CELEX: 31978D0485
Language: en
Date: 1978-05-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 12 May 1978 authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to women's, girls' and infants' (other than babies') knitted or crocheted pyjamas and nightdresses of cotton or synthetic fibres, falling within heading No ex 60.04 of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 60.04-21, 25, 51, 53), originating in the Philippines and in free circulation in the other Member States

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                                     (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                             COMMISSION
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                                  of 12 May 1978
              authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to women's , girls' and
              infants' (other than babies') knitted or crocheted pyjamas and nightdresses of
              cotton or synthetic fibres, falling within heading No ex 60.04 of the Common
              Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 60.04-21 , 25 , 51 , 53), originating in the Philip­
                          pines and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                         (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                    (78 /485/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­
 COMMUNITIES,                                                   cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the
                                                                individual markets ; whereas for that reason disparities
                                                                persist between the import conditions in the various
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          Member States ; whereas uniformity can be achieved
 Economic Community, and in particular the first para­          only progressively ;
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,
                                                                Whereas according to the application submitted there
                                                                are   serious  difficulties     in   the industrial sector
 Having regard to the application under the first para­         concerned, involving a considerable drop in produc­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 4 May               tion and employment and a progressive decline in its
 1978 by the Irish Government to the Commission of              market share ;
 the European Communities, for authorization not to
apply Community treatment to women's, girls' and                Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
infants' (other than babies') knitted or crocheted              already effected, would be likely to aggravate these
pyjamas and nightdresses of cotton or synthetic fibres,         difficulties ;
falling within heading No ex 60.04 of the Common
Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 60.04-21 , 25, 51 , 53),          Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
originating in the Philippines and in free circulation          machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
in the other Member States ,                                    tion from the other Member States ;
                                                               Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
Whereas the importation into the Community of the               for the application of protective measures under the
products in question originating in the Philippines is          first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
covered by an Agreement negotiated between the                 tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
Community and that country ;                                   May 1971 (>) and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
                                                               Whereas, however, the request for a licence which
Whereas under that Agreement the Philippines has               gave rise to the application in question does not need
undertaken to take all necessary steps to limit its            to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
exports of the products in question to the Community           small amount involved ,
to certain ceilings allocated among the Member
States :                                                       (■) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                                          Article 2
                       Article 1                             This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
                                                              arise for the importation of these products from the
Ireland is hereby authorized not to apply Community           Philippines or until 31 December 1978 , whichever is
treatment to the products indicated below, where they         the earlier.
originate in the Philippines and are in free circulation
in the other Member States, and in respect of which                                  Article 3
applications for import licences were lodged after 4
May 1978 :                                                   This Decision is addressed to Ireland .
           CCT
          heading                  Description
             No                                               Done at Brussels, 12 May 1978 .
ex 60.04               Women's, girls' and infants' (other                             For the Commission
( NIMEXE codes 60.04- than babies') knitted or crocheted
21 , 25, 51 , 53)      pyjamas and nightdresses of cotton                                Guido BRUNNER
                       or synthetic fibres
                                                                                   Member of the Commission