RESTRICTED COT/77/Add.1 GENERAL AGREEMENT ON 14 TARIFFS AND TRADE Special Distribution

COTTON TEXTILES COMMITTEE Protocol Extending the Arrangement Regarding International Trade in Cotton Textiles of 1 Acceptances by Participating Countries Note by the Chairman Addendum The Protocol Extending the Arrangement Regarding International Trade in Cotton Textiles for a period of three years, beginning on 1 , was accepted by all the governments party to this Arrangement on the dates indicated: United States 25 21 Pakistan 30 June 1967 1 3 August 1967 ¹ 3 August 1967 Korea 1 4 September 1967 Austria 11 September 1967 Norway 11 September 1967 11 September 1967 of Great Britain and Northern ² (including ) 15 September 1967 ³ 20 September 1967 United Arab Republic 21 September 1967 22 September 1967 Sweden 26 September 1967 28 September 1967

¹Subject to the maintenance of the Protocol relating to the reservation attached by the Government of Canada to its acceptance of the original Arrangement of 1 October 1962. ²Subject to the maintenance of the Protocol relating to the United Kingdom reservation attached to the original Arrangement of 1 October 1962. ³In accepting the Protocol, India addressed a communication to the Director-Genoral relating to its acceptance, a copy of which is attached to this notification. COT/77/Add .1 Page 2

Republic of 28 September 1967 Finland 29 September 1967 Belgium 29 September 1967 29 September 1967 Germany, Federal Republic of 29 September 1967 29 September 1967 Luxemburg 29 September 1967 Netherlands, Kingdom of the (for its European territory and Surinam) 29 September 1967 30 September 1967 ¹ 30 September 1967 Jamaica 2 October 1967 3 October 1967 Acceptance by the Governments of Italy and of the Federal Republic of Germany was made subject to ratification.

The Protocol entered into force on 1 October 1967, pursuant to its paragraph 5.

¹In accepting the Protocol, Australia addressed a communication to the Director-General, a copy of which is attached. COT/77/Add. 1 Page 3 COPY Record of Understandings Relating to the Acceptance by the Government of the Republic of India of the Protocol Extending the Arrangement of 1 October 1962 Regarding International Trade in Cotton Textiles The Government of the Republic of India accept the Protocol as drawn up by the Cotton Textiles Committee at its meeting held at on 3 extending the validity of the Arrangement of 1 October 1962 regarding international trade in cotton textiles ending 30 . In accepting the Protocol without reservation, the Government of the Republic of India have been influenced by the clarification given by the Chairman of the Cotton Textiles Committee at its meeting held on 3 April 1967 contained in paragraph 69 of Cotton Textiles Committee document COT/M/8 of 2 August 1967. The Government of the Republic of India hope that the bilateral arrangements envisaged with member countries will be satisfactorily concluded. The acceptance of the Protocol by the Government of the Republic of india is subject to the following understandings: 1. The Record of Understandings attached to the Arrangement of 1 October 1962 continues to be, mutatis mutandis, part of the extended Arrangement valid until 30 September 1970 inclusive. 2. The considerations relating to the less-developed counties set out in the preamble and in subsequent Ministerial Declarations and UNCTAD resolutions and recommendations in regard to the trade of less-developed countries will be borne in mind and acted upon. 3. Arrangements for administering agreed limitations will be mutually satisfactory and designed to assist smooth working and the realization of the objective of enlarging the export opportunities and exchange earnings of developing countries. COT/77/Add. 1 Page 4

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STATEMENT RELATING TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE PROTOCOL EXTENDING THE ARRANGEMENT REGARDINGINTERNATIONAL TRADE IN COTTON TEXTILES OF 1 OCTOBER 1962, DONE AT GENEVA ON 1 MAY 1967 BY THE GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA

"It...continues to be the understanding of the Australian Government that the arrangement, as extended by the Protocol, does not prevent Australia taking measures consistent with the GATT in relation to a contracting party to the GATT and, similarly, that it does not limit Australia's recourse to similar action in relation to participants with whom Australia does not have GATT relations."