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WORLD TRADE G/TMB/N/60/Add.3
26July1996
ORGANIZATION(96-2983)
Original: English Textiles Monitoring Body
AGREEMENT ONTEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Article 2.1
European Community
Addendum
TheTextilesMonitoringBodyhasreceivedafurthernotificationfromtheEuropeanCommission
pursuant toparagraph 1ofArticle 2.
TheTMB, inaccordance withparagraph 2ofArticle 2,iscirculating thisnotification to
WTO Members fortheirinformation.
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European Commission
Directorate General 1
Brussels, 18June1996
Dear Ambassador,
Ihavethehonour tonotify totheTextiles Monitoring Body under Article 2.1oftheAgreement
onTextiles andClothing thatanadditional flexibility provision hasbeenagreed between theEuropean
Community andIndia.
Inviewofthecontribution toachieving effective access toitsmarket fortextile andclothing
products which India hasmade, asagreed intheMemorandum ofUnderstanding initialled between
theEuropean Community andIndia on31December 1994, theEuropean Community isprepared to
givefavourable consideration torequests which theGovernment ofIndia might introduce inrespect
ofthemanagement ofexisting quota restriction forflexibility (including carryover, carry forward and
inter-category transfers), additional tothenormal flexibility already foreseen, notexceeding foreach
quota yearthefollowing amounts:
1995 7,000 tonnes; 1996 7,000 tonnes; 1997 7,000 tonnes; 1998 8,000 tonnes; 1999
8,000tonnes;20008,000tonnes;20018,000tonnes;20028,000tonnes;20038,000tonnes;
2004 8,000 tonnes.
TheGovernment ofIndia willinvoke suchadditional flexibilities intheorder ofcarryover,
inter-category transfer andcarry forward, totheextent ofthepossibilities existing onthebasisofthe
utilization ofquotas. Moreover, ineachquota yearthetotalamount ofexceptional flexibilities may
notexceed 2,500 tonnes foranyparticular textile category or3,000 tonnes foranyparticular clothing
category.
Please accept, Ambassador, theassurance ofmyhighest consideration.
(signed) Enrico Grillo Pasquarelli
Head ofUnit
Ambassador Szepesi
Chairman
Textiles Monitoring Body
World Trade Organization
Centre William Rappard
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