80/999/EEC: Commission Decision of 6 October 1980 authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to men's and boys'woven under garments, other than shirts, originating in Hong Kong (Only the English text is authentic)
Official Journal L 298 , 07/11/1980 P. 0049
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( 1 ) OJ NO L 16 , 22 . 1 . 1980 , P . 14 .
( 2 ) OJ NO L 365 , 27 . 12 . 1978 , P . 1 .
( 3 ) OJ NO L 347 , 31 . 12 . 1979 , P . 1 .
COMMISSION DECISION
OF 6 OCTOBER 1980
AUTHORIZING IRELAND NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO MEN ' S AND BOYS ' WOVEN UNDER GARMENTS , OTHER THAN SHIRTS , ORIGINATING IN HONG KONG
( ONLY THE ENGLISH TEXT IS AUTHENTIC )
( 80/999/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 30 SEPTEMBER 1980 A REQUEST WAS MADE UNDER THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 115 OF THE TREATY BY IRELAND TO THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES FOR AUTHORIZATION NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO MEN ' S AND BOYS ' WOVEN UNDER GARMENTS OTHER THAN SHIRTS , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 61.03 B AND C OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ( CATEGORY 18 ), 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 A CERTAIN CEILING ;
WHEREAS IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THAT AGREEMENT AND TAKE ACCOUNT OF ITS CHARACTERISTICS , THE COUNCIL ADOPTED REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3059/78 ( 2 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3063/79 ( 3 ), INTRODUCING SPECIFIC COMMON RULES FOR IMPORTS OF CERTAIN TEXTILE PRODUCTS ;
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