CELEX: 31978D0490
Language: en
Date: 1978-05-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 17 May 1978 authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to shirts, T-shirts, lightweight fine knit roll, polo or turtle necked jumpers and pullovers, undervests and the like, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized, other than babies' garments, of cotton or synthetic textile fibres; T-shirts and lightweight fine knit roll, polo or turtle necked jumpers and pullovers of regenerated textile fibres, falling within heading No ex 60.04 of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 60.04-01, 05, 13, 18, 28, 29, 30, 41, 50, 58), originating in the Philippines and in free circulation in the other Member States

9 . 6. 78                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                            No L 153 /35
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 17 May 1978
               authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to shirts, T-shirts, light­
               weight fine knit roll , polo or turtle necked jumpers and pullovers, undervests
               and the like, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized, other than babies'
               garments, of cotton or synthetic textile fibres ; T-shirts and lightweight fine knit
               roll , polo or turtle necked jumpers and pullovers of regenerated textile fibres,
               falling within heading No ex 60.04 of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE
               codes 60.04-01 , 05 , 13 , 18 , 28 , 29, 30, 41 , 50 , 58 ), originating in the Philippines and
                                 in free circulation in the other Member States
                                             (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                           (78/490/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         concerned, involving a considerable drop in produc­
COMMUNITIES,                                                           tion and employment ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­                  already effected, would be likely to aggravate these
                                                                       difficulties ;
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,
                                                                       Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
Having regard to the application under the first para­                 machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 9 May                      tion from the other Member States ;
1978 by the Irish Government to the Commission of
the European Communities, for authorization not to                     Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
apply Community treatment to shirts, T-shirts, light­                  for the application of protective measures under the
weight fine knit roll, polo or turtle necked jumpers                   first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
and pullovers, undervests and the like, knitted or                     tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
crocheted, not elastic or rubberized, other than babies'               May 1971 (') and in particular Article 1 thereof,
garments, of cotton or synthetic textile fibres ; T-shirts
and lightweight fine knit roll, polo or turtle necked
jumpers and pullovers of regenerated textile fibres,                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
falling within heading No ex 60.04 of the Common
Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 60.04-01 , 05, 13, 18 ,                                                Article 1
28, 29, 30, 41 , 50, 58), originating in the Philippines
and in free circulation in the other Member States,
                                                                       Ireland is hereby authorized not to apply Community
                                                                       treatment to the products indicated below, where they
Whereas the importation into the Community of the                      originate in the Philippines and are in free circulation
products in question originating in the Philippines is                 in the other Member States, and in respect of which
covered by an agreement negotiated between the                         applications for import licences were lodged after 30
Community and that country ;                                           April 1978 :
Whereas under that Agreement the Philippines have                                 CCT
undertaken to take all necessary steps to limit their                            heading                        Description
                                                                                   No
exports of the products in question to the Community
to certain ceilings allocated among the Member
States ;                                                               ex 60.04                    Shirts, T-shirts, lightweight fine
                                                                       (NIMEXE codes 60.04- knit roll, polo or turtle necked
                                                                       01 , 05, 13 , 18 , 28 , 29, jumpers and pullovers, undervests
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­                  30, 41 , 50, 58)            and the like, knitted or crocheted,
cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the                                               not elastic or rubberized, other than
individual markets ; whereas for that reason disparities                                           babies' garments, of cotton or
persist between the import conditions in the various                                               synthetic textile fibres  ; T-shirts and
Member States ; whereas uniformity can be achieved                                                 lightweight fine knit      roll, polo or
                                                                                                   turtle necked jumpers     and pullovers
only progressively ;                                                                               of regenerated textile    fibres
Whereas according to the application submitted there
are    serious  difficulties in  the     industrial     sector        (') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .
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                       Article 2                           Done at Brussels, 17 May 1978 .
This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
arise for the importation of these products from the
Philippines or until 31 December 1978, whichever is
the earlier.
                                                                                  For the Commission
                       Article 3                                                 Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
This Decision is addressed to Ireland .                                              Vice-President