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
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 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 5The competent authorities of Singapore shall issue an export certificate in respect of all consignments from Singapore 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 61. The export certificate 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 certificate shall only cover one of the categories of products listed in Annex II of this Agreement. In 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 certificate: 'conversion rate for garments of a commercial size not exceeding 130 cm is to be applied'.Article 7The competent Community authorities must be notified forthwith of the withdrawal or alteration of any export certificate already issued.Article 81. 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 certificate 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 9The presentation of an export certificate, in application of Article 11, shall be effected not later than 31 March of the year following that in which the goods covered by the certificate have been shipped.Section IIImportationArticle 10Importation into the Community of textile products subject to quantitative limits shall be subject to the presentation of an import authorization or document.Article 111. The competent Community authorities shall issue such import authorization or document automatically within five working days of the presentation by the importer of the original of the corresponding export certificate.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 certificate has been withdrawn.However, if the competent Community authorities have not been notified of the withdrawal or cancellation of the export certificate 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 121. If the competent Community authorities find that the total quantities covered by export certificates issued by Singapore 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 Singapore and the special consultation procedure set out in Article 16 of the Agreement shall be initiated forthwith.2. Exports of Singapore origin not covered by Singapore export certificates 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 Singapore save as provided for in Article 11 of the Agreement.TITLE IVFORM AND PRODUCTION OF EXPORT CERTIFICATES AND CERTIFICATES OF ORIGIN, AND COMMON PROVISIONSArticle 131. The export certificate 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 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$. Each part 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 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 Singapore 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 Singapore 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 Singapore.8. The Community shall provide Singapore 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 Singapore 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 Singapore and the Community.Annex to Protocol EOPT QUANTITATIVE LIMITSFor pratical 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 Singapore 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.Exchange of Notes The Mission of the Republic of Singapore to the European Communities presents its compliments to the Directorate-General for External Relations of the Commission of the European Communities and has the honour to refer to the Agreement on trade in textile products between Singapore and the Community initialled on 28 June 1986.The Mission wishes to inform the Directorate-General that whilst awaiting the completion of the necessary procedures for the conclusion and the coming into force of the Agreement, the Government of the Republic of Singapore is prepared to allow the provisions of the Agreement to apply de facto from 1 January 1987 if the Community is disposed to do likewise.The Mission would be grateful if the Community would confirm its agreement to the foregoing.The Mission of the Republic of Singapore to the European Communities avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Directorate-General for External Relations of the Commission of the European Communities the assurance of its highest consideration.Exchange of Notes The Directorate-General for External Relations of the Commission of the European Communities presents its compliments to the Mission of the Republic of Singapore to the European Communities and has the honour to refer to the Note of Singapore regarding the Agreement on trade in textile products between Singapore and the Community initialled on 28 June 1986.The Directorate-General wishes to confirm that whilst awaiting the completion of the necessary procedures for the conclusion and the coming into force of the Agreement, the Community is prepared to allow the provisions of the Agreement to apply de facto from 1 January 1987.The Directorate-General for External Relations of the Commission of the European Communities avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Mission of the Republic of Singapore to the European Communities the assurance of its highest consideration.Informação relativa ao Acordo entre a Comunidade e Singapura sobre o comércio de produtos têxteis Nos termos do artigo 2g. da decisão do Conselho de 11 de Dezembro de 1986 relativa à aplicação provisória do Acordo com Singapura sobre o comércio de produtos têxteis, a Comissão comunicou ao Conselho o acordo formulado a este respeito por aquele país parceiro, em 31 de Dezembro de 1986. AGREEMENT between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Singapore on trade in textile products Done at Brussels on 28 June 1986.THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,of the one part, andTHE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE,of the other part,DESIRING 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 Singapore (hereinafter referred to as 'Singapore'),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 Singapore,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 SINGAPORE: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 Singapore 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 Harmonised 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 Singapore 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 3Singapore 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 4Singapore and the Community recognize the special and differential character of re-imports of textile products into the Community after processing in Singapore.Provided that they are effected in accordance with the regulations on economic outward processing in force in the Community, these re-imports are not subject to the quantitative limits set out in Annex II when they are subject to the specific arrangements laid down in Protocol E.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 certificate issued by the Singapore 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 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