§ Mr. LockTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what proposals have been put forward by Russia to(a) restrict and (b) limit the export from the EU to Russia of carpets and associated products; and what assessment she has made of the impact of such restrictions on the United Kingdom carpet industry. [35950]
§ Mrs. RocheIn January 1998 Russia announced the intention of imposing quota restrictions with effect from the end of March on its imports of carpets from the European Union, in response to the EU' s long standing restrictions on Russia's textile and clothing exports.
62WHowever, at negotiations held on 26 and 27 March, the European Commission and Russia agreed to remove all quantitative restrictions maintained on each other's textile trade with effect from 30 April 1998.