CELEX: 31978D0364
Language: en
Date: 1978-03-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 20 March 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to receivers, whether or not combined with a sound recorder or reproducer, falling within subheading ex 85.15 A III of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States

18 . 4 . 78                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 104/25
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 20 March 1978
                authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to
                receivers, whether or not combined with a sound recorder or reproducer, falling
                within subheading ex 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)
                                                         (78/364/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
COMMUNITIES,                                                      May 1971 (') and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Whereas, however, the request for a licence which
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­             gave rise to the application in question does not need
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                     to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
                                                                  small amount involved ,
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 17 March
1978 by the French Government to the Commission                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
of the European Communities for authorization not to
apply Community treatment to receivers, whether or                                           Article 1
not combined with a sound recorder or reproducer,
falling within subheading ex 85.15 A III of the                   The French Republic is hereby authorized not Jo
Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in                apply Community treatment to the products indicated
free circulation in the other Member States,                      below, where they originate in Japan and are in free
                                                                  circulation in the other Member States, and in respect
Whereas in France the imports of the products in                  of which applications for import licences were lodged
question originating in Japan is subject to an annual             after the date of this Decision :
quota which is currently being distributed ;
Whereas disparities in the commercial policy                            CCT
                                                                       heading
measures applied in connection with these products                       No
                                                                                                      Description
by the Member States are giving rise to deflection of
trade, thus preventing the execution of those commer­
                                                                  ex 85.15 A III   Receivers, whether or not combined with a
cial policy measures which are in force because of the
difficult economic situation in the sector concerned ;                             sound recorder or reproducer
Whereas according to the application submitted there
are     serious   difficulties  in  the   industrial   sector                                Article 2
concerned, involving a considerable drop in produc­
tion and employment and a progressive decline in its              This Decision shall apply until 30 June 1978 .
market share ;
                                                                                             Article J
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
already effected, would be likely to aggravate these              This Decision is addressed to the French Republic .
difficulties ;
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the           Done at Brussels, 20 March 1978 .
machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
tion from the other Member States ;                                                            For the Commission
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given                                                 Antonio GIOLITTI
for the application of protective measures under the
first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­                                    Member of the Commission
                                                                  (') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .