CELEX: 31978D0354
Language: en
Date: 1978-02-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 27 February 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to coats, raincoats and jackets for women, girls and infants, of wool, cotton or man-made textile fibres, falling within heading No ex 61.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the Republic of Korea and in free circulation in the other Member States

15 . 4 . 78                        Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 103/27
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                  of 27 February 1978
               authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to coats,
               raincoats and jackets for women, girls and infants, of wool, cotton or man-made
               textile fibres, falling within heading No ex 61.02 of the Common Customs
               Tariff, originating in the Republic of Korea and in free circulation in the other
                                                     Member States
                                           (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                      (78/354/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
COMMUNITIES,                                                   for the application of protective measures under the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                               first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
                                                               tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
                                                               May 1971 (') and in particular Article 1 thereof,
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 22                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
February 1978 by the French Government to the
Commission of the European Communities, for
authorization not to apply Community treatment to                                        Article 1
coats, raincoats and jackets for women, girls and
infants, of wool, cotton or man-made textile fibres,           The French Republic is authorized not to apply
falling within heading No ex 61.02 of the Common               Community treatment to the products indicated
Customs Tariff, originating in the Republic of Korea           below, where they originate in the Republic of Korea
and in ffee circulation in the other Member States ;           and are in free circulation in the other Member States,
                                                               and in respect of which applications for import
Whereas the importation into the Community of the              licences were lodged after 9 February 1978 :
products in question originating in the Republic of
Korea is covered by an Agreement negotiated between
                                                                     CCT
the Community and this country ;                                    heading                       Description
                                                                      No
Whereas under that Agreement the Republic of Korea
has undertaken to take all necessary steps to limit its
exports of the products in question to the Community           ex 61.02         Coats, raincoats and jackets for women,
to certain ceilings allocated among the Member                                  girls and infants, of wool, cotton or man­
                                                                                made textile fibres
States ;
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­
cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the
                                                                                         Article 2
individual markets ; whereas for that reason disparities
persist between the import conditions in the various
Member States ; whereas uniformity can be achieved             This Decision shall apply until 31 December 1978 .
only progressively ;
                                                                                         Article 3
Whereas according to the application submitted there
are    serious   difficulties in the   industrial   sector
concerned, involving a considerable drop in produc­            This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
tion and employment and a progressive decline in its
market share ;
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those         Done at Brussels, 27 February 1978 .
already effected, would be likely to aggravate these
difficulties ;                                                                             For the Commission
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the                                   Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
tion from the other Member States :                                                             Vice-President
                                                               (!) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.