NoL62/36 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 4.3.78
COMMISSION DECISION
of24January1978
authorizingtheFrenchRepublicnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttotable
wareandotherarticlesofakindcommonlyusedfordomesticortoilet
purposes,ofporcelainorchina(includingbiscuitporcelainandparian)orof
otherkindsofpotteryotherthancommonpotteryorstoneware,fallingwithin
headingNo69.11andsubheadings 69.12CandDoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginJapanandinfreecirculationintheotherMemberStates
(OnlytheFrenchtextisauthentic)
(78/202/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon16
January1978bytheFrenchGovernmenttotheEuro­
peanCommunities forauthorizationnottoapply
Communitytreatmenttotablewareandotherarticles
ofakindcommonlyusedfordomesticortoilet
purposes,ofporcelainorchina(includingbiscuit
porcelainandparian)orofotherkindsofpottery
exceptcommonpotteryandstoneware,fallingwithin
headingNo69.11andsubheadings69.12CandDof
theCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginJapan
andinfreecirculationintheotherMemberStates,
WhereasaccordingtothisapplicationunderArticle
115theimportationintoFranceoftheproductsin
questionoriginatinginJapanissubjecttoanannual
contractualquota;
Whereasdifferencesinthecommercialpolicy
measuresappliedinconnectionwiththeseproducts
byFranceandbytheotherMemberStatesasregards
Japanaregivingrisetodeflectionoftrade;
Whereasthisdeflectionoftradeispreventingthe
executionoftheabovementioned measuresof
commercialpolicycurrentlybeingappliedbyFrance
asregardsJapan,notablyinordertoprotectthe
industryconcerned,whichisfacingseriouseconomic
difficultiesresultinginadeclineofproductionand
theconsequentclosureofcertainfirms;
Whereasitisnotpossibleatthepresenttimetosetin
motionthemachineryforbringingabouttheneces­
sarycooperationfromtheotherMemberStates;
Whereasauthorizationshouldbegiven,foralimited
period,fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasures
underthefirstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothe
conditionslaiddownbytheCommissionDecisionof
12May1971('),andinparticularArticle1thereof;Whereasuniformarrangements forimportsofthe
productsinquestionmightbeadoptedundera
commoncommercialpolicyvis-à-visJapan;whereas
thevalidityofthesemeasuresshouldapplyonlyuntil
sucharrangements areapplied,
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
TheFrenchRepublicisauthorizednottoapply
Communitytreatmenttoimportsoftablewareand
otherarticlesofakindcommonlyusedfordomestic
ortoiletpurposes,ofporcelainorchina(including
biscuitporcelainandparian),fallingwithinheading
No69.11oftheCommonCustomsTariffandoftable­
wareandotherarticlesofakindcommonlyusedfor,
domesticortoiletpurposes,ofotherkindsofpottery:
—earthenwareorfinepottery,
—other,
fallingwithinsubheadings69.12CandD,wherethey
originateinJapanandareinfreecirculationinthe
otherMemberStates,andinrespectofwhichapplica­
tionsforimportlicenceswerelodgedafter8January
1978.
Article2
ThisDecisionshallremainvalidonlyuntiluniform
importarrangements areappliedunderacommon
commercialpolicyvis-à-visJapanoruntil30June
1978,whicheveristheearlier.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheFrenchRepublic.
DoneatBrussels,24January1978.
FortheCommission
AntonioGIOLITTI
MemberoftheCommission
(MOJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.