CELEX: 31976D0174
Language: en
Date: 1975-07-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 23 July 1975 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to umbrellas and sunshades (including walking-stick umbrellas, umbrella tents and garden and similar umbrellas) falling within heading No 66.01 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 32/ 20                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                     6 . 2 . 76
                                              COMMISSION
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 23 July 1975
             authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to
             umbrellas and sunshades (including walking-stick umbrellas, umbrella tents and
             garden and similar umbrellas) (ailing within heading No 66.01 of the Common
              Customs Tariff, originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the other
                                                   Member States
                                          (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                     (76/ 174/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 sion Decision of 12 May 1971 ('), and in particular
COMMUNITIES,                                                   Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­          HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,
                                                                                        Article 1
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 17 July            The French Government is authorized not to apply
1975 by the French Government to the Commission                Community treatment to imports of the following
by telex from the office of its Permanent Representa­          products, where they originate in Taiwan and are in
tive to the European Communities, for authorization            free circulation in the other Member States, and in
not to apply Community treatment to umbrellas and              respect of which applications for import licences were
sunshades      (including    walking-stick    umbrellas,       lodged after 10 July 1975 :
umbrella tents and garden and similar umbrellas)
falling within heading No 66.01 of the Common                        CCT
Customs Tariff, originating in Taiwan and in free                   heading                   Description of goods
circulation in the other Member States,                               No
Whereas it appears from the application of Article
1 1 5 that France is not at present opening any new            66.01            Umbrellas and sunshades (including
import possibilities for the product concerned from                             walking-stick umbrellas, umbrella tents
Taiwan ;                                                                        and garden and similar umbrellas)
Whereas differences in the measures of commercial
policy taken in connection with these products by                                       Article 2
France and by the other Member States as regards
Taiwan are giving rise to deflection of trade ;                This Decision shall apply until the opening of new
                                                               import possibilities of the product in question into
Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the             France from Taiwan and in any case not later than 31
execution    of   the   abovementioned     measures    of      December 1975 .
commercial policy currently being taken by France as
regards Taiwan ;                                                                         Article 3
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in
motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­             This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
sary cooperation from the other Member States ;
Whereas, in order to ensure that the implementation            Done at Brussels, 23 July 1975.
of the abovementioned commercial policy measures is
                                                                                           For the Commission
not obstructed, authorization should be given for a
limited period, for the application of protective                                                The President
measures under the first paragraph of Article 1 1 5,
subject to the conditions laid down by the Commis­                                        Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
                                                               (') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p . 26.