CELEX: 31978R2100
Language: en
Date: 1978-09-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2100/78 of 1 September 1978 making the importation into the United Kingdom of wool cloth originating in the Republic of Argentina subject to authorization

No L 244/ 16                            Official Journal of the European Communities                               6 . 9 . 78
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2100/78
                                                     of 1 September 1978
              making the importation into the United Kingdom of wool cloth originating in
                                 the Republic of Argentina subject to authorization
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    contains specific provision for recourse to safeguard
COMMUNITIES,                                                      measures ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Whereas, in view of the market disruption referred to
Economic Community,                                               above, the Community has applied the procedures
                                                                  provided for in the said Agreement, which allow
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      appropriate safeguard measures to be taken in order to
1439/74 of 4 June 1974 on common rules for                        limit imports of the products in question into the
imports ('), and in particular Article 12 thereof,                United Kingdom , account being taken of the trend of
                                                                  imports ;
After consultation within the Advisory Committee set
up under Article 5 of the said Regulation ,                       Whereas, in particular, under the Agreement negoti­
                                                                  ated by the Community with the Republic of Argen­
Having regard to the request made by the United                   tina in pursuance of the Arrangement regarding inter­
Kingdom,                                                          national trade in textiles, compliance with the quantit­
                                                                  ative export limits set or to be set by virtue of the said
Whereas imports into the United Kingdom of wool                   Agreement is ensured by an agreed system of double
cloth (CCT heading No 53.11 , category 50) from all               checking ; whereas effectiveness depends on the esta­
third countries accounted in 1977 for a considerable              blishment of a system of control by the Community ;
share of the Community market ; whereas this share,               whereas in order to establish such a system , therefore,
in the United Kingdom, has since increased further ;              it is necessary to make imports of the goods in ques­
                                                                  tion from Argentina subject to authorization ;
Whereas quantitative limits have already been set for
the products in question in accordance with the provi­            Whereas, in order to ensure that the import authoriza­
sions of the Arrangement regarding international                  tion arrangements referred to above are not evaded by
trade in textiles and of bilateral Agreements negoti­             anticipatory exports or indirect imports liable to cause
ated between the Community and certain supplier                    injury to Community manufacturers which would be
countries ;                                                       difficult to remedy, it is necessary to establish the said
                                                                  arrangements as soon as possible,
Whereas imports into the United Kingdom of the
textile products concerned originating in the Republic
of Argentina have increased sharply and substantially              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
in the past few months ;
Whereas all these factors have given rise to disruption                                    Article 1
of the United Kingdom market and are causing
serious injury to Community manufacturers ;                       The importation into the United Kingdom of the
                                                                  goods indicated below, originating in the Republic of
Whereas, in pursuance of the Arrangement regarding                Argentina and exported from that country, is hereby
international trade in textiles, the Community has                 made subject to the production of an import authoriza­
negotiated an Agreement on trade in textiles with the              tion issued by the authorities of the Member State
Republic of Argentina ; whereas the said Agreement                 concerned :
(•) OJ No L 159 , 15 . 6 . 1974, p. 1 .
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                  CCT
                                    NIMEXE code                                                          Quantitative limit
   Category      heading                                                    Description                      from 1 . 8 .
                                        ( 1978 )
                   No                                                                                     to 31 . 12 . 1978
50            53.11         53.11-01   ; 03 ; 07 ; 11 ;   Woven fabrics of sheep's or lambs' wool or        60 tonnes
                            13 ; 17 ; 20 ; 30 ; 40 ; 52 ; of fine animal hair
                            54 ; 58 ; 72 ; 74 ; 75 ; 82 ;
                            84 ; 88 ;  91 ; 93 ; 97
                         Article 2                                   2.    Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1 ,
                                                                     import authorizations shall be issued automatically
1.      Import authorizations shall be issued automati­              and without delay upon presentation of a bill of
cally and without delay, subject to the limit specified              lading proving that the goods in question were placed
in Article 1 , upon presentation of the export docu­                 on board in the Republic of Argentina for export to
ments agreed under the Agreement on trade in                         the United Kingdom before the date of entry into
textiles negotiated with the Republic of Argentina and               force of this Regulation .
set out in Annex C to Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 3019/77 of 30 December 1977 making the impor­                                             A rticle 3
tation into the Community of textile products origi­
nating in certain third countries subject to authoriza­              1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on the
tion and quantitative limitation (').                                second day following its publication in the Official
                                                                     Journal of the European Communities.
Imports effected between 1 August 1978 and the date
of entry into force of this Regulation shall be                      2.    It shall apply until 31 December 1978 , subject to
deducted from the said quantity where the goods in                   the adoption of a Council Regulation in accordance
question were exported from the third country                        with Articles 12 (6) and 13 of Regulation (EEC) No
concerned during that period.                                        1439/74.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 1 September 1978 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Étienne DAVIGNON
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 357, 31 . 12. 1977, p. 1 .