CELEX: 31976D0047
Language: en
Date: 1975-10-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 30 October 1975 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to umbrellas and sunshades (including walking-stick umbrellas and similar umbrellas) falling within heading No 66.01 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other Member States

16 . 1 . 76                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No L 9/ 29
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                                 of 30 October 1975
             authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to
             umbrellas and sunshades (including walking-stick umbrellas and similar
             umbrellas) falling within heading No 66.01 of the Common Customs Tariff, orig­
                inating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                          (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                     (76/47/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                authorization should be given, for a limited period, for
COMMUNITIES,                                                  the application of protective measures under the first
                                                               paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the conditions laid
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European         down by the Commission Decision of 12 May
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­          1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,
Having regard to the application under the first para­         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 22
October 1975 by the French Government to the                                             Article 1
Commission by telex from the Office of its Perma­
nent Representative to the European Communities,              The French Republic is authorized not to apply
for authorization not to apply Community treatment            Community treatment to imports of umbrellas and
to umbrellas and sunshades (including walking-stick           sunshades (including walking-stick umbrellas and
umbrellas and similar umbrellas) falling within               similar umbrellas) falling within heading No 66.01 of
heading No 66.01 of the Common Customs Tariff,                the Common Customs Tariff, where they originate in
originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in           Hong Kong and are in free circulation in the other
the other Member States ,                                     Member States, and in respect of which applications
Whereas according to this application under Article           for import licences were lodged after 21 October
                                                               1975 .
115 the importation into France of the products in
question originating in Hong Kong is subject to an
annual quota of 355 000 items, which has been wholly                                     Article 2
taken up ;                                                    This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
Whereas differences in the commercial policy                  arise in the French Republic for the importation of
measures applied in connection with these products            the products in question from Hong Kong and in any
by France and by the other Member States as regards           case not later than 29 February 1976.
Hong Kong are giving rise to deflection of trade ;
                                                                                         Article 3
Whereas this deflection of trade is obstructing the
execution of the above commercial policy measures             This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
currently being applied by France as regards Hong
Kong ;
                                                              Done at Brussels, 30 October 1975 .
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in
motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­                                         For the Commission
sary cooperation from the other Member States ;
                                                                                            Christopher SOAMES
Whereas , in order to ensure that the execution of the
above commercial policy measures is not obstructed ,                                            Vice-President
                                                              (') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .