CELEX: 31977D0766
Language: en
Date: 1977-08-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 2 August 1977 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to blouses falling within heading No ex 61.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 314/38                        Official Journal of the European Communities                              8 . 12. 77
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 2 August 1977
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to blouses
              falling within heading No ex 61.02 of the Common Custom Tariff, originating
                     in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                           (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                      (77/766/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas authorization should accordingly be given,
COMMUNITIES,                                                   for a limited period, for the application of protective
                                                               measures, under the first paragraph of Article 115,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          subject to the conditions laid down by the Commis­
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­          sion Decision of 12 May 1971 ( ! ), and in particular
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                  Article 1 thereof ;
Having regard to the application under the first para­         Whereas it is nevertheless inappropriate to cover by
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 28 July            such a Decision the request for a licence, which has
1977 by the French Government to the Commission                motivated the application in question, because of its
by telex from the office of its Permanent Representa­          low amount,
tive to the European Communities, for authorization
to apply protective measures to imports of blouses
falling within heading No ex 61.02 of the Common               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in free
circulation in the other Member States,                                                  Article 1
Whereas the importation into the Community of the              The French Republic is authorized not to apply
products in question originating in Hong Kong is the           Community treatment to imports of blouses and shirt
subject of an Agreement negotiated between the                 blouses for women, girls and infants falling within
Community and Hong Kong and concluded on 8                     heading No ex 61.02 of the Common Customs Tariff,
April 1976 ;                                                   where they originate in Hong Kong and are in free
Whereas under the Agreement Hong Kong has under­               circulation in the other Member States, and in respect
taken to take all necessary steps to limit its exports of      of which applications for import licences were lodged
                                                               after the date of this Decision .
certain textile products to the Community to certain
requirements of the markets concerned ;
                                                                                         Article 2
Whereas the application of the ceiling in question
still involves certain disparities in the quota shares         This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
 fixed for the various Member States in relation to the         arise in the French Republic for the importation of
 supply requirements of the markets concerned ;                 the products in question from Hong Kong and in any
                                                                case not later than 31 December 1977.
Whereas the indirect imports in question, which
would be in addition to those already effected, would                                    Article 3
 be likely to aggravate these economic difficulties ;
                                                                This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
 Whereas according to information supplied by the
 French Government there are serious economic diffi­
 culties in the clothing sector resulting in a progressive      Done at Brussels, 2 August 1977.
 decline of production and a reduction of the number
 of workers employed in that sector ;                                                       For the Commission
 Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in                                   Etienne DAVIGNON
 motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­
 sary cooperation from the other Member States ;                                        Member of the Commission
                                                                (») OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.