CELEX: 31978D0914
Language: en
Date: 1978-10-18 00:00:00
Title: 78/914/EEC: Commission Decision of 18 October 1978 authorizing the United Kingdom 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 Brazil and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 320/24                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                            14 . 11 . 78
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 18 October 1978
              authorizing the United Kingdom 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 Brazil and in free circulation in
                                                    the other Member States
                                               (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                           (78/914/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES,                                                         Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
                                                                     machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
                                                                     tion from the other Member States :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 115 thereof,
                                                                     Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
                                                                     for the application of protective measures under the
Having regard to the application under the first para­               first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 6 October                tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 /202/ EEC
1978 by the United Kingdom Government to the                         of 12 May 1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
Commission of the European Communities, for
authorization not to apply Community treatment to
cotton yarn, not put up for retail sale falling within               Whereas, however, the application for a licence which
heading No 55.05 of the Common Customs Tariff                        gave rise to the application in question does not need
(NIMEXE codes 55.05-13, 19, 21 , 25, 27, 29, 33, 35,                 to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
37, 41 , 45, 46, 48, 52, 58, 61 , 65, 67, 69, 72, 78, 92, 98)        small amount involved,
originating in Brazil and in free circulation in the
other Member States,
Whereas the importation into the Community of the
products in question originating in Brazil is covered                 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
by an agreement negotiated between the Community
and that country ;
Whereas under that agreement Brazil has undertaken                                                  Article 1
to take all necessary steps to limit its exports of the
products in question to the Community up to the                      The United Kingdom is authorized not to apply
amount of certain ceilings allocated among the                        Community treatment to the products indicated
Member States ;                                                       below, where they originate in Brazil and are in free
                                                                      circulation in the other Member States, and in respect
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­                 of which applications for import licences were lodged
cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the                  after 6 October 1978 :
 individual markets ; whereas there are therefore dispar­
 ities existing between the import conditions in the                                 CCT
various Member States ; whereas uniformity can only                                 heading
                                                                                      No
                                                                                                                       Description
 be achieved progressively ;
                                                                      55.05                                Cotton yarn , not put up for
 Whereas there are serious difficulties in the industrial             ( NIMEXE codes                       retail sale
 sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in                   55.05-13, 19, 21 , 25, 27, 29,
 production and employment ;                                          33, 35, 37, 41 , 45, 46, 48, 52,
                                                                      58 , 61 , 65, 67, 69, 72, 78 , 92,
                                                                      98)
 Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
 already made or proposed, would be likely to aggra­
 vate these difficulties :                                            (•) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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                       Article 2                           Done at Brussels, 18 October 1978 .
This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
arise in the United Kingdom for the importation of
these products from Brazil or until 31 December
1978 , whichever is the earlier.
                                                                                  For the Commission
                       Article 3                                                 Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom .                                   Vice-President