CELEX: 31978D0487
Language: en
Date: 1978-05-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 12 May 1978 authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to shirts, T-shirts, lightweight fine knit roll, polo or turtle necked jumpers and pullovers, undervests and the like, other than babies' garments, of cotton or synthetic textile fibres; T-shirts and lightweight fine knit roll, polo or turtle necked jumpers and pullovers of regenerated textile fibres, falling within heading No ex 60.04 of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 60.04-01 05, 13, 18, 28, 29, 30, 41, 50, 58), originating in India and in free circulation in the other Member States

9 . 6. 78                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                    No L 153/29
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 12 May 1978
               authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to shirts, T-shirts, light­
               weight fine knit roll, polo or turtle necked jumpers and pullovers, undervests
               and the like, other than babies' garments, of cotton or synthetic textile fibres ; T-
               shirts and lightweight fine knit roll , polo or turtle necked jumpers and pullovers
               of regenerated textile fibres, falling within heading No ex 60.04 of the Common
               Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 60.04-01 , 05 , 13 , 18 , 28 , 29, 30 , 41 , 50, 58 ), origi­
                      nating in India and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                           (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                       (78/487/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
COMMUNITIES,                                                    already effected, would be likely to aggravate 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 1 1 5 thereof,                                 machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
                                                                tion from the other Member States ;
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 4 May               Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
1978 by the Irish Government to the Commission of               for the application of protective measures under the
the European Communities, for Authorization not to              first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
apply Community treatment to shirts, T-shirts, light­           tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
weight fine knit roll, polo or turtle necked jumpers            May 1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
and pullovers, undervests and the like, other than
babies' garments, of cotton or synthetic textile fibres ;
T-shirts and lightweight fine knit roll, polo or turtle
necked jumpers and pullovers of regenerated textile
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
fibres, falling within heading No ex 60.04 of the
Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 60.04-01 ,
05, 13, 18, 28, 29, 30, 41 , 50, 58), originating in India
and in free circulation in the other Member States,                                          Article 1
Whereas the importation into the Community of the                Ireland is hereby authorized not to apply Community
products in question originating in India is covered by         treatment to the products indicated below, where they
an Agreement negotiated between the Community                   originate in India and are in free circulation in the
and that country ;                                              other Member States, and in respect of which applica­
                                                                tions for import licences were lodged after 26 April
Whereas under that Agreement India has undertaken                1978 :
to take all necessary steps to limit its exports of the
products in question to the Community to certain ceil­                      CCT
ings allocated among the Member States ;                                   heading                       Description
                                                                             No
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­           ex 60.04                    Shirts, T-shirts, lightweight fine
cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the            (NIMEXE codes 60.04- knit roll, polo or- turtle necked
individual markets ; whereas for that reason disparities        01 , 05, 13 , 18 , 28 , 29, jumpers and pullovers, undervests
persist between the import conditions in the various            30 , 41 , 50, 58)           and the like, other than babies'
Member States ; whereas uniformity can be achieved                                          garments, of cotton or synthetic
only progressively ;                                                                        textile fibres ; T-shirts and light­
                                                                                            weight fine knit roll, polo or turtle
                                                                                            necked jumpers and pullovers of
Whereas according to the application submitted there                                        regenerated textile fibres
are    serious  difficulties in   the   industrial  sector
concerned, involving a considerable drop in produc­
tion and employment ;                                           (M OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .
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                       Article 2                            Done at Brussels, 12 May 1978 .
This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
arise for the importation of these products from India
or until 31 December 1978, whichever is the earlier.
                                                                                   For the Commission
                       Article 3                                                    Guido BRUNNER
This Decision is addressed to Ireland .                                         Member of the Commission