CELEX: 31979D0582
Language: en
Date: 1979-05-23 00:00:00
Title: 79/582/EEC: Commission Decision of 23 May 1979 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to certain setts, flags and paving, hearth and wall tiles, falling within subheadings 69.07 ex A or B ex II and 69.08 ex A or B ex II of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Thailand and in free circulation in the other Member States (Only the French text is authentic)

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31979D0582

79/582/EEC: Commission Decision of 23 May 1979 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to certain setts, flags and paving, hearth and wall tiles, falling within subheadings 69.07 ex A or B ex II and 69.08 ex A or B ex II of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Thailand and in free circulation in the other Member States (Only the French text is authentic)  

Official Journal L 160 , 28/06/1979 P. 0029 - 0030

****( 1 ) OJ NO L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , P . 26 .        COMMISSION DECISION   OF 23 MAY 1979   AUTHORIZING THE FRENCH REPUBLIC NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO CERTAIN SETTS , FLAGS AND PAVING , HEARTH AND WALL TILES , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADINGS 69.07 EX A OR B EX II AND 69.08 EX A OR B EX II OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , ORIGINATING IN THAILAND AND IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES  ( ONLY THE FRENCH TEXT IS AUTHENTIC )  ( 79/582/EEC )   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN   COMMUNITIES ,   HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 115 THEREOF ,   HAVING REGARD TO THE APPLICATION UNDER THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 115 OF THE TREATY , MADE ON 16 MAY 1979 BY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT TO THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , FOR AUTHORIZATION NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO CERTAIN SETTS , FLAGS AND PAVING , HEARTH AND WALL TILES , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADINGS 69.07 EX A OR B EX II AND 69.08 EX A OR B EX II OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , ORIGINATING IN THAILAND AND IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES ;   WHEREAS IN FRANCE THE IMPORTATION OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN THAILAND IS SUBJECT TO A QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTION ;   WHEREAS THE DISPARITIES WHICH EXIST IN THE COMMERCIAL POLICY MEASURES APPLIED IN CONNECTION WITH THESE PRODUCTS BY THE MEMBER STATES ARE CAUSING DEFLECTION OF TRADE , THEREBY PREVENTING THE EXECUTION OF THOSE COMMERCIAL POLICY MEASURES WHICH ARE IN FORCE BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULT ECONOMIC SITUATION IN THE SECTOR CONCERNED ;   WHEREAS IT APPEARS FROM THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED THAT THERE ARE SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES IN THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR CONCERNED , INVOLVING A CONSIDERABLE DROP IN PRODUCTION AND EMPLOYMENT AND A PROGRESSIVE DECLINE IN ITS MARKET SHARE ;   WHEREAS THESE ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES ARE CAUSED LARGELY BY UNEQUAL CONDITIONS OF COMPETITION , WHICH ALLOW EXPORTS TO BE MADE AT PRICES APPRECIABLY LOWER THAN THOSE OF THE COMMUNITY PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ;   WHEREAS , ALTHOUGH THE IMPORTS WHICH GAVE RISE TO THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED WOULD APPEAR TO BE AN ISOLATED OPERATION , THEY ARE NEVERTHELESS LIKELY , IN VIEW OF THE SUBSTANTIAL VOLUME OF THE IMPORTS , TO AGGRAVATE THESE DIFFICULTIES , AND TO JEOPARDIZE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE COMMERCIAL MEASURES CONCERNED ;   WHEREAS IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO SET IN MOTION RAPIDLY THE MACHINERY FOR BRINGING ABOUT THE NECESSARY COOPERATION FROM THE OTHER MEMBER STATES ;   WHEREAS AUTHORIZATION SHOULD ACCORDINGLY BE GIVEN FOR THE APPLICATION OF PROTECTIVE MEASURES UNDER THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 115 , SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN IN COMMISSION DECISION 71/202/EEC OF 12 MAY 1971 ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 1 THEREOF ;   WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THE APPLICATION FOR A LICENCE WHICH GAVE RISE TO THE APPLICATION IN QUESTION DOES NOT NEED TO BE COVERED BY SUCH AN AUTHORIZATION IN VIEW OF THE SMALL AMOUNT INVOLVED ,   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :   ARTICLE 1   THE FRENCH REPUBLIC IS AUTHORIZED NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO THE PRODUCTS INDICATED BELOW , WHERE THEY ORIGINATE IN THAILAND AND ARE IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES , AND IN RESPECT OF WHICH APPLICATIONS FOR IMPORT LICENCES WERE LODGED AFTER 11 MAY 1979 :    //   // CCT HEADING NO  //  DESCRIPTION  //  // 69.07 //  UNGLAZED SETTS , FLAGS AND PAVING , HEARTH AND WALL TILES : // EX A //   -  TILES AND CUBES FOR MOSAICS , OF EARTHENWARE OR FINE POTTERY , THE LONGEST SIDE OF WHICH DOES NOT EXCEED 5 CM // B EX II //   -  OF EARTHENWARE OR FINE POTTERY , OTHER THAN THOSE WITH A SIDE LONGER THAN 40 CM // 69.08 //  GLAZED SETTS , FLAGS AND PAVING , HEARTH AND WALL TILES : // EX A //   -  TILES AND CUBES FOR MOSAICS , OTHER THAN OF COMMON POTTERY , THE LONGEST SIDE OF WHICH DOES NOT EXCEED 5 CM // B EX II //   -  OTHER , OF CERAMIC MATERIALS OTHER THAN COMMON POTTERY //   ARTICLE 2   THIS DECISION SHALL APPLY UNTIL 30 SEPTEMBER 1979 .   ARTICLE 3   THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE FRENCH REPUBLIC .   DONE AT BRUSSELS , 23 MAY 1979 .   FOR THE COMMISSION   WILHELM HAFERKAMP   VICE-PRESIDENT