Following the answer to question H-0865/08 on the (possible) expiry on 31 Decembe
r 2008 of the joint surveillance system regarding exports from China to various EU Member States of certain categories of textile and clothing products, and in view of the increas
ing number of firms folding or relocating production (especially in Portugal), leaving behind a trail of unemployment and social crises, can the Council state whether any Member State has proposed or requested that the Commission prolong the validity of th
e dual sur ...[+++]veillance mechanism beyond 31 December 2008 or that it adopt any other measures in that framework?