NoL116/51 28.4.78 OfficialJournaioftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION DECISION
of17April1978
authorizingtheFrenchRepublicnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttotable­
wareandotherarticlesofakindcommonlyusedfordomesticandtoilet
purposes,ofporcelainorchinaorofotherkindsofpottery,fallingwithin
headingNo69.11orsubheading69.12CorDoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginthePeople'sRepublicofChinaandinfreecirculationinthe
otherMemberStates
(OnlytheFrenchtextisauthentic)
(78/409/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,Whereastheseeconomicdifficultiesarecausedlargely
byunequalconditionsofcompetition ,whereby
exportscanbeeffectedatpricesappreciablylower
thanthoseoftheCommunityproductsinquestion;
Whereasfurtherindirectimports,inadditiontothose
alreadyeffected,wouldbelikelytoaggravatethese
difficulties ;
Whereasitisnotpossibletosetinmotionrapidlythe
machineryforbringingaboutthenecessarycoopera­
tionfromtheotherMemberStates;
Whereasauthorization shouldaccordinglybegiven
fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasuresunderthe
firstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothecondi­
tionsspecifiedintheCommissionDecisionof12
May1971(2)andinparticularArticle1thereof,Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon10April
1978bytheFrenchGovernmenttotheCommission
oftheEuropeanCommunities ,forauthorization not
toapplyCommunitytreatmenttotablewareandother
articlesofakindcommonlyusedfordomesticand
toiletpurposes,ofporcelainorchinaorofotherkinds
ofpottery,fallingwithinheadingNo69.11or
subheading69.12CorDoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginthePeople'sRepublicofChina
andinfreecirculationintheotherMemberStates,HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
TheFrenchRepublicisauthorizednottoapply
Communitytreatmenttotheproductsindicated
below,wheretheyoriginateinthePeople'sRepublic
ofChinaandareinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates,andinrespectofwhichapplications
forimportlicenceswerelodgedafter4April1978:WhereasinFrancetheimportationoftheproductsin
questionoriginatinginthePeople'sRepublicof
Chinais,inaccordancewiththeCouncilDecisionof
20December1977('),subjecttoaquota,whichis
beingdistributedinfull;
Whereasdisparitiesinthecommercial policy
measuresappliedinconnectionwiththeseproducts
bytheMemberStatesaregivingrisetodeflectionof
trade,thuspreventingtheexecutionofthosecommer­
cialpolicymeasures,whichareinforcebecauseofthe
difficulteconomicsituationinthesectorconcerned ;CCT
heading
NoDescription
69.11or
69.12CorDTablewareandotherarticlesofakind
commonlyusedfordomesticandtoilet
purposes,ofporcelainorchinaorofother
kindsofpottery
Whereasaccordingtotheapplicationsubmittedthere
areseriousdifficulties intheindustrialsector
concerned,involvingaconsiderabledropinproduc­
tionandemploymentandaprogressivedeclineinits
marketshare;Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
arisefortheimportationoftheseproductsfromthe
(')OJNoL357,31.12.1977. (2)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

NoL116/52 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.4.78
PeoplesRepublicofChinaoruntil31December
1978,whicheveristheearlier.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheFrenchRepublic.DoneatBrussels,17April1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission