CELEX: 31977R0169
Language: en
Date: 1977-01-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 169/77 of 26 January 1977 concerning import arrangements in the Benelux countries for certain stockings originating in the Republic of Korea

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                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 169/77
                                                      of 26 January 1977
               concerning import arrangements in the Benelux countries for certain stockings
                                           originating in the Republic of Korea
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    the injury already caused and would make it difficult
COMMUNITIES,                                                      to remedy ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Whereas, in this situation Korea has undertaken to
Economic Community,                                               submit its exports to the Benelux countries of the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      products in question to a quantitative limit for 1977
1439/74 of 4 June 1974 on common rules for                        and the Community has accepted that imports of
imports ('), and in particular Article 12 thereof,                such products will be admitted up to the said limit in
                                                                  accordance with a system of double checking ;
Having consulted the Committee provided for in
Article 5 of the said Regulation,                                 Whereas it is necessary to establish detailed rules for
                                                                   the administration of the said limits by the competent
Whereas, in the context of the Arrangement regarding               authorities in the Benelux countries,
international trade in textiles, the European Economic
Community and the Republic of Korea have negoti­                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ated an Agreement on trade in textile products, which
was signed on 22 December 1976 ;                                                           Article 1
Whereas      the  Commission         has  submitted   to  the
                                                                   1 . Imports into the Benelux countries of the
Council a recommendation for a Regulation                          products listed in the Annex hereto and originating in
concluding that Agreement ;                                        the Republic of Korea and exported therefrom
Whereas, during the negotiations, the Community                    between 1 January and 31 December 1977 shall be
and the Republic of Korea declared their intention of              subject to the quantitative limit set out in the said
applying this Agreement prior to completion of the                 Annex .
procedures necessary for its entry into force ;                    2. The competent authorities in the Benelux coun­
Whereas, for certain textile products, the Agreement               tries shall within quantitative limits prescribed, auto­
makes provision for a consultation procedure permit­               matically authorize the import of the products
ting the adoption of protective measures in the event              referred to in paragraph 1 immediately upon produc­
of a real risk of market disruption ;                              tion by the importer of a certified copy of an export
Whereas, in accordance with the said procedure, the                licence granted by the Korean authorities.
Community and Korea have established that imports                                          Article 2
into the Benelux countries of certain stockings of
Korean origin have increased sharply and substan­                   1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
tially, that they are offered for sale on those markets at         following its publication in the Official Journal of
prices which are considerably lower than the prices                the European Communities.
prevailing among Community producers and that                      2. It shall apply until the entry into force of appro­
they represent a significant market share ;                        priate measures to be taken by the Council in accor­
Whereas the Community and Korea are therefore of                   dance with Articles 12 (6) and 13 of Regulation (EEC)
the opinion that all these factors caused market disrup­           No 1439/74 or until the expiry of a period of six
tion and substantial injury to Community producers                 weeks after its entry into force, whichever is the
and that further unlimited imports would aggravate                 sooner .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
                Done at Brussels, 26 January 1977.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                            Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
                                                                                 Vice-President
(') OJ No 1 . 159, I S. 6. 1974 , p . I
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                                                    ANNEX
                 CCT
                              NIMEXE
                                                                                        Quantitative
                heading         code
                                                   Description of goods         Unit       limit
                  No                                                                     for 1977
            ex 60.03    60.03-11 ; 19 ;     Stockings,      understockings, 1 000 pairs   1 000
                              30 ; 90       socks, ankle-socks, sockettes
                                            and the like, knitted or
                                            crocheted, not elastic or
                                            rubberized, other than of
                                            synthetic textile fibres