CELEX: 31978D0563
Language: en
Date: 1978-06-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 9 June 1978 authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to bed linen, woven, falling within subheading ex 62.02 B (NIMEXE code 62.02-11; 19) of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in India and in free circulation in the other Member States

12. 7. 78                         Official journal of the European Communities                                No L 189/ 19
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 9 June 1978
               authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to bed linen , woven,
               falling within subheading ex 62.02 B (NIMEXE code 62.02-11 ; 19) of the
               Common Customs Tariff, originating in India and in free circulation in the
                                                 other Member States
                                          (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                     (78/563/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 first paragrah of Article 1 1 5, subject to the conditions
 COMMUNITIES,                                                  specified in the Commission Decision of 12 May
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European         1971 (1 ), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
 Economic Community, and in particular the first para­         Whereas, however, the request for a licence which
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                gave rise to the application in question does not need
Having regard to the application under the first para­         to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 30 May             small amount involved,
 1978 by the Irish Government to the Commission of
the European Communities, for authorization not to             HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
apply Community treatment to bed linen, woven,
falling within subheading ex 62.02 B (NIMEXE code                                       Article 1
62.02-11 ; 19) of the Common Customs Tariff, origi­
nating in India and in free circulation in the other           Ireland is authorized not to apply Community treat­
Member States,                                                 ment to the products indicated below, where they orig­
                                                               inate in India and are in free circulation in the other
Whereas the importation into the Community of the
products in question originating in India is covered by
                                                               Member States, and in respect of which applications
an Agreement negotiated between the Community                  for import licences were lodged after the date of this
                                                               Decision :
and that country ;
Whereas under that Agreement India has undertaken                         CCT
to take all necessary steps to limit its exports of the                  heading                     Description
                                                                           No
products in question to the Community to certain ceil­
ings allocated among the Member States ;
                                                              62.02 B                   Bed linen , woven
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­         (NIMEXE code 62.02-
cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the           11 ; 19)
individual markets ; whereas for that reason disparities
persist between the import conditions in the various
Member States ; whereas uniformity can only be                                          Article 2
achieved progressively ;
                                                              The Decision shall apply until new opportunities arise
Whereas according to the application submitted there          for the importation of these products from India or
are   serious   difficulties in  the   industrial  sector
                                                              until 31 December 1978, whichever is the earlier.
concerned involving a considerable drop in produc­
tion and employment and a progressive decline in its                                    Article 3
market share ;
                                                              This Decision is addressed to Ireland .
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
already effected, would be likely to aggravate these
difficulties ;
                                                              Done at Brussels, 9 June 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
                                                              (!) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.