CELEX: 31976D0636
Language: en
Date: 1976-07-22 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 22 July 1976 extending the period of validity of Decision 76/272/EEC authorizing Ireland to take protective measures in respect of footwear with uppers of leather originating in Finland

No L 223/20                              Official Journal of the European Communities                               16. 8 . 76
                                                     COUNCIL DECISION
                                                         of 22 July 1976
              extending the period of validity of Decision 76/272/EEC authorizing Ireland to take
              protective measures in respect of footwear with uppers of leather originating in Finland
                                                          (76/636/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            Whereas, therefore, similar measures should be taken
                                                                    in respect of imports of this product originating in
                                                                    Finland   in  accordance with       Article 26   of the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                        Agreement between the European                 Economic
European Economic Community,                                        Community and the Republic of Finland ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        Whereas consultations have been held with Finland
3288/73 of 3 December 1973 concerning safeguard                     in accordance with Article 27 of the aforementioned
measures provided for in the Agreement between                      Agreement,
the European Economic Community and the
Republic of Finland ( 1 ), and in particular Article 4
thereof,
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas following the adoption of Council Decision                                         Article 1
76/272/EEC of 24 February 1976 authorizing Ireland
to take protective measures in respect of footwear
with uppers of leather originating in Finland (2), the              In Article 1 of Decision 76/272/EEC '31 December
Irish footwear industry has continued to encounter                  1976' shall be substituted for '30 June 1976'.
serious difficulties which are liable to persist;
whereas statistics available for 1976 indicate a further
increase in imports, a decline in exports and a                                            Article 2
continuing deterioration in the production and
employment situation ;                                              This Decision is addressed to Ireland .
Whereas the period of validity of Commission
Decision     76 / 176 /EEC     of     22   December      1975
authorizing Ireland to take protective measures in
respect of footwear with uppers of leather, falling                 Done at Brussels, 22 July 1976.
within Common Customs Tariff subheading
64.02 A, under Article 135 of the Act concerning the                                                    For the Council
conditions of accession and the adjustments to the                                                        The President
Treaties (8), has been extended by Decision 76/571 /
EEC (4);                                                                                             L. J. BRINKHORST
(*) OJ No  L 338, 7. 12. 1973 , p. 2.
(2) OJ No  L 58, 5. 3. 1976, p. 9.
(8) OJ No  L 32, 6. 2. 1976, p. 22.
(«) OJ No  L 182, 8 . 7. 1976, p . 24.