NoL272/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 29.9.73
REGULATION (EEC)No2631/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of27September1973
providingforlicencesfortheimportofcottonyarnintotheUnitedKingdomfrom
non-member countries
Whereastoremovethethreatofinjury,protective
measuresshouldbeadoptedforaperiodextending
upto31December1973;
Whereasgiventhatthethreatofsubstantialinjury
originatedinimportsintendedforUnitedKingdom
markets,itappearsjustifiedatpresent,havingregard
toexistingtradeflows,torestricttheapplicationof
protectivemeasurestoimportsintotheUnited
Kingdom;
Whereastheseimportsshouldberestrictedtothe
relevantlevelintheUnitedKingdombefore1April
1973;
Whereastheseprotectivemeasuresmaybeamended
orrepealedinthelightofthetrendinimportsinto
otherregionsoftheCommunity,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1025/70(*)of25May1970establishingcommon
rulesforimportsfromnon-membercountries,and
inparticularArticle11(1)thereof;
AfterconsultationwiththeAdvisoryCommitteeset
upbyArticle5ofthatRegulation;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereasinresponsetoarequestfromtheBritish
GovernmenttheCommission,byRegulation (EEC)
No1831/73(2)of4July1973providingforlicences
fortheimportofcottonyarnintotheUnitedKingdom
originatinginandcomingfromnon-member
countries,tookinterimprotectivemeasureslimiting
theimportationintotheUnitedKingdomofcotton
yarn;
Whereasitappearsfromtheinformationsupplied
bytheBritishGovernment ,inparticularduringthe
consultationintheabovementioned Committee,and
alsofromotherinformation,thatuntil1April1973,
thedateonwhichRegulation (EEC)No1025/70
cameintooperationintheUnitedKingdom,
importationintotheUnitedKingdomofthe
productsinquestionwassubjecttoquantitative
restrictionsinrelationtothecountriesconcerned;
whereastheincreaseinsuchimportswhichwould
followtheliberalizationthereofwouldbelikely
tocausesubstantialinjury,whichitwouldbedifficult
torepair,tothecottonspinningindustryinthe
UnitedKingdomandtoaffecttheemployment
situationbyjeopardizingthereconversionprocessin
thatindustry;
Whereasinterimprotectivemeasuresmusttherefore
betakenandshouldconsistinalimitationonthe
importationofcottonyarn;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.TheimportationintotheUnitedKingdomof
GreatBritainandNorthernIrelandfromthe
non-member countrieslistedinAnnexIItoCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No1025/70,exceptingthose
countriessetoutintheAnnexhereto,oftheproducts
shownbelowshallbesubjecttoproductionofan
importlicence,andthetotaltonnagesoimported
duringtheperiod1April1973to31December1973
inclusiveshallnotexceedthenumberofmetrictons
indicatedagainstthenamesofthoseproducts:
CCT
headingNo
55.05
55.06Cottonyarn,notput
upforretailsale
Cottonyarn,putup
forretailsale12750metrictons
HOJNoL124,8.6.1970,p.6.
(2)OJNoL185,7.7.1973,p.13.

29.9.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL272/17
Article2 2.Theimportslicencesreferredtoinparagraph1
shallbeissuedbytheUnitedKingdomofGreat
BritainandNorthernIreland. ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27September1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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