the Delegation of the European CommunitiesExchange of notes The Directorate-General for External Relations of the Commission of the European Communities presents its compliments to the Mission of the Russian Federation to the European Communities and has the honour to refer to the Agreement on textile products between Russian Federation on trade in textile products, initialled at Brussels on 12 June 1993.The Directorate-General wishes to inform the Mission that whilst awaiting the completion of the necessary procedures for the conclusion and the coming into force of the Agreement, the Community is prepared to allow the provisions of the Agreement to apply de facto from 1 January 1993. This is on the understanding that either Party may at any time terminate this de facto application of the Agreement provided that 120 days' notice is given.The Directorate-General for External Relations would be grateful if the Mission would confirm its Agreement to the foregoing.The Directorate-General for External Relations avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Mission of the Russian Federation to the European Communities the assurance of its highest consideration.Exchange of notes The Mission of the Russian Federation to the European Communities presents its compliments to the Directorate-General for External Relations of the Commission of the European Communities and has the honour to refer to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Russian Federation on trade in textile products, initialled at Brussels on 12 June 1993.The Mission of the Russian Federation wishes to confirm to the Directorate-General that whilst awaiting the completion of the necessary procedures for the conclusion and the coming into force of the Agreement, the Government of the Russian Federation is prepared to allow the provisions of the Agreement to apply de facto from 1 January 1993. This is on the understanding that either Party may at any time terminate this de facto application of the Agreement provided that 120 days' notice is given.The Mission of the Russian Federation to the European Communities avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Directorate-General for External Relations of the Commission of the European Communities the assurance of its highest consideration.Agreed Minute No 5 In the context of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Russian Federation on trade in textile products initialled at Brussels on 12 June 1993, the Parties agreed that, in conformity with Article 19 (2), of the Agreement, the quantities of products originating in Russia shipped during the year 1993 and falling within one of the categories of textile products subject to the quantitative limits referred to in Article 2 (1) of the Agreement shall be set off against the quantitative limits established for the year 1993 for the category concerned.For the Delegation of the Russian FederationFor the Delegation of the European CommunitiesAgreed Minute No 6 In the context of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Russian Federation on trade in textile products initialled at Brussels on 12 June 1993, the Delegation of the Russian Federation, while accepting the provisions of Article 6 of the Agreement, expressed its concern over the effect of these provisions on the legitimate trade of products of true Russian origin. This refers in particular to paragraph 4 (c) of this Article, which provides for establishment of quantitative limits on unrestricted categories of products under the Agreement should it appear that the territory of Russia is involved in re-routing or transhipment of these products originating in third countries.The Community's Delegation took note of this concern.For the Delegation of the Russian FederationFor the Delegation of the European CommunitiesAgreed Minute No 7 In the context of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Russian Federation on trade in textile products, initialled at Brussels on 12 June 1993, the Russian Delegation informed the Community Delegation that it is introducing a new foreign trade statistical system projected to take effect on 1 January 1994, and for this reason it expressed its serious concern over its ability to comply technically with its obligation to supply the Community, notably during 1993, with import statistics for all products covered by Annex I, referred to in Article 12 (4) of the Agreement.The Community took note of the concern expressed by the Russian Federation. The Contracting Parties agreed to hold consultations, should the need arise, in order to avert any problems which might occur in this respect.For the Delegation of the Russian FederationFor the Delegation of the European CommunitiesAgreed Minute No 8 In the context of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Russian Federation on trade in textile products initialled at Brussels on 12 June 1993, the Community will give favourable consideration, upon request of the authorities of the Russian Federation, to the application of exceptional flexibilities for the year 1993 for products falling under the following categories, in so far as those requests do not exceed the following quantities in addition to the quantitative limits established in Annex II to the Agreement:category 4 1 million pieces, category 12 2,5 million pairs, category 23 450 tonnes.The details will be fixed, after the exact quota utilizations have been established by the Community.For the Delegation of the Russian FederationFor the Delegation of the European Communities
Avis juridique important|21994A0517(15)Acordo entre a Comunidade Europeia e a Federação Russa sobre o comércio de produtos têxteis - Protocolo A - Protocolo B - Protocolo C - Actas aprovadas - Nota verbal - Troca de notas Tradução não oficial Jornal Oficial nº L 123 de 17/05/1994 p. 0528 - 0555 Edição especial finlandesa: Capítulo 11 Fascículo 31 p. 0530 Edição especial sueca: Capítulo 11 Fascículo 31 p. 0530 in transit across the territory of Russia prior to their importation into the Community. This information may include at the request of the Community copies of all available relevant documentation.5. Where sufficient evidence shows that the provisions of this Protocol have been circumvented or infringed, the competent authorities of Russia and the Community may agree to take the measures set out in Article 6 (4) of the Agreement, and any other measures as are necessary to prevent a recurrence of such circumvention or infringement.Annex to Protocol A, Article 2 (1) >REFERÊNCIA A UMA IMAGEN>Annex to Protocol A, Article 7 (1) >REFERÊNCIA A UMA IMAGEN>PROTOCOL B referred to in Article 9 Cottage industry and folklore products originating in Russia1. The exemption provided for in Article 9 in respect of cottage industry products shall apply to the following types of product only:(a) fabrics woven on looms operated solely by hand or foot, being fabrics of a kind traditionally made in the cottage industry of Russia;(b) garments or other textile articles of a kind traditionally made in the cottage industry of Russia obtained manually from the fabrics referred to above and sewn exclusively by hand without the aid of any machine;(c) traditional folklore products of Russia made by hand, in a list to be agreed between the Community and Russia.Exemption shall be granted in respect only of products covered by a certificate conforming to the specimen attached to this Protocol and issued by the competent authorities in Russia. These certificates must indicate the reasons justifying their issuance; the competent authorities of the Community will accept them after having checked that the products concerned have fulfilled the conditions established in this Protocol. The certificates concerning the products envisaged in (c) above must bear a stamp 'FOLKLORE' marked clearly. In the case of a difference of opinion between the Parties concerning the nature of these products, concultations shall be held within one month in order to resolve these differences.Should imports of any product covered by this Protocol reach proportions liable to cause problems within the Community, consultations with Russia shall be initiated as soon as possible, with a view to resolving the situation by the adoption if necessary of a quantitative limit, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 15 of this Agreement.2. The provisions of Titles IV and V of Protocol A shall apply mutatis mutandis to the products covered by paragraph 1 of this Protocol.Annex to Protocol B >REFERÊNCIA A UMA IMAGEN>PROTOCOL C Reimports into the Community, within the meaning of Article 3 (3) of this Agreement, of products listed in the Annex to this Protocol shall be subject to the provisions of this Agreement, unless the special provisions below provide otherwise:1. Subject to paragraph 2, only reimports into the Community of products affected by the specific quantitative limits laid down in the Annex to this Protocol shall be considered reimports within the meaning of Article 3 (3) of the Agreement.2. Reimports not covered by the Annex to this Protocol may be made subject to specific quantitative limits following consultations in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 15 of the Agreement, provided the products concerned are subject to quantitative limits pursuant to the Agreement, to a double-checking system or to surveillance measures.3. Having regard to the interests of both Parties, the Community may at its discretion, or in response to a request under Article 15 of the Agreement:(a) examine the possibility of transferring from one category to another, using in advance or carrying over from one year to the next, portions of specific quantitative limits;(b) consider the possibility of increasing specific quantitative limits.4. However, the Community may apply automatically the flexibility rules set out in paragraph 3 above within the following limits:(a) transfers between categories may not exceed 20 % the quantity for the category to which the transfer is made;(b) carry-over of a specific quantitative limit from one year to the next may not exceed 10,5 % of the quantity set for the year of actual utilization;(c) advance use of specific quantitative limits from one year to another may not exceed 7,5 % of the quantity set for the year of actual utilization.5. The Community shall inform Russia of any measures taken pursuant to the preceding paragraphs.6. The competent authorities in the Community shall debit the specific quantitative limits referred to in paragraph 1 at the time of issue of the prior authorization required by Council Regulation (EEC) No 636/82 which governs economic outward processing arrangements. A specific quantitative limit shall be debited for the year in which a prior authorization is issued.7. A certificate of origin made out by the organizations authorized to do so under Russian law shall be issued, in accordance with Protocol A to the Agreement, for all products covered by this Protocol. This certificate shall bear a reference to the prior authorization mentioned in paragraph 6 above as evidence that the processing operation it describes has been carried out in Russia.8. hereafter, shall be effected not later than 31 March of the year following that in which the goods covered by the licence have been shipped.Section II Importation Article 11Importation into the Community of textile products subject to quantitative limits shall be subject to the presentation of an import authorization.Article 121. The competent authorities of the Community shall issue the import authorization referred to in Article 11 above, within five working days of the presentation by the importer of the original of the corresponding export licence.2. The import authorizations shall be valid for six months from the date of their issue for imports throughout the customs territory to which the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community is applied. However, where the Community has recourse to the provisions of Articles 5 and 7 of the Agreement in accordance with the provisions of the Agreed Minute No 1, or to the Agreed Minute No 2, the products covered by the import licences can only be put into free circulation in the region(s) of the Community indicated in those licences.3. The competent authorities of the Community shall cancel the import authorization already issued whenever the corresponding export licence has been withdrawn.However, if the competent authorities of the Community are notified of the withdrawal or the cancellation of the export licence only after the importation of the products into the Community, the relevant quantities shall be set off against the quantitative limits established for the category and the quota year concerned.Article 131. If the competent authorities of the Community find that the total quantities covered by export licences issued by the competent authorities of Russia for a particular category in any year exceed the quantitative limit established for that category established in Annex II for that category as may be notified by Articles 3,4 and 6 of the Agreement, or any quantitative limit established in accordance with Article 5 of the Agreement, the said authorities may suspend the further issue of import authorizations. In this event, the competent authorities of the Community shall immediately inform the authorities of Russia and the special consultation procedure set out in Article 15 of the Agreement shall be initiated forthwith.2. Exports of products of Russian origin subject to quantitative limits or a double-checking system and not covered by Russian export licences issued in accordance with the provisions of this Protocol may be refused an import authorization by the competent Community authorities.However, without prejudice to Article 6 of the Agreement if the import of such products is allowed into the Community by the competent authorities of the Community, the quantities involved shall not be set off against the appropriate quantitative limits established in Annex II, or established by virtue of Article 5 of the Agreement, without the express agreement of the competent authorities of Russia.TITLE IV FORM AND PRODUCTION OF EXPORT CERTIFICATES AND CERTIFICATES OF ORIGIN, AND COMMON PROVISIONS CONCERNING EXPORTS TO THE COMMUNITY Article 141. The export licence and the certificate of origin may comprise additional copies duly indicated as such. They shall be made out in English or French. If they are completed by hand, entries must be in ink and in printed script.These documents shall measure 210 × 297 mm. The paper used shall be white writing paper, sized, not containing mechanical pulp, and weighing not less than 25 g/m². If the documents have several copies only the top copy, which is the original, shall be printed with the guilloche pattern background. This copy shall be clearly marked as 'original' and the other copies as 'copies'. Only the original shall be accepted by the competent authorities of the Community as being valid for the purpose of export to the Community in accordance with the provision of the Agreement.2. Each document shall bear a standardized serial number, whether or not printed, by which it can be identified.This number shall be composed of the following elements:- two letters identifying the exporting country as follows: RU,- two letters identifying the intended Member State of customs clearance as follows:BL = Benelux,DE = Federal Republic of Germany,DK = Denmark,EL = Greece,ES = Spain,FR = France,GB = United Kingdom,IE = Ireland,IT = Italy,PT = Portugal,- a one-digit number identifying quota year, corresponding to the last figure in the respective year, e.g. 3 for 1993,- a two-digit number from 01 to 99, identifying the particular issuing office concerned in the exporting country,- a five-digit number running consecutively from 00001 to 99999 allocated to the intended Member State of customs clearance.Article 15The export licence and the certificate of origin may be issued after the shipment of the products to which they relate. In such cases they must bear the endorsement 'délivré a posteriori' or the endorsement 'issued retrospectively'.Article 161. In the event of a theft, loss or destruction of an export licence or a certificate of origin, the exporter may apply to the competent Russian authorities which issued the document for a duplicate to be made out on the basis of the export documents in his possession. The duplicate of any such certificate or licence so issued shall bear the endorsement 'duplicata' or quantitative limit for the following Agreement year of the amounts not used during any Agreement year is authorized for each category of products up to 7 % of the quantitative limit for the current Agreement year.3. Transfers in respect of categories in Group I shall not be made from any category except as follows:- transfers between categories 2 and 3 and from category 1 to categories 2 and 3 may be made up to 4 % of the quantitative limits for the category to which the transfer is made,- transfers between categories 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 may be made up to 4 % of the quantitative limit for the category to which the transfer is made.Transfers into any category in Groups II, III and IV may be made from any category or categories in Groups I, II, III and IV up to 5 % of the quantitative limit for the category to which the transfer is made.4. The table of equivalence applicable to the transfers referred to above is given in Annex I to this Agreement.5. The increase in any category of products resulting from the cumulative application of the provisions in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 above during an Agreement year shall not exceed the following limits:- 13 % for categories of products in Group I,- 13,5 % for categories of products in Groups II, III and IV.6. Prior notification shall be given by the Russian authorities in the event of recourse to the provisions of paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 above, at least 15 days in advance.Article 51. Exports of textile products not listed in Annex II to this Agreement may be made subject to quantitative limits on the conditions laid down in the following paragraphs.2. Where the Community finds, under the system of administrative control set up, that the level of imports of products in a given category listed in Annex II originating in Russia exceeds, in relation to the preceding year's total imports into the Community from all sources of products in that category, the following rates:- 1,2 % for categories of products in Group II,- 4, % for categories of products in Groups III and IV,it may request the opening of consultations in accordance with the procedure described in Article 15 of this Agreement, with a view to reaching agreement on an appropriate restraint level for the products in such category.3. Pending a mutually satisfactory solution, Russia undertakes, from the date of notification of the request for consultations, to suspend or limit at the level indicated by the Community exports of the category of products in question to the Community or to the region or regions of the Community market specified by the Community.The Community shall authorize the importation of products of the said category shipped from Russia before the date on which the request for consultations was submitted.4. Should the Contracting Parties be unable in the course of consultations to reach a satisfactory solution within the period specified in Article 15, the Community shall have the right to introduce a definitive quantitative limit at an annual level not lower than the level resulting from the application of the formula set out in paragraph 2, or 106 % of the level of imports reached during the calendar year preceding that in which imports exceeded the level resulting from the application of the formula set out in paragraph 2 and gave rise to the request for consultations, whichever is the higher.The annual level so fixed shall be revised upwards after consultations in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 15, with a view to fulfilling the conditions set out in paragraph 2, should the trend of total imports into the Community of the product in question make this necessary.5. The provisions of this Article shall not apply where the percentages specified in paragraph 2 have been reached as a result of a fall in total imports into the Community, and not as a result of an increase in exports of products originating in Russia.6. In the event of the provisions of paragraph 2, 3 or 4 being applied, Russia undertakes to issue export licences for products covered by contracts concluded before the introduction of the quantitative limit, up to the volume of the quantitative limit fixed.7. Up to the date of communication of the statistics referred to in Article 12 (6), the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Article shall apply on the basis of the annual statistics previously communicated by the Community.8. The provisions of this Agreement which concern exports of products subject to the quantitative limits established in Annex II shall also apply to products for which quantitative limits are introduced under this Article.Article 61. In view of ensuring the effective functioning of this Agreement, the Community and Russia agree to cooperate fully in order to prevent, to investigate and to take any necessary legal and/or administrative action against circumvention by transhipment, re-routing, false declaration concerning the country or place of origin, falsification of documents, false declaration concerning fibre content, quantities description or classification of merchandise and by whatever other means. Accordingly, Russia and the Community agree to establish the necessary legal provisions and administrative procedures permitting effective action to be taken against such circumvention, which shall include the adoption of legally binding corrective measures against exporters and/or importers involved.2. Should the Community believe on the basis of information