CELEX: 31979D0276
Language: en
Date: 1979-02-20 00:00:00
Title: 79/276/EEC: Commission Decision of 20 February 1979 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to receivers, whether or not incorporating sound recorders or reproducers, falling within subheading 85.15 A III of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other Member States

15. 3 . 79                        Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 65/31
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                of 20 February 1979
             authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to
             receivers, whether or not incorporating sound recorders or reproducers, falling
             within subheading 85.15 A III of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in
                       Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                          (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                    (79/276/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
COMMUNITIES,                                                  tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 /202/EEC
                                                              of 12 May 1971 (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­         Whereas, however, the application for a licence which
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                 gave rise to the application in question does not need
                                                              to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
Having regard to the application under the first para­        small amount involved,
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 7
February 1979 by the French Government to the
Commission of the European Communities, for                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
authorization not to apply Community treatment to
receivers, whether or not incorporating sound recor­                                  Article 1
ders or reproducers, falling within subheading 85.15 A
III of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in             The French Republic is authorized not to apply
Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other                Community treatment to the products indicated
Member States,                                                below, where they originate in Hong Kong and are in
                                                              free circulation in the other Member States, and in
Whereas in France the importation of the products in          respect of which applications for import licences were
question originating in Hong Kong is subject to an            lodged after 5 February 1979 :
annual quota which is currently being distributed ;
                                                                    CCT
Whereas the disparities which exist in the commercial              heading                     Description
policy measures applied in connection with these                     No
produces by the Member States are causing deflection
of trade, thereby preventing the execution of those           85.15 A III      Receivers, whether or not incorporating
commercial policy measures which are in force                                  sound recorder or reproducers
because of the difficult economic situation in the
sector concerned ;
                                                                                      Article 2
Whereas it appears from the application submitted
that there are serious difficulties in the industrial        This Decision shall apply until 30 June 1979 .
sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in
production and employment ;                                                           Article 3
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those       This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
already made or proposed, would be likely to aggra­
vate these difficulties ;
                                                              Done at Brussels, 20 February 1979.
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­                                      For the Commission
tion from the other Member States ;
                                                                                        Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
for the application of protective measures under the                                         Vice-President
                                                             (') OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.