NoL364/10 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.12.76
COMMISSION DECISION
of11November1976
authorizingtheUnitedKingdomnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttounbleachedand
bleachedyarnofsynthetictextilefibres(polyester/cotton)fallingwithinsubheading
56.07exAoftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatingintheRepublicofKoreaand
infreecirculationintheNetherlands
(OnlytheEnglishtextisauthentic)
(76/927/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,forproductsfallingwithinsubheading56-07exAof
theCommonCustomsTariff;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
thefirstparagraphofArticle115thereof,"Whereastheallocationofthequotaconcernedtakes
accountalsoofcertaindisparitiesinthefixingof
thequotasharesfortheMemberStatesby
comparisonwiththesubsidyneedsofthemarkets
concerned;
Whereassuchdisparitiesarelikelytocreatean
indirecttradeflowwhichcouldaggravatethe
persistentdifficultiesofthetextileindustry;Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirst
paragraphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon
3November1976bytheUnitedKingdomtothe
Commission bytelexfromtheOfficeofits
PermanentRepresentative totheEuropean
Communities ,forauthorization toapplyprotective
measuresinrespectoftheimportationofunbleached
andbleachedyarnofsynthetictextilefibres
(polyester/cotton)fallingwithinsubheading56.07
exAoftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatingin
theRepublicofKoreaandinfreecirculationinthe
Netherlands ,Whereastheinformationcontainedintheapplication
doesnotshowthatanindirecttradeflowtothe
UnitedKingdomexistsatpresentfortheproducts
concerned ;
Whereasthecarryingoutoftheindirectimport
envisaged,whileitwouldappeartobeanisolated
operation,wouldbelikelytoaffectthedelicate
situationofthenationalproductionoftheproducts
inquestionbecauseoftheappreciableamount
involvedandbecauseofthepricewhichis
considerablylowerthanthoseprevailingamong
Britishproducers;Whereastheimportationintothe,Communityofthe
productsinquestionoriginatingintheRepublicof
KoreaisthesubjectofanAgreementnegotiated
betweentheCommunityandthatcountryand
initialledon28November1975;
Whereasitisnotpossibleatthepresenttimetoset
inmotionthemachineryforbringingaboutthe
necessarycooperationfromtheNetherlandsandthe
otherMemberStates;Whereas,undertheAgreement,theRepublicof
Koreahasundertakentotakeallnecessarystepsto
limititsexportsofccrtaintextileproductstothe
Communitytocertainceilingsallocatedamongthe
MemberStates;
Whereasauthorization shouldaccordinglybegiven
fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasures,underthe
firstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothe
conditionslaiddownbytheCommissionDecision
of12May1971(x),andinparticularArticle1
thereof,Whereasforimportsofunbleachedandbleached
cottonyarnandofyarnofsynthetictextilefibres
fallingwithinheadingNoex55.09andsubheading
56.07exAoftheCommonCustomsTariff,thequota
shareallocatedtotheUnitedKingdomis1714metric
tonsofwhich20fl/o(342-80metrictons)isintended (')OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

31.12.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL364/11
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION : Article2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheUnitedKingdom.
Article1
DoneatBrussels,11November1976.TheUnitedKingdomisauthorizednottoapply
Communitytreatmenttoyarnofsynthetictextile
fibres(polyester/cotton)fallingwithinsubheading
56.07exAoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatingintheRepublicofKoreaandinfree
circulationintheNetherlands ,andinrespectof
whichapplicationsforimportlicenceslodgedafter
25October1976arebeforetheUnitedKingdom
authoritiesonthedateofthisDecision .FortheCommission
GuidoBRUNNER
MemberoftheCommission