CELEX: 31975R1413
Language: en
Date: 1975-05-30 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1413/75 of the Commission of 30 May 1975 subjecting to authorization imports into the Federal Republic of Germany and the Benelux countries of synthetic socks originating in Taiwan

31 . 5 . 75                          Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 140/61
                           REGULATION (EEC) No 1413/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 30 May 1975
              subjecting to authorization imports into the Federal Republic of Germany and
                         the Benelux countries of synthetic socks originating in Taiwan
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas a further sharp and substantial increase in
COMMUNITIES,                                                     imports of these products may be considered to be
                                                                 imminent in view of the import documents which
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            have been issued or endorsed, in accordance with the
Economic Community ;                                             Community surveillance procedure established by
                                                                 Regulation (EEC) No 2967/74 (3), for the past three
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     months for which results are available, and whereas in
 1439/74 (') of 4 June 1974 on common rules for                  the absence of immediate protective measures this
imports, and in particular Article 12 thereof ;                  aggravation of the damage already caused to Commu­
                                                                 nity producers would make it difficult to repair ;
Having consulted the Advisory Committee set up
                                                                 Whereas, for these reasons and in order to ensure equi­
under Article 5 of the said Regulation ;
                                                                 table treatment both for Korean imports, which have
                                                                 already been subjected to quantitative restrictions, and
Whereas imports of synthetic socks corresponding to              for those originating in Taiwan , in conformity with
Nimexe positions 60.03.25 and 60.03.27, originating              the international obligations of the Community, it is
in Taiwan, have increased sharply and in substantial             necessary to take immediate action to safeguard the
proportions in the past few years ;                              interests of the Community, this action to consist of
                                                                 the introduction of measures to limit temporarily
Whereas this development has manifested itself princi­           imports originating in Taiwan ;
pally on the German and Benelux markets, with the
result that imports have increased in these regions of           Whereas the concentration of imports of the products
the Community from 5-5 million pairs in 1971 to                  concerned on the German and Benelux markets justi­
more than 14 million pairs in 1974 ;                             fies the limitation , for the moment, of the application
                                                                 of these safeguard measures to imports into those
Whereas these products are offered for sale on the               regions of the Community,
markets principally affected at prices which are
substantially below those prevailing for similar goods
produced by Community producers ;
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas according to the information available to the
Commission these imports already represented at the
end of 1974 a substantial share of the market in the                                       Article 1
Federal Republic of Germany and in the Benelux
countries and that, together with Korean imports,                The importation into the Federal Republic of
which have already been subjected to authorization in            Germany and the Benelux countries of stockings,
the same regions of the Community by Commission                  other than women's, under-stockings, socks and ankle
Regulation (EEC) No 1295/75 (2), they represented a              socks, sockettes and the like, knitted or crocheted, not
market share of approximately 25 % ;                             elastic or rubberized, of synthetic fibres, corres­
                                                                 ponding to Nimexe positions 60.03.25 and 60.03.27,
Whereas this development has been carried out to the             originating in Taiwan , is hereby made subject to the
detriment of the Community industry, whose produc­               presentation of an import authorization issued by the
tion has fallen considerably over the past few years             competent authorities of the importing country.
and whereas more than 30 factories have had to cease
production of this products with resultant unemploy­             The total quantity of the products for which import
ment, transfers and reduction of working hours for               authorizations shall be issued during a period of six
several thousand employees ;                                     months commencing on the date of entry into force
                                                                 of this Regulation shall not exceed the following
                                                                 amounts :
Whereas all these factors have caused market disrup­
tion and have caused serious damage to the Commu­              ■ Germany : 6-5 million pairs,
nity producers ;
                                                                 Benelux : 0-75 million pairs .
(>) OJ No L 159, 15. 6. 1974, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 132, 23 . 5 . 1975, p. 32.                           (3) OJ No L 316, 26 . 11 . 1974, p. 7 .
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                       Article 2                            2. It shall apply up to the entry into force of appro­
                                                            priate measures to be taken by the Council in accor­
1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on the day       dance with Articles 12 (6) and 13 of Regulation (EEC)
following its publication in the Official Journal of        No 1439/74 and at the latest until the expiry of a
the European Communities.                                   period of six weeks after its entry into force.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 30 May 1975 .
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                         The President
                                                                    Francois-Xavier ORTOLI