CELEX: 31978D0187
Language: en
Date: 1978-01-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 18 January 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to tableware and other articles of a kind commonly used for domestic or toilet purposes, of porcelain or china (including biscuit porcelain and parian) or of other kinds of pottery other than common pottery or stoneware, falling within heading No 69.11 and subheadings 69.12 C and D of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the People's Republic of China and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 58/40                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                 28 . 2. 78
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                                  of 18 January 1978
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to table
              ware and other articles of a kind commonly used for domestic or toilet
              purposes, of porcelain or china (including biscuit porcelain and parian) or of
              other kinds of pottery other than common pottery or stoneware, falling within
              heading No 69.11 and subheadings 69.12 C and D 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/ 187/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
COMMUNITIES,                                                     tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
                                                                 May 1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
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 11                                             Article 1
January 1978 by the French Government to the Euro­
pean Communities, for authorization not to apply                 The French Republic is authorized not to apply
Community treatment to tableware and other articles              Community treatment to imports of tableware and
of a kind commonly used for domestic or toilet                   other articles of a kind commonly used for domestic
purposes, of porcelain or china (including biscuit               or toilet purposes, of porcelain or china (including
porcelain and parian) or of other kinds of pottery or            biscuit porcelain and parian), falling within heading
stoneware, falling within heading No 69.11 and                   No 69.11 of the Common Customs Tariff and of table­
subheadings 69.12 C and D of the Common Tariff,                  ware and other articles of a kind commonly used for
originating in the People's Republic of China and in             domestic or toilet purposes, of other kinds of pottery :
free circulation in the other Member States ,
                                                                 — earthenware or fine pottery,
Whereas for the products in question, France, while              — other,
awaiting the opening of the quota fixed by the
Council Decision of 20 December 1977, does not                   falling within subheadings 69.12 C and D of the
allow any imports directly from the People's Republic            Common Customs Tariff, where they originate in the
of China ;                                                       People's Republic of China and are in free circulation
                                                                 in the other Member States and in respect of which
Whereas, according to information supplied by the
                                                                 applications for import licences lodged after 1 January
French Government, the domestic industry manufac­
                                                                  1978 are, on the date of this Decision, pending with
turing the products in question is facing serious                the French authorities .
economic difficulties resulting in a drop in production
and consequently the closure of certain firms ;
                                                                                            Article 2
Whereas the realization of the imports that motivated
the application is likely to obstruct the commercial             This Decision is addressed to the French Republic .
policy measures currently being applied by France
because    of   difficulties in  the   industrial   sector
concerned ;
                                                                  Done at Brussels, 18 January 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 ;
                                                                                               Etienne DAVIGNON
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
for the application of protective measures under the                                      Member of the Commission
                                                                 (') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .