CELEX: 31978D0424
Language: en
Date: 1978-04-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 21 April 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to jerseys, pullovers, slip-overs, twinsets, cardigans, bedjackets and jumpers, of wool, cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling within subheading ex 60.05 A of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the other Member States

11 . 5. 78                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 123/31
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 21 April 1978
               authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to jerseys,
               pullovers, slip-overs, twinsets, cardigans, bedjackets and jumpers, of wool, cotton
               or of man-made textile fibres, falling within subheading ex 60.05 A of the
               Common Customs Tariff, originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the
                                                  other Member States
                                             (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                       (78/424/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
COMMUNITIES,                                                     tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            May 1971 (3), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­            Whereas, however, the request for a licence which
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                    gave rise to the application in question does not need
Having regard to the application under the first para­           to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 14 April             small amount involved,
 1978 by the French Government to the Commission
of the European Communities, for authorization not               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
to apply Community treatment to jerseys, pullovers,
slip-overs, twinsets, cardigans, bedjackets and jumpers,                                  Article 1
of wool, cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling
within subheading ex 60.05 A of the Common                       The French Republic is authorized not to apply
Customs Tariff, originating in Taiwan and in free                Community treatment to the products indicated
circulation in the other Member States,                          below, where they originate in Taiwan and are in free
Whereas the importation into the Community of the                circulation in the other Member States, and in respect
products in question originating in Taiwan is subject            of which applications for import licences were lodged
                                                                 after the date of this Decision :
to a Community quantitative quota allocated among
the Member States by Commission Regulation (EEC)
 No 3020/77 of 30 December 1977 (!), confirmed by                      CCT
Council Regulation (EEC) No 255/78 of 7 February                      heading
                                                                        No
                                                                                                   Description
 1978 (2);
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­            ex 60.05 A       Jerseys, pullovers, slip-overs, twinsets, cardi­
cate these quotas on the basis of the needs of the indi­                          gans, bedjackets and jumpers, of wool,
vidual markets ; whereas for that reason disparities                              cotton or of man-made textile fibres
persist betweeen the import conditions in the various
Member States ; whereas uniformity can be achieved
only progressively ;                                                                      Article 2
Whereas according to the application submitted there             This Decision shall apply until 30 September 1978.
are    serious  difficulties in    the   industrial  sector
concerned, involving a considerable drop in produc­                                       Article 3
tion and employment ;
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those           This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
already effected, would be likely to aggravate these
difficulties ;
                                                                 Done at Brussels, 21 April 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 ;
                                                                                               Antonio GIOLITTI
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 .
i2) OJ No L 39, 9. 2. 1978, p. 1 .                               (3) OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.