CELEX: 31978D0324
Language: en
Date: 1978-02-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 24 February 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to clothing accessories and other articles (except outer garments and bathing costumes), knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized, falling within heading No ex 60.05 or ex 60.06 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the other Member States

6 . 4 . 78                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                   No L 92/ 19
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 24 February 1978
                 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to clothing
                 accessories and other articles (except outer garments and bathing costumes),
                 knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized, falling within heading No ex
                 60.05 or ex 60.06 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Taiwan and in
                                          free circulation in the other Member States
                                                  (Only the French text is authentic )
                                                             (78 /324/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
COMMUNITIES ,                                                           machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
                                                                        tion from the other Member States ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community , and in particular the first para­                  Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                         for the application of protective measures under the
                                                                        first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
Having regard to the application under the first para­                  tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 21                          May 1971 (3), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
February 1978 by the French Government to the
Commission of the European Communities, for                             HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
authorization not to apply Community treatment to
clothing accessories and other articles (except outer                                             Article 1
garments and bathing costumes), knitted or crocheted ,
not elastic or rubberized , falling within heading No ex                The French Republic is authorized not to apply
60.05 or ex 60.06 of the Common Customs Tariff,                         Community treatment to the products indicated
originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the                    below, where they originate in Taiwan and are in free
other Member States,                                                    circulation in the other Member States, and in respect
                                                                        of which applications for import licences were lodged
Whereas the importation into the Community of the                       after 13 February 1978 and are, on the date of this
products in question originating in Taiwan is subject                   Decision , pending with the French authorities :
to a Community quantitative quota allocated among
the Member States by Commission Regulation ( EEC)                             CCT
No 3020 /77 of 30 December 1977 ('), confirmed by                            heading                        Description
Council Regulation ( EEC) No 255/78 of 7 February                              No
 1978 (-') ;
                                                                        ex 60.05 or      Clothing accessories and other articles
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­                   ex 60.06         (except outer garments and bathing
cate these quotas on the basis of the needs of the indi­                                 costumes), knitted or crocheted, not elastic
vidual markets ; whereas for that reason disparities                                     or rubberized
persist between the import conditions in the various
Member States ; whereas uniformity can be achieved
only progressively ;                                                                              Article 2
Whereas according to the application submitted there                    This Decision is addressed to the French Republic .
are      serious  difficulties    in    the   industrial   sector
concerned , involving a considerable drop in produc­
tion and employment and a progressive decline in its                    Done at Brussels, 24 February 1978 .
market share ;
                                                                                                    For the Commission
Whereas these economic difficulties are caused largely
by unequal conditions of competition , whereby                                                     Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
exports can be effected at prices appreciably lower
than those of the Community products in question ;                                                        Vice-President
(') 0 | No L 357 , 31 . 12 . 1977, p . 51
 (2) OJ No L 39 , 9 . 2 . 1978 , p . I.                                 H 0 | No I 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p . 26 .