CELEX: 31978D0162
Language: en
Date: 1978-01-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 16 January 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to raincoats for men and women, falling within heading Nos ex 61.01 and ex 61.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other Member States

18 . 2. 78                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No L 47/ 53
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                 of 16 January 1978
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to rain­
              coats for men and women , falling within heading Nos ex 61.01 and ex 61.02 of
              the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation
                                            in the other Member States
                                          (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                    (78 / 162/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
COMMUNITIES,                                                    for a limited period for the application of protective
                                                                measures under the first paragraph of Article 115,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           subject to the conditions laid down by the Commis­
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­           sion Decision of 12 May 1971 ('), and in particular
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                  Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 5 January
1978 by the French Government to the Commission                 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
by telex from the office of its Permanent Representa­
tive to the European Communities, for authorization
to apply protective measures in respect of the importa­                                   Article 1
tion of raincoats for men and women, falling within
heading Nos ex 61.01 and ex 61.02 of the Common                The French Republic is authorized not to apply
Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in free            Community treatment to imports of raincoats for men
circulation in the other Member States,                        and women, falling within heading Nos ex 61.01 and
Whereas the importation into the Community of the              ex 61.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, where they
products in question originating in Hong Kong is the           originate in Hong Kong and are in free circulation in
subject of an Agreement negotiated between the                 the other Member States, and in respect of which
Community and Hong Kong ;                                      applications for import licences lodged after 1 January
                                                                1978 are, on the date of this Decision, pending with
Whereas, under the Agreement, Hong Kong has                    the French authorities .
undertaken to take all necessary steps to limit its
exports of certain textile products, including the
products in question, to the Community to certain                                         Article 2
ceilings allocated among the Member States ;
                                                               This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Whereas there are serious economic difficulties in the
sector producing raincoats, resulting in a progressive      *
decline of production and serious unemployment ;
                                                               Done at Brussels, 16 January 1978 .
Whereas the indirect imports of the products in ques­
tion would be likely to implicate the aims pursued by
the abovementioned Agreement ;                                                              For the Commission
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in                                    Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­
sary cooperation from the other Member States ;                                                  Vice-President
                                                               (') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .