CELEX: 31978D0641
Language: en
Date: 1978-07-25 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 25 July 1978 opening an additional quota for the importation into Italy of woven fabrics of flax coming from Poland

No L 213/ 14                        Official Journal of the European Communities                               3 . 8 . 78
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                                       (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                    COUNCIL
                                                 COUNCIL DECISION
                                                     of 25 July 1978
               opening an additional quota for the importation into Italy of woven fabrics of
                                               flax coming from Poland
                                                       (78/641 /EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                      whereas, consequently, in accordance with Article 7 of
COMMUNITIES,                                                     Council Decision 75/210/ EEC of 27 March 1975 on
                                                                 unilateral import arrangements in respect of State-
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            trading countries (2), Member States may no longer
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113                implement measures amending their import arrange­
thereof,
                                                                 ments applying to Poland as regards textile products
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,               without a prior Decision being adopted by the
Whereas       Council  Decision     77/809/EEC     of    20
                                                                 Council in accordance with Article 113 of the Treaty,
December 1977 amending for 1978 the import quotas
laid down by Decision 75/210/EEC on unilateral                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
import arrangements in respect of State-trading coun­
tries (') lays down inter alia for Italy, in point (f) of                                Article 1
Annex V relating to Poland, a quota No 20 of Lit 340
million for the importation of woven fabrics falling             1 . Italy shall open by way of exception for 1978 an
within^ heading Nos 54.05 and ex 62.02 of the                    additional quota of Lit 100 million for the importa­
Common Customs Tariff, and a quota No 22 of Lit                  tion of woven fabrics of flax falling within heading
865 million for the importation of garments falling              No ex 54.05 of the Common Customs Tariff coming
                                                                 from Poland.
within heading Nos ex 61.01 , 61.02, 61.03 and 61.04 ;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 of Decision                2. Quota No 22 laid down in Annex V (f) to Deci­
75/210/EEC, Italy has requested by way of exception              sion 77/809/EEC shall be reduced by way of excep­
                                                                 tion for 1978 from Lit 865 million to Lit 765 million.
the granting, for 1978, of an additional quota of Lit
100 million for the importation of woven fabrics of                                      Article 2
flax and by way of exception the reduction, for 1978,
of its quota No 22 from Lit 865 million to Lit 765               This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
million ;
Whereas, in these conditons, Italy's request poses no            Done at Brussels, 25 July 1978 .
particular economic problems and the measures
desired by the Member State should therefore be                                                For the Council
adopted ;
                                                                                                The President
Whereas the Council has authorized negotiations for
the conclusion of a Textile Agreement with Poland ;                                         K. von DOHNANYI
(') OJ No L 360, 31 . 12. 1977, p. 1 .                           (2) OJ No L 99, 21 . 4. 1975, p. 7.
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