CELEX: 31976D0441
Language: en
Date: 1976-03-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 18 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 Taiwan and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 120 / 24                    Official Journal of the European Communities                                       7 . 5 . 76
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                                    (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                             COMMISSION
                                           COMMISSION DECISION
                                                 of 18 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
                         Taiwan and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                         (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                    (76/441 / EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in
COMMUNITIES,                                                   motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­
                                                               sary cooperation from the other Member States ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­          Whereas, in order to ensure that the implementation
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                  of the abovementioned commercial policy measures is
                                                               not obstructed, authorization should be given, for a
Having regard to the application under the first para­         limited period, for the application of protective
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty made on 12 March            measures, under the first paragraph of Article 115,
1976 by the French Government to the Commission                subject to the conditions laid down by the Commis­
by telex from the office of its Permanent Representa­          sion Decision of 12 May 1971 ( J ), and in particular
tive to the European Communities, for authorization            Article 1 thereof,
not to apply Community treatment to radio-receivers,
whether or not combined with a sound recorder or
                                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
reproducer, falling within subheading 85.15 A III of
the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Taiwan
and in free circulation in the Benelux countries , in                                     Article 1
the Federal Republic of Germany and in the United
Kingdom ,                                                      The French Republic is authorized not to apply
                                                               Community treatment to imports of the following
Whereas it appears from the application of Article             products, where they originate in Taiwan and are in
115 that France is not at present opening any new              free circulation in the other Member States, and in
import possibilities for the product concerned from            respect of which applications for import licences were
Taiwan ;                                                       lodged after 2 March 1976 :
Whereas differences in the measures of commercial
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policy taken in connection with these products by                   heading                    Description of goods
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France and by the other Member States as regards
Taiwan are giving rise to deflection of trade ;
                                                               85.15 A III      Radio-receivers, whether or not combined
Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the                              with a sound recorder or reproducer
execution   of   the   abovementioned     measures    of
commercial policy currently being taken by France as
regards Taiwan ;                                               (') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26.
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                       Article 2                            Done at Brussels , 18 March 1976 .
This Decision shall apply until the opening of new
import possibilities of the product in question into
France from Taiwan and in any case not later than 30
September 1976.                                                                     For the Commission
                       Article 3                                                    Christopher SOAMES
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic .                                    Vice-President