NoL103/22 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 27.4.77
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No842/77
of25April1977
subjectingtoauthorizationimportsintotheUnitedKingdomofcertainknitted
orcrochetedundergarmentsoriginatingintheRepublicofIndia
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1439/74of4June1974oncommonrulesfor
imports(J),andinparticularArticle12thereof,
HavingconsultedtheAdvisoryCommitteesetup
underArticle5ofthesaidRegulation,
WhereasimportsintotheUnitedKingdomof
T-shirtsoriginatinginIndiahaveincreasedsharply
andsubstantiallyoverthepastyear,namelyfromless
than200000unitsin1975toapproximately 900000
unitsin1976andto785000unitsinthefirsttwo
monthsof1977;
Whereastheseproductsareimportedatpricessubstan­
tiallybelowthoseprevailingforsimilargoods
producedintheCommunityandthoseofgoods
importedfromthemajorityofotherorigins;
Whereasifnoprotectivemeasuresareadoptedthese
importsarelikelytoincreasetosuchanextentthat
theyriskcausingsubstantialinjurytoCommunity
proceduresoflikeorcompetingproducts,takinginto
accountthatsurveillancelicenceswereissuedbythe
authoritiesoftheUnitedKingdominJanuaryand
February1977foraquantityof2-2millionT-shirts
fromIndia;
WhereasinthecontextoftheArrangementregarding
International TradeinTextiles,theEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheRepublicofIndia
haveconcludedanAgreementontradeintextile
products(2);WhereasunderthetermsofArticle5ofthesaid
Agreementconsultationshavebeenheldbetweenthe
partiesontheproblemcausedbytheimportsof
T-shirtsintotheUnitedKingdom;whereasthese
consultationshavebeensuspendedwithoutamutually
satisfactoryconclusionhavingbeenreached;
Whereas,inaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle
5(5)ofthesaidAgreement,theCommunityhas
requestedIndiatorestrainitsexportsoftheproduct
inquestionatalevelasdefinedinthesaidparagraph;
Whereastheefficiencyoftheself-restraintmeasures
introducedbyIndiadependsontheintroductionby
theCommunityofacontrolsystem;whereasthe
implementation ofsuchsystemmakesitnecessary
thatimportsoftheproductsconcernedintothe
UnitedKingdombemadesubjecttoauthorization ;
Whereastheabovementioned importauthorization
arrangementsmustbeestablishedassoonaspossible
inordertoensurethattheyarenotcircumventedby
thebringingforwardofshipmentsorbyindirect
imports,whichcouldcauseinjurydifficulttorepairto
Communityprocedures,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.TheimportationintotheUnitedKingdomof
GreatBritainandNorthernIrelandoftheproducts
describedbelowandoriginatinginIndiashallbe
subjecttotheproductionofanimportauthorization
issuedbythecompetentauthoritiesintheUnited
Kingdom :
CCT
heading
NoNimexecode
1977Descriptionofgoods
ex60.0460.04-ex 13,ex
29,ex41,ex59Undergarments,knittedorcrocheted,notelasticnorrubber­
ized:
—Ofcotton:
—T-shirts
—Ofsynthetictextilefibres:
—T-shirts
(>)OJNoL159,15.6.1974,p.1.
(2)OJNoL297,17.11.1975,p.8.

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2.Importauthorizations shallbeissuedforquanti­
tiessuchthatthetotalvolumeoftheimportsreferred
toinparagraph 1doesnotexceed,intheperiod1
February1977to31December1977,710000units.
3.Importauthorizations shallbeissuedautomati­
callyandwithoutdelayonproductionofabillof
ladingprovingthatthegoodswereplacedonboardin
IndiaforexporttotheUnitedKingdombeforethe
dateofentryintoforceofthisRegulationor,provided
thelimitindicatedinparagraph2isnotreached,on
productionofanexportlicencegrantedbytherele­
vantauthorityinIndiaandcontainingtheinforma­
tionspecifiedintheAnnexhereto.Article2
1.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthe
seconddayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
2.Itshallapplyuntiltheentryintoforceofappro­
priatemeasurestobetakenbytheCouncilpursuant
toArticles12(6)and13ofRegulation (EEC)No
1439/74oruntiltheexpiryofaperiodofsixweeks
followingtheentryintoforceofthisRegulation,
whicheveristheearlier.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25April1977.
FortheCommission
GuidoBRUNNER
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
InformationreferredtoinArticle1(3)
ExportlicencesissuedbytheIndianauthoritiesfortheproductsreferredtointhisRegulationshall
indicateorcontainthefollowing :
1.destination ;
2.serialnumber;
3.nameandaddressoftheimporter;
4.nameandaddressoftheexporter;
5.thequantity,innumberofpieces,oftheproductscoveredbythelicence;
6.certificationthatthequantityconcernedhasbeendebitedagainstthequantitativelimitforexpor­
tationtotheUnitedKingdom.