CELEX: 31978D0460
Language: en
Date: 1978-05-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 10 May 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to woven fabrics of jute or of other textile bast fibres, sacks and bags of a kind used for the packing of goods, of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading No 57.03, falling within heading No 57.10 or subheading 62.03 ex A of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in India and in free circulation in the other Member States

2. 6. 78                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No L 146/29
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 10 May 1978
               authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to woven
               fabrics of jute or of other textile bast fibres, sacks and bags of a kind used for
               the packing of goods, of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading No 57.03,
               falling within heading No 57.10 or subheading 62.03 ex A of the Common
               Customs Tariff, originating in India and in free circulation in the other Member
                                                           States
                                            (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                       (78/460/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    first paragraph of Article 115, 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
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 2 May                                          Article 1
 1978 by the French Government to the Commission
of the European Communities, for authorization not                iTie French Republic is hereby authorized not to
to apply Community treatment to woven fabrics of                  apply Community treatment to the products indicated
jute or of other textile bast fibres, sacks and bags of a         below, where they originate in India and are in free
kind used for the packing of goods, of jute or of other           circulation in the other Member States, and in respect
textile bast fibres of heading No 57.03, falling within           of which applications for import licences were lodged
heading No 57.10 or subheading 62.03 ex A of the                  after 18 April 1978 :
Common Customs Tariff, originating in India and in
free circulation in the other Member States,                            CCT
                                                                       heading                       Description
Whereas the importation into the Community of the                        No
products in question originating in India is covered by
an Agreement negotiated between the Community                     57.10 or         Woven fabries of jute or of other textile
and this third country on trade in jute products ;                62.03 ex A       bast fibres, sacks and bags of a kind used
Whereas under this Agreement direct imports of these                               for the packing of goods, of jute of other
products are subject in France to quantitative restric­                            textile bast fibres of heading No 57.03
tions ;
Whereas according to the application submitted there                                       Article 2
are   serious   difficulties in   the   industrial  sector
concerned, involving a considerable drop in produc­              This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
tion and employment ;                                            arise for the importation of these products from India
                                                                 or until 31 December 1978 whichever is the earlier.
Whereas these economic difficulties are caused largely
by unequal conditions of competition, whereby
exports can be effected at prices appreciably lower                                        Article 3
than those of the Community products in question ;
                                                                 This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
already effected, would be likely to aggravate these
difficulties ;                                                    Done at Brussels, 10 May 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 ;
                                                                                            François-Xavier ORTOLI
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
for the application of protective measures under the                                              Vice-President
                                                                 (>) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.