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NoL243/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 4.9.76
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2175/76
of3September1976
concerningimportarrangements ,inGermany,forcertaintextileproductsorigi
natingintheRepublicofKorea
theinjuryalreadycausedandwouldmakeitdifficult
toremedy;
Whereas,inthissituationKoreahasundertakento
submititsexportstoGermanyoftheproductsinques­
tiontoquantitativelimitsfor1976and1977andthe
Communityhasacceptedthatimportsofsuch
productswillbeadmitteduptothesaidlimitsin
accordancewithasystemofdoublechecking;
Whereasitisnecessarytoestablishdetailedrulesfor
theadministration ofthesaidlimitsbythecompetent
authoritiesinGermany,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1439/74of4June1974oncommonrulesfor
imports(*),andinparticularArticle12thereof,
HavingconsultedtheCommitteeprovidedforin
Article5ofthesaidRegulation,
Whereas,inthecontextoftheArrangementregarding
internationaltradeintextiles,theEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheRepublicofKoreahavenegoti­
atedanAgreementontradeintextileproducts;
whereastheCommission hassubmittedtothe
Councilarecommendation foraRegulation
concludingthatAgreement ;
Whereas,duringthenegotiations ,theCommunity
andtheRepublicofKoreadeclaredtheirintentionof
applyingthisAgreementpriortocompletionofthe
proceduresnecessaryforitsentryintoforce;
Whereas,forcertaintextileproducts,theAgreement
makesprovisionforaconsultationprocedurepermit­
tingtheadoptionofprotectivemeasuresintheevent
ofarealriskofmarketdisruption;
Whereas,inaccordancewiththesaidprocedure,the
CommunityandKoreahaveestablishedthatimports
intoGermanyofcertaintextileproductsofKorean
originhaveincreasedsharplyandsubstantially ,that
theyareofferedforsaleonthatmarketatprices
whichareconsiderably lowerthantheprices
prevailingamongCommunityproducersandth^t
theyrepresentasignificantmarketshare;
WhereastheCommunityandKoreaarethereforeof
theopinionthatallthesefactorscausedmarketdisrup­
tionandsubstantialinjurytoCommunityproducers
andthatfurtherunlimitedimportswouldaggravate1.ImportsintoGermanyofthetextileproducts
listedintheAnnexandoriginatingintheRepublicof
Koreaandexportedfromthiscountrybetween1
September1976and31December1977shallbe
subjecttothequantitativelimitssetoutinthat
Annex.
2.ThecompetentauthoritiesinGermanyshall,
withinthequantitativelimitsprescribed,automatically
authorizetheimportoftheproductsreferredtoin
paragraph 1immediatelyuponproductionbythe
importerofacertifiedcopyofanexportlicence
grantedbytheKoreanauthorities.
Article2
1.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
2.ItshallapplyinaccordancewithArticles12(6)
and13ofRegulation(EEC)No1439/74oruntilthe
expiryofaperiodofsixweeksafteritsentryinto
force,whicheveristhesooner.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,3September1976.
FortheCommission
ChristopherSOAMES
Vice-President
(')OJNoL159,15.6.1974,p.1.

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ANNEX
CCTQuantitativelimits
heading
NoNimexeDescription
ofgoodsUnit
I.9.1976
to31.12.19761977
ex60.03 60.03-11;19;30;
90Stockings,understockings ,socks,ankle­
socks,sockettesandthelike,knittedor
crocheted,notelasticorrubberized,other
thanofsynthetictextilefibres1000pairs 1356 4480
ex60.04 60.04-33 Pantyhose(tights)ofsynthetictextile
fibresotherthanofayarnof6-6texor
less1000 1400 4620
ex62.02 62.02-71 Toiletlinenandkitchenlinenofterry
towellingandsimilarterryfabrics1000kg 138 456