NoL107/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 24.4.76
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COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of3March1976
concerningtheapplicationmadebytheUnitedKingdomunderArticle115of
theTreatyforauthorization toapplyprotectivemeasuresinrespectofcertain
yarnofman-madefibres(discontinuous ),fallingwithinsubheading56.05exAof
theCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginSouthKoreaandinfreecirculation
intheotherMemberStates
m (OnlytheEnglishtextisauthentic)
(76/411/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon25
February1976bytheUnitedKingdomGovernment
totheCommissionbytelexfromtheofficeofits
PermanentRepresentative totheEuropeanCommuni­
ties,forauthorization toapplyprotectivemeasuresin
respectoftheimportationofcertainyarnofman­
madefibres(discontinuous )notputupforretailsale,
fallingwithinsubheading56.05exAoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginSouthKoreaandinfree
circulationinDenmark,
WhereastheimportationintotheCommunityofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginSouthKoreaisthe
subjectofanAgreementnegotiatedbetweenthe
CommunityandSouthKoreaandinitialledon,28
November1975;
Whereas,undertheAgreement ,SouthKoreahas
undertakentotakeallnecessarystepstolimitits
exportsofcertaintextileproductstotheCommunity
tocertainceilingsallocatedamongtheMember
States;
Whereasthe1976quotashareallocatedtotheUnited
Kingdomforyarnofman-madefibresis1295metric
tons,while604metrictonsofthisproductrepresent
thequotaforDenmark;Whereastheaffectedsectorofthetextileindustryis
experiencing seriouseconomicdifficultieswhich
manifestthemselvesparticularlyinahighlevelof
unemployment ;
Whereastheallocationofthequotainquestionstill
involvescertaindisparitiesinthequotasharesfixed
forthevariousMemberStatesinrelationtothesupply
requirementsofthemarketsconcerned;
WhereasthesedisparitieshavecausedintheUnited
Kingdomaflowofindirecttrafficsoftheproductsin
question,originatingintheRepublicofKoreaandin
freecirculationintheotherMemberStates,which
threatenstocontinueandtogrow;
Whereasaccordingtoinformationsuppliedbythe
GovernmentoftheUnitedKingdomthereareserious
economicdifficultiesinthebranchoftheindustry
concernedbytheapplication,resultinginaprogres­
sivedeclineofproductionandaconstantreductionof
thenumberofworkersemployedinthatsector;
Whereastheseeconomicdifficultiesarecausedlargely
byunequalconditionsofcompetitionwithcertain
countries(includingtheRepublicofKorea),whereby
suchcountriesareenabledtoexportatpriceslower
thanthoseofproducersintheUnitedKingdom;
Whereasitisnotpossibleatthepresenttimetosetin
motionthemachineryforbringingabouttheneces­
sarycooperationfromtheotherMemberStates;

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wheretheyoriginateintheRepublicofKoreaandare
infreecirculationintheotherMemberStatesandin
respectofwhichapplicationsforimportlicenceswere
lodgedafter24February1976.Whereasauthorization shouldaccordinglybegiven,
foralimitedperiod,fortheapplicationofprotective
measures,underthefirstparagraphofArticle115,
subjecttotheconditionslaiddownbytheCommis­
sionDecisionof12May1971('),andinparticular
Article1thereof;
Whereastherequestforalicencewhichgaveriseto
theapplicationunderArticle115neednotbecovered
bythisauthorization inviewofthesmallamount
involved,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
TheUnitedKingdomisauthorizednottoapply
Communitytreatmenttoimportsofthefollowing
product:Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
ariseintheUnitedKingdomfortheimportationof
theproductsinquestionfromtheRepublicofKorea
andinanycasenotlaterthan31December1976.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheUnitedKingdom.
DoneatBrussels,3March1976.CCT
heading Descriptionofgoods
No
56.05 Yarnofman-madefibres(discontinuous or
waste)notputupforretailsale:
exA.Ofsynthetictextilefibres:
—OfacrylicfibresFortheCommission
ChristopherSOAMES
Vice-President
(')OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.