CELEX: 31975R0348
Language: en
Date: 1975-02-10 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 348/75 of the Council of 10 February 1975 setting up a system of licences for imports of cotton yarn into the United Kingdom from third countries

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                               REGULATION (EEG) No 348/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                     of 10 February 1975
               setting up a system of licences for imports of cotton yarn into the United
                                               Kingdom from third countries
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                       of imports from Mediterranean             countries  has
COMMUNITIES,                                                      increased substantially ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           Whereas it is therefore necessary to extend the protec­
 Economic Community ;                                             tive measures restricting imports of cotton yarn ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     Whereas, since the threat of substantial injury origi­
 1439/74 (!) of 4 June 1974 on common rules for                   nates in imports intended for the United Kingdom
imports from third countries, and in particular Article           market, it appears justified at present, in view of
 12 thereof ;                                                    existing trade flows, to restrict the application of the
                                                                 protective measures to imports into the United
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
                                                                 Kingdom ;
Having consulted the Advisory Committee established
under Article 5 of that Regulation ;                             Whereas the obligations resulting from the Arrange­
                                                                 ment regarding International Trade in Textiles (5), and
Whereas, for the period from 1 April to 31 December              in particular the need to increase gradually the
 1973 and for the whole of 1974, by its Regulations              volume of imports of products subject to quantitative
(EEC) No 2631 /73 (2) and (EEC) No 657/74 P), the                restrictions, require liberalization to be achieved by 31
Council set up a system of licences for imports of               March 1 977 at the latest ;
cotton yarn into the United Kingdom from third
countries ;                                                      Whereas it accordingly appears appropriate immedi­
                                                                 ately to fix the level of restrictions for the entire
Whereas, further to a request from the United                    period of gradual liberalization, that is until 31 March
Kingdom Government, the Commission , acting under                 1977 ;
Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 1439/74, esta­
blished by Regulation (EEC) No 3327/74 (4) a system              Whereas these protective measures may be amended
of licences for imports into the United Kingdom of               or revoked to take account of import trends in other
cotton yarn originating in and exported from third               regions of the Community,
countries,    under   the   same      conditions   as  those
provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 675/74 setting               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
up the same system for 1974 ;
Whereas it appears from the statistics and other infor­                                      Article 1
mation supplied by the United Kingdom Government
during consultations with the abovementioned Advi­                1.    Imports into the United Kingdom of Great
sory Committee that the sudden liberalization of                  Britain and Northern Ireland from the third countries
imports from the countries listed in Annex II to Regu­           listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 1439/74,
lation (EEC) No 1439/74 would, in present circum­                with the exception of those countries listed in the
stances, still be likely to cause substantial injury,            Annex hereto, of the products shown below shall be
which would be difficult to repair, to the British               subject to production of an import licence and limited
cotton-spinning industry, especially since the volume            to the following quantities :
(>) OJ No L 159, 5 . 6 . 1974, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 272, 29 . 9 . 1973 , p. 16.
(3) OJ No L 83, 21 . 3 . 1974, p. 1 .
(4) OJ No L 357, 31 . 12. 1974, p. 14 .                          (5 ) OJ No L 118 , 30 . 4 . 1974, p . 2.
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          \                                                                             Quantity
            CCT heading
                 No                  Description of products                                  1 January 1976
                                                                                1975        to 31 March 1977
               55.05     Cotton yarn, not put up for retail sale       1      20 000
                                                                                         30 000 metric tons
                                                                            metric tons
               55.06     Cotton yarn, put up for retail sale           J
          2.     The import licences referred to in paragraph 1 shall be issued by the United
          Kingdom.
                                                       Article 2
          This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the
          Official Journal of the European Communities.
          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 10 February 1975 .
                                                                             For the Council
                                                                              The President
                                                                            G. FITZGERALD
                                                        ANNEX
          Arab Republic of Egypt                             Morocco
          Australia                                          New Zealand
          Austria                                            Norway
          Canada                                             Portugal
          Cyprus                                             Spain
          Finland                                            Sweden
          Greece                                             Switzerland (including Liechtenstein)
          Iceland                                            Tunisia
          Israel                                             Turkey
          Lebanon                                            USA
          Malta