CELEX: 31977R1176
Language: en
Date: 1977-05-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1176/77 of 31 May 1977 submitting to authorization imports into the United Kingdom of certain articles of clothing originating in Macao

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                               COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1176/77
                                                     of 31 May 1977
              submitting to authorization imports into the United Kingdom of certain arti
                                        cles of clothing originating in Macao
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Member State in question, initiated consultations with
COMMUNITIES,                                                   the authorities of Macao under Article 4 of the Agree­
                                                               ment between Macao and the Community on trade in
                                                               textile products (2) with a view to achieving a reduc­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          tion in imports of the products in question ;
Economic Community,
                                                               Whereas, at the conclusion of those consultations, the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   Macao authorities stated their readiness to introduce
1439/74 of 4 June 1974 on common rules for                     voluntary restraint for exports of the products in ques­
imports (l), and in particular Article 12 thereof,             tion into the United Kingdom ;
Having consulted the Advisory Committee set up                 Whereas the effectiveness of the voluntary restraint
under Article 5 of the said Regulation,                        measures introduced by the Macao authorities is
                                                               dependent on the establishment of a system of control
                                                               by the Community ; whereas the introduction of that
Whereas imports into the Community of jackets and              control makes it necessary for imports of the products
of blouses and shirt-blouses originating in Macao have         in question into the United Kingdom to be subject to
increased sharply and substantially in recent months ;         authorization ;
Whereas this trend has manifested itself mainly in the         Whereas the voluntary restraint measures provide for
United Kingdom where, from 1975 to 1976, imports               quantitative limits for exports effected during 1977 ;
of blouses increased from 1 50 000 items to nearly
1 000 000 items, and imports of jackets increased
from approximately 1 00 000 items to nearly 400 000            Whereas the above system of import authorization
items ;                                                        must be established as soon as possible so that it is
                                                               not by-passed by anticipatory consignments or indi­
                                                               rect imports which would be liable to cause damage to
Whereas, according to the information available to the         Community producers that would be difficult to
Commission, imports of these products from all third           repair,
countries already represented in 1975 a share of the
market bordering on 64 % of the United kingdom's
consumption of blouses and 46 % of its consumption
of jackets ; whereas that market share has since
become even greater ;
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas this increase in imports has taken place to
the; detriment of the Community industry, particularly
that in the United Kingdom, where the production                                       Article 1
ofthe articles of clothing in question has fallen appre­
ciably in recent years with, consequently, a substantial
reduction in employment in that industry ;                      1 . The importation into the United Kingdom of
                                                                the goods listed in Annex A originating in Macao and
                                                               exported from that country in 1977 shall be subject to
Whereas all these factors have caused market disrup­            the presentation of an import authorization issued by
tion and serious damage to Community producers ;                the competent authorities of the United Kingdom .
Whereas, in the light of the above situation, the               2. The import authorizations shall be issued for a
Commission, at the request of the authorities of the            quantity which will be fixed so as to ensure that the
(') OJ No L 159, 15. 6. 1974, p. 1 .                           (2) OJ No L 47, 18 . 2. 1977, p. 7.
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total volume of the imports referred to in paragraph 1                                Article 2
will be limited to the quantities indicated in Annex A.
3 . The import authorization shall be issued within            1.    This Regulation shall enter into force on the
the limits indicated in paragraph 2 automatically and          second day following its publication in the Official
without delay either on presentation of a bill of lading       Journal of the European Communities.
proving that the goods were placed on board in Macao
for export to the United Kingdom before the date of            2. It shall apply up to the entry into force of appro­
entry into force of this Reglation or on presentation of       priate measures to be taken by the Council in accor­
an export licence granted by the competent authority           dance with Articles 12 (6) and 13 of Regulation (EEC)
in Macao ( x) setting out the items of information listed      No 1439/74 and at the latest until the expiry of a
in Annex B.                                                    period of six weeks after its entry into force.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 31 May 1977.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                        Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
                                                                            Vice-President
(') Repartição provincial de serviços de economia de Macao.
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                                                            ANNEX A
      CCT
                      NIMEXE code
                                                                                                             Unit   Quantitative
     heading                                                         Description                                       limit
                         ( 1977)
       No
61.01                                      Men's and boys' outer garments :                                items      400 000
                61.01-34 ; 36 ; 37 ; ex    — Jackets and blazers other than of silk, of noil or other
                38                            silk waste or of flax or ramie
61.02                                      Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments :                   items    1 000 000
                                           ex B. Other than babies' garments :
                61.01-78 ; 82 ; ex 84             — Blouses and shirt-blouses other than of silk, of
                                                     noil or other silk waste or of flax or ramie
                                                            ANNEX B
                                       Items of information referred to in Article 1 (3)
             The export licences issued by the Macao authorities in respect of the products covered by this Regula­
             tion shall state or include :
             1 . destination ;
             2. serial number ;
             3. importer's name and address ;
             4. exporter's name and address ;
             5. quantity, in number of items, of products covered by the licence ;
             6. certification that the quantity in question has been debited against the quantitative limit for
                 exports to the United Kingdom .