20.8.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL229/27
COMMISSION DECISION
of24May1976
authorizingtheItalianRepublicnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttowovenfabricsof
cottonotherthangauzeorterrytowellingandsimilarterryfabrics,unbleached,falling
withinheadingNoex55.09oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginthe
RepublicofBrazilandinfreecirculationintheotherMemberStates
(OnlytheItaliantextisauthentic)
(76/650/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
thefirstparagraphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirst
paragraphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon12
May1976bytheItalianGovernmenttothe
Commission bytelexfromtheofficeofits
PermanentRepresentative totheEuropean
Communities ,forauthorizationtoapplyprotective
measurestoimportsofwovenfabricsofcottonother
thangauzeorterrytowellingandsimilarterry
fabrics,unbleached,fallingwithinheadingNoex
55.09oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatingin
theRepublicofBrazilandinfreecirculationinthe
Netherlands,Whereas,accordingtotheinformationsuppliedby
theItalianGovernment ,considerablequantitiesof
theproductsinquestionhavealreadybeenimported
intoItalyfromBrazilduringtheearlypartofthis
year,but,becausetheywereexportedpriortothe
entryintoforceoftheprovisionsoftheAgreement,
arenottobecountedagainsttheagreedquotashare,
mostofwhichhasinanycasealreadybeenused;
Whereas,becauseofthisexceptionalandtemporary
situation,itiscertainthatdirectimportsintoItalyin
1976willbegreaterthantheannualamount
providedforintheAgreement ;
Whereas,inthelightofallthesefactors,the
indirectimporttransactionwhichpromptedthis
application,althoughanisolatedtransaction,is
likelyatthepresenttimetofurtherexacerbatethe
aboveeconomicdifficulties;
Whereasitisnotpossibleatthepresenttimetoset
inmotionthemachineryforbringingaboutthe
necessarycooperationfromtheNetherlandsandthe
otherMemberStates;
Whereasauthorizationshouldthereforebegivenfor
theapplicationofprotectivemeasuresunderthefirst
paragraphofArticle115,subjecttotheconditions
laiddownbytheCommissionDecisionof12May
1971(1),andinparticularArticle1thereof,WhereastheimportationintotheCommunityofthe
productsinquestionoriginatingintheRepublicof
BrazilisthesubjectofanAgreementnegotiated
betweentheCommunityandtheRepublicofBrazil
whichwasinitialledon1April1976;
Whereas,undertheAgreement,theRepublicof
Brazilhasundertakentolimitasfrom1January
1976itsexportsofcertaintextileproductstothe
Communitytocertainceilingsallocatedamongthe
MemberStates;
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
WhereasthequotashareallocatedtoItalyforthe
bleachedandunbleachedwovencottonfabrics,
fallingwithinheadingNoex55.09oftheCommon
CustomsTariffwhicharethesubjectofthe
Agreementis3337metrictons;
Whereasthereareseriouseconomicdifficultiesinthe
sectorofthetextileindustryinquestion,which
manifestthemselvesinadropinproductionanda
highrateofunemployment ;Article1
TheItalianRepublicisauthorizednottoapply
Communitytreatmenttoimportsofthefollowing
products:
HOJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

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heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
ex55.09 Wovenfabricsofcottonotherthan
gauzeorterrytowellingandsimilar
terryfabrics,unbleachedItalianauthoritiesatthedateofadoptionofthis
Decision.
Article2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheItalianRepublic.
DoneatBrussels,24May1976.
FortheCommission
ChristopherSOAMES
Vice-PresidentwheretheyoriginateintheRepublicofBraziland
areinfreecirculationintheNetherlands,andin
respectofwhichapplicationsforimportlicences
lodgedafter4May1976arebeingconsideredbythe