CELEX: 31977D0702
Language: en
Date: 1977-07-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 22 July 1977 authorizing  the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to radio receivers, whether or not combined with a sound recorder or reproducer, falling within subheading 85.15 A III of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 288/22                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                12. 11 . 77
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 22 July 1977
             authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to radio
             receivers, whether or not combined with a sound recorder or reproducer, falling
             within subheading 85.15 A III of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in
                         Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                          (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                     (77/702/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                conditions specified in the Commission Decision of
COMMUNITIES,                                                  12 May 1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European         Whereas uniform arrangements for imports of the
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­         products in question may be adopted under common
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                 commercial policy towards Japan ; whereas these
                                                              protective measures should apply only until such
Having regard to the application under the first para­        arrangements are applied,
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 18 July
1977 by the French Government to the Commission
by telex from the office of its Permanent Representa­         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
tive to the European Communities, for authorization
not to apply Community treatment to radio receivers,                                   Article 1
whether or not combined with a sound recorder or
reproducer, falling within subheading 85.15 A III of          The French Republic is authorized not to apply
the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan               Community treatment to radio receivers, whether or
and in free circulation in the other Member States,           not combined with a sound recorder or reproducer,
Whereas, according to the above application, imports          falling within subheading 85.15 A III of the Common
into France of the products in question originating in        Customs Tariff, where they originate in Japan and are
                                                              in free circulation in the other Member States, and in
Japan are at present subject to an annual quota of
400 000 sets, which is wholly taken up ;                      respect of which applications for import licences were
                                                              lodged after 4 July 1977.
Whereas, according to information supplied by the
French authorities, the industry in question is passing                                Article 2
through a serious crisis which is reflected in particular
in a progressive decline in its share of the market ;         This Decision shall expire when uniform import
                                                              arrangements are applied under common commercial
Whereas differences in the commercial policy                  policy towards Japan or when new opportunities arise
measures applied in connection with these products            for the importation of the products in question from
by France and by the other Member States as regards           Japan or on 31 December 1977, whichever is the
Japan are giving rise to deflection of trade ;                earliest.
Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the
 execution   of   the   abovementioned      measures   of                              Article 3
 commercial policy currently being applied by France
 as regards Japan and is threatening to aggravate the         This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
 abovementioned economic difficulties ;
 Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in      Done at Brussels, 22 July 1977.
 motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­
sary cooperation from the other Member States,                                            For the Commission
 Whereas authorization should be given, for a limited                                    Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
 period, for the application of protective measures
 under the first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the                                      Vice-President
                                                               (!) OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.