to in Article 2 are broken down by the Community into shares for each of its Member States. 2. Portions of the quantitative limits established inAnnex II not used in a Member State of the Community may be allocated to another Member State in accordance with the procedures in force in the Community. The Community undertakes to examine with care and to reply within four weeks to any request made by Bulgaria for such reallocation. In the event of any reallocation the flexibility provisions set out in Article 4 shall continue to be applicable to the levels of the original allocation. 3. After the first of June of each year of application of the Agreement, Bulgaria may transfer, subject to prior notification to the Community, unused quantities within 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 the following percentages of the quota-share to which the transfer is made: 2 % in the first year of application of the Agreement, 4 % in the second year of application of the Agreement, 8 % in the third year of application of the Agreement, 12 % in the fourth year of application of the Agreement. 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 above are inadequate to cover those requirements, authorize the importation of amounts greater than those stipulated in Annex II. Article 141. The special consultation procedures referred to in this Agreement other than those referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, shall be governed by the following rules: - any request for consultations shall be notified in writing to the other Party, - where appropriate, the request for consultations shall be followed within a reasonable period (and in any case not later than 15 days following the notification) by a report setting out the circumstances which, in the opinion of the requesting Party, justify the submission of such a request, - the Parties shall enter into consultations within one month of notification of the request at the latest, with a view to reaching agreement or a mutually acceptable conclusion within one further month at the latest, - the period of one month referred to above for the purpose of reaching agreement or a mutually acceptable conclusion may be extended by common accord. 2. The Community may request consultations in accordance with paragraph 1 when it ascertains that during a particular year of application of the Agreement difficulties arise in the Community or one of its regions due to a sharp and substantial increase, by comparison to the preceding year, in imports of a given category of Group 1 subject to the quantitative limits set out in Annex II. 3. At the request of either of the Parties, consultations shall be held on any problems arising from the application of this Agreement. Any consultations held under this Article shall take place in a spirit of cooperation and with a desire to reconcile the differences between the two Parties. Article 151. Bulgaria and the Community undertake to refrain from discrimination in the allocation of export licences and import authorizations or documents referred to in Protocol Aand B. 2. In implementing this Agreement, the Contracting Parties shall take care to maintain the traditional commercial practices and trade flows between the Community and Bulgaria. 3. Should either Party find that the application of this Agreement is disturbing existing commercial relations between importers in the Community and suppliers in Bulgaria consultations shall be started promptly, in accordance with the procedure specified in Article 14, with a view to remedying this situation. Article 16This Agreement shall apply, on the one hand, to the territories in 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 the People's Republic of Bulgaria. Article 171. This Agreement enters into force on the first day of the month following its signature. It shall be applicable until31 December 1990. 2. This Agreement shall apply with effect from 1 January 1987. 3. Either Party may at any time propose amendments to this Agreement. 4. Either Party may at any time denounce this Agreement, provided that at least 90 days' notice is given. In the latter event the Agreement shall come to an end on the expiry of the period of notice. 5. The Annexes and Protocols, as, well as Exchanges of Letters, Agreed Minute and Joint Declarations attached to this Agreement shall form an integral part thereof. Article 18This Agreement shall be drawn up in two copies in the Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Greek, Spanish, Portuguese and Bulgarian languages, each of those texts being equally authentic. SPA:L333UMBE01.95FF:
PROTOCOL C The annual growth rate for the quantitative limits introduced under Article 7 of the Agreement shall be determined as follows: (a) For products in categories falling within Group I the growth rate of 3 % shall be fixed for the relevant products of category 3; (b)For products in categories falling within Groups II or III, the growth rate shall be fixed by agreement between the Parties in accordance with the consultation procedure established in Article 14 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 Bulgaria. PROTOCOL D The Community and Bulgaria 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 The People's Republic of Bulgaria and the European Economic Community agree that carryover from the quantitative limits for the year 1986 of amounts not used during the year 1986 is authorized up to 7 % of the corresponding quantitative limits for 1987. Anticipation of a portion of quantitative limits for the year 1987 is authorized up to 5 % for any quantitative limit for the year 1986. Head of Delegation of thePeople's Republic of BulgariaHead of Delegation of theEuropean Economic CommunitySPA:L333UMBE11.95FF: 3UEN; SETUP: 01; Hoehe: 254 mm; 34 Zeilen; 1800 Zeichen; Bediener: HELM Pr.: C; Kunde: The competent governmental authorities of Bulgaria 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 Bulgaria shall issue an export licence in respect of all consignments from Bulgaria of textile products referred to in Annex II, up to the relevantquantitative limits as may be modified by Articles 4, 11 and 13 of the Agreement and of textile products subject to any definitive or provisional quantitative limits established as a result of the application of Article 7 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 the Agreement. It may be used for one or more consignments of the products in question. 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 exports licence is issued after such shipment. 2. For the purposes 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 below, 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 the import authorization or document referred to in Article 11within five working 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 Bulgaria 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 4, 11 and 13 of the Agreement, or any definitive or provisional limit established under Article 7 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 Bulgaria and the special consultation procedure set out in Article 14 of the Agreement shall be initiated forthwith. 2. Exports of Bulgarian origin not covered by Bulgarian 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, without prejudice to Article 8 of the Agreement, if the import of such products are 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 7 of the Agreement, without the express agreement of Bulgaria. TITLE IVFORM AND PRODUCTION OF EXPORT LICENCES 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 printscript. These documents shall measure 210 × 297 mm. The paper used must be white writing paper, sized, not containing mechanical pulp and weighing not less in Protocol A. 2. The competent authorities in the Member States are required to issue import authorizations or documents automatically within five working days of the submission of a request by an importer in accordance with Protocol A. The said import authorizations or documents shall be valid for six months. Article 71. Exports of textile products not subject to the quantitative limits established in Annex II 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 ofproducts in a given category not listed in Annex II originating in Bulgaria exceeds, in relation to the preceding year's total imports into the Community of products in that category, the following rates: - for categories of products in Group I: 0,4 %, - for categories of products in Group II: 2,4 %, - for categories of products in Group III: 8 %, it may request the opening of consultations in accordance with the procedure described in Article 14 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, Bulgaria 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 Bulgaria before the date on which the request for consultations was submitted. 4. Should the Parties be unable in the course of consultations to reach a satisfactory solution within the period specified in Article 14, 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 14 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 pursuant to paragraphs 2 or paragraph 4 may in no case be lower than the level of Community imports of products in that category originating in Bulgaria in 1985. 6. In accordance with the procedures set out in paragraphs 2 and 4, a quantitative limit may be fixed on a regional basis where imports of a given product into any region of the Community exceed the following regional percentages of the amounts determined as laid down in paragraph 2: Federal Republic of Germany25,5 %. Benelux9,5 %. France16,5 %. Italy13,5 %. Denmark2,7 %. Ireland0,8 %. United Kingdom21,0 %. Greece1,5 %. Spain7,5 %. Portugal1,5 %. 7. The annual growth rate for the quantitative limits introduced under this Article shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Protocol C. 8. 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 Bulgaria. 9. In the event of the provisions of paragraph 2 or paragraph 4 being applied, Bulgaria 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 for the current year. 10. Up to the date on which the statistics referred to in Article 9 (6) are provided, the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Article shall be applied on the basis of the annual statistics previously communicated by the Community. 11. 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 81. Bulgaria and the Community agree to cooperate fully in preventing the circumvention of the present 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 Bulgarian 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 14 of this Agreement, with a view to reaching agreement on an equivalent adjustment of the corresponding quantitative Avis juridique important|21987A1009(01)Acordo entre a Comunidade Económica Europeia e a República Popular da Bulgária sobre o comércio internacional de têxteis Jornal Oficial nº L 287 de 09/10/1987 p. 0002