CELEX: 31975D0454
Language: en
Date: 1975-04-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 17 April 1975 authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany not to apply Community treatment to preparations and preserves of beans in pod, falling within subheading 20.02 ex G of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the People's Republic of China and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 196/44                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                  26 . 7 . 75
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 17 April 1975
              authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany not to apply Community treatment to
              preparations and preserves of beans in pod, falling within subheading 20.02 ex G of
              the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the People's Republic of China and in
                                     free circulation in the other Member States
                                           (Only the German text is authentic,)
                                                     (75/454/EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
COMMUNITIES,                                                   tions laid down by the Commission Decision of
                                                               12 May 1971 (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community, and in particular the                 Whereas a proposal is before the Council for
first paragraph of Article 115 thereof;                        a Regulation on the standardization of the import ar­
                                                               rangements applied by each of the Member States
Having regard to the application made on 9 April               vis-ci-vis third countries for products processed from
1975 under the first paragraph of Article 115 of the           fruit and vegetables,
Treaty by the Federal Government to the Commission
by telex from the office of its Permanent Represen­
tative to the European Communities, in which it                HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
requested authorization not to apply Community
treatment to preparations and preserves of beans in
pod, falling within subheading 20.02 ex G of the                                        Article 1
Common Customs Tariff, originating in the People's
Republic of China and in free circulation in the other
Member States ;
                                                               The Federal Republic of Germany is authorized not
                                                               to apply Community treatment to imports of the
                                                               following products, where they originate in the
Whereas it emerges from this application that the              People's Republic of China and are in free circula­
Federal Republic of Germany does not at present                tion in the other Member States, and in respect of
permit importation of the products in question from            which applications for import licences were lodged
the People's Republic of China, except for certain             after 31 March 1975 :
limited quantities in the context of quotas for trade
fairs ;
                                                                     CCT
                                                                                                Description
Whereas differences in the measures of commercial                 heading No
policy taken in connection with these products by
Germany and by the other Member States as regards
the People's Republic of China are giving rise to                20.02           Vegetables prepared or preserved other­
deflection of trade ;                                                            wise than by vinegar or acetic acid :
                                                                        ex G     — Beans in pod
Whereas this deflection of trade is obstructing the
execution of the said measures of commercial policy
which Germany is at present applying in respect of                                      Article 2
the People's Republic of China ;
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set          This Decision shall apply until new possibilities are
in motion the machinery for bringing about the                 created in the Federal Republic of Germany for
necessary cooperation from the other Member States ;           importing the products in question from the People's
                                                               Republic of China or until such time as a Council
Whereas, in order to ensure that the execution of the          Regulation on the standardization of import arrange­
said measures of commercial policy is not obstructed,
authorization should be given, for a limited period,
for the application of protective measures under the           H OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971, p. 26.
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ments for products processed from fruit and                  Done at Brussels, 17 April 1975 .
vegetables becomes operative or until 30 September
1975 , whichever is the earlier.
                        Article 3                                                           For the Commission
                                                                                               The President
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic
of Germany.                                                                               François-Xavier ORTOLI