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( 1 ) OJ NO L 357 , 31 . 12 . 1977 , P . 51 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 39 , 9 . 2 . 1978 , P . 1 .

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

COMMISSION DECISION

OF 8 NOVEMBER 1979

AUTHORIZING IRELAND NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO OUTER GARMENTS AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES : JERSEYS , PULLOVERS , SLIP-OVERS , WAISTCOATS , TWINSETS , CARDIGANS , BED-JACKETS AND JUMPERS , KNITTED OR CROCHETED , NOT ELASTIC OR RUBBERIZED , OF WOOL , OF COTTON OR OF MAN-MADE TEXTILE FIBRES , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 60.05 A OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ( NIMEXE CODES 60.05-01 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 33 , 36 , 37 , 38 ) ( CATEGORY 5 ), ORIGINATING IN TAIWAN AND IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES

( ONLY THE ENGLISH TEXT IS AUTHENTIC )

( 79/992/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 26 OCTOBER 1979 BY THE IRISH GOVERNMENT TO THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , FOR AUTHORIZATION NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO OUTER GARMENTS AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES ; JERSEYS , PULLOVERS , SLIP-OVERS , WAISTCOATS , TWINSETS , CARDIGANS , BED-JACKETS AND JUMPERS , KNITTED OR CROCHETED , NOT ELASTIC OR RUBBERIZED , OF WOOL , OF COTTON OR OF MAN-MADE TEXTILE FIBRES , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 60.05 A OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ( NIMEXE CODES 60.05-01 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 33 , 36 , 37 , 38 ) ( CATEGORY 5 ), ORIGINATING IN TAIWAN AND IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES ,

WHEREAS THE IMPORTATION INTO THE COMMUNITY OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN TAIWAN IS SUBJECT TO A COMMUNITY QUANTITATIVE QUOTA ALLOCATED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES BY COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3020/77 OF 30 DECEMBER 1977 ( 1 ), CONFIRMED BY COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 255/78 OF 7 FEBRUARY 1978 ( 2 );

WHEREAS IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE ON THAT OCCASION TO ALLOCATE THIS QUOTA 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 THERE ARE SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES IN THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR CONCERNED , INVOLVING A CONSIDERABLE DROP IN PRODUCTION AND EMPLOYMENT ;

WHEREAS FURTHER INDIRECT IMPORTS , IN ADDITION TO THOSE ALREADY MADE OR PROPOSED WOULD BE LIKELY TO AGGRAVATE THESE DIFFICULTIES , AND TO CALL INTO QUESTION THE OBJECTIVE 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 ( 3 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 1 THEREOF ;

WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THE APPLICATION FOR A LICENCE WHICH GAVE RISE TO THE APPLICATION IN QUESTION DOES NOT NEED TO BE COVERED BY SUCH AN AUTHORIZATION IN VIEW OF THE SMALL AMOUNT INVOLVED ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :

ARTICLE 1

IRELAND IS AUTHORIZED NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO THE PRODUCTS INDICATED BELOW , WHERE THEY ORIGINATE IN TAIWAN AND ARE IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES , AND IN RESPECT OF WHICH APPLICATIONS FOR IMPORT LICENCES WERE LODGED AFTER 22 OCTOBER 1979 :

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EX 60.05 A ( NIMEXE CODES 60.05-01 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 33 , 36 , 37 , 38 ) ( CATEGORY 5 ) // OUTER GARMENTS AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES : JERSEYS , PULLOVERS , SLIP-OVERS , WAISTCOATS , TWINSETS , CARDIGANS , BED-JACKETS AND JUMPERS , KNITTED OR CROCHETED , NOT ELASTIC OR RUBBERIZED , OF WOOL , OF COTTON OR OF MAN-MADE TEXTILE FIBRES //

ARTICLE 2

THIS DECISION SHALL APPLY UNTIL NEW OPPORTUNITIES ARISE IN IRELAND FOR THE IMPORTATION OF THESE PRODUCTS FROM TAIWAN OR UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1979 , WHICHEVER IS THE EARLIER .

ARTICLE 3

THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO IRELAND .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 8 NOVEMBER 1979 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

HENK VREDELING

VICE-PRESIDENT