NoL163/20 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 20.6.78
COMMISSION DECISION
of8June1978
authorizingtheFrenchRepublicnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttocertain
setts,flagsandpaving,hearthandwalltiles,fallingwithinsubheadings 69.07ex
AandBexIIand69.08exAandBexIIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,origi­
natinginSouthKoreaandinfreecirculationintheotherMemberStates
(OnlytheFrenchtextisauthentic)
(78/536/EEC)
firstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothecondi­
tionsspecifiedintheCommissionDecisionof12
May1971(*)andinparticularArticle1thereof;
Whereas,however,therequestforalicencewhich
gaverisetotheapplicationinquestiondoesnotneed
tobecoveredbysuchanauthorization inviewofthe
smallamountinvolved,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
TheFrenchRepublicisauthorizednottoapply
Communitytreatmenttotheproductsindicated
below,wheretheyoriginateinSouthKoreaandarein
freecirculationintheotherMemberStates,andin
respectofwhichapplicationsforimportlicenceswere
afterthedateofthisDecision :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon29May
1978bytheFrenchGovernmenttotheCommission
oftheEuropeanCommunities ,forauthorizationnot
toapplyCommunitytreatmenttocertainsetts,flags
andpaving,hearthandwalltiles,fallingwithin
subheadings69.07exAandBexIIand69.08exA
andBexIIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,origi­
natinginSouthKoreaandinfreecirculationinthe
otherMemberStates,
WhereasinFrancetheimportationoftheproductsin
questionoriginatinginSouthKoreaisprohibited ;
Whereasdisparitiesinthecommercialpolicy
measuresappliedinconnectionwiththeseproducts
bytheMemberStatesaregivingrisetodeflectionof
trade,thuspreventingtheexecutionofthosecommer­
cialpolicymeasureswhichareinforcebecauseofthe
difficulteconomicsituationinthesectorconcerned ;
Whereas,accordingtotheapplicationsubmitted,
thereareseriousdifficultiesintheindustrialsector
concerned,involvingaconsiderabledropinproduc­
tionandemploymentandaprogressivedeclineinits
marketshare;
Whereasfurtherindirectimports,inadditiontothose
alreadyeffected,wouldbelikelytoaggravatethese
difficulties ;
Whereasitisnotpossibletosetinmotionrapidlythe
machineryforbringingaboutthenecessarycoopera­
tionfromtheotherMemberStates;
Whereasauthorizationshouldaccordinglybegiven
fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasuresundertheCCT
heading
NoDescription
69.07
exA
BexII
69.08
exA
BexIIUnglazedsetts,flagsandpaving,hearth
andwalltiles:
—tilesandcubesformosaics,ofearth­
wareorfinepottery,thelongestsideof
whichdoesnotexceed5cm
—ofearthenwareorfinepottery,other
thanthosewithasidelongerthan40
cm
Glazedsetts,flagsandpaving,hearthand
walltiles:
—tilesandcubesformosaics,otherthan
ofcommonpottery,thelongestsideof
whichdoesnotexceed5cm
—otherofceramicmaterialsotherthan
commonpotterywheretheyoriginate
infreecirculationintheotherMember
States,andinrespectofwhichapplica­
tionsforimportlicenceswerelodged
after3April1977.
(')OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

20.6.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL163/21
DoneatBrussels,8June1978. Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
arisefortheimportationoftheseproductsfromSouth
Koreaoruntil31December1978whicheveristhe
earlier.
Article3FortheCommission
WilhelmHAFERKAMP
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheFrenchRepublic.. Vice-President