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REGULATION (EEC)No2930/75OFTHECOMMISSION
of7November 1975
establishinginterimprotectivemeasureswithregardtoimportsintoFranceand
theUnitedKingdomofcertaintextileproductsoriginatingintheRepublicof
KoreaandinTaiwan
Whereastheseproductsareofferedforsale,onthe
marketsprincipallyaffected,atpriceswhichare
substantially belowthoseprevailingforgoods
producedbyCommunityproducersofsimilargoods
inFranceandtheUnitedKingdom;
Whereasthisdevelopmenthastakenplacetothedetri­
mentoftheCommunityproductioninFranceand
theUnitedKindomwhere,accordingtotheauthori­
tiesthere,productionhasdeclinedbyabout25%
between1974and1975andemploymenthasbeen
considerablyreduced;
Whereasallthesefactorsinvolveadisruptionofthe
marketandcausesubstantialinjurytoCommunity
producersand,unlessimmediateinterim,protective
measures,whichhavebeenrequestedbytheBritish
andtheFrenchGovernments ,aretakentheinjury
alreadysufferedbytheproducersinthesetwocoun­
trieswillbefurtheraggravated;
Whereasthesecircumstances makeitnecessarythat
immediateactionbetakentosafeguardtheinterests
oftheCommunity,thisactiontoconsistintheintro­
ductionofinterimprotectivemeasureswithregardto
theseimports;
Whereasthesemeasuresarewithoutprejudicetothe
resultoftheconsultationsandnegotiationswhichare
atthemomenttakingplacebetweentheCommunity
andtheRepublicofKorea,andwhereastheymaybe
adoptedinthelightoftheresultsofthesenegotia­
tions,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN .
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1439/74(J)of4June1974oncommonrulesfor
imports,andinparticularArticle12thereof;
Consultations havingtakenplacewithintheAdvisory
CommitteesetupunderArticle5thereof;
WhereasimportsintoFranceofsyntheticsocks,
corresponding toNimexepositions60.03-25and
60.03-27,andoriginatingintheRepublicofKorea
andinTaiwan,haveincreasedsharplyandsubstan­
tiallyoverthepastfewyears,namely,from277000
pairsin1974to1-8millionpairsduringthefirsteight
monthsof1975;
Whereastheseproductsareofferedforsaleatprices
whichareconsiderablybelowthoseprevailingfor
similargoodsproducedinFrancebyCommunity
producers;
Whereasthisdevelopmenthastakenplacetothedetri­
mentoftheCommunityindustryinFrancewhere
productionhasdeclinedconsiderablyoverthepast
fewyearsandwhereapproximately 25%ofthework­
forcehavebecomeunemployed ;
Whereas,furthermore,afurthersharpandsubstantial
increasinginimportsoftheseproductsmaybe
expectedshortly,sinceapplicationsforimportdocu­
mentshavebeenmade,overthepastfewmonths,ata
monthlyrateofnearlyonemillionpairs;
Whereas,withregardtoimportsintoFranceandthe
UnitedKingdomofsynthetictextileyarn,particularly
acrylicyarn,originatinginSouthKorea,importdocu­
mentshavebeenissuedorendorsedbytheauthorities
inthesetwocountriesoverthepastfewmonthsfor
quantitieswhichhavesharplyandsubstantially
increasedandwhichareequivalent,ininFrance,toa
thirdofthedomesticproductionofsimilargoods,HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheimportationintoFranceofsynthetictextileyarn
originatingintheRepublicofKoreaandofsynthetic
socksoriginatingintheRepublicofKoreaandin
Taiwan,assetouthereunder,isherebymadesubject
totheproductionofanimportauthorizationissuedby
thecompetentFrenchauthorities.Until31December
1975suchauthorizationshallbegrantedonproduc­
tionofanimportdeclarationendorsedbythose
authoritiesbeforetheentryintoforceofthisRegula­
tion. (')OJNoL159,15.6.1974,p.1.

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CCTheading
NoNIMEXE
Position
NoDescriptionofproductCountry
oforigin
ex56.05A56.05-24Yarnofsynthetictextilefibres(discontinuous
orwaste)containing85%ormorebyweight
ofsyntheticfibres,unbleachedorbleached,
otherthansingle,measuring,persingleyarn,
morethan14000m/kg,notputupforretail
sale
Stockings,otherthanwomen's,understockings ,
socks,anklesocks,sockettesandthelike,
knittedorcrocheted,notelasticorrubberized,
ofsynthetictextilefibresRepublic
ofKorea
ex60.03 60.03-25
and
60.03-27Republic
ofKorea
andTaiwan
Article2
1.TheimportationintotheUnitedKingdomoftheproductsindicatedhereunder,orig­
inatingintheRepublicofKorea,isherebymadesubjecttotheproductionofanimport
authorizationissuedbythecompetentauthoritiesintheUnitedKingdom.
CCTheading
NoNIMEXE
Position
NoDescriptionofproductCountry
oforigin
ex56.05A56.05-24Yarnofsynthetictextilefibres(discontinuous
orwaste)containing85%ormorebyweight
ofsyntheticfibres,unbleachedorbleached,
otherthansingle,measuring,persingleyarn,
morethan14000m/kg,notputupforretail
saleRepublic
ofKorea
Theissueofsuchimportauthorizations isherebysuspendeduntil31December1975.
2.Theprovisionsofparagraph 1shallnotpreventtheimportationofproductsaccom­
paniedbyimportdocumentsissuedbythecompetentauthoritiesintheUnitedKingdom
beforetheentryintoforceofthisRegulation .
Article3
1.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheseconddayfollowingitspublicationin
theOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
2.Itshallapplyuntiltheentryintoforceofappropriatemeasurestobetakenbythe
CouncilinaccordancewithArticles12(6)and13ofRegulation(EEC)No1439/74or
untiltheexpiryofaperiodofsixweeksafteritsentryintoforcewhicheveristhesooner.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,7November1975.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
MemberoftheCommission