CELEX: 31978D0489
Language: en
Date: 1978-05-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 17 May 1978 authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to woven table linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen, other than of cotton terry fabric, falling within subheading ex 62.02 B of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 62.02-41, 43, 47, 65, 73, 77), originating in India and in free circulation in the other Member States

9 . 6 . 78                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                   No L 153 /33
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 17 May 1978
              authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to woven table linen ,
              toilet linen and kitchen linen , other than of cotton terry fabric, falling within
              subheading ex 62.02 B of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 62.02-41 ,
              43, 47 , 65 , 73, 77), originating in India and in free circulation in the other
                                                     Member States
                                            (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                       (78/489/ 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            Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­             machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                   tion from the other Member States ;
                                                                 Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
Having regard to the application under the first para­            for the application of protective measures under the
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 5 May                 first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
1978 by the Irish Government to the Commission of                 tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
the European Communities, for authorization not to                May 1971 ( !) and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
apply Community treatment to woven table linen,
toilet linen and kitchen linen, other than of cotton
terry fabric, falling within subheading ex 62.02 B of            Whereas, however, the request for a licence which
the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 62.02­                   gave rise to the application in question does not need
41 , 43, 47, 65, 73, 77), originating in India and in free        to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
circulation in the other Member States,                           small amount involved,
Whereas the importation into the Community of the
products in question originating in India is covered by           HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
an Agreement negotiated between the Community
and that country ;
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas under that Agreement India has undertaken
to take all necessary steps to limit its exports of the
products in question to the Community to certain ceil­            Ireland is hereby authorized not to apply Community
ings allocated among the Member States ;                         treatment to the products indicated below, where they
                                                                 originate in India and are in free circulation in the
                                                                 other Member States, and in respect of which applica­
                                                                 tions for import licences were lodged after 5 May
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­             1978 :
cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the
individual markets, whereas for that reason disparities                      CCT
persist between the import conditions in the various                        heading                      Description
                                                                              No
Member States ; whereas uniformity an be achieved
only progressively ;
                                                                 ex 62.02 B                 Woven table linen , toilet linen and
                                                                 (NIMEXE codes 62.02- kitchen linen , other than cotton
                                                                 41 , 43 , 47, 65, 73 , 77) terry fabric
Whereas there are serious difficulties in the industrial
sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in
production and employment ;                                      (•) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26 .
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                       Article 2                            Done at Brussels, 17 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                                                 Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
This Decision is addressed to Ireland .                                               Vice-President