CELEX: 31973D0022
Language: en
Date: 1973-03-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 12 March 1973 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to optical microscopes falling within heading No ex 90.12 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 69 /44                           Official Journal of the European Communities                            16. 3 . 73
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 12 March 1973
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to optical micro­
              scopes falling within heading No ex 90.12 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating
                               in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                              (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                        (73/22/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    measures should expire upon the introduction of
COMMUNITIES ,                                                     such a system ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community, and in particular the                    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
first paragraph of Article 115 thereof ;
                                                                                          Article 1
Having regard to the application under Article 115
of the Treaty, made on 6 March 1973 by the French                 The French Government is authorized not to apply
Government to the Commission by telex from the                    Community treatment to imports of the following
office of its Permanent Representative to the Euro­               products, where they originate in Japan and are in
pean Communities, for authorization not to apply                  free circulation in the other Member States, and in
Community treatment to optical microscopes falling                respect of which applications for import licences
within heading No ex 90.12 of the Common                          were lodged after 27 February 1973 :
 Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free cir­
culation in the other Member States ;
                                                                    CCT heading
                                                                        No                       Description
Whereas differences in the measures of commercial
policy taken in connection with these products by
France and by the other Member States, as regards                 ex 90.12         Optical microscopes
Japan are giving rise to deflection of trade ;
Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the                                        Article 2
execution of measures of commercial policy taken
by France as regards Japan ;                                      The period of validity of this Decision shall expire
                                                                  upon the introduction of a uniform system of
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set
                                                                  imports as part of the common commercial policy
in motion the machinery for bringing about the                    as regards Japan and in any event not later than 31
necessary    cooperation    from    the   other   Member          December 1973 .
States ;
Whereas authorization should be given, for a                                              Article 3
limited period, for the application of protective                 This Decision is addressed to the French Govern­
 measures, under the first paragraph of Article                   ment .
115 , subject to the conditions laid down by the
Commission Decision of 12 May 1971 (*), and in
particular in Article 1 thereof ;                                 Done at Brussels, 12 March 1973 .
Whereas    a uniform system of imports could be                                            For the Commission
adopted   for the products in question as part of a
                                                                                               The President
common      commercial policy as regards Japan ;
whereas   the period of validity of these protective                                      François-Xavier ORTOLI
(*) OJ No L 121 , 3.6 . 1971 .