CELEX: 31973R1060
Language: en
Date: 1973-04-18 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1060/73 of the Commission of 18 April 1973 subjecting to authorization the importation into Italy of tape recorders from third countries and establishing Community surveillance over those imports

8 . 5 . 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 121 / 1
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                                             (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 1060/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 18 April 1973
               subjecting to authorization the importation into Italy of tape recorders from
                third countries and establishing Community surveillance over those imports
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     380 000 to approximately 136 000 units ; and the
COMMUNITIES,                                                       share of imports from third countries in the Italian
                                                                   domestic market has increased continuously, rising
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              from 18 % in 1969 to approximately 54% in 1972 ;
Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       Whereas those imports, especially those originating
 1025/70 (') of 25 May 1970, establishing common                   from a particular source, are obtained at relatively low
rules for imports from third countries, and in parti­              prices, generally at a level considerably lower than
cular Article 10 thereof ;                                         that prevailing on the Italian market ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 109/70 (2) of 19 December 1969 , establishing                     Whereas it is clear, from the facts given above, that
common rules for imports from state-trading coun­                  tape recorders are being imported into Italy in such
tries and, in particular Article 7 thereof ;                       greatly increased quantities and under such conditions
                                                                   as to cause serious injury to Italian producers of like
After consultation with the Advisory Committees set                products, and that the injury threatens to get worse
up under Article 5 of Regulations (EEC) Nos 1025/70                and would be difficult to repair, unless immediate
and 109 /70 ;
                                                                   action were taken in order to safeguard the interests of
                                                                   the Community ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Whereas, on 9 March 1973 , the Italian Government
informed the Commission, by telex, of the increased                Whereas, at the present time, the imports in question
difficulties in the Italian tape recorder market caused            are being particularly detrimental to Italy but are not
by the rising imports of these products and requested              so far causing the same injury to other regions of the
the Commission to summon urgently meetings for                     Community ; and it is consequently justifiable to limit
the consultations required under Regulations (EEC)                 the safeguard measures to imports into Italy ;
Nos 1025/ 70 and 109 /70 ;
Whereas, according to the information supplied by                  Whereas, however, throughout the Community the
the Italian Government, particularly the information               market trend for imports of tape recorders from third
given at the consultation meetings, and to other infor­            countries threaten to cause injury to Community
mation available to the Commission, imports of tape                producers of like or competing products and whereas
recorders from third countries to Italy have increased             these imports should be placed under surveillance.
considerably during the last three years ; whereas this
information discloses that imports which amounted to
99 000 units in 1969 have increased to 478 000 units               Whereas discussions with the main supplier country
in 1972 which represents an average annual increase                for the purpose of avoiding a deterioration of the situa­
of 69 % ;                                                          tion in the Italian market have not changed the trend
                                                                   of imports ;
Whereas during the same period the annual Italian
production of those products has decreased from
                                                                   Whereas it is therefore necessary as regards the impor­
(!) OJ No L 124, 8 . 6. 1970 , p . 61 .                            tation of those products into Italy to take interim safe­
(2 ) OJ No L 19 , 26 . 1 . 1970, p. 1 .                            guard measures consistent with the relevant inter­
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national rules pending the adoption of measures              exceed, in respect of the period between 1 April 1973
under Article 1 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1025/70 and         and 30 September 1973 the number of units given
Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 109/70 ; whereas            below :
these measures must limit those imports and whereas,
given the provisional and precautionary nature of the            CCT
                                                                Heading              Description
measures, the imports should be limited for a period              No
not exceeding the time necessary to enable considera­
tion of the further measures which may be required ;        92.11 A III     Combined sound recorders
                                                                            and reproducers           150 000 units
Whereas the serious injury caused is due to the greatly
increased quantities imported and to the price at
which they are imported ; and it is therefore advisable
to adopt provisionally a ceiling which would limit the       2.       Paragraph ( 1 ) shall not apply to products
injury and eliminate the threat of further injury ;          imported into the Community under an agreement
                                                             establishing or providing for the establishment of a
Whereas, dependent on future trends in imports of            customs union or of a free-trade area between the
tape recorders on the Community market (including            Community and one or more third countries.
the Italian market), the Commission reserves the right       3 . The import authorizations referred to in para­
to amend the interim and urgent safeguard measures           graph ( 1 ) shall be issued by the Italian Republic.
taken or to repeal them when the serious injury has
                                                                                        Article 2
been eliminated, as a result, possibly, of an under­
standing with the third countries concerned ; whereas        The importation into the Community of the products
the Commission further reserves the right to extend          from third countries referred to in Article 1 shall be
these measures to other parts of the Community or to         subject to Community surveillance in accordance with
the whole Community if future trends in the imports          the procedures provided for in Regulations (EEC) Nos
in question should threaten to cause serious injury to       1025/70 and 109 /70 .
other Community producers besides the Italian                Import documents shall be valid for not more than
producers ;                                                  three months .
                                                                                        Article 3
                                                             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                following its publication in the Official Journal of
                                                             the European Communities.
                                                             Article 1 shall apply with the entry into force of the
                        Article 1                            appropriate measures to be taken by the Council in
                                                             accordance with Article 10 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No
 1 . The importation from third countries into Italy          1025/70 and Article 7 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No
of the products listed below shall be subject to the          109/70 not later than within the six weeks following*
production of an import authorization, and shall not         the entry into force of this Regulation .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 18 April 1973 .
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                             The President
                                                                        François-Xavier ORTOLI