CELEX: 31976D0708
Language: en
Date: 1976-07-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 29 July 1976 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to certain setts, flags and paving, hearth and wall tiles falling within subheadings 69.07 ex A and B ex II and 69.08 ex A and B ex II of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States

2. 9 . 76                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 241 /35
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 29 July 1976
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to certain
              setts, flags and paving, hearth and wall tiles falling within subheadings 69.07 ex
              A and B ex II and 69.08 ex A and B ex II of the Common Customs Tariff, origi­
                      nating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                                 (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                            (76/708/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas uniform arrangements for imports of the
 COMMUNITIES,                                                        products in question could be adopted under a
                                                                     common commercial policy vis-a-vis Japan ; whereas
                                                                     these measures should apply only until such arrange­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               ments are introduced,
 Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,
 Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 23 July
 1976 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 certain setts,
 flags and paving, hearth and wall tiles falling within
 subheadings 69.07 ex A and B ex II and 69.08 ex A
 and B II of the Common Customs Tariff, originating
 in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member                                      Article 1
 States,
Whereas according to this application under Article                  The French Republic is authorized not to apply
 115 the importation into France of the products in                  Community treatment to imports of the following
 question originating in Japan in subject to a contrac­              products :
 tual quota of $ 161 000, which is in the process of
 being allocated ;
                                                                         CCT heading No            Description of goods
Whereas differences in the commercial policy
 measures applied in connection with these products
                                                                     69.07               Unglazed setts, flags and paving,
                                                                                         hearth and wall tiles :
 by France and by the other Member States as regards
Japan are giving rise to deflection of trade ;                             ex A          — Stoneware      tiles   and   cubes for
                                                                                             mosaics, the longest side of which
                                                                                             does not exceed 5 cm
Whereas this deflection of trade is obstructing the                            B ex II   — Stoneware, other than with sides
execution of the above commercial policy measures                                            exceeding 40 cm
currently being applied by France as regards Japan ;                 69.08               Glazed setts, flags and paving, hearth
                                                                                         and wall tiles :
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in                   ex A          — Tiles and cubes for mosaics, other
 motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­                                          than of common pottery, of
sary cooperation from the other Member States ;                                              which the longest side does not
                                                                                             exceed 5 cm
                                                                               B ex II   — Other, of ceramic materials other
Whereas authorization should be given, for a limited                                         than common pottery
period, for the application of protective measures
under the first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the
conditions laid down by the Commission Decision of                   where they originate in Japan and are in free circula­
 12 May 1971 (*), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;              tion in the other Member States, and in respect of
                                                                     which applications for import licences were lodged
(') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .                             after 15 July 1976.
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                        Article 2                           Done at Brussels, 29 July 1976.
This Decision shall apply only until uniform import
arrangements are introduced under a common
commercial policy vis-d-vis Japan or until new oppor­
tunities arise in the French Republic for the importa­
tion of the products in question from Japan and in
any case not later than 31 December 1976.                                           For the Commission
                        Article 3                                                   Christopher SOAMES
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.                                     Vice-President