2.9.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL241/35
COMMISSION DECISION
of29July1976
authorizingtheFrenchRepublicnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttocertain
setts,flagsandpaving,hearthandwalltilesfallingwithinsubheadings 69.07ex
AandBexIIand69.08exAandBexIIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,origi­
natinginJapanandinfreecirculationintheotherMemberStates
(OnlytheFrenchtextisauthentic)
(76/708/EEC)
Whereasuniformarrangements forimportsofthe
productsinquestioncouldbeadoptedundera
commoncommercialpolicyvis-a-visJapan;whereas
thesemeasuresshouldapplyonlyuntilsucharrange­
mentsareintroduced ,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
TheFrenchRepublicisauthorizednottoapply
Communitytreatmenttoimportsofthefollowing
products :Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon23July
1976bytheFrenchGovernmenttotheCommission
bytelexfromtheOfficeofitsPermanentRepresenta­
tivetotheEuropeanCommunities ,forauthorization
nottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttocertainsetts,
flagsandpaving,hearthandwalltilesfallingwithin
subheadings69.07exAandBexIIand69.08exA
andBIIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,originating
inJapanandinfreecirculationintheotherMember
States,
WhereasaccordingtothisapplicationunderArticle
115theimportationintoFranceoftheproductsin
questionoriginatinginJapaninsubjecttoacontrac­
tualquotaof$161000,whichisintheprocessof
beingallocated;
Whereasdifferencesinthecommercial policy
measuresappliedinconnectionwiththeseproducts
byFranceandbytheotherMemberStatesasregards
Japanaregivingrisetodeflectionoftrade;
Whereasthisdeflectionoftradeisobstructingthe
executionoftheabovecommercialpolicymeasures
currentlybeingappliedbyFranceasregardsJapan;
Whereasitisnotpossibleatthepresenttimetosetin
motionthemachineryforbringingabouttheneces­
sarycooperationfromtheotherMemberStates;
Whereasauthorizationshouldbegiven,foralimited
period,fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasures
underthefirstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothe
conditionslaiddownbytheCommissionDecisionof
12May1971(*),andinparticularArticle1thereof;CCTheadingNo Descriptionofgoods
69.07 Unglazedsetts,flagsandpaving,
hearthandwalltiles:
exA —Stonewaretilesandcubesfor
mosaics,thelongestsideofwhich
doesnotexceed5cm
BexII—Stoneware,otherthanwithsides
exceeding40cm
69.08 Glazedsetts,flagsandpaving,hearth
andwalltiles:
exA —Tilesandcubesformosaics,other
thanofcommonpottery,of
whichthelongestsidedoesnot
exceed5cm
BexII—Other,ofceramicmaterialsother
thancommonpottery
wheretheyoriginateinJapanandareinfreecircula­
tionintheotherMemberStates,andinrespectof
whichapplicationsforimportlicenceswerelodged
after15July1976. (')OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

NoL241/36 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 2.9.76
Article2 DoneatBrussels,29July1976.
ThisDecisionshallapplyonlyuntiluniformimport
arrangements areintroducedunderacommon
commercialpolicyvis-d-visJapanoruntilnewoppor­
tunitiesariseintheFrenchRepublicfortheimporta­
tionoftheproductsinquestionfromJapanandin
anycasenotlaterthan31December1976.FortheCommission
ChristopherSOAMES Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheFrenchRepublic. Vice-President