CELEX: 31978D0406
Language: en
Date: 1978-04-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 17 April 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to tents, falling within heading No 62.04 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in South Korea and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 116/48                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                28 . 4. 78
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 17 April 1978
               authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to tents,
               falling within heading No 62.04 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in
                        South Korea and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                           (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                      (78/406/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
COMMUNITIES,                                                   tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
                                                               May 1971 (•) and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
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
                                                               small amount involved ,
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 10 April
1978 by the French Government to the Commission
of the European Communities, for authorization not             HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
to apply Community treatment to tents, falling within
heading No 62.04 of the Common Customs Tariff,
                                                                                         Article 1
originating in South Korea and in free circulation in
the other Member States ,
                                                               The French Republic is authorized not to apply
Whereas the importation into the Community of the              Community treatment to the products indicated
products in question originating in South Korea is             below, where they originate in South Korea and are in
covered by an Agreement negotiated between the                 free circulation in the other Member States, and in
Community and this country ;                                   respect of which applications for import licences were
                                                               lodged after the date of this Decision :
Whereas under that Agreement South Korea has
undertaken to take all necessary steps to limit its
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exports of the products in question to the Community                heading                        Description
to certain ceilings allocated among the Member                        No
States ;
                                                               62.04            Tents
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­
cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the
individual markets ; whereas . for that reason disparities
persist between the import conditions in the various                                     Article 2
Member States ; whereas uniformity can be achieved
only progressively ;                                           This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
                                                               arise for the importation of these products from South
Whereas according to the application submitted there           Korea or until 31 December 1978 , whichever is the
are   serious    difficulties in  the   industrial  sector     earlier.
concerned , involving a considerable drop in produc­
tion and employment and a progressive decline in its                                     Article 3
market share ;
                                                               This Decision is addressed to the French Republic .
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
already effected, would be likely to aggravate these
difficulties ;
                                                               Done at Brussels, 17 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 ;
                                                                                             Etienne DAVIGNON
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
for the application of protective measures under the                                    Member of the Commission
                                                               (') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .