CELEX: 31975R2138
Language: en
Date: 1975-08-14 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2138/75 of the Commission of 14 August 1975 regarding certain urgent measures concerning imports of certain textile products originating in the Republic of Korea

15 . 8 . 75                                Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 217/ 31
                                REGULATION ( EEC) No 2138 /75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 14 August 1975
                regarding certain urgent measures concerning imports of certain textile
                                        products originating in the Republic of Korea
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        of imports, in accordance with the provisions of the
COMMUNITIES,                                                          said arrangement, account being taken, however, of
                                                                      the interests of Korea, especially in regard to its stage
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                of development and the importance of the textiles
 Economic Community ;                                                 sector to its economy ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      Whereas, as a result of the considerable disparities
 1439/74 (') of 4 June 1974 on common rules for
                                                                      between the conditions to which imports into the
imports, and in particular Article 12 thereof ;
                                                                      Member States are at present subject, and because of
 Having consulted the Advisory Committee set up                       the particular sensitivity of the Community textile
under Article 5 of the said Regulation ;                              industry, it is only possible to harmonize these condi­
                                                                      tions in a progressive manner and whereas it is oppor­
Whereas irpports into the Community of the textile                    tune to this end to apply, as a criterion for the alloca­
products mentioned in the lists set out in Annexes I                  tion of import possibilities, in particular the relation­
and II originating in the Republic of Korea have                      ship between the imports previously effected in the
increased sharply and substantially in the past few                   different Member States ;
years ;
                                                                      Whereas it appears to be justified, for the moment,
Whereas the products concerned are generally offered                  bearing in mind existing trade flows, to limit the appli­
for sale on the markets affected at prices considerably               cation of the protective measures for certain products
lower than those prevailing for similar goods                         to certain regions of the Community ;
produced by the Community producers ;
                                                                      Whereas , so far as Ireland is concerned, the measures
Whereas, according to the information available to the                relating to CCT heading Nos 60.04 and 61.03 need
Commission , these imports represent a substantial and                only be applied with effect from the expiration of the
growing share of the market in the affected regions of                system of authorizations for imports into that country
the Community ;                                                       of certain textile products originating in the Republic
Whereas this development, in conjunction with the                     of Korea which was established by Council Regulation
pressure of imports from other third countries, has                   ( EEC) No 766/75 (3) ;
taken place to the detriment of the Community
                                                                      Whereas these measures are without prejudice to the
industry, whose production has declined considerably ,
                                                                      result of the negotiations and consultations which, in
over the past few years and where a substantial propor­
                                                                      accordance with the said arrangement, are at the
tion of workers have become unemployed ;
                                                                      moment taking place between the Community and
Whereas all these factors have caused market disrup­                  the Republic of Korea and whereas they may be
tion and have caused substantial injury to Community                  adapted or abrogated having regard to the results of
producers ;                                                           these consultations and negotiations,
Whereas a further sharp and substantial increase in
imports of these products may be considered to be                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
imminent and whereas , in the absence of immediate
protective measures, this aggravation of the injury
already caused to Community producers would make
it difficult to remedy ;                                                                         Art iclc 1
Whereas these highly unusual and critical circum­                      1 . The importation into the Community of the
stances which , in accordance with Article 3 of the                   textile products set out in the list in Annex I hereto
arrangement ' regarding international trade in                        and originating in the Republic of Korea is hereby
textiles (-), the Commission have made known to the                   made subject to the production of an import authoriza­
Korean authorities in consultations with them , make                  tion issued by the competent authorities of the
it necessary that immediate action be taken to safe­                  importing Member State .
guard the interests of the Community, these measures
to consist of the introduction of temporary limitation                2.    The total quantity of the products for which
                                                                      import authorizations shall be issued during the
(') O ) No L 159 , 15 . 6 . 1974, p. 1 .
 -') OJ No L I 1 8 , 30 . 4 . 1 974* p. 1 .                           p ) OJ No L 77 , 23 . 3 . 1975 , p. 1 .
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period commencing on the date of entry into force of                                   Article 3
this Regulation and ending on 31 December 1975
shall not exceed the amounts indicated in the list           1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 18
cited in paragraph 1 , allocated among the Member            August 1975.
States in accordance with the said list.
                                                             2.    It shall apply until the entry into force of appro­
                        Article 2                            priate measures to be taken by the Council in accor­
                                                             dance with Articles 12(6) and 13 of Regulation (EEC)
1 . The importation into the Member States indi­             No 1439/74 or until the expiry of a period of six
cated in the list in Annex II of the textile products set    weeks after its entry into force, whichever is the
out in that list is hereby made subject to the produc­       sooner .
tion of an import authorization issued by the compe­
tent authorities of the importing Member State.              3.    However, so far as Ireland is concerned , the
2. The total quantity of the products for which              measures concerning the products relevant to CCT
import authorizations shall be issued during the             heading Nos 60.04 and 61.03 shall apply only with
period commencing on the day of entry into force of          effect from 1 September 1975 and those affecting
this Regulation and ending on 31 December 1975               products relevant to CCT heading No 61.03 shall also
shall not exceed the amounts indicated, for each             apply to women's and girl's shirts and blouses of
Member State concerned, in the list cited in paragraph       synthetic textile fibres relevant to CCT heading No ex
 1.                                                          61.04 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 14 August 1975 .
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                            The President
                                                                       Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
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                                                                      ANNEX I
   CCT heading                                                                                      Geographical      Quantities
         No           Nimexe code No                              Description of goods                 scope of         in units
                                                                                                     application
ex 60.04                                       Under garments, knitted or crocheted, not                 EEC        1 956 344
                                               elastic or rubberized :                                   BNL           297  758
                                                                                                         D             682  110
                                               — Shirts, T-shirts, undervests, singlets and the          DK              14 535
                                                   like
                                                                                                         F             496  875
                                                                                                         IRL             62 000
                                                                                                         I               45 713
                                                                                                         UK            357 353
ex 60.05            60.05-01 , 21 to 3?        Outer garments and clothing accessories, knitted          EEC        8 910 020
                                               or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized :                 BNL        2 769 030
                                                                                                         D           1 293 550
                                               — Jerseys, pull-overs, slip-overs, twinsets, car- j       DK              39 010
                                                   digans, bed-jackets and jumpers                       F             118 190
                                                                                                         IRL             88 450
                                                                                                         I             282 740
                                                                                                         UK         4 319 050
                                                                                                  i
ex 61.03            61.03-11 , 15 and 19       Men's and boys' under garments :                          EEC       10 658 170
                                                                                                         BNL         2 273 200
                                               — Shirts
                                                                                                         D           6 912 540
                                                                                                         DK             100 500
                                                                                                         F              106 340
                                                                                                         IRL             50 000
                                                                                                         I              120 870
                                                                                                         UK          1 094 720 (*)
(l) Plus any unused portion of the existing quota for cotton and cotton-polyester products.
                                                                      ANNEX U
    CCT heading                                                                                     Geographical
         No            Nimexe code No                             Description of goods                  scope of       Quantities
                                                                                                      application
ex 51.04 A          51.04-07, 11 to 48          Woven fabrics of synthetic textile fibres           United        4 791 615 m2
                                               (continuous), including woven fabrics of monofil     Kingdom ( l )
                                               or strip of subheading 51.01 A or 51.02 A,
                                               other than fabrics for tyres or fabrics containing
                                                elastomeric yarn
 ex 56.05 A         56.05-24                    Yarn of synthetic textile fibres ( discontinuous    Federal       740 metric tons
                                                or waste) containing 85 °/o or more by weight       Republic
                                                of synthetic textile fibres, unbleached or          of Germany
                                                bleached, other than single, measuring, per
                                                single yarn, more than 14 000 m per kg not
                                                put up for retail sale
 ex 61.01            61.01-73                | Men's and boys' outer garments :                     Federal       408 000 units
                                             ! — Jackets, blazers and the like of synthetic         Republic
                                                    textile fibres                                  of Germany
 ex 61.02 B          61.02-81 to 89             Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments :       Benelux       581 250 units
                                                — Shirts and blouses
  (*) Plus any unused portion of the existing quota for cotton-polyester products .