CELEX: 31978R2307
Language: en
Date: 1978-09-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2307/78 of 28 September 1978 making the importation into France of gloves originating in Malaysia subject to authorization

No L 278 /22                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                     3 . 10 . 78
                                COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2307/78
                                                 of 28 September 1978
               making the importation into France of gloves originating in Malaysia subject to
                                                       authorization
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas, in view of the market disruption referred to
 COMMUNITIES,                                                       above, the Community has initiated the procedures
                                                                    provided for in the said Agreement, which allow
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              appropriate safeguard measures to be taken in order to
 Economic Community,
                                                                    limit imports of the products in question to France,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       account being taken of the trend of imports ;
 1439/74 of 4 June 1974 on common rules for
 imports (*), and in particular Article 12 thereof,                 Whereas, in particular, under the Agreement negoti­
                                                                    ated by the Community with Malaysia, compliance
 After consultation within the Advisory Committee set               with the quantitative export limits set or to be set by
 up under Article 5 of the said Regulation,                         virtue of the said Agreement is ensured by an agreed
                                                                    system of double checking the effectiveness of which
 Whereas imports of gloves falling within subheading                depends on the establishment of a system of control
 ex 60.02 of the Common Customs Tariff from all
 third countries accounted in 1977 for a considerable
                                                                    by the Community ; whereas in order to establish
                                                                    such a system, therefore, it is necessary to make
 share of the Community market ; whereas the share of               imports of the goods in question from Malaysia
 France has since increased further ;
                                                                    subject to authorization ;
 Whereas quantitative limits have already been set for
 the products in question in accordance with the provi­             Whereas, in order to ensure that the import authoriza­
 sions of the Arrangement regarding international                   tion arrangements referred to above are not evaded by
 trade in textiles and of bilateral Agreements negoti­              anticipatory exports or indirect imports liable to cause
 ated between the Community and certain supplier                    injury to Community manufacturers which would be
 countries ;                                                        difficult to remedy, it is necessary to set up the said
                                                                    arrangements as soon as possible,
 Whereas imports to France of the textile products
 concerned originating in Malaysia increased sharply
 and substantially in the past few months ;                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Whereas all these factors have given rise to disruption
 of the French market and are causing serious injury to
                                                                                             Article 1
 Community manufacturers ;
 Whereas, in pursuance of the Arrangement regarding                 The importation into France of the goods indicated
 international trade in textiles, the Community has                 below, originating in Malaysia and exported from that
 negotiated an Agreement on trade in textiles with                  country in 1978, is hereby made subject to the produc­
 Malaysia ; whereas the said Agreement contains                     tion of an import authorization issued by the French
 specific provision for recourse to safeguard measures ;            authorities :
                  CCT            NIMEXE code                                                               Quantitative limit
   Category      heading                                                  Description                          from 1 . 1 .
                   No
                                     (1978)
                                                                                                            to 31 . 12. 1978
      11     ex 60.02      60.02-50, 60, 70, 80     Gloves, mittens and mitts, knitted or crocheted,      1 1 80 000 pairs
                                                    not elastic or rubberized, other than those of Cate­
                                                    gory 10, of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile
                                                    fibres
(») OJ No L 159, 15. 6. 1974, p. 1 .
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                         Article 2                              and without delay upon presentation of a bill of
                                                                lading proving that the goods in question were placed
 1 . Import authorizations shall be issued automati­            on board in Malaysia for export to France before the
 cally and without delay, subject to the maximum speci­         date of entry into force of this Regulation .
 fied above, upon presentation of the export docu­
 ments agreed under the Agreement on trade in
 textiles negotiated with Malaysia and reproduced in                                   Article 3
 Annex C to Regulation (EEC) No 3019/77 (!).
 Imports effected between 1 January 1978 and the date            1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on the
 of entry into force of this Regulation shall be                second day following its publication in the Official
 deducted from the said quantity where the goods in             Journal of the European Communities.
 question were exported from the third country
 concerned during that period.                                  2. It shall apply until 31 December 1978, subject to
                                                                the adoption of a Council Regulation in accordance
 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1 ,             with Articles 12 (6) and 13 of Regulation (EEC) No
 import authorizations shall be issued automatically             1439/74.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 28 September 1978 .
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                          fitienne DAVIGNON
                                                                     Member of the Commission
(!) OJ No L 357, 31 . 12. 1977, p. 1 .