CELEX: 31979D0389
Language: en
Date: 1979-03-28 00:00:00
Title: 79/389/EEC: Commission Decision of 28 March 1979 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to gloves, mittens and mitts, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized, other than those of category 10, of wool, cotton or man-made textile fibres, falling within heading No ex 60.02 of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 60.02-50, 60, 70, 80) (category 11), originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the other Member States

12 . 4 . 79                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                    No L 93/47
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 28 March 1979
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to gloves,
               mittens and mitts, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized, other than
               those of category 10 , of wool , cotton or man-made textile fibres, falling within
              heading No ex 60.02 of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 60.02-50,
              60 , 70 , 80) (category 11 ), originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the
                                                   other Member States
                                              (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                         (79/389/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
COMMUNITIES,                                                      machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
                                                                  tion from the other Member States ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                     Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
                                                                  for the application of protective measures under the
                                                                  first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
Having regard to the application under the first para­            tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 /202/ EEC
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 22 March              of 12 May 1971 (3), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
 1979 by the French Government to the Commission
of the European Communities, for authorization not
to apply Community treatment to gloves, mittens and               Whereas, however, the application for a licence which
mitts, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized,
                                                                  gave rise to the application in question does not need
other than those of category 10, of wool, cotton or               to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
man-made textile fibres, falling within heading No ex             small amount involved,
60.02 of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE
codes 60.02-50 , 60, 70, 80) (category 1 1 ), originating in
Taiwan 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 Taiwan is subject
to a Community quantitative quota allocated among
the Member States by Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 3020/77 of 30 December 1977 ('), confirmed by
Council Regulation (EEC) No 255/78 of 7 February                                           Article 1
 1978 (2) ;
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­             The French Republic is authorized not to apply
cate these quotas on the basis of the needs of the indi­          Community treatment to the products indicated
vidual markets ; whereas there are therefore disparities          below, where they originate in Taiwan and are in free
existing between the import conditions in the various             circulation in the other Member States, and in respect
Member States ; whereas uniformity can only be                    of which applications for import licences were lodged
                                                                  after 19 March 1979 :
achieved progressively ;
Whereas it appears from the application submitted                            CCT
                                                                            heading                       Description
that there are serious difficulties in the industrial                         No
sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in
production and employment ;                                       ex 60.02                 Gloves, mittens and mitts, knitted
                                                                  ( NIMEXE codes           or crocheted, not elastic or rubber­
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those            60.02-50 , 60 , 70, 80) ized, other than those of category
already made or proposed, would be likely to aggra­               (category 1 1 )           10 , of wool , cotton or man-made
vate these difficulties ;                                                                  textile fibres
( i ) OJ No L 357, 31 . 12. 1977, p. 51 .
(2) OJ No L 39, 9. 2. 1978 , p. 1 .                               P) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26.
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                                Official Journal of the European Communities                        12 . 4 . 79
                      Article 2                           Done at Brussels, 28 March 1979 .
This Decision shall apply until 30 June 1979.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                      Article 3                                                    Guido BRUNNER
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.                            Member of the Commission