CELEX: 31977R0558
Language: en
Date: 1977-03-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 558/77 of 16 March 1977 subjecting to authorization imports into France and into the United Kingdom of certain knitted or crocheted under garments originating in the Kingdom of Thailand

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                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 558/77
                                                    of 16 March 1977
               subjecting to authorization imports into France and into the United Kingdom
               of certain knitted or crocheted under garments originating in the Kingdom of
                                                        Thailand
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas in view of this situation the Commission, at
 COMMUNITIES,                                                  the request of the authorities of the two Member
                                                               States mainly concerned, began consultations with the
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European         Thai authorities under Article 3 of the Arrangement
 Economic Community,                                           regarding international trade in textiles (2) with a view
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                  to bringing about a reduction in imports of the
 1439/74 of 4 June 1974 on common rules for                    products in question into the two Member States
 imports (*), and irt particular Article 1 2 thereof,          concerned ;
After consultation within the Advisory Committee               Whereas these consultations resulted in an under­
 established by Article 5 of that Regulation,                  taking by the Thai authorities to introduce voluntary
                                                               restraint of exports of the products in question to
Whereas imports into the Community of knitted or               France and to the United Kingdom ;
 crocheted shirts and similar garments originating in
 the Kingdom of Thailand have for some months been             Whereas the effectiveness of the voluntary restraint
 increasing rapidly and substantially ;                        measures introduced by the Thai authorities depends
Whereas this trend has been most evident in France             on the introduction on the Community's side of
and the United Kingdom, where imports of the                   controls ; whereas for this purpose imports of the
 products in question grew, according to information           products in question into France and into the United
 supplied by the authorities of those countries, in            Kingdom must be made subject to authorization ;
 France from about 400 000 items in 1975 to over two
                                                               Whereas the above voluntary restraint measures
 million items in the first nine months of 1976, and in
                                                               provide for quantitative limits on exports effected
 the United Kingdom from about 25 000 items in                 during the year 1977 ;
 1975 to over 500 COO items in the first three quarters
 of 1976 ;                                                     Whereas the abovementioned import authorization
Whereas, according to information available to the             arrangements must be established as soon as possible
 Commission, imports of the products in question               in order to ensure that they are not circumvented by
 from all third countries already accounted in 1975 for        the bringing forward of shipments or by indirect
 a market share approaching 42 % of national                   imports, which could cause damage difficult to repair
 consumption in France and 65 % in the United                  to producers within the Community,
 Kingdom ; whereas this share has since increased ;
 Whereas this increase in imports has been to the detri­       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 ment of the industry in the Community, particularly
 in France and the United Kingdom, where production
                                                                                          Article 1
 of the garments in question has declined appreciably
 in recent years and as a consequence there has been a
 substantial drop in employment in the industry in              1 . The importation into France and into the United
 question ;                                                    Kingdom of the goods described below originating in
                                                               the Kingdom of Thailand and exported from that
Whereas all these factors have led to a disruption of          country in 1977, shall be subject to the presentation
 the market and have caused grave damage to                    of an import authorization issued by the relevant
 producers within the Community ;                              authorities in the Member State concerned :
(M OJ No L 159, 15. 6. 1974, p. 1 .                            (2) OJ No L 1 18 , 30 . 4. 1974, p. 1 .
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                   CCT                NIMEXE
                  heading               code                                 Description of goods
                    No                 ( 1977)
             ex 60.04        60.04-ex 1 1 ; 1 3 ; ex 1 9 ;  Under garments, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or
                             ex 29 ; 41 ; ex 49 ; ex        rubberized :
                             59 ; ex 70 ; ex 80
                                                            — Shirts, undervests, T-shirts, singlets and the like,
                                                               other than of silk or noil or other waste silk or of
                                                               flax or ramie
2. Import authorizations shall be issued for quanti­               Thailand containing the information specified in the
ties such that the total volume of the imports referred            Annex hereto.
to in paragraph 1 does not exceed to the following
quantities :
                                                                                                Article 2
— France                                  1 450 000 pieces,
— United Kingdom                          1 400 000 pieces.        1.    This Regulation shall enter into force on the
                                                                   second day following its publication in the Official
3 . Within the limits indicated in paragraph 2,                    Journal of the European Communities.
import authorizations shall be issued automatically
and without delay on production of a bill of lading                2. It shall apply until the entry into force of appro­
proving that the goods were placed on board in Thai­               priate measures to be taken by the Council pursuant
land for export to France or the United Kingdom                    to Articles 12 (6) and 13 of Regulation (EEC) No
before the date of entry into force of this Regulation             1439/74 or until the expiry of a period of six weeks
with a view to exportation, or on production of an                 following the entry into force of this Regulation,
export licence granted by the relevant authority in                whichever is the earlier.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 16 March 1977 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                            Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
                                                                                 Vice-President
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                                                                    ANNEX
                                               Information referred to in Article 1 (3)
            Export licences issued by the Thai authorities (') for the products referred to in this Regulation shall
            indicate or contain the following :
            1 . destination ;
            2. serial number ;
            3.   name and address of the importer ;
            4.   name and address of the exporter ;
            5.   the quantity, in number of pieces, of the products covered by the licence ;
            6.   certification that the quantity concerned has been debited against the quantitative limit for expor­
                 tation to the Member State of destination .
             (') The Department of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce , Government of Thailand .