CELEX: 31977R1481
Language: en
Date: 1977-07-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1481/77 of 1 July 1977 subjecting to authorization imports into the United Kingdom of knitted or crocheted under garments originating in Spain

No L 164/ 20                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                     2. 7 . 77
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1481 /77
                                                        of 1 July 1977
             subjecting to authorization imports into the United Kingdom of knitted or
                                   crocheted under garments originating in Spain
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     rose from 378 000 items in 1975 to 2 542 000 in
COMMUNITIES ,                                                       1 976, and totalled 404 000 in the first two months of
                                                                    1977 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                 Whereas the said products are imported from Spain at
                                                                    a considerably lower price than from other sources ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        Whereas all these factors cause serious disturbances in
1525/70 of 20 July 1970 on the protective measures                  the relevant sector in the United Kingdom ; whereas
provided for in the Agreement between the European                  these difficulties must be remedied by the adoption of
Economic Community and Spain ('), and in particular                 the safeguard measures necessary to avoid an aggrava­
Article 2 thereof,
                                                                    tion of the economic situation there,
Having consulted the Advisory Committee set up
under Article 3 of the said Regulation ,
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas imports into the Community of knitted or
crocheted under garments originating in Spain have                                            Article 1
increased considerably ; whereas the industry manufac­
turing these products is consequently in serious diffi­              1 . The importation into        the United     Kingdom of
culties ;                                                           the products listed below,        originating   in Spain, is
                                                                    hereby made subject to the        production   of an import
Whereas this trend is particularly marked in the                    authorization issued by the       competent   authorities of
United Kingdom where imports originating in Spain                   the United Kingdom :
                   CCT
                 heading            NIMEXE code ( 1977)                          Description
                    No
             60.04            60.04-17 ; 27 ; ex 49 ; 56   Under garments, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or
                                                           rubberized :
                                                           ex A. Of cotton :
                                                                   — Men's and boys' underpants and briefs
                                                           ex B. Of other textile materials :
                                                                   — Of synthetic fibres :
                                                                        — Men's and boys' underpants and briefs
                                                                        — Women's, girls' and infants' knickers and
                                                                          briefs
             2.     Import authorizations shall be issued for a quantity which will be so fixed as to
             ensure that, during the period between 1 February and 31 December 1977, the total
             volume of the imports referred to in paragraph 1 will be limited to 2 034 610 items.
                                                            Article 2
             This Regulation shall enter into force on r : second day following its publication in the
              Official Journal of the European Com m ion ; us.
(') OJ No L 182, 16 . 8 . 1970 , p. 75 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in ail Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 1 July 1977.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                 Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
                                                                      Vice-President