CELEX: 31978D0536
Language: en
Date: 1978-06-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 8 June 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to certain setts, flags and paving, hearth and wall tiles, falling within subheadings 69.07 ex A and B ex II and 69.08 ex A and B ex II of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in South Korea and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 163 /20                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                   20 . 6 . 78
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 8 June 1978
               authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to certain
               setts, flags and paving , hearth and wall tiles, falling within subheadings 69.07 ex
               A and B ex II and 69.08 ex A and B ex II of the Common Customs Tariff, origi­
                 nating in South Korea and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                          (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                    (78/536/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
COMMUNITIES,                                                  tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
                                                              May 1971 (*) and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European         Whereas, however, the request for a licence which
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­         gave rise to the application in question does not need
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                               to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
                                                              small amount involved ,
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 29 May
1978 by the French Government to the Commission               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
of the European Communities, for authorization not
to apply Community treatment to certain setts, flags
and paving, hearth and wall tiles, falling within                                      Article 1
subheadings 69.07 ex A and B ex II and 69.08 ex A
and B ex II of the Common Customs Tariff, origi­              The French Republic is authorized not to apply
nating in South Korea and in free circulation in the          Community treatment to the products indicated
other Member States,                                          below, where they originate in South Korea and are in
                                                              free circulation in the other Member States, and in
Whereas in France the importation of the products in          respect of which applications for import licences were
                                                              after the date of this Decision :
question originating in South Korea is prohibited ;
                                                                    CCT
Whereas disparities in the commercial policy                       heading                      Description
measures applied in connection with these products                   No
by the Member States are giving rise to deflection of
trade, thus preventing the execution of those commer­         69.07            Unglazed setts, flags and paving, hearth
cial policy measures which are in force because of the                         and wall tiles :
difficult economic situation in the sector concerned ;              ex A       — tiles and cubes for mosaics, of earth­
                                                                                   ware or fine pottery, the longest side of
                                                                                   which does not exceed 5 cm
Whereas, according to the application submitted,                    B ex II    — of earthenware or fine pottery, other
there are serious difficulties in the industrial sector
                                                                                   than those with a side longer than 40
concerned, involving a considerable drop in produc­                                cm
tion and employment and a progressive decline in its
market share ;                                                69.08            Glazed setts, flags and paving, hearth and
                                                                               wall tiles :
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those              ex A       — tiles and cubes for mosaics, other than
already effected, would be likely to aggravate these                               of common pottery, the longest side of
difficulties ;                                                                     which does not exceed 5 cm
                                                                    B ex II    — other of ceramic materials other than
                                                                                   common pottery where they originate
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the                            in free circulation in the other Member
machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­                                States, and in respect of which applica­
tion from the other Member States ;                                                tions for import licences were lodged
                                                                                   after 3 April 1977.
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
for the application of protective measures under the          (') OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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                        Article 2                            Done at Brussels, 8 June 1978 .
This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
arise for the importation of these products from South
Korea or until 31 December 1978 whichever is the
earlier.
                                                                                    For the Commission
                        Article 3                                                   Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic ..                                    Vice-President