6.8.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL213/27
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1954/76
of5August1976
subjectingtoauthorizationimportsintoDenmarkofsyntheticsocksoriginating
inTaiwan
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1439/74of4June1974oncommonrulesfor
imports('),andinparticularArticle12thereof,
HavingconsultedtheAdvisoryCommitteesetup
underArticle5ofthesaidRegulation,
WhereasimportsintoDenmarkofsyntheticsocks
corresponding toNimexecode60.03-27,originating
inTaiwan,haveincreasedsharplyandinsubstantial
proportionsinthepastfewyearswiththeresultthat
importshaveincreasedinthatregionoftheCommu­
nityfromonemillionpairsin1974tomorethan2-2
millionpairsinthefirstfivemonthsof1976;
Whereastheseproductsareofferedforsalein
Denmarkatpriceswhicharesubstantiallybelowthose
prevailingforsimilargoodsproducedbyCommunity
producers;
Whereasaccordingtotheinformationavailabletothe
Commissiontheseimportsalreadyrepresentedatthe
endof1975ashareofthemarketinDenmarkof
19%andthattheymayoccupyamarketshareof
over50%in1976;
Whereasthisdevelopmenthasbeencarriedouttothe
detrimentoftheCommunityindustry,whoseproduc­
tionhasfallenconsiderablyoverthepastfewyears
withresultantemploymentproblems;
Whereasallthesefactorshavecausedmarketdisrup­
tionandhavecausedseriousdamagetotheCommu­
nityproducers;
Whereasinviewoftheimportseffectedduringrecent
monthsafurthersharpandsubstantialincreasein
importsoftheseproductsmaybeconsideredtobe
imminent;whereasintheabsenceofimmediate
protectivemeasuresthisaggravationofthedamage
alreadycausedtoCommunityproducerswouldmake
itdifficulttorepair;
Whereas,forthesereasonsitisnecessarytotake
immediateactiontosafeguardtheinterestsoftheCommunity ,thisactiontoconsistoftheintroduction
inDenmarkofmeasurestolimittemporarilyimports
originatinginTaiwan;
Whereastheconcentration ofimportsoftheproducts
concernedontheDanishmarketjustifiesthelimita­
tion,forthemoment,oftheapplicationofthesesafe­
guardmeasurestoimportsintothoseregionsofthe
Community ,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheimportationintoDenmarkofstockings,other
thanknee-lengthstockingsandwomen'sstockings,
under-stockings ,socksandankle-socks ,sockettesand
thelike,knittedorcrocheted,notelasticorrubber­
ized,ofsyntheticfibres,corresponding toNimexe
code60.03-27,originatinginTaiwan,isherebymade
subjecttothepresentationofanimportauthorization
issuedbythecompetentauthoritiesoftheimporting
country.
Thetotalquantityoftheproductsforwhichimport
authorizations shallbeissuedduringtheperiods
mentionedhereundershallnotexceedthefollowing
amounts :
—1976:3430000pairs,
—1977:3515000pairs.
Thequantityindicatedabovefor1976shallbe
reducedbythequantityimportedintoDenmark,origi­
natinginTaiwan,since1January1976.
Article2
1.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
2.Itshallapplyuptotheentryintoforceofappro­
priatemeasurestobetakenbytheCouncilinaccor­
dancewithArticles12(6)and13ofRegulation(EEC)
No1439/74andatthelatestuntiltheexpiryofa
periodofsixweeksafteritsentryintoforce.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,5August1976.
FortheCommission
ChristopherSOAMES
Vice-President
(•)OJNoL159,15.6.1974,p.1.