CELEX: 31978D0208
Language: en
Date: 1978-01-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 27 January 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to bed linen, table linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen, falling within heading No ex 62.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the People's Republic of China and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 64/ 22                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                    7. 3 . 78
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                                 of 27 January 1978
             authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to bed
             linen , table linen , toilet linen and kitchen linen , falling within heading No ex
             62.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the People's Republic of
                          China and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                          (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                     (78 /208 / EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
COMMUNITIES,                                                     for the application of protective measures under the
                                                                 first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­            May 1971 ( ] ), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 23                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
January 1978 by the French Government to the Euro­
pean Communities, for authorization not to apply
                                                                                           Article 1
Community treatment to bed linen , table linen, toilet
linen and kitchen linen , falling within heading No ex
62.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in               The French Republic is authorized not to apply
the People's Republic of China and in free circulation           Community treatment to imports of bed linen, table
in the other Member States,                                      linen , toilet linen and kitchen linen , falling within
                                                                 heading No ex 62.02 of the Common Customs Tariff,
Whereas for the products in question France, while               where they originate in the People's Republic of
awaiting the opening of the quota fixed by the                   China and are in free circulation in the other Member
Council Decision of 20 December 1977 , does not                  States and in respect of which applications for import
allow any imports directly from the People's Republic            licences lodged after 10 January 1978 are, on the date
of China ;                                                       of this Decision, pending with the French authorities.
Whereas, according to information supplied by the
French Government, the industry manufacturing the                                          Article 2
products in question is facing economic difficulties,
resulting in a drop in production ;                              This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Whereas the realization of the imports that motivated
the application is likely to obstruct the commercial
policy measures currently being applied by France                Done at Brussels, 27 January 1978 .
because of difficulties in the industrial sector con­
cerned ;                                                                                      For the Commission
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the                                      Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
tion from the other Member States ;                                                                Vice-President
                                                                 (') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26.