RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TMB/N/65
28April 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-1033)
Textiles Monitoring Body Original: English
AGREEMENT ONTEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Article 3.1
European Community
TheTextiles Monitoring Body hasreceived anotification from theEuropean Commission,
pursuant toparagraph 1ofArticle 3.
TheTMB, inaccordance withparagraph 5ofArticle 3,iscirculating thisnotification toWTO
Members fortheirinformation.G/TMB/N/65
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE GENERAL I
EXTERNAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS
004010
Brussels, 28.02.95
Ref: DD/Ib
I-D-1
Dear Ambassador,
Ihavethehonour tohereby notify totheTextiles Monitoring Body, under Article 3(1)ofthe
Agreement onTextiles andClothing, theconsultation levels maintained bytheEuropean Community
vis-à-vis Egypt, Malta, Morocco, Tunisia andTurkey.
Inthecontext ofthepreferential trade agreements withEgypt, Malta, Morocco, Tunisia and
Turkey, which havealready beennotified totheGATT under Article XXIV, theCommunity has
transitionalarrangementswitheachofthesecountriesprovidingforconsultationlevelsonasmallnumber
ofproducts.
InthecaseofEgypt, Morocco andTunisia, these consultation levels willbeeliminated inthe
context oftheexpected completion ofthefreetrade areas witheachofthese countries.
InthecaseofMalta andTurkey, theconsultation levels willbeeliminated inthecontext of
theexpected completion ofthecustoms 'unions withbothcountries.
Fortheinformation oftheTMB, details ofthese consultation levels areattached. Forproduct
classification purposes Annex III,which wasnotified inthecontext ofArticle 2(1)oftheAgreement
onTextiles andClothing, maybeconsulted.
Allreferences toEgypt andTurkey inthisnotification areforinformation only, pending
implementation ofEgypt 'sandTurkey 'sratification procedures formembership oftheWTO.
Please accept, dearAmbassador, theassurance ofmyhighest consideration.
Yours sincerely,
David M.P.DALY
Ambassador Szepesi
Chairman
Textiles Monitoring Body
World Trade Organization
Centre William Rappard
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PART 1
CONSULTATION LEVELS
agreed fortheyear1995
(Thecomplete description ofthegoods isshown inAnnex III)
THIRD COUNTRY CATEGORY UNIT CONSULTATION LEVELS
Egypt GROUP IA
1 tonnes 47,270
2 tonnes 15,901
Malta GROUP IB
6 1,000 pieces 13,615
Morocco GROUP IB
6 1,000 pieces 15,538
Tunisia GROUP IA
2 tonnes 16,633
GROUP IB
6 1,000 pieces 23,409
Turkey
(Textile
Agreement)GROUP IA
1 tonnes 103,327
2 tonnes 32,200
GROUP IIA
9 tonnes 6,750
20 tonnes 13,765
GROUP IIIA
33 tonnes 11,260
Turkey
(Clothing
arrangement)GROUP IB
4 1,000 pieces 90,750
5 1,000 pieces 47,000
6 1,000 pieces 26,000
7 1,000 pieces 23,400
8 1,000 pieces 26,415
GROUP IIB
12 1,000 pairs 235,000
13 1,000 pieces 49,093
ext18* tonnes 7,354
26 1,000 pieces 32,599
83 tonnes 2,383
*6207 9110,6207 9190,6208 9111and6208 9119G/TMB/N/65
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PART 2
OPTCONSULTATIONS LEVELS1
agreed fortheyear1995
(Thecomplete description ofthegoods isshown inAnnex III)
THIRD COUNTRYCONSULTATION LEVELS
CATEGORY UNIT 1995
Malta GROUP IB
6 1,000 pieces 9,842
Morocco GROUP IB
6 1,000 pieces 28,254
Tunisia GROUP IB
6 1,000 pieces 43,882
Turkey (Cloth.) GROUP IB
4 1,000 pieces 3,893
5 1,000 pieces 3,237
6 1,000 pieces 7,355
7 1,000 pieces 3,744
GROUP IIB
8 1,000 pieces 2,906
12 1,000 pairs 10,263
13 1,000 pieces 7,028
26 1,000 pieces 1,222
83 tonnes 165
1Outward processing traffic levels represent asupplementary quantitative access forproducts re-imported intotheUnion afterprocessing
inthethirdcountry concerned, inaccordance withCouncil Regulation N3036/94 oneconomic outward processing.