CELEX: 31974R3244
Language: en
Date: 1974-12-19 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3244/74 of the Commission of 19 December 1974 amending and extending the period of validity of Regulation (EEC) No 1626/72 establishing Community surveillance over imports from Japan of certain electronic calculating machines

24 . 12 . 74                             Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 346/ 27
                             REGULATION ( EEC) No 3244/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 19 December 1974
              amending and extending the period of validity of Regulation ( EEC) No 1626/72
              establishing Community surveillance over imports from Japan of certain elec­
                                                  tronic calculating machines
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas, moreover, the present structure of the
COMMUNITIES,                                                        market and the current orientation of Community
                                                                    production permit Community surveillance to be
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               confined to the most highly-developed calculators,
Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 1439/74 (') of 4 June 1974 establishing common rules
for imports, and in particular Article 7 thereof ;
                                                                                              Article 1
Consultations having been held within the
Committee set up under Article 5 of the said Regula­                Community surveillance as established by Regulation
tion ;                                                              (EEC) No 1626/72 and last extended and modified by
                                                                    Regulation (EEC) No 1960/74 is hereby continued
Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 1 626/72 (2) of 28                   until 31 December 1975. It shall apply to imports orig­
July 1972 the Commission established Community                      inating in any of the countries set out in Annex II to
surveillance over imports from Japan of electronic                  Regulation (EEC) No 1439/74 of electronic calcu­
four-operation calculating machines, printing and                   lating machines having four or more operations and
non-printing ; whereas such surveillance was last                   having a display or printing capacity of ten or more
extended, until 31 December 1974, by Regulation                     digits falling within heading No ex 84.52 A of the
(EEC) No 1960/74 (3);                                               Common Customs Tariff (4).
Whereas the reasons which originally led the Commis­
sion to take such action , that is to say the pressure of                                     Article 2
imports, the majority share of the market held by
third country exporters and the programme of restruc­               The import document shall be valid for a period of six
turing initiated by the Community industry, continue                months . The declaration or application of the
to apply ; whereas it is necessary to prolong surveil­              importer shall contain the particulars prescribed in
 lance ;                                                            Article 8 of Regulation ( EEC) No 1439/74.
Whereas, however, since the last extension of this                                            Article 3
 measure, the geographical origin of the imports has
diversified and the limitation of Community surveil­                This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
 lance to Japan alone is no longer therefore justified ;             1975 . It shall apply until 31 December 1975.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Brussels , 19 December 1974.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                   The President
                                                                              Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(') 0 | No L 159 , 15 . 6 . 1974, p. 1 .
(-') OJ No L 171 , 29 . 7 . 1972, p. 33 .
( 5 ) OJ No L 204, 26 . 7 . 1974, p. 43 .                           (4 ) Nimexe heading ex 84.52.12 .