CELEX: 31978D0466
Language: en
Date: 1978-05-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 11 May 1978 authorizing the United Kingdom not to apply Community treatment to linen tea towels falling within heading No ex 62.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Czechoslovakia and in free circulation in the other Member States

3 . 6. 78                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 147 /41
                                              COMMISSION
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 11 May 1978
              authorizing the United Kingdom not to apply Community, treatment to linen
              tea towels falling within heading No ex 62.02 of the Common Customs Tariff,
              originating in Czechoslovakia and in free circulation in the other Member
                                                          States
                                          (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                     (78/466/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
COMMUNITIES,                                                     May 1971 (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­             HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,
                                                                                          Article 1
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 1 May                The United Kingdom is authorized not to apply
1978 by the United Kingdom Government to the                     Community treatment to the products indicated
Commission of the European Communities, for                      below, where they originate in Czechoslovakia and are
authorization not to apply Community treatment to                in free circulation in the other Member States, and in
linen tea towels falling within heading No ex 62.02 of           respect of which applications for import licences were
the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Czecho­                lodged after 23 April 1978 :
slovakia and in free circulation in the other Member
States,
                                                                       CCT
Whereas in the United Kingdom the importation of                      heading
                                                                        No
                                                                                                   Description
the products in question originating in Czechoslo­
vakia is, in accordance with the Council Decision of
                                                                 ex 62.02          Linen tea towels
20 December 1977 ('), subject to an annual quota that
is already exceeded considering the direct or indirect
imports already realized or authorized ;
Whereas disparities in the commercial policy                                              Article 2
measures applied in connection with these products
by the Member States are giving rise to deflection of            This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
trade, thus preventing the execution of those commer­            arise for the importation of these products from
cial policy measures which are in force because of the           Czechoslovakia or until 31 December 1978 whichever
difficult economic situation in the sector concerned ;           is the earlier.
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those                                    Article 3
already effected, would be likely to jeopardize the effi­
ciency of the abovementioned commercial policy                   This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom.
measures ;
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the          Done at Brussels, 11 May 1978 .
machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
tion from the other Member States ;                                                         For the Commission
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given                                               Richard BURKE
for the application of protective measures under the
first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­                                 Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 357, 31 . 12. 1977.                                  (2) OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.