CELEX: 31976D0607
Language: en
Date: 1976-05-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 25 May 1976 authorizing the Italian Republic not to apply Community treatment to woven fabrics of cotton, other than gauze or terry towelling and similar terry fabrics, unbleached, falling within heading No ex 55.09 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and in free circulation in the other Member States

22. 7. 76                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                      No L 196/9
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                                  of 25 May 1976
              authorizing the Italian Republic not to apply Community treatment to woven
              fabrics of cotton , other than gauze or terry towelling and similar terry fabrics,
              unbleached, falling within heading No ex 55.09 of the Common Customs Tariff,
              originating in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and in free circulation in the
                                               other Member States
                                          (Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                    (76/607/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas authorization should accordingly be given,
COMMUNITIES,                                                   for a limited period, for the application of protective
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          measures under the first paragraph of Article 1 1 5,
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­          subject to the conditions specified in the Commission
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                Decision of 12 May 1971 ( 1 ), and in particular Article
                                                                1 thereof,
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 18 May             HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
1976 by the Government of the Italian Republic to
the Commission by telex from the Office of its Perma­                                    Article 1
nent Representative to the European Communities,
for authorization to apply protective measures to              The Italian Republic is authorized not to apply
imports of woven fabrics of cotton , other than gauze          Community treatment to imports of the following
or terry towelling and similar terry fabrics, un­              products :
bleached, falling within heading No ex 55.09 of the
Common Customs Tariff, originating in Pakistan and                    CCT
in free circulation in the Federal Republic of                      heading                    Description of goods
                                                                       No
Germany and in the Netherlands,
Whereas the importation into the Community of the              ex 55.09          Woven fabrics of cotton other than gauze
products in question originating in Pakistan is the                              or terry-towelling and similar terry fabrics,
subject of an Agreement negotiated between the                                   unbleached
Community and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
signed on 10 November 1975 ;
                                                               where they originate in the Islamic Republic of
Whereas, under the Agreement, the Islamic Republic             Pakistan     and are in free circulation in the other
of Pakistan has undertaken to take all necessary steps         Member States, and in respect of which applications
to limit its exports of certain textile products to the        for import licences were lodged after 6 May 1976.
Community to certain ceilings allocated among the
Member States ;                                                                           Article 2
Whereas, for the products in question in particular,           This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
the quota share allocated to Italy for 1976, which             arise in the Italian Republic for the importation of the
includes bleached woven fabrics of cotton , is 2 049           products in question from the Islamic Republic of
metric tons ;                                                  Pakistan and in any case not later than 31 December
Whereas serious economic difficulties exist in the              1976 .
sector of the textile industry in question, which
                                                                                          Article 3
manifest themselves particularly in a high rate of
unemployment ;                                                 This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic .
Whereas, in these conditions, these economic diffi­
culties may be aggravated by indirect imports being            Done at Brussels, 25 May 1976.
added to those already effected ;
                                                                                            For the Commission
Whereas it is not possible at the moment to bring
into effect methods by which the Federal Republic of                                         Christopher SOAMES
Germany, the Netherlands and the other Member
States could provide the necessary cooperation ;                                                 Vice-President
                                                               (■) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .