CELEX: 31976D0608
Language: en
Date: 1976-06-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 11 June 1976 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to garments falling within heading No 61.01, 61.02 or 61.03 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hungary and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 196/ 10                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                   22. 7 . 76
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 11 June 1976
               authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to
               garments falling within heading No 61.01 , 61.02 or 61.03 of the Common
               Customs Tariff, originating in Hungary and in free circulation in the other
                                                    Member States
                                           (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                     (76/608 / EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Whereas authorization should accordingly be given,
COMMUNITIES,                                                    for a limited period, for the application of protective
                                                                measures, under the first paragraph of Article 1 1 5,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           subject to the conditions laid down by the Commis­
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­           sion Decision of 12 May 1971 (2), and in particular
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                 Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 8 June              HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 1976 by the French Government to the Commission
by telex from the Office of its Permanent Representa­
                                                                                            Article 1
tive to the European Communities, for authorization
not to apply Community treatment to garments                    The French Republic is authorized not to apply
falling within heading No 61.01 , 61.02 or 61.03 of the         Community treatment to imports of garments falling
Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hungary and               within heading No 61.01 , 61.02 or 61.03 of the
in free circulation in the Netherlands,
                                                                Common Customs Tariff, where they originate in
Whereas for the products in question , France, in accor­        Hungary and are in free circulation in the other
dance with the Council Decision of 18 December                  Member States, and in respect of which applications
 1975 ('), has opened, in respect of Hungary, an annual         for import licences were lodged after 24 May 1976.
quota of FF 7 720 000, which has already been used
up to a large extent ;                                                                      Article 2
Whereas according to information supplied by the                This Decision shall apply until 31 December 1976.
French Government, the French clothing industry is
in an extremely difficult situation, involving a                                            Article 3
decrease in production and substantial structural
unemployment ;                                                  This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Whereas the indirect imports of the products in ques­
tion , given those already effected in 1976, would be           Done at Brussels, 11 June 1976.
likely to aggravate these economic difficulties ;
                                                                                              For the Commission
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­                                            Christopher SOAMES
tion from the Netherlands and the other Member
States ;                                                                                           Vice-President
(!) OJ No L 332, 29 . 12. 1975 .                                (2 ) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26.