CELEX: 31977D0652
Language: en
Date: 1977-02-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 1 February 1977 authorizing the United Kingdom not to apply Community treatment to cotton jeans falling within heading No ex 61.01 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the People's Republic of China and in free circulation in the Netherlands

No L 266/ 10                         Official Journal of the European Communities                             19 . 10 . 77
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                                        (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                COMMISSION
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 1 February 1977
             authorizing the United Kingdom not to apply Community treatment to cotton
             jeans falling within heading No ex 61.01 of the Common Customs Tariff, origi­
             nating in the People's Republic of China and in free circulation in the Nether­
                                                           lands
                                            (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                       (77/652/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   worth £ 276 000 (52 % of the said quota), has been
COMMUNITIES,                                                     deposited with the British authorities ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            Whereas there are serious economic difficulties in the
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­            sector of the textile industry in question which are
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                  apparent especially through a decline in production
Having regard to the application under the first para­           and a growing rate of unemployment ;
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 25                   Whereas the realization of the abovementioned indi­
January 1977 by the United Kingdom Government                    rect operation, even though it appears to be an
by telex from the office of its Permanent Representa­            isolated operation, would, because of its substantial
tive to the European Community, for authorization                amount, be likely to aggravate this difficult situation ;
not to apply Community treatment to cotton jeans
falling within heading No ex 61.01 of the Common                 Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
Customs Tariff, originating in the People's Republic             machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
of China and in free circulation in the other Member             tion from the other Member States ;
States,                                                          Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
Whereas the United Kingdom, in accordance with                   for the application of protective measures, under the
Council Decision 75/210/ EEC of 27 March 1975 ('),               first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
as amended by Council Decision 76/971 /EEC of 13                 tions laid down by the Commission Decision of 12
December 1976 (2), admits the importation of the                 May 1971 (3), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
products in question in the context of a quota with a
total value of £ 531 000 reserved for certain textile            HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
products ;
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas, the whole of the said quota is being allo­
cated between those importers which have made                    The United Kingdom is authorized not to apply
requests ;                                                       Community treatment to cotton jeans falling within
Whereas a request for an import licence of the jeans             heading No ex 61.01 of the Common Customs Tariff,
in question, originating from the People's Republic of           where they originate in the People's Republic of
China and in free circulation in the Netherlands,                China and are in free circulation in the Netherlands,
                                                                 and in respect of which applications for import
(') OJ No L 99, 21 . 4. 1975, p. 7.
(2) OJ No L 365, 31 . 12 . 1976, p. 1 .                          (3 ) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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licences lodged after 13 January 1977 are, on the date     Done at Brussels, 1 February 1977.
of this Decision , pending with the United Kingdom
authorities .
                                                                                  For the Commission
                       Article 2                                                    Guido BRUNNER
This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom .                             Member of the Commission