CELEX: 31978D0818
Language: en
Date: 1978-09-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 20 September 1978 authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to outer garments and other articles, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized; outer garments and clothing accessories; jerseys, pullovers, slip-overs; twinsets, cardigans, bed-jackets and jumpers, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized, of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling within subheading ex 60.05 A of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 60.05-01, 27, 28, 29, 30, 33, 36, 37, 38), originating in Macao and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 281 /20                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                  6. 10 . 78
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                of 20 September 1978
              authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to outer garments and
              other articles, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized ; outer garments
              and clothing accessories ; jerseys, pullovers, slip-overs ; twinsets, cardigans, bed­
              jackets and jumpers, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized, of wool, of
              cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling within subheading ex 60.05 A of the
              Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 60.05-01 , 27 , 28 , 29, 30 , 33, 36, 37 , 38),
                  originating in Macao and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                          (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                      (78/818/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
COMMUNITIES,                                                   already made, would be likely to aggravate these diffi­
                                                               culties ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community, and in particular the first para­         Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
                                                               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 7                  for the application of protective measures under the
September 1978 by the Irish Government to the                  first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
Commission of the European Communities, for                    tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 /202/ EEC
authorization not to apply Community treatment to              of 12 May 1971 (!), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
outer garments and other articles, knitted or
crocheted, not elastic or rubberized ; outer garments          Whereas, however, the application for a licence which
and clothing accessories ; jerseys, pullovers, slip-overs,     gave rise to the application in question does not need
twinsets, cardigans, bed-jackets and jumpers, knitted          to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized, of wool, of           small amount involved,
cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling within
subheading ex 60.05 A of the Common Customs
Tariff (NIMEXE codes 60.05-01 , 27, 28, 29, 30, 33, 36,        HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
37, 38), originating in Macao and in free circulation in
the other Member States ;
                                                                                       Article 1
Whereas the importation into the Community of the
                                                               Ireland is hereby authorized not to apply Community
products in question originating in Macao is covered
                                                               treatment to the products indicated below, where they
by an agreement negotiated between the Community               originate in Macao and are in free circulation in the
and that country ;
                                                               other Member States, and in respect of which applica­
                                                               tions for import licences were lodged after the date of
Whereas under that agreement Macao has undertaken              this Decision :
to take all necessary steps to limit its exports of the
products in question to the Community up to the
                                                                          CCT
amount of certain ceilings allocated among the                           heading                     Description
Member States ;                                                            No
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­          ex 60.05 A             Outer garments and other articles,
cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the           (NIMEXE codes          knitted or crocheted, not elastic
individual markets ; whereas there are therefore dispar­       60.05-01 , 27, 28, 29, or rubberized ; outer garments
ities existing between the import conditions in the            30, 33, 36, 37, 38)    and clothing accessories ; jerseys,
various Member States ; whereas uniformity can only                                   pullovers, slip-overs, twinsets, cardi­
be achieved progressively ;                                                           gans, bed-jackets and jumpers,
                                                                                      knitted or crocheted, not elastic or
                                                                                      rubberized, of wool, of cotton or of
Whereas it appears from the application submitted                                     man-made textile fibres
that there are serious difficulties in the industrial
sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in
production and employment ;                                    (•) OJ No L 121, 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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                        Article 2                           Done at Brussels, 20 September 1978 .
This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
arise in Ireland for the importation of these products
from Macao or until 31 December 1978 whichever is
the earlier.
                                                                                   For the Commission
                       Article 3                                                  Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
This Decision is addressed to Ireland .                                               Vice-President