CELEX: 31976D0652
Language: en
Date: 1976-06-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 24 June 1976 authorizing the United Kingdom not to apply Community treatment to certain woven fabrics of synthetic textile fibres (polypropylene), falling within subheading 51.04 ex A of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Czechoslovakia and in free circulation in the other Member States

20 . 8 . 76                           Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 229/31
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 24 June 1976
               authorizing the United Kingdom not to apply Community treatment to certain woven
               fabrics of synthetic textile fibres (polypropylene), falling within subheading 51.04 ex A
               of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Czechoslovakia and in free circulation
                                                in the other Member States
                                             (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                        (76/652/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
COMMUNITIES,                                                      for the application of protective measures, under the
                                                                  first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                      conditions laid down by the Commission Decision of
European Economic Community, and in particular                    12 May 1971 (2 ), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
the first paragraph of Article 115 thereof,
Having regard to the application under the first
paragraph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on
16 June 1976 by the Government of the United                      HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Kingdom to the Commission by telex from the office
of its Permanent Representative to the European
Communities, for authorization not to apply                                                  Article 1
Community treatment to woven fabrics of synthetic
textile fibres (polypropylene), falling within                    The United Kingdom is authorized not to apply
subheading 51.04 ex A of the Common Customs                       Community treatment to imports of woven fabrics of
Tariff, originating in Czechoslovakia and in free                  synthetic textile fibres (polypropylene), falling within
circulation in the Netherlands,                                   subheading 51.04 ex A of the Common Customs
                                                                  Tariff, where they originate in Czechoslovakia and
Whereas for woven and knitted fabrics of man-made                 are in free circulation in the other Member States, and
fibres, falling within heading No 51.04, 56.07 or ex              in respect of which applications for import licences
60.01 of the Common Customs Tariff, the United                    lodged after 6 June 1976 are, on the date of this
Kingdom, in accordance with the Council Decision                  Decision, pending with the United Kingdom
of 18 December 1975 (1 ), has opened in respect of                authorities .
Czechoslovakia an annual quota of 1 236 000 m2 ;
Whereas the British industry manufacturing the
products in question is faced with serious economic                                          Article 2
difficulties caused largely by unequal conditions of
competition with certain countries, whereby such                  This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom .
countries are enabled to export at prices lower than
those of producers in the United Kingdom ;
Whereas the indirect imports which are the subject                Done at Brussels, 24 June 1976.
of the application would be likely to aggravate this
difficult situation ;
                                                                                               For the Commission
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly
the machinery for bringing about the necessary                                                 Christopher SOAMES
cooperation from the Netherlands and the other
Member States ;                                                                                     Vice-President
 (*) OJ No L 332, 29. 12 . 1975 , p. 1 .                           (2) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .