CELEX: 31976D0663
Language: en
Date: 1976-04-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 20 April 1976 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to men's and boys' shirts, falling within heading No ex 61.03 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Romania and in free circulation in the other Member States

19 . 8 . 76                       Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 227/ 17
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                                       (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                               COMMISSION
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 20 April 1976
               authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to men 's
               and boys' shirts, falling within heading No ex 61.03 of the Common Customs
               Tariff, originating in Romania and in free circulation in the other Member
                                                          States
                                           (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                     (76/663/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas authorization should accordingly l?e given
 COMMUNITIES,                                                    for the application of protective measures under the
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           first paragraph of Article 1 1'5, subject to the condi­
 Economic Community, and in particular the first para­           tions laid down by the Commission Decision of 12
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                  May 1971 (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
 Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 12 April             HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 1976 by the French Government to the Commission
by telex from the Office of its Permanent Representa­                                    A rticle 1
 tive to the European Communities, for authorization
 not to apply Community treatment to men 's and                 The French Republic is authorized not to apply
boys' shirts falling within heading No ex 61.03 of the           Community treatment to imports of men 's and boys'
Common Customs Tariff, originating in Romania and               shirts falling within heading No ex 61.03 of the
in free circulation in the other Member States,                  Common Customs Tariff, where they originate in
                                                                 Romania and are in free circulation in the other
Whereas for the abovementioned shirts, France, in
accordance     with   the   Council    Decision   of   18
                                                                 Member States, and in respect of which applications
                                                                 for licences were lodged after 4 April 1976.
 December 1975 ('), has opened in respect of Romania
an annual quota of FF 4 700 000, which has already
                                                                                         Article 2
been largely used up ;
Whereas, according to information supplied by the               This Decision shall apply until 31 December 1976.
French Government, there are serious economic diffi­
culties in the shirt-making industry and a consider­                                     A rticle 3
able drop in production , leading to unemployment in
a number of factories ;                                         This Decision is addressed to the French Republic .
Whereas the indirect imports of the products in ques­
tion , account being taken of those already effected in          Done at . Brussels, 20 April 1976.
 1976, would be likely to aggravate these economic
difficulties ;                                                                             For the Commission
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in                                    Christopher SOAMES
motion rapidly the machinery for bringing about the
necessary cooperation from the other Member States ;                                            Vice-President
(') OJ No L 332, 29 . 12. 1975, p. 58.                          (2) OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.