CELEX: 31978D0323
Language: en
Date: 1978-02-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 23 February 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to electrical measuring, checking, analyzing or automatically controlling instruments and apparatus falling within heading No 90.28 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 92/ 18                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                    6 . 4 . 78
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 23 February 1978
               authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to elec­
               trical measuring , checking , analyzing or automatically controlling instruments
               and apparatus falling within heading No 90.28 of the Common Customs Tariff,
                   originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                              (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                        (78 / 323 / EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                         Article 1
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                      The French Republic is authorized not to apply
                                                                     Community treatment to the products indicated
Having regard to the application under the first para­               below, where they originate in Japan and are in free
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 17                       circulation in the other Member States, and in respect
February 1978 by the French Government to the                        of which applications for import licences were lodged
Commission of the European Communities, for                          after the date of this Decision :
authorization not to apply Community treatment to
electrical measuring, checking, analyzing or automati­                      CCT
cally controlling instruments and apparatus falling                       liiMiling                   Description
within heading No 90.28 of the Common Customs                                No
Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in
the other Membei States ,                                            90.28            Electrical measuring, checking, analyzing
                                                                                      or automatically controlling instruments
Whereas in France the importation of the products in                                  and apparatus
question originating in Japan is subject to an annual
quota, which is at the moment being distributed ;
Whereas disparities in the commercial policy                                                  Article 2
measures applied in connection with these products
by the Member States are giving rise to deflection of                This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
trade, thus preventing the execution of those commer­                arise for the importation of these products from Japan
cial policy measures which are in force because of the               or until 31 December 1978 whichever is the earlier.
difficult economic situation in the sector concerned ;
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those                                        Article 3
already effected, would be likely to aggravate these
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, 23 February 1978 .
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
                                                                                                 For the Commission
for the application of protective measures under the
first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­                                         Christopher TUGENDHAT
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 .