CELEX: 31978R2617
Language: en
Date: 1978-11-08
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2617/78 of 8 November 1978 making the importation of certain textile products originating in Malta subject to quantitative limitation

9 . 11 . 78                            Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 315/25
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2617/78
                                                     of 8 November 1978
              making the importation of certain textile products originating in Malta subject
                                                  to quantitative limitation
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    nating in Malta, shall be suspended until 31
COMMUNITIES,                                                      December 1978 .
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                               2. The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall
                                                                  not apply to products which have been placed on
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      board and are in the course of shipment to the
493/71 of 1 March 1971 on the safeguard measures                  Community before the entry into force of this Regula­
provided for in the Agreement establishing an Associa­            tion.
tion between the European Economic Community
and Malta (J), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to the formal request submitted by the                                      Article 2
United Kingdom after consultation within the Advi­
sory Committee established by Article 3 of that Regu­              1 . The importation into the United Kingdom of
lation,
                                                                  textile products listed in Annex B hereto, originating
Whereas there has been a substantial increase in                  in Malta, shall be subject, until 31 December 1978, to
imports from the supplier countries on the Commu­                 the quantitative limits specified therein.
nity market ; whereas these imports have given rise to
market disturbance and are causing serious damage to              2. The preceding paragraph shall not apply to
Community producers resulting in the closure of                   products which have been placed on board and are in
mills and considerable loss of employment ;                       the course of shipment to the Community before the
                                                                  entry into force of this Regulation.
Whereas in consequence of this situation imports of
certain textile products originating in the majority of
low-cost supplier countries are at present subject to a           3 . Imports effected between 1 January 1978 and
Community system of authorization and quantitative                the date of entry into force of this Regulation shall be
limitation under either bilateral agreements or auto­             deducted from the quantities referred to in paragraph
nomous arrangements ;                                              1.
Whereas the extremely rapid increase in recent
months of imports into the United Kingdom of                      4. The regional quantitative limits specified in para­
certain of these products originating in Malta has                graph 1 shall be administered in accordance with the
helped to exacerbate the cumulative disturbance of                provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1023/70
that market ;                                                     of 25 May 1970 establishng a common procedure for
                                                                  administering quantitative quotas (2).
Whereas the volume of this increase makes it neces­
sary to take immediate action aimed at avoiding irre­              5. The entry into free circulation of the products
parable damage to United Kingdom producers and a                   referred to in paragraph 1 shall be subject to the pres­
serious deterioration in the economic situation of that
                                                                  entation of an import authorization or equivalent
region of the Community ; whereas it therefore justi­             document issued by the authorities of the United
fies the adoption, pursuant to Article 10 of the Agree­           Kingdom.
ment establishing an Association between the Euro­
pean Economic Community and Malta, of the protec­
tive measures needed to overcome these difficulties,
                                                                                          Article 3
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
                                                                   publication in the Official Journal of the European
                         Article 1                                 Communities.
 1 . The importation into the United Kingdom of
the textile products listed in Annex A hereto, origi­              It shall be applicable until 31 December 1978 .
 (') OJ No L 61 , 14. 3. 1971 , p. 74.                            (2) OJ No L 148, 8. 6. 1970, p. 1 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 8 November 1978 .
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                               Christopher TUGENDHAT
                                                             Member of the Commission
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                                                        ANNEX A
                    CCT heading        NIMEXE code                                                     Member
           Category                                                         Description                 State
                        No                ( 1978)
             2        55.09                               Other woven fabrics of cotton :               UK
                                   55.09-01   ;      02 ;    Woven fabrics of cotton, other than
                                   03 ; 04 ;    05 ; 11 ;    gauze, terry fabrics, narrow woven
                                   12 ; 13 ;    14 ; 15 ;    fabrics, pile fabrics, chenille fabrics,
                                   16 ; 17 ;    19 ; 21 ;    tulle and other net fabrics
                                   29 ; 31 ;    33 ; 35 ;
                                   37 ; 38 ;    39 ; 41 ;
                                   49 ; 51 ;    52 ; 53 ;
                                   54 ; 55 ;    56 ; 57 ;
                                   59 ; 61 ;    63 ; 64 ;
                                   65 ; 66 ;    67 ; 68 ;
                                   69 ; 70 ;    71 ; 72 ;
                                   73 ; 74 ;    76 ; 77 ;
                                   78 ; 81 ;    82 ; 83 ;
                                   84 ; 86 ;    87 ; 92 ;
                                   93 ; 97
             6      ex 61.01                              Men s and boys outer garments                 UK
                    ex 61.02 B                            Women's, girls' and infants' outer
                                                           garments :
                                                           B. Other :
                                   61.01-62 ;        64 ;       Men's and boys' woven breeches,
                                   66 ; 72 ; 74 ; 76            shorts and trousers (including
                                                                slacks) ; women's, girls' and infants'
                                   61.02-66 ; 68 ; 72          woven trousers and slacks of wool,
                                                                of cotton or of man-made textile
                                                                fibres
              8     ex 61.03                               Men's and boys             under garments,   UK
                                                           including collars, shirt fronts and
                                                           cuffs :
                                    61.03-11 ; 15 ; 19        Men's and boys' shirts, woven, of
                                                              wool, of cotton or of man-made
                                                              textile fibres
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                                                                ANNEX B
               CCT
                                                                                                                  Quantitative
                            NIMEXE code                                                    Member                 limits from
 Category     heading          (1978)                            Description                State
                                                                                                      Units
                                                                                                               1 . 1 . to 31 . 12.
                No
                                                                                                                       1978
     1       55.05      55.05-13   ;      19 ;   Cotton yam, not put up for retail sale     UK      Tonnes             274
                        21 ; 25 ;    27 ; 29 ;
                        33 ; 35 ;    37 ; 41 ;
                        45 ; 46 ;    48 ; 52 ;
                        58 ; 61 ;    65 ; 67 ;
                        69 ; 72 ;    78 ; 92 ;
                        98
     4    ex 60.04                               Under garments, knitted or crocheted,      UK    1 000 pieces         365
                                                 not elastic or rubberized :
                        60.04-01 ;        05 ;     Shirts, T-shirts, lightweight fine knit
                        13 ; 18 ; 28 ; 29 ;        roll, polo or turtle necked jumpers
                        30 ; 41 ; 50 ; 58          and pullovers, undervests and the
                                                   like, knitted or crocheted, not elastic
                                                   or rubberized, other than babies'
                                                   garments, of cotton or synthetic
                                                   textile fibres ; T-shirts and light­
                                                   weight fine knit roll, polo or turtle
                                                   necked jumpers and pullovers of
                                                   regenerated textile fibres
     7    ex 60.05 A II                          Outer garments and other articles,         UK    1 000 pieces         304
                                                 knitted or crocheted, not elastic or
                                                 rubberized :
                                                A. Outer garments and clothing acces­
                                                     sories :
                                                     II . Other
          ex 61.02 B                             Women's, girls' and infants' outer
                                                garments :
                                                 B. Other :
                        60.05-22 ;        23 ;       Blouses and shirt blouses, knitted
                        24 ; 25                      or crocheted (not elastic or rubber­
                                                     ized), or woven, for women, girls
                        61.02-78 ; 82 ; 84           and infants, of wool, of cotton or of
                                                     man-made textile fibres