CELEX: 31978D0702
Language: en
Date: 1978-07-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 24 July 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to tableware and other articles of a kind commonly used for domestic or toilet purposes, of porcelain or china or of other kinds of pottery, falling within heading No 69.11 and subheadings 69.12 C and D of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 237/ 24                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                    29 . 8 . 78
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 24 July 1978
               authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to table­
               ware and other articles of a kind commonly used for domestic or toilet
               purposes , of porcelain or china or of other kinds of pottery, falling within
               heading No 69.11 and subheadings 69.12 C and D of the Common Customs
                Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                           (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                      (78 /702/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
COMMUNITIES,                                                      tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             May 1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­            Whereas, however, the request for a licence which
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                    gave rise to the application in question does not need
Having regard to the application under the first para­            to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 12 July               small amount involved,
1978 by the French Government to the Commission
of the European Communities, for authorization not                HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
to apply Community treatment to tableware and other
articles of a kind commonly used for domestic or                                            Article 1
toilet purposes, of procelain or china or of other kinds
of pottery, falling within heading No 69.11 and                  The French Republic is authorized not to apply
subheadings 69.12 C and D of the Common Customs                   Community treatment to the products indicated
Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in          below, where they originate in Japan and are in free
the other Member States,                                          circulation in the other Member States, and in respect
Whereas in France the import of the products in ques­             of which application for import licences were lodged
                                                                  after 13 July 1978 :
tion orginating in Japan is subject to an annual quota
which is already wholly taken up ;
                                                                        CCT
Whereas disparities in the commercial policy                           heading                       Description
measures applied in connection with these products                       No
by the Member States are giving rise to deflection of
trade, thus preventing the execution of those commer­            69.11             Tableware and other articles of a kind
cial policy measures which are in force because of the           and 69.12 C       commonly used for domestic or toilet
difficult economic situation in the sector concerned ;           and D             purposes, of porcelain or china or of other
                                                                                   kinds of pottery
Whereas according to the application submitted there
are   serious   difficulties in  the   industrial  sector
concerned involving a considerable drop in produc­                                          Article 2
tion and employment and a progressive decline in its
market share ;                                                   This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
Whereas these economic difficulties are caused largely           arise for the importation of these products from Japan
                                                                 or until 31 December 1978 , whichever is the earlier.
by unequal conditions of competition , whereby
exports can be effected at prices appreciably lower                                         Article 3
than those of the Community products in question ;
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those           This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
already effected , would be likely to aggravate these
difficulties ;
                                                                  Done at Brussels, 24 July 1978 .
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­                                           For the Commission
tion from the other Member States ;
                                                                                              Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
for the application of protective measures under the                                               Vice-President
                                                                 (>) OJ No L 121 ,     6 . 1971 , p. 26 .