CELEX: 31977D0767
Language: en
Date: 1977-08-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 2 August 1977 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to compound 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

8 . 12. 77                            Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 314/39
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 2 August 1977
               authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to
               compound 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)
                                                          (77/767/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     commercial policy towards Japan ; whereas these
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      measures should apply only until such arrangements
                                                                   are applied ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community, and in particular the first para­             Whereas the request for a licence which gave rise to
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                      the application under Article 115 should not be
 Having regard to the application under the first para­            covered by the protective measures referred to above
                                                                   in view of the small amount involved,
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 29 July
 1977 by the French Government to the European
 Communities, for authorization not to apply Commu­
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 nity treatment to compound optical microscopes
 falling within heading No ex 90.12 of the Common
 Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circu­                                   Article 1
 lation in the other Member States,
                                                                   The French Republic is authorized not to apply
Whereas, according to the above application, the                   Community treatment to compound optical micro­
 importation into France of the products in question               scopes falling within heading No ex 90.12 of the
originating in Japan is subject to a contractual quota,            Common Customs Tariff, where they originate in
which amounts to $ 635 000 for 1977 and which is
                                                                   Japan and are in free circulation in the other Member
currently being allocated among the importers ;                    States, and in respect of which applications for import
Whereas differences in the commercial policy                       licences are lodged after the date of this Decision .
 measures applied in connection with these products
by France and by the other Member States as regards                                        Article 2
Japan are giving rise to deflection of trade ;
                                                                   This Decision shall expire when uniform import arran­
Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the                 gements are applied under common commercial
execution     of  the    abovementioned         measures    of
                                                                   policy towards Japan, or on 31 December 1977,
commercial policy currently being applied by France                whichever is the earlier.
as regards Japan in order to protect the industry in
question, which is currently being reorganized ;
                                                                                           Article J
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in
 motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­                This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
sary cooperation from the other Member States ;
Whereas authorization should be given, for a limited
 period, for the application of protective measures                Done at Brussels, 2 August 1977.
under the first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the
conditions specified in the Commission Decision of                                           For the Commission
 12 May 1971 ( 1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
                                                                                             fitienne DAVIGNON
Whereas uniform arrangements for imports of the
products in question may be adopted under common                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.