CELEX: 31977D0785
Language: en
Date: 1977-09-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 9 September 1977 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to garments falling within heading No 61.01, 61.02 or 61.03 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hungary and in free circulation in the other Member States

21 . 12 . 77                        Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 328 /7
                                                            II
                                       (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                COMMISSION
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                  of 9 September 1977
               authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to
               garments falling within heading No 61.01 , 61.02 or 61.03 of the Common
               Customs Tariff, originating in Hungary and in free circulation in the other
                                                     Member States
                                            (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                      (77/785/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Whereas authorization should accordingly be given,
COMMUNITIES ,                                                   for a limited period, for the application of protective
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           measures, under the first paragraph of Article 115,
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­           subject to the conditions laid down by the Commis­
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                 sion Decision of 12 May 1971 (2), and in particular
                                                                Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 6
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
September 1977 by the French Government to the
Commission by telex from the office of its Permanent
                                                                                           Article 1
Representative to the European Communities, for
authorization not to apply Community treatment to               The French Republic is authorized not to apply
garments falling within heading No 61.01 , 61.02 or             Community treatment to imports of garments falling
61.03 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in              within heading No 61.01 , 61.02 or 61.03 of the
Hungary and in free circulation in the Federal Repu­            Common Customs Tariff, where they originate in
blic of Germany,                                                Hungary and are in free circulation in the other
Whereas for the products in question , France, in accor­        Member States, and in respect of which applications
dance with the Council Decision of 13 December                  for import licences were lodged after 28 August 1977.
1 976 ('), has opened , in respect of Hungary, an annual
quota of FF 6 370 000 , 99 % of which has already                                          Article 2
been used up ;
                                                                This Decision shall apply until 31 December 1977 .
Whereas according to information supplied by the
French Government, the French clothing industry is                                         Article 3
in an extremely difficult situation , involving a
decrease in production and substantial structural               This Decision is addressed to the French Republic .
unemployment ;
Whereas the indirect imports of the products in ques­           Done at Brussels, 9 September 1977.
tion , given those already effected in 1977 , would be
likely to aggravate these economic difficulties ;                                            For the Commission
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the                                       fitienne DAVIGNON
machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
tion from the other Member States ;                                                      Member of the Commission
(') Of No L 365, 31 . 12 . 1976 .                               (-) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .