CELEX: 31977D0425
Language: en
Date: 1977-02-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 3 February 1977 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to sound recorders or receivers falling within subheading 85.15 A III of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong  and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 170/20                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                   8 . 7. 77
                                                           II
                                     (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                              COMMISSION
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                                 of 3 February 1977
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to sound
              recorders or receivers falling within subheading 85.15 A III of the Common
              Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other
                                                   Member States
                                          (Only the French- text is authentic)
                                                     (77/425/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 by France and by the other Member States as regards
COMMUNITIES,                                                   Hong Kong are giving rise to deflection of trade ;
                                                               Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          execution of the above commercial policy measures
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­          currently being applied by France as regards Hong
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                Kong ;
Having regard to the application under the first para­         Whereas the French industry in question is under­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 26                 going a serious crisis particularly as a result of the fact
January 1977 by the French Government to the                   that its share of the market is progressively dimin­
Commission by telex from the Office of its Perma­              ishing ;
nent Representative to the European Communities,
for authorization not to apply Community treatment             Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in
to radio receivers, whether or not combined with a
                                                               motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­
sound recorder or reproducer, falling within                   sary cooperation from the other Member States ;
subheading 85.1 5 A III of the Common Customs
Tariff and in free circulation in the other Member
States,                                                        Whereas authorization should be given, for a limited
                                                               period, for the application of protective measures,
                                                               under the first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the
Whereas according to this application the importation          conditions specified in the Commission Decision of
into France of the products in question originating in         12 May 1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
Hong Kong is subject to an annual quota of 1 20 000
items, all of which is currently being allocated among
importers who have lodged applications ;                       Whereas, however, the applications for licences which
                                                               gave rise to the application under Article 1 1 5 should
                                                               not be covered by this authorization in view of the
                                                               small amounts involved,
Whereas differences in the commercial policy
measures applied in connection with these products             (») OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.
 ---pagebreak--- 8 . 7. 77                             Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 170/21
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                                            Article 2
                        Article 1                               This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
                                                                arise in the French Republic for the importation of
The French Republic is authorized not to apply                  the products in question from Hong Kong and in any
Community treatment to imports of the following                 case not later than 30 June 1977.
products :
                                                                                       Article 3
      CCT
     heading                 Description of goods
       No                                                       This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
85.15 A III      Receivers, whether or not combined with a
                 sound recorder or reproducer                   Done at Brussels, 3 February 1977.
                                                                                         For the Commission
where they originate in Hong Kong and are in free
circulation in the other Member States, and in respect                                  Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
of which applications for import licences were lodged
after 21 January 1977.                                                                       Vice-President