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( 1 ) OJ NO L 42 , 18 . 2 . 1980 , P . 1 .

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

COMMISSION DECISION

OF 26 JUNE 1980

AUTHORIZING THE FRENCH REPUBLIC NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO NATURAL HONEY , FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 04.06 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , ORIGINATING IN THE PEOPLE ' S REPUBLIC OF CHINA , HUNGARY , ROMANIA , MEXICO AND ARGENTINA AND IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES

( ONLY THE FRENCH TEXT IS AUTHENTIC )

( 80/689/EEC )

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

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

HAVING REGARD TO THE APPLICATION UNDER THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 115 OF THE TREATY , MADE ON 12 JUNE 1980 BY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT TO THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , FOR AUTHORIZATION NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO NATURAL HONEY , FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 04.06 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , ORIGINATING IN THE PEOPLE ' S REPUBLIC OF CHINA , HUNGARY , ROMANIA , MEXICO AND ARGENTINA AND IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES ,

WHEREAS IN FRANCE THE IMPORTATION OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN THE PEOPLE ' S REPUBLIC OF CHINA , HUNGARY AND ROMANIA IS , IN ACCORDANCE WITH COUNCIL DECISION 80/158/EEC OF 20 DECEMBER 1979 ( 1 ), SUBJECT TO AN ANNUAL QUOTA , AT A TIME WHEN THE POSSIBILITY IS OPEN FOR IMPORTS FROM MEXICO AND ARGENTINA ACCORDING TO THE NEEDS OF THE MARKET ;

WHEREAS THE DISPARITIES WHICH EXIST IN THE COMMERCIAL POLICY MEASURES APPLIED IN CONNECTION WITH THESE PRODUCTS BY THE MEMBER STATES ARE CAUSING DEFLECTION OF TRADE , THEREBY PREVENTING THE EXECUTION OF THOSE COMMERCIAL POLICY MEASURES WHICH ARE IN FORCE BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULT ECONOMIC SITUATION IN THE SECTOR CONCERNED ;

WHEREAS IT APPEARS FROM THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED THAT THERE ARE SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES IN THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR CONCERNED , INVOLVING A CONSIDERABLE DROP IN PRODUCTION AND A PROGRESSIVE DECLINE IN ITS MARKET SHARE ;

WHEREAS THESE ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES ARE CAUSED LARGELY BY UNEQUAL CONDITIONS OF COMPETITION , WHICH ALLOW EXPORTS TO BE MADE AT PRICES APPRECIABLY LOWER THAN THOSE OF THE COMMUNITY PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ;

WHEREAS FURTHER INDIRECT IMPORTS , IN ADDITION TO THOSE ALREADY MADE OR PROPOSED , WOULD BE LIKELY TO AGGRAVATE THESE DIFFICULTIES ;

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 COMMISSION DECISION 80/47/EEC OF 20 DECEMBER 1979 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 3 THEREOF ;

WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THE APPLICATION FOR LICENCES WHICH GAVE RISE TO THE APPLICATION IN QUESTION DOES NOT NEED TO BE COVERED BY SUCH AN AUTHORIZATION IN VIEW OF THEIR SMALL AMOUNT ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :

ARTICLE 1

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC IS AUTHORIZED NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO THE PRODUCTS INDICATED BELOW , WHERE THEY ORIGINATE IN THE PEOPLE ' S REPUBLIC OF CHINA , HUNGARY , ROMANIA , MEXICO AND ARGENTINA AND ARE IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES , AND IN RESPECT OF WHICH APPLICATIONS FOR IMPORT LICENCES WERE LODGED AFTER THE DATE OF THE ADOPTION OF THIS DECISION :

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04.06 // NATURAL HONEY //

ARTICLE 2

THIS DECISION SHALL APPLY UNTIL 30 SEPTEMBER 1980 .

ARTICLE 3

THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE FRENCH REPUBLIC .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 26 JUNE 1980 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

WILHELM HAFERKAMP

VICE-PRESIDENT