CELEX: 31977D0703
Language: en
Date: 1977-10-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 14 October 1977 authorizing  the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to garments falling within heading No 61.01, 61.02 or 61.03 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Poland and in free circulation in the other Member States

12. 11 . 77                        Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 288/23
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                 of 14 October 1977
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to
              garments falling within heading No 61.01 , 61.02 or 61.03 of the Common
              Customs Tariff, originating in Poland and in free circulation in the other
                                                    Member States
                                           (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                      (77/703/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 (2), and in particular
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 12                 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
October 1977 by the French Government to the
Commission by telex from the office of its Permanent
                                                                                        Article 1
Representative to the European Communities, for
authorization not to apply Community treatment to              The French Republic is authorized not to apply
garments falling within heading No 61.01 , 61.02 or            Community treatment to imports of garments falling
61.03 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in             within heading No 61.01 , 61.02 or 61.03 of the
Poland and in free circulation in the other Member
                                                               Common Customs Tariff, where they originate in
States,                                                        Poland and are       in  free circulation    in the other
Whereas for the garments in question, France, in               Member States, and in respect of which applications
accordance     with   the   Council    Decision    of   13     for import licences were lodged after 3 October 1977.
December 1 976 ( 1 ), has opened, in respect of Poland,
an annual quota of FF 13 780 000, which has already                                     Article 2
been used up ;
                                                               This Decision shall apply until 31 December 1977.
Whereas according to information supplied by the
French Government, the French clothing industry is                                      Article 3
in an extremely difficult situation, involving a
decrease in production and substantial structural              This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
unemployment ;
Whereas the indirect imports of the products in ques­          Done at Brussels, 14 October 1977.
tion, given those already effected in 1977, would be
 likely to aggravate these economic 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 365, 31 . 12. 1976, p. 1 .                         (2) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.