NoL140/24 8.6.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
II
(Actswhosepublicationisnotobligatory)
COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of16March1977
authorizingtheFrenchRepublicnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttocertajjn
setts,flagsandpaving,hearthandwalltilesfallingwithinsubheadings69.07ex
AandBexIIand69.08exAandBexIIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,origi­
natinginJapanandinfreecirculationintheotherMemberStates
(OnlytheFrenchtextisauthentic)
(77/371/EEC)
currentlybeingappliedbyFranceasregardsJapan,
especiallybecauseofthecriticalsituationthatdomi­
natesthissectorofindustry;
Whereasitisnotpossibleatthepresenttimetosetin
motionthemachineryforbringingabouttheneces­
sarycooperationfromtheotherMemberStates;
Whereasauthorizationshouldbegiven,foralimited
period,fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasures
underthefirstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothe
conditionslaiddownbytheCommissionDecisionof
12May1971(!),andinparticularArticle1thereof;
Whereasuniformarrangements forimportsofthe
productsinquestioncouldbeadoptedundera
commoncommercialpolicyvis-h-visJapan;whereas
thesemeasuresshouldapplyonlyuntilsucharrange­
mentsareintroduced,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon10March
1977bytheFrenchGovernmenttotheCommission
bytelexfromtheOfficeofitsPermanentRepresenta­
tivetotheEuropeanCommunities ,forauthorization
nottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttocertainsetts,
flagsandpaving,hearthandwalltilesfallingwithin
subheadings69.07exAandBexIIand69.08exA
andBexIIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,origi­
natinginJapanandinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates,
WhereasaccordingtothisapplicationunderArticle
115theimportationintoFranceoftheproductsin
questionoriginatinginJapanissubjecttoacontrac­
tualquota,whichfor1977amountsto$180320;
Whereasdifferencesinthecommercialpolicy
measuresappliedinconnectionwiththeseproducts
byFranceandbytheotherMemberStatesasregards
Japanaregivingrisetodeflectionoftrade;
Whereasthisdeflectionoftradeisobstructingthe
executionoftheabovecommercialpolicymeasuresHASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
TheFrenchRepublicisauthorizednottoapply
Communitytreatmenttoimportsofthefollowing
products:
(>)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

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Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyonlyuntiluniformimport
arrangements areintroducedunderacommon
commercialpolicyvis-d-visJapanoruntilnew
opportunities ariseintheFrenchRepublicforthe
importationoftheproductsinquestionfromJapan
andinanycasenotlaterthan31December1977.ccr
headingNoDescriptionofgoods
69.07 Unglazedsetts,flagsandpaving,hearth
andwalltiles:
exA—Stoneware tilesandcubesfor
mosaics,thelongestsideofwhich
doesnotexceed5cm
BexII—Stoneware,otherthanwithsides
exceeding40cm
69.08 Glazedsetts,flagsandpaving,hearthand
walltiles:
exA—Tilesandcubesformosaics,other
thanofcommonpottery,ofwhich
thelongestsidedoesnotexceed5
cm
BexII—Other,ofceramicmaterialsother
thancommonpotteryArticle3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheFrenchRepublic.
DoneatBrussels,16March1977.
wheretheyoriginateinJapanandareinfreecircula­
tionintheotherMemberStates,andinrespectof
whichapplicationsforimportlicenceswerelodged
after27February1977.FortheCommission
WilhelmHAFERKAMP
Vice-President