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( 1 ) OJ NO L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , P . 26 .

COMMISSION DECISION

OF 15 JANUARY 1980

AUTHORIZING IRELAND NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO PARKAS , ANORAKS , WINDCHEATERS AND THE LIKE , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADINGS EX 61.01 B AND EX 61.02 B OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ( CATEGORY 21 ), ORIGINATING IN SOUTH KOREA AND IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES

( ONLY THE ENGLISH TEXT IS AUTHENTIC )

( 80/140/EEC )

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 115 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE APPLICATION UNDER THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 115 OF THE TREATY , MADE ON 9 JANUARY 1980 BY THE IRISH GOVERNMENT TO THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , FOR AUTHORIZATION NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO PARKAS , ANORAKS , WINDCHEATERS AND THE LIKE , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADINGS EX 61.01 B AND EX 61.02 B OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ( CATEGORY 21 ), ORIGINATING IN SOUTH KOREA AND IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES ,

WHEREAS THE IMPORTATION INTO THE COMMUNITY OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN SOUTH KOREA IS COVERED BY AN AGREEMENT NEGOTIATED BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THAT COUNTRY ;

WHEREAS UNDER THAT AGREEMENT SOUTH KOREA HAS UNDERTAKEN TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS TO LIMIT ITS EXPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION TO THE COMMUNITY UP TO THE AMOUNT OF CERTAIN CEILINGS ALLOCATED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES ;

WHEREAS IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE ON THAT OCCASION TO ALLOCATE THESE CEILINGS ON THE BASIS OF THE NEEDS OF THE INDIVIDUAL MARKETS ; WHEREAS THERE ARE THEREFORE DISPARITIES EXISTING BETWEEN THE IMPORT CONDITIONS IN THE VARIOUS MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS UNIFORMITY CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED PROGRESSIVELY ;

WHEREAS IT APPEARS FROM THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED THAT THERE ARE SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES IN THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR CONCERNED , INVOLVING A CONSIDERABLE DROP IN PRODUCTION AND EMPLOYMENT ;

WHEREAS THE REALIZATION OF ALL THE IMPORTS WHICH GAVE RISE TO THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED WOULD , IN VIEW OF THE SUBSTANTIAL VOLUME INVOLVED , AGGRAVATE THESE DIFFICULTIES AND CALL INTO QUESTION THE OBJECTIVES SOUGHT BY THE COMMERCIAL MEASURES CONCERNED ;

WHEREAS IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO SET IN MOTION RAPIDLY THE MACHINERY FOR BRINGING ABOUT THE NECESSARY COOPERATION FROM THE OTHER MEMBER STATES ;

WHEREAS AUTHORIZATION SHOULD ACCORDINGLY BE GIVEN FOR THE APPLICATION OF PROTECTIVE MEASURES UNDER THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 115 , SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN IN COMMISSION DECISION 71/202/EEC OF 12 MAY 1971 ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 1 THEREOF ;

WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THE APPLICATION FOR LICENCES WHICH GAVE RISE TO THE APPLICATION IN QUESTION DOES NOT NEED TO BE COVERED BY SUCH AN AUTHORIZATION ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :

ARTICLE 1

IRELAND IS AUTHORIZED NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO THE PRODUCTS INDICATED BELOW , WHERE THEY ORIGINATE IN SOUTH KOREA AND ARE IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES , AND IN RESPECT OF WHICH APPLICATIONS FOR IMPORT LICENCES WERE LODGED AFTER 1 JANUARY 1980 ; HOWEVER , THE AUTHORIZATION DOES NOT COVER AN AMOUNT OF 3 500 PIECES WHICH SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE APPLICANTS OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED LICENCES :

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EX 61.01 B AND // PARKAS , ANORAKS , WINDCHEATERS AND //

EX 61.02 B // THE LIKE //

( NIMEXE CODES //

61.01-29 , 31 , 32 ; //

61.02-25 , 26 , 28 ) //

( CATEGORY 21 ) //

ARTICLE 2

THIS DECISION SHALL APPLY UNTIL 30 JUNE 1980 .

ARTICLE 3

THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO IRELAND .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 15 JANUARY 1980 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

WILHELM HAFERKAMP

VICE-PRESIDENT