EL CONSEJO DE LAS COMUNIDADES EUROPEAS,

Visto el Tratado constitutivo de la Comunidad Económica Europea y, en particular, su artículo 113,

Vista la propuesta de la Comisión,

Considerando que la Comisión ha negociado, en nombre

de la Comunidad, un Acuerdo sobre el comercio de los productos textiles con la Unión de Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas;

Considerando que es conveniente aplicar dicho Acuerdo, con carácter provisional a partir del 1 de enero de 1990, en espera de que se cumplan los procedimientos necesarios para su celebración, sin perjuicio de que se aplique con carácter

provisional y recíproco por parte del país asociado,

DECIDE:

Artículo 1

Se aplicará con carácter provisional, a partir del 1 de enero

de 1990, el Acuerdo entre la Comunidad Económica Euro-

pea y la Unión de Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas sobre el comercio de los productos textiles, en espera de su celebración formal, sin perjuicio de que se aplique con carácter

provisional y recíproco por parte del país asociado.

El texto del Acuerdo se adjunta a la presente Decisión.

Artículo 2

Se invita a la Comisión a que ponga la presente Decisión en conocimiento del país asociado y recabe su consentimiento, que comunicará al Consejo.

Hecho en Bruselas, el 18 de diciembre de 1989.

Por el Consejo

El Presidente

P. BEREGOVOY

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AGREEMENT in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Economic Community and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Sir,

I have the honour to refer to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on trade in textile products initialled on 11 December 1989.

Following the negotiations for the said Agreement the Contracting Parties

have agreed on the following provisions concerning trade in certain textile products falling within the textile categories other than categories 1 to 123 provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 3420/83, as amended.

During the period of application of the abovementioned Agreement and without prejudice to the provisions of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on trade and commercial and economic cooperation initialled on 26 November 1989 with regard to the above categories of products, the Community reserves its right to request that the Contracting Parties enter into consultations in accordance with Article 18 of the abovementioned Agreement on trade in textile products with a view to bringing within the coverage and the provisions of that Agreement certain of the textile product categories mentioned above and with a view to negotiating import arrangements into the Community for such categories of products.

I shall be obliged if you would confirm that the foregoing is in accordance with the conclusions reached following the negotiations on this question between the European Economic Community and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and that this exchange of letters constitutes an agreement between the European Economic Community and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Brussels, 11 December 1989.

Head of the Delegation of the

European Economic Community

Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today's date, which reads as follows:

'I have the honour to refer to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on trade in textile products initialled on 11 December 1989. Following the negotiations for the said Agreement the Contracting Parties have agreed on the following provisions concerning trade in certain textile products falling within the textile categories other than categories 1 to 123 provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 3420/83, as amended.

During the period of application of the abovementioned Agreement and without prejudice to the provisions of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on trade and commercial and economic cooperation initialled on 26 November 1989 with regard to the above categories of products, the Community reserves its right to request that the Contracting Parties enter into consultations in accordance with Article 18 of the abovementioned Agreement on trade in textile products with a view to bringing within the coverage and the provisions of that Agreement certain of the textile product categories mentioned above and with a view to negotiating import arrangements into the Community for such categories of products.

I shall be obliged if you would confirm that the foregoing is in accordance with the conclusions reached following the negotiations on this question

between the European Economic Community and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and that this exchange of letters constitutes an agreement between the European Economic Community and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.'

I have the honour to inform the European Economic Community that my Government confirms that the foregoing is in accordance with the conclusion reached following the negotiations on this question between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the European Economic Community and that this exchange of letters constitutes an agreement between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the European Economic Community.

Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.

Brussels, 11 December 1989.

Head of the Delegation of the

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Información relativa al Acuerdo entre la Comunidad y la URSS sobre el comercio de productos textiles

De conformidad con el artículo 2 de la Decisión del Consejo, de 18 de diciembre de 1989, sobre la aplicación provisional del Acuerdo con la URSS sobre el comercio de productos textiles (1), la Comisión ha comunicado al Consejo el Acuerdo manifestado a este respecto por el país interlocutor con fecha de 15 de diciembre de 1989.

(1) Véase página 1 del presente Diario Oficial.

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