CELEX: 31978D0447
Language: en
Date: 1978-04-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 26 April 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to optical microscopes falling within heading No ex 90.12 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 141 / 16                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                30. 5. 78
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 26 April 1978
               authorizing the / French Republic not to apply Community treatment to optical
               microscopes falling within heading No ex 90.12 of the Common Customs Tariff,
                  originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                             (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                        (78 /447/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas, however, the request for a licence which
COMMUNITIES,                                                       gave rise to the application in question does not need
                                                                   to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              small amount involved,
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 24 April
1978 by the French Government to the Commission                                             Article 1
of the European Communities, for authorization not
to apply Community treatment to optical microscopes                The French Republic is hereby authorized not to
falling within heading No ex 90.12 of the Common                   apply Community treatment to the products indicated
Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circu­            below, where they originate in Japan and are in free
lation in the other Member States,                                 circulation in the other Member States, and in respect
                                                                   of which applications for import licences were lodged
Whereas in France the importation of the products in               after the date of this Decision :
question originating in Japan is subject to an annual
quota which has already been wholly taken up ;                            CCT
                                                                         heading                    Description
Whereas disparities in the commercial policy                               No
measures applied in connection with these products
by the Member States are giving rise to deflection of
trade, thus preventing the execution of those commer­
                                                                   ex 90.12         Optical microscopes
cial policy measures which are in force because of the
difficult economic situation in the sector concerned ;
                                                                                            Article 2
Whereas according to the application submitted there
are    serious   difficulties  in   the   industrial  sector       This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
concerned, involving a considerable drop in produc­                 arise for the importation of these products from Japan
tion and a progressive decline in its market share ;                or until 31 December 1978 whichever is the earlier.
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
                                                                                            Article 3
already effected, would be likely to aggravate these
difficulties ;
                                                                   This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
 machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
 tion from the other Member States ;                                Done at Brussels, 26 April 1978 .
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
                                                                                              For the Commission
 for the application of protective measures under the
 first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­                                     Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
 tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
 May 1971 ( ! ) and in particular Article 1 thereof ;                                             Vice-President
 (•) OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.