AGREEMENT between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Slovenia on trade in textile productsTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,of the one part, andTHE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA,of the other part,DESIRING to promote, with a view to permanent cooperation and in conditions providing every security for trade, the orderly and equitable development of trade in textile products between the European Economic Community (hereinafter referred to as 'the Community') and the Republic of Slovenia (hereinafter referred to as 'Slovenia'),RESOLVED to take the fullest possible account of the serious economic and social problems at present affecting the textile industry in both importing and exporting countries, and in particular, to eliminate real risks of market disruption on the market of the Community and real risks of disruption to the textile trade of Slovenia,HAVING regard to the Cooperation Agreement between the Community and Slovenia, signed on 5 April 1993, and in particular Article 16 thereof,HAVE DECIDED to conclude this Agreement and to this end have designated as their plenipotentiaries:THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA,WHO HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:Article 1The present Agreement established the regime applicable to trade of textile products originating in Slovenia listed in Annex I.TITLE I QUANTITATIVE REGIME Article 21. The classification of the products covered by this Agreement is based on the tariff and statistical nomenclature of the Community (hereinafter called the 'combined nomenclature', or in abbreviated form 'CN') and any amendments thereof.Where any decision on classification results in a change of classification practice or a change of category of any product subject to this Agreement the affected products shall follow the trade regime applicable to the practice or category they fall into after such changes.Any amendment to the combined nomenclature (CN) made in accordance with the procedures in force in the Community concerning categories of products covered by this Agreement or any decision relating to the classification of goods shall not have the effect of reducing quantitative limits introduced pursuant to this Agreement.2. The origin of the products covered by this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the rules in force in the Community.Any amendment to these rules of origin shall be communicated to Slovenia and shall not have the effect of reducing any quantitative limit established pursuant to this Agreement.The procedures for control of the origin of the products referred to above are laid down in Protocol A.Article 31. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, exports from Slovenia to the Community of products listed in Annex I and originating in Slovenia shall, at the time of entry into force of this Agreement, be free from quantitative limits and measures of equivalent effect. Quantitative limits may subsequently be introduced under conditions specified in Article 8.2. Should quantitative limits be introduced, exports of the textile products made subject to quantitative limits shall be subject to a double-checking system as specified in Protocol A.3. At the time of entry into force of this Agreement, exports of products listed in Annex II, not subject to quantitative limits, shall be subject to the double-checking system referred to in paragraph 2.4. Following consultations in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 14, exports of products in Annex I not subject to quantitative limits, other than those listed in Annex II, may be subject, subsequently to the entry into force of the Agreement, to the double-checking system referred to in paragraph 2 or to a prior surveillance system introduced by the Community.Article 4The Community and Slovenia recognize the special and differential character of re-imports of textile products into the Community after processing in Slovenia as a specific form of industrial and trade cooperation.Should quantitative limits be established under Article 8, provided that they are effected in accordance with the regulations on economic outward processing in force in the Community, these re-imports shall not be subject to these quantitative limits if they are subject to the specific arrangements laid down in Annex III.Article 5Slovenian exports of cottage-industry fabrics woven on hand- or foot-operated looms, garments or other made-up articles obtained manually from such fabrics and of traditional folklore handicraft products shall not be subject to the quantitative limits established under this Agreement, provided that these products originating in Slovenia meet the conditions laid down in Protocol B.Article 61. Imports into the Community of textile products covered by this Agreement shall not be subject to the quantitative limits established under this Agreement, provided that they are declared to be for re-export outside the Community in the same state or after processing, within the framework of the administrative system of control which exists within the Community.However, the release for home use of products imported into the Community under the conditions referred to above shall be subject to the production of an export licence issued by the authorities of Slovenia, and to proof of origin in accordance with the provisions of Protocol A.2. Where the