territories within which the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community is applied and under the conditions laid down in that Treaty and, on the other hand, to the territory of Singapore.SECTION IITransitional and final provisionsArticle 181. This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the date of its signature. It shall be applicable until 31 December 1991.2. This Agreement shall apply with effect from 1 January 1987.3. Either party may at any time propose modifications to the Agreement.4. Either Party may at any time denounce this Agreement provided that at least 120 days notice is given. In that event, the Agreement shall come to an end on the expiry of the period of notice.5. The Annexes, Protocols and Agreed Minutes and the Letters to this Agreement shall form an integral part thereof.Article 19This Agreement shall be drawn up in two copies in the Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish languages, each of these texts being equally authentic.ANNEX I LIST OF PRODUCTS 1. When the constitutive material of the products of categories 1 to 114 is not specifically mentioned these products are to be taken to be made exclusively of wool or of fine animal hair, of cotton or of man-made fibres.2. Garments which are not recognizable as being garments for men or boys or as garments for women or girls are classified with the latter.3. Where the expression 'babies' garments' is used, this is meant also to cover girls' garments up to and including commercial size 86.>POSIÇÃO NUMA TABELA>>POSIÇÃO NUMA TABELA>>POSIÇÃO NUMA TABELA>>POSIÇÃO NUMA TABELA>>POSIÇÃO NUMA TABELA>>POSIÇÃO NUMA TABELA>ANNEX II For practical reasons the product descriptions used in Annex I are given in the present Annex in abbreviated form. >POSIÇÃO NUMA TABELA>PROTOCOL A TITLE ICLASSIFICATIONArticle I1. The competent authorities of the Community undertake to inform Singapore of any changes in the tariff and statistical nomenclatures before the date of their entry into effect in the Community.2. The competent authorities of the Community undertake to inform Singapore of any decisions relating to the classification of products subject to the Agreement within one month of their adoption at the latest. Such communication shall include:(a) a description of the products concerned;(b) the relevant category and the related tariff and statistical references;(c) the reasons which have led to the decision.3. Where a decision on classification results in a change of classification practice or a change of category of any product subject to the Agreement, the competent authorities of the Community shall provide 30 days notice, from the date of the Community's communication, before the decision is put into effect. Products shipped before the date of application of the decision shall remain subject to the earlier classification practice, provided that the goods in question are presented for importation into the Community within 60 days of that date.4. Where a Community decision on classification resulting in a change of classification practice or a change of categorization of any product subject to the Agreement affects a category subject to restraint, the two parties agree to enter into consultations in accordance with the procedures described in Article 16 (1) of the Agreement with a view to honouring the obligation under the second subparagraph of Article 10 (3) of the Agreement.TITLE IIORIGINArticle 21. Products originating in Singapore for export to the Community in accordance with the arrangements established by this Agreement shall be accompanied by a certificate of Singapore origin conforming to the model annexed to this Protocol.2. The certificate of origin shall be issued by the competent governmental authorities of Singapore if the products inquestion can be considered products originating in that country within the meaning of the relevant rules in force in the Community.3. The certificate of origin referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be required for import of goods covered by a certificate of origin Form A or Form APR completed in accordance with the relevant Community rules in order to qualify for generalized tariff preferences.Article 3Where different criteria for determining origin are laid down for products falling within the same category, certificates or declarations of origin shall contain a sufficiently detailed description of the goods to enable the criterion to be determined on the basis of which the certificate was issued or the declaration drawn up.Article 4The discovery of slight discrepancies between the statements made in the certificate of origin and those made in the documents produced to the customs office for the purpose of carrying out the formalities for importing the product shall not ipso facto cast doubt upon the statements in the certificate.TITLE IIIDOUBLE-CHECKING SYSTEM FOR CATEGORIES OF PRODUCTS WITH QUANTITATIVE
background. This copy shall be clearly marked as 'original'and the other copies as 'copy'. Only the original shall be accepted by the competent authorities in the Community as being valid for the purposes of export to the Community in accordance with the arrangements established by this 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 Singapore as follows: SG,- two letters identifying countries of destination as follows:BL : BeneluxDE : Federal Republic of GermanyDK : DenmarkES : SpainFR : FranceGB : United KingdomGR : GreeceIE : IrelandIT : ItalyPT : Portugal- a one-digit number identifying quota year, corresponding to the last figure in year, e.g. 7 for 1987,- a two-digit number running consecutively from 01 to 99 identifying the issuing office,- a five-digit number running consecutively from 00001 to 99999 allocated to the country of destination.Article 14The export certificate and certificate of origin may be issued after the shipment of the products to which they relate. In such cases they shall bear either the endorsement 'délivré a posteriori' or the endorsement 'issued retrospectively'.Article 151. In the event of theft, loss or destruction of an export certificate or a certificate of origin, the exporter may apply to the competent governmental authority 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 so issued shall bear the endorsement 'duplicata'.2. The duplicate must bear the date of the original export certificate or certificate of origin.TITLE VADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATIONArticle 16The Community and Singapore shall cooperate closely to implement the provisions of this Agreement. To this end,contacts and exchanges of views (including on technical matters) shall be facilitated by both parties.Article 17In order to ensure that the Agreement is properly applied, the Community and Singapore shall assist each other in checking the authenticity and accuracy of export certificates and certificates of origin issued or declarations made under this Protocol.Article 18Singapore shall send the Commission of the European Communities the names and addresses of the governmental authorities competent for the issue and verification of export certificates and certificates of origin together with specimens of the stamps used by these authorities. Singapore shall also notify the Commission of any change in this information.Article 191. Subsequent verification of certificates of origin or export certificates shall be carried out at random, or whenever the competent Community authorities have reasonable doubt as to the authenticity of the certificate or as to accuracy of the information regarding the products in question.2. In such cases the competent authorities in the Community shall return the certificate of origin or export certificate or a copy thereof to the competent governmental authority in Singapore giving, where appropriate, the reasons of form or substance for an enquiry. If the invoice has been submitted, such invoice or a copy thereof shall be attached to the certificate or copies thereof. The authorities shall also forward any information that has been obtained suggesting that the particulars given on the said certificates are inaccurate.3. The results of the subsequent verifications carried out in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be communicated to the competent authorities of the Community within three months at the latest together with any other pertinent information.4. For the purpose of subsequent verification of certificates of origin, copies of the certificates as well as any export documents referring to them shall be kept for at least two years by the competent governmental authority in Singapore.5. Recourse to the random verification procedure specified in this Article must not constitute an obstacle to the release for home use of the products in question.Article 201. Where the verification procedure referred to in Article 19 or where information available to the Community or to Singapore indicates or appears to indicate that the provisionsof this Agreement are being contravened, both parties shall cooperate closely and with appropriate urgency to prevent such contravention.2. To this end, appropriate inquiries shall be carried out, if necessary, concerning operations which are or appear to be in contravention of the Agreement. The results of these inquiries shall be communicated together with other pertinent information.3. By agreement between the Community and Singapore, officials designated by the Community may be present at the enquiries referred to in paragraph 2.4. In pursuance of the cooperation referred to paragraph 1, Singapore and the Community shall exchange anyinformation considered by either party to be of use in preventing the contravention of the provisions of the Agreement. These exchanges may include information on textile production in Singapore and on trade in textile products of a kind covered by this Agreement between Singapore and other countries, particularly where the Community has reasonable grounds to consider that the products in question may be in transit across the territory of Singapore prior to their importation into the Community. This information shall include at the request of the Community copies of all relevant documentation.5. Where it is established that the provisions of this Agreement have been Avis juridique important|21987A0616(03)Acordo entre a Comunidade Económica Europeia e a República de Singapura sobre o comércio de produtos têxteis - Troca de notas Tradução não oficial Jornal Oficial nº L 156 de 16/06/1987 p. 0088 - 0126 L 329 28/11/1990 particularly where the Community has reasonable grounds to consider that the products in question may be in transit across the territory of Singapore prior to their importation into the Community. This information shall include at the request of the Community copies of all relevant documentation.5. Where it is established that the provisions of this Agreement have been contravened, Singapore and the Community may agree to take such measures as are necessary to prevent a recurrence of such contravention.Annex to Protocol A, Article 2(1) >POSIÇÃO NUMA TABELA>Annex to Protocol A, Article 7(1) >POSIÇÃO NUMA TABELA>PROTOCOL B 1. The exemption provided for in Article 5 of the Agreement in respect of cottage industry products shall apply only to the following products:(a) fabrics woven on hand- or foot-operated looms, being fabrics of a kind traditionally made in the cottage industry of Singapore;(b) garments or other textile articles of a kind traditionally made in the cottage industry of Singapore obtained manually from the fabrics referred to above and sewn exclusively by hand without the aid of any machine;(c) traditional folklore textile products of Singapore made by hand in the cottage industry of Singapore as defined in a list to be agreed between both parties.Exemption shall be granted only for products accompanied by a certificate issued by the competent Singapore authorities in accordance with the specimen annexed to this Protocol. Such certificates shall state the ground on which exemption is based and shall be accepted by the competent Community authorities provided that they are satisfied that the products concerned conform to the conditions set out in this Protocol. Certificates covering the products referred to in paragraph (c) above shall bear a conspicuous stamp: 'FOLKLORE'. In case of divergent opinion between Singapore and the competent Community authorities at the point of entry into the Community as to the nature of such products, consultations shall be held within one month with a view to resolving such divergences. Should imports of any of the above products reach such proportions as to cause difficulties to the Community, the two Parties shall open consultations forthwith in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 16 of the Agreement with a view to finding a quantitative solution to the problem.2. The provisions of Title IV and V of Protocol A shall apply mutatis mutandis to the products referred to in paragraph 1 of this Protocol.Annex to Protocol B >POSIÇÃO NUMA TABELA>PROTOCOL C Under Article 8 (6) of the Agreement, a quantitative limit may be fixed on a regional basis where imports of a given product into any region of the Community in relation to the amounts determined in accordance with paragraph 2 of the said Article 8 exceed the following regional percentage:Germany 25,5 %Benelux 9,5 %France 16,5 %Italy 13,5 %Denmark 2,7 %Ireland 0,8 %United Kingdom 21,0 %Greece 1,5 %Spain 7,5 %Portugal 1,5 %PROTOCOL D The annual growth rate for the quantitative limits introduced under Article 8 of the Agreement shall be determined as follows:- for products in categories falling within Group I, II, III, the growth rate shall be fixed by Agreement between the Parties in accordance with the consultation procedure established in Article 16 of the Agreement. Such growth rate may in no case be lower than the highest rate applied to corresponding products under bilateral agreements concluded under the Geneva Arrangement between the Community and other third countries having a level of trade equal to or comparable with that of Singapore.PROTOCOL E Re-imports in the sense of Article 4 paragraph 2 of this Agreement into the Community of products listed in the Annex to this Protocol shall be subject to the provisions of the Agreement except as specifically provided for by the particular provisions set out below:1. Only re-imports into the Community subject to the specific quantitative limits set out in the Annex to this Protocol, as may be modified by the application of paragraphs 2 and 3, shall be considered re-imports in the sense of Article 4, paragraph 2.2. Re-imports not covered by the Annex may be submitted to specific quantitative limits following consultations in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 16 of the Agreement, provided the products concerned are subject to the quantitative limits established under Annex II to the Agreement.3. The Community may, at its own discretion, and bearing in mind the interest of both parties, or in the framework of a request set out in Article 16 of the Agreement:(a) examine the possibilities of transfers between categories and advance use or carryover of portions of specific quantitative limits from one year to another;(b) consider the scope for reallocating portions of any specific quantitative limits not used in one region of the Community to another region.4. However the Community may automatically carry out the flexibilities in the sense of paragraph 3 up off against a quantitative limit established under this Agreement, but that the products have subsequently been re-exported outside the Community, the authorities concerned shall inform the Singapore authorities within four weeks of the quantities involved and authorize imports of identical quantities of the same products, which shall not be set off against the quantitative limit established under this Agreement for the current or the following year.Article 71. In any Agreement year advance use of a portion of the quantitative limit established for the following Agreement year is authorized for each category of products up to 5 % of the quantitative limit for the current Agreement year.Amounts delivered in advance shall be deducted from the corresponding quantitative limits established for the following Agreement year.2. Carryover to the corresponding 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 7 % 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 7 % of the quantitative limit for the category to which the transfer is made.Transfers into any category in Groups II and III may be made from any category or categories in Groups I, II and III up to 7 % 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 17 %.6. Prior notification shall be given by the authorities of Singapore in the event of recourse to the provisions of paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 above.Article 81. Exports of textile products not listed in Annex II to this Agreement may be made subject to quantitative limits by Singapore 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 not listed in Annex II originating in Singapore 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 % for categories of products in Group I,- 5 % for categories of products in Group II,- 10 % for categories of products in Group III,it may request the opening of consultations in accordance with the procedure described in Article 16 of this Agreement, with a view to reaching agreement on an appropriate restraint level for the products in such category.The Community shall authorize the importation of products of the said category shipped from Singapore before the date on which the request for consultations was submitted.3. Pending a mutually satisfactory solution, Singapore undertakes to limit exports of the products in the category concerned to the Community or to the regions of the Community market specified by the Community for a provisional period of three months from the date on which the request for consultations is made. Such provisional limit shall be established at 25 % 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 consultation or 25 % of the level resulting from the application of the formula set out in paragraph 2, whichever is the higher.4. Should the Parties be unable in the course of consultations to reach a satisfactory solution within the period specified in Article 16 of the Agreement, 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 16, 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 limits introduced under paragraph 2 or paragraph 4 may in no case be lower than the level of imports of products in that category originating in Singapore in 1986.6. Quantitative limits may also be established by the Community on a regional basis in accordance with the provisions of Protocol C.7. The annual growth rate for the quantitative limits introduced under this Article shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Protocol D.8. The provisions of this Article shall not apply where the percentages specified in paragraph 2 have been reached as a result of fall in total imports into the Community, and not as a