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COMMUNITY QUOTAS.

EXPOSE DES MOTIFS - GPS

CTED

THE MEMBER STATES HAVE HAD RECARD TO THE FACT THAT TARIFF PROPERE CES FOR TEXTILES CANNOT BE CONSIDERED IN 130LATION FROM ALL OTHER ASPECTS OF TEXTILS TRADE WITH DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND IN PARTICULAR CANNOT BE CONSIDERED AS HAVING NO CONNECTION WITH THE APPLICATION

GF QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS ACAINST THE COODS FOR WHICH TARIFF PREFERENCES ARE ACCORDED. THEY HAVE NOTED THAT THE GRANTING OF TARIFF PREFERENCES WOULD SERVE TO INCREASE THE ALREADY MARKED DISPARITIES

IN THE LEVELS OF IMPORTS OF TEXTILES ALLOWED INTO THE INDIVIDUAL

NATIONAL TERRITORIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF ENSURING A UNIFIED MARKET IN TEXTILES, THE MEMBER STATES HAVE UNDERTAKEN TO ADOPT BY 31 DECEMBER 1973 A PROGRAMME OF MEASURES AND A TIMETABLE FOR REDUCING OVER A TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, THE DISPARITY IN THE SIZE OF NATIONAL QUOTAS SHARES WITHIN COMMUNITY

CEILINGS IN FUTURE RESTRAINT ACREEMENTS TO BE NECOTIATED BY THE

COMMUNITY,

FOR INCLUSION IN THE GPS RECULATION ON TEXTILES

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY

HAVING RECARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION,

MIEREAS.

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'WHEREAS THE MEMBER STATES HAVE ENTERED INTO A COMMITMENT TO ESTABLISH BY 31 DECEMBER 1973 A PROGRAMME OF MEASURES AND A TIMETABLE ENSURING THE GRADUAL ESTABLISHMENT OF A UNIFIED MARKET

FOR TEXTILES'.

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