CELEX: 31978D0961
Language: en
Date: 1978-11-09 00:00:00
Title: 78/961/EEC: Commission Decision of 9 November 1978 authorizing the Italian Republic not to apply Community treatment to under garments, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized: shirts, T-shirts, lightweight fine knit roll, polo or turtle necked jumpers, pullovers, undervests and the like, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized, other than babies' garments, of cotton or synthetic textile fibres; T-shirts and lightweight fine knit roll, polo or turtle necked jumpers and pullovers, of regenerated textile fibres, falling within heading No ex 60.04 of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 60.04-01, 05, 13, 18, 28, 29, 30, 41, 50, 58), originating in Macao and in free circulation in the other Member States

23 . 11 . 78                         Official . Journal of the European Communities                                         No L 328 / 35
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 9 November 1978
              authorizing the Italian Republic not to apply Community treatment to undergar­
              ments , knitted or crocheted , not elastic or rubberized : shirts, T-shirts , light­
              weight fine knit roll , polo or turtle necked jumpers, pullovers, undervests and
              the like , knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized, other than babies'
              garments, of cotton or synthetic textile fibres ; T-shirts and lightweight fine knit
              roll , polo or turtle necked jumpers and pullovers, of regenerated textile fibres,
              falling within heading No ex 60.04 of the Common Customs Tariff ( NIMEXE
              codes 60.04-01 , 05 , 13 , 18 , 28 , 29, 30 , 42, 50 , 58 ), originating in Macao and in free
                                       circulation in the other Member States
                                             (Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                         (78 /961 / EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
COMMUNITIES,                                                         already made or proposed, would be likely to aggra­
                                                                     vate these difficulties ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­                Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                        machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
                                                                     tion from the other Member States ;
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 28                       Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
October 1978 by the Italian Government to the                        for the application of protective measures under the
Commission of the European Communities, for                          first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
                                                                     tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 /202/ EEC
authorization not to apply Community treatment to
undergarments, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or                  of 12 May 1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
rubberized : shirts, T-shirts, lightweight fine knit roll ,          Whereas, however, the application for a licence which
polo or turtle necked jumpers and pullovers, under­                  gave rise to the application in question does not need
vests and the like, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or             to be covered by such an authorization ,
rubberized, other than babies' garments, of cotton or                HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
synthetic textile fibres ; T-shirts and lightweight fine
knit roll, polo or turtle necked jumpers and pullovers,                                         - Article 1
of regenerated textile fibres, falling within heading No             The Italian Republic is authorized not to apply
ex 60.04 of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE                        Community treatment to the products - indicated
codes 60.04-01 , 05, 13, 18 , 28, 29, 30, 42, 50, 58), origi­        below, where they originate in Macao and are in free
nating in Macao and in free circulation in the other                 circulation in the other Member States, and in respect
Member States ;                                                      of which applications for import licences were lodged
Whereas the importation into the Community of the                    after 20 October 1978 :
products in question originating in Macao is covered
by an Agreement negotiated between the Community                                CCT
and that country ;                                                             heading .
                                                                                 No
                                                                                                                 Description
Whereas under that Agreement Macao has undertaken
to take all necessary steps to limit its export of the               ex 60.04                     Undergarments,            knitted    or
products in question to the Community up to the                      (NIMEXE codes                crocheted, not elastic or rubberized
amount of certain ceilings allocated among the                       60.04-01 , 05,      13, 18 , shirts, T-shirts, lightweight fine knit
Member States ;                                                      28 , 29, 30, 42, 50, 58) roll, polo or turtle necked jumpers
                                                                                                  and pullovers, undervests and the
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­                                             like, knitted or crocheted, not
cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the                                              elastic or rubberized, other than
individual markets ; whereas there are therefore dispar­                                          babies' garments, of cotton or
ities existing between the import conditions in the                                               synthetic textile fibres ; T-shirts and
various Member States ; whereas uniformity can only                                               lightweight fine knit roll, polo or
be achieved progressively ;                                                                       turtle     necked        jumpers    and
                                                                                                  pullovers, of regenerated textile
Whereas it appears from the application submitted                                                 fibres
that there are serious difficulties in the industrial
sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in
production and employment ;                                          (») OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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                       Article 2                           Done at Brussels, 9 November 1978 .
This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
arise in Italy for the importation of these products
from Macao or until 31 December 1978 , whichever is
the earlier.
                                                                                  For the Commission
                       Article 3                                                 Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.                                  Vice-President