CELEX: 31978D0876
Language: en
Date: 1978-10-12 00:00:00
Title: 78/876/EEC: Commission Decision of 12 October 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to woven fabrics of man-made fibres (discontinuous or waste), falling within subheading ex 56.07 B of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the People' s Republic of China and in free circulation in the other Member States

26 . 10 . 78                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No L 299 /31
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 12 October 1978
                authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to woven
                fabrics of man-made fibres (discontinuous or waste), falling within subheading
                ex 56.07 B of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the People's Republic
                          of China and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                            (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                       (78 /876/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 /202/ EEC
                                                                   of 12 May 1971 (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 Having regard to the application under Article 115 of
the Treaty, made on 3 October 1978 by the French                                            Article 1
Government to the Commission of the European
Communities, for authorization not to apply Commu­                The French Republic is authorized not to apply
 nity treatment to woven fabrics of man-made fibres                Community treatment to the products indicated
(discontinuous or waste), falling within subheading ex             below, where they originate in the People's Republic
 56.07 B of the Common Customs Tariff, originating                 of China and are in free circulation in the other
in the People's Republic of China and in free circula­             Member States, and in respect of which applications
tion in the other Member States,                                   for import licences were lodged after 24 September
                                                                   1978 :
Whereas in France the importation of the products in
question originating in the People's Republic of
                                                                         CCT
China      is, in  accordance   with    Council  Decision               heading                      Description
77/806/ EEC of 20 December 1977 ( 1 ), subject to an                      No
annual quota which has already been wholly taken
up ;                                                              ex 56.07 B       Woven fabrics of man-made fibres (discon­
                                                                                   tinuous or waste)
Whereas the disparities which exist in the commercial
policy measures applied in connection with these
products by the Member States are causing deflection
                                                                                            Article 2
of trade, thereby preventing the execution of those
commercial policy measures which are in force
because of the difficult economic situation in the                This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
sector concerned ;                                                arise in France for the importation of these products
                                                                  from the People's Republic of China or until 31
Whereas it appears from the application submitted                 December 1978 , whichever is the earlier.
that there are serious difficulties in the industrial
sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in                                          Article J
production and employment ;
                                                                  This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
already made or proposed, would be likely to aggra­
vate these difficulties ;
                                                                  Done at Brussels, 12 October 1978 ^
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­                                           For the Commission
tion from the other Member States ;
                                                                                                  Richard BURKE
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
for the application of protective measures under the                                      Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 357, 31 . 12. 1977, p. 51 .                           (2) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.