CELEX: 31975D0072
Language: en
Date: 1975-01-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 20 January 1975 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 97.03 ex B of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan, and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 23 /20                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                 30 . 1 . 75
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 20 January 1975
              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 97.03 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)
                                                            (75/72/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                               Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­                The French Republic is authorized not to apply
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof ;                                      Community treatment to imports of the following
                                                                      products, where they originate in . Japan and are in
Having regard to the application under the first para­                free circulation in the other Member States , and in
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty made on 15
                                                                      respect of which applications for import licences were
January 1975 by the French Government to the
                                                                      lodged after 6 January 1975 :
Commission by telex from the office of its permanent
representative to the European Communities, for
authorization not to apply Community treatment to                           CCT
                                                                          heading                     Description
toys of wood and other (except motors and movement                           No
mechanisms for toys and working models used for
recreational purposes, and parts thereof), falling within             97.03           Other toys ; models of a kind used for
subheadings 97.03 A and 97.03 ex B of the Common                                      recreational purpose :
Customs Tariff, originating in Japan , and in free circu­
                                                                                  A   — Of wood
lation in the other Member States ;
                                                                             ex B     — Other (except motors and movement
Whereas differences in the measures of commercial                                         mechanisms for toys and working
policy taken in connection with these products by                                         models of a kind used for recreational
France and by the other Member States as regards                                          purposes and parts thereof)
Japan are giving rise to deflection of trade ;
Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the                                             Article 2
execution of measures of commercial policy taken by
France as regards Japan ;                                            The period of validity of this Decision shall expire
                                                                      upon the introduction of a uniform system of imports
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in              as part of the common commercial policy as regards
motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­                   Japan , and in any event not later than 31 December
sary cooperation from the other Member States ;                       1975 .
Whereas authorization should be given , for a limited
period, for the application of protective measures,                                            Article 3
under the first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the           This Decision is addressed to the French Republic .
conditions laid down by the Commission Decision of
12 May 1971 ('), and in particular in Article 1 thereof ;
Whereas a uniform system of imports could be                          Done at Brussels, 20 January 1975 .
adopted for the products in question as part of a
                                                                                                 For the Commission
common commercial policy as regards Japan ;
whereas the period of validity of these protective                                                   The President
measures should expire upon the introduction of such
a system ,                                                                                      Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .