CELEX: 31975D0496
Language: en
Date: 1975-06-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 19 June 1975 authorizing the Italian Republic not to apply Community treatment to footwear with outer soles of leather or composition leather; footwear (other than footwear falling within heading No 64.01) with outer soles of rubber or artificial plastic material falling within heading No 64.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the Chinese People's Republic and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 228 / 2                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                    29 . 8 . 75
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 19 June 1975
              authorizing the Italian Republic not to apply Community treatment to footwear
              with outer soles of leather or composition leather ; footwear (other than footwear
              falling within heading No 64.01 ) with outer soles of rubber or artificial plastic
              material falling within heading No 64.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, origi­
              nating in the Chinese People's Republic and in free circulation in the other
                                                           Member States
                                                  (Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                            (75/496/ 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 Italian Republic is authorized not to apply
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof ;                                       Community treatment to imports of the following
Having regard to the application under the first para­                 products, where they originate in the Chinese People's
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty made on 11 June                     Republic and are in free circulation in the other
 1975 by the Government of the Italian Republic to                     Member States, and in respect of which applications
the Commission by telex from the office of its Perma­                  for import licences were lodged after 2 June 1975 :
nent Representative to the European Communities,
for authorization not to apply Community treatment                           CCT
to footwear with outer soles of leather or composition                      heading
                                                                              No
                                                                                                    Description of goods
leather ; footwear (other than footwear falling within
heading No 64.01 ) with outer soles of rubber or artifi­
                                                                       64.02           Footwear with outer soles of leather or
cial plastic material falling within heading No 64.02
                                                                                       composition leather ; footwear (other than
of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the                                       footwear falling within heading No 64.01 )
Chinese People's Republic and in free circulation in                                   with   outer  soles    of  rubber or  artificial
the other Member States ;
                                                                                       plastic material :
Whereas for the products in question Italy has, in                                     A. Footwear with uppers of leather
accordance with the Council Decision of 2 December                                     B. Other
 1974 (') modified by the Decision of 27 March
 1975 (2 ) opened in respect of the Chinese People's
Republic an annual quota of Lit 120 000 000, while in                                          Article 2
France imports of these products originating in the
same country are free ;                                                This Decision shall apply until the Italian Republic
                                                                       opens new possibilities for importation from the
Whereas, according to information supplied by the                      Chinese People's Republic of the product in question
Italian Government, there are serious economic diffi­
                                                                       and in any case not later than 31 December 1975 .
culties in the sector in question ;
Whereas indirect importation of the products in ques­                                          Article 3
tion is likely to aggravate these economic difficulties ;
                                                                       This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
Whereas the machinery for bringing about the neces­
sary cooperation from the French Republic cannot be
set in motion with sufficient speed ;                                  Done at Brussels, 19 June 1975 .
Whereas authorization should be given , for a limited
                                                                                                  For the Commission
period, for the application of protective measures,
under the first paragraph of Article 1 15, subject to the                                              The President
conditions laid down by the Commission Decision of
 12 May 1971 (3), and in particular Article 1 thereof,                                           Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(') OJ No L 358 , 31 . 12 . 1974, p . 1
(-') OJ No L 99 , 21 . 4. 1975, p. 1 .
(J ) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .