CELEX: 31973D0375
Language: en
Date: 1973-10-04 00:00:00
Title: 73/375/EEC: Commission Decision of 4 October 1973 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to prepared or preserved tunny (in hermetically closed containers) falling within heading No 16.04 ex E of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in USSR and in free circulation in Belgium

No L 338 /42                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                 7. 12. 73
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 4 October 1973
             authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to
             prepared or preserved tunny (in hermetically closed containers) falling within
             heading No 16.04 ex E of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in USSR and
                                            in free circulation in Belgium
                                           (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                       (73/375/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  conditions laid down by the Commission Decision of
COMMUNITIES,                                                    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           HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof ;
                                                                                         Article 1
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty made on 27                   The French Republic is authorized not to apply
September 1973 by the French Government to the                  Community treatment to imports of the following
Commission by telex from the office of its Permanent            products, where they originate in USSR and are in
Representative to the European Communities, for                 free circulation in Belgium, and in respect of which
authorization not to apply Community treatment to               applications for import licences were lodged after 17
prepared or preserved tunny (in hermetically closed             September 1973 and are pending with the French
containers) falling within heading No 16.04 ex E of             authorities .
the Common Customs Tariff, originating in USSR
and in free circulation in Belgium ;
                                                                   CCT heading
                                                                      No                           Description
Whereas differences in the measures of commercial
policy taken in connection with these products by               16.04 ex E       Prepared or preserved tunny (in herme­
France and by Belgium as regards USSR are giving                                 tically closed containers)
rise to deflection of trade ;
Whereas this deflection of trade would prevent the                                       Article 2
execution of measures of commercial policy taken by
France as regards USSR ;                                        This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Whereas on account of the imminence of this deflec­
tion of trade it is not possible to set into motion the          Done at Brussels, 4 October 1973 .
machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
tion from Belgium ;                                                                         For the Commission
Whereas authorization should be given, for a limited                                             The President
period, for the application of protective measures,
 under the first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the                                François-Xavier ORTOLI
                                                                 (') OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.