CELEX: 31976D0925
Language: en
Date: 1976-11-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 4 November 1976 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to umbrellas and sunshades (including walking-stick umbrellas and similar umbrellas) falling within heading No 66.01 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the other Member States

31 . 12. 76                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                   No L 364/7
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 4 November 1976
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to umbrellas and
              sunshades (including walking-stick umbrellas and similar umbrellas) falling within
              heading No 66.01 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Taiwan and in free
                                         circulation in the other Member States
                                            (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                       (76 / 925 /EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     authorization should be given, for a limited period
COMMUNITIES ,                                                      for the application of protective measures under the
                                                                   first paragraph of Article 115 , subject to the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              conditions specified in the Commission Decision of
Economic Community, and in particular the first                    12 May 1971 (*), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
paragraph of Article 115 thereof,
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the application under the first
paragraph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on
28 October 1976 by the French Government to the                                            Article 1
Commission by telex from the Office of its Permanent
Representative to the European Communities, for                    The French Republic is authorized not to apply
authorization not to apply Community treatment to                  Community treatment to imports of the following
umbrellas and sunshades (including walking-stick                   products :
umbrellas and similar umbrellas) falling within
heading No 66.01 of the Common Customs Tariff,                           CCT
                                                                                                Description of goods
originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the                  heading No
other Member States,
                                                                       66.01        Umbrellas and sunshades (including
Whereas, according to this application under                                        walking-stick umbrellas and similar
Article 115, France is subjecting imports of the                                    umbrellas )
products in question, originating in Taiwan , to
quantitative restrictions ;
                                                                   where they originate in Taiwan and are in free
Whereas according to information supplied by the                   circulation in the other Member States, and in respect
French     Government    there  are   serious   economic           of which applications for import licences were lodged
difficulties  in  the   industrial   sector    concerned,          after 18 October 1976 .
resulting in particular in a progressive decline of
production ;                                                                               Article 2
Whereas differences in the commercial policy                       This Decision shall apply until opportunities arise
measures applied in connection with these products                 in the French Republic for the direct importation of
by France and by the other Member States as regards                the products in question from Taiwan and in any
Taiwan are giving rise to deflection of trade ;                    case not later than 31 March 1977.
Whereas this deflection of trade is obstructing the                                        Article 3
execution of the commercial policy measures
currently being applied by France as regards Taiwan,               This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
and would be likely to aggravate the abovementioned
economic difficulties ;                                            Done at Brussels, 4 November 1976 .
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set                                        For the Commission
in motion the machinery for bringing about the                                         Carlo SCARASCIA MUGNOZZA
necessary cooperation from the other Member States ;                                                    /
                                                                                                 Vice-President
Whereas, in order to ensure that the execution of the
above commercial policy measures is not obstructed,                (*) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p . 26.