If necessary, at the request of either of the Parties and in conformity with the provisions of the Geneva Arrangement, consultations shall be held on any problems arising from the application of this Agreement. Any consultations held under this Article shall be approached by both Parties in a spirit of cooperation and with a desire to reconcile the difference between them.Article 17This Agreement shall apply, on the one hand, to the 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 Indonesia.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 1990.2. 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, Agreed Minutes, the Joint Declaration and Memorandum of Understanding 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 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>>POSIÇÃO NUMA TABELA>>POSIÇÃO NUMA TABELA>PROTOCOL A TITLE ICLASSIFICATIONArticle 11. The competent authorities of the Community undertake to inform Indonesia 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 Indonesia 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 day's 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 Indonesia for export to the Community in accordance with the arrangements established by this Agreement shall be accompanied by a certificate of Indonesian origin conforming to the model annexed to this Protocol.2. The certificate of origin shall be issued by the competent governmental authorities of Indonesia if the products in question can be considered products originatingin that country within the meaning of the relevant rules in force in the Community.3. However, the products in Group III may be imported into the Community in accordance with the arrangements established by this Agreement on production of a declaration by the exporter on the invoice or other commercial document relating to the products to the effect that the products in question originate in Indonesia within the meaning
force in the Community.3. However, the products in Group III may be imported into the Community in accordance with the arrangements established by this Agreement on production of a declaration by the exporter on the invoice or other commercial document relating to the products to the effect that the products in question originate in Indonesia within the meaning of the relevant rules in force in the Community.4. 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 3The certificate of origin shall be issued only on application by the exporter or, under the exporter's responsibility, by his authorized representative. The competent governmental authorities of Indonesia shall ensure that the certificate of origin is properly completed and for this purpose they shall call for any necessary documentary evidence or carry out any check which they consider appropriate.Article 4Where 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 5The 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 LIMITSSection IExportationArticle 6The competent authorities of Indonesia shall issue an exportlicence in respect of all consignments from Indonesia oftextile products referred to in Annex II, up to the relevant quantitative limits as may be modified by Articles 7, 13 and 14 of the Agreement and of textile products subject to any definitive or provisional quantitative limits established as a result of the application of Article 8 of the Agreement.Article 71. The export licence shall conform to the model annexed to this Protocol. It must certify inter alia that the quantity of the product in question has been set off against the quantitative limit prescribed for the category of the product in question.2. Each export licence shall only cover one of the categories of products listed in Annex II of this Agreement. It may be used for one or more consignments of the products in question.3. Where the conversion rate provided for in Annex II is applied the following note must be inserted in box 9 of the export licence:'conversion rate for garments of a commercial size not exceeding 130 cm is to be applied'.Article 8The competent Community authorities must be notified forthwith of the withdrawal or alteration of any export licence already issued.Article 91. Exports shall be set off against the quantitative limits established for the year in which shipment of the goods has been effected, even if the export licence is issued after such shipment.2. For the purpose of applying paragraph 1, shipment of the goods is considered to have taken place on the date of their loading on to the exporting aircraft, vehicle or vessel.Article 10The presentation of an export licence, in application of Article 12, 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 IIImportationArticle 11Importation into the Community of textile products subject to quantitative limits shall be subject to the presentation of an import authorization or document.Article 121. The competent Community authorities shall issue such import authorization or document automatically within fiveworking days of the presentation by the importer of the original of the corresponding export licence.The import authorization or document shall be valid for six months.2. The competent Community authorities shall cancel the already issued import authorization or document if the corresponding export licence has been withdrawn.However, if the competent Community authorities have not been notified about the withdrawal or cancellation of the export licence until after the products have been imported into the Community, the quantities involved shall be set off against the quantitative limit for the category and the quota year in question.Article 131. If the competent Community authorities find that the total quantities covered by export licences issued by Indonesia for a particular category in any Agreement year exceed the quantitative limit established in Annex II for that category, as may be modified by Articles 7, 13 and 14 of the Agreement, or any definitive or provisional limit established under Article 8 of the Agreement, the said authorities may suspend the further issue of import authorizations or documents. In this event, the competent Community authorities shall immediately inform the authorities of Indonesia and the special consultation procedure set out in Article 16 of the Agreement shall be initiated forthwith.2. Exports of Indonesian origin not covered by Indonesian export licences issued in accordance with the provisions of this Protocol may be refused the issue of import authorizations or documents by the competent Community authorities.However, if the import of such products is allowed into the Community by the competent Community authorities, the quantities involved shall not be set off 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 Indonesia.PROTOCOL E Re-imports in the sense of Article 4 (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 (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 to the following extent:(a) transfer between categories up to 20 % of the share established for the category to which the transfer is made;(b) carryover of specific quantitative limits from one year to another up to 10,5 % of the share for the year of actual utilization;(c) advance use of specific quantitative limits from one year to another up to 7,5 % of the share for the year of actual utilization.5. The Community shall inform Indonesia of any measures taken pursuant to the preceding paragraphs.6. Debiting against a specific quantitative limit referred to in paragraph 1 shall be carried out by the competent authorities of the Community at the time of issuing the prior authorization provided for by the Community Regulation on economic outward processing, Regulation (EEC) N° 636/82. A specific quantitative limit shall be debited for the year in which a prior authorization is issued.7. A certificate of origin shall be issued for all products covered by the present Protocol by Indonesia in accordance with the provisions of Protocol A of the Agreement, bearing a reference to the prior authorization referred to in paragraph 6 as evidence that the processing operation described in the prior authorization has been carried out in Indonesia.8. The Community shall provide Indonesia with the names, addresses and the specimens of stamps used by the competent authorities of the Community for the issue of the prior authorizations referred to in paragraph 6.9. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 1 to 8 above Indonesia and the Community will continue to consult together to seek a mutually acceptable means to enable both parties to take advantage of the OPT provisions in the Agreement with a view to effective development of trade in textiles between Indonesia and the Community.Annex to Protocol EOPT QUANTITATIVE LIMITSFor practical reasons the product descriptions used in Annex I are given in the present Annex in abbreviated form>POSIÇÃO NUMA TABELA>PROTOCOL F The Community and Indonesia agree that if the Multifibre Arrangement is extended for a period going beyond 31 December 1990 then the present Agreement will be automatically prolonged for a further period of one year up to 31 December 1991 in accordance with the economic and technical terms of the existing Agreement, with the adaptations strictly necessary for the application of the Agreement for the fifth year.Joint Declaration concerning batik fabrics and products thereof A.The Community and Indonesia agree that batik fabric may not be described as having been produced by the traditional handicraft batik process unless, for each of the colours or shades applied to the fabric, each of the following three operations has been carried out by hand:(a)waxing (application of wax by hand to the fabric);(b)dyeing/painting (application of colour either by the traditional cottage method of dyeing or by hand-painting);(c)de-waxing (boiling the fabric to remove the wax).B.The parties hereby further agree to the following arrangements:1.The competent Community authorities will accept as traditional folklore handicraft textile products within the meaning of Article 1 (c) of Protocol B all 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, particularly regarding the true origin of the goods.Should such verifications reveal systematic irregularities in the use of declarations of origin, the Community may subject imports of the products in question to the provisions of Article 2 (1) of this Protocol.5. 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 Indonesia.6. 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 211. Where the verification procedure referred to in Article 20 or where information available to the Community or to Indonesia indicates or appears to indicate that the provisions of this Agreement are being contravened, both Parties shall cooperate closely and with appropriate urgency to prevent such contravention.2. To this end Indonesia shall on its own initiative or atthe request of the Community, carry out appropriateenquiries or arrange for such enquiries to be carried out concerning operations which are, or appear to the Community to be in contravention of this Agreement.Indonesia shall communicate the results of these enquiries to the Community together with any other pertinent information enabling the true origin of the goods to be determined.3. Subject to agreement between the Community and Indonesia, officials designated by the Community may be present at the enquiries referred to above.4. Pursuant to the cooperation referred to in paragraph 1, Indonesia and the Community shall exchange any information 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 Indonesia and on trade in textile products of a kind covered by this Agreement, between Indonesia 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 Indonesia 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, Indonesia and the Community may agree to take such measures as are necessary to prevent a recurrence of such contravention.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 Indonesia;(b) garments or other textile articles of a kind traditionally made in the cottage industry of Indonesia 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 Indonesia made by hand in the cottage industry of Indonesia 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 Indonesian 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 subparagraph (c) above shall bear a conspicuous stamp: 'FOLKLORE'. In case of divergent opinion between Indonesia 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 mutandi to the products referred to in paragraph 1 of this Protocol.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. Exports of Indonesian origin not covered by Indonesian export licences issued in accordance with the provisions of this Protocol may be refused the issue of import authorizations or documents by the competent Community authorities.However, if the import of such products is allowed into the Community by the competent Community authorities, the quantities involved shall not be set off against the appropriate quantitative limits set out in Annex II or established as a result of the application of Article 8 of the Agreement, without the express agreement of Indonesia save as provided for in Article 11 of the Agreement.TITLE IVFORM AND PRODUCTION OF EXPORT CERTIFICATES AND CERTIFICATES OF ORIGIN, AND COMMON PROVISIONSArticle 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 block capitals.These documents shall measure 210 × 297 mm. The paper used must be white writing paper, sized, not containing mechanical pulp and weighing not less than 25 g/m$. Eachpart shall have a printed guilloche-pattern background making any falsification by mechanical or chemical means apparent to the eye.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 '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 Indonesia as follows: ID,- two letters identifying the country of destination as follows:BL = BeneluxDE = 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 15The export licence 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 161. In the event of theft, loss or destruction of an export licence 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 or licence so issued shall bear the endorsement 'duplicata'.2. The duplicate must bear the date of the original export licence or certificate of origin.TITLE VADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATIONArticle 17The Community and Indonesia 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 18In order to ensure the proper application of this Agreement, the Community and Indonesia shall assist each other in checking the authenticity and accuracy of export licences and certificates of origin issued or declarations made under this Protocol.Article 19Indonesia shall send the Commission of the European Communities the names and addresses of the governmental authorities competent for the issue and verification of export licences and certificates of origin together with specimens of the stamps used by these authorities. Indonesia shall also notify the Commission of any change in this information.Article 201. Subsequent verification of certificates of origin or export licences shall be carried out at random, or whenever the competent Community authorities have reasonable doubt as to the authenticity of the certificate or licence 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 licence or a copy thereof to the competent governmental authority in Indonesia 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 licence or its copy. The authorities shall also forward any information that has been obtained suggesting that the particulars given on the said certificate or licence are inaccurate.3. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall be applicable to subsequent verifications of the declarations of origin referred to in Article 2 of this Protocol.4. 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, particularly regarding the true origin of the goods.Should such verifications reveal systematic irregularities in the use of declarations of origin, the Community may subject imports of the products in question to the provisions of