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

COMMISSION DECISION

OF 18 JANUARY 1980

AUTHORIZING THE FRENCH REPUBLIC NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO RADIO RECEIVERS , WHETHER OR NOT INCORPORATING SOUND RECORDERS OR REPRODUCERS , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 85.15 A EX III OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , ORIGINATING IN SOUTH KOREA , HONG KONG , JAPAN , POLAND AND TAIWAN AND IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES

( ONLY THE FRENCH TEXT IS AUTHENTIC )

( 80/150/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 11 JANUARY 1980 BY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT TO THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , FOR AUTHORIZATION NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO RADIO RECEIVERS , WHETHER OR NOT INCORPORATING SOUND RECORDERS OR REPRODUCERS , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 85.15 A EX III OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , ORIGINATING IN SOUTH KOREA , HONG KONG , JAPAN , POLAND AND TAIWAN AND IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES ,

WHEREAS IN FRANCE THE IMPORTATION OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN SOUTH KOREA , HONG KONG , JAPAN , POLAND AND TAIWAN IS SUBJECT TO ANNUAL QUOTAS OF 200 000 PIECES , 172 000 PIECES , 390 000 PIECES , FF 10 MILLION AND FF 10 MILLION RESPECTIVELY , WHICH HAVE NOT YET BEEN OPENED ;

WHEREAS THE DISPARITIES WHICH EXIST IN THE COMMERCIAL POLICY MEASURES APPLIED IN CONNECTION WITH THESE PRODUCTS BY THE MEMBER STATES ARE CAUSING DEFLECTION OF TRADE , THEREBY PREVENTING THE EXECUTION OF THOSE COMMERCIAL POLICY MEASURES WHICH ARE IN FORCE BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULT ECONOMIC SITUATION IN THE SECTOR CONCERNED ;

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 AND A PROGRESSIVE DECLINE IN ITS MARKET SHARE ;

WHEREAS THE REALIZATION OF ALL THE IMPORTS WHICH GAVE RISE TO THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED WOULD , IN VIEW OF THE SUBSTANTIAL VOLUME INVOLVED , AGGRAVATE THESE DIFFICULTIES , AND CALL INTO QUESTION THE OBJECTIVES SOUGHT BY 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 ;

WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THE APPLICATION FOR ALL THESE LICENCES WHICH GAVE RISE TO THE APPLICATION IN QUESTION DOES NOT NEED TO BE COVERED BY SUCH AN AUTHORIZATION ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :

ARTICLE 1

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC IS AUTHORIZED NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO THE PRODUCTS INDICATED BELOW , WHERE THEY ORIGINATE IN SOUTH KOREA , HONG KONG , JAPAN , POLAND AND TAIWAN , AND ARE IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES , AND IN RESPECT OF WHICH APPLICATIONS FOR IMPORT LICENCES WERE LODGED AFTER 1 JANUARY 1980 . IN ANY CASE THIS AUTHORIZATION WILL NOT COVER AN AMOUNT REPRESENTING FOR EACH THIRD COUNTRY CONCERNED 25 % OF THE QUOTAS FOR 1980 . SUCH AN AMOUNT SHALL BE ALLOCATED BETWEEN THE ABOVEMENTIONED APPLICANTS , FOR WHICH THE APPLICATIONS FOR IMPORT LICENCES ARE , ON THE DATE OF THIS DECISION , PENDING WITH THE FRENCH AUTHORITIES :

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85.15 A EX III // RADIO RECEIVERS , WHETHER OR NOT INCORPORATING SOUND RECORDERS OR REPRODUCERS //

ARTICLE 2

THIS DECISION SHALL APPLY UNTIL 30 SEPTEMBER 1980 .

ARTICLE 3

THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE FRENCH REPUBLIC .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 18 JANUARY 1980 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

WILHELM HAFERKAMP

VICE-PRESIDENT