CELEX: 31977D0721
Language: en
Date: 1977-05-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 18 May 1977 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to electrical measuring, checking, analyzing or automatically controlling instruments and apparatus falling within heading No 90.28 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 299/ 16                     Official Journal of the European Communities                               23 . 11 . 77
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                                    (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                             COMMISSION
                                           COMMISSION DECISION
                                                  of 18 May 1977
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to elec­
              trical measuring, checking, analyzing or automatically controlling instruments
              and apparatus falling within heading No 90.28 of the Common Customs Tariff,
                  originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                         (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                    (77/721 / EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 by France and by the other Member States as regards
COMMUNITIES,                                                   Japan are giving rise to deflection of trade ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          Whereas this deflection of trade is obstructing the
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­          execution of the above commercial policy measures
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                currently being applied by France as regards Japan in
                                                               order to protect the industry in question, which is
                                                               undergoing reorganization,
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 12 May
                                                               Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in
1977 by the French Government to the European
                                                               motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­
Communities, for authorization not to apply Commu­
                                                               sary cooperation from the other Member States ;
nity treatment to electrical measuring, checking,
analyzing or automaticallly controlling instruments
and apparatus falling within heading No 90.28 of the
Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in             Whereas authorization should accordingly be given,
free circulation in the other Member States,                   for a limited period, for the applicaion of protective
                                                               measures under the first paragraph of Article 1 1 5,
                                                               subject to the conditions laid down by the Commis­
                                                               sion Decision of 12 May 1971 (t), and in particular
Whereas according to this application under Article            Article 1 thereof ;
115 the importation into France of the products in
question originating in Japan is subject to a contrac­
tual quota, which for 1977 amounts to $ 1 800 000
and is at present being allocated among the impor­             Whereas uniform arrangements for imports of the
ters :                                                         products in question may be adopted under a
                                                               common commercial policy towards Japan ; whereas
                                                               these protective measures should apply until such
                                                               arrangements are applied,
Whereas differences in the commercial policy
measures applied in connection with these products             (') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                cial policy towards Japan or on 31 December 1977,
                                                           whichever is the earlier.
                      Article 1
The French Republic is authorized not to apply                                   Article 3
Community treatment to electrical measuring,
checking, analyzing or automatically controlling           This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
instruments and apparatus falling within heading No
90.28 of the Common Customs Tariff, where they orig­
inate in Japan and are in free circulation in the other
Member States and in respect of which applications         Done at Brussels, 18 May 1977.
for import licences were lodged after the date of this
Decision .
                                                                                     For the Commission
                      Article 2
                                                                                      Guido BRUNNER
This Decision shall expire when uniform import
arrangements are applied under a common commer-.                                Member of the Commission