CELEX: 31977D0682
Language: en
Date: 1977-07-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 4 July 1977 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to gloves, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized, falling within heading No 60.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 281 /20                      Official Journal of the European Communities                              4. 11 . 77
                                               COMMISSION
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 4 July 1977
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to gloves,
              knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized, falling within heading No 60.02
              of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in
                                              the other Member States
                                           (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                     (77/682/ 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 in 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 28 June            HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
1977 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 gloves, knitted            The French Republic is authorized not to apply
or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized, falling within        Community treatment to gloves, knitted or crocheted,
heading No 60.02 of the Common Customs Tariff,                 not elastic or rubberized, falling within heading No
originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the           60.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, where they orig­
other Member States,                                           inate in Taiwan and are in free circulation in the
Whereas, in accordance with the Council Decision of            other Member States and in respect of which applica­
10 July 1975 ('), France opens for the products in             tions for import licences were lodged after 15 June
                                                               1977 .
question from Taiwan an annual quota of 67 000
pairs, which has been almost entirely used up ;
                                                                                       A rticle 2
Whereas, according to information supplied by the
French Government, there are serious economic diffi­           This Decision shall apply until new opportunities in
culties in the sector in question, resulting in a drop in      the French Republic for the importation of the
production ;                                                   products in question from Taiwan and in any case not
                                                               later than 31 December 1977.
Whereas these economic difficulties are caused largely
be unequal conditions of competition with certain                                      Article 3
countries (including Taiwan), whereby such countries
are able to export at prices lower than those of French        This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
producers ;
Whereas indirect imports, which would be in addition           Done at Brussels, 4 July 1977.
to those already effected, would be likely to aggravate
those economic difficulties ;                                                             For the Commission
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in                                Christopher TUGENDHAT
motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­
sary cooperation from the other Member States ;                                       Member of the Commission
(•) OJ No L 182, 12. 7. 1975, p. 2.                            (2) OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 21 .