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ANNEX B

A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE TREATMENT OF TEXTILES AND FOOTWEAR IN THE EEC GENERALISED PREFERENCE SCHEME IN 1971 AND 1973

1.

2.

Textiles and footwear are grouped into four categories:

(a) Non-cotton textiles and footwear items subject

to specific tariff quotas;

(b) Non-cotton textiles and footwear items subject

to tariff quotas calculated in accordance with

a formula based on imports in 1968;

(c) Cotton textile items subject to specific tariff

quotas;

(a) Cotton textile items subject to tariff quotas

calculated in accordance with a formula based

on imports in 1968.

For all categories (a) to (d) there have been only minor

changes in tariff quotas and product coverage.

3. The list of beneficiaries for categories (a) and (b) has

increased from 92 in 1971 to 102 in 1973. Hong Kong's principal

competitors were included from the beginning. They have been

involved in no major changes of access for these categories.

4. The list of beneficiaries for categories (c) and (d) has

increased from 7 in 1971 to 14 in 1973, as follows:

1971 beneficiaries:

Colombia

India

Jamaica

South Korea

Mexico

Pakistan

Egypt

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/1973 beneficiaries: