23.3.76 NoL76/10 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION DECISION
of17December 1975
authorizingtheItalianRepublicnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttomen's,
women'sandinfants'jerseysfallingwithinheadingNoex60.05oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginTaiwanandinfreecirculationinFrance
(OnlytheItaliantextisauthentic)
(76/313/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon10
December1975bytheItalianGovernment tothe
CommissionbytelexfromtheofficeofitsPermanent
Representative totheEuropeanCommunities ,for
authorizationnottoapplyCommunitytreatmentto
men's,women'sandinfants'jerseysfallingwithin
headingNoex60.05oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginTaiwanandinfreecirculationin
France,latingthatthequotainquestionbeallocatedinitially
onthebasisofthevolumesofimportspreviously
admittedintothevariousMemberStatesandthatit
needbeadjustedonlyprogressively tothesupply
requirements ofthemarkets;
Whereasforthisreasontheallocationofthequotain
questionstillinvolvescertaindisparitiesinthequota
sharesfixedforthevariousMemberStatesbyrefer­
encetothesupplyofthemarketsconcerned ;
Whereasinviewofthesedisparities,thereisreasonto
fearthatanindirecttradeflowmightariseand
develop;
Whereasthequantitystatedintherequestfora
licencewhichpromptedtheapplication (49747
items,whichis47%oftheFrenchquotashare)
provesthatitisclearlyimportanttocarryoutopera­
tionsofthiskind;
Whereasaccordingtoinformationsuppliedbythe
ItalianGovernment thereareseriouseconomicdiffi­
cultiesinthesectormanufacturing theproductsin
question,resultinginaprogressivedeclineofproduc­
tionandaconstantreductionofthenumberof
workersemployedinthatsector;
Whereastheindirectimportsinquestionwouldbe
likelytoaggravatetheseeconomicdifficulties ;
Whereasitisnotpossibleatthepresenttimetosetin
motionthemachineryforbringingabouttheneces­
sarycooperationfromFrance;
Whereasunderthesecircumstances authorization
shouldbegiven,foralimitedperiod,fortheapplica­
tionofprotectivemeasures,underthefirstparagraph
ofArticle115,subjecttotheconditionslaiddownby
theCommissionDecisionof12May1971(3),andin
particularArticle1thereof,WhereastheimportationintotheCommunityofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginTaiwanissubject
toaCommunityquantitativequotaestablishedby
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No1783/75of10July
1975onrulesforimportsofcertaintextileproducts
originatinginTaiwan(');
Whereasthisquotaisadministered byallocation
amongtheMemberStates,asdeterminedbyCommis­
sionRegulation (EEC)No1849/75of18July1975
allocatingquantitativequotasinrespectofimports
intotheCommunityofcertaintextileproductsorigi­
natinginTaiwan(2);whereasthequotasharesallo­
catedfor1975toItalyandFranceare598000and
105000itemsrespectively ;
Whereas,sinceitwasnotpossiblewhentheCommu­
nityquotawasopenedtoachievefullalignmentof
theimportarrangements previouslyappliedinthe
MemberStates,theaboveRegulation (EEC)No
1783/75provides,asatemporarymeasure,foradero­
gationfromtheprincipleofequalandcontinuous
accessforallimporterstoCommunityquotasbystipu­
(■)OJNoL182,12.7.1975,p.2.
(2)OJNoL189,21.7.1975,p.24. (3)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

23.3.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL76/11
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
TheItalianRepublicisherebyauthorizednottoapply
Communitytreatmenttoimportsofthefollowing
products :forimportlicenceswerelodgedafter27November
1975.
Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntil31December1975.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheItalianRepublic.
DoneatBrussels,17December1975.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
MemberoftheCommissionCCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
ex60.05 Outergarmentsandotherarticles,knitted
orcrocheted,notelasticorrubberized :
—Men's,women'sandinfants'jerseys
wheretheyoriginateinTaiwanandareinfreecircula­
tioninFrance,andinrespectofwhichapplications