# Council Decision of 20 December 2006 on the signing and the provisional application of a bilateral agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Belarus amending the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Belarus on trade in textile products (2006/1012/EC), Division 2: In view of the expiry of the Agreement on 31 December 2006 and in accordance with Article 19(1) of the Agreement, the European Community and the Republic of Belarus agree to extend the duration of the Agreement, for a further period of one year, subject to the following amendments and conditions:


2.1. The text of Article 19(1) of the Agreement shall read as follows:
‘This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the date on which the Parties notify each other of the completion of the procedures necessary for that purpose. It shall be applicable until 31 December 2007.’
2.2. Annex II which sets out the quantitative restrictions for exports from the Republic of Belarus to the European Community is replaced by Appendix 1 to this letter.
2.3. The Annex to Protocol C which sets out the quantitative restrictions for exports from the Republic of Belarus to the European Community after OPT operations in the Republic of Belarus is replaced for the period of 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2007 by Appendix 2 to this letter.
2.4. Imports into Belarus of textile and clothing products of European Community origin shall be subject in 2007 to custom duties not exceeding those provided for 2003 in Appendix 4 of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Belarus initialled on 11 November 1999.
In the case of non-application of these rates the Community will have the right to reintroduce for the period of the Agreement remaining unexpired on a pro rata basis the levels for quantitative restrictions applicable for 2006 as specified in the Exchange of Letters initialled on 11 November 2005.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2006/1012/attachment/1/attachment/division/2. (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-1012/attachment-1/attachment/division-2.
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