CELEX: 31974R0675
Language: en
Date: 1974-03-21 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 675/74 of the Council of 21 March 1974 setting up a system of licences for the import of cotton yarn into the United Kingdom from third countries

28 . 3 . 74                           Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 83/ 1
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                                            (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                   REGULATION (EEC) No 675/74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                     of 21 March 1974
              setting up a system of licences for the import of cotton yarn into the United Kingdom
                                                    from third countries
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas protective measures must therefore be adop­
COMMUNITIES,                                                      ted in the form of a limitation on the importation
                                                                  of cotton yarn for a period extending to 31 Decem­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                ber 1974 ;
pean Economic Community ;
                                                                  Whereas, given that the threat of substantial injury
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      originates in imports intended for the United King­
1025/70 (*) of 25 May 1970 establishing common                    dom market, it appears justified at present, having
rules for imports from thirid countries, and in par­              regard to existing trade flows, to restrict the appli­
ticular Article 10 thereof ;                                      cation of the protective measures to imports into that
                                                                  country ;
After consultation with the Advisory Committee set                Whereas these protective measures must be defined in
 up by Article 5 of that Regulation ;                             such a way as to facilitate the completion of the re­
                                                                  conversion process and to allow the liberalization of
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;               the imports in question by the end of 1974 ;
Whereas in response to the request dated 17 Decem­                Whereas, having regard to production and consump­
ber 1973 from the British Government the Commis­                  tion in the United Kingdom and to the trend in im­
sion, by Regulation ( EEC) No 335/74 (2), set up,                 ports from third countries, which have increased
pursuant to Article 10 of Regulation ( EEC) No                    substantially following the liberalization of imports
 1025/70, a system of licences for the import of cot­             into the United Kingdom from certain Mediterranean
ton yarn into the United Kingdom coming from                      countries under agreements between the Community
third countries, this system being applicable under               and those countries, provision should be made for
the same conditions as laid down in Council Re­                   limiting imports at a level corresponding to that fixed
 gulation ( EEC) No 2631 /73 (3) of 27 September 1973 ,           for 1973 ;
which set uip the same system for the period 1 April
 to 31 December 1973 ;                                            Whereas the protective measures may be amended
                                                                  or repealed in relation to the trend in imports into
Whereas it results from t?he statistics and other infor­          other regions of the Community ;
 mation supplied by the British Government during
the consultation with the Advisory Committee men­
tioned above, that the immediate liberalization of                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 imports of cotton yarn from the countries listed in
 Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 1025/70 would,                                           Article 1
 in present circumstances, still be likely to cause
 substantial injury, which would be difficult to repair,
 to the British cotton spinning industry, in particular            1.   The importation into the United Kingdom from
                                                                  the third countries listed in Annex II to Regulation
 as regards employment, by disrupting the reconver­
sion process of that industry ;                                    ( EEC) No 1025/70, excepting those countries listed
                                                                  in the Annex to this Regulation, of the products
                                                                  shown below shall be subject to production of an
                                                                  import licence, and the total tonnage so imported
 (») OJ No L. 124, 8 . 6. 1970, p. 6.
 («) OJ No L 37, 9. 2. 1974, p. 20.                               during the period 1 January to 31 December 1974
 (») OJ No L 272, 29. 9 . 1973 , p . 16.                          inclusive shall not exceed the following quantity :
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                                                                 2.    The import licences referred to in paragraph 1
    heading               Description            Quantity        shall be issued by the United Kingdom .
       No
55.05          Cotton yarn, not put up                                                     Article 2
               for retail sale                 / 17 000
                                               > metric          This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
55.06          Cotton yarn, put up for         \ tons
                                                                 following its publication in the Official Journal of
               retail sale
                                                                 the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 21 March 1974.
                                                                              For the Council
                                                                               The President
                                                                                   J. ERTL
                                                          ANNEX
            Australia                                         Morocco
            Austria                                           New Zealand
            Canada                                            Norway
            Cyprus                                            Portugal
            Finland                                           Spain
            Greece                                            Sweden
            Iceland                                           Switzerland ( including Liechtenstein )
            Israel                                            Tunisia
            Lebanon                                           Turkey
            Malta                                             United States of America