7.7.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL185/13
REGULATION (EEC)No1831/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of4July1973
providingforlicencesfortheimportofcottonyarnintotheUnitedKingdomoriginating
inandcomingfromnon-membercountries
Whereastheseimportsmustbelimitedtothe
possiblescopeofimportsintotheUnitedKingdom
asexistingbefore1April1973;
Whereas,inordertocounterthethreatofdamage,
protectivemeasuresmustbeadoptedforaperiod
endingon31December1973;
Whereastheseprovisionalprotectivemeasureswill
beapplicableuntiltheentryintoforceofsuitable
measurestobetakenbytheCouncilinaccordance
withArticle10(6)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1025/70,anduntilsixweeksatthelatestafterthe
entryintoforceofthisRegulation ;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoRegulation (EEC)No1025/70(*)
oftheCouncilof25May1970establishing
commonrulesforimportsfromnon-membercoun­
tries,andinparticularArticle10thereof;
AfterameetingoftheConsultativeCommitteeset
upunderArticle5ofthisRegulation ;
Whereason23March1973theBritishGovernment
requestedtheCommission totakeprotective
measureswithregardtotheimportofcottonyarn
originatinginandcomingfromthenon-member
countries(listedinAnnexIItoCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1025/70)towhichtheUnitedKingdom
appliedquantitativerestrictionsbefore1April
1973;
WhereasinformationsuppliedbytheBritishGovern­
ment,inparticularduringthemeetingofthe
Committeereferredtoabove,aswellasotherinfor­
mationwhichtheCommissionhasreceived,shows
thatbefore1April1973,thedateonwhichRegula­
tion(EEC)No1025/70becameapplicableinthe
UnitedKindom,importsintotheUnitedKingdom
oftheproductsinquestionfromthecountries
concernedweresubjecttoquantitativerestrictions ;
whereasanincreaseintheseimportsconsequent
uponliberalization thereofmightdoserious
damage,whichwouldbedifficulttorepair,tothe
cotton-spinning industryintheUnitedKingdom
andaffectemploymentbyjeopardizingthereconver­
sionprocessinthatindustry;
Whereasprovisionalprotectivemeasureslimiting
importsofcottonyarnmustthereforebetaken
immediately ;
Whereasthethreatofseriousdamagestemsfrom
theimportsintendedforthemarketintheUnited
Kingdom,andwhereasinviewoftheexisting
patternsoftradeitseemsjustifiedatpresentto
limitprotectivemeasurestoimportsintotheUnited
Kingdom;ImportsintotheUnitedKingdomandNorthern
Irelandoftheproductslistedbeloworiginatingin
andcomingfromthenon-membercountriesquoted
inAnnexIItoRegulation (EEC)No1025/70ofthe
Council,exceptingthosecountrieslistedintheAnnex
tothisRegulation,aresubjecttothesubmissionof
animportlicenceandarelimited,duringtheperiod
1April1973to31December1973,tothefollowing
quantities :
CCT
heading
No
55.05Cottonyarn,notputup
forretailsale
55.06Cottonyarn,putupfor
retailsale12750
metrictons
Article2
TheimportlicencesprovidedforinArticle1shall
beissuedbytheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritain
andNorthernIreland.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceintheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .(*)OJNoL124,8.6.1970,p.6.

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Itshallbeapplicableuntiltheentryintoforceof
suitablemeasurestobetakenbytheCouncil,in
accordancewithArticle10(6)ofRegulation (EEC)No1025/70,anduntilsixweeksatthelatestafter
itsentryintoforce.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,4July1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
François-Xavier ORTOLI
AnnexreferredtoinArticle1
Australia
Austria
Canada
Cyprus
Finland
Greece
Iceland
Israel
Lebanon
MaltaMorocco
NewZealand
Norway
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland (includingLiechtenstein )
Tunisia
Turkey
USA