Introductory text

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 in conjunction with the first sentence of Article 228 (2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas the Commission has negotiated administrative arrangements on trade in textile products in the form of Agreed Minutes or Exchanges of Notes with certain Members of the World Trade Organization which, as ‘administrative arrangements’ within the meaning of Article 2 (17) of the WTO Agreement, reproduce the relevant provisions of previous bilateral agreements covering trade in textile products under the Multifibre Arrangement (MFA);

Whereas these administrative arrangements on trade in textile products should be approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: