CELEX: 31978D0224
Language: en
Date: 1978-02-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 9 February 1978 authorizing the French Republic to apply protective measures to imports of live sheep, falling within subheading 01.04 A I b) of the Common Customs Tariff, and of mutton and lamb, falling within subheading 02.01 A ex IV thereof, originating in third countries and in free circulation in the other Member States

9 . 3 . 78                       Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 67/35
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                                 of 9 February 1978
              authorizing the French Republic to apply protective measures to imports of live
              sheep, falling within subheading 01.04 A I b) of the Common Customs Tariff,
              and of mutton and lamb, falling within subheading 02.01 A ex IV thereof, origi­
               nating in third countries and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                         (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                     (78/224/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                      Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­         The French Republic is hereby authorized to apply to
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                               imports of live sheep, falling within subheading 01.04
Having regard to the request made by the French               A I b) of the Common Customs Tariff, and of mutton
Republic to the Commission on 23 January 1978 , by            and lamb falling within subheading 02.01 A ex IV
telex from the office of its Permanent Representative         thereof, originating in third countries and in free circu­
                                                              lation in the other Member States, the non-tariff arran­
to the European Communities, for authorization to
apply protective measures to imports of live sheep,           gements applied by it to the same goods originating
                                                              in and coming from third countries.
falling within subheading, p 1.04 A I b) of the
Common Customs Tariff, and of mutton and lamb,
                                                                                      Article 2
falling within subheading 02.01 A ex IV thereof, origi­
nating in third countries and in free circulation in the      This Decision shall apply until the coming into effect
other Member States,
                                                              of a Council Regulation on the establishment of a
Whereas differences between the commercial policy             common organization of the market for the products
concerning these products applied by France and that          in question but in any event not beyond 31 December
                                                              1978 .
applied by the other Member States as regards third
countries are causing deflection of trade ;
                                                                                      Article 3
Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the
commercial policy adopted by France as regards third          This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
countries from being implemented ;
Whereas methods for obtaining the necessary coopera­          Done at Brussels, 9 February 1978 .
tion from the other Member States cannot be intro­
duced at the present time ;                                                              For the Commission
Whereas in these circumstances protective measures                                      Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
under the first paragraph of Article 115 should be
authorized for a limited period,                                                             Vice-President