CELEX: 31978D0872
Language: en
Date: 1978-10-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 9 October 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to gloves, mittens and mitts, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized, falling within heading No 60.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the People's Republic of China and in free circulation in the other Member States

26. 10 . 78                         Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 299 / 25
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                                        (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                COMMISSION
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 9 October 1978
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to gloves,
              mittens and mitts, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized, falling within
              heading No 60.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the People's
                   Republic of China and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                            (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                      (78/872/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  products by the Member States are causing deflection
COMMUNITIES,                                                    of trade, thereby preventing the execution of those
                                                                commercial policy measures which are in force
                                                                because of the difficult economic situation in the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           sector concerned ;
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                 Whereas there are serious difficulties in the industrial
                                                                sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in
                                                                production and employment ;
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 25
September 1978 by the French Government to the                  Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
Commission of the European Communities, for                     already made, would be likely to aggravate these diffi­
authorization not to apply Community treatment to               culties ;
gloves, mittens and mitts, knitted or crocheted, not
elastic or rubberized, falling within heading No 60.02
of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the                Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
People's Republic of China and in free circulation in           machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
the other Member States,                                        tion from the other Member States ;
                                                                Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
Whereas in France the importation of the products in            for the application of protective measures under the
question originating in the People's Republic of                first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
China    is, in  accordance with        Council  Decision       tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 / 202/ EEC
77/806/EEC of 20 December 1 977 ( 1 ), subject to an            of 12 May 1971 (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
annual quota which has already been wholly taken
up ;
                                                                Whereas, however, the application for a licence which
                                                                gave rise to the application in question does not need
Whereas the disparities which exist in the commercial           to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
policy measures applied in connection with these                small amount involved,
(•) OJ No L 357, 31 . 12. 1977, p. 51 .                         (2 ) 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 in France for the importation of these products
The French Republic is authorized not to apply              from the People's Republic of China or until 31
Community treatment to the products indicated               December 1978 , whichever is the earlier.
below, where they originate in the People's Republic
of China and are in free circulation in the other                                  Article 3
Member States, and in respect of which applications
for import licences were lodged after 24 September          This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
1978 :
      CCT
                                                            Done at Brussels, 9 October 1978 .
     heading                  Description
       No
                                                                                     For the Commission
60.02          Gloves, mittens and mitts, knitted or                                Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
               crocheted, not elastic or rubberized
                                                                                         Vice-President