CELEX: 31979D0029
Language: en
Date: 1978-12-11 00:00:00
Title: 79/29/EEC: Commission Decision of 11 December 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to receivers, whether or not combined with a sound recorder or reproducer, falling within subheading ex 85.15 A III of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in South Korea and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 9 / 42                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                   13 . 1 . 79
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                               of 11 December 1978
             authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to
             receivers, whether or not combined with a sound recorder or reproducer, falling
             within subheading ex 85.15 A III of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in
                       South Korea and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                          (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                     (79/29/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
COMMUNITIES,                                                  tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 /202/ EEC
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European         of 12 May 1971 0, and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­         Whereas, however, the application for a licence which
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                 gave rise to the application in question does not need
Having regard to the application under the first para­        to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 1                 small amount involved,
December 1978 by the French Government to the
Commission of the European Communities, for                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
authorization not to apply Community treatment to
receivers, whether or not combined with a sound
                                                                                        Article 1
recorder or reproducer, falling within subheading ex
85.15 A III of the Common Customs Tariff, origi­              The French Republic is hereby authorized not to
nating in South Korea and in free circulation in the          apply Community treatment to the products indicated
other Member States,                                          below, where they originate in South Korea and are in
Whereas in France the import of the products in ques­         free circulation in the other Member States, and in
tion originating in South Korea is subject to an              respect of which applications for import licences were
annual quota which is already wholly taken up ;               lodged after 27 November 1978 :
Whereas the disparities which exist in the commercial
policy measures applied in connection with these                    CCT
                                                                   heading                       Description
products by the Member States are causing deflection                 No
of trade, thereby preventing the execution of those
commercial policy measures which are in force                 ex 85.15 A III   Receivers, whether or not combined with a
because of the difficult economic situation in the
                                                                               sound recorder or reproducer
sector concerned ;
Whereas it appears from the application submitted
that there are serious difficulties in the industrial                                   Article 2
sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in
production and employment and a progressive decline           This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
in its market share ;                                         arise in France for the importation of these products
                                                              from South Korea or            until    31    December   1978
Whereas these economic difficulties are caused largely        whichever is the earlier.
by unequal conditions of competition, which allow
exports to be made at prices appreciably lower than                                     Article 3
those of the Comijnunity products in question ;
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those        This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
already made or proposed, would be likely to aggra­
vate these difficulties ;                                     Done at Brussels, 11 December 1978 .
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­                                       For the Commission
tion from the other Member States ;
                                                                                           fitienne DAVIGNON
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
for the application of protective measures under the                                  Member of the Commission
                                                              (') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26 .