CELEX: 31981D0043
Language: en
Date: 1981-01-19 00:00:00
Title: 81/43/EEC: Commission Decision of 19 January 1981 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to blouses and shirt-blouses, knitted or crocheted (not elastic or rubberized), or woven, for women, girls and infants, of wool, of cotton or of man- made textile fibres, falling within subheadings ex 60.05 A II and ex 61.02 B II of the Common Customs Tariff (category 7), originating in India and in free circulation in the other Member States (Only the French text is authentic)

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31981D0043

81/43/EEC: Commission Decision of 19 January 1981 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to blouses and shirt-blouses, knitted or crocheted (not elastic or rubberized), or woven, for women, girls and infants, of wool, of cotton or of man- made textile fibres, falling within subheadings ex 60.05 A II and ex 61.02 B II of the Common Customs Tariff (category 7), originating in India and in free circulation in the other Member States (Only the French text is authentic)  

Official Journal L 046 , 19/02/1981 P. 0047 - 0048

****( 1 ) OJ NO L 16 , 22 . 1 . 1980 , P . 14 .  ( 2 ) OJ NO L 365 , 27 . 12 . 1978 , P . 1 .    COMMISSION DECISION   OF 19 JANUARY 1981   AUTHORIZING THE FRENCH REPUBLIC NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO BLOUSES AND SHIRT-BLOUSES , KNITTED OR CROCHETED  ( NOT ELASTIC OR RUBBERIZED ), OR WOVEN , FOR WOMEN , GIRLS AND INFANTS , OF WOOL , OF COTTON OR OF MAN-MADE TEXTILE FIBRES , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADINGS EX 60.05 A II AND EX 61.02 B II OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ( CATEGORY 7 ), ORIGINATING IN INDIA AND IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES  ( ONLY THE FRENCH TEXT IS AUTHENTIC )  ( 81/43/EEC )   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN   COMMUNITIES ,   HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 115 THEREOF ,   HAVING REGARD TO COMMISSION DECISION 80/47/EEC OF 20 DECEMBER 1979 ON SURVEILLANCE AND PROTECTIVE MEASURES WHICH MEMBER STATES MAY BE AUTHORIZED TO TAKE IN RESPECT OF IMPORTS OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THIRD COUNTRIES AND PUT INTO FREE CIRCULATION IN ANOTHER MEMBER STATE ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 3 THEREOF ,   WHEREAS , ON 9 JANUARY 1981 , A REQUEST WAS MADE UNDER THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 115 OF THE TREATY BY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT TO THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES FOR AUTHORIZATION NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO BLOUSES AND SHIRT-BLOUSES , KNITTED OR CROCHETED ( NOT ELASTIC OR RUBBERIZED ), OR WOVEN , FOR WOMEN , GIRLS AND INFANTS , OF WOOL , OF COTTON OR OF MAN-MADE TEXTILE FIBRES , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADINGS EX 60.05 A II AND EX 61.02 B II OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ( CATEGORY 7 ), ORIGINATING IN INDIA AND IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES ;   WHEREAS THE IMPORTATION INTO THE COMMUNITY OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION , ORIGINATING IN INDIA IS COVERED BY AN AGREEMENT NEGOTIATED BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THAT COUNTRY ; WHEREAS , UNDER THAT AGREEMENT , INDIA HAS UNDERTAKEN TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS TO LIMIT ITS EXPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION TO THE COMMUNITY WITHIN CERTAIN CEILINGS ;   WHEREAS IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THAT AGREEMENT AND TAKE ACCOUNT OF ITS CHARACTERISTICS , THE COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3059/78 INTRODUCING SPECIFIC COMMON RULES FOR IMPORTS OF CERTAIN TEXTILE PRODUCTS ( 2 );   WHEREAS THE DIFFERENCES IN MARKET CONDITIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND THE PARTICULAR SENSITIVITY OF THIS BRANCH OF COMMUNITY INDUSTRY HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN ALLOCATING THE ABOVEMENTIONED COMMUNITY CEILING BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES ;   WHEREAS , FOR THIS REASON , DISPARITIES STILL EXIST BETWEEN THE CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE IMPORTATION OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION INTO THE DIFFERENT MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS UNIFORMITY CAN ONLY BE BROUGHT ABOUT GRADUALLY ;   WHEREAS THE QUOTA FOR 1979 AND 1980 THUS ALLOCATED TO FRANCE HAVE BEEN WHOLLY TAKEN UP ;   WHEREAS IMPORTS IN FREE CIRCULATION ORIGINATING IN INDIA HAVE INCREASED FROM 595 125 PIECES IN 1979 TO 944 000 PIECES IN 1980 ;   WHEREAS TOTAL IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN ALL THIRD COUNTRIES HAVE INCREASED FROM 11 230 000 PIECES IN 1978 TO 12 508 000 PIECES IN 1979 ; WHEREAS THE MARKET SHARE TAKEN BY THOSE IMPORTS HAS RISEN FROM 36 % IN 1978 TO 39 % IN 1979 ;   WHEREAS THE PRICES OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN INDIA ARE CONSIDERABLY BELOW THE PRICES OF LIKE PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED IN FRANCE ;   WHEREAS OUTPUT OF LIKE PRODUCTS IN FRANCE HAS FALLEN FROM 22 035 000 PIECES IN 1978 TO 21 687 000 PIECES IN 1979 ; WHEREAS THE DOMESTIC INDUSTRY ' S SHARE OF THE HOME MARKET HAS FALLEN FROM 56 % IN 1978 TO 53 % IN 1979 ;   WHEREAS FURTHER INDIRECT IMPORTS , WOULD BE LIKELY TO AGGRAVATE THE DIFFICULTIES OF THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR CONCERNED AND JEOPARDIZE THE AIMS OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED COMMERCIAL POLICY MEASURES ;   WHEREAS IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO SET IN MOTION RAPIDLY THE MACHINERY FOR BRINGING ABOUT THE NECESSARY COOPERATION FROM THE OTHER MEMBER STATES ;   WHEREAS AUTHORIZATION SHOULD ACCORDINGLY BE GIVEN FOR THE APPLICATION OF PROTECTIVE MEASURES UNDER THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 115 , SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN IN DECISION 80/47/EEC , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 3 THEREOF ;   WHEREAS APPLICATIONS FOR IMPORT DOCUMENTS COVERING 384 132 PIECES ARE DULY PENDING WITH THE AUTHORITIES OF THE MEMBER STATE HAVING MADE THE REQUEST ,   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :   ARTICLE 1   THE FRENCH REPUBLIC IS AUTHORIZED NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO THE PRODUCTS INDICATED BELOW , ORIGINATING IN INDIA AND IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES IN RESPECT OF WHICH APPLICATIONS FOR IMPORT LICENCES WERE LODGED AFTER 2 JANUARY 1981 ;   //   //   CCT   HEADING   NO  //  DESCRIPTION  //  // EX 60.05 A II AND EX 61.02 B II  ( NIMEXE CODES 60.05-22 ; 23 ; 24 ; 25 61.02-78 ; 82 ; 84 ) ( CATEGORY 7 ) //  BLOUSES AND SHIRT-BLOUSES , KNITTED , CROCHETED ( NOT ELASTIC OR RUBBERIZED ), OR WOVEN , FOR WOMEN , GIRLS AND INFANTS , OF WOOL , OF COTTON OR OF MAN-MADE TEXTILE FIBRES //   ARTICLE 2   THIS DECISION SHALL APPLY UNTIL 30 JUNE 1981 .   ARTICLE 3   THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE FRENCH REPUBLIC .   DONE AT BRUSSELS , 19 JANUARY 1981 .   FOR THE COMMISSION    WILHELM HAFERKAMP   MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION