CELEX: 31979D0449
Language: en
Date: 1979-04-23 00:00:00
Title: 79/449/EEC: Commission Decision of 23 April 1979 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to men' s and boys' shirts, woven, of wool, cotton or man-made textile fibres, falling within heading No ex 61.03 of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 61.03-11, 15, 19) (category 8), originating in the People' s Republic of China and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 114/6                            Official Journal of the European Communities                               8 . 5 . 79
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                                         (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                  COMMISSION
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 23 April 1979
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to men's
              and boys' shirts, woven , of wool , cotton or man-made textile fibres, falling
              within heading No ex 61.03 of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes
              61.03-11 , 15 , 19) (category 8), originating in the People's Republic of China and in
                                      free circulation in the other Member States
                                              (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                        (79/449/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    commercial policy measures which are in force
COMMUNITIES,                                                      because of the difficult economic situation in the
                                                                  sector concerned ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­             Whereas it appears from the application submitted
                                                                  that there are serious difficulties in the industrial
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,
                                                                  sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in
                                                                  production and employment ;
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 17 April              Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
1979 by the French Government to the Commission                   already made, would be likely to aggravate these diffi­
of the European Communities, for authorization not                culties ;
to apply Community treatment to men's and boys'
shirts, woven, of wool, cotton or man-made textile                Wheres it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
fibres, falling within heading No ex 61.03 of the                 machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 61.03-11 ,                    tion from the other Member States ;
15, 19) (category 8), originating in the People's Repu­
blic of China and in free circulation in the other                Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
Member States,                                                    for the application of protective measures under the
                                                                  first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
                                                                  tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 /202/ EEC
Whereas in France the importation of the products in              of 12 May 1971 (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
question originating in the People's Republic of
China    is, in   accordance with         Council   Decision
79/252/EEC of 21 December 1978 ('), subject to an
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
annual quota ;
Whereas the disparities which exist in the commercial                                       Article 1
policy measures applied in connection with these
products by the Member States are causing deflection              The French Republic is authorized not to apply
of trade, thereby preventing the execution of those                Community treatment to the products indicated
(') OJ No L 60, 12. 3 . 1979 , p. 1 .                             (2) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .
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below, where they originate in the People s Republic                                 Article 2
of China and are in free circulation in the other
                                                               This Decision shall appy until 30 June 1979 .
Member States, and in respect of which applications
for import licences were lodged after 3 April 1979 :                                 Article 3
           CCT
                                                               This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
          heading                     Description
            No
                                                                Done at Brussels, 23 April 1979 .
ex 61.03                  Men's and boys' shirts, woven, of                            For the Commission
(NIMEXE codes             wool, cotton or man-made textile
61.03-11 , 15, 19) (cate­ fibres                                                      Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
gory 8)
                                                                                           Vice-President