CELEX: 31979D0257
Language: en
Date: 1979-02-21 00:00:00
Title: 79/257/EEC: Commission Decision of 21 February 1979 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to tableware and other articles of a kind commonly used for domestic or toilet purposes, of porcelain and other kinds of pottery, falling within heading No 69.11 and subheadings 69.12 C and D of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the People' s Republic of China and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 57/40                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                  8 . 3 . 79
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                 of 21 February 1979
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to table­
              ware and other articles of a kind commonly used for domestic or toilet
              purposes, of porcelain and other kinds of pottery, falling within heading No
              69.11 and subheadings 69.12 C and D of the Common Customs Tariff, origi­
              nating in the People's Republic of China and in free circulation in the other
                                                    Member States
                                           (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                     (79/ 257/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
COMMUNITIES,                                                    tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 / 202/ EEC
                                                                of 12 May 1971 (*), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 14                                            Article 1
February 1979 by the French Government to the
Commission of the European Communities, for                     The French Republic is authorized not to apply
authorization not to apply Community treatment to               Community treatment to the products indicated
tableware and other articles of a kind commonly used            below, where they originate in the People's Republic
for domestic or toilet purposes, of porcelain and other         of China and are in free circulation in the other
kinds of pottery, falling within heading No 69.11 and           Member States, and in respect of which applications
subheadings 69.12 C and D of the Common Customs                 for import licences were lodged after 5 February
Tariff, originating in the People's Republic of China            1979 :
and in free circulation in the other Member States,
Whereas in France the importation of the products in                   CCT
                                                                      heading
question originating in the People's Republic of                        No
                                                                                                   Description
China is subject to an annual quota, which has not yet
been opened ;
                                                                69.11            Tableware and other articles of a kind
Whereas the disparities which exist in the commercial           69.12 C          commonly used for domestic or toilet
policy measures applied in connection with these                and D            purposes, of porcelain and other kinds of
products by the Member States are causing deflection                             pottery
of trade , thereby preventing the execution of those
commercial policy measures which are in force
because of the difficult economic situation in the                                        Article 2
sector concerned ;
                                                                This Decision shall apply until 30 June 1979.
Whereas it appears from the application submitted
that there are serious difficulties in the industrial
sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in                                        Article 3
production and employment ;
                                                                This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
already made or proposed, would be likely to aggra­
vate these difficulties ;                                       Done at Brussels, 21 February 1979 .
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­                                         For the Commission
tion from the other Member States ;
                                                                                           Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
for the application of protective measures under the                                             Vice-President
                                                                (>) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.