IMPORTED INTO THE COMMUNITY IN SUCH GREATLY INCREASED QUANTITIES AND ON SUCH TERMS OR CONDITIONS AS TO CAUSE , OR THREATEN TO CAUSE , SUBSTANTIAL INJURY TO COMMUNITY PRODUCERS OF LIKE OR DIRECTLY COMPETING PRODUCTS , UNLESS INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS PERMIT DEROGATION FROM THIS RULE ;
WHEREAS MEMBER STATES SHOULD BE EMPOWERED , IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES AND PROVIDED THAT THEIR ACTIONS ARE ON AN INTERIM BASIS ONLY , TO TAKE PROTECTIVE EASURES INDIVIDUALLY ;
WHEREAS ARTICLES 14 ( 6 ) AND 16 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 926/79 PROVIDE THAT THE COUNCIL SHALL DECIDE ON THE ADJUSTMENTS TO BE MADE TO THAT REGULATION ;
WHEREAS A REVIEW OF THE REGULATION , IN THE LIGHT OF EXPERIENCE GAINED IN APPLYING IT , HAS SHOWN THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO ADOPT MORE PRECISE CRITERIA FOR ASSESSING POSSIBLE INJURY AND TO INTRODUCE AN INVESTIGATION PROCEDURE WHILE STILL ALLOWING THE COMMISSION AND THE MEMBER STATES TO INTRODUCE APPROPRIATE MEASURES IN URGENT CASES ;
WHEREAS TO THIS END MORE DETAILED PROVISIONS SHOULD BE INTRODUCED ON THE OPENING OF INVESTIGATIONS , ON THE CHECKS AND INSPECTIONS REQUIRED , ON THE HEARING OF THOSE CONCERNED , THE TREATMENT OF INFORMATION OBTAINED AND THE CRITERIA FOR ASSESSING INJURY ;
WHEREAS THE PROVISIONS ON THE INVESTIGATIONS INTRODUCED BY THIS REGULATION DO NOT PREJUDICE COMMUNITY OR NATIONAL RULES CONCERNING PROFESSIONAL SECRECY ;
WHEREAS , FURTHERMORE , IN A DESIRE FOR SIMPLICITY AND GREATER TRANSPARENCY OF IMPORT ARRANGEMENTS , IT SEEMED PREFERABLE TO DRAW UP A LIST OF QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS STILL APPLICABLE AT NATIONAL LEVEL RATHER THAN A COMMON LIBERALIZATION LIST ;
WHEREAS A PROCEDURE SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR APPLICATION WHERE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS MAINTAINED BY CERTAIN MEMBER STATES ARE AMENDED ; WHEREAS IN ORDER TO PREVENT THESE AUTONOMOUS AMENDMENTS FROM CONSTITUTING OBSTACLES TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMON COMMERCIAL POLICY AND FROM INJURING THE INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY OR ONE OF ITS MEMBER STATES , THESE AMENDMENTS SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO PRIOR CONSULTATION AND , WHERE NECESSARY , TO AN AUTHORIZATION PROCEDURE ;
WHEREAS , IN ADDITION , THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENCING PROCEDURES SIGNED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF GATT SHOULD BE TRANSPOSED INTO COMMUNITY LAW , IN PARTICULAR SO AS TO ENSURE A GREATER TRANSPARENCY OF THE SYSTEMS OF RESTRICTIONS APPLIED BY THE MEMBER STATES ;
WHEREAS THE REGULATION THUS AMENDED SHOULD BE PUBLISHED IN ITS ENTIRETY ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
TITLE I
GENERAL PRINCIPLES
ARTICLE 1
1 . THIS REGULATION SHALL APPLY TO IMPORTS OF PRODUCTS COVERED BY THE TREATY ORIGINATING IN THIRD COUNTRIES , EXCEPT FOR
- TEXTILE PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO SPECIFIC COMMON IMPORT RULES FOR THE DURATION OF THOSE RULES , SUBJECT TO MEASURES WHICH MAY BE TAKEN REGARDING THESE PRODUCTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE IV ,
- THE PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN STATE-TRADING COUNTRIES LISTED IN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 925/79 ( 2 ) ,
- THE PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA LISTED IN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2532/78 ( 3 ) ,
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