21989A0722(01)

AGREEMENT in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Economic Community and the Socialist Republic of Romania amending Annex II to the Protocol annexed to the Agreement on Trade in Industrial Products

Letter No 1 Sir,

At its meeting in Bucharest on 21 and 22 November 1988 the Joint Committee, established by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Socialist Republic of Romania of 28 July 1980, recommended inter alia an increase in some of the amounts appearing in Annex II to the Protocol on the application of Article 4 of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Socialist Republic of Romania on trade in industrial products.

The recommended amendments are set out in the attached Annex, which replaces the corresponding Annex to the Protocol.

I have the honour to inform you that the Council of the European Communities has recorded its agreement on the implementation of the measures referred to above.

I should be grateful for confirmation of your Government's agreement with the contents of this letter.

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

On behalf of the

Council of the European Communities

Letter No 2 Sir,

By your letter of today's date, you informed me as follows:

´At its meeting in Bucharest on 21 and 22 November 1988 the Joint Committee, established by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Socialist Republic of Romania of 28 July 1980, recommended inter alia an increase in some of the amounts appearing in Annex II to the Protocol on the application of Article 4 of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Socialist Republic of Romania on trade in industrial products.

The recommended amendments are set out in the attached Annex, which replaces the corresponding Annex to the Protocol.

I have the honour to inform you that the Council of the European Communities has recorded its agreement on the implementation of the measures referred to above.

I should be grateful for confirmation of your Government's agreement with the contents of this letter.'.

I have the honour to confirm that my Government is in agreement with the contents of your letter.

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

For the Government

of the Socialist Republic of Romania

ANNEX

Amendment to Annex II to the Protocol on the application of Article 4 of the Agreement on Trade in Industrial Products ROMANIAN EXPORT PROGRAMME

Member State

NIMEXE

code 1987

CN code 1988

Description

Amount envisaged

Ireland

ex 94.04-11

ex 9404 21 00

Mattresses of cellular plastics, whether or not covered

ex 94.04-19

ex 9404 90 90

Articles of bedding, other than mattresses and sleeping bags, of cellular plastics

ex 94.04-30

ex 9404 10 00

Mattress supports

Italy

ex 27.07-39

ex 2707 50 99

Aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures of which 65 % or more by volume (including losses) distils at 250 °C by the ASTM D 86 method, for use other than as power or heating fuels, other than benzole, toluole, xylole and napthalene

ex 2707 99 30

Sulphuretted toppings other than those for use as power or heating fuels

ex 28.17-11

ex 28.17-15

ex 2815 11 00

ex 2815 12 00

Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda)

Lit 470 million

ex 28.46-90

ex 2840 30 00

Peroxoborates (perborates) of sodium

360 tonnes

ex 29.02-10

ex 2903 30 10

Fluorides

14 tonnes

ex 29.02-21

ex 29.02-31

ex 29.02-33

ex 29.02-35

ex 29.02-36

ex 29.02-38

ex 2903 11 00

ex 2903 21 00

ex 2903 22 00

ex 2903 23 00

ex 2903 29 00

Chloromethane (methyl chloride)

Unsaturated chlorinated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons

aa

A

A

A

a

A

A

A

s

Lit 925 million

ex 29.13-11

ex 2914 11 00

Acetone

4 100 tonnes

ex 29.15-17

ex 2917 14 00

Maleic anhydride

250 tonnes

ex 29.15-40

ex 2917 35 00

Phthalic anhydride

310 tonnes

ex 29.15-65

ex 29.15-71

ex 2917 34 10

ex 2917 34 90

Diisooctyl orthophthalates

Dimethyl and diethyl orthophthalates

aa

a

s

Lit 695 million

ex 44.18-11

ex 44.18-21

ex 44.18-25

ex 44.18-29

ex 4410 10 10

ex 4410 10 30

ex 4410 10 50

ex 4410 10 90

Particle board and similar board of wood, whether or

not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances

aa

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a

|

s

9 000 tonnes

ex 48.01-06

ex 4804 31 10

ex 4804 39 10

Kraft paper and paperboard weighing 150 g/m²

or less, for the manufacture of paper yarn of heading

No 5308 or of paper yarn reinforced with metal of heading No 5607

ex 48.01-07

ex 48.01-10

ex 4804 21 10

ex 4804 29 10

Sack kraft paper of which not less than 80 % by weight of the total fibre content consists of coniferous fibres obtained by the chemical sulphate or soda process

ex 48.01-20

ex 48.01-22

ex 48.01-24

ex 48.01-30

ex 48.01-32

ex 48.01-34

ex 48.01-36

ex 48.01-38

ex 48.01-39

ex 4804 11 11

ex 4804 11 15

ex 4804 11 19

ex 4804 19 11

ex 4804 19 15

ex 4804 19 19

ex 4804 19 31

ex 4804 19 35

ex 4804 19 39

Kraftliner of which not less than 80 % by weight of the total fibre content consists of coniferous fibres obtained by the chemical sulphate or soda process

aa

A

A

a

A

A

s 8 tonnes

aa

A

A

A

a

A

A

A

sLit 470 million

aa

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

Member State

NIMEXE

code 1987

CN code 1988

Description

Amount envisaged

Italy

(cont'd)

ex 48.01-40

ex 48.01-42

ex 48.01-44

ex 48.01-46

ex 48.01-50

ex 48.01-51

ex 4804 31 51

ex 4804 31 59

ex 4804 39 51

ex 4804 39 59

ex 4804 41 10

ex 4804 42 10

ex 4804 49 10

ex 4804 51 10

ex 4804 52 10

ex 4804 59 10

Other kraft paper and paperboard of which not less than 80 % by weight of the total fibre content consists of coniferous fibres obtained by the chemical sulphate or soda process

ex 4809 90 00

Copying or transfer papers (including coated or impregnated paper for duplicator stencils or offset plates), other than carbon paper and self-copy paper, whether or not printed in rolls of a width exceeding 36 cm or in rectangular (including square) sheets with at least one side exceeding 36 cm in unfolded state

ex 48.01-48

ex 4802 53 11

Kraft paper and paperboard for punch card stock, weighing more than 150 g/m², not containing fibres obtained by a mechanical process or of which not more than 10 % by weight of the total fibre content consists of such fibres

ex 70.04-

ex 7003 11 90

ex 7003 19 90

ex 7003 20 10

ex 7003 20 90

Cast glass and rolled glass (other than optical glass), in sheets, whether or not having an absorbent or reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked

ex 70.05-

ex 7004 10 30

ex 7004 10 50

ex 7004 10 90

ex 7004 90 50

ex 7004 90 70

ex 7004 90 91

ex 7004 90 93

ex 7004 90 95

ex 7004 90 99

Drawn glass and blown glass (other than optical glass), in sheets, whether or not having an absorbent or reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked

ex 70.06-

ex 7005 10 10

ex 7005 10 31

ex 7005 10 33

ex 7005 10 35

ex 7005 10 91

ex 7005 10 93

ex 7005 10 95

ex 7005 21 10

ex 7005 21 20

ex 7005 21 30

ex 7005 21 40

ex 7005 21 50

ex 7005 21 90

ex 7005 29 10

ex 7005 29 31

ex 7005 29 33

ex 7005 29 35

ex 7005 29 91

ex 7005 29 93

ex 7005 29 95

Float glass and surface ground or polished glass, in sheets, whether or not having an absorbent or reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked

ex 70.07-

ex 7003 30 00

Cast glass and rolled glass, in profiles, whether or not having an absorbent or reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked

ex 7006 00 90

Glass (other than optical glass) of heading No 7003, 7004 or 7005, bent, edge-worked, engraved, drilled, enamelled or otherwise worked, but not framed or fitted with other materials

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

a

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

s3 500 tonnes

aa

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

a

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A6 000 tonnes

Member State

NIMEXE

code 1987

CN code 1988

Description

Amount envisaged

Italy

(cont'd)

ex 70.07-

ex 7008 00 11

ex 7008 00 19

ex 7008 00 91

ex 7008 00 99

Multiple-walled insulating units of glass

ex 7016 90 10

Leaded lights and the like

ex 76.02-

ex 7604 10 10

ex 7604 10 90

ex 7604 29 10

ex 7604 29 90

ex 7605 11 00

ex 7605 19 10

ex 7605 19 90

ex 7605 21 00

ex 7605 29 10

ex 7605 29 90

Aluminium bars, rods and profiles, other than hollow profiles

Aluminium wire

aa

A

A

A

A

A

a

A

A

A

A

A

s

350 tonnes

ex 76.03-

ex 7606 11 10

ex 7606 11 91

ex 7606 11 93

ex 7606 11 99

ex 7606 12 10

ex 7606 12 50

ex 7606 12 91

ex 7606 12 93

ex 7606 12 99

ex 7606 91 00

ex 7606 92 00

Aluminium plates, sheets and strip, of a thickness exceeding 0,2 mm

aa

A

A

A

A

A

a

A

A

A

A

A

s

1 300 tonnes

ex 76.04-

ex 7607 11 10

ex 7607 11 90

ex 7607 19 10

ex 7607 19 90

ex 7607 20 10

ex 7607 20 90

Aluminium foil (whether or not printed or backed with paper, paperboard, plastics or similar backing materials) of a thickness (excluding any backing) not exceeding 0,2 mm

aa

A

A

a

A

A

s

100 tonnes

ex 84.06-

ex 8408 20 10

ex 8408 20 31

ex 8408 20 35

ex 8408 20 37

Engines of a kind used for the propulsion of vehicles of heading No 8701

ex 84.07-

ex 8706 00 19

ex 8706 00 99

Chassis fitted with engines, for the motor vehicles of heading No 8701

ex 87.05-

ex 8707 90 10

ex 8707 90 90

Bodies (including cabs), for the motor vehicles of heading No 8701

ex 87.06-

ex 8708

Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of heading No 8701

A

A

A

A

A

A

s

aa

A

A

A

A

A

A

a

A

A

A

A

A

A

sLit 5 225 million