CELEX: 31978D0831
Language: en
Date: 1978-09-22 00:00:00
Title: 78/831/EEC: Commission Decision of 22 September 1978 authorizing Ireland not apply Community treatment to woven cotton terry fabrics; toilet and kitchen linen of woven cotton terry fabrics, falling within heading No 55.08 or subheading ex 62.02 B of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 55.08-10, 30, 50, 80; 62.02-71), originating in India and in free circulation in the other Member States

14. 10 . 78                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                   No L 288/43
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                               of 22 September 1978
              authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to woven cotton terry
               fabrics ; toilet and kitchen linen of woven cotton terry fabrics, falling within
              heading No 55.08 or subheading ex 62.02 B of the Common Customs Tariff
              (NIMEXE codes 55.08-10, 30, 50 , 80 ; 62.02-71 ), originating in India and in free
                                     circulation in the other Member States
                                          (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                     (78/831 / EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
COMMUNITIES,                                                    already made or proposed, would be likely to aggra­
                                                                vate these difficulties ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community, and in particular the first para­          Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                   machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
                                                                tion from the other Member States ;
Having regard to the application under the first para­          Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 14                  for the application of protective measures under the
September 1978 by the Irish Government to the                   first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
Commission of the European Communities, for                     tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 /202/ EEC
authorization not to apply Community treatment to               of 12 May 1971 ( 1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
woven cotton terry fabrics ; toilet and kitchen linen of
woven cotton terry fabrics, falling within heading No
55.08 or subheading ex 62.02 B of the Common
Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 55.08-10, 30, 50, 80 ;             HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
62.02-71 ), originating in India and in free circulation
in the other Member States,
                                                                                          Article 1
Whereas the importation into the Community of the
products in question originating in India is covered by         Ireland is hereby authorized not to apply Community
an Agreement negotiated between the Community                   treatment to the products indicated below, where they
and that country ;                                              originate in India and are in free circulation in the
                                                                other Member States, and in respect of which applica­
                                                                tions for import licences were lodged after 6
Whereas under that Agreement India had undertaken               September 1978 :
to take all necessary steps to limit its exports of the
products in question to the Community up to the                            CCT
                                                                          heading                      Description
amount of certain ceilings allocated among the                              No
Member States ;
                                                                55.08 or                 Woven cotton terry fabrics ; toilet
                                                                ex 62.02 B               and kitchen linen of woven cotton
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­           (NIMEXE codes            terry fabrics
cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the            55.08-10, 30, 50, 80 ;
individual markets ; whereas there are therefore dispar­        62.02-71 )
ities existing between the import conditions in the
various Member States ; whereas uniformity can only
be achieved progressively ;
                                                                                          Article 2
Whereas it appears from the application submitted               This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
that there are serious difficulties in the industrial           arise in Ireland for the importation of these products
sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in
production and employment ;                                     (1) OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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from India or until 31 December 1978 , whichever is       Done at Brussels, 22 September 1978 .
the earlier.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                      Article 3                                                  Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
This Decision is addressed to Ireland .                                              Vice-President