CELEX: 31977D0133
Language: en
Date: 1976-12-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 9 December 1976 authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to knitted goods falling within Chapter 60 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hungary and in free circulation in the United Kingdom

No L 43 /30                         Official Journal of the European Communities                               15. 2. 77
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                 of 9 December 1976
              authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to knitted goods falling
              within Chapter 60 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hungary and
                                     in free circulation in the United Kingdom
                                           (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                      (77/ 133/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 (2), 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 2                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
December 1976 by the Government of Ireland to the
Commission by telex from the Office of its Perma­                                        Article 1
nent Representative to the European Communities,
for authorization not to apply Community treatment              Ireland is authorized not to apply Community treat­
to knitted goods falling within Chapter 60 of the               ment to imports of knitted goods falling within
Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hungary and               Chapter 60 of the Common Customs Tariff, where
in free circulation in the United Kingdom,                      they originate in Hungary, and are in free circulation
Whereas, with regard to goods of Chapter 60 of the              in the United Kingdom, and in respect of which appli­
Common Customs Tariff, Ireland in accordance with               cations for import licences lodged after 24 November
the Council Decision of 18 December 1975 (') opened             1976 are, on the date of this Decision, pending with
                                                                the Irish authorities .
an annual quota of £ 110 for Hungary ;
Whereas     according to     information     supplied by                                 Article 2
Ireland, there are serious economic difficulties in the
sector in question which is demonstrated, in parti­             This Decision is addressed to Ireland.
cular, by a growing rate of unemployment ;
Whereas the indirect imports in question, which
would be in addition to those already effected, would           Done at Brussels, 9 December 1976.
be likely to aggravate these economic difficulties ;
                                                                                           For the Commission
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­                                         Finn GUNDELACH
tion from the United Kingdom and the other Member
States ;                                                                                Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 332, 29 . 12. 1975, p. 1 .                          (2) OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.