CELEX: 31975R1295
Language: en
Date: 1975-05-22 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1295/75 of the Commission of 22 May 1975 subjecting to authorization imports into the Federal Republic of Germany and the Benelux countries of synthetic socks originating in the Republic of Korea

No L 132/ 32                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                23 . 5 . 75
                              REGULATION ( EEC) No 1295 /75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 22 May 1975
              subjecting to authorization imports into the Federal Republic of Germany and
              the Benelux countries of synthetic socks originating in the Republic of Korea
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       million pairs in the Benelux countries, and whereas in
COMMUNITIES,                                                         the absence of immediate protective measures this
                                                                     aggravation of the damage already caused to Commu­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                nity producers would make it difficult to repair ;
Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                        Whereas in these highly unusual and critical circum­
1439/74 (') of 4 June 1974 on common rules for                       stances, it is necessary that immediate action be taken
imports , and in particular Article 12 thereof ;                     to safeguard the interests of the Community, these
                                                                     measures to consist of the introduction of temporary
Having consulted the Advisory Committee set up                       limitation of imports, in accordance with the provi­
under Article 5 of the said Regulation ;                             sions of the Arrangement Regarding International
Whereas imports of synthetic socks corresponding to                  Trade in Textiles, account being taken , however, of
                                                                     the interests of Korea, especially in regard " to its stage
Nimexe positions 60.03.25 and 60.03.27 , originating
in the Republic of Korea, have increased sharply and
                                                                     of development and the importance of the textiles
substantially in the last few years ;                                sector to the economy of that country ;
Whereas this development has manifested itself princi­               Whereas the concentration of imports of the products
pally on the German and Benelux markets, with the                    concerned on the German and Benelux markets justi­
result that imports have increased from 9 million                    fies the limitation , for the moment, of the application
pairs in 1971 to about 40 million pairs in 1974 in                   of these safeguard measures to imports into those
Germany, and from 3-9 million pairs in 1971 to more                  regions of the Community ;
than 10 million pairs in 1974 in the Benelux coun­
tries ;                                                              Whereas these measures shall not prejudice the result
                                                                     of the consultations and negotiations which , in accor­
Whereas these products are offered for sale on the                   dance with the said Arrangement, are at the moment
markets principally affected at prices which are                     taking place between the European Economic
substantially below those prevailing for similar goods               Community and the Republic of Korea , and whereas
produced by Community producers ;                                    they may be adapted , having regard to the results of
Whereas according to the information available to the                these negotiations,
Commission , these imports already represented at the
end of 1974 a market share of approximately 20 % in
Germany and the Benelux countries ;                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas this development has been carried out to the
detriment of the Community industry , whose produc­                                            A ) tick 1
tion has fallen considerably over the last few years and
whereas more than 30 factories have had to cease                     The importation into the Federal Republic of
production of these products with resultant unemploy­                Germany and the Benelux countries of stockings,
ment, transfers and reduction of working hours for                   other than women 's, under-stockings, socks and ankle
several thousand employees ;                                         socks , sockettes and the like , knitted or crocheted , not
Whereas all these factors have caused market disrup­                 elastic nor rubberized , of synthetic fibres, corres­
tion and have caused serious damage to the Commu­                     ponding to Nimexe positions 60.03.25 and 60.03.27,
nity producers ;                                                     originating in the Republic of Korea , is hereby made
                                                                      subject to the presentation of an import authorization
Whereas a further sharp and substantial increase in                   issued by the competent authorities of the importing
 imports of these products may be considered to be                    country .
 imminent in view of the fact that import documents
 have been issued or endorsed , in accordance with the                 The total quantity of the products for which import
Community surveillance procedure established by                       authorizations shall be issued during a period of six
 Regulation ( EEC) No 2967 / 74               for the last three      months commencing on the date of entry into force
 months for which results are available for quantities                of this Regulation shall not exceed the following
exceeding I <S million pairs in Germany and 12                        amounts :
                                                                      Germany : IS million pairs
(') O J No I. 1 <59 , | v    1974, p . I.
O OJ No I. ì 1 6 , 26 . 1 ! . 1974 , p . 7 .                          Benelux : 5-3 million pairs .
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                       Article 2                            2.      It shall apply up to the entry into force of appro­
                                                            priate measures to be taken by the Council in accor­
                                                            dance with Article 12, paragraph 6 and Article 13 of
1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on the day       Regulation ( EEC) No 1439/74 and at the latest until
following its publication in the Official Journal of        the expiry of a period of six weeks after its entry into
the European Communities.                                   force .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 22 May 1975 .
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                             The President
                                                                       Francois-Xavier ORTOLI