CELEX: 31972R1626
Language: en
Date: 1972-07-28 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1626/72 of the Commission of 28 July 1972 establishing Community surveillance over imports from Japan of electronic four operation calculating machines, printing or non-printing

Official Journal of the European Communities                                  761
29.7.72                             Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 171/33
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 1626/72 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 28 July 1972
              establishing Community surveillance over imports from Japan of electronic four
                                operation calculating machines, printing or non-printing
THE    COMMISSION        OF    THE  EUROPEAN       COM­         Whereas, in these circumstances, the interests of the
MUNITIES,                                                       Community require that the imports in question be
                                                                placed under surveillance, by means of an import
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                    document as provided for in Article 8 of Regulation
European Economic Community;                                    (EEC) No 1025/70 ; whereas the period of validity for
                                                                that document should be six months ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
1025/701 establishing common rules for imports from
third countries, and in particular Article 7 thereof;                                  Article 1
After consultation within the Committee provided for            The importation into the Community from Japan of
in Article 5 of that Regulation ;                               electronic four operation calculating machines,
                                                                printing or non-printing, falling within sub-heading
                                                                No ex 84.52 A of the Common Customs Tariff shall
Whereas for a number of years a world-wide                      be subject to Community surveillance in accordance
restructuring in the calculating machine sector has             with the procedures provided for in Regulation
been in progress; whereas, in particular in the case of         (EEC) No 1025/70.
four operation calculating machines, electro-mechan­
ical machines are being replaced more and more by
electronic machines ;
                                                                                       Article 2
Whereas that restructuring has already reached an
                                                                In the import document to be produced in
advanced stage in Japan, but has made only relatively           accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No
slow progress in the Community, because the greatly             1025/70, the item 'commercial description' must
increased demand for electronic desk calculators is
                                                                include in particular details of the manufacturer and
being met almost entirely by imports from Japan;
                                                                trade mark and of the model or type of the article
                                                                concerned.
Whereas in 1971 Japan's . share of the Community's
internal market was 74% , the Community's own
share being 22% ; whereas, as a result of the continued
                                                                                      Article 3
high rate of growth of imports from Japan, the
Community share continues to decline;
                                                                Import documents shall be valid for not more than
                                                                six months.
Whereas it would thus appear that a clearer picture
of sales is required, together with more up to date
information on trends in imports from Japan of
electronic four operation calculating machines,                                        Article 4
printing or non-printing, thus enabling development
on the market in this sector to be followed more                This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
closely;                                                        day following its publication in the Official Journal
                                                                of the European Communities and shall remain in
                                                                force until 31 July 1973 . It shall take effect from
1 OJ No L 124, 8.6.1970, p. 6.                                  1 August 1972.
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    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
    States.
    Done at Brussels, 28 July 1972.
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                          The President
                                                                       S. L. MANSHOLT