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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COAAMUNiT
COM(79)255 final
Brussels-18thMay1979
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILDECISION
OPENING QUOTAS FORIMPORTSINTOITALYOF
CERTAIN PRODUCTS ORIGINATING INROMANIA
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
I
1.Inaccordance with Article 3ofCouncil Decision 75/210/EECof
127March 1975 011unilateral import arrangements inrespect ofState -
trading countries ,Italy hassubmitted thefollowing requests for the
exceptional opening ofimport quotas forcertain products from Romania ,
viz :
(a)transmissions andfront axles tothevalue ofLit .6,800 million
(CCTex87.06 )
(b)tractor engines tothevalue ofLit .3,600 million (CCTex84-06 )
2.Thefollowing observations maybemade inconnection with thes.e requests
Theproducts inquestion aresubject toquantitative restrictions only
inItaly .Inthese circumstances ,theexceptional opening ofthese
quotas for 1979 which hasbeen requested byItaly would notseem topose
anyparticular economic problems ,andcould have been approved bythe
Commission inaccordance with theusual procedure .
3.However ,inview ofthetrade negotiations ,authorised bytheCouncil ,
being carried onwith Romania (agreement onindustrial products ),under
thefirst indent ofArticle 7ofDecision 75/210 ,only theCouncil can
atthe moment approve these measures .
4.The Commission therefore proposes that the Council :
–adopt thedecision ,thedraft ofwhich isannexed hereto ;
–authorise itspublication intheOfficial Journal ofthe EJuropean
Communities .
OJNo.L.99 ,21.4.75

PROPOSALANNEX
COUNCIL DECISION
opening quotas forimports into Italy ■ofcertain products
originating in Romania
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HAVING REGARD TOtheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
and inparticular Article 113thereof ,
HAVING RECARD TOCouncil Decision 75/210/EECof27March 1975 onunilateral
1import arrangements inrespect ofstate-trading countries ,and inparticular
thefirst indent ofArticle 7thereof ,
HAVING REGARD TOtheproposal from theCommission ,
WHEREAS Italy , inaccordance with Article 3 Decision
75/210/E2Creferred toabove ,has requested that amendments bemade tothe
iipport arrangements applied to Romania
under Décision 79/252/EEC ;
WHEREAS theamendments requested byItaly donotraise
anyparticular economic problems ;whereas itistherefore necessary to
adopt themeasures desired bythat Member Statej
HAD ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
1OJ,No.L99,21.4.75 ,P.7
2OJ,No.L60,12.3.79 ,p.1

ANNEX
ARTICLE 1
Italy shall ,bywayofexception ,open for1979 inrespect ofRomania :
(a)animport quota ofLit .6,800 million fortractor transmissions and
front axles falling within CCTheading No.87.06,and
("b)animport quota ofLit.3»600 million fortractor engines falling
within CCTheading No.84.06 .
ARTICLE 2
This Decision isaddressed totheItalian Republic .
Done at For the Council
The President