CELEX: 31978D0173
Language: en
Date: 1978-01-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 17 January 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to handkerchiefs falling within heading No ex 61.05 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the People's Republic of China and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 53 / 26                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                   24. 2. 78
                                           COMMISSION DECISION
                                                of 17 January 1978
             authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to handker­
             chiefs falling within heading No ex 61.05 of the Common Customs Tariff, origi­
             nating in the People's Republic of China and in free circulation in the other
                                                  Member States
                                         (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                    (78 / 173/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
COMMUNITIES,                                                    for the application of protective measures under the
                                                                first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­           May 1971 ( 1 ), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty made on 11                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
January 1978 by the French Government to the
Commission by telex from the office of its Permanent                                     A rticle 1
Representative to the European Communities, for
authorization not to apply Community treatment to               The French Republic is authorized not to apply
handkerchiefs falling within heading No ex 61.05 of             Community treatment to handkerchiefs falling within
the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the                   heading No ex 61.05 of the Common Customs Tariff
People's Republic of China and in free circulation in           where they originate in the People's Republic of
the other Member States ,                                       China and are in free circulation in the other Member
Whereas for the products in question France is not at           States, and in respect of which applications for import
                                                                licences lodged after 28 December 1977 are, on the
present authorizing any imports direct from the
People's Republic of China, pending the opening of              date of this Decision , pending with the French author­
                                                                ities .
the quota set by the Council Decision of 20
December 1977 ;
                                                                                         Article 2
Whereas according to information supplied by the
French authorities, there are economic difficulties in          This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
the sector in question ;
Whereas the granting of the import licences which
gave rise to this application would be likely to                 Done at Brussels, 17 January 1978 .
obstruct the trade policy measures taken by France to
remedy the abovementioned difficulties ;                                                    For the Commission
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the                                    Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
tion from the other Member States ;                                                              Vice-President
                                                                 (') OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.