NoL94/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities8.4.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No716/78
of7April1978
introducingCommunitysurveillanceofimportsoffootwear
Whereas,inthesecircumstances ,itisintheCommu­
nity'sinteresttointroduceCommunitysurveillanceof
theseimportsbymeansoftheimportdocument
providedforinArticle8ofRegulation (EEC)No
1439/74andArticle6ofRegulation (EEC)No
109/70;whereastheperiodofuseforthisdocument
shouldbethreemonths;whereasthisdocumentmust
beissuedorendorsedbyMemberStates,freeof
charge,foranyquantityrequestedandwithina
maximumoffiveworkingdaysfollowingthesubmis­
sionofadeclarationoranapplicationbyanyCommu­
nityimporter,regardlessofhisplaceofbusinessin
theCommunity ;
Whereastheestablishment ofCommunitysurveil­
lanceofimportsremovestheneedfortheretrospec­
tivecontrolintroducedforcertaintypesoffootwearby
Commission Decision75/202/EECof13March
1975(3)andextendeduntil31December1978by
Commission Decision77/424/EECof13June
1977(4),
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1439/74of4June1974oncommonrulesfor
imports('),andinparticularArticle7thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
109/70of19December1969establishingcommon
rulesforimportsfromState-tradingcountries(2),and
inparticularArticle6(1)(a)and(b)thereof,
HavingconsultedtheCommitteessetupunder
Article5ofeachofthesaidRegulations ,
WhereasfootwearimportsintotheCommunity ,parti­
cularlyfromcertaincountriesoforigin,haveincreased
considerably inrecentyears;whereas,asaresult,
exportsfromthirdcountrieshavewonanincreasing
shareoftheCommunitymarket;
Whereas,moreover,certainmajorindustrialized coun­
trieshaverecentlytakenorreinforcedmeasuresto
protecttheirmarkets;whereasthesemeasureswillput
ontotheworldmarketlargequantitiesoffootwear
which,sincetheyarebarredfromtheirnowprotected
traditionaloutlets,willtendtocomeontothe
Communitymarketinparticular ;
Whereas,sinceimportsofcertainoffootwearareliber­
alizedatCommunitylevel,theycanbeimportedin
unlimitedquantities,therebythreatening ,becauseof
thesensitivityofthemarketforsuchproducts,to
causeseriousinjurytoCommunityproducersof
similarorcompetingproducts;
Whereastheimportrestrictionsonfootwearfalling
withinheadingNos64.01,64.02,64.03and64.04of
theCommonCustomsTariffhavenotyetbeenlifted
throughouttheCommunity ;whereas,however,these
productsareimportedfreelyintocertainMember
Statesand,becauseofthefreecirculationwithinthe
Communityandthesensitivityofthemarketforthese
products,threatentocauseinjurytoCommunity
producersofsimilarorcompetingproducts;Article1
ImportationintotheCommunityoffootwearfalling
withinheadingNos64.01,64.02,64.03and64.04of
theCommonCustomsTarifforiginatinginthecoun­
trieslistedinAnnexIisherebymadesubjectto
Communitysurveillanceinaccordancewiththeproce­
duressetoutinArticles8and11ofRegulation (EEC)
No1439/74,Article6ofRegulation (EEC)No109/70
andthisRegulation .
Article2
1.TheproductsreferredtoinArticle1originating
inthecountrieslistedinAnnexImaybeputinto
freecirculationonlyonproductionofanimportdocu­
ment.Thisimportdocumentshallbeissuedor
endorsedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewiththe
conditionslaiddowninArticle8(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1439/74andArticle6ofRegulation(EEC)
No109/70,andshallbevalidforaperiodofthree
months.
(')OJNoL159,15.6.1974,p.1.
(2)OJNoL19,26.1.1970,p.1.(3)OJNoL90,11.4.1975,p.40.
(4)OJNoL169,7.7.1977,p.32.

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2.InthoseMemberStateswheretheimportation
oftheseproductsissubjecttoanimportauthorization ,
thatauthorization shallreplacetheimportdocument
referredtoinparagraph 1.
Article3
Thedeclarationorapplicationbytheimporter
regardinganimportdocumentprovidedforinArticle
8ofRegulation (EEC)No1439/74andinArticle6(1)
(b)ofRegulation (EEC)No109/70shallgive,inaddi­
tiontotheinformationrequiredtherein,abreakdown
ofthequantities(inpairs)accordingtotheNIMEXE
nomenclature .
Article4
TheinformationshallbesuppliedtotheCommission
bytheMemberStatesinaccordancewiththecondi­
tionslaiddowninArticle11(1)ofRegulation (EEC)
No1439/74andinArticle6(2)ofRegulation (EEC)
No109/70.Thisinformation ,asregardsthepart
whichrelatestotheimportsmade,shallinclude,atleastforthecountrieslistedinAnnexI,thefollowing
matters :
—thequantities,expressedinpairsandbrokendown
accordingtotheNIMEXEnomenclature ,
—thevalueoftheimportedproducts,expressedin
nationalcurrency.
Article5
Thereisherebyaddedtocolumn3ofAnnexIto
Regulation (EEC)No1439/74referencesto
subheading64.02AandtoheadingNos64.03and
64.04oftheCommonCustomsTariff.
Article6
Decision77/424/EECisherebyrepealed.
Article7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1May1978.
Itshallapplyuntil31October1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,7April1978.
FortheCommission
WilhelmHAFERKAMP
Vice-President
ANNEX
ListofcountriesreferredtoinArticle 1
China
Czechoslovakia
Poland
RomaniaBrazil
HongKong
SouthKorea
Malaysia
Pakistan
Spain
Taiwan