CELEX: 31978D0446
Language: en
Date: 1978-04-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 26 April 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to toys of wood and other (except motors and movement mechanisms for toys and working models used for recreational purposes and parts thereof) falling within subheading 97.03 A or ex B of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in South Korea and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 141 / 14                    Official Journal of the European Communities                                  30 . 5 . 78
                                             COMMISSION
                                           COMMISSION DECISION
                                                 of 26 April 1978
               authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to toys of
               wood and other (except motors and movement mechanisms for toys and
               working models used for recreational purposes and parts thereof) falling within
               subheading 97.03 A or ex B of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in
                       South Korea and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                         (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                    (78 /446/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
COMMUNITIES,                                                   machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
                                                               tion from the other Member States ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­          Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                for the application of protective measures under the
                                                               first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
                                                               tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
Having regard to the application under the first para­         May 1971 (') and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 17 April
1978 by the French Government to the Commission
                                                               Whereas, however, the request for a licence which
of the European Communities, for authorization not
                                                               gave rise to the application in question does not need
to apply Community treatment to toys of wood and
                                                               to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
other (except motors and movement mechanisms for               small amount involved ,
toys and working models used for recreational
purposes and parts thereof) falling within subheading
97.03 A or ex B of the Common Customs Tariff, origi­
nating in South Korea and in free circulation in the           HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
other Member States,
Whereas in France the importation of the products in                                      Article 1
question originating in South Korea is subject to
quantitative restriction ;                                     The French Republic is hereby authorized not to
                                                               apply Community treatment to the products indicated
Whereas disparities in the commercial policy                   below, where they originate in South Korea and are in
measures applied in connection with these products             free circulation in the other Member States , and in
by the Member States are giving rise to deflection of          respect of which applications for import licences were
trade, thus preventing the execution of those commer­          lodged after the date of this Decision :
cial policy measures which are in force because of the
difficult economic situation in the sector concerned ;               CCT
                                                                    heading                        Description
                                                                      No
Whereas according to the application submitted there
are   serious   difficulties in the  industrial   sector
concerned, involving a progressive decline in its
                                                               97.03 A          Toys of wood and other (except motors
market share ;
                                                               or               and movement mechanisms for toys and
                                                               97.03 ex B       working models used for recreational
                                                                                purposes and parts thereof)
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
already effected, would be likely to aggravate these
difficulties ;                                                 (') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .
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                        Article 2                            Done at Brussels, 26 April 1978 .
This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
arise for the importation of these products from South
Korea or until 31 December 1978 whichever is the
earlier.
                                                                                    For the Commission
                        Article 3                                                  Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
This Decision is adressed to the French Republic.                                       Vice-President