NoL227/18 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 19.8.76
COMMISSION DECISION
of31May1976
authorizingtheItalianRepublicnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttocertain
undergarments,knittedorcrocheted,notelasticorrubberized ,ofsynthetic
textilefibres,fallingwithinsubheading60.04exBoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatingintheRepublicofKoreaandinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates
(OnlytheItaliantextisauthentic)
(76/664/EEC)
Whereastheamountinvolvedinrequestforalicence
whichgaverisetotheapplicationunderArticle115
(129950pieces)provesthattransactionsofthiskind
areclearlyworthwhile ;
Whereas,accordingtoinformationsuppliedbythe
ItalianGovernment thereareseriouseconomicdiffi­
cultiesinthesectorthatmanufacturestheproductsin
question,resultinginaprogressivedeclineofproduc­
tionandaconstantreductionofthenumberof
workersemployedinthatsector;
Whereastheindirectimportsinquestionwouldbe
likelytoaggravatetheseeconomicdifficulties ;
Whereasitisnotpossibleatthepresenttimetosetin
motionthemachineryforbringingabouttheneces­
sarycooperationfromtheFrenchRepublicandthe
otherMemberStates;•
Whereasauthorization shouldaccordinglybegiven
fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasuresunderthe
firstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothecondi­
tionsspecifiedintheCommissionDecisionof12
May1971('),andinparticularArticle1thereof,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon21May
1976bytheItalianGovernmenttotheCommission
bytelexfromtheOfficeofitsPermanentRepresenta­
tivetotheEuropeanCommunities ,forauthorization
toapplyprotectivemeasuresinrespectoftheimporta­
tionofcertainundergarments,knittedorcrocheted,
notelasticorrubberized,ofsynthetictextilefibres,
fallingwithinsubheading60.04exBoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatingintheRepublicofKorea
andinfreecirculationinFrance,
WhereastheimportationintotheCommunityofthe
productsinquestionoriginatingintheRepublicof
KoreaisthesubjectofanAgreementnegotiated
betweentheCommunityandthatcountry,initialled
on28November1975;
Whereas,undertheAgreement ,theRepublicof
Koreahasundertakentotakeallnecessarystepsto
limititsexportsofcertaintextileproductstothe
Communitytocertainceilingsallocatedamongthe
MemberStates;
Whereas,fortheproductsfallingwithinheadingNo
ex60.04oftheCommonCustomsTariff,thequota
shareallocatedtoItalyfor1976is437000pieces,
whereasthequotashareallocatedtotheFrench
Republicforthesameproductis2466000pieces;
Whereastheallocationofthevoluntaryrestraint
ceilinginquestionstillinvolvescertaindisparitiesin
thequotasharesfixedforthevariousMemberStates
inrelationtothesupplyrequirements ofthemarkets
concerned ;
Whereasthesedisparitiesarelikelytocreateanindi­
recttradeflowwhichcouldaggravatethedifficultsitu­
ationinthetextileindustry;HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
TheItalianRepublicisauthorizednottoapply
Communitytreatmenttoimportsofthefollowing
products:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
60.04exBUndergarments,knittedorcrochetednot
elasticorrubberized :
—Ofothertextilematerials
(')OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

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Artiele3 wheretheyoriginateintheRepublicofKoreaandare
infreecirculationintheotherMemberStates,andin
respectofwhichapplicationsforimportlicenceswere
lodgedafter11May1976.ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheItalianRepublic.
DoneatBrussels,31May1976.Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntiltheopeningofnew
importpossibilitiesoftheproductinquestioninto
ItalyfromtheRepublicofKorea,andinanycasenot
laterthan31December1976.FortheCommission
ChristopherSOAMES
Vice-President