CELEX: 31976D0746
Language: en
Date: 1976-07-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 19 July 1976 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to knives with cutting blades, serrated or not, including pruning knives (save for knives with handles of ivory or of gilt- or silver-plated base metals), falling within heading No ex 82.09 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 259 / 20                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                   23 . 9 . 76
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 19 July 1976
               authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to knives
               with cutting blades, serrated or not, including pruning knives (save for knives
               with handles of ivory or of gilt- or silver-plated base metals), falling within
               heading No ex 82.09 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and
                                      in free circulation in the other Member States
                                                (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                           (76/746/EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     these measures should apply only until such arrange­
 COMMUNITIES,                                                       ments are introduced,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community, and in particular the first para­              HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,
 Having regard to the application under the first para­                                       Article 1
 graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 9 July                 The French Republic is authorized not to apply
  1976 by the French Government to the Commission                   Community treatment to imports of the following
 by telex from the office of its Permanent Representa­              products :
 tive to the European Communities, for authorization
 not to apply Community treatment to knives with
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 cutting blades, serrated or not, including pruning                      heading                  Description of goods
 knives (save for knives with handles of ivory or of gilt­                 No
 or silver-plated base metals), falling within heading
 No ex 82.09 of the Common Customs Tariff, origi­                   ex 82.09          Knives with cutting blades, serrated or not,
 nating in Japan and in free circulation in the other                                 including pruning knives (save for knives
 Member States ,                                                                      with handles of ivory or of gilt- or silver­
                                                                                      plated base metals)
 Whereas according to this application under Article
 115 the importation into France of the products in
 question originating in Japan is subject to a contrac­             where they originate in Japan and are in free circula­
 tual quota of $ 107 000, which has already been                    tion in the other Member States and in respect of
 largely taken up ;                                                 which applications for import licences were lodged
                                                                    after 4 July 1976.
 Whereas differences in the commercial policy
 measures applied in connection with these products                                          A rticle 2
 by France and by the other Member States as regards
 Japan are giving rise to deflection of trade ;                     This Decision shall apply only until uniform import
 Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the                 arrangements are introduced under a common
 execution    of  the      abovementioned        measures    of     commercial policy vis-à-vis Japan or until new oppor­
 commercial policy currently being applied by France                tunities arise in the French Republic for the importa­
 as regards Japan ;                                                 tion of the products in question from Japan and in
                                                                    any case not later than 31 March 1977.
 Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in
 motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­                                          Article 3
 sary cooperation from the other Member States ;
                                                                    This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Whereas authorization should be given , for a limited
 period, for the application of protective measures
 under the first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the         Done at Brussels, 19 July 1976.
conditions laid down by the Commission Decision of
 12 May 1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;                                         For the Commission
Whereas uniform arrangements for imports of the                                                 Christopher SOAMES
 products in question could be adopted under a
common commercial policy vis-à-vis Japan ; whereas                                          Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .