CELEX: 31978D0576
Language: en
Date: 1978-06-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 27 June 1978 authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to men's and boys' outer garments: men's and boys' woven suits (including coordinate suits consisting of two or three pieces, which are ordered, packed, consigned and normally sold together) of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling within heading No ex 61.01 (NIMEXE code 61.01-51, 54, 57) of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 193 /22                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                     18 . 7. 78
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                                  of 27 June 1978
              authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to men's and boys' outer
              garments : men's and boys' woven suits (including coordinate suits consisting of
              two or three pieces, which are ordered, packed, consigned and normally sold
              together) of wool , of cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling within heading
              No ex 61.01 (NIMEXE code 61.01-51 , 54, 57) of the Common Customs Tariff, orig­
                inating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                         (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                    (78/576/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
COMMUNITIES,                                                  which gave rise to the application submitted would be
                                                              likely to aggravate these difficulties ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European         Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­         machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                               tion from the other Member States ;
Having regard to the application under the first para­        Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 19 June           for the application of protective measures under the
1978 by the Irish Government to the Commission of             first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
the European Communities, for authorization not to            tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
apply Community treatment to men's and boys' outer            May 1971 (!), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
garments : men's and boys' woven suits (including
coordinate suits consisting of two or three pieces,           Whereas, however, the request for a licence which
which are ordered, packed, consigned and normally             gave rise to the application in question does not need
sold together) of wool, of cotton or of man-made              to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
textile fibres, falling within heading No ex 61.01            small amount involved,
(NIMEXE code 61.01-51 , 54, 57) of the Common
Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in free
circulation in the other Member States,
                                                              HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas the importation into the Community of the
products in question originating in Hong Kong is                                        Article 1
covered by an Agreement negotiated between the
Community and that country ;                                  Ireland is authorized not to apply Community treat­
                                                              ment to the products indicated below, where they orig­
                                                              inate in Hong Kong and are in free circulation in the
Whereas under that Agreement Hong Kong has                    other Member States, and in respect of which applica­
undertaken to take all necessary steps to limit its           tions for import licences were lodged after the date of
exports of the products in question to the Community          this Decision :
to certain ceilings allocated among the Member
States ;
                                                                         CCT
                                                                        heading                       Description
                                                                          No
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­
cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the          ex 61.01                 Men's and boys' outer garments :
individual markets ; whereas for that reason disparities      ( NIMEXE code 61.01- men's and           boys' woven suits
persist between the import conditions in the various          51 , 54, 57)             (including       coordinate        suits
Member States ; whereas uniformity can only be                                         consisting of two or three pieces,
achieved progressively ;                                                               which      are     ordered,     packed,
                                                                                       consigned and normally sold
                                                                                       together) of wool, of cotton or of
Whereas according to the application submitted there                                   man-made textile fibres
are   serious   difficulties in the   industrial  sector
concerned involving a considerable drop in produc­
tion and employment ;                                         (') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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                        Article 2                           Done at Brussels, 27 June 1978 .
This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
arise for the importation of these products from Hong
Kong or until 31 December 1978, whichever is the
earlier.
                                                                                   For the Commission
                        Article 3                                                   Henk VREDELING
This Decision is addressed to Ireland .                                               Vice-President