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REGULATION (EEC)No1626/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of18June1973
subjectingtoauthorization theimportationintoItalyoftaperecordersfromthird
countries
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1025/70(1)of25May1970,establishingcommon
rulesforimportsfromthirdcountries,andinparti­
cularArticle10thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No109/
70(2)of19December1969,establishingcommon
rulesforimportsfromstate-tradingcountries,and
inparticularArticle7thereof;
AfterconsultationwiththeAdvisoryCommitteesset
upunderArticle5ofRegulation (EEC)No1025/70
andofRegulation (EEC)No109/70;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommis­
sion;
Whereas,on9March1973,theItalianGovernment
informedtheCommission ,bytelex,oftheincreased
difficultiesintheItaliantaperecordermarket
causedbytherisingimportsoftheseproductsand
requestedtheCommissiontosummonurgently
meetingsoftheAdvisoryCommitteesrequired
underRegulations (EEC)Nos1025/70and109/70;
Whereas,accordingtotheinformationsuppliedby
the'ItalianGovernment ,particularlytheinformation
givenattheconsultationmeetings,andfromthe
otherinformationavailabletotheCommission ,
importsoftaperecordersfromthirdcountriesto
Italyhaveincreasedconsiderablyduringthelast
threeyears;whereasthisinformationdisclosesthat
importswhichamountedto99000unitsin1969haveincreasedto478000unitsin1972,which
representsanaverageannualincreaseof69°/o;
WhereasduringthesameperiodtheannualItalian
productionoftheseproductshasdecreasedfrom
380000toapproximately 136000units;whereas
theshareofimportsfromthirdcountriesinthe
Italianmarkethasincreasedcontinuously ,rising
from18°/oin1969toapproximately 54%>in
1972;
Whereastheseimports,especiallythoseoriginating
fromcertainthirdcountries,areobtainedatrela­
tivelylowprices,generallyatalevelconsiderably
lowerthanthatprevailingontheItalianmarket;
Whereasitisclear,fromthesefacts,thattaperecor­
dersarebeingimportedintoItalyinsuchgreatly
increasedquantitiesandundersuchconditionsasto
causeseriousharmtotheinterestsofItalian
producersoflikeproducts,andthatthesituation
threatenstogetworseandwouldbedifficultto
remedy,unlessimmediateactionweretakenin
ordertosafeguardtheinterestsoftheCommunity ;
Whereastheimportsinquestionareatpresentparti­
cularlydetrimentaltoItalybutarenotsofar
causingsimiliarharminotherMemberStatesofthe
Community ;whereasitisconsequentlyjustifiedto
limittheprotectivemeasurestoimportsintoItaly;
Whereasdiscussionswiththemainsuppliercountry
withaviewtoavoidingadeteriorationofthesitua­
tionintheItalianmarkethavenotchangedthe
trendofimports;
Whereasitisthereforenecessaryasregardsthe
importationoftheseproductsintoItalytotake
provisionalprotectivemeasuresconsistentwiththe(')OJNoL124,8.6.1970,p.6.
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trendsintheimportsinquestionshouldthreaten
seriousharmtotheinterestsofotherCommunity
producersbesidesItalianproducers;
Whereas,inviewofthenecessitytotakeurgent
measures,theCommissionhasadopted,inaccord­
ancewithArticle10ofRegulation (EEC)No1025/
70andArticle7ofRegulation (EEC)No109/70,
Regulation (EEC)No1060/73i1)subjectingto
authorization theimportationintoItalyoftape
recordersfromthirdcountriesandestablishing
Community surveillance overtheseimports;
whereas,inaccordancewiththeprovisionsreferred
toabove,itisdesirablethattheappropriate
measuresshouldbetaken;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :relevantinternationalrules;whereasthesemeasures
mustlimittheimportsinquestion,and,giventhe
interimnatureofthemeasures,limitthemfora
periodnotexceedingthetimenecessarytoenable
consideration ofanyfurthermeasureswhichmay
berequired;
Whereastheseriousnessofthissituationisdueto
thegreatlyincreasedquantitiesimportedandtothe
priceatwhichtheyareimported;whereasaceiling
shouldthereforebeprovisionally adoptedwhich
wouldreducetheseriousimpactoftheseimports
andeliminatethethreatofthesituationbecoming
worse;
Whereas,dependingontrendsinimportsoftape
recordersintotheCommunitymarkets(including
theItalianmarket),thesafeguardmeasuresunder
consideration mightbeamended,ormightbe
repealedwhentheserioussituationhasbeenreme­
died,asaresult,possibly,ofanunderstanding with
thethirdcountriesconcerned ;whereasthese
measuresmightbeextendedtootherMemberStates
oftheCommunity ,ortothe.wholeCommunity ,ifArticle1
1.TheimportationfromthirdcountriesintoItaly
oftheproductslistedbelowshallbesubjecttothe
productionofanimportauthorization ,andshall
notexceed,inrespectoftheperiod1April1973to
31December1973,thenumberofunitsgiven
below:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods, Units
92.11 Gramophones ,dictatingmachinesandothersoundrecor­
dersandreproducers,includingrecord-players andtape­
decks,withorwithoutsound-heads ;televisionimageand
soundrecordersandreproducers ,magnetic :
A.Soundrecordersandreproducers :
III.Combinedsoundrecordersandreproducers 225000
2.Paragraph1shallnotapplytotheproductsreferredtoaboveimportedintothe
Communityunderanagreementestablishingacustomsunionorfree-tradearea(or
providingfortheirestablishment )betweentheCommunityandonethirdcountryor
more.
3.Theimportauthorizations referredtoinparagraph1shallbeissuedbytheItalian
Republic.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowingitspublicationinthe
OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,18June1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.LAVENS