CELEX: 31977D0134
Language: en
Date: 1976-12-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 22 December 1976 authorizing the Italian Republic not to apply Community treatment to certain tube and pipe fittings - joints of malleable cast iron, falling within subheading ex 73.20 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Poland and in free circulation in the other Member States

15. 2. 77                          Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 43/31
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                  of 22 December 1976
               authorizing the Italian Republic not to apply Community treatment to certain
               tube and pipe fittings — joints of malleable cast iron, falling within subheading
               ex 73.20 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Poland and in free circu­
                                          lation in the other Member States
                                             (Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                        (77/ 134/EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas authorization should be given for the applica­
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      tion of protective measures under the first paragraph
                                                                   of Article 1 1 5, subject to the conditions specified in
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             the Commission Decision of 12 May 1971 (2), and in
 Economic Community, and in particular the first para­             particular Article 1 thereof,
 graph of Article 115 thereof,
 Having regard to the application under the first para­
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 20
 December 1976 by the Italian Government to the
 Commission by telex from the Office of its Perma­                                          Article 1
 nent Representative, for authorization not to apply
 Community treatment to certain tube and pipe                     The Italian Republic is authorized not to apply
 fittings — joints of malleable cast iron falling within           Community treatment to the following tube and pipe
 subheading ex 73.20 of the Common Customs Tariff,                 fittings : joints of malleable cast iron falling with
 originating in Poland and in free circulation in the              subheading ex 73.20 of the Common Customs Tariff,
 other Member States,                                             where they originate in Poland and are in free circula­
                                                                   tion in the other Member States, and in respect of
 Whereas for imports of the products in question, Italy,          which applications for import licences lodged after 13
 in   accordance with    the  Council     Decision   of   18       December 1976 are, at the date of this Decision, still
 December 1975 ('), has opened in respect of Poland a              pending with the Italian authorities.
 quota of Lit 320 million, which is now used up ;
 Whereas there are serious economic difficulties in the                                     Article 2
 national industry concerned resulting inter alia in a
growing rate of unemployment ;                                    This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
Whereas the indirect imports on which the applica­
 tion is based are likely to aggravate these economic              Done at Brussels, 22 December 1976 .
 difficulties owing to the considerable amount involved
(about 60 % of the quota referred to above) ;                                                 For the Commission
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in                                         P.J. LARDINOIS
 motion rapidly the machinery for bringing about the
 necessary cooperation from the other Member States ;                                     Member of the Commission
(>) OJ No L 332, 29. 12. 1975, p. 1 .                             (2) OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.