CELEX: 31977D0071
Language: en
Date: 1976-10-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 21 October 1976 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to radio receivers, whether or not combined with a sound recorder or reproducer, falling within subheading 85.15 A III of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the other Member States

20 . 1 . 77                       Official Journal of the European - Communities                                    No L 17/21
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                                 of 21 October 1976
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to radio
              receivers, whether or not combined with a sound recorder or reproducer, falling
              within subheading 85.15 A III of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in
                         Taiwan and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                          (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                     (77/71 /EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 the application of protective measures under the first
COMMUNITIES,                                                   paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the conditions laid
                                                               down by the Commission Decision of 12 May
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          1971 (*), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,
                                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 14                                            Article 1
October 1976 by the French Government to the
Commission by telex from the office of its permanent          The French Republic is authorized not to apply
representative to the European Communities, for                Community treatment to imports of the following
authorization not to apply Community treatment to              products :
radio receivers, whether or not combined with a sound
recorder or reproducer, falling within subheading                    CCT
85.15 A III of the Common Customs Tariff, origi­                    heading                    Description of goods
                                                                      No
nating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the other
Member States,
                                                               85.15 A III      Radio receivers, whether or not combined
Whereas according to this application there are no                              with a sound recorder or reproducer
opportunities at present for the direct importation
into France of the products in question from Taiwan ;
                                                               where they originate in Taiwan and are in free circula­
Whereas according to information supplied by the               tion in the other Member States, and in respect of
French authorities there are serious economic diffi­           which applications for import licences were lodged
culties in the industrial sector concerned, resulting in       after 5 October 1976 .
particular in a progressive decline of production ;
                                                                                          Article 2
Whereas differences in the commercial policy
measures applied in connection with these products            This Decision shall apply until opportunities arise in
by France and by the other Member States as regards            the French Republic for the direct importation of the
Taiwan are giving rise to deflection of trade ;                products in question from Taiwan and in any case not
                                                               later than 31 March 1977.
Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the
execution of the commercial policy measures                                               Article 3
currently being applied by France as regards Taiwan
and is likely to aggravate the economic difficulties           This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
mentioned above ;
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in       Done at Brussels, 21 October 1976 .
motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­
sary cooperation from the other Member States ;                                             For the Commission
Whereas, in order to ensure that the execution of the                                        Christopher SOAMES
above commercial policy measures is not obstructed,
authorization should be given, for a limited period, for                                         Vice-President
                                                               (') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26.