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

COMMISSION DECISION

OF 23 JANUARY 1979

AUTHORIZING THE FRENCH REPUBLIC NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO WOVEN FABRICS OF JUTE OF A WIDTH OF NOT MORE THAN 150 CM AND SACKS AND BAGS OF JUTE , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 57.10 A OR 62.03 A OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , ORIGINATING IN BANGLADESH AND IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES

( ONLY THE FRENCH TEXT IS AUTHENTIC )

( 79/175/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 17 JANUARY 1979 BY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT TO THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , FOR AUTHORIZATION NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO WOVEN FABRICS OF JUTE OF A WIDTH OF NOT MORE THAN 150 CM AND SACKS AND BAGS OF JUTE , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 57.10 A OR 62.03 A OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , ORIGINATING IN BANGLADESH AND IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES ,

WHEREAS THE IMPORTATION INTO THE COMMUNITY OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN BANGLADESH IS COVERED BY AN AGREEMENT NEGOTIATED BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THAT COUNTRY ON TRADE IN JUTE PRODUCTS ;

WHEREAS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT DIRECT IMPORTS OF THESE PRODUCTS ARE SUBJECT TO QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS ;

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 THERE ARE DIFFICULTIES IN THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR CONCERNED , INVOLVING A CONSIDERABLE DROP IN PRODUCTION AND EMPLOYMENT AND A PROGRESSIVE DECLINE IN ITS MARKET SHARE ;

WHEREAS , ALTHOUGH THE IMPORTS WHICH GAVE RISE TO THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED ARE LIKELY , IN VIEW OF THE SUBSTANTIAL VOLUME OF THE IMPORTS , 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 ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 1 THEREOF ;

WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THE APPLICATIONS FOR LICENCES WHICH GAVE RISE TO THE APPLICATION IN QUESTION DO NOT NEED TO COVER THE ENTIRE AMOUNT BY SUCH AN AUTHORIZATION ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :

ARTICLE 1

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC IS AUTHORIZED NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO THE PRODUCTS INDICATED BELOW , WHERE THEY ORIGINATE IN BANGLADESH AND ARE IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES , AND IN RESPECT OF WHICH APPLICATIONS FOR IMPORT LICENCES WERE LODGED AFTER 7 JANUARY 1979 AND ARE , AT THE DATE OF THIS DECISION , PENDING WITH THE FRENCH AUTHORITIES . HOWEVER , THE AUTHORIZATION DOES NOT COVER AN AMOUNT OF 250 TONNES WHICH SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE APPLICANTS OF THE LICENCES .

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57.10 A OR 62.03 A // WOVEN FABRICS OF JUTE OF A WIDTH OF NOT MORE THAN 150 CM AND SACKS AND BAGS OF JUTE //

ARTICLE 2

THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE FRENCH REPUBLIC .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 23 JANUARY 1979 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

WILHELM HAFERKAMP

VICE-PRESIDENT