CELEX: 31978D0449
Language: en
Date: 1978-04-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 28 April 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to toys of wood and other (except motors and movement mechanisms for toys and working models used for recreational purposes and parts thereof) falling within subheading 97.03 A or ex B of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 141 /20                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                30 . 5. 78
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 28 April 1978
               authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to toys of
               wood and other (except motors and movement mechanisms for toys and
               working models used for recreational purposes and part thereof) falling within
               subheading 97.03 A or ex B of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in
                            Taiwan and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                             (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                        (78/449/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas, however, the requests for licences which
COMMUNITIES,                                                     gave rise to the application in question do not need to
                                                                 be covered by such an authorization in view of the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            small amounts involved,
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 115 thereof,
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 24 April
1978 by the French Government to the Commission                                          Article 1
of the European Communities, for authorization not
                                                                 The French Republic is hereby authorized not to
to apply Community treatment to toys of wood and
                                                                 apply Community treatment to the products indicated
other (except motors and movement mechanisms for
                                                                 below, where they originate in Taiwan and are in free
toys and working models used for recreational
                                                                 circulation in the other Member States, and in respect
purposes and parts thereof) falling within subheading
97.03 A or ex B of the Common Customs Tariff, origi­             of which applications for import licences were lodged
                                                                 after the date of this Decision :
nating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the other
Member States,
                                                                       CCT
Whereas in France the importation of the products in                  heading                     Description
                                                                        No
question originating in Taiwan is subject to quantita­
tive restriction ;
                                                                 97.03 A          Toys of wood and other (except motors and
Whereas disparities in the commercial policy                     or               movement mechanisms for toys and
measures applied in connection with these products               97.03 ex B       working models used for recreational
by the Member States are giving rise to deflection of                             purposes and parts thereof)
trade, thus preventing the execution of those commer­
cial policy measures which are in force because of the
difficult economic situation in the sector concerned ;                                    Article 2
Whereas according to the application submitted there             This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
are   serious    difficulties  in  the    industrial  sector
                                                                 arise for the importation of these products from
concerned, involving a progressive decline in its                Taiwan or until 31 December 1978 whichever is the
market share ;                                                   earlier.
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
already effected, would be likely to aggravate these                                     Article 3
difficulties ;
                                                                 This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
tion from the other Member States ;                              Done at Brussels, 28 April 1978 .
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
                                                                                            For the Commission
for the application of protective measures under the
first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­                                      Etienne DAVIGNON
tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
May 1971 (') and in particular - Article 1 thereof ;                                   Member of the Commission
(!) OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.