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Brussels, 10 September 1982

Recommendation for a

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)

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on the conclusion of the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European

Economic Community and Hong Kong on trade in textile products consequent on the

accession of the Hellenic Republic to the Community

<submitted to the Council by the Commission)

COM(82) 559 final

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

1. Under the Act of Accession of Greece to the European

Communities (Article 123), it was agreed that the Community

would negotiate protocols of adaptation to the bilateral

agreements on trade in textile products between the Community

and third countries.

2. By Decision of 1 August 1980 the Council authorised the

Commission to open negotiations with Hong Kong to conclude

an agreement on such adaptation.

3. In accordance with that Council Decision and in consultation with

the Article 113 Committee, the Commission conducted negotiations

with Hong Kong from October 1980 to February 1981

Following the negotia~ions, a draft Protocol was drawn up extending

the terms of the original bilateral agreement to trade between

Hong Kong and the enlarged Community, thus (inter alia)

- increasing the existing voluntary restraint Levels on exports

to the whole Community to new agreed Levels,

- extending the existing consultation procedures whereby new

voluntary restraint measures may be introduced for categories of

products not at present subject to Limitation, where certain

thresholds are exceeded, in respect of both the whole Community

and Greece.

The Heads of Delegation initialled the text of the draft Protocol on

9 February 1981 having noted it correctly represented the results

of the negotiations.

4. The Protocol has already been im~lemented by Commis,ion Regulation CEEC>

No ?~42 /81 of ~4 j~ne 1981 (1) amending the existing r~g,~e estabLished

by Regulation <EEC) 3059/78, and replacing,, in respect of imports into

\ Greece, the provisional measures taken unde' r~ncil Regulation (EEC)

No 3554/80 of Z2 ~ece.Oe~ 1980 (2) •

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5. The Commission considers that the draft Protocol embodies

an arrangement which is acceptable to the Community. It therefore

recommends that the Council :

(i) approve the Protocol by adopting the Regulation, the draft

of which is annexed hereto;

(ii) pending approval of the Protocol, take the necessary

decisions in connection with the signing thereof.

(1) O.J. No L 221 of 6.8. 1981,p.1 (2)0.J. No L 381 of 31.12.1980, p.84.

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RECOMMANDATION

COUNCil. RFGULATION (f:FC)

un the cnndu,inn of the Add1tional Protocol to the Agreement between the European h:on••m•c Community and ;;, .J" :.uL _; on trade in textile products CQ~sequent on the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the Community.

111 · t , '''~~ 11 01 nn: l'llROPh\N < OMMUNJTIES,

11 " ... , rq: .• r.J tu rhe 'J r<"aty c\tahJr,hmg the 1-uropean 1 . .. ... ,.1,· C ornmurury .. md in panKul.u Artide lll fi. ,, "'·

i 1 , • '"'' 1 ~ 11 t ro rh<" recommend:ttion from the ( '•.lllll! ... l•lf'

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on trarle in textile products to take account of the accession of the Hellenic Reruhlic to the Community,

HI\\ APUI'IID 1111~ RF<;lfLAnON:

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'I h, .o\,!Ju .. >.1.11 Protcxol to the Agr~ment hl'tween the Europc.m L"'"0r.11.; Cornmuntry and ]·· ·:,~ Lcn,.:;

on trade in textile products, con~equcnt on the aC(~\tnn of thr 1- .. ·llclll.:

Repuhhc to the Community ia hereby arrruH·J on behalf of the Community.

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The tcX'I of the Prococ:ol i1 anncxed.co thil Regulation.

Arttcle 2

The President of the Counal shall gJVe the nottlll.:.nmn provided f« in Anide 4- oi the Addiaonal Prot,-collf).

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Thts R~ulatton 'hall enter mro f\lrce on tloc J.l~ followmg its puhllcanon in the Of{tu.lf jof4m.Jl uf the ENropean Com11ummes.

Thi' R~ul.mon shall be binding in ia eariMy and ditccdy applicable in all Member States.

Done at Bruuela,

For the Cae.ndl

(f) The dAte of entry mtu fora of th~ Prou ... ol ... 111 be pubh.htd in che O(f~e~al JouNUI of th~ l:.J<rop~"" Cao:ea w•ieli• by ra.:, Gena.~ Secncanat oi dw C""mol.

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ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN

THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC CO"MUNlTY AND HONG KONG

CONUQUUCT ON THI ACCESSION Of THE MIWN1C R£PU81.1C TO

THI COMMUNITY I

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THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN ICOHOMIC COMMUNlTt

of the one part, and

THE GOVERNMENT Of HONG KONG

of th~ oth~r part,

CONSIOE~ING th~ acc~ssion cf tht H~llenic Republic to

the Europtan Communities on 1 ~anu1ry 1981

HAVING REGARD to the Agreement betwe•n tht European Econo•ic Community 1nd Hong Kong aign.d on 12 february 1980 and hereafter

called the "Agree•ent",

HAVE DECIDED to deter•ine by common accord the 1djustment1 and

transitional •easures to the AgreeMent consequ~nt on the acceaaion

of the Hellenic Republic to the l~opeaft &conoaic Coaaunitr ' '

tnd TO CONCUJOE TKlS PROTOCOL I

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- 2- -Article 1

The text of the Agretment 11 hereby amended, including its

annexes and protocols and exchange of letters, forming an

integra~ part thereof, shalL be drawn up in Greek and that

text shaLL be authentic fn the aaae wa~ as the origina~ texts.

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Article 2

1. The 1981 and 1982 l;mits set out in Arnex II shall be increased

to the quantities set out in the Annex hereto, and

2. Article 6 paragraph I and 9 1haLl bl replaced b~ the

'foLlowing 1

8. The Community undertakes not to invoke the

provisions of paragraph 2 of this Article before the

level of export authorizations for textile products

~entioried in paragraph 1 in any category eaceeds,

in relation to 102 X of the preceding year's total

imports into the territories within which the Treaty

establishing the European Econo•ic Community applied

at 31 December 1980 of products fn that category,

the following rates :

- for cate~or1u of prociucts in Group I, 0.2 X - for categories of products in Group II, 1 X

- for categoriu of producu in Group UI, IV or v, 3%\

9. Tht Community further undertakes not to invoke the

provisions of this Article on a regional basis before the

level of export authorizations for textile products ~~n­

tioned in paragraph 1 in any category exceeds, in relation

to the •~ounts calculated by the fraction 100/102 Cone

hundred divided by one hundred and two)of the r~tes referred

tO in PAragraph I, the fol~ing regi~l percentAges I

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-_,_ Germany 28.5 X Benelux 10.5 X France 18.5 X Italy 15 X Ireland , X Denmark 3 X United King• 23.5 X

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Greece 2 X

l. For the purpose of calculating "tht preced~ng yur•a total

ic:ports" referred to in 2. above, both of 1980 Jtnd 1981, icports

fr~ the HeLLenic Republic thalL be those recorded in 1980.

Article 3

The Annex to thia ProtocoL for•• an integraL part thereof. TAil ~rotocoL foras an integral part of the Agrttatnt.

Article 4

This Protocol shall be approved by the contracting Parties in accordance

with their o~n procedure1. It shall enter into force on 1st January 1981,

provid~d that the contracting Parties havt notified tich other before

that date that the procedures necessary to thi5 end have been completed.

After this date the Protocol shall enter into fore• on the first ~Y of

the second aonth following auch notification.

Article 5

f This Protocol is dr~wn up in duplicate, in the Danish, Dutch, English,

French, Germ~n, Greek and ItaLian ·LangU~gta, •~~h of tna~e tt~tl being,

eq~LLy authentic.

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Dac lnration by the Guvcrrunoni of !long Kong

The Government of Honr.; Kong wishes to put it

on record that, in its view, tile rj(Lnti.onal Protocol to

the Agreement between the European L: \)nomic Corhmunity

::md Hon,-~ Kong cons~:quent. on the n<~ccz~Li.on of the

Hellenic Republic to the Cor~trnunity, shall not constitute

a precedent for, and shall be without prejudice to,

future negotiations regarding new accessions of ~e~ber

States to the European Economic Community.

On behalf of the Government of Hong Kong :

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Brussels, 9 February 1981

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