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( 1 ) OJ NO L 365 , 27 . 12 . 1978 , P . 1 .

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

COMMISSION DECISION

OF 11 APRIL 1979

AUTHORIZING THE UNITED KINGDOM NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO MEN ' S AND BOYS ' WOVEN BREECHES , SHORTS AND TROUSERS ( INCLUDING SLACKS ); WOMEN ' S , GIRLS ' AND INFANTS ' WOVEN TROUSERS AND SLACKS , OF WOOL , COTTON OR MAN-MADE TEXTILE FIBRES , FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO EX 61.01 AND SUBHEADING EX 61.02 B OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ( NIMEXE CODES 61.01-62 , 64 , 66 , 72 , 74 , 76 ; 61.02-66 , 68 , 72 ) ( CATEGORY 6 ), ORIGINATING IN THE PHILIPPINES AND IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES

( ONLY THE ENGLISH TEXT IS AUTHENTIC )

( 79/427/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 APPLICATIONS UNDER THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 115 OF THE TREATY , MADE ON 6 MARCH AND 5 APRIL 1979 BY THE UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT TO THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , FOR AUTHORIZATION NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO MEN ' S AND BOYS ' WOVEN BREECHES , SHORTS AND TROUSERS ( INCLUDING SLACKS ); WOMEN ' S , GIRLS ' AND INFANTS ' WOVEN TROUSERS AND SLACKS , OF WOOL , COTTON OR MAN-MADE TEXTILE FIBRES , FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO EX 61.01 AND SUBHEADING EX 61.02 B OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ( NIMEXE CODES 61.01-62 , 64 , 66 , 72 , 74 , 76 ; 61.02-66 , 68 , 72 ) ( CATEGORY 6 ), ORIGINATING IN THE PHILIPPINES AND IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES ,

WHEREAS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM THE IMPORTATION OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN THE PHILIPPINES IS , IN ACCORDANCE WITH COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3059/78 OF 21 DECEMBER 1978 ( 1 ) LIMITED TO 250 000 PIECES FOR 1979 ;

WHEREAS THERE ARE THEREFORE DISPARITIES EXISTING BETWEEN THE IMPORT CONDITIONS IN THE VARIOUS MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS UNIFORMITY CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED PROGRESSIVELY ;

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 FURTHER INDIRECT IMPORTS , IN ADDITION TO THOSE ALREADY MADE OR PROPOSED , WOULD BE LIKELY TO AGGRAVATE THESE DIFFICULTIES ;

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 ;

WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THE APPLICATIONS FOR A LICENCE WHICH GAVE RISE TO THE APPLICATIONS IN QUESTION DO NOT NEED TO BE COVERED BY SUCH AN AUTHORIZATION IN VIEW OF THE SMALL AMOUNT INVOLVED ,

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 THE PHILIPPINES AND ARE IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES , AND IN RESPECT OF WHICH APPLICATIONS FOR IMPORT LICENCES WERE LODGED AFTER 3 APRIL 1979 :

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EX 61.01 AND EX 61.02 B ( NIMEXE CODES 61.01-62 , 64 , 66 , 72 , 74 , 76 ; 61.02-66 , 68 , 72 ) ( CATEGORY 6 ) // MEN ' S AND BOYS ' WOVEN BREECHES , SHORTS AND TROUSERS ( INCLUDING SLACKS ); WOMEN ' S , GIRLS ' AND INFANTS ' WOVEN TROUSERS AND SLACKS , OF WOOL , COTTON OR MAN-MADE TEXTILE FIBRES //

ARTICLE 2

THIS DECISION SHALL APPLY UNTIL 30 SEPTEMBER 1979 .

ARTICLE 3

THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE UNITED KINGDOM .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 11 APRIL 1979 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

ETIENNE DAVIGNON

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION