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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(76)499 final
Brussels,21September 1976
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
maintaining ineffecttherulesforimportsinto
Germanyofcertaintextileproductsoriginating in
theRepublicofKorea
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )(
C0M(76)499final

Explanatory Statement
ThedraftAgreementbetweentheRepublicofKoreaandthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityinitialled on28November1975providesinits
Article4foraconsultation procedureforcertaintextileproducts
whichallowstheadoptionofsafeguard measuresinthecaseof
realriskofmarketdisruption .
TheGermanauthorities requestedtheCommission'sservicesto
putthisprocedureintoeffectforthefollowingproducts:socks
otherthanofsyntheticfibres,tightsandhouseholdlinenofterry
towelling,theimportsofwhichfromKoreaontotheGermanmarkethave
increasedsharplyandsubstantially .
Duringconsultations betweentheCommission servicesandthe
Germanauthorities ontheonehandandtheKoreanauthorities on
theotherhand,KoreaundertooktosubjectitsexportstoGermany
oftheproductsinquestiontoquantitative limitsfortheremainder
of1976andfortheyear1977.
Underthecircumstances andinordertogiveeffectinthe
CommunitytothemeasurestakenbytheKoreanauthorities,
theCommission adoptedRegulation (EEC)No.2175/76(1)regarding
rulesforimportsintoGermanyofcertaintextileproductsoriginating
intheRepublicofKorea.
TheCommission considersthatthesemeasuresshouldbemaintained
ineffectandinaccordancewithArticle12(6)ofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No.1439/74(2)oncommonrulesforimports,submitstothe
CounciltheattachedproposedRegulation regardingtheappropriate
measurestobetaken.
(1)O.J.
(2)0.J.No.L243of4.9.1976
No.L159of15.6.1976

ProposalforaCouncilRegulation
maintainingineffecttherulesforimportsintoGermanyofcertain •
textileproductsoriginating intheRepublicofKorea >
,
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1439/74of4June1974on
commonrulesforimportsd),andinparticularArticle13thereof,
TheCommitteesetupunderArticle5oftheSaidRegulationhavingbeen
consulted,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No2175/76of3September1976(2)establish )
iulesforimportsintoGermanyofcertaintextileproductsoriginating inthe
RepublicofKorea;
Whereasthefactorswhichjustifiedtheestblishment ofthesemeasuresstill
existandwhereasitisthereforenecessarytomaintainthemineffectuntil
31December1977,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
Therulesontheauthorisation ofimportsintoGermanyofcertain
textileproductsoriginating intheRepublicofKoreawhichwereadoptedby
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No2175/76shallremaininforceuntil31December
1977..
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowingits
publication intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein
allMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
(1)OJNoL159,15.6.1974,p.1.
(2)OJNoL243,4.9.1976,p.8.