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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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