8.5.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL121/1
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REGULATION (EEC)No1060/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of18April1973
subjectingtoauthorization theimportationintoItalyoftaperecordersfrom
thirdcountriesandestablishingCommunitysurveillanceoverthoseimports
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1025/70(')of25May1970,establishingcommon
rulesforimportsfromthirdcountries,andinparti­
cularArticle10thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
109/70(2)of19December1969,establishing
commonrulesforimportsfromstate-tradingcoun­
triesand,inparticularArticle7thereof;
AfterconsultationwiththeAdvisoryCommitteesset
upunderArticle5ofRegulations (EEC)Nos1025/70
and109/70;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereas,on9March1973,theItalianGovernment
informedtheCommission ,bytelex,oftheincreased
difficultiesintheItaliantaperecordermarketcaused
bytherisingimportsoftheseproductsandrequested
theCommission tosummonurgentlymeetingsfor
theconsultations requiredunderRegulations (EEC)
Nos1025/70and109/70;
Whereas,accordingtotheinformationsuppliedby
theItalianGovernment ,particularlytheinformation
givenattheconsultationmeetings,andtootherinfor­
mationavailabletotheCommission ,importsoftape
recordersfromthirdcountriestoItalyhaveincreased
considerablyduringthelastthreeyears;whereasthis
informationdisclosesthatimportswhichamountedto
99000unitsin1969haveincreasedto478000units
in1972whichrepresentsanaverageannualincrease
of69%;
WhereasduringthesameperiodtheannualItalian
productionofthoseproductshasdecreasedfrom380000toapproximately 136000units;andthe
shareofimportsfromthirdcountriesintheItalian
domesticmarkethasincreasedcontinuously ,rising
from18%in1969toapproximately54%in1972;
Whereasthoseimports,especiallythoseoriginating
fromaparticularsource,areobtainedatrelativelylow
prices,generallyatalevelconsiderablylowerthan
thatprevailingontheItalianmarket;
Whereasitisclear,fromthefactsgivenabove,that
taperecordersarebeingimportedintoItalyinsuch
greatlyincreasedquantitiesandundersuchconditions
astocauseseriousinjurytoItalianproducersoflike
products,andthattheinjurythreatenstogetworse
andwouldbedifficulttorepair,unlessimmediate
actionweretakeninordertosafeguardtheinterestsof
theCommunity ;
Whereas,atthepresenttime,theimportsinquestion
arebeingparticularlydetrimentaltoItalybutarenot
sofarcausingthesameinjurytootherregionsofthe
Community ;anditisconsequentlyjustifiabletolimit
thesafeguardmeasurestoimportsintoItaly;
Whereas,however,throughouttheCommunitythe
markettrendforimportsoftaperecordersfromthird
countriesthreatentocauseinjurytoCommunity
producersoflikeorcompetingproductsandwhereas
theseimportsshouldbeplacedundersurveillance .
Whereasdiscussionswiththemainsuppliercountry
forthepurposeofavoidingadeteriorationofthesitua­
tionintheItalianmarkethavenotchangedthetrend
ofimports;
Whereasitisthereforenecessaryasregardstheimpor­
tationofthoseproductsintoItalytotakeinterimsafe­
guardmeasuresconsistentwiththerelevantinter­(!)OJNoL124,8.6.1970,p.61.
(2)OJNoL19,26.1.1970,p.1.

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exceed,inrespectoftheperiodbetween1April1973
and30September1973thenumberofunitsgiven
below:
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92.11AIIICombinedsoundrecorders
andreproducers 150000unitsnationalrulespendingtheadoptionofmeasures
underArticle11ofRegulation(EEC)No1025/70and
Article8ofRegulation (EEC)No109/70;whereas
thesemeasuresmustlimitthoseimportsandwhereas,
giventheprovisionalandprecautionary natureofthe
measures,theimportsshouldbelimitedforaperiod
notexceedingthetimenecessarytoenableconsidera­
tionofthefurthermeasureswhichmayberequired;
Whereastheseriousinjurycausedisduetothegreatly
increasedquantitiesimportedandtothepriceat
whichtheyareimported;anditisthereforeadvisable
toadoptprovisionally aceilingwhichwouldlimitthe
injuryandeliminatethethreatoffurtherinjury;
Whereas,dependentonfuturetrendsinimportsof
taperecordersontheCommunitymarket(including
theItalianmarket),theCommissionreservestheright
toamendtheinterimandurgentsafeguardmeasures
takenortorepealthemwhentheseriousinjuryhas
beeneliminated ,asaresult,possibly,ofanunder­
standingwiththethirdcountriesconcerned ;whereas
theCommissionfurtherreservestherighttoextend
thesemeasurestootherpartsoftheCommunityorto
thewholeCommunity iffuturetrendsintheimports
inquestionshouldthreatentocauseseriousinjuryto
otherCommunity producersbesidestheItalian
producers;2.Paragraph(1)shallnotapplytoproducts
importedintotheCommunityunderanagreement
establishingorprovidingfortheestablishment ofa
customsunionorofafree-tradeareabetweenthe
Communityandoneormorethirdcountries.
3.Theimportauthorizations referredtoinpara­
graph(1)shallbeissuedbytheItalianRepublic.
Article2
TheimportationintotheCommunityoftheproducts
fromthirdcountriesreferredtoinArticle1shallbe
subjecttoCommunitysurveillanceinaccordancewith
theproceduresprovidedforinRegulations (EEC)Nos
1025/70and109/70.
Importdocumentsshallbevalidfornotmorethan
threemonths.
Article3
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
Article1shallapplywiththeentryintoforceofthe
appropriatemeasurestobetakenbytheCouncilin
accordancewithArticle10(6)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1025/70andArticle7(6)ofRegulation (EEC)No
109/70notlaterthanwithinthesixweeksfollowing*
theentryintoforceofthisRegulation .1.TheimportationfromthirdcountriesintoItaly
oftheproductslistedbelowshallbesubjecttothe
productionofanimportauthorization ,andshallnot
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18April1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
François-Xavier ORTOLI