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( 1 ) OJ NO L 60 , 12 . 3 . 1979 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , P . 26 .

COMMISSION DECISION

OF 30 MAY 1979

AUTHORIZING THE UNITED KINGDOM NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO WOMEN ' S , GIRLS ' AND INFANTS ' WOVEN OVERCOATS , RAINCOATS AND OTHER COATS , CLOAKS AND CAPES , JACKETS AND BLAZERS , OTHER THAN GARMENTS OF CATEGORY 15 A , OF WOOL , OF COTTON OR OF MAN-MADE TEXTILE FIBRES , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 61.02 B OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ( NIMEXE CODES 61.02-31 , 32 , 33 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 39 , 40 ) ( CATEGORY 15 B ), ORIGINATING IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES

( ONLY THE ENGLISH TEXT IS AUTHENTIC )

( 79/594/EEC )

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 115 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE APPLICATION UNDER THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 115 OF THE TREATY , MADE ON 23 MAY 1979 BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , FOR AUTHORIZATION NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO WOMEN ' S , GIRLS ' AND INFANTS ' WOVEN OVERCOATS , RAINCOATS AND OTHER COATS , CLOAKS AND CAPES , JACKETS AND BLAZERS , OTHER THAN GARMENTS OF CATEGORY 15 A , OF WOOL , OF COTTON OR OF MAN-MADE TEXTILE FIBRES FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 61.02 B OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ( NIMEXE CODES 61.02-31 , 32 , 33 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 39 , 40 ) ( CATEGORY 15 B ), ORIGINATING IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES ,

WHEREAS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM THE IMPORTATION OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA IS , IN ACCORDANCE WITH COUNCIL DECISION 79/252/EEC OF 21 DECEMBER 1978 ( 1 ), SUBJECT TO AN ANNUAL QUOTA , WHICH HAS ALMOST WHOLLY TAKEN UP ;

WHEREAS THE DISPARITIES WHICH EXIST IN THE COMMERCIAL POLICY MEASURES APPLIED IN CONNECTION WITH THESE PRODUCTS BY THE MEMBER STATES ARE CAUSING DEFLECTION OF TRADE , THEREBY PREVENTING THE EXECUTION OF THOSE COMMERCIAL POLICY MEASURES WHICH ARE IN FORCE BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULT ECONOMIC SITUATION IN THE SECTOR CONCERNED ;

WHEREAS IT APPEARS FROM THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED THAT THERE ARE SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES IN THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR CONCERNED INVOLVING A CONSIDERABLE DROP IN PRODUCTION AND EMPLOYMENT ;

WHEREAS , ALTHOUGH THE IMPORTS WHICH GAVE RISE TO THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED WOULD APPEAR TO BE AN ISOLATED OPERATION , THEY ARE NEVERTHELESS LIKELY , IN VIEW OF THE SUBSTANTIAL VOLUME OF THE IMPORTS , TO AGGRAVATE THESE DIFFICULTIES AND TO JEOPARDIZE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE COMMERCIAL MEASURES CONCERNED ;

WHEREAS IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO SET IN MOTION RAPIDLY THE MACHINERY FOR BRINGING ABOUT THE NECESSARY COOPERATION FROM THE OTHER MEMBER STATES ;

WHEREAS AUTHORIZATION SHOULD ACCORDINGLY BE GIVEN FOR THE APPLICATION OF PROTECTIVE MEASURES UNDER THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 115 , SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN IN COMMISSION DECISION 71/202/EEC OF 12 MAY 1971 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 1 THEREOF ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :

ARTICLE 1

THE UNITED KINGDOM IS AUTHORIZED NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO THE PRODUCTS INDICATED BELOW , WHERE THEY ORIGINATE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND ARE IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES , AND IN RESPECT OF WHICH APPLICATIONS FOR IMPORT LICENCES WERE LODGED AFTER 13 MAY 1979 AND ARE , AT THE DATE OF THIS DECISION , PENDING WITH THE BRITISH AUTHORITIES :

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EX 61.02 B ( NIMEXE CODES 61.02-31 , 32 , 33 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 39 , 40 ) ( CATEGORY 15 B ) // WOMEN ' S , GIRLS ' AND INFANTS ' WOVEN OVERCOATS , RAINCOATS AND OTHER COATS , CLOAKS AND CAPES , JACKETS AND BLAZERS , OTHER THAN GARMENTS OF CATEGORY 15 A , OF WOOL , OF COTTON OR OF MAN-MADE TEXTILE FIBRES //

ARTICLE 2

THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE UNITED KINGDOM .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 30 MAY 1979 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

WILHELM HAFERKAMP

VICE-PRESIDENT