CELEX: 31976D0839
Language: en
Date: 1976-09-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 9 September 1976 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to blouses falling within heading No ex 61.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the Republic of Korea and in free circulation in the other Member States

6 . 11 . 76                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                     No L 304/ 29
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                 of 9 September 1976
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to blouses
              falling within heading No ex 61.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating
               in the Republic of Korea and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                           (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                      (76/839/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in
COMMUNITIES,                                                   motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­
                                                               sary cooperation from the other Member States ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­          Whereas authorization should accordingly be given,
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                for a limited period, for the application of protective
                                                               measures, under the first paragraph of Article 115,
Having regard to the application under the first para­         subject to the conditions laid down by the Commis­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 1                  sion Decision of 12 May 1971 (') and in particular
September 1976 by the French Government to the                 Article 1 thereof ;
Commission by telex from the office of its Permanent
Representative to the European Communities, for                Whereas the request for a licence which gave rise to
authorization to apply protective measures to imports          the application under the first paragraph of Article
of blouses falling within heading No ex 61.02 of the            1 1 5 need not be covered by this authorization in view
Common Customs Tariff, originating in the Republic             of the particularly small amount involved,
of Korea and in free circulation in the other Member
States,
Whereas the importation into the Community of the              HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
products in question originating in the Republic of
Korea is the subject of an Agreement negotiated
between the Community and the Republic of Korea                                           Article 1
and initialled on 28 November 1975 ;
                                                               The French Republic is authorized not to apply
Whereas under the Agreement the Republic of Korea              Community treatment to imports of the following
has undertaken to take all necessary steps to limit its        products :
exports of certain textile products to the Community
to certain ceilings allocated among the Member
                                                                       CCT
States ;                                                              heading                  Description of goods
                                                                        No
Whereas the allocation of the ceiling in question still
involves certain disparities in the quota shares fixed         ex 61.02          Women's,       girls'    and      infants' outer
for the various Member States in relation to the supply                          garments :
requirements of the markets concerned ;                                          — Blouses
Whereas these disparties are likely to cause an indirect
trade flow which could aggravate the situation in the          where they originate in the Republic of Korea and are
clothing industry ;                                            in free circulation in the other Member States, and in
                                                               respect of which applications for import licences were
Whereas according to information supplied by the               lodged after 31 August 1976.
French Government there are serious economic diffi­
culties in the clothing sector resulting in a progressive
decline of production and a reduction of the number                                       Article 2
of workers employed in that sector ;
                                                               This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
Whereas the indirect imports in question , which               arise in the French Republic for the importation of
would be in addition to those already effected, would
be likely to aggravate these economic difficulties ;           (•) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .
 ---pagebreak--- No L 304/30                     Official Journal of the European Communities                        6. 11 . 76
the products in question from the Republic of Korea       Done at Brussels, 9 September 1976.
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