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( 1 ) OJ NO L 16 , 22 . 1 . 1980 , P . 14 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 365 , 27 . 12 . 1978 , P . 1 .

COMMISSION DECISION

OF 4 AUGUST 1981

AUTHORIZING THE FRENCH REPUBLIC NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO BLOUSES AND SHIRT-BLOUSES , KNITTED , CROCHETED OR WOVEN , ORIGINATING IN INDIA

( ONLY THE FRENCH TEXT IS AUTHENTIC )

( 81/753/EEC )

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN CONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 115 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO COMMISSION DECISION 80/47/EEC OF 20 DECEMBER 1979 ON SURVEILLANCE AND PROTECTIVE MEASURES WHICH MEMBER STATES MAY BE AUTHORIZED TO TAKE IN RESPECT OF IMPORTS OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THIRD COUNTRIES AND PUT INTO FREE CIRCULATION IN ANOTHER MEMBER STATE ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 3 THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ON 10 JULY 1981 A REQUEST WAS MADE UNDER THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 115 OF THE TREATY BY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT TO THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES FOR AUTHORIZATION NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO BLOUSES AND SHIRT-BLOUSES , KNITTED , CROCHETED OR WOVEN , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADINGS EX 60.05 A II AND EX 61.02 B II OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ( CATEGORY 7 ), ORIGINATING IN INDIA AND IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES ;

WHEREAS THE IMPORTATION INTO THE COMMUNITY OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN INDIA IS COVERED BY AN AGREEMENT NEGOTIATED BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THAT COUNTRY ; WHEREAS , UNDER THAT AGREEMENT , INDIA HAS UNDERTAKEN TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS TO LIMIT ITS EXPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION TO THE COMMUNITY WITHIN CERTAIN CEILINGS ;

WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THAT AGREEMENT AND TAKE ACCOUNT OF ITS CHARACTERISTICS , THE COUNCIL ADOPTED REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3059/78 ( 2 ) INTRODUCING SPECIFIC COMMON RULES FOR IMPORTS OF CERTAIN TEXTILE PRODUCTS ;

WHEREAS THE DIFFERENCES IN MARKET CONDITIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND THE PARTICULAR SENSITIVITY OF THIS BRANCH OF COMMUNITY INDUSTRY HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN ALLOCATING THE ABOVEMENTIONED COMMUNITY CEILING BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES ;

WHEREAS , FOR THIS REASON , DISPARITIES STILL EXIST BETWEEN THE CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE IMPORTATION OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION INTO THE DIFFERENT MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS UNIFORMITY CAN ONLY BE BROUGHT ABOUT GRADUALLY ;

WHEREAS THESE DISPARITIES IN THE COMMERCIAL POLICY MEASURES APPLIED BY THE MEMBER STATES HAVE RESULTED IN DEFLECTIONS OF TRADE , IN THAT SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981 FRANCE HAS ADMITTED 565 209 PIECES OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION IN FREE CIRCULATION ORIGINATING IN THE SAID THIRD COUNTRY ;

WHEREAS , WITH REGARD TO THE SITUATION OF THE INDUSTRY CONCERNED , THE INFORMATION RECEIVED BY THE COMMISSION INDICATES THAT TOTAL IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN THIRD COUNTRIES AMOUNTED TO 11 230 000 PIECES IN 1978 , TO 12 508 000 PIECES IN 1979 AND TO 11 849 000 PIECES IN 1980 ; WHEREAS THE MARKET SHARE TAKEN BY THOSE IMPORTS HAS RISEN FROM 36 % IN 1978 TO 39 % IN 1980 ;

WHEREAS THE PRICES OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN INDIA ARE CONSIDERABLY BELOW THE PRICES OF LIKE PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED IN FRANCE ;

WHEREAS OUTPUT OF LIKE PRODUCTS IN FRANCE HAS FALLEN FROM 22 035 000 PIECES IN 1978 TO 21 687 000 PIECES IN 1979 AND TO 20 528 000 PIECES IN 1980 ; WHEREAS THE DOMESTIC INDUSTRY ' S SHARE OF THE HOME MARKET HAS FALLEN FROM 56 % IN 1978 TO 52 % IN 1980 ;

WHEREAS FURTHER INDIRECT IMPORTS , IN ADDITION TO THOSE ALREADY ADMITTED , WOULD BE LIKELY TO AGGRAVATE THESE DIFFICULTIES AND JEOPARDIZE THE AIMS OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED COMMERCIAL POLICY MEASURES ;

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 DECISION 80/47/EEC , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 3 THEREOF ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :

ARTICLE 1

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC IS AUTHORIZED NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO THE PRODUCTS INDICATED BELOW , ORIGINATING IN INDIA AND IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES IN RESPECT OF WHICH APPLICATIONS FOR IMPORT LICENCES WERE LODGED AFTER 17 JULY 1981 :

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EX 60.05 A II AND EX 61.02 B II ( NIMEXE CODES 60.05-22 , 23 , 24 , 25 61.02-78 , 82 , 84 ) ( CATEGORY 7 ) // BLOUSES AND SHIRT-BLOUSES , KNITTED , CROCHETED ( NOT ELASTIC OR RUBBERIZED ), OR WOVEN , FOR WOMEN , GIRLS AND INFANTS , OF WOOL , OF COTTON OR OF MAN-MADE TEXTILE FIBRES //

ARTICLE 2

THIS DECISION SHALL APPLY UNTIL NEW OPPORTUNITIES ARISE IN FRANCE FOR THE IMPORTATION OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN INDIA OR UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1981 , WHICHEVER IS THE EARLIER .

ARTICLE 3

THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE FRENCH REPUBLIC .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 4 AUGUST 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

ETIENNE DAVIGNON

VICE-PRESIDENT