CELEX: 31978D0161
Language: en
Date: 1978-01-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 16 January 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to toys of wood and other (except motors and movement mechanisms for toys and working models used for recreational purposes, and parts thereof) falling within subheadings 97.03 A and ex B of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 47/52                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                   18 . 2 . 78
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                                 of 16 January 1978
             authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to toys of
             wood and other (except motors and movement mechanisms for toys and
             working models used for recreational purposes, and parts thereof) falling within
              subheadings 97.03 A and ex B of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in
                          Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                          (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                    (78/ 161 / EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  under the first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the
COMMUNITIES,                                                    conditions laid down by the Commission Decision of
                                                                12 May 1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­           Whereas a uniform system of imports could be
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                 adopted for the products in question as part of a
                                                                common commercial policy as regards Japan ;
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty made on 10                   Whereas the period of validity of the protective
January 1978 by the French Government to the                    measures should expire upon the introduction of such
Commission by telex from the office of its Permanent            a system ,
Representative to the European Communities, for
authorization not to apply Community treatment to
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
toys of wood and other (except motors and movement
mechanisms for toys and working models used for
recreational purposes, and parts thereof) falling within                                  Article 1
subheadings 97.03 A and ex B of the Common
Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circu­         The French Republic is authorized not to apply
lation in the other Member States,                              Community treatment to imports of toys of wood and
                                                                other (except motors and movement mechanisms for
Whereas since the application of Article 115, the               toys and working models used for recreational
importation into France of the product in question              purposes, and parts thereof) falling within subheadings
originating in Japan is subject to an annual quota ;            97.03 A and ex B of the Common Customs Tariff,
Whereas differences in the measures of commercial
                                                                where they originate in Japan and are in free circula­
                                                                tion in the other Member States, and in respect of
policy taken in connection with these products by               which applications for import licences lodged after 1
France and by the other Member States as regards                January 1978 are, on the date of this Decision ,
Japan are giving rise to deflection of trade ;                  pending with the French authorities.
Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the
execution    of  the   abovementioned      measures   of                                   Article 2
commercial policy currently being taken by France as
regards Japan, in particular to protect the industry            This Decision is addressed to the French Republic .
concerned where reconstruction is currently in
progress ;
                                                                Done at Brussels, 16 January 1978 .
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in
motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­                                           For the Commission
sary cooperation from the other Member States ;
                                                                                            Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
Whereas authorization should be given , for a limited
period, for the application of protective measures                                                Vice-President
                                                                (') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .