CELEX: 31978D0492
Language: en
Date: 1978-05-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 19 May 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to men's and boys' coats and blazers, falling within heading No ex 61.01 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Czechoslovakia and in free circulation in the other Member States

9 . 6. 78                           Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 153 /39
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 19 May 1978
                 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to men's
                 and boys' coats and blazers, falling within heading No ex 61.01 of the Common
                 Customs Tariff, originating in Czechoslovakia and in free circulation in the
                                                    other Member States
                                              (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                         (78/492/EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             May 1971 (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
 Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
 graph of Article 115 thereof,                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 Having regard to the application under the first para­
 graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 12 May                                         Article 1
  1978 by the French Government to the Commission
 of the European Communities, for authorization not                The French Republic is hereby authorized not to
 to apply Community treatment to men's and boys'                   apply Community treatment to the products indicated
 coats and blazers, falling within heading No ex 61.01             below, where they originate in Czechoslovakia and are
 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in                      in free circulation in the other Member States, and in
 Czechoslovakia and in free circulation in the other               respect of which applications for import licences were
 Member States,                                                    lodged after 2 May 1978 :
 Whereas in France the importation of the products in
                                                                         CCT
 question originating in Czechoslovakia is, in accor­                   heading                      Description
 dance with the Council Decision of 20 December                           No
 1977 (!), subject to quantitative restriction ;
 Whereas disparities in the commercial policy                     ex 61.01          Men's and boys' coats and blazers
 measures applied in connection with these products
 by the Member States are giving rise to deflection of
 trade, thus preventing the execution of those commer­                                      Article 2
 cial policy measures, which are in force because of the
 difficult economic situation in the sector concerned ;           This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
                                                                  arise for the importation of these products from
 Whereas according to the application submitted there              Czechoslovakia or until 31 December 1978 , whichever
 are     serious  difficulties in   the   industrial  sector      is the earlier.
 concerned, involving a considerable drop in produc­
 tion and employment and a progressive decline in its                                       Article 3
 market share ;
                                                                  This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
 already effected, would be likely to aggravate these
 difficulties ;
                                                                   Done at Brussels, 19 May 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 ;
                                                                                             Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
 for the application of protective measures under the                                              Vice-President
(!) OJ No L 360 , 31 . 12. 1977, p. 1 .                           (2) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.