CELEX: 31977D0786
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 9 September 1977 authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany not to apply Community treatment to panty hose of synthetic textile fibres, falling within heading No ex 60.04 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the Republic of Korea and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 328 / 8                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            21 . 12 . 77
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 9 September 1977
              authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany not to apply Community treat­
              ment to panty hose of synthetic textile fibres , falling within heading No ex 60.04
              of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the Republic of Korea and in
                                       free circulation in the other Member States
                                                (Only the German text is authentic)
                                                           (77/786/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas, it is nevertheless inappropriate to cover by
COMMUNITIES,                                                         such a decision the request for a licence, which has
                                                                     motivated the application in question , because of its
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                low amount,
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
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 5
September 1977 by the Government of the Federal                                              Article 1
Republic of Germany to the Commission by telex
from the office of its Permanent Representative to the               The Federal Republic of Germany is authorized not to
European Communities, for authorization not to apply                 apply Community treatment to panty hose of
Community treatment to panty hose of synthetic                       synthetic textile fibres falling within heading No ex
textile fibres falling within heading No ex 60.04 of                 60.04 of the Common Customs Tariff, where they orig­
the Common Customs Tariff and in free circulation
                                                                     inate in the Republic of Korea and are in free circula­
in the other Member States,                                          tion in the other Member States, and in respect of
Whereas the import into the Federal Republic of                      which applications for import licences were lodged
                                                                     after the date of this Decision .
Germany of the products in question from the Repu­
blic of Korea is subject to a quota of 4 620 000 pieces,
agreed upon by the Community and the Government                                              Article 2
of the Republic of Korea ;
                                                                     This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
Whereas according to information supplied by the                     arise in the Federal Republic of Germany for the
Government of the Federal Republic of Germany to                     importation of the products in question from the
direct and indirect imports effected since 1 January                 Republic of Korea and in any case not later than 31
1977 massively exceed the abovementioned ceiling ;                   December 1977 .
Whereas further indirect imports would be likely to
aggravate the serious economic difficulties in the                                           Article 3
branch of the textile industry concerned , which are
resulting in particular in a progressive decline of                  This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of
production ;                                                         Germany .
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in
motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­
sary cooperation from the other Member States ;                      Done at Brussels, 9 September 1977.
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
                                                                                               For the Commission
for the application of protective measures under the
first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­                                           Etienne DAVIGNON
tions laid down by the Commission Decision of 12
May 1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .