CELEX: 31976R1229
Language: en
Date: 1976-05-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1229/76 of 25 May 1976 subjecting to authorization imports into the United Kingdom of sacks and bags of woven polyolefin fabrics originating in the Republic of Korea

No L 137/26                          Official Journal of the European Communities                              26 . 5. 76
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1229/76
                                                      of 25 May 1976
               subjecting to authorization imports into the United Kingdom of sacks and bags
                        of woven polyolefin fabrics originating in the Republic of Korea
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 to safeguard the interests of the Community, these
 COMMUNITIES,                                                   measures to consist of the introduction of temporary
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          limitation of imports, in accordance with the provi­
 Economic Community,                                            sions of the arrangement regarding international trade
                                                                in textiles, account being taken, however, of the inter­
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   ests of Korea, especially in regard to its stage of deve­
 1439/74 of 4 June 1974 on common rules for                     lopment and the importance of the textiles sector to
 imports ('), and in particular Article 12 thereof,             the economy of that country ;
 Having consulted the Advisory Committee set up                 Whereas the concentration of imports of the products
under Article 5 of the said Regulation ,                        concerned on the United Kingdom market justifies
Whereas imports of sacks and bags of woven polyol­              the limitation, for the moment, of the application of
 efin fabrics (Nimexe code ex 62.03-96) originating in          these safeguard measures to imports into that region
                                                                of the Community,
 the Republic of Korea have increased sharply and
substantially in the past year ;
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas this development has manifested itself princi­
 pally on the United Kingdom market with the result
                                                                                         Article 1
that imports, which were negligible in 1974,
amounted to 1*7 million units in 1975, which repre­             The importation into the United Kingdom of sacks
sents a market share of about 10 % , to which must be           and bags of woven polyolefin fabrics (Nimexe code ex
added a further 25 % market share held by other                 62.03-96) originating in the Republic of Korea, is
third countries ;                                               hereby made subject to the presentation of an import
Whereas these products are offered for sale on the              authorization issued by the competent authorities of
market principally affected at prices which are substan­        the importing country.
tially below those prevailing for similar goods                 The total quantity of the products for which import
produced by Community producers ;                               authorizations shall be issued during a period of one
Whereas this development has been carried out to the            year commencing on the date of entry into force of
detriment of the Community industry in the United               this Regulation shall riot exceed 1 970 000 pieces.
Kingdom , where employment has decreased by 40 %
in one year ;                                                                             Article 2
Whereas all these factors have caused market disrup­             1.     This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 May
tion and have caused serious damage to the Commu­                1976 .
nity producers ; whereas further unrestricted imports           2. It shall apply up to the entry into force of appro­
would aggravate the damage already caused and render            priate measures to be taken by the Council in accor­
it difficult to repair ;                                        dance with Articles 12 (6) and 13 of Regulation (EEC)
Whereas in these highly unusual and critical circum­            No 1439/74 and at the latest until the expiry of a
stances, it is necessary that immediate action be taken         period of six weeks after its entry into force.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 25 May 1976.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Christopher SOAMES
                                                                               Vice-President
(') OJ No L 159, 15. 6 . 1974, p. 1 .