NoL98/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 22.4.77
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No808/77
of21April1977
makingtheimportationintoItalyofcertainwovenfabricsofcottonandcertain
wovenfabricsofsynthetictextilefibresoriginatingintheKingdomofThailand
subjecttoauthorization
WhereasimportsfromThailandhaveincreasedeven
morerapidlyinthefirstfewmonthsof1977;
Whereasallthesefactorsinvolveadisruptionofthe
marketandcausesubstantialinjurytoCommunity
producersand,unlessimmediateprotectivemeasures
requestedbytheItalianGovernment aretaken,the
injuryalreadysufferedbyItalianproducerswillbe
furtheraggravated ;
Whereasthesecircumstances makeitnecessarythat
immediateactionbetakentosafeguardtheinterests
oftheCommunity ,thisactiontoconsistintheintro­
ductionoftemporaryprotectivemeasureswithregard
totheimportsinquestion;
Whereasthesemeasuresarewithoutprejudicetothe
outcomeoftheconsultations andnegotiations
currentlytakingplacebetweentheCommunityand
Thailand;whereastheymaybeadaptedinthelight
oftheresultsofthoseconsultationsandnegotiations ,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1439/74of4June1974oncommonrulesfor
imports('),andinparticularArticle12thereof,
Consultations havingtakenplacewithintheAdvisory
CommitteesetupunderArticle5thereof,
WhereasimportsintotheCommunity ofwoven
fabricsofcottonandwovenfabricsofsynthetictextile
fibresoriginatingintheKingdomofThailandhave
increasedsharplyandsubstantiallyinrecentmonths;
Whereasimportsoftheseproductsfromallnon­
membercountrieshaveincreasedsubstantially in
recentyears;whereasCommunityindustryproducing
thesefabricshasexperiencedseriousdifficultiesasa
resultcharacterized byunder-utilization ofcapacity
andasubstantialreductioninemployment ;
Whereasthisdevelopment hasbeenparticularly
markedinItalywhereimportsofwovenfabricsof
cottonfromThailandincreasedfromapproximately
500tonnesin1975to1900tonnesin1976and
importsofwovenfabricsofsynthetictextilefibres
rosefromanegligiblequantityin1975toapproxi­
mately2800tonnesin1976;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.TheimportationsintoItalyofthegoodsindi­
catedbeloworiginatingintheKingdomofThailand
isherebymadesubjecttotheproductionofanimport
authorization issuedbythecompetentauthoritiesin
Italy:
Category
NoCCT
heading
NoNIMEXEcode
1977Descriptionofgoods
1 55.09 All Otherwovenfabricsofcotton
2 56.0756.07-ex01,04,11,
17,24,.52Wovenfabricsofman-madefibres(discontin­
uousorwaste)
exA.Ofsynthetictextilefibres:
—Unbleached orbleached
2.Thequantityinrespectofwhichimportauthorizations shallbeissuedshallbesuch
thatthetotalvolumeoftheimportsreferredtoinparagraph 1overtheperiodfrom1
Marchto31December1977shallnotexceed :
—forcategoryNo1:2225000kg,
—forcategoryNo2:2571000kg.
(')OJNoL159,15.6.1974,p.1.

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Article2
1.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheseconddayfollowingitspublicationin
theOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
2.Itshallapplyuptotheentryintoforceofappropriatemeasurestobetakenbythe
CouncilinaccordancewithArticles12(6)and13ofRegulation (EEC)No1439/74andat
thelatestuntiltheexpiryofaperiodofsixweeksafteritsentryintoforce.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21April1977.
FortheCommission
WilhelmHAFERKAMP
Vice-President