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( 1 ) OJ NO L 357 , 31 . 12 . 1977 , P . 51 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 39 , 9 . 2 . 1978 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , P . 26 .

COMMISSION DECISION

OF 23 FEBRUARY 1979

AUTHORIZING THE FRENCH REPUBLIC NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO GLOVES , MITTENS AND MITTS , KNITTED OR CROCHETED , NOT ELASTIC OR RUBBERIZED , FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO EX 60.02 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ( NIMEXE CODES 60.02-40 , 50 , 60 , 70 , 80 ) ( CATEGORIES 10 AND 11 ), ORIGINATING IN TAIWAN AND IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES

( ONLY THE FRENCH TEXT IS AUTHENTIC )

( 79/266/EEC )

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 115 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE APPLICATION UNDER THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 115 OF THE TREATY , MADE ON 20 FEBRUARY 1979 BY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT TO THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , FOR AUTHORIZATION NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO GLOVES , MITTENS AND MITTS , KNITTED OR CROCHETED , NOT ELASTIC OR RUBBERIZED , FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO EX 60.02 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ( NIMEXE CODES 60.02-40 , 50 , 60 , 70 , 80 ) ( CATEGORIES 10 AND 11 ), ORIGINATING IN TAIWAN AND IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES ,

WHEREAS THE IMPORTATION INTO THE COMMUNITY OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN TAIWAN IS SUBJECT TO A COMMUNITY QUANTITATIVE QUOTA ALLOCATED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES BY COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3020/77 OF 30 DECEMBER 1977 ( 1 ), CONFIRMED BY COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 255/78 OF 7 FEBRUARY 1978 ( 2 );

WHEREAS IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE ON THAT OCCASION TO ALLOCATE THESE QUOTAS ON THE BASIS OF THE NEEDS OF THE INDIVIDUAL MARKETS ; WHEREAS THERE ARE THEREFORE DISPARITIES EXISTING BETWEEN THE IMPORT CONDITIONS IN THE VARIOUS MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS UNIFORMITY CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED PROGRESSIVELY ;

WHEREAS IT APPEARS FROM THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED THAT THERE ARE SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES IN THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR CONCERNED , INVOLVING A CONSIDERABLE DROP IN PRODUCTION AND EMPLOYMENT ;

WHEREAS , ALTHOUGH THE IMPORTS WHICH GAVE RISE TO THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED ARE LIKELY , IN VIEW OF THE SUBSTANTIAL VOLUME OF THE IMPORTS , TO AGGRAVATE THESE DIFFICULTIES ;

WHEREAS IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO SET IN MOTION RAPIDLY THE MACHINERY FOR BRINGING ABOUT THE NECESSARY COOPERATION FROM THE OTHER MEMBER STATES ;

WHEREAS AUTHORIZATION SHOULD ACCORDINGLY BE GIVEN FOR THE APPLICATION OF PROTECTIVE MEASURES UNDER THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 115 , SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN IN COMMISSION DECISION 71/202/EEC OF 12 MAY 1971 ( 3 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 1 THEREOF ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :

ARTICLE 1

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC IS AUTHORIZED NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO THE PRODUCTS INDICATED BELOW , WHERE THEY ORIGINATE IN TAIWAN AND ARE IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES , AND IN RESPECT OF WHICH APPLICATIONS FOR IMPORT LICENCES WERE LODGED AFTER 8 FEBRUARY 1979 AND ARE , AT THE DATE OF THIS DECISION , PENDING WITH THE FRENCH AUTHORITIES :

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EX 60.02 ( NIMEXE CODES 60.02-40 , 50 , 60 , 70,80 ) ( CATEGORIES 10 AND11 ) // GLOVES , MITTENS AND MITTS , KNITTED OR CROCHETED , NOT ELASTIC OR RUBBERIZED //

ARTICLE 2

THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE FRENCH REPUBLIC .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 23 FEBRUARY 1979 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

ETIENNE DAVIGNON

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION