CELEX: 31973R1831
Language: en
Date: 1973-07-04 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1831/73 of the Commission of 4 July 1973 providing for licences for the import of cotton yarn into the United Kingdom originating in and coming from non-member countries

7. 7. 73                            Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 185/ 13
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 1831/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 4 July 1973
              providing for licences for the import of cotton yarn into the United Kingdom originating
                                        in and coming from non-member countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas these imports must be limited to the
COMMUNITIES,                                                   possible scope of imports into the United Kingdom
                                                                as existing before 1 April 1973 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community ;                                      Whereas, in order to counter the threat of damage,
                                                               protective measures must be adopted for a period
Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 1025/70 (*)                ending on 31 December 1973 ;
of the Council of 25 May 1970 establishing
common rules for imports from non-member coun­                 Whereas these provisional protective measures will
tries, and in particular Article 10 thereof ;                  be applicable until the entry into force of suitable
                                                               measures to be taken by the Council in accordance
After a meeting of the Consultative Committee set              with Article 10 ( 6) of Regulation (EEC) No
up under Article 5 of this Regulation ;                        1025/70, and until six weeks at the latest after the
                                                               entry into force of this Regulation ;
Whereas on 23 March 1973 the British Government
requested the Commission to take protective
measures with regard to the import of cotton yarn              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
originating in and coming from the non-member
countries (listed in Annex II to Council Regulation
(EEC) No 1025/70) to which the United Kingdom                                           Article 1
applied quantitative restrictions before 1 April
1973 ;                                                          Imports into the United Kingdom and Northern
                                                                Ireland of the products listed below originating in
Whereas information supplied by the British Govern­            and coming from the non-member countries quoted
ment, in particular during the meeting of the                  in Annex II to Regulation (EEC ) No 1025 /70 of the
Committee referred to above, as well as other infor­           Council, excepting those countries listed in the Annex
mation which the Commission has received, shows                to this Regulation, are subject to the submission of
that before 1 April 1973 , the date on which Regula­            an import licence and are limited, during the period
tion (EEC) No 1025/70 became applicable in the                  1 April 1973 to 31 December 1973 , to the following
United Kindom, imports into the United Kingdom                 quantities :
of the products in question from the countries
                                                               CCT
concerned were subject to quantitative restrictions ;
whereas an increase in these imports consequent                heading
                                                               No
upon liberalization thereof might do serious
damage, which would be difficult to repair, to the             55.05     Cotton yarn, not put up
cotton-spinning industry in the United Kingdom                          for retail sale                  12 750
and affect employment by jeopardizing the reconver­            55.06     Cotton yarn, put up for         metric tons
sion process in that industry ;                                          retail sale
Whereas provisional protective measures limiting
imports of cotton yarn must therefore be taken                                          Article 2
immediately ;
                                                               The import licences provided for in Article 1 shall
Whereas the threat of serious damage stems from                be issued by the United Kingdom of Great Britain
the imports intended for the market in the United              and Northern Ireland .
Kingdom, and whereas in view of the existing
patterns of trade it seems justified at present to                                      Article 3
limit protective measures to imports into the United
Kingdom ;
                                                               This Regulation shall enter into force in the day
                                                                following its publication in the Official Journal of
(*) OJ No L 124 , 8 . 6. 1970, p. 6.                           the European Communities .
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It shall be applicable until the entry into force of          No 1025/70, and until six weeks at the latest after
suitable measures to be taken by the Council , in             its entry into force.
accordance with Article 10 (6) of Regulation (EEC)
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
            Done at Brussels, 4 July 1973 .
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                           The President
                                                                      François-Xavier ORTOLI
                                            Annex referred to in Article 1
            Australia                                     Morocco
            Austria                                       New Zealand
            Canada                                        Norway
            Cyprus                                        Portugal
            Finland                                       Spain
            Greece                                        Sweden
            Iceland                                       Switzerland (including Liechtenstein)
            Israel                                        Tunisia
            Lebanon                                       Turkey
            Malta                                         USA