CELEX: 31977R1285
Language: en
Date: 1977-06-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1285/77 of 13 June 1977 subjecting to authorization imports into the United Kingdom of certain knitted or crocheted articles originating in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan

No L 148 / 14                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                  16. 6. 77
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1285/77
                                                          of 13 June 1977
               subjecting to authorization imports into the United Kingdom of certain knitted
                    or crocheted articles originating in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas all these factors have led to a disruption of
 COMMUNITIES,                                                         the market and have caused serious damage to
                                                                      Community producers ; whereas if no immediate
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                interim protective measures were introduced, as
 Economic Community,                                                  requested by the United Kingdom Government, the
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         damage to that country's producers would become
 1439/74 of 4 June 1974 on common rules for                           more serious ;
 imports ('), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
                                                                      Whereas the Community began consultations with
 After consultation with the Advisory Committee esta­                 Pakistan on this matter under Article 3 of the Arrange­
 blished by Article 5 of that Regulation,                             ment regarding international trade in textiles ; whereas
                                                                      these consultations did not produce a solution permit­
 Whereas imports into the United Kingdom of knitted                   ting the market disruption to be removed ;
 or crocheted men 's and boys' shirts originating in
 Pakistan have for some months been increasing                        Whereas        these    circumstances  call for immediate
 rapidly and substantially ;                                          action to safeguard the interests of the Community,
                                                                      namely the introduction of interim protective
 Whereas imports of such products from all non­                       measures in respect of these imports,
 member countries have been increasing substantially
 over the past few years and as a consequence the
 Community industry in question is suffering serious                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 difficulties consisting in the under-utilization of
 production capacity and a substantial drop in employ­
 ment ;                                                                                            Article 1
 Whereas this trend has been most evident in the                      1 . The importation into the United Kingdom of
 United Kingdom , where imports from Pakistan grew                    the goods described below originating in Pakistan
 from 500 000 items in 1975 to over 1 700 000 items                   shall be subject to the presentation of an import
 in 1976 and more than 1 300 000 items in the first                   authorization issued by the relevant authorities in the
 quarter of 1977 ;                                                    United Kingdom .
                CCT heading       NIMEXE Code
                    No
                                                                           Description oí goods
                                     ( 1977)
                  60.04          60.04-13 , 41     Under garments, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized :
                                                   ex A. Of cotton :
                                                          — Men's and boys' shirts
                                                   ex. B. Of other textile materials :
                                                          — Of synthetic textile fibres :
                                                             — Men's and boys' shirts
(») OJ No L 159 , 15 . 6 . 1974.
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          2. Import authorizations shall be issued for quantities such that in the period from 1
          April 1977 to 31 December 1977 the total volume of the imports referred to in paragraph
          1 does not exceed 1 282 500 items.
                                                  Article 2
          1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on the second day following its publication in
          the Official Journal of the European Communities.
          2. It shall apply until the entry into force of appropriate measures to be taken by the
          Council pursuant to Articles 12 (6) and 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1439/74 or until the
          expiry of a period of six weeks following the entry into force of this Regulation,
          whichever is the earlier.
          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States .
          Done at Brussels, 13 June 1977.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    Raymond VOUEL
                                                              Member of the Commission