CELEX: 31977D0002
Language: en
Date: 1976-11-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 26 November 1976 authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany not to apply Community treatment to woven fabrics of regenerated textile fibres, containing 85% or more by weight of regenerated textile fibres, unbleached or bleached, falling within subheading ex 56.07 B of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the People's Republic of China and in free circulation in Denmark

5 . 1 . 77                             Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 3 / 11
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 26 November 1976
              authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany not to apply Community treat­
              ment to woven fabrics of regenerated textile fibres, containing 85 % or more by
              weight of regenerated textile fibres , unbleached or bleached, falling within
              subheading ex 56.07 B of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the
                       People's Republic of China and in free circulation in Denmark
                                              (Only the German text is authentic)
                                                           (77/2/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
COMMUNITIES,                                                        for the application of protective measures, under the
                                                                    first paragraph of Article 115 of the Treaty, subject to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               the conditions specified in the Commission Decision
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
                                                                    of 12 May 1971 (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,
Having regard to the application under the first para­              HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 19
November 1976 by the Government of the Federal                                                 Article 1
Republic of Germany to the Commission by telex
from the Office of its Permanent Representative to                  The Federal Republic of Germany is hereby autho­
the European Communities, for authorization not to                  rized not to apply Community treatment to woven
apply Community treatment to woven fabrics of re­                   fabrics of regenerated textile fibres, containing 85 %
generated textile fibres, containing 85 % or more by                or more by weight of regenerated textile fibres, un­
weight of regenerated textile fibres, unbleached or                 bleached or bleached, falling within subheading ex
bleached, falling within subheading ex 56.07 B of the               56.07 B of the Common Customs Tariff, where they
Common Customs Tariff, originating in the People's                  originate in the People's Republic of China and are in
Republic    of  China      and    in    free   circulation  in      free circulation in Denmark, and in respect of which
Denmark ,                                                           applications for import licences were lodged after 9
                                                                    November 1976 .
Whereas for the fabrics falling within subheading ex
56.07 of the Common Customs Tariff, the Federal                                                Article 2
Republic of Germany, in accordance with the Council
Decision of 18 December 1975 ('), opened in respect                 This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
of the People 's Republic of China a quota of DM                    arise in the Federal Republic of Germany for the
 1 200 000 for 1976, which has been used up ;                       importation of the products in question from the
                                                                    People's Republic of China and in any case not later
Whereas, according to information supplied by the                   than 31 December 1976 .
Government of the Federal Republic of Germany, the
economic difficulties in the textile industry concerned                                         Article 3
which were the reason for the restrictive measure still
persist ;                                                           This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of
                                                                    Germany.
Whereas indirect imports, which would be in addition
to those already effected, would be likely to aggravate             Done at Brussels, 26 November 1976 .
these economic difficulties ;
                                                                                                  For the Commission
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in
motion rapidly the machinery for bringing about the                                                    G. BRUNNER
necessary cooperation from Denmark and the other
Member States ;                                                                               Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 332, 31 . 12 . 1975 , p. 1                              (*') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .