81/50/EEC: Commission Decision of 16 January 1981 authorizing the Italian Republic not to apply Community treatment to woven fabrics of cotton originating in South Korea, India and Pakistan (Only the Italian text is authentic)
Official Journal L 050 , 25/02/1981 P. 0028
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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 16 JANUARY 1981
AUTHORIZING THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON ORIGINATING IN SOUTH KOREA , INDIA AND PAKISTAN
( ONLY THE ITALIAN TEXT IS AUTHENTIC )
( 81/50/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 8 JANUARY 1981 A REQUEST WAS MADE UNDER THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 115 OF THE TREATY BY THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT TO THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES FOR AUTHORIZATION NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON , FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 55.09 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ( CATEGORY 2 ), ORIGINATING IN SOUTH KOREA , INDIA AND PAKISTAN AND IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES ;
WHEREAS THE IMPORTATION INTO THE COMMUNITY OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN SOUTH KOREA , INDIA AND PAKISTAN IS COVERED BY AN AGREEMENT NEGOTIATED BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THAT COUNTRY ; WHEREAS UNDER THAT AGREEMENT SOUTH KOREA , INDIA AND PAKISTAN HAVE 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 ADOPTED REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3059/78 ( 2 ), 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 CEILINGS 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 WITH REGARD TO THE SITUATION OF THE INDUSTRY CONCERNED , THE INFORMATION RECEIVED BY THE COMMISSION SHOWS THAT THE DIRECT QUOTAS IN RESPECT OF THE THIRD COUNTRIES IN QUESTION WERE FULFILLED IN 1979 AND 1980 AND THAT TOTAL IMPORTS IN FREE CIRCULATION FROM THESE COUNTRIES INCREASED FROM 1 390 TONNES IN 1979 TO 1