CELEX: 31978D0966
Language: en
Date: 1978-11-13 00:00:00
Title: 78/966/EEC: Commission Decision of 13 November 1978 authorizing the United Kingdom not to apply Community treatment to handkerchiefs (excluding embroidered handkerchiefs) of woven cotton, man-made fibres or flax, falling within heading No ex 61.05 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Czechoslovakia and in free circulation in the other Member States

24. 11 . 78                        Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 329/29
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                of 13 November 1978
              authorizing the United Kingdom not to apply Community treatment to handker­
              chiefs (excluding embroidered handkerchiefs) of woven cotton, man-made fibres
              or flax, falling within heading No ex 61.05 of the Common Customs Tariff, origi­
               nating in Czechoslovakia and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                          (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                     (78/966/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
COMMUNITIES,                                                   tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 /202/ EEC
                                                               of 12 May 1971 (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 30                                           Article 1
October 1978 by the Government of the United
Kingdom to the Commission of the European                      The United Kingdom is authorized not to apply
Communities, for authorization not to apply Commu­             Community treatment to the products indicated
nity treatment to handkerchiefs (excluding embroid­            below, where they originate in Czechoslovakia and are
ered handkerchiefs) of woven cotton, man-made fibres           in free circulation in the other Member States, and in
or flax, falling within heading No ex 61.05 of the             respect of which applications for import licences were
Common Customs Tariff, originating in Czechoslo­               lodged after 22 October 1978 :
vakia and in free circulation in the other Member
States,
                                                                      CCT
                                                                     heading                      Description
Whereas in the United Kingdom the importation of                       No
the products in question originating in Czechoslo­
vakia    is, in  accordance    with    Council   Decision
77/806/EEC of 20 December 1977 (!), subject to an
                                                               ex 61.05          Handkerchiefs (excluding embroidered
                                                                                 handkerchiefs) of woven cotton, man-made
 annual quota, which has already been wholly taken                               fibres or flax
up ;
Whereas the disparities which exist in the commercial
 policy measures applied in connection with these                                        Article 2
 products by the Member States are causing deflection
 of trade, thereby preventing the execution of those           This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
 commercial policy measures which are in force                  arise in the United Kingdom for the importation of
 because of the difficult economic situation in the             these products from Czechoslovakia or until 31
 sector concerned ;                                             December 1978, whichever is the earlier.
 Whereas there are serious difficulties in the industrial
 sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in                                      Article 3
 production and employment ;
                                                                This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom.
 Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
 already made, would be likely to aggravate these diffi­
 culties ;                                                      Done at Brussels, 13 November 1978 .
 Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
 machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­                                        For the Commission
 tion from the other Member States ;
                                                                                           Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
 Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
 for the application of protective measures under the                                           Vice-President
 0) OJ No L 360, 31 . 12. 1977, p. 1 .                          (2) OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.