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TO PRIORITY FCO TELNO 4686 OF 2 OCTOBER. 1973
M.1.P.T. : EEC TEXTILE POLICY.
1. FOLLOWING ARE THE TWO TEXTS WHICH WE HANDED OVER TO THE COMMISSION
OFFICIALS,
2. FIRST BEGINS:
EXPLANATORY NOTE ON EEC TEXTILE POLICY.
THE COMMUNITY'S EXISTING AGREEMENTS ON RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORTS OF
COTTON TEXTILES, NEGOTIATED UNDER THE LONG-TERM ARRANGEMENT FOR
COTTON TEXTILES LAST UNTIL DECEMBER 31 1973. THESE AGREEMENTS ARE
BASED ON WIDELY DIFFERING HISTORICAL PATTERNS OF RESTRAINT AMONG
THE MEMBER STATES AGAINST THE EXPORTS OF THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
CONCERNED, THE NEW MEMBER STATES OF THE COMMUNITY, NOT PARTIES TO
THESE AGREEMENTS, ALSO HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF COVERAGE OF REST-
RAINTS ON IMPORTS OF COTTON TEXTILES FROM THESE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.
FURTHERMORE, THE MEMBER STATES MAINTAIN VARYING REGIMES IN THE
APPLICATION OF RESTRAINTS ON IMPORTS OF COTTON TEXTILES FROM THOSE
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WHICH ARE NOT PARTY TO AGREEMENTS WITH THE
COMMUNITY AND ON IMPORTS OF NON-COTTON TEXTILES FROM THE DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES.
THE LIMITATIONS PLACED BY INDIVIDUAL MEMBER STATES ON THE FREE
CIRCULATION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY OF IMPORTED TEXTILES, WHETHER OR
NOT COVERED BY COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS, VARY IN APPLICATION AND INTENSITY.
SINCE THE PERPETUATION OF THESE CONDITIONS MUST PREVENT THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A UNIFIED MARKET IN TEXTILES THE COUNCIL IS INVITED
TO DECIDE THAT COMMUNITY RESTRAINT ARRANGEMENTS TO REPLACE THOSE
DUE TO EXPIRE ON 31 DECEMBER 1973 AND ANY OTHER RESTRAINT AGREEMENTS
WILL BE NEGOTIATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF ANY NEW
GATT MULTILATERAL TEXTILE ARRANGEMENT AND WILL BE DRAWN UP IN
SUCH A WAY AS TO FURTHER THE OBJECTIVE OF A UNIFIED MARKET.
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