22.2.75 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL48/15
REGULATION (EEC)No434/75OFTHECOMMISSION
of21February1975
providingforasystemofimportauthorizations withrespecttoimportsinto
IrelandofcertaintextileproductsoriginatingintheRepublicofKorea
ofunemployment ,widespreadshort-timeworkingand
threatsofpermanentclosuresformanyfirms;
Whereasitappearsfromthefactorsindicatedabove
andfromthestatisticsandotherinformationsupplied
bytheIrishauthoritiesinthecourseoftheconsulta­
tionsmentionedabovethattheCommunitymarketin
Irelaridisbeingdisruptedbyimportsofshirtsfrom
theRepublicofKorea;
Whereasfurthersharpandsubstantialincreasesin
importsofshirtsfromtheRepublicofKoreaare
believedtobeimminent,andfailuretotakeimmed­
iateprotectiveactionwouldcausefurtherinjurytothe
IrishtextileindustryingeneralandtoIrishproducers
oflikeordirectlycompetingproductsinparticular
whichwouldbedifficulttoremedy;
Whereas,giventhatthethreatofsubstantialinjury
originatedinimportsintendedfortheCommunity
marketinIreland,itappearsjustifiedatpresent,
havingregardtoexistingtradeflows,torestrictthe
applicationoftheprotectivemeasurestoimportsinto
Ireland;
Whereastheseinterimprotectivemeasuresshould
remaininforceuntiltheentryintoforceofappro­
priatemeasurestakenbytheCounciloruntilthe
expiryofsixweeksfollowingtheentryintoforceof
thisRegulation ,whicheveristhesooner,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
Havingregardtothearrangementregardinginterna­
tionaltradeintextiles,concludedfortheCommunity
bytheCouncilDecisionof21March1974('),andin
particularArticle3thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1439/74(2)of4June1974establishingcommonrules
forimportsfromthirdcountries,andinparticular
Article 12thereof;
AfterconsultationswiththeAdvisoryCommitteeset
upinArticle5ofthatRegulationandwiththe
Government oftheRepublicofKoreainconformity
withtheprovisionsofArticle3(3)oftheaforemen­
tionedarrangement ;
WhereasimportsfromtheRepublicofKoreaintothe
CommunitymarketinIrelandhavenotpreviously
beensubjecttorestriction ;whereasasharpand
substantialincreaseinimportsofshirtsofallfibres
fromtheRepublicofKoreahasbeenrecordedbythe
Irishauthorities ;
Whereastheproductsconcernedareofferedforsale
intheCommunitymarketinIrelandatpriceswhich
aresubstantiallybelowthoseprevailingforsimilar
goodsofcomparablequalityinthatmarket;
Whereasimportsin1974intothatmarketofthe
productsconcernedfromtheRepublicofKorea
greatlyexceededimportsofsimilarproductsfromall
othersourcesoutsidetheEuropeanEconomic
Communityandlikewiseexceededthevolumeof
importsfromtheRepublicofKoreaofsimilar
productsin1973;
Whereas,theaforementioned sharpandsubstantial
increasesinimportsofshirtsfromtheRepublicof
Koreahashaddeletariouseffectsontheemployment
situationintheshirt-makingindustryinIrelandsince
thelatterhalfof1974withanacceleration intherateHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TheimportationintotheCommunitymarketin
Irelandoftheproductsshownbeloworiginatingin
theRepublicofKoreashallbesubjecttotheproduc­
tionofanimportauthorization ,tobeissuedbythe
competentIrishauthoritiesonpresentation ofan
exportvisaissuedbythecompetentauthoritiesofthe
GovernmentoftheRepublicofKorea.Thetotalquan­
tityofsuchproductsforwhichimportauthorizations
areissuedduringtheperiod1Marchto31August
1975shallnotexceedthefollowingquantities :(')OJNoL118,30.4.1974,p.1.
(2)OJNoL159,15.6.1974,p.1.

NoL48/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 22.2.75
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoodsQuantity
(dozens)
ex60.04Men'sandboys'knittedsyntheticshirts;women'sandgirls'
knittedsyntheticshirtsknittedcottonshirts^|7750
ex61.03
ex61.04Men'sandboys'shirtsofsyntheticfibres
Women'sandgirls'shirtsofsyntheticfibres |6250
Article2
1.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowingitspublicationinthe
OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
r
2.Itshallremaininforceuntiltheentryintoforceofappropriatemeasurestobe
takenbytheCouncilunderArticles12(6)and13ofRegulation(EEC)No1439/74or
untiltheexpiryofsixweeksfollowingitsentryintoforcewhicheveristhesooner.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21February1975.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
François-Xavier ORTOLI