8.7.77 NoL170/25 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION DECISION
of29April1977
authorizingtheFrenchRepublicnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttotable­
wareandotherarticlesofakindcommonlyusedfordomesticortoilet
purposes,ofporcelainorchina(includingbiscuitporcelainandparian)orof
otherkindsofpottery,exceptcommonpotteryandstoneware,fallingwithin
headingNo69.11orsubheading69.12CorDoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginJapanandinfreecirculationintheotherMemberStates
(OnlytheFrenchtextisauthentic)
(77/428/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon22April
1977bytheFrenchGovernmenttotheEuropean
Communities forauthorizationnottoapplyCommu­
nitytreatmenttotablewareandotherarticlesofakind
commonlyusedfordomesticortoiletpurposes,of
porcelainorchina(includingbiscuitporcelainand
parian)orofotherkindsofpotteryexceptcommon
potteryandstoneware,fallingwithinheadingNo
69.11orsubheading69.12CorDoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginJapanandinfreecircu­
lationintheotherMemberStates,
WhereasaccordingtothisapplicationunderArticle
115theimportationintoFranceoftheproductsin
questionoriginatinginJapanissubjecttoacontrac­
tualquotaamountingin1977to$480000,thewhole
ofwhichisbeingallocatedamongtheimporters;
Whereasdifferencesinthecommercialpolicy
measuresappliedinconnectionwiththeseproducts
byFranceandbytheotherMemberStatesasregards
Japanaregivingrisetodeflectionoftrade;
Whereasthisdeflectionoftradeispreventingthe
executionoftheabovementioned measuresof
commercialpolicycurrentlybeingappliedbyFrance
asregardsJapan,notablyinordertoprotectthe
industryconcerned,whichisfacingseriouseconomic
difficultiesresultinginadeclineofproductionand
theconsequentclosureofcertainfirms;
Whereasitisnotpossibleatthepresenttimetosetin
motionthemachineryforbringingabouttheneces­
sarycooperationfromtheotherMemberStates;
Whereasauthorizationshouldbegiven,foralimited
period,fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasures
underthefirstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothe
conditionslaiddownbytheCommissionDecisionof
12May1971('),andinparticularArticle1thereof;Whereasuniformarrangements forimportsofthe
productsinquestionmightbeadoptedundera
commoncommercialpolicyvis-d-visJapan;whereas
thevalidityofthesemeasuresshouldapplyonlyuntil
sucharrangements areapplied,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
TheFrenchRepublicisauthorizednottoapply
Communitytreatmenttoimportsoftablewareand
otherarticlesofakindcommonlyusedfordomestic
ortoiletpurposes,ofporcelainorchina(including
biscuitporcelainandparian),fallingwithinheading
No69.11oftheCommonCustomsTariff,andtable­
wareandotherarticlesofakindcommonlyusedfor
domesticortoiletpurposes,ofotherkindsofpottery:
—Earthenwareorfinepottery
—Other
fallingwithinsubheading69.12CorD,wherethey
originateinJapanandareinfreecirculationinthe
otherMemberStates,andinrespectofwhichapplica­
tionsforimportlicenceswerelodgedafter12April
1977.
Article2
ThisDecisionshallremainvalidonlyuntiluniform
importarrangements areappliedunderacommon
commercialpolicyvis-d-visJapanoruntil31
December1977,whicheveristheearlier.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheFrenchRepublic.
DoneatBrussels,29April1977.
FortheCommission
WilhelmHAFERKAMP
Vice-President
(•)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.