14.11.78 NoL320/26 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION DECISION
of19October1978
authorizingtheFrenchRepublicnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttowoven
fabricsofcotton,otherthangauze,terryfabrics,narrowwovenfabrics,pile
fabrics,chenillefabrics,tulleandothernetfabricsfallingwithinheadingNo
55.09oftheCommonCustomsTariff(NIMEXEcodes55.09-01,02,03,04,05,11,
12,13,14,15,16,17,19,21,29,31,33,35,37,38,39,41,49,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,
59,61,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,76,77,78,81,82,83,84,86,87,92,
93,97)originatinginSouthKoreaandinfreecirculationintheotherMember
States
(OnlytheFrenchtextisauthentic)
(78/915/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon13
October1978bytheFrenchGovernmenttothe
Commission oftheEuropeanCommunities ,for
authorizationnottoapplyCommunitytreatmentto
wovenfabricsofcotton,otherthangauze,terryfabrics,
narrowwovenfabrics,pilefabrics,chenillefabrics,
tulleandothernetfabricsfallingwithinheadingNo
55.09oftheCommonCustomsTariff(NIMEXE
codes55.09-01,02,03,04,05,11,12,13,14,15,16,
17,19,21,29,31,33,35,37,38,39,41,49,51,52,53,
54,55,56,57,59,61,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,
72,73,74,76,77,78,81,82,83,84,86,87,92,93,97)
originatinginSouthKoreaandinfreecirculationin
theotherMemberStates;
WhereastheimportationintotheCommunityofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginSouthKoreais
coveredbyanAgreementnegotiatedbetweenthe
Communityandthatcountry;
WhereasunderthatAgreementSouthKoreahas
undertakentotakeallnecessarystepstolimitits
exportsoftheproductsinquestiontotheCommunity
uptotheamountofcertainceilingsallocatedamong
theMemberStates;
Whereasitwasnotpossibleonthatoccasiontoallo­
catetheseceilingsonthebasisoftheneedsoftheindividualmarkets;whereastherearethereforedispar­
itiesexistingbetweentheimportconditionsinthe
variousMemberStates;whereasuniformitycanonly
beachievedprogressively ;
Whereasitappearsfromtheapplicationsubmitted
thatthereareseriousdifficultiesintheindustrial
sectorconcerned,involvingaconsiderabledropin
productionandemployment ;
Whereasfurtherindirectimports,inadditiontothose
alreadymade,wouldbelikelytoaggravatethesediffi­
culties;
Whereasitisnotpossibletosetinmotionrapidlythe
machineryforbringingaboutthenecessarycoopera­
tionfromtheotherMemberStates;
Whereasauthorization shouldaccordinglybegiven
fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasuresunderthe
firstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothecondi­
tionslaiddowninCommission Decision71/202/EEC
of12May1971(!),andandinparticularArticle1
thereof,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
TheFrenchRepublicisauthorizednottoapply
Communitytreatmenttotheproductsindicated
below,wheretheyoriginateinTaiwanandareinfree
circulationintheotherMemberStates,andinrespect
ofwhichapplicationsforimportlicenceswerelodged
after12October1978:
(!)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

14.11.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL320/27
CCTheadingNo Description
55.09
(NIMEXEcodes
55.09-01,02,03,04,05,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,19,
21,29,31,33,35,37,38,39,41,49,51,52,53,54,55,
56,57,59,61,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,
74,76,77,78,81,82,83,84,86,87,92,93,97)Wovenfabricsofcotton,otherthangauze,
terryfabrics,narrowwovenfabrics,pile
fabrics,chenillefabrics,tulleandothernet
fabrics
Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunitiesariseinFrancefortheimportationof
theseproductsfromTaiwanoruntil31December1978,whicheveristheearlier.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheFrenchRepublic
DoneatBrussels,19October1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission