CELEX: 31977R0557
Language: en
Date: 1977-03-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 557/77 of 16 March 1977 subjecting to authorization imports into France and into the United Kingdom of certain knitted or crocheted under garments originating in the Republic of the Philippines

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                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 557/77
                                                       of 16 March 1977
               subjecting to authorization imports into France and into the United Kingdom
               of certain knitted or crocheted under garments originating in the Republic of
                                                        the Philippines
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas these consultations resulted in an under­
COMMUNITIES,                                                      taking by the Philippine authorities to introduce
                                                                  voluntary restraint of exports of the products in ques­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             tion to France and to the United Kingdom ;
Economic Community,
                                                                  Whereas the effectiveness of the voluntary restraint
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       measures introduced by the Philippine authorities
1439/74 of 4 June 1974 on common rules for                         depends on the introduction on the Community's side
imports (J ), and in particular Article 12 thereof,                of controls ; whereas for this purpose imports of the
                                                                   products in question into France and into the United
After consultation with the Advisory Committee esta­
                                                                   Kingdom must be made subject to authorization ;
blished by Article 5 of that Regulation ,
Whereas imports into the Community of certain                      Whereas the above voluntary restraint measures
knitted or crocheted under garments originating in                 provide for quantitative limits on exports effected
the Republic of the Philippines have for some months               during the year 1977 ;
been increasing rapidly and substantially ;
                                                                   Whereas the abovementioned import authorization
Whereas this trend has been most evident in France                 arrangements must be established as soon as possible
and the United Kingdom, where imports of the                       in order to ensure that they are not circumvented by
products in question grew from a negligible quantity               the bringing forward of shipments or by indirect
in 1975 to over two million items and approximately                imports, which could cause damage difficult to repair
400 000 items respectively in the first nine months of             to producers within the Community,
 1976 ;
Whereas, according to information available to the
Commission, imports of the products in question                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
from all third countries already accounted in 1975 for
a market share approaching 42 % of national
consumption in France and 65 % in the United                                               Article 1
Kingdom ; whereas this share has since increased ;
                                                                    1 . The importation into France and into the United
Whereas this increase in imports has been to the detri­            Kingdom of the goods described in Annex A, origi­
ment of the industry in the Community, particularly                nating in the Republic of the Philippines and
in France and the United Kingdom , where production                exported from that country in 1977, shall be subject to
of the garments in question has declined appreciably               the presentation of an import authorization issued by
 in recent years and as a consequence there has been a             the relevant     authorities  in  the   Member    State
substantial drop in employment in the industry in                  concerned .
question ;
Whereas all these factors have led to a disruption of              2. Import authorizations shall be issued for quanti­
 the market and have caused grave damage to                        ties such that the total volume of the imports referred
 producers within the Community ;                                  to in paragraph 1 does not exceed the quantitative
                                                                   limits indicated in Annex A.
Whereas in view of this situation the Commission , at
 the request of the authorities of the two Member                  3 . Within the limits indicated in paragraph 2,
 States mainly concerned, began consultations with the             import authorizations shall be issued automatically
 Philippine authorities under Article 3 of the Arrange­            and without delay on production of a bill of lading
 ment regarding international trade in textiles (2) with a         proving that the goods were placed on board in the
 view to bringing about a reduction in imports of the              Philippines for export to France or the United
 products in question into the two Member States                    Kingdom before the date of entry into force of this
 concerned :                                                        Regulation with a view to exportation, or on produc­
                                                                   tion of an export licence granted by the relevant
(') OJ No L 159 , 15 . 6 . 1974, p . 1 .                            authority in the Philippines containing the informa­
(2) OJ No L 118 , 30 . 4. 1974, p . 1 .                             tion specified in Annex B.
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                      Article 2                             2. It shall apply until the entry into force of appro­
                                                            priate measures to be taken by the Council pursuant
                                                            to Articles 12 (6) and 13 of Regulation (EEC) No
1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on the           1439/74 or until the expiry of a period of six weeks
second day following its publication in the Official        following the entry into force of this Regulation,
Journal of the European Communities.                        whichever is the earlier.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 16 March 1977.
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                    Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
                                                                        Vice-President
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                                                                ANNEX A
                                           Quantitative limits referred to in Article 1 (2)
         CCT
                            NIMEXE code                                                                  Member
                                                                                                                        Quantitative
       heading                                                    Description of goods                                      limit
                                ( 1977)                                                                    State
          No                                                                                                              (pieces)
ex 60.04              60.04-47, 49 , 59         Under garments, knitted or crocheted, not elastic        France         1 600 000
                                                or rubberized :
                                                — Of synthetic textile fibres :
                                                    — Men's and boys' :
                                                       — Other than shirts
                                                    — Women's, girls' and infants' :
                                                       — Other than pyjamas, nightdresses, petti­
                                                           coats and slips and knickers and briefs
ex 60.04              60.04-13 , 41             Under garments, knitted or crocheted , not elastic       United          650 000
                                                or rubberized :                                        Kingdom
                                                — Men's and boys' shirts, of cotton or of
                                                    synthetic textile fibres
                                                                ANNEX B ^
                                               Information referred to in Article 1 (3)
               Export licences issued by the Philippine authorities (') for the products referred to in this Regulation
               shall indicate or contain the following :
               1 . destination ;
               2. serial number ;
               3.   name and address of the importer ;
               4.   name and address of the exporter ;
               5.   the quantity, in number of pieces, of the products covered by the licence ;
               6.   certification that the quantity concerned has been debited against the quantitative limit for
                    exportation to the Member State of destination .
               (') Textile Export Board .