CELEX: 31976D0442
Language: en
Date: 1976-03-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 26 March 1976 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to radio-receivers, whether or not combined with a sound recorder or reproducer, falling within subheading 85,15 A III of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 120/26                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                  7 . 5 . 76
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 26 March 1976
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to radio-­
              receivers, whether or not combined with a sound recorder or reproducer, falling
              within subheading 85.15 A III of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in
                             Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                                 (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                            (76/442/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       common commercial policy as regards Japan ;
COMMUNITIES,                                                         whereas the period of validity of these protective
                                                                     measures should expire upon the introduction of such
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                a system ,
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 17 March                                          Article 1
 1976 by the French Government to the Commission
by telex from the office of its Permanent Representa­                The French Republic is authorized not to apply
tive to the European Communities, for authorization                  Community treatment to imports of the following
not to apply Community treatment to radio-receivers,                 products, where they originate in Japan and are in
whether or not combined with a sound recorder or                     free circulation in the other Member States, and in
reproducer, falling within subheading 85.15 A III of                 respect of which applications for import licences were
the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan                      lodged after 9 March 1976 :
and in free circulation in the other Member States ,
Whereas since the application of Article 1 1 5, the                        CCT
                                                                          heading                 Description of goods
importation into France of the product in question                          No
originating in Japan is subject to a semestrial quota of
 195 000 pieces which is wholly taken up ;                           85.15 A III      Radio-receivers, whether or not combined
Whereas differences in the measures of commercial                                    with a sound recorder or reproducer
policy taken in connection with these products by
France and by the other Member States as regards
Japan are giving rise to deflection of trade ;                                               Article 2
Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the                   The period of validity of this Decision shall expire
execution    of    the    abovementioned          measures    of     upon the introduction of a uniform system of imports
commercial policy currently being taken by France as                 as part of the common commercial policy as regards
regarding Japan ;                                                    Japan and in any event not later than 30 June 1976.
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in                                     Article 3
motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­
sary cooperation from the other Member States ;                      This Decision is addressed to the French Republic .
Whereas authorization should be given , for a limited
period, for the application of protective measures,                  Done at Brussels, 26 March 1976 .
under the first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the
conditions laid down by the Commission Decision of                                              For the Commission
12 May 1971 ( 1 ), and in particular in Article 1 thereof ;
                                                                                                Christopher SOAMES
Whereas a uniform system of imports could be
adopted for the products in question as part of a                                                   Vice-President
(') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .