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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)217final
Brussels,20thApril1979
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PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILDECISION
AMENDING THEQUOTASFORIMPORTSINTOITALYANDFRANCE
OFCERTAIN PRODUCTS ORIGINATING INROMANIA
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
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COM(79)217final
(OnlytheItalianandFrench'textsareauthentic)

EXPLANATORY MMORAMDUM
1.Inaccordance with Article 3ofCouncil Decision 75/210/EECof
1 :27March 1975 Q*1unilateral import arrangements inrespect ofState -
trading countries ,Itlaly andPrance have submitted thefollowing
requests for theexceptional opening ofadditional import quotas for
certain products from China andRomania ,viz :
(a)Italy-China ?50»000anoraks falling within category 21and
200tonnes ofcotton fabric (absorbent gauze )
falling within category 2;
(b)"Italy-Romania :bearings (OCT84*62 )tothevalue ofLit.940million ;
(c)Franc e-Romani a:radio andtelevision sets (CCTex85-15 )tothe
value ofFF2.79 million .
2.Thefollowing observations maybemade inconnection with these requests :
–inthecontext ofthenegotiations with China ontextile products ,it
isplanned tomake imports ofanoraks subject tothebasket system ,
which hasathreshold of487 »000pieces ;inthelight ofthat figure
therequest toade byItaly ,which istheonly Member State tohave a
quota forChina ,maybeconsidered modest ;
-in1976 absorbent gauze came within tariff heading No.30.04 »which
wasliberalised inItaly ,andimports under that heading were not~
taken into account inestablishing theinternal Community ceiling for
category 2. This product ,after first being sterilised
andpacked ,isused formedical andsurgical purposes (imports of
gauze sterilised andputupforretail sale arestill free inItaly );
Nevertheless ,onaccount ofthetextile negociations with China ,
theoppofctunity ofgranting Italy theproposed increases should
beexamined inthe context ofthesolutions which may beadopted
bytheCouncil inthenear future inconnection with theproblems
*
oftextile négociations vithChina *
(1)OJNo.L.99»21.*.75

2.
-bearingsaresubject "toquantitativerestrictioninItalyalone,and
radioandtelevisionsetsonlyinFranceandtheUnitedKingdom.
Inthesecircumstances ,thequotaincreasesrequestedbyItalyandFrance
wouldnotseemtoposeanyparticular economicproblems,andcouldhave
beenapprovedbytheCommissioninaccordancewiththeusualprocedure.
3.However,inviewofthetradenegotiations ,authorisedbytheCouncil,
beingcarriedonwith Romania(agreementon
industrialproducts),underthefirstindentofArticle7ofDsciBion75/210,
onlytheCouncilcanatthemomentapprovethesemeasures.
4.TheCommissionthereforeproposesthattheCouncil ?
–adoptthedecision,thedraftofwhich ,isannexedhereto;
–authoriseitspublication intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities 4
–examinethaadvisability ofaccordingtheincreasesrequestedfrom
ItalyforthetaxtilssproductsfromChinainthecontextofthe
solutionstob®adoptediac;OEa®ctionvrithth®problemsarising
outofth«textilesisgociatior® withthiscountry®

ANNEX
Proposalfora
COUNCILDECISION
amendingthequotasforimportsintoItalyandFranceofcertainproducts
originating inRomania
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereof.
HavingregardtoCouncilDecision75/210/EECof27March1975onunilateral
1importarrangements inrespectofState-trading countries,andinparticular
thefirstindentofArticle7thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,..4
WhereasItalyandFrance,pursuanttoArticle3ofDecision75/210/EEC
referredtoabove,haverequestedthatamendmentsbemadetotheimportarrange
2mentsappliedtoRomaniaandlaiddowninCouncilDecision79/252/EEC;
WhereastheamendmentsrequestedbyItalyandFrancewillnotgiverisetoany
particulareconomicproblems;whereasitisthereforenecessarytoadoptthe
measuresdesiredbythoseMemberStates,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION:
10JNoL99,21.4.1975,p.7
20JNoL60,12.3.1979,p.1

ANNEX
ARTICLE 1
Italyshall,bywayofexception,openfor1979animportquotaof
Lit.940millioninrespectofRomaniaforbearingsfallingwithin
headingNo84.62oftheCommonCustomsTariff.
Franceshall,bywayofexception,openfor1979anadditionalimport
quotaofFF2.79millioninrespectofRomaniaforradioandtelevision
broadcastreceiversandpartsthereoffallingwithinheadingNoex85.15
oftheCommonCustomsTariff.
ARTICLE2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheItalianRepublicandtheFrenchRepubl
Doneat FortheCouncil
ThePresident