NoL314/34 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 8.12.77
COMMISSION DECISION
of6April1977
authorizingtheFrenchRepublicnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttotable­
wareandotherarticlesofakindcommonlyusedfordomesticortoilet
purposes,ofporcelainorchina(includingbiscuitporcelainandparian)orof
otherkindsofpotteryotherthancommonpotteryorstonewarefallingwithin
headingNo69.11andsubheadings 69.12CandDoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginthePeople'sRepublicofChinaandinfreecirculationin
theotherMemberStates
(OnlytheFrenchtextisauthentic)
(77/763/EEC)
tionsspecifiedintheCommissionDecisionof12
May1971(2),andinparticularArticle1thereof,
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
TheFrenchRepublicisauthorizednottoapply
Communitytreatmenttoimportsoftablewareand
otherarticlesofakindcommonlyusedfordomestic
ortoiletpurposes,ofporcelainorchina(including
biscuitporcelainandparian)fallingwithinheading
No69.11oftheCommonCustomsTariff,andof
tablewareandotherarticlesofakindcommonlyused
fordomesticortoiletpurposes,ofotherkindsof
pottery:
—earthenwareorfinepottery,
—other,
fallingwithinsubheadings69.12CandDofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,wheretheyoriginateinthe
People'sRepublicofChinaandareinfreecirculation
intheotherMemberStatesandinrespectofwhich
applicationsforimportlicenceswerelodgedafter21
March1977.
Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
ariseinFrancefortheimportationoftheproductsin
questionfromthePeople'sRepublicofChinaoruntil
31December1977,whicheveristheearlier.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheFrenchRepublic.
DoneatBrussels,6April1977.
FortheCommission
WilhelmHAFERKAMP
Vice-PresidentTHECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon31March
1977bytheFrenchGovernmenttotheEuropean
Communities ,forauthorizationnottoapplyCommu­
nitytreatmenttotablewareandotherarticlesofakind
commonlyusedfordomesticortoiletpurposes,of
porcelainorchina(includingbiscuitporcelainand
parian)orofotherkindsofpotteryorstoneware
fallingwithinheadingNo69.11andsubheadings
69.12CandDoftheCommonCustomsTariff,origi­
natinginthePeople'sRepublicofChinaandinfree
circulationintheotherMemberStates,
WhereasfortheproductsinquestionFrance,inaccor­
dancewiththeCouncilDecisionof13December
1976(')onimportarrangements inrespectofState­
tradingcountrieshasopenedfor1977,inrespectof
thePeople'sRepublicofChina,anannualquotaofFF
605000,whichisbeinginitsentiretyallocated
amongtheimporterswhohavelodgedapplications ;
Whereas,accordingtoinformationsuppliedbythe
FrenchGovernment ,thedomesticindustrymanufac­
turingtheproductsinquestionisfacingserious
economicdifficultiesresultinginadropinproduction
andconsequentlytheclosureofcertainfirms;
Whereastheindirectimportsinquestion,which
wouldbeinadditiontothosealreadyeffected,would
belikelytoobstructthecommercialpolicymeasures
adoptedbyFrancebecauseoftheabovementioned
difficultiesinthesectorconcerned ;
Whereasitisnotpossibletosetinmotionrapidlythe
machineryforbringingaboutthenecessarycoopera­
tionfromtheotherMemberStates;
Whereasauthorization shouldaccordinglybegiven
fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasuresunderthe
firstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothecondi­
(>)OJNoL365,31.12.1976,p.1. (2)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.