Traduction de «international wool textile organization » (Anglais → Français) :

The German delegation, supported by the Belgian and Danish delegations, asked the Commission, through an amendment to Directive 76/769/EEC , to draw up a ban on the marketing of the product "Navy Blue 018112" which is used to colour wool and polyamide staples, and a ban on organic compounds of zinc, in particular TBT (Tributyltin), an anti-fouling product used to prevent the proliferation of micro-organisms, plants or animals on the hulls of ships, in wood and in textiles.

The Council thus confirmed that the integration of the textiles and clothing trade in the GATT had to be achieved through stricter rules and greater discipline and invited the United States and the other partners, including exporting countries, to put forward offers which met the Community objective of tariff harmonization; - on the question of subsidies, the Council noted the amendments lodged by the Community in December 1992, confirming the guidelines followed by the Commission and asking it to continue its action in the light of the clarification given to date; - with regard to steel, the Council confirmed the February 1993 guideli ...[+++]ne in favour of the conclusion of a multilateral agreement as an effective way of producing a lasting and stable solution to the problem of international trade in steel; - with regard to aircraft construction, the Council confirmed the Community's wish to obtain a multilateral agreement on the basis of the principles of the bilateral agreement of 17 July 1992 concluded between the Community and the United States; - with regard to services, the Council recalled the scope of the offer made by the Community and its Member States and urged the Commission to press the third countries concerned to make offers that matched the Community's ambitions, particularly in the fields of shipping and financial services; - in the audiovisual field, the Council noted the Commission's confirmation that it would ensure that the section of the draft Final Act dealing with services was compatible with the Community Directive of 3 October 1989 and reiterated the need to preserve European cultural identities, without hindering normal international trade in this field; - with regard to the Multilateral Trade Organization (MTO), the Council recalled its conclusions of 20 September 1993 and confirmed that the objective to be achieved was the strengthening of the multilateral trade system and the exclusion of unilateralism; - finally, the Council noted the ...

The Commission is to report to the Council on the subject at the end of 1995 and 1998; 7. strengthen the forms and mechanisms of co-operation between the economic agents concerned (industry, management and workers, distributors, and consumers), with a view to seeking ways of improving the industry's competitiveness; 8. ensure, in co-operation with trade organizations, the collection and rapid publication of international trade statistics with a view to effectively combating unfair imports without delay; Externally: 9. as regards th ...[+++]e Uruguay Round: - ensure compliance with the provisions of the Agreement on Textiles in order to preserve the balance of rights and obligations between all parties concerned; the dismantling of the MFA must in particular go hand in hand with observance of GATT rules and constraints, using all the international or autonomous instruments available to the European Union; - make a concerted assessment of its impact on the industry; - ensure strict application of the letter of the Agreement in co- operation with representatives of the economic sectors concerned; 10. significantly improve access to third-country markets in accordance with the outcome of the Uruguay Round by: - systematically identifying non-tariff barriers and swiftly taking all appropriate measures to have them removed; - stepping up action to promote exports, in particular to new markets opened up as a result of the Uruguay Round; 11. engage in strict, swift and effective application, in compliance with existing rules, of safeguard measures and commercial-policy instruments, particularly in fields such as anti-dumping and anti- subsidy action and protecting intellectual property rights; - strengthen the Textile Anti-Fraud Initiative (TAFI) and step up the fight against counterfeiting; 12. in the 10-year review of the GSP, take into account both the competitive position of third countries in the textile industry and the implications for the textile industry of the o ...

In the years ahead the Community textile industry faces a three dimensional process of adjustment linked in partticular to: - the completion of the internal market, including the effects both upstream and downstream (e.g. distribution); - the future organization of international trade; - the new era of economic relations beginning with the East European countries.