CELEX: 31976D0275
Language: en
Date: 1976-02-24 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 24 February 1976 authorizing Ireland to take protective measures in respect of footwear with uppers of leather originating in Norway

5 . 3 . 76                         Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 58 /11
                                               COUNCIL DECISION
                                                 of 24 February 1976
             authorizing Ireland to take protective measures in respect of footwear with uppers of
                                            leather originating in Norway
                                                     (76/275/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                      by the Commission in its Decision of 22 December
                                                               1975 :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                           United Kingdom                       9-0%
European Economic Community,                                           Other Member States                 18-5 %
                                                                       Full rate                           23-5%
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1692/73 of 25 June 1973 concerning safeguard                   Whereas it is therefore appropriate to take similar
measures provided for in the Agreement between                 measures as regards imports of this product
the European Economic Community and the King­                  originating in Norway in accordance with Article 26
dom of Norway (*), and in particular Article 4                 of the Agreement between the European Economic
thereof,                                                       Community and Norway of 25 June 1973 (2) which
                                                               would result in a tariff reduction lower than that
Having regard to the proposal from the Com­                    foreseen by Article 3 (2) of that Agreement, accord­
mission,                                                       ing to which the duty applied by Ireland to imports
                                                               of this product originating in Norway should
Whereas the Irish footwear industry is currently               otherwise be reduced to 10-8% or £ 0-09 per pair
encountering serious disturbances, involving notably           whichever is the greater ;
a reduction in employment from 5 000 persons in
1973 to approximately 3 500 in October 1975, with              Whereas consultations have been held with Norway
a further loss of 310 jobs forecast as imminent;               in accordance with Article 27 of the EEC-Norway
whereas the Irish footwear sector is mainly situated           Agreement,
in the regions where it often represents the main if
not the only local source of employment;
                                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas production declined by 30% in the first
half of 1975 compared with the same period of
1974 and declined even further in the third quarter                                    Article 1
of 1975 ; whereas exports for the first three-quarters
of 1975 dropped by 20% compared with 1974 ;                    Ireland is hereby authorized to apply, until
whereas import penetration has risen from 34-1% in             30 June 1976, a rate of duty of 18-5% to footwear
1973 to 41*8% in 1974, to 45-4% in January to                  with uppers of leather falling within subheading
March 1975, 52-1% in April to June 1975 and                    64.02 A of the Common Customs Tariff originating
51-4% in July to September 1975 ;                              in Norway.
Whereas these developments are liable to bring about                                    Article 2
a serious deterioration of the economic situation of
                                                               This Decision is addressed to Ireland.
this region of the Community;
Whereas it is therefore necessary to maintain
temporarily an adequate level of tariff protection in          Done at Brussels, 24 February 1976.
Ireland for this industry ;
                                                                                                      For the Council
Whereas Ireland is applying the following rates of                                                     The President
duty to footwear with uppers of leather as from
1 January until 30 June 1976, following authorization                                                   M. MART
O OJ No L 171 , 27, 6. 1973 , p. 103 ,                          (2) OJ Ny L 171 , 27. 6. 1973 , p. 2.