CELEX: 31978D0910
Language: en
Date: 1978-10-18 00:00:00
Title: 78/910/EEC: Commission Decision of 18 October 1978 authorizing the United Kingdom not to apply Community treatment to woven fabrics of synthetic fibres (discontinuous or waste) other than narrow woven fabrics, pile fabrics (including terry fabrics) and chenille fabrics falling within subheading 56.07 A of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 56.07-01, 04, 05, 07, 08, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 32, 33, 34, 36) originating in South Korea and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 320/ 18                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                  14. 11 . 78
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                                         (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                 COMMISSION
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 18 October 1978
             authorizing the United Kingdom not to apply Community treatment to woven
              fabrics of synthetic fibres (discontinuous or waste) other than narrow woven
              fabrics, pile fabrics (including terry fabrics) and chenille fabrics falling within
             subheading 56.07 A of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 56.07-01 , 04,
             05 , 07 , 08 , 11 , 13, 14, 16, 17, 18 , 21 , 23 , 24, 26, 27 , 28 , 32, 33, 34, 36) originating in
                       South Korea and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                             (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                          (78 /910/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       the products in question to the Community up to the
COMMUNITIES,                                                         amount of certain ceilings allocated among the
                                                                     Member States ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­                cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                        individual markets ; whereas there are therefore dispar­
                                                                     ities existing between the import conditions in the
                                                                     various Member States ; whereas uniformity can only
Having regard to the application under the first para­               be achieved progressively ;
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 9 October
 1978 by the United Kingdom Government to the
                                                                     Whereas it appears from the application submitted
Commission of the European Communities, for                          that there are serious difficulties in the industrial
authorization not to apply Community treatment to
woven fabrics of synthetic fibres (discontinuous or
                                                                     sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in
                                                                     production and employment ;
waste) other than narrow woven fabrics, pile fabrics
(including terry fabrics) and chenille fabrics falling
within subheading 56.07 A of the Common Customs                      Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
Tariff (NIMEXE codes 56.07-01 , 04, 05, 07, 08, 11 , 13,             already made or proposed, would be likely to aggra­
                                                                     vate these difficulties ;
14, 16, 17, 18, 21 , 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 32, 33, 34, 36)
originating in South Korea and in free circulation in
the other Member States,                                             Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
                                                                     machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
                                                                     tion from the other Member States ;
Whereas the importation into the Community of the
products in question originating in South Korea is                   Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
covered by an agreement negotiated between the                       for the application of protective measures under the
Community and that country ;                                         first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
                                                                     tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 /202/ EEC
                                                                     of 12 May 1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
Whereas under that agreement South Korea has under­
taken to take all necessary steps to limit its exports of            (') OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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Whereas, however, the application for a licence which                                Article 2
gave rise to the application in question does not need
to be covered by such an authorization,
                                                               This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
                                                               arise in the United Kingdom for the importation of
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                    these products from South Korea or until 31
                                                                December 1978 , whichever is the earlier.
                         Article 1
The United Kingdom is authorized not to apply
Community treatment to the products indicated                                        Article J
below, where they originate in South Korea and are in
free circulation in the other Member States, and in
respect of which applications for import licences were         This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom.
lodged after 8 October 1978 :
           CCT
          heading                      Description
            No
                                                                Done at Brussels, 18 October 1978 .
56.07                    Woven fabrics of synthetic fibres
(NIMEXE codes            (discontinuous or waste) other than
56.07-01 , 04, 05, 07, narrow woven fabrics, pile fabrics                              For the Commission
08, 11 , 13, 14, 16, 17, (including    terry fabrics) and
18, 21 , 23, 24, 26, 27, chenille fabrics                                             Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
28, 32, 33, 34, 36)
                                                                                           Vice-President