CELEX: 31978R0716
Language: en
Date: 1978-04-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 716/78 of 7 April 1978 introducing Community surveillance of imports of footwear

No L 94/ 24                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                8 . 4 . 78
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 716/78
                                                       of 7 April 1978
                          introducing Community surveillance of imports of footwear
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas, in these circumstances, it is in the Commu­
COMMUNITIES ,                                                     nity's interest to introduce Community surveillance of
                                                                  these imports by means of the import document
                                                                  provided for in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             1439/74 and Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No
Economic Community,                                               109/70 ; whereas the period of use for this document
                                                                 should be three months ; whereas this document must
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     be issued or endorsed by Member States, free of
1439/74 of 4 June 1974 on common rules for                        charge, for any quantity requested and within a
imports ('), and in particular Article 7 thereof,                 maximum of five working days following the submis­
                                                                  sion of a declaration or an application by any Commu­
                                                                  nity importer, regardless of his place of business in
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      the Community ;
109/70 of 19 December 1969 establishing common
rules for imports from State-trading countries (2), and           Whereas the establishment of Community surveil­
in particular Article 6 ( 1 ) (a) and (b) thereof,                lance of imports removes the need for the retrospec­
                                                                  tive control introduced for certain types of footwear by
Having consulted the Committees set up under                      Commission       Decision   75/ 202/ EEC of   13     March
Article 5 of each of the said Regulations,                        1975 (3) and extended until 31 December 1978 by
                                                                  Commission Decision 77/424/ EEC of 13 June
                                                                  1977 (4),
Whereas footwear imports into the Community, parti­
cularly from certain countries of origin , have increased
considerably in recent years ; whereas, as a result,
exports from third countries have won an increasing
share of the Community market ;                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, moreover, certain major industrialized coun­
tries have recently taken or reinforced measures to                                         Article 1
protect their markets ; whereas these measures will put
on to the world market large quantities of footwear               Importation into the Community of footwear falling
which, since they are barred from their now protected             within heading Nos 64.01 , 64.02, 64.03 and 64.04 of
traditional outlets, will tend to come on to the                  the Common Customs Tariff originating in the coun­
Community market in particular ;                                  tries listed in Annex I is hereby made subject to
                                                                  Community surveillance in accordance with the proce­
Whereas, since imports of certain of footwear are liber­          dures set out in Articles 8 and 1 1 of Regulation (EEC)
alized at Community level, they can be imported in                No 1439/74, Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 109/70
unlimited quantities, thereby threatening, because of             and this Regulation .
the sensitivity of the market for such products, to
cause serious injury to Community producers of
similar or competing products ;                                                             Article 2
Whereas the import restrictions on footwear falling                1 . The products referred to in Article 1 originating
within heading Nos 64.01 , 64.02, 64.03 and 64.04 of              in the countries listed in Annex I may be put into
the Common Customs Tariff have not yet been lifted                free circulation only on production of an import docu­
throughout the Community ; whereas, however, these                ment. This import document shall be issued or
products are imported freely into certain Member                  endorsed by Member States in accordance with the
States and, because of the free circulation within the            conditions laid down in Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation
Community and the sensitivity of the market for these             (EEC) No 1439/74 and Article 6 of Regulation (EEC)
products, threaten to cause injury to Community                    No 109/70, and shall be valid for a period of three
producers of similar or competing products ;                       months .
(') OJ No L 159, 15 . 6 . 1974, p. 1 .                            (3 ) OJ No L 90, 11 . 4. 1975, p. 40 .
(2) OJ No L 19 , 26. 1 . 1970, p . 1 .                            (4) OJ No L 169 , 7. 7 . 1977, p. 32.
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2.      In those Member States where the importation            least for the countries listed in Annex I, the following
of these products is subject to an import authorization ,       matters :
that authorization shall replace the import document            — the quantities, expressed in pairs and broken down
referred to in paragraph 1 .                                         according to the NIMEXE nomenclature,
                                                                — the value of the imported products, expressed in
                        Article 3
                                                                     national currency.
The declaration or application by the importer
regarding an import document provided for in Article                                    Article 5
8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1439/74 and in Article 6 ( 1 )
(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 109/70 shall give, in addi­          There is hereby added to column 3 of Annex I to
tion to the information required therein , a breakdown          Regulation (EEC) No 1439/74 references to
of the quantities (in pairs) according to the NIMEXE            subheading 64.02 A and to heading Nos 64.03 and
                                                                64.04 of the Common Customs Tariff.
nomenclature .
                                                                                        Article 6
                        Article 4
The information shall be supplied to the Commission              Decision 77/424/EEC is hereby repealed.
by the Member States in accordance with the condi­
                                                                                        Article 7
tions laid down in Article 11 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
No 1439/74 and in Article 6 (2) of Regulation (EEC)             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1978 .
No 109 /70 . This information, as regards the part
which relates to the imports made, shall include, at             It shall apply until 31 October 1978 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 7 April 1978 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                          Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
                                                                              Vice-President
                                                         ANNEX
                                        List of countries referred to in Article 1
                                         Brazil                     China
                                         Hong Kong                  Czechoslovakia
                                        South Korea                 Poland
                                        Malaysia                    Romania
                                         Pakistan
                                        Spain
                                        Taiwan