CELEX: 31973D0005
Language: en
Date: 1973-01-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 24 January 1973 authorizing the Italian Republic not to apply Community treatment to sewing machine heads for industrial use falling within heading No 84.41 A I ex b), ex II, ex III of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 24/ 8                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                  30 . 1 . 73
                                                             n
                                        (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                 COMMISSION
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 24 January 1973
                authorizing the Italian Republic not to apply Community treatment to sewing machine
                heads for industrial use falling within heading No 84.41 A I ex b), ex II, ex III of the
               Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other
                                                      Member States
                                                        (73/5/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   under the first paragraph of Article 115 , subject to
COMMUNITIES ,                                                    the conditions laid down by the Commission Deci­
                                                                 sion of 12 May 1971 0 ), and in particular in Article
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­               1 thereof ;
pean Economic Community, and in particular the
first paragraph of Article 115 thereof ;                        Whereas a uniform system of imports could be
                                                                 adopted for the products in question as part of a
Having regard to the application under Article 115              common commercial policy as regards Japan ;
of the Treaty, made on 17 January 1973 by the Ital­             whereas the period of validity of these protective
ian Government to the Commission by telex from                  measures should expire upon the introduction of
the office of its Permanent Representative to the               such a system ;
European Communities, for authorization not to
apply Community treatment to sewing machine heads
 for industrial use falling within heading No 84.41 A           HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 I ex b ), ex II, ex III of the Common Customs Tariff,
 originating in Japan and in free circulation in the                                      Article 1
 other Member States ;
                                                                The Italian Government is authorized not to apply
Whereas differences in the measures of commercial                Community treatment to imports of the following
policy taken in connection with these products by               products, where they originate in Japan and are in
Italy and by the other Member States as regards                 free circulation in the other Member States, and in
Japan are giving rise to deflection of trade ;                  respect of which applications for import licences
                                                                were lodged after 10 January 1973 :
Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the
execution of measures of commercial policy taken
by Italy as regards Japan ;                                             CCT heading No                   Description
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set
                                                                84.41 A I ex b ),               Sewing machine heads for
in motion the machinery for bringing about the nec­             ex II, ex III                   industrial use
essary cooperation from the other Member States ;
Whereas authorization should be given, for a limited
period, for the application of protective measures,             (!) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 .
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                     Article 2                                                     Article 3
The period of validity of this Decision shall expire       This Decision is addressed to the Italian Govern­
                                                           ment .
upon the introduction of a uniform system of im­
ports as part of the common commercial policy as
regards Japan and in any event not later than 30           Done at Brussels, -24 January 1973 .
April 1973 .                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                                        The President
                                                                                   François-Xavier ORTOLI