. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TMB/N/319
12 February 1998
(98-0514)
Textiles Monitoring Body Original:  English
AGREEMENT ON TEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Article 2.18
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
The Textiles Monitoring Body has received a notification from the European Commission
pursuant to paragraph 18 of Article 2 and is circulating it to WTO Members.G/TMB/N/319
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European Commission
Permanent Delegation
to the International Organizations in Geneva
Geneva, 20 January 1998
Dear Mr. Chairman,
Further to your letter concerning the application of the provisions of Article 2.18 of the
Agreement on Textiles and Clothing by the European  Community, I am able to confirm the following
information.
Two Members, namely, Peru and Sri Lanka, are "small suppliers" as regards the Community.
In respect of Peru the two restrictions had growth rates of 5 per cent and 7 per cent which, for
the second stage of integration, will therefore become, respectively, 9.21 per cent and 12.89 per cent.
The four restrictions with Sri Lanka had growth rates of 7 per cent (for three) and 8 per cent
(for the remaining restriction) which will become, for the second stage of integration, 12.89 per cent
and 14.73 per cent respectively.
These growth rates result from the application of the increase in growth rate normally
applicable for the third stage (27 per cent) to the growth rates used for these countries during the
second stage (where the European Community took the former bilateral growth rates increased by16 per cent and then further by 25 per cent).
Yours sincerely,
(Signed) R. E. Abbott
Ambassador
Mr. András Szepesi
Chairman
Textiles Monitoring Body
World Trade Organization
Centre William Rappard
Rue de Lausanne, 154CH-1211 Geneva
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