CELEX: 31978D0002
Language: en
Date: 1977-07-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 20 July 1977 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to sound recorders or receivers falling within subheading 85.15 A III of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the Republic of Korea and in free circulation in the other Member States

11 . 1 . 78                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No L 8 / 9
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 20 July 1977
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to sound
              recorders or receivers falling within subheading 85.15 A III of the Common
              Customs Tariff, originating in the Republic of Korea and in free circulation in
                                             the other Member States
                                          (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                      (78/2/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
COMMUNITIES,                                                    tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
                                                                May 1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­           Whereas, however, the applications for licences which
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                 gave rise to the application under Article 115 should
                                                                not be covered by this authorization in view of the
Having regard to the application under the first para­          small amounts involved ,
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 13 July
1977 by the French Government to the Commission
by telex from the Office of its Permanent Representa­           HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
tive to the European Communities, for authorization
not to apply Community treatment to radio receivers,                                      Article 1
whether or not combined with a sound recorder or
reproducer, falling within subheading 85.15 A III of           The French Republic is authorized not to apply
the Common Customs Tariff originating in the Repu­              Community treatment to imports of receivers,
blic of Korea and in free circulation in the other             whether or not combined with a sound recorder or
Member States,                                                  reproducer falling within subheading 85.15 A III of
                                                                the Common Customs Tariff where they originate in
Whereas according to this application the importation           the Republic of Korea and are in free circulation in
into France of the products in question originating iri         the other Member States, and in respect of which
the Republic of Korea is subject to an annual quota of          applications for import licences were lodged after the
120 000 items, all of which has been allocated among           date of the present Decision .
importers who have lodged applications ;
Whereas according to information supplied by the                                          Article 2
French Government there are serious economic diffi­
culties in the branch of industry concerned resulting          This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
especially in a progressive decline of production ;            arise in the French Republic for the importation of
                                                               the products in question from the Republic of Korea
Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the             and in any case not later than 31 December 1977.
execution of the above commercial policy measures
currently being applied by France as regards the Repu­                                    Article J
blic of Korea and would be likely to aggravate these
economic difficulties ;                                        This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in
motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­             Done at Brussels, 20 July 1977.
sary cooperation from the other Member States ;
Whereas in order to ensure that the enforcement of                                          For the Commission
the commercial policy measures is not hindered,                                            Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
authorization should be given>>for a limited period ;
for the application of protective measures, under the                                            Vice-President
                                                               (') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .