NoL41/32 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 11.2.78
COMMISSION DECISION
of28December 1977
prolongingtheduty-freeimportationofgoodsforfreedistributiontotheearth­
quakevictimsintheFriuliregion
(OnlytheItaliantextisauthentic)
(78/121/EEC)
rHECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
1.Theprovisionforadmissionfreeofimport
duties,underArticle1(1)oftheCommissionDeci­
sionof14May1976,shallbeextendeduntil30June
1978forallgoodsimportedforfreecirculationby
Stateorganizationsorbyorganizationsapprovedby
thecompetentItalianauthoritiesforthepurposeof
beingdistributedbythemfreetotheearthquake
victimsintheFriuliregion,ormadeavailablefreeof
chargewhilstremainingthepropertyoftheorganiza­
tionsinquestion.
2.Theprovisionforadmissionfreeofimport
duties,underArticle1(2)oftheCommissionDeci­
sionof14May1976forgoodsimportedforfreecircu­
lationbythereliefunitstocovertheirownrequire­
mentsduringtheperiodoftheiroperations,shallalso
beextendeduntil30June1978.HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1410/74of4June1974onthetarifftreatmentappli­
cabletogoodsimportedforfreecirculationinthe
eventofdisastersoccurringintheterritoryofoneor
moreMemberStates('),andinparticularArticle2
thereof,
HavingregardtotherequestmadebytheGovern­
mentoftheItalianRepublicdated12May1976,
Whereas,bytheDecisionof14May1976(2)in
responsetothisrequest,theCommissionauthorized
theduty-freeimportationofgoodsforfreedistribu­
tiontotheearthquakevictimsintheFriuliregion;
whereasthisduty-freeadmissionwasextendeduntil
31December1977bytheCommissionDecisionof
29June1977(3);
WhereastheCommission'sconsultation withthe
ItalianGovernment underArticle3ofthesaidDeci­
sionhasrevealedthatbecauseofthenecessarydelay
inimplementing theplanforrehousingthoseaffected
bythedisasteritisappropriatetoextenduntil30
June1978theduty-freeadmissionforallgoods
importedforfreecirculationundertheconditionslaid
downinArticle1ofRegulation (EEC)No1410/74;
WhereasinordertoallowtheCommission tofollow
thedevelopment ofthesituation,thereisreasonfor
providingforthetransmissiontotheCommissionby
theItalianGovernment ,inaccordancewithasuitable
timetable,allinformationonthescopeandnatureof
importationscarriedoutwiththebenefitofduty-free
admission ;
WhereastheotherMemberStateshavebeen
consultedinaccordancewithArticle2ofRegulation
(EEC)No1410/74,Article2
1.TheGovernmentoftheItalianRepublicshall
communicate totheCommission allinformation
regardingthenatureandquantitiesofthevarious
goodsadmittedfreeofdutyunderArticle1.
2.Thecommunication requiredunderparagraph 1
mustreachtheCommissiononthefollowingdates:
(a)fortheperiod13December1977to13March
1978,22March1978atthelatest;
(b)fortheperiod14Marchto14June1978,22June
1978atthelatest.
Article3
Afterconsultation withtheGovernment oftheItalian
Republic,theCommissionshallconsiderwithinsix
monthsfromthedateofthenotificationofthisDeci­
sion,whetherthisDecisionshouldbemaintained ,
modifiedorrepealed.(!)OJNoL150,7.6.1974,p.4.
I2)OJNoL131,20.5.1976,p.19.
(J)OJNoL179,19.7.1977,p.33.

11.2.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL41/33
DoneatBrussels,28December1977. Article4
ThisDecisionshallcomeintoeffectfrom1January
1978.
Article5
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheItalianRepublic.FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission