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COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of6April1977
authorizingtheItalianRepublicnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttowoven
fabricsofcottonunbleached ,fallingwithinheadingNoex55.09oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatingintheRepublicofKoreaandinfreecirculationin
theotherMemberStates
(OnlytheItaliantextisauthentic)
(77/634/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon1April
1977bytheGovernmentoftheItalianRepublicto
theCommissionbytelexfromtheOfficeofitsPerma­
nentRepresentative totheEuropeanCommunities ,
forauthorizationnottoapplyCommunitytreatment
toimportsofwovenfabricsofcottonunbleached,
fallingwithinheadingNoex55.09oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatingintheRepublicofKorea
andinfreecirculationintheotherMemberStates,Whereastheallocationofthatceilingstillinvolves
certaindisparitiesbetweenthequotasharesfixedfor
thevariousMemberStatesandtheirsupplyrequire­
ments;
Whereasthesedisparitieshavecausedanindirectflow
toItalyoftheproductsinquestion,originatinginthe
RepublicofKoreaandinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates,whichthreatenstogrow;
Whereasaccordingtoinformationsuppliedbythe
ItalianGovernment thereareseriouseconomicdiffi­
cultiesinthebranchoftheindustryconcernedbythe
application,resultinginaprogressivedeclineof
productionandaconstantreductionofthenumberof
workersemployedinthatsector;
Whereasindirectimportsoftheproductsinquestion,
whichwouldbeinadditiontothosealreadyeffected,
wouldbelikelytoaggravatethoseeconomicdiffi­
culties;
Whereasitisnotpossibleatthepresenttimetosetin
motionthemachineryforbringingabouttheneces­
sarycooperationfromtheotherMemberStates;
Whereasauthorization shouldaccordinglybegiven
fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasuresunderthe
firstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothecondi­
tionslaiddownbytheCommissionDecisionof12
May1971(l),andinparticularArticle1thereof;WhereastheimportationintotheCommunityofthe
productsinquestionoriginatingintheRepublicof
KoreaisthesubjectofanAgreementnegotiated
betweentheCommunityandthatcountryandsigned
on22December1976:
Whereas,undertheAgreement,theRepublicof
Koreahasundertakentotakeallnecessarystepsto
limititsexportstotheCommunityofwovencotton
fabricsandsynthetictextilefibrestoaceilingallo­
catedamongtheMemberStates; f1)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

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Whereastheapplicationforalicencewhichgaverise
totheapplicationunderArticle115shouldnotbe
coveredbythisauthorization inviewofthesmall
amountinvolved,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
TheItalianRepublicisauthorizednottoapply
Communitytreatmenttowovenfabricsofcotton,
unbleached,fallingwithinheadingNoex55.09ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,wheretheyoriginateinthe
RepublicofKoreaandareinfreecirculationinthe
otherMemberStates,andinrespectofwhichapplica­
tionsforimportlicenceswerelodgedafter1April
1977.Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
ariseintheItalianRepublicfortheimportationofthe
productsinquestionfromtheRepublicofKoreaand
inanycasenotlaterthan31December1977.
ArticleJ
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheItalianRepublic.
DoneatBrussels,6April1977.
FortheCommission
WilhelmHAFERKAMP
Vice-President