CELEX: 31978D0378
Language: en
Date: 1978-03-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 9 March 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to men's and boys' woven overcoats, raincoats, cloaks and capes excepting coats of impregnated, coated, covered or laminated woven fabric falling within heading No 59.08, 59.11 or 59.12, falling within heading No ex 61.01 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in South Korea and in free circulation in the other Member States

20 . 4 . 78                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                   No L 106/29
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                                  of 9 March 1978
                authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to men's
                and boys' woven overcoats , raincoats, cloaks and capes excepting coats of
                impregnated, coated, covered or laminated woven fabric falling within heading
                No 59.08 , 59.11 or 59.12 , falling within heading No ex 61.01 of the Common
                Customs Tariff, originating in South Korea and in free circulation in the other
                                                   Member States
                                          (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                     (78 /378 / 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            Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                  for the application of protective measures under the
Having regard to the application under the first para­           first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 3 March              tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
1978 by the French Government to the Commission                  May 1971 ( 1 ), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
of the European Communities, for authorization not
to apply Community treatment to men's and boys'                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
woven overcoats, raincoats, cloaks and capes excepting
coats of impregnated, coated, covered or laminated
                                                                                           Article 1
woven fabric falling within heading No 59.08 , 59.11
or 59.12, falling within heading No ex 61.01 of the              The French Republic is authorized not to apply
Common Customs Tariff, originating in South Korea                Community treatment to the products indicated
and in free circulation in the other Member States ,
                                                                 below, where they originate in South Korea and are in
Whereas the importation into the Community of the                free circulation in the other Member States, and in
products in question originating in South Korea is               respect of which applications for import licences were
covered by an Agreement negotiated between the                   lodged after 20 February 1978 and are, on the date of
Community and that country ;                                     this Decision , pending with the French authorities :
Whereas under that Agreement South Korea has
undertaken to take all necessary steps to limit its                    CCT
                                                                      heading                        Description
exports of the products in question to the Community                    No
to certain ceilings allocated among the Member
States ;                                                         ex 61.01          Men's and boys' woven overcoats, rain­
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­                              coats, cloaks and capes excepting coats of
cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the                               impregnated , coated, covered or laminated
individual markets ; whereas for that reason disparities                           woven fabric falling within heading No
                                                                                   59.08 , 59.11 or 59.12
persist between the import conditions in the various
Member States ; whereas uniformity can be achieved
only progressively ;
                                                                                            Article 2
Whereas according to the application submitted there
are     serious  difficulties in the  industrial   sector        This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
concerned, involving a considerable drop in produc­
tion and employment and a progressive decline in its
market share ;                                                   Done at Brussels, 9 March 1978 .
Whereas although the imports which gave rise to the
                                                                                              For the Commission
application submitted would appear to be an isolated
operation , they are nevertheless likely, owing to the                                         Étienne DAVIGNON
appreciable amount of the imports, to risk the aims of
the abovementioned Agreement ;                                                            Member of the Commission
                                                                 (') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. «26.