2002/877/EC: Council Decision of 5 November 2002 on the signing, on behalf of the European Community, and provisional application of an Agreement in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding between the European Community and the Federative Republic of Brazil on arrangements in the area of market access for textile and clothing products
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Subject to possible conclusion at a later date the President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the persons empowered to sign, on behalf of the European Community, the Agreement in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding on trade in textile products with Brazil.
Subject to reciprocity, the Agreement in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding shall be applied on a provisional basis pending the completion of the procedures for its formal conclusion. The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
1. The Commission, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 17 of Council Regulation (EC) No 3030/93 of 12 October 1993 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries(1), may modify the application of the double-checking regime for certain products, after consultations with Brazil under paragraph 6 of the Memorandum of Understanding. 2. In the event of the failure on the part of Brazil to fulfil the obligations covered by paragraphs 2 and 5 of the Memorandum of Understanding or of its additional agreed minute, the Commission shall re-apply the quota regime in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 17 of Regulation 3030/93.
This Decision shall take effect on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Done at Brussels, 5 November 2002. For the Council The President T. Pedersen (1) OJ L 275, 8.11.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 797/2002 (OJ L 128, 15.5.2002, p. 29).
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