80/1017/EEC: Commission Decision of 9 October 1980 authorizing the Italian Republic not to apply Community treatment to woven fabrics of cotton, originating in India and Pakistan (Only the Italian text is authentic)
Official Journal L 302 , 12/11/1980 P. 0030 - 0031
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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 9 OCTOBER 1980
AUTHORIZING THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO WOVEN FRABRICS OF COTTON ORIGINATING IN INDIA AND PAKISTAN
( ONLY THE ITALIAN TEXT IS AUTHENTIC )
( 80/1017/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 6 OCTOBER 1980 A REQUEST WAS MADE UNDER THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 115 OF THE TREATY BY THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC 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 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 INDIA AND PAKISTAN , IS COVERED BY AN AGREEMENT NEGOTIATED BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE COUNTRIES ;
WHEREAS , UNDER THAT AGREEMENT , INDIA AND PAKISTAN HAVE UNDERTAKEN TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS TO LIMIT THEIR EXPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION TO THE COMMUNITY TO 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 ), 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 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 THE QUOTA ALLOCATED TO ITALY HAS ALREADY BEEN EXCEEDED FOR IMPORTS FROM INDIA AND HAS BEEN TAKEN UP BY 88 % FOR IMPORTS FROM PAKISTAN ;
WHEREAS THESE