CELEX: 31976D0718
Language: en
Date: 1976-08-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 6 August 1976 authorizing the United Kingdom not to apply Community treatment to polyester/cotton fabrics, falling within heading No ex 56.07 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Thailand and in free circulation in the Federal Republic of Germany

No L 243/28                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                4. 9. 76
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                  of 6 August 1976
              authorizing the United Kingdom not to apply Community treatment to polyes­
              ter/cotton fabrics, falling within heading No ex 56.07 of die Common Customs
              Tariff, originating in Thailand and in free circulation in the Federal Republic of
                                                       Germany
                                          (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                     (76/71 8/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas in these circumstances there do appear to be
COMMUNITIES,                                                   sufficient grounds on which to authorize recourse to
                                                                measures of protection under the first paragraph of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          Article 115 of the Treaty, subject to the conditions
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­           laid down by the Commission Decision of 12 May
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                   1971 (x), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 30 July
1976 by the United Kingdom Government to the                    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Commission by telex from the office of its Permanent
Representative to the European Community, for                                            Article 1
authorization to apply protective measures in respect
of the importation of polyester/cotton fabrics, falling        The United Kingdom is authorized not to apply
within heading No ex 56.07 of the Common Customs               Community treatment to polyester/cotton fabrics
Tariff, originating in Thailand and in free circulation        from Thailand and in free circulation in Germany for
in Germany,                                                    which the application for import documents was
Whereas imports of these articles originating in Thai­          made on 21 July 1976.
land are admitted into the United Kingdom within a
global quota of 4 776 000 m2, which has been opened                                      Article 2
for the period 1 January 1976 to 31 March 1977 ;
                                                               This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom.
Whereas a request for a licence for the importation of
603 750 m2, originating in Thailand and in free circu­
lation in Germany, was received by the United
Kingdom authorities on 21 July 1976 ;                          Done at Brussels, 6 August 1976.
Whereas, according to information given in the appli­
                                                                                           For the Commission
cation, it appears that the licence concerned, owing to
its importance and abnormally low prices, is likely to                                      Christopher SOAMES
affect appreciably the situation of the textile industry
concerned :                                                                                     Vice-President
                                                               (») OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.