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( 1 ) OJ NO L 131 , 29 . 5 . 1979 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 10 , 16 . 1 . 1979 , P . 5 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 49 , 28 . 2 . 1979 , P . 11 .

( 4 ) OJ NO C 211 , 5 . 9 . 1978 , P . 2 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2945/79

OF 21 DECEMBER 1979

SUBJECTING TO AUTHORIZATION THE IMPORTATION INTO ITALY OF ELECTRIC FILAMENT LAMPS ORIGINATING IN CERTAIN EUROPEAN STATE-TRADING COUNTRIES

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 925/79 OF 8 MAY 1979 ESTABLISHING COMMON RULES FOR IMPORTS FROM STATE-TRADING COUNTRIES ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 7 THEREOF ,

HAVING CONSULTED THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE SET UP UNDER ARTICLE 5 OF THE SAID REGULATION ,

WHEREAS BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 64/79 OF 12 JANUARY 1979 ( 2 ) THE COMMISSION ESTABLISHED RULES WHEREBY IMPORTS INTO ITALY OF ELECTRIC FILAMENT LAMPS ORIGINATING IN CERTAIN EUROPEAN STATE-TRADING COUNTRIES WERE MADE SUBJECT TO AUTHORIZATION ;

WHEREAS BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 393/79 ( 3 ) THE COUNCIL MAINTAINED THESE RULES IN EFFECT UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1979 ;

WHEREAS THE ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES WHICH JUSTIFIED THE INTRODUCTION OF THESE PROTECTIVE MEASURES PERSIST ON THE ITALIAN MARKET ;

WHEREAS IN PARTICULAR ELECTRIC FILAMENT LAMPS ORIGINATING IN CERTAIN STATE-TRADING COUNTRIES CONTINUE TO BE IMPORTED INTO ITALY AT PRICES WELL BELOW THE PRICE OF SIMILAR ITALIAN PRODUCTS ; WHEREAS THERE WOULD BE A SERIOUS INJURY OR THREAT THEREOF TO THE PRODUCERS IN THIS REGION OF THE COMMUNITY IF PROTECTIVE MEASURES WERE NOT MAINTAINED ;

WHEREAS THESE MEASURES SHOULD CONSEQUENTLY BE MAINTAINED UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1980 FOR THE ITALIAN MARKET IN RESPECT OF THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC , CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND THE USSR ;

WHEREAS A CERTAIN INCREASE OF THE QUANTITIES FOR WHICH IMPORT AUTHORIZATIONS MAY BE ISSUED SEEMS APPROPRIATE ;

WHEREAS DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEEN HELD WITH CERTAIN EXPORTERS OF THESE COUNTRIES WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE ANTI-DUMPING PROCEDURE ( 4 ) CONCERNING IMPORTS OF ELECTRIC FILAMENT LAMPS ORIGINATING IN CERTAIN EUROPEAN STATE-TRADING COUNTRIES ;

WHEREAS THESE MEASURES CAN BE REVIEWED IN THE LIGHT OF THE RESULTS OF THIS ANTI-DUMPING PROCEDURE ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE RULES WHEREBY IMPORTS INTO ITALY OF ELECTRIC FILAMENT LAMPS ORIGINATING IN CERTAIN EUROPEAN STATE-TRADING COUNTRIES ARE SUBJECT TO AUTHORIZATION WHICH WERE ADOPTED BY COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 64/79 AND MAINTAINED IN EFFECT UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1979 BY COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 393/79 SHALL REMAIN APPLICABLE UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1980 .

THE TOTAL QUANTITY OF PRODUCTS FOR WHICH IMPORT AUTHORIZATIONS MAY BE ISSUED DURING 1980 SHALL NOT EXCEED THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS :

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NIMEXE CODE // DESCRIPTION // ORIGIN // QUANTITY ( ITEMS ) //

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85.20-15 // ELECTRIC FILAMENT LAMPS EXCEEDING 28 VOLTS // GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CZECHOSLOVAKIA USSR // 5 000 000 5 500 000 2 000 000 //

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 21 DECEMBER 1979 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

WILHELM HAFERKAMP

VICE-PRESIDENT