CELEX: 31978D0962
Language: en
Date: 1978-11-09 00:00:00
Title: 78/962/EEC: Commission Decision of 9 November 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to men' s and boys' outer garments: men' s and boys' woven jackets and blazers, of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling within heading No ex 61.01 of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 61.01-34, 36, 37), originating in Romania and in free circulation in the other Member States

23 . 11 . 78                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                   No L 328 /37
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                 of 9 November 1978
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to men's
              and boys' outer garments : men's and boys' woven jackets and blazers , of wool , of
              cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling within heading No ex 61.01 of the
              Common Customs Tariff ( NIMEXE codes 61.01-34, 36, 37), originating in
                          Romania and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                          (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                     (78 /962/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
COMMUNITIES,                                                     machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
                                                                tion from the other Member States ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­           Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                   for the application of protective measures under the
                                                                first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
                                                                tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 / 202/ EEC
Having regard to the application under the first para­          of 12 May 1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 30
October 1978 by the French Government to the
Commission of the European Communities, for                     Whereas, however, the application for a licence which
authorization not to apply Community treatment to               gave rise to the application in question does not need
men's and boys' outer garments : men's and boys'                to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
                                                                small amount involved,
woven jackets and blazers, of wool, of cotton or of
man-made textile fibres, falling within heading No ex
61.01 of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE code
61.01-34, 36, 37), originating in Romania and in free
circulation in the other Member States,                          HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas the importation into the Community of the
products in question originating in Romania is                                            Article 1
covered by an Agreement negotiated between the
Community and that country ;
                                                                The French Republic is authorized not to apply
                                                                Community treatment to the products indicated
Whereas under that Agreement Romania has under­                 below, where they originate in Romania and are in
taken to take all necessary steps to limit its exports of       free circulation in the other Member States, and in
the products in question to the Community up to the.            respect of which applications for import licences were
amount of certain ceilings allocated among the                  lodged after 21 October 1978 :
Member States ;
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Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­                                                  Description
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cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the
individual markets ; whereas there are therefore dispar­        ex 61.01                 Men's and boys' outer garments :
ities existing between the import conditions in the             ( NIMEXE codes           men s and boys' woven jackets and
various Member States ; whereas uniformity can only             61.01-34, 36, 37)        blazers, of wool , of cotton or of
be achieved progressively ;                                                              man-made textile fibres
Whereas it appears from the application submitted
that there are serious difficulties in the industrial
sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in                                        Article 2
production and employment ;
                                                                This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those          arise in France for the importation of these products
already made or proposed, would be likely to aggra­
vate these difficulties ;                                       (•) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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from Romania or until 31 December 1978 , whichever        Done at Brussels,. q November 1978 .
is the earlier.
                                                                                  For the Commission
                     Article 3                                                   Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic .                                  Vice-President