Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for processing work in respect of certain textile products under Community outward processing traffic COM (82) 88 final, 3 March

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

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HILLMAN

COM(82) 88 final

Brussels, 3 March 1982

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MAR 3·1

1982

SERJALS UNJT

·• '

·•

Proposal for a

COUNCii,. REGULATION (EEC):: ·

opening, allocating and

p~oviding

for the administration of a Community

tariff quota for processing work in respect of certain text i Le products

under Community outward processing traffic

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Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)

opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community t.ariff

quota for pro.:eGsing work in reapcct of

certain textile produ.:ts

;.mdet

Com~m

.. m.ity

ot!tW:'l.r.d pi'ocessing traffic

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 proposal from the Commission,

Whereas,

on

August 1969, the Community

, concluded an armngement with Switzerland . on

processing rraffic in textiles; whereas under

tha"t

arrangement the Community undertook to open, on 1

September of every year, an annual duty-free

Commu-nity tariff quota for processed goods of · 1 870

OPO

units of account of added value, apportioned 1 .as 1

follows : : ,

(a) 1 650 000 units of account for processing work" on

woven fabrics falling within Chapters 50 to 57 of the Common Customs Tariff ;

(b) 143 000 units of account for the twisting or

throwing, cabling and textudzing (whether or hot

combined with other processing work) of yarns

falling within Chapters 50 to 57 of the ~ommon

Customs Ta::iff ;

(c) 77 000 units of account for' processing work' on

products failing within heading Nos 58.04, 58.05,

58.07, 58.08, 58.09 and 60.01 gf the Comn:ion

Customs Tariff; ; ·; ;

, ...

~/hereas, in order to :facilitate administration of ~this

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d

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11

;)

tam quota, 1t was aecwe no 10nger to a ocaLe a

quot2, provisionaliy, to each of the above three

categories of processing ; whereas the quota in

ques-tion shouid therefore be opened for the period 1

September 198 2to 31 August 1983 according to ~he

procedure provided for under the above arrangement, as amended and in compliance viith the provisions of

Council Regulation · (EEC) N:o 2779/78 of 23

November 1978 on the procedure for applying the

European unit of account (EUA) to legal acts adopted

in one customs sphere (1), and in particular Article 2 thereof, and the provision,; of Council Regulation (EEC/Euratom) No· 3308/80 of 16 Decemb_er 1980 on

the replacement of the European unit of account

by

the ECU in Community legal ~nstniment>

(2) ; ·

'

(1) OJ No L 333, 30. i l. 1978, p. S.

(2) OJ No L 345, 20. 12. 1980, p.

J.

i1

Whereas pmvts1on :-.hould be made in particular to emur.e equal and continuous access for those

concerned with this quota and consistent application

of the rate of duly, prescribed for the said quota until

the quota is exhausted, to all good:; re-imported into

any of the Member States and which have received

one or other of the treatments listed above ; whereas.

in the light of these principles, arrangements for the

utilization of the quota based on an allocation among

the ~.1embet States would seem to be consistent with the Community character of the said quota ; whereas it therefore seems advisable to make the aliocation on·

the hasis

of

the amount of the traffic under the

pre-vious bilateral Agreements, but without precluding ·

participation by M~mter States not previously

involved in such traffic ;

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Whereas;: to safeguard the Community character of the quota, provision should be made to meet

require-ments . .\V~ich may arise in those Member States

permit-ting . them to draw: adequate amounts from the

Community reserve ; : ~

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Wherea~,! to take acc\).unt of possible developments in

the trafi'ic in qu~s~iox'! in th.:: various Member States,

the total· quota vollir:ne of l 870 000 ECU should be

divided into Mo

ith~alments,

the first being allocated

among c~rtain Merpb~r States and the second held as

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Member States when or..e of their initial shues has

b{'cn ex~austed, ai"j.d. also requirements which may

arise in certain Men.1b~r States in respect of processing

·work foi: which no. inhisl share of the quota was

aHo-catcd; whereas, in ~order to give the p:~rt.ies concerned

in each Member State sorne degree of certainty, it

wo;1ld seem appropriate to fix the firs~ instalment of

the Community

quota

ar a relatively high level,

namely :1 640 000 ~CU ;

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the lviember States may exhaust their initial shares at different rates ; whereas to avoid dismption

of supplies on this: account, it should be provided that

any Meinber State :Which has almost used up one of its initial shares should 'draw an additional share from the

reserve

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·almost · e:{hausted,J i ;. Member State should . draw a

further share, and

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,on, as many tfmes as the reserve

allows ; • ~whereas ·~!ie initiai and additional shares

should "be valid

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the end of the quota period ;

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ilsGd up and to inform the Member States

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Whereas, if at a given. date during the quota period a

·considerable quantity of a Member State's initial share remains unu'sed, it is essential, to prevent a part of the Community tariff quota from remaining unused in one Member State while it could. be used in others, that such State should return ·a significant percentage thereof to the corresponding reserve ;

Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and. the Grand Duchy of

Luxembourg are united in and jointly rep~;esented by

the Benelux Economic Union, . all transactions

concerning the administration of the shares allocated to that economic union may be carried out by any one of its members,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

'Article 1

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1. From 1 September 198

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to 31 August 1983. a

Community tariff quota of 1 870 000 ECU of value

added shall be ope~ed in respect of goods resulting

from processing work as provided for in the arrange-ment with Switzerland on processing traffic in textiles

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(a) processing ·work· on woven 'fabrics falling within Chapters 50 to. 57 of the Common CustO:ms

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(b) twisting or throwing, cabling and textunzmg (whether or not combined with. other processing work) of yarns falling within Chapters 50 to 57 of the Common Customs Tariff ;

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on:

products falling within the

following headings of the · Common Customs Tariff: ·

58.04 Woven pile fabrics and chenille fabrics

(other than terry towelling or similar t~rry

fabrics of 'cotton fallin'g within heading:No 55.08 and fabrics falling within heading'No

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(bolduc) consisting of ~arp without 'weft

assembled by mea!ls of an adhesive, other

than goods falling 'within heading i No

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fabrics), plain (a) ;

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58.09 Tulle a~d other net fabrics (but not

including woven, knitted or crocheted fabrics), figured ; hand or mechnically made

lace, in the piece, in strips or in motifs ; ,

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60.0 1. Knitted or crocheted fabric, not elastic or

rubberized. ·

2. For the purposes of this Regulatiop :

(a) 'processing work', means :

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pu~poses

of paragraph 1 (a) and (c) :

bleaching, ~y~ing, printing, flocking,

impreg-nating, dressiJig 'and other work which changes the ·appearah~b or quality of the goods, without however changing their nature,

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purp~ses

of paragraph 1 (b) : twisting or .

throwing, c·~bl,ing and texturizing, whether or

not combiAed with reeling, dyeing or other

work which ch~tnges the appearance, quality or

finish of the goods, without however changing

their nature ; .

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'valu

1e added' ~~ans the difference between the

value for custo~s purposes as defined in

Commu-nity Regulatioh's' on this subject at the time of

re-importation and the value for cust~ms purposes

as it would be if the products were re-imported in

the state ih w~ich they were exported,

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3. Within this tariff quota, the Comma~ Customs

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Within the same ±itnits, Greece shall apply customs duties calculated. in a;ccordance with the provisions of the 1979 Act of Accession and of the protocols

conclud~d by reasdrl 'of that accession.

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processi_qg work may not be charged to the tariff

quota

if-

,they are ~!ready free of customs duties under

other preferential tariff arrangements.

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divided. into two instalments.

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The first instalment, I 640 000 ECU, shall be allo-cnted as set out below among the Member States listed in the above arrangement; the shares, subject to Article 6, shall be yalid from 1 September 1982 to 31

August

198

3:

Benelux Germany France Italy (ECV) 20000

1 080 000

520 000

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230 000 ECU, shall constitute a Community resen·e.

Article 3

In case

of

need in

the

other Member States the State concerned shall, to the extent that the reserve so permits, draw from such rcser,ve a sufficient share of

the quota. ·

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1. If a Member State has used 90

%

or more of its initial share as Hxed in Article 2 (1), or that share minus any porticn returned to the reserve pursuant to Article 6, it shall forthw·ith, by notifying the Commis-sion, drav.r a second share, to the extent that the rele-vant reserve so permits, equal to 10 % of its initial share, rounded up as necessary to the next whole

number. 1:

2. If a Member Stllte, after exhausting

it->

initial share, has used 90 °/o or more of th~ Sl'!cond sbare drawn by it, that, Member Stite shall, i:;o accorqance with the conditio1:1s laid down in p::~ragmph

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third share equal·

to·

5

%

of its initial share.

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sb~ond

share, has used 90 % or more of the third share drawn by it, that Member State shall,

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accord::mce with the same COHditions, draw a

foufFh

share equal to

the

third.

This process shall

:c~ntinue to~

1apply until the

r~setve

is exhausted. ' ' ' '

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3, a Member

Stat~·

rray draw

~hares

lower than·: those specified in those paragraphs

if

there are groun.'jls for believing that thos'e specified may not be used

in

full. Any Member State applying· this paragraph :;hall inform the Com~is.sion of it& grounds for so doing;

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. Additional shares afawn pursdnt to Article 4

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be valid until 31 Atigtl!it 1983. : · , ~i

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T'he Member States reftrred to in Artidt:: 2 (1) shall,

not

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than

1

July

1.983

;retttrn to the reserve the

1.1:tused portion of their initi!'l.l share which,

ort,

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June

I9S3

is

in excess

of

20%

of

th~ i.f!itial amount, · They may f.eturn a greater portion

if

there :.re grounds

for believing that it may not be used in fulL

Member

States shall, not later than

1

July

19&'3

,notify the Commission of the total quantities of the product in question re-imported up to and including 15 June 1983 and charged against the Community quota and of any ·portion of their initial quota returned to the reserve.

Article

7

The Commission shall keep

an

·account

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the shares opened by the Member States pursuant to Articles 2, 3 and 4 and shall, as soon as the information reaches it, inform each Mexp,ber State of the extent to which the _{I, , ; :} reserve. has been .~~ed up. . . . .

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It sha\1, not la~<;:~ than 5 July 1983,. i'nform the Membt;ir States :o~ tht: · amounts still. in reserve following

a.11y.

re~um of sharer. pursuant to A1ticle 6. It sha\~ ensure thM, when an amount exhausting this

reserv~_.is ~rawn

V,le

amount

so

dra\liil does

not

exceed the bll:lance availf\~le, and

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this end shall notify the

amQur~.t of that l?,.'a.l~n.:e to the Membr.:;: State making tl:le last drawing. · . ;

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1. Member States shaH take all appropriate

measq~es to ens¥fe that ~doition!ll shar<:s drawn pursu,.pt to Arti~l~ 4 are open<::d in such a way that re .. im_P:ottation n,1ay, . be charged without interruption against their ac<;\l~llllated shaJ;;;s

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the Cnmmur.ily tariff 4uota. :1

2. E,very MemJ?qr State. shall ensure that all persons establi.!ihed in

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territory involved in the processing

trafficj1have free tJ3!'1C~ss to the shares ::>.!located to it.

3. T1le extent -tpr:which a Member State: has used up its sh~res shall bel determined on tb.e basis of the value addedr: as establ~sl'!-ed whtn upon re·importation the produpts concerped are entered with the customs autho.rities for free circulation.

Article 9

At thej request

of:

tb.e Commission, the Member States shall ipform it Q~ flny re-importations o{ ~he products , in qu~stion actu?-l~y charged against their share.

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Member States and the Commission shall cooperate· closely to ensure. that this Regulation is complied with.

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Article 11

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 1982 • · · I · ·.

This Regulation .sh~ll be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member

States. . .

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