CELEX: 31974D0399
Language: en
Date: 1974-07-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 23 July 1974 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to handkerchiefs, falling within heading No 61.05 of of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the People's Republic of China and in free circulation in other Member States

6. 8 . 74                            Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 215/ 13
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 23 July 1974
             authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to handker­
             chiefs, falling within heading No 61.05 of the Common Customs Tariff, origi­
             nating in the People's Republic of China and in free circulation in the other
                                                      Member States
                                             (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                        (74/399/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                  Article 1
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 115 thereof ;                                   The French Republic is authorized not to apply
                                                                 Community treatment to imports of the following
Having regard to the application under the first para­           products, where they originate in the People's Repu­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty made on 18 July               blic of China, and are in free circulation in the other
1974 by the French Government to the Commission                  Member States, and in respect of which applications
by telex from the office of its Permanent Representa­            for import licences were lodged after 9 July 1974 :
tive to the European Communities, for authorization
not to apply Community treatment to handkerchiefs,                     CCT
falling within heading No 61.05 of the Common                         heading               Description of goods
                                                                        No
Customs Tariff, originating in the People's Republic
of China and in free circulation in the other Member
                                                                 61.05           Handkerchiefs
States ;
Whereas differences in the measures of commercial
 policy taken in connection with these products by                                      Article 2
France and by the other Member States as regards the
People's Republic of China, are giving rise to deflec­           This Decision shall apply until 31 December 1974.
tion of trade ;
Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the                                      Article 3
execution of measures of commercial policy taken by
France as regards the People's Republic of China ;               This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in
motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­
sary cooperation from the other Member States ;                  Done at Brussels, 23 July 1974.
Whereas authorization should be given, for a limited                                      For the Commission
 period, for the application of protective measures,
under the first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the                                       The President
conditions laid down by the Commission Decision of
 12 May 1971 (*), and in particular Article 1 thereof,                                   Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
 (') OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.