NoL329/26 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 23.12.75
REGULATION (EEC)No3339/75OFTHECOMMISSION
of22December 1975
establishinginterimprotectivemeasureswithregardtoimportsintotheUnited
KingdQmofcottonyarnandofcertainfabricsoriginatinginSpainand
Portugal
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoRegulation (EEC)No1525/70(*)on
protectivemeasuresprovidedforintheAgreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
Spain;
HavingregardtoRegulation (EEC)No2845/72(2)on
protectivemeasuresprovidedforintheAgreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
PortugeseRepublic;
HavingconsultedtheAdvisoryCommitteessetup
underthesaidRegulations ;
WhereasimportsintotheUnitedKingdomofcotton
yarnandofcertainfabricsoriginatinginSpainandin
Portugalhaveincreasedsharplyandsubstantiallyover
thepastfewyears;
Whereasthesaidproductsaregenerallyofferedfor
sale,onthemarketaffected,atpriceswhicharebelow
thoseprevailingforsimilargoodsproducedby
Communityproducers;
Whereassuchimports,addedtothosefromother
thirdcountrieswhicharegenerallysubjecttolimita­
tion,representasubstantialandgrowingshareofthe
marketintheregionoftheCommunityconcerned ;
Whereasthisdevelopmenthastakenplacetothedetri­
mentoftheBritishindustrywhereproductionhas
declinedconsiderablyoverthepastfewyearsand
wherealargeproportionofthework-forcehave
becomeunemployed ;
Whereasallthesefactorsinvolveadisruptionofthe
marketandcausesubstantialinjurytoCommunity
producers;
Whereas,therefore,theBritishGovernmenthaveesta­
blishedquantitativerestrictions,witheffectfrom18
December1975,onimportsoftheseproductsand
havenotifiedtheCommission ofthemeasurestaken;Whereasitappearsjustifiedtomaintainthese
measuresineffect,onaninterimbasis,untiltheappli­
cationbytheexportingcountriesconcernedofappro­
priateautolimitation measuresoruntil30June1976
whicheveristhesooner,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.TheimportationintotheUnitedKingdomof
cottonyarn,notputupforretailsale(CCTheading
No55.05)originatinginSpain,shallbesubjecttothe
productionofanimportauthorization issuedbythe
competentauthoritiesintheUnitedKingdom.
2.Thetotalquantityofsuchproductsforwhich
importauthorizations shallbeissuedduringthe
periodfrom18December1975to30June1976shall
notexceed1413metrictons.
Article2
1.TheimportationintotheUnitedKingdomof
cottonyarn,notputupforretailsale(CCTheading
No55.05)andofwovenfabricsofman-madefibres
(discontinuous orwaste)(CCTheadingNo56.07)origi­
natinginPortugal,shallbesubjecttotheproduction
ofanimportauthorization issuedbythecompetent
authoritiesintheUnitedKingdom.
2.Thetotalquantityofsuchproductsforwhich
importauthorizations shallbeissuedduringthe
periodfrom18December1975to30June1976shall
notexceed2540metrictonsinthecaseofcotton
yarnofheadingNo55.05and1149metrictonsin
thecaseoffabricsofheadingNo56.07.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
Itshallapplyuntil30June1976atthelatest.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22December1975.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(')OJNoL182,16.8.1970,p.175.
(*)OJNoL301,31.12.1972,p.368.