CELEX: 31978D0381
Language: en
Date: 1978-03-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 13 March 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to women's, girls' and infants' (other than babies') woven and knitted or crocheted dresses, of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling within subheading ex 60.05 A II or ex 61.02 B of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Romania and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 106/32                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                       20 . 4 . 78
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 13 March 1978
               authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to
               women's, girls' and infants' (other than babies') woven and knitted or crocheted
               dresses, of wool , of cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling within
               subheading ex 60.05 A II or ex 61.02 B of the Common Customs Tariff, origi­
                    nating in Romania and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                            (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                       (78 /381 / EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
COMMUNITIES,                                                        May 1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              Whereas, however, the request for a licence which
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­              gave rise to the application in question does not need
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                     to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
Having regard to the application under the first para­              small amount involved,
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 7 March
1978 by the French Government to the Commission                     HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
of the European Communities, for authorization not
to apply Community treatment to women's, girls' and                                           Article 1
infants' (other than babies') woven and knitted or
crocheted dresses, of wool, of cotton or of man-made               The French Republic is authorized not to apply
textile fibres, falling within subheading ex 60.05 A II            Community treatment to the products indicated
or ex 61.02 B of the Common Customs Tariff, origi­                 below, where they originate in Romania and are in
nating in Romania and in free circulation in the other             free circulation in the other Member States, and in
Member States,                                                     respect of which applications for import licences were
                                                                    lodged after the date of this Decision :
Whereas the importation into the Community of the
products in question originating in Romania is
covered by an Agreement negotiated between the                           CCT
                                                                        heading                        Description
Community and that country ;                                              No
Whereas under that Agreement Romania has under­
taken to take all necessary steps to limit its exports of          ex 60.05 A II    Women's, girls' and infants' (other than
the products in question to the Community to certain               or               babies') woven and knitted or crocheted
                                                                   ex 61 .02 B      dresses, of wool , of cotton or of man-made
ceilings allocated among the Member States ;
                                                                                    textile fibres
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­
cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the
individual markets ; whereas for that reason disparities                                      Article 2
persist between the import conditions in the various
Member States ; whereas uniformity can be achieved                 This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
only progressively ;                                               arise for the importation of these products from
                                                                   Romania or until 31 December 1978 , whichever is the
Whereas according to the application submitted there               earlier.
are   serious    difficulties in  the   industrial   sector
concerned ;
                                                                                              Article 3
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
already effected, would be likely to aggravate these               This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
difficulties ;
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the            Done at Brussels, 13 March 1978 .
machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
tion from the other Member States ;                                                             For the Commission
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given                                              Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
for the application of protective measures under the
first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­                                              Vice-President
                                                                   (•) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .