CELEX: 31978D0581
Language: en
Date: 1978-07-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 3 July 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to toys of wood and others (excluding motors and movement mechanisms for toys and working models used for recreational purposes and parts thereof), falling within subheading 97.03 A or ex B of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 193 / 30                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                    18 . 7. 78
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 3 July 1978
               authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to toys of
               wood and others (excluding motors and movement mechanisms for toys and
               working models used for recreational purposes and parts thereof), falling within
               subheading 97.03 A or ex B of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in
                        Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                          (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                    (78/581 / EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
COMMUNITIES,                                                    machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
                                                               tion from the other Member States ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­           for the application of protective measures under the
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
                                                               tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
                                                               May 1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
Having regard to the application under the first para­         Whereas, however, the request for licences which gave
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 23 June             rise to the application in question do not need to be
 1978 by the French Government to the Commission               covered by such an authorization in view of the rela­
of the European Communities, for authorization not             tively small amount involved,
to apply Community treatment to toys of wood and
others (excluding motors and movement mechanisms
for toys and working models used for recreational
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
purposes and parts thereof), falling within subheading
97.03 A or ex B of the Common Customs Tariff, origi­
nating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the
                                                                                        Article 1
other Member States,
                                                               The French Republic is authorized not to apply
                                                               Community treatment to the products indicated
Whereas in France the importation of the products in           below, where they originate in Hong Kong and are in
question originating in Hong Kong is subject to an             free circulation in the other Member States, and in
annual quota which has been wholly taken up ;                  respect of which applications for import licences were
                                                               lodged after 23 June 1978 :
Whereas disparities in the commercial policy                              CCT
                                                                         heading
measures applied in connection with these products                         No
                                                                                                      Description
by the Member States are giving rise to deflection of
trade, thus preventing the execution of those commer­
                                                               97.03 A or ex B         Toys of wood and others (excluding
cial policy measures which are in force because of the                                  motors and movement mechanisms
difficult economic situation in the sector concerned ;
                                                                                        for toys and working models used
                                                                                        for recreational purposes and parts
                                                                                       thereof)
Whereas according to the application submitted there
are   serious   difficulties in the   industrial  sector
concerned involving a considerable drop in produc­                                      Article 2
tion and employment and a progressive decline in its
market share ;
                                                               This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
                                                               arise for the importation of these products from Hong
                                                               Kong or until 31 December 1978 , whichever is the
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those         earlier.
already effected, would be likely to aggravate these
difficulties ;                                                 (') OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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                     Article 3                            Done at Brussels, 3 July 1978 .
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                    Lorenzo NATALI
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.                                   Vice-President