CELEX: 31975D0472
Language: en
Date: 1975-06-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 3 June 1975 authorizing the Republic of France not to apply Community treatment to table knives falling within heading No ex 82.09 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in South Korea and in free circulation in the other Member States

9. 8 . 75                          Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 212/7
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 3 June 1975
              authorizing the Republic of France not to apply Community treatment to table knives
              falling within heading No ex 82.09 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in
                         South Korea and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                           (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                     (75/472/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 subject to the conditions laid down by the
COMMUNITIES,                                                   Commission Decision of 12 May 1971 (*), and in
                                                               particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to the . Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community, and in particular
the first paragraph of Article 115 thereof;                    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the application under the first                                       Article 1
paragraph of Article 115 of the Treaty made on 26
 May 1975 by the French Government to the                      The Republic of France is authorized not to apply
Commission by telex from the office of its permanent           Community treatment to imports of the following
representative to the European Communities, for                products, where they originate in South Korea and
authorization not to apply Community treatment to              are in free circulation in the other Member States,
table knives falling within heading No ex 82.09 of             and in respect of which applications for import
the Common Customs Tariff, originating in South                licences were lodged after 14 May 1975 :
Korea and in free circulation in the other Member
States ;
                                                               CCT heading No                     Description
Whereas since the application of Article 115 the
importation into France of the product in question             ex 82.09         Table knives
originating in South Korea is subject to an annual
quota of 180 000 FF which is wholly taken up ;
Whereas differences in the measures of commercial                                      Article 2
policy taken in connection with these products by
France and by the other Member States as regards               This Decision shall apply until the opening of new
South Korea are giving rise to deflection of trade;            import possibilities of the product in question into
                                                               France from South Korea and in any case not later
                                                               than 31 December 1975 .
Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the
execution    of   the  abovementioned      measures    of
commercial policy currently being taken by France                                      Article 3
as regards South Korea ;
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set          This Decision is addressed to the Republic of France.
in motion the machinery for bringing about the
necessary cooperation from the other Member
States ;
                                                               Done at Brussels, 3 June 1975 .
Whereas in order to ensure that the implementation
of the abovementioned commercial policy measures                                         For the Commission
is not obstructed, authorization should be given, for                                          The President
a limited period, for the application of protective
measures under the first paragraph of Article 115 ,                                     Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
                                                               (*) OJ No L 121, 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.