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

COMMISSION DECISION

OF 23 MAY 1979

AUTHORIZING THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO SHIRTS , T-SHIRTS , LIGHTWEIGHT FINE KNIT ROLL , POLO OR TURTLE NECKED JUMPERS AND PULLOVERS , UNDERVESTS AND THE LIKE , KNITTED OR CROCHETED , NOT ELASTIC OR RUBBERIZED , OTHER THAN BABIES ' GARMENTS , OF COTTON OR SYNTHETIC TEXTILE FIBRES ; T-SHIRTS AND LIGHTWEIGHT FINE KNIT ROLL , POLO OR TURTLE NECKED JUMPERS AND PULLOVERS OF REGENERATED TEXTILE FIBRES , FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO EX 60.04 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ( NIMEXE CODES 60.04-01 , 05 , 13 , 18 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 41 , 50 , 58 ) ( CATEGORY 4 ), ORIGINATING IN INDIA AND IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES

( ONLY THE ITALIAN TEXT IS AUTHENTIC )

( 79/566/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 21 MAY 1979 BY THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT TO THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , FOR AUTHORIZATION NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO SHIRT , T-SHIRTS , LIGHTWEIGHT FINE KNIT ROLL , POLO OR TURTLE NECKED JUMPERS AND PULLOVERS , UNDERVESTS AND THE LIKE , KNITTED OR CROCHETED , NOT ELASTIC OR RUBBERIZED , OTHER THAN BABIES ' GARMENTS , OF COTTON OR SYNTHETIC TEXTILE FIBRES ; T-SHIRTS AND LIGHTWEIGHT FINE KNIT ROLL , POLO OR TURTLE NECKED JUMPERS AND PULLOVERS OF REGENERATED TEXTILE FIBRES , FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO EX 60.04 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ( NIMEXE CODES 60.04-01 , 05 , 13 , 18 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 41 , 50 , 58 ) ( CATEGORY 4 ), ORIGINATING IN INDIA AND IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES ,

WHEREAS THE IMPORTATION INTO THE COMMUNITY OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN INDIA IS COVERED BY AN AGREEMENT NEGOTIATED BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THAT COUNTRY ;

WHEREAS UNDER THAT AGREEMENT INDIA HAS UNDERTAKEN TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS TO LIMIT ITS EXPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION TO THE COMMUNITY UP TO THE AMOUNT OF CERTAIN CEILINGS ALLOCATED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES ;

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 THE IMPORTS WHICH GAVE RISE TO THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED WOULD APPEAR , IN VIEW OF THE SUBSTANTIAL VOLUME OF THE IMPORTS , TO AGGRAVATE THESE DIFFICULTIES AND TO JEOPARDIZE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE COMMERCIAL MEASURES CONCERNED ;

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 ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 1 THEREOF ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :

ARTICLE 1

THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC IS AUTHORIZED NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO THE PRODUCTS INDICATED BELOW , WHERE THEY ORIGINATE IN INDIA AND ARE IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES , AND IN RESPECT OF WHICH APPLICATIONS FOR IMPORT LICENCES WERE LODGED AFTER 10 MAY 1979 AND ARE , AT THE DATE OF THIS DECISION , PENDING WITH THE ITALIAN AUTHORITIES :

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EX 60.04 ( NIMEXE CODES 60.04-01 , 05 , 13 , 18 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 41 , 50 , 58 ) ( CATEGORY 4 ) // SHIRTS , T-SHIRTS , LIGHTWEIGHT FINE KNIT ROLL , POLO OR TURTLE NECKED JUMPERS AND PULLOVERS , UNDERVESTS AND THE LIKE , KNITTED OR CROCHETED , NOT ELASTIC OR RUBBERIZED , OTHER THAN BABIES ' GARMENTS , OF COTTON OR SYNTHETIC TEXTILE FIBRES ; T-SHIRTS AND LIGHTWEIGHT FINE KNIT ROLL , POLO OR TURTLE NECKED JUMPERS AND PULLOVERS OF REGENERATED TEXTILE FIBRES //

ARTICLE 2

THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 23 MAY 1979 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

WILHELM HAFERKAMP

VICE-PRESIDENT