CELEX: 31977D0788
Language: en
Date: 1977-11-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 9 November 1977 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to umbrellas and sunshades falling within heading No 66.01 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 328 / 10                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                  21 . 12 . 77
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                 of 9 November 1977
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to
              umbrellas and sunshades falling within heading No 66.01 of the Common
              Customs Tariff, originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the other
                                                     Member States
                                           (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                       (77/788/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas, in order to ensure that the execution of the
COMMUNITIES,                                                     above commercial policy measures is not obstructed,
                                                                 authorization should be given , for a limited period, for
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            the application of protective measures under the first
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­            paragraph of Article 115, subject to the conditions
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                  specified in the Commission Decision of 12 May
Having regard to the application under the first para­           1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 3
November 1977 by the French Government to the                    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Commission by telex from the Office of its Perma­
nent Representative to the European Communities,                                          Article 1
for authorization not to apply Community treatment
to umbrellas and sunshades falling within heading No             The French Republic is authorized not to apply
66.01 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in               Community treatment to imports of umbrellas and
Taiwan and in free circulation in the other Member               sunshades falling within heading No 66.01 of the
States,                                                          Common Customs Tariff, where they originate in
                                                                 Taiwan    and  are   in   free   circulation in  the   other
Whereas according to this application under Article
115 France is subjecting imports of the products in              Member States, and in respect of which applications
question , originating in Taiwan , to quantitative restric­      for import licences were lodged after 25 October
                                                                 1977 .
tions ;
Whereas, according to information supplied by the                                         Article 2
French Government, there are serious economic diffi­
culties in the industrial sector concerned, resulting in         This Decision shall apply until opportunities arise in
particular in a progressive decline of production ;              the French Republic for the direct importation of the
                                                                 products in question from Taiwan and in any case not
Whereas differences in the commercial policy                     later than 31 December 1977 .
measures applied in connection with these products
by France and by the other Member States as regards                                        Article 3
Taiwan are giving rise to deflection of trade ;
                                                                 This Decision is addressed to the French Republic .
Whereas this deflection of trade is obstructing the
execution of the commercial policy measures
currently being applied by France as regards Taiwan ,            Done at Brussels , 9 November 1977 .
and would be likely to aggravate the abovementioned
economic difficulties ;                                                                       For the Commission
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in                                        Guido BRUNNER
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 .