81/427/EEC: Commission Decision of 20 May 1981 authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to woven table linen, toilet and kitchen linen originating in Hong Kong (Only the English text is authentic)
Official Journal L 165 , 23/06/1981 P. 0022
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( 1 ) OJ NO L 16 , 22 . 1 . 1980 , P . 14 .
( 2 ) OJ NO L 365 , 27 . 12 . 1978 , P . 1 .
COMMISSION DECISION
OF 20 MAY 1981
AUTHORIZING IRELAND NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO WOVEN TABLE LINEN , TOILET AND KITCHEN LINEN ORIGINATING IN HONG-KONG
( ONLY THE ENGLISH TEXT IS AUTHENTIC )
( 81/427/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 COMMISSION DECISION 80/47/EEC OF 20 DECEMBER 1979 ON SURVEILLANCE AND PROTECTIVE MEASURES WHICH MEMBER STATES MAY BE AUTHORIZED TO TAKE IN RESPECT OF IMPORTS OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THIRD COUNTRIES AND PUT INTO FREE CIRCULATION IN ANOTHER MEMBER STATE ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 3 THEREOF ,
WHEREAS ON 13 MAY 1981 A REQUEST WAS MADE UNDER THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 115 OF THE TREATY BY THE IRISH GOVERNMENT TO THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES FOR AUTHORIZATION NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO WOVEN TABLE LINEN , TOILET AND KITCHEN LINEN FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 62.02 B II AND B III OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , CATEGORY 39 , ORIGINATING IN HONG KONG AND IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES ;
WHEREAS THE IMPORTATION INTO THE COMMUNITY OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN HONG KONG IS COVERED BY AN AGREEMENT NEGOTIATED BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THAT COUNTRY ; WHEREAS , UNDER THAT AGREEMENT , HONG KONG HAS UNDERTAKEN TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS TO LIMIT ITS EXPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION TO THE COMMUNITY WITHIN CERTAIN CEILINGS ;
WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THAT AGREEMENT AND TAKE ACCOUNT OF ITS CHARACTERISTICS , THE COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3059/78 INTRODUCING SPECIFIC COMMON RULES FOR IMPORTS OF CERTAIN TEXTILE PRODUCTS ( 2 );
WHEREAS THE DIFFERENCES IN MARKET CONDITIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND THE PARTICULAR SENSITIVITY OF THIS BRANCH OF COMMUNITY INDUSTRY HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN ALLOCATING THE ABOVEMENTIONED COMMUNITY CEILING BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES ;
WHEREAS , FOR THIS REASON , DISPARITIES STILL EXIST BETWEEN THE CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE IMPORTATION OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION INTO THE DIFFERENT MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS UNIFORMITY CAN ONLY BE BROUGHT ABOUT GRADUALLY ;
WHEREAS THESE DISPARITIES IN THE COMMERCIAL POLICY MEASURES APPLIED BY THE MEMBER STATES HAVE RESULTED IN DEFLECTIONS OF TRADE , IN THAT SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981 IRELAND HAS ADMITTED THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION IN FREE CIRCULATION ORIGINATING IN THE SAID THIRD COUNTRY WHICH AMOUNT TO APPROXIMATELY 43.3 % OF THE DIRECT QUOTA ;
WHEREAS WITH REGARD TO THE SITUATION OF