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The Textiles Surveille Body Sh.11 tamully reviw all restrictions intro- duced or bilateral agreements entered into by participating countries concerning trade in textile products since the coming into fr of this Arrangement, and required to b. reported to it under th. provisions of this Arrangement, and report annually its findings to th. Textil. Committee.
Article 12
1.. For the purposes of this Arrengen.nt, the expression "textiles" is limited to tops, yarns, pi.cc-good., nads-up articles, guru.nts and other textile manu- factured products (b.ing; products which derive their chlaf characteristics from their textile components) of collen, wool, man-mad. fitres, or blinds thereof, in which any or all of those fibres in oonbination represent either the chiof value of the fibrum or 50 per cent or more by weight (or 17 pur cent or noru by weight of wool) of the product.
2. Artificial und synthetic staple fibre, tow, waste, simple mono- and multi- filaments, are not covered by paragraph 1 shove. However, should conditions of
rket disruption (us d.fined in Ann.x A) be found to xist for such products, the provisions of Article 3 of this Arrangement (and other provisions of this Arrange- nent directly relevant thercto) and paragraph 1 of Article 2 shall epply,
3. This Arrangement shell not apply to developing country exports of handloom fabrics of the cottage industry, or hand-med cottage industry products made of such handlech fabrics, or to traditional folklora handicraft textilas products, provided that such products are prep rly e rtified w.der errangements established botween the importing and exporting participating countriss concerned.
4. Problems of interpretation of the provisions of this Article should be re- solved by bilateral consultation &tween the parties col.cerned und any difficulties may be referred to the Textil.s Surveill me. Bedy.
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This Arrangent shall be dpsited with the Director-General to the CONTRACTING PARIIS to the GATT. It shall b. opin for Lee.ptane, by signature or athervist, by goverments contracting parties to the GATT or having provisionally acc.d.d to the GITT and by the European Leoncutie Cɔlmanity.
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Any govirigent which is not contric.ing party to the GTT, or has not ace.d.d provision:lly to th. GIT, my reed to tia Arrangement on turns to b agreed between that gov riment l the participating scw.tri.. Thes. tor:53 would includ. provision that hy govern. nt which is not contructing party to the GATT must undiskt, once.ding to this irring ment, not to introduc. now import restrictiors or int.nsiy existing iwert » strictions, en textil, products, in so far to such neties, would, if that gevurum.nt had issn á contructing party to the GMT, e inconsist nt with its obligations thereunder,
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