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 the Republic of Korea for export to the Community in accordance with the arrangements established by this Agreement shall be accompanied by a certificate of Korean origin conforming to the model annexed to this Protocol.2. The certificate of origin shall be issued by the competent governmental authorities of the Republic of Korea if the products in question can be considered productsoriginating in 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 the Republic of Korea 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 the Republic of Korea 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 the Republic of Korea shall issue an export licence in respect of all consignments from theRepublic of Korea of textile 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
with the procedures in force in the Community, relating to the classification of products covered by this Agreement.Any amendment to the tariff and statistical nomenclatures in force in the Community or any decision which results in a modification of the classification of products covered by this Agreement shall not have the effect of reducing any quantitative limit established in Annex II.The procedures for the application of this paragraph are set out in Protocol A.Article 111. The Republic of Korea and the Community agree to cooperate fully in preventing the circumvention of this Agreement by transhipment, rerouting or whatever other means.2. Where information available to the Community as a result of the investigations carried out in accordance with the procedures set out in Protocol A constitutes evidence that products of Korean origin subject to quantitative limits established under this Agreement have been transhipped, rerouted or otherwise imported into the Community in circumvention of this Agreement, the Community may request the opening of consultations in accordance with the procedures described in Article 16 (1), with a view to reaching agreement on an equivalent adjustment of the corresponding quantitative limits established under this Agreement.3. Pending the result of the consultations referred to in paragraph 2, the Republic of Korea shall as a precautionary measure, if so requested by the Community, make the necessary arrangements to ensure that adjustments of quantitative limits liable to be agreed following the consultations referred to in paragraph 2, may be carried out for the quota year in which the request to open consultations in accordance with paragraph 2 was made, or for the following year if the quota for the current year is exhausted, where clear evidence of circumvention is provided.4. Should the Parties be unable in the course of consultations to reach a satisfactory solution within the period specified in Article 16, the Community shall have the right, where clear evidence of circumvention has been provided, to deduct from the quantitative limits established under this Agreement amounts equivalent to the products of Korean origin.Article 121. The Republic of Korea shall endeavour to ensure that exports of textile products subject to quantitative limits are spaced out as evenly as possible over an Agreement year, due account being taken, in particular, of seasonal factors.2. Should there be an excessive concentration of imports on any product within a category subject to quantitative limits under this Agreement, the Community may request consultations in accordance with the procedure specified in Article 16 of this Agreement with a view to remedying this situation. Article 13Should recourse be had to the denunciation provisions of Article 18 (4), the quantitative limits established in Annex II shall be adapted on a pro rata basis. Article 141. For the purpose of the administration of this Agreement, the limits referred to in Article 3 are broken down by the Community into shares for each of its Member States.2. Portions of the quantitative limits established in Annex II not used in one Member State of the Community may be reallocated to another Member State in accordance with the procedures in force in the Community.The Community undertakes to examine with care and reply within four weeks to any request made for reallocation by the Republic of Korea. In the event of agreement on such reallocation, the flexibility provisions set out in Article 7 shall continue to be applicable to the levels of the original allocation.If, in the course of the application of this Agreement, the Republic of Korea finds that the break-down of a limit established in Annex II causes particular difficulties, it may request the opening of consultations in accordance with Article 16 with a view to reaching a mutually satisfactory solution.3. After the first of June of each year of application of the Agreement, the Republic of Korea may transfer, subject to prior notification to the Community, the unused quantities of the regional quota-shares of a Community quantitative limit, set out in Annex II, to the quota-shares of the same limit of other regions of the Community provided that the regional quota-share from which the transfer is made is utilized by less than 80 %, and up to the amount of thefollowing percentages of the quota-share to which the transfer is made:- 1 % in the first year of the application of the Agreement,- 2 % in the second year of the application of the Agreement,- 4 % in the third year of the application of the Agreement,- 6 % in the fourth year of the application of the Agreement.The percentage in the fifth year of application of the Agreement shall be determined following consultation between the parties.4. Should it appear in any given region of the Community that additional supplies are required, the Community may, where measures taken pursuant to paragraph 1 are inadequate to cover those requirements, authorize the importation of amounts greater than those stipulated in Annex II.Article 151. The Republic of Korea and the Community undertake to refrain from discrimination in the allocation of export licences and import authorizations or documents referred to in Protocol A.2. In implementing this Agreement, the Contracting Parties shall take care to maintain the traditional commercial practices and trade flows between the Community and the Republic of Korea.3. Should either Party find that have been set 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 Korean 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 may be agreed following consultations in accordance with the procedures referred to in Article 16 (1) forevery category of products between 1 % and 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 may be agreed following consultations in accordance with the procedures referred to in Article 16 (1) for each category of product between 2 % and 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 may be made for any Agreement year up to 4 % of the quantitative limit for the category to which the transfer is made,- transfers between categories 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 may be made for any Agreement year up to 4 % 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 for any Agreement year up to 5 % of the quantitative limit for the category to which the transfer is made.The table of equivalence applicable to the transfers referred to above is given in Annex I to this Agreement.4. 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 12 %.5. Prior notification shall be given by the authorities of the Republic of Korea in the event of recourse to the provisions of paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 above.6. Recourse to carryover up to the limits agreed in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be preceded by a written notification from the Korean authorities. If substantial statistical differences exist between the export data from which the amount to be carried over is calculated and the Community's data the Community may, within the first 120 days of the following Agreement year, request consultations on the amounts involved. Any such request shall be accompanied by full particulars of the alleged statistical differences. Where such a request is made, the portions carried over shall not be used until the parties have completed consultations. If no such request is made within the 120 day period, the portion carried over shall be presumed to have been calculated correctly.Article 81. Exports of textile products not listed in Annex II to this Agreement may be made subject to quantitative limits by the Republic of Korea 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 the Republic of Korea exceeds, in relation to the preceding year's total imports into the Community from all sources of products in that category, the following rates:- 2 % for categories of products in Group II,- 6 % for categories of products in Group III,it may request the opening of consultations in accordance with the procedure described in Article 16 (1) 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 the Republic of Korea before the date on which the request for consultations was submitted.3. Pending a mutually satisfactory solution, the Republic of Korea 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.However in exceptionally grave circumstances followinga request by the Community and pending a mutually satisfactory solution, the Republic of Korea undertakes to suspend at a level indicated by the Community exports of the products in the category concerned to the Community or to the regions of the Community market specified by the Community.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 of Korea 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 the Republic of Korea 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 19The Republic of Korea 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. The Republic of Korea 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 the Republic of Korea 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. The information communicated shall indicate whether the disputed certificate or licence applied to the goods actually exported and whether these goods are eligible for export in accordance with the arrangements established by this Agreement. The information shall also include, at the request of the Community, copies of all documentation necessary to determine the facts fully and in particular 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 the Republic of Korea.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 the Republic of Korea 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 the Republic of Korea shall on its own initiative or at the request of the Community, carry out appropriate enquiries 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. The Republic of Korea 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 the Republic of Korea, officials designated by the Community may be present at the enquiries referred to above.4. Pursuant to the cooperation referred to in paragraph 1, the Republic of Korea 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 the Republic of Korea and on trade in textile products of a kind covered by this Agreement, between the Republic of Korea 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 the Republic of Korea 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, the Republic of Korea and the Community may agree to take such measures as are necessary to prevent a recurrence of such contravention.>INÍCIO DE GRÁFICO>>FIM DE GRÁFICO>>INÍCIO DE GRÁFICO>>FIM DE GRÁFICO>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 the Republic of Korea;(b) garments or other textile articles of a kind traditionally made in the cottage industry of the Republic AGREEMENT between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Korea on trade in textile products Done at Brussels on 7 August 1986THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,of the one part, andTHE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA,of the other part,DESIRING to achieve the expansion of the trade and 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 Korea,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 the Republic of Korea,HAVING REGARD to the Arrangement regarding International Trade in Textiles (hereinafter referred to as 'the Geneva Arrangement'), and in particular Article 4 thereof, and to the conditions set out in the Protocol extending the Arrangement,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 KOREA:WHO HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:SECTION ITrade arrangementsArticle 11. The Parties recognize and confirm that, subject to the provisions of this Agreement and without prejudice to their rights and obligations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the conduct of their mutual trade in textile products shall be governed by the provisions of the Geneva Arrangement.2. In respect of the products covered by this Agreement, the Community undertakes not to introduce quantitative restrictions under Article XIX of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade or Article 3 of the Geneva Arrangement.3. Measures having equivalent effect to quantitative restrictions on the importation into the Community of the products covered by this Agreement shall be prohibited.Article 21. This Agreement shall apply to trade in textile products of cotton, wool and man-made fibres originating in the Republic of Korea which are listed in Annex I.2. The classification of the products covered by this Agreement is based on the Nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff and on the Nomenclature of Goods for the External Trade Statistics of the Community and the Statistics of Trade between Member States (NIMEXE).From the entry into force of the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS) this classification will be based on the harmonized system and on the Community nomenclatures derived from that system.3. 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 the Republic of Korea and shall not have the effect of reducing any quantitative limit established in Annex II.The procedures for control of the origin of the products referred to above are laid down in Protocol A.Article 3The Republic of Korea agrees for each Agreement year to restrain its exports to the Community of the products described in Annex II to the limits set out therein.Exports of textile products set out in Annex II shall be subject to a double-checking system specified in Protocol A.Article 4The Republic of Korea and the Community recognize the special and differential character of re-imports of textile products into the Community after processing in the Republic of Korea.Such re-imports may be agreed outside the quantitative limits established under this Agreement provided that they are effected in accordance with the regulations on economic outward processing in force in the Community.Article 5Exports of cottage industry fabrics woven on hand- or foot-operated looms, garments or other articles obtained manually from such fabrics and traditional folklore handicraft products shall not be subject to quantitative limits, provided that these products 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 in Annex II, 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 under the conditions referred to above shall be subject to the production of an export licence issued by the Korean authorities, and to proof of origin in accordance with the provisions of Protocol A.2. Where the Community authorities have evidence that imports of textile products have been set 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 Korean 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