CELEX: 31978D0488
Language: en
Date: 1978-05-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 17 May 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to cotton yarn, not put up for retail sale, falling within heading No 55.05 of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 55.05-13, 19, 21, 25, 27, 29, 33, 35, 37, 41, 45, 46, 48, 52, 58, 61, 65, 67, 69, 72, 78, 92, 98), originating in South Korea and in free circulation in the other Member States

9 . 6 . 78                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                       No L 153/31
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                             of 17 May 1978
                authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to cotton
                yarn , not put up for retail sale, falling within heading No 55.05 of the Common
                Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 55.05-13, 19, 21 , 25 , 27 , 29, 33, 35 , 37, 41 , 45 , 46, 48 ,
                52, 58 , 61 , 65 , 67 , 69, 72, 78 , 92, 98 ), originating in South Korea and in free circula­
                                                tion in the other Member States
                                                  (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                               (78/488/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
 COMMUNITIES,                                                             already effected, would be likely to aggravate these
                                                                          difficulties ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
 Economic Community, and in particular the first para­                    machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                           tion from the other Member States ;
                                                                         Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
Having regard to the application under the first para­                    for the application of protective measures under the
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 9 May                         first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
 1978 by the French Government to the Commission                         tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
of the European Communities, for authorization not                       May 1971 (') and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
to apply Community treatment to cotton yarn, not put
up for retail sale, falling within heading No 55.05 of
the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 55.05­                           Whereas, however, the request for a licence which
 13, 19, 21 , 25, 27, 29, 33, 35, 37, 41 , 45, 46, 48 , 52, 58 ,         gave rise to the application in question does not need
61 , 65, 67, 69, 72, 78 , 92, 98), originating in South                  to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
Korea and in free circulation in the other Member                        small amount involved,
States,
Whereas the importation into the Community of the                        HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
products in question originating in South Korea is
covered by an Agreement negotiated between the
Community and that country ;
                                                                                                    Article 1
Whereas under that Agreement South Korea has                             The French Republic is hereby authorized not to
undertaken to take all necessary steps to limit its                      apply Community treatment to the products indicated
exports of the products in question to the Community                     below, where they originate in South Korea and are in
to certain ceilings allocated among the Member                           free circulation in the other Member States, and in
States :                                                                 respect of which applications for import licences were
                                                                         lodged after 9 May 1978 :
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­                               CCT
cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the                               heading
                                                                                     No
                                                                                                                 Description
individual markets ; whereas for that reason disparities
persist between the import conditions in the various
Member States ; whereas uniformity can be achieved                       55.05                      Cotton yarn, not put up for retail
only progressively ;                                                     (NIMEXE codes 55.05-       sale
                                                                         13, 19, 21 , 25, 27, 29,
                                                                         33, 35, 37, 41 , 45, 46,
                                                                         48 , 52, 58 , 61 , 65, 67,
Whereas according to the application submitted there                     69, 72, 78 , 92, 98 )
are     serious  difficulties     in    the   industrial    sector
concerned, involving a considerable drop in produc­
tion and employment ;                                                    (') 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 South
Korea or until 31 December 1978 whichever is the
earlier.
                                                                                    For the Commission
                        Article 3                                                  Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.                                     Vice-President