The competent authorities of Romania shall issue an export licence in respect
of every consignment of textile products listed in Annex II up to the relevant
quantitative limit/ taking into account any modification of that limit under
Article 4/ 12 or 14 of the Agreement/ and of textile products subject to a
definitive or provisional quantitative limit established under Article 7 or 8
of the Agreement.
                                    Article 7
1. The export licence shall conform to the specimen annexed to this Protocol.
It must certify inter alia that the quantity of the product in question has
been set off against the quantitative limit laid down for that category of
product.
2.    Each export licence shall cover only one of the categories of products
listed in Annex II to the Agreement.         It may be used for one or more
consignments of the products in question.
                                    Article 8
The competent Community authorities must be notified forthwith of the
withdrawal or alteration of any export licence already issued.
 ---pagebreak---                                      -6f-
                                   Article 9
1.    Exports shall be set off against the quantitative limits established for
the year in which shipment of the goods has been effected, even if the export
certificate is issued after such shipment.
2.    For the purposes of paragraph 1, shipment of the goods is considered to
have taken place on the date of their loading on to the exporting aircraft,
vehicle or vessel.
                                   Article 10
The production of an export licence for the purpose of Article 12 of this
Protocol must be effected not later than 31 March of the year following that
in which the goods covered by the licence were shipped.
                                   Section II
                                     Import
                                   Article 11
Importation into the Community of textile products subject to quantitative
limits shall be subject to the production of an import authorization or
document.
                                   Article 12
1. The competent Community authorities shall issue such import authorization
or document automatically within five working days of the production by the
importer of the original of the corresponding export licence.
The import authorization or document shall be valid for six months.
2. The competent Community authority shall cancel the import authorization or
document issued if the corresponding export licence has been withdrawn.
 ---pagebreak---                                      - 63-
However, if the competent Community authorities have not been notified about
the withdrawal or cancellation of the export licence until after the products
have been imported into the Community, the quantities involved shall be set
off against the quantitative limit for the category and the quota year in
question.
                                  Article 13
1. If the competent Community authorities find that the total volume covered
by export licences issued by Romania authorities for a particular category
in any Agreement year exceeds the quantitative limit established in Annex II
for that category, taking into account any modification of that limit under
Article 4, 12 or 14 of the Agreement, or a definitive or provisional limit
established under Article 7 or 8 of the Agreement, the said authorities may
suspend the further issue of import authorizations or documents.       In that
event, the competent Community authorities shall immediately inform the
Romanian authorities and the special consultation procedure set out in
Article 15 of the Agreement shall be initiated forthwith.
2.      The competent Community authorities may refuse to issue import
authorizations or documents for products of Romanian origin not covered by
export licences issued in accordance with the provisions of this Protocol.
However, without prejudice to Article 9 of the Agreement, if imports of such
products are allowed into the Community by the competent Community
authorities, the quantities involved shall not be set off against the
appropriate quantitative limits set out in Annex II or established as a result
of the application of Article7 or 8 of the Agreement without the express
agreement of Romania.
 ---pagebreak---                                         - TV-
                                      TITLE IV
              FORM AND PRODUCTION OF EXPORT LICENCES AND CERTIFICATES
                         OF ORIGIN, AND COMMON PROVISIONS
                                     Article 14
 1.    The export licence and the certificate of origin may comprise additional
 copies duly indicated as such.     They shall be made out in English or French.
 If they are completed by hand, entries must be in ink and in block capitals.
 The documents shall measure 210 x 297 mm. The paper used must be white sized
writing paper not containing mechanical pulp and weighing not less than
 25 g/m^.
 If the documents have several copies, the top copy alone, which is the
original, shall be printed with a guilloche pattern background.         This copy
shall be marked "original" and the other copies "copy".        Only the original
shall be accepted by the competent Community authorities for the purposes of
checking exports to the Community in accordance with the arrangements
established by the Agreement.
2.     Each document shall bear a standardized serial number,     whether or not
printed, by which it can be identified.
This number shall be composed of the following elements:
- a number indicating the quota year;
- numbers running from 00001 to 99999 allocated to the country of
    destination;
- the numbering system shall also indicate the country of destination (in box
    7 of the export licence) and the country of exportation.
 ---pagebreak---                                   Artide 15
The export Licence and the certificate of origin may be issued after the
shipment of the products to which they relate.     In such cases they must be
marked "délivré a posteriori" or "issued retrospectively".
                                  Article 16
1.    In the event of theft, loss or destruction of an export licence or a
certificate of origin, the exporter may apply to the competent government
authority which issued the document for a duplicate to be made out on the
basis of the export documents in his possession.      The duplicate licence or
certificate so issued shall be marked "duplicata".
2.     The duplicate must bear the date of the original export licence or
certificate of origin.
 ---pagebreak---                                        -lì-
                                      TITLE V
                            ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION
                                    Article 17
 The Community and Romania shall cooperate closely to implement the provisions
 of the Agreement.    To this end, contacts and exchanges of views (including
 those on technical matters) shall be facilitated by both parties.
                                    Article 18
 In order to ensure the proper application of the Agreement, the Community and
 Romania shall assist each other in checking the authenticity and accuracy of
 export licences and certificates of origin issued or declarations made under
 this Protocol.
                                    Article 19
 Romania shall send the Commission of the European Communities the names and
addresses of the authorities responsible for issuing export licences and
certificates of origin together with specimens of the stamps used by these
authorities.     Romania shall notify the Commission of any change in this
 information.
                                    Article 20
1. Subsequent verification of certificates of origin or export licences shall
be carried out at random, or whenever the competent Community authorities have
reasonable doubt as to the authenticity of the certificate or licence or as to
the accuracy of the information regarding the true origin of the products in
question.
2. In such cases the competent authorities in the Community shall return the
certificate of origin or export licence or a copy thereof to the competent
authority in Romania, giving, where appropriate, the reasons of form or
substance for an enquiry. If the invoice has been submitted, the invoice or a
copy thereof shall be attached to the certificate or licence or its copy. The
 ---pagebreak---  authorities shall also provide any information that has been obtained
 suggesting that the particulars given on the said certificate or licence are
 inaccurate.
 3.    The provisions of paragraph 1 shall apply to subsequent verifications of
 the declarations of origin referred to in Article 2 of this Protocol.
 4. The results of the subsequent verifications carried out in accordance with
 paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be communicated to the competent authorities of the
 Community within three months at the latest.      The information communicated
 shall indicate whether the disputed certificate, licence or declaration
 applies to the goods actually exported and whether these goods are eligible
 for export in accordance with the arrangements established by the Agreement.
 The information shall also include, at the request of the Community, copies of
all documentation necessary to determine the’ full facts, in particular the
true origin of the goods.
             'i
Should such verifications reveal systematic irregularities in the use of
declarations of origin, the Community may subject imports of the products
concerned to the provisions of Article 2(1) of this Protocol.
5.     For the purpose of subsequent verification of certificates of origin or
export licences, copies of the certificates and any export documents referring
to them shall be kept for at least three years by the competent authority in
Romania.
6. Recourse to the random verification procedure referred to in this Article
must not constitute an obstacle to the release for home use of the products in
question.
                                   Article 21
1. Where the verification procedure referred to in Article 20 or information
obtained by the Community or Romania indicate or appear to indicate that the
provisions of the Agreement have been contravened, both parties shall
cooperate closely and with the appropriate urgency to prevent such
contravention.
 ---pagebreak--- 2. To this end Romania shall, on its own initiative or at the request of the
Community, carry out or arrange to have carried out the necessary enquiries
into operations which are or appear to the Community to be in contravention of
the Agreement.    Romania shall communicate the results of these enquiries to
the Community together with any other pertinent information enabling the true
origin of the goods to be determined.
3. In pursuance of the cooperation referred to in paragraph 1, Romania and
the Community shall exchange any information considered by either partner to
be of use in preventing the contravention of the provisions of the Agreement.
Such information may include information on trade between Romania and other
countries in prodycts subject to this Agreement and information on Romania's
production of such products.
5. Where it is established that the provisions of the Agreement have been
contravened, Romania and the Community may agree to take such measures as are
necessary to prevent a recurrence of such contravention.
 ---pagebreak---                                    PROTOCOL B
 1. The exemption provided for in Article 3(1) of the Agreement in respect of
 cottage industry products shall apply only to the following products:
 (a) fabrics woven on hand- or foot-operated looms, being fabrics of a kind
 traditionally made in the cottage industry of Romania;
 (b) garments or other textile articles of a kind traditionally made in the
 cottage industry of Romania, obtained manually from the fabrics referred to
 above and sewn exclusively by hand without the aid of any machine;
 (c) traditional folklore textile products made by hand in the cottage industry
of Romaniaas defined in a list agreed by common accord between the Parties and
appended to this Protocol.
Exemption shall be granted only for products accompanied by a certificate
issued by the competent Romanian authorities in accordance with the specimen
annexed to this Protocol.    Such certificates must state the grounds on which
exemption is based and shall be accepted by the competent Community
authorities provided that they are satisfied that the products concerned
conform to the conditions set out in this Protocol.     Should imports of any of
the above products reach such proportions as to cause difficulties to the
Community, the two Parties shall enter into consultations in accordance with
the procedure laid down in Article 15 of the Agreement with a view to finding
a quantitative solution to the problem.
2.    The provisions of Titles IV and V of Protocol A shall be applied mutatis
mutandis to the products referred to in paragraph 1.
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                                   PROTOCOL C
The annual growth rate for the quantitative limits introduced under Article 7
of the Agreement shall be determined as follows:
for products in Groups II and III, the growth rate shall be set by agreement
between the Parties in accordance with the consultation procedure described in
Article 15 of the Agreement.    Such growth rate may in no case be lower than
the highest rate accorded for corresponding products under bilateral
agreements concluded by virtue of the Geneva Arrangement between the Community
and other third countries having a level of trade equal or comparable to that
of Romania.
 ---pagebreak---                                                CONFIDENTIAL
                    DECLARATION BY THE COMMUNITY
Article 1(3) of Title I of Protocol A provides that the competent
authorities in the Community shall allow fifteen days to elapse
from the date of the Community's communication before a
classification decision comes into effect. In the light of the
concern expressed by the Romanian delegation about the
administrative difficulties which might be caused in Romania by
this period of notice, the Community undertakes to examine the
issue in the context of administrative cooperation with Romania
with a view to finding an appropriate solution.
 ---pagebreak---                                           0.
                                           CONFIDENTIAL
Si r,
At the time when the Agreement on trade in textile products
between the Community and Romania was initialled, the Romania
delegation reserved the Romanian Government's right to request
an adjustment of the provisions of Article 8 should those
provisions be modified in a subsequent textile agreement with
another supplier country having a level of trade with the
Community comparable to that of Romania.
I should be obliged if you would acknowledge receipt of this
letter.
Please accept, Sir, the assurance of  my   highest consideration.
                                S. Andrei
                                Head of the Romanian Delegation
                                for textile negotiations with
                                the Community
 ---pagebreak---                                               CONFIDENTIAL
  Si r,
 I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of
 today's date, worded as follows:
 "At the time when the Agreement on trade in textile products
 between the Community and Romania was initialled, the Romanian
delegation reserved the Romanian Government's right to request
an adjustment of the provisions of Article 8 should those
provisions be modified in a subsequent textile agreement with
another supplier country having a level of trade with the
Community comparable to that of Romania."
Please accept. Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.
                               Horst G. Krenzler
                        Special Representative of the Commission
                        of the European Economic Community for
                               textile negotiations
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                         ~       ~           CONFIDENTIAL
                           JOINT DECLARATION
 The Parties agree that Protocol A to the bilateral textile
 agreement initialled on 23 July 1982 will be adapted by mutual
 agreement to take account of any technical changes which may
 be found necessary in the course of negotiations between the
 Community and other parties to the MFA.
 Brussels, 23 July 1982
 For the Government of the                      For the European
 Socialist Republic of Romania                 Economic Community
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                          -tf( -              CONFIDENTIAL
               DECLARATION BY THE COMMUNITY
During the negot iations between Romania and the European Economic
Community which resulted in today's initialling of a bilateral
textile agreement, the Community took note of the wish expressed
by the Romanian delegation that in applying Article 8, due account
should be taken of both Parties' interest in the satisfactory
implementation of industrial cooperation agreements and contracts
and long-term agreements and contracts.   On that occasion the
Community drew Romania's attention to the provisions of Article 8(9).
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                             Exchange of Letters
Sir,
I have the honour to refer to the recent negotiations between the Socialist
Republic of Romania and the European Economic Community which today resulted
in the signature of a Bilateral Agreement in conformity with the provisions
of the Arrangement regarding international trade in textiles, and make the
following statement:
                                                 \
For the purposes of the application of Article 5 of the abovementioned
Bilateral Agreement, the Socialist Republic of Romania will arrange for
export contracts concluded with its other partners to contain a clause
stipulating that re-exports from one of the partners to the Community of
goods covered by the contract, should not take place at prices lower than
those specified in the contract.
I should be grateful if you would confirm that the foregoing is in accordance
with the terms of the Agreement reached between the Socialist Republic of
Romania and the European Economic Community.
Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.
                                              For the Government of
                                       the Socialist Republic of Romania
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 1  hereby confirm receipt of the following letter:
    '1 have the honour to refer to the recent negotiations between the
     Socialist Republic of Romania and the European Economic Community which
     today resulted in the signature of a Bilateral Agreement in conformity
     with the provisions of the Arrangement regarding international trade in
     textiles, and make the following statement:
     For the purposes of the application of Article 5 of the abovementioned
     Bilateral Agreement, the Socialist Republic of Romania will arrange for
     export contracts concluded with its other partners to contain a clause
     stipulating that re-exports from one of the partners to the Community
    of goods covered by the contract, should not take place at prices lower
    than those specified in the contract.
    I should be grateful if you would confirm that the foregoing is in
    accordance with the terms of the Agreement reached between the Socialist
    Republic of Romania and the European Economic Community.'
I have the honour to confirm that the foregoing is in accordance with the
terms of the Agreement reached between the European Economic Community
and the Socialist Republic of Romania.
Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.
                                         For the Council of the European Communit
 ---pagebreak---                AGREEMENT
 IN THE FORM OF AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS
BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
 AND THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF ROMANIA
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Sir,
I have the honour to refer to the Agreement initialled on 23 July 1982
between the European Economic Community and the Socialist Republic of
Romania on trade in textile products.
During the negotiations for this Agreement the Community and Romania,
both parties being GATT participants, also agreed on the following
provisions concerning trade in certain flax and ramie products:
For the period of validity of the abovementioned Bilateral Agreement,
Romania will respect, for each calendar year, quantitative limits for
the export of products of flax and ramie to the Community in accordance
with Tables I and II annexed hereto.  (I. 'Description of products'
and II. 'Level of Romanian exports').
The procedure for, and the administration of, these voluntary restraint
arrangements shall by analogy be subject to the same conditions as those
applying to exports of products in Group III covered by the Agreement between
the Community and Romania on trade in textile products.  The same shall apply
wherever reference is made in Annexes I and II to Articles of the Agreement.
The entry into force and duration of the arrangements provided for by
the above clauses shall be the same as those of the Agreement.
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I should be grateful if you would confirm that the foregoing is in accordance
with the conclusions reached following the negotiations on textiles between
the European Economic Community and the Socialist Republic of Romania, and
that this exchange of letters constitutes an Agreement between the Government
of the Socialist Republic of Romania and the European Economic Community.
Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.
                                  For the Council of the European Communities
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Si r,
I hereby confirm receipt of your Letter of today's date which reads as follows:
   '1 have the honour to refer to the Agreement initialled on 23 July 1982
    between the European Economic Community and the Socialist Republic of
    Romania on trade in textile products.
    During the negot iations for this Agreement the Community and Romania
    also agreed on the following provisions concerning trade in certain flax
    and ramie products:
    For the period of validity of the abovementioned Bilateral Agreement,
    Romania will respect, for each calendar year, quantitative limits for
    the export of products of flax and ramie to the Community in accordance
    with Tables I and II annexed hereto (I. "Description of products" and
    II. "Level of Romanian exports").
    The procedure for, and the admin istratio n of these voluntary restraint
    arrangements shall by analogy be subject to the same conditions as those
    applying to exports of products in Group III covered by the Agreement
    between the Community and Romania on trade in textile products.
    The same shall apply wherever reference is made in Annexes I and II
    to Articles of the Agreement.
    The entry into force and duration of the arrangements provided for
    by the above clauses shall be the same as those of the Agreement.
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   I should be grateful if you would confirm that the foregoing is in
   accordance with the conclusions reached following the negotiations
   on textiles between the European Economic Community and the Socialist
   Republic of Romania, and that this exchange of letters constitutes an
   Agreement between the Government of the Socialist Republic of Romania
   and the European Economic Community'.
I have the honour to confirm that the content of your letter is in accordance
with the conclusions reached following the negot iations on textiles between
the Socialist Republic of Romania and the European Economic Community.
Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.
                                                 For the Government of
                                         the Socialist Republic of Romania
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                                                                          NIMEXE code
  Category                         Description                              (1982)
                                                                   34.03-10; 31; 33; >7;
                Flax or ramie yarn, not put up for retail sale     39, 30, *1; *9
    115
                                                                   54 04-IÇ; 90
    116        Flax or ramie yam, put ip for retail sale
                                                                   54 03-21; 25; 31; IS ;
    117        Woven fabrics of flax  or ramie                     31, 51; 33; *1; *1
    118        Bed linen of flax  or ramie, other than knitted or  *202-15
               crocheted
               Table linen, toilet and kitchen linen of flax       *2 02-41; 73
    119        or ramie, other than knitted or crocheted
               Curtains (inclining net curtains) and other         *2 0 2 -0 1 ,(7
    120        furnishing articles,- of flax or ramie, other
               than knitted or crocheted
                                                                    39.04-40
               Twine, cordage, ropes and cables, plaited or not,
    121        of flax o r ramie
             ! Sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of    62 03-91
    122      ! goods, used, of flax, or sisal, other than
             i knitted or crocheted
               Woven pile fabrics and chenille fabrics, of flax     5 (0 4-10
              or ramie, other than narrow woven fabrics;
    123        shawls, scarves, mufflers, mantillas, veils and      *1.04-90
              the like, of flax or ramie, other thon knitted
               or crocheted                                       I
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                                Flax products
                                                             EEC
Category           Description            Unit      Year quantitative
                                                            limits
 117     Woven fabrics of flax             Tonne·  1983     700
                                                  1984      723
                                                  1985      757
                                                  1986      787
 118      Bed linen etc of flax            Tonne·  1983     356
                                                  1984      370
                                                  1985      385
                                                  1986      400