CELEX: 31977D0762
Language: en
Date: 1977-03-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 30 March 1977 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to shirts, except of silk, of noil or of other waste silk of flax and ramie falling within heading No ex 61.03 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the Republic of Korea and in free circulation in the other Member States

8 . 12. 77                         Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 314/ 33
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 30 March 1977
                authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to shirts,
                except of silk, of noil or of other waste silk of flax and ramie falling within
                heading No ex 61.03 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the Repu­
                        blic of Korea and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                              (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                         (77/762/EEC)
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Whereas the indirect imports in question , which
  COMMUNITIES,                                                    would be in addition to those already effected, would
                                                                  be likely to aggravate these economic difficulties ;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Economic Community, and in particular the first para­           Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in
  graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                  motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­
                                                                  sary cooperation from the other Member States ;
, Having regard to the application under the first "para­
  graph of Article 115 of the Treaty made on 24 March             Whereas authorization should accordingly be given ,
   1977 by the French Government to the Commission                for a limited period, for the application of protective
  by telex from the office of its Permanent Representa­           measures, under the first paragraph of Article 115,
  tive to the European Communities, for authorization             subject to the conditions laid down by the Commis­
  to apply protective measures to imports of shirts,              sion Decision of 12 May 1971 (') and in particular
  except of silk, of noil or of other waste silk of flax and      Article 1 thereof,
  ramie falling within heading No ex 61.03 of the
  Common Customs Tariff, originating in the Republic
  of Korea and in free circulation in the other Member            HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
  States,
                                                                                             Article 1
  Whereas the importation into the Community of the
  products in question originating in the Republic of             The French Republic is authorized not to apply
  Korea is the subject of an Agreement negotiated                 Community treatment to imports of shirts, except of
  between the Community and the Republic of Korea                 silk of noil or of other waste silk of flax and ramie
  and signed on 22 December 1976 ;                                falling within heading No ex 61.03 of the Common
                                                                  Customs Tariff, where they originate in the Republic
  Whereas under the Agreement the Republic of Korea               of Korea and are in         free circulation   in the other
  has undertaken to take all necessary steps to limit its         Member States, and in respect of which applications
  exports of certain textile products to the Community            for import licences were lodged after 13 March 1977 .
  to certain ceilings allocated among the Member
  States ;
                                                                                             Article 2
  Whereas as regards the products in question the quota
  share fixed for the French Republic amounts to                  This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
  734 000 pieces for 1977 ;                                       arise in the French Republic for the importation of
                                                                  the products in question from the Republic of Korea
  Whereas the allocation of the ceiling in question still         and in any case not later than 31 December 1977 .
  involves certain disparities in the quota shares fixed
  for the various Member States in relation to the supply                                    Article 3
  requirements of the markets concerned ;
                                                                  This Decision is addressed to the French Republic .
  Whereas these disparities are likely to cause an in­
  direct trade flow which could aggravate the situation
  in the clothing industry ;                                      Done at Brussels, 30 March 1977 .
  Whereas according to information supplied by the
                                                                                               For the Commission
  French Government there are serious economic diffi­
  culties in the clothing sector resulting in a progressive                                    Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
  decline of production and a reduction of the number
  of workers employed in that sector ;                                                              Vice-President
                                                                  (') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .