NoL357/14 31.12.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
REGULATION (EEC)No3327/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of20December 1974
providingforlicensingarrangements inrespectoftheimportationintothe
UnitedKingdomofcottonyarnfromnon-member countries
Whereastheseinterimprotectivemeasuresshould
remaininforceuntiltheentryintoforceofappro­
priatemeasurestakenbytheCounciloruntilthe
expiryofsixweeksfollowingtheentryintoforceof
thisRegulation ,whicheveristhesooner,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.TheimportationintotheUnitedKingdomof
GreatBritainandNorthernIrelandfromthenon­
membercountrieslistedinAnnex11toCouncilRegu­
lation(EEC)No1439/74,exceptingthosecountries
listedintheAnnexhereto,oftheproductsshown
belowshallbesubjecttoproductionofanimport
licence,andthetotaltonnagesoimportedduringthe
period1January1975to31December1975shallnot
exceedthefollowingquantity:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1439/74(')establishingcommonrulesforimports
fromthirdcountries,andinparticularArticle12
thereof;
AfterconsultationwiththeAdvisoryCommitteeset
upbyArticle5ofthatRegulation ;
WhereasbyCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2631/73(2)
of27September1973and(EEC)No675/74(3)of21
March1974theimportation intotheUnited
Kingdomofcottonyarnfromthirdcountrieswasfor
theperiod 1Aprilto31December1973andforthe
wholeof1974madesubjecttolicence;
Whereasitappearsfromthestatisticsandotherinfor­
mationsuppliedbytheBritishGovernment inthe
courseofconsultation withtheaforesaidAdvisory
Committee thattheimmediate liberalization of
importsofcottonyarnfromthecountrieslistedin
AnnexIItoRegulation (EEC)No1439/74wouldin
presentcircumstances stillinvolvetheriskofsubstan­
tialinjurywhichitwouldbedifficulttoremedytothe
Britishcottonspinningindustry,especiallysincethe
volumeofimportsfromcountriesintheMediterra­
neanbasinhasincreasedsubstantially ;
Whereasprotectivemeasuresmustthereforebe
adoptedandshouldconsistofarestrictiononthe
importationofcottonyarnforaperiodextendingup
to31December1975;
Whereas,giventhatthethreatofsubstantialinjury
originatedinimportsintendedforUnitedKingdom
markets,itappearsjustifiedatpresent,havingregard
toexistingtradeflows,torestricttheapplicationof
theprotectivemeasurestoimportsintotheUnited
Kingdom ;
Whereastheobligationsofthearrangementregarding
international tradeintextiles,andinparticularthe
needtoraisegraduallythelevelsofimportsof
productssubjectedtoquantitativerestrictions ,require
liberalization tobeachievedby31March1977atthe
latest;
Whereas,consequently ,itisappropriatetolimitthese
importsatamarkedlyhigherlevelthanthatprovided
for1974;CCT
headingNo
55.05
55.06Cottonyarn,notputup
forretailsale
Cottonyarn,putupforre­
tailsnlr20OCC
metrictons
2.Theimportlicencesreferredtoinparagraph 1
shallbeissuedbytheUnitedKingdomofGreat
BritainandNorthernIreland.
Article2 •
1.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
2.Itshallremaininforceuntiltheentryintoforce
ofappropriatemeasurestobetakenbytheCouncil
under12(6)ofRegulation (EEC)No1439/74oruntil
theexpiryofsixweeksfollowingitsentryintoforce,
whichever isthesooner.(')OJNoL159,15.6.1974,p.1.
(-)0|NoL272,29.9.1973,p.16.
(()O'fNoL83,21.3.1974.p.1.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20December1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
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