CELEX: 31979D0191
Language: en
Date: 1979-01-31 00:00:00
Title: 79/191/EEC: Commission Decision of 31 January 1979 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to receivers, whether or not incorporating sound recorders or reproducers, falling within subheading 85.15 A III of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 41 / 58                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                     16 . 2 . 79
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                                 of 31 January 1979
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to
              receivers, whether or not incorporating sound recorders or reproducers, falling
              within subheading 85.15 A III of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in
                          Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                          (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                     (79/ 1 91 / EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
COMMUNITIES,                                                      tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 / 202/ EEC
                                                                  of 12 May 1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 25                                             Article 1
January 1979 by the French Government to the
Commission of the European Communities, for                       The French Republic is authorized not to apply
authorization not to apply Community treatment to                 Community treatment to the products indicated
receivers, whether or not incorporating sound recor­              below, where they originate in Japan and are in free
ders or reproducers, falling within subheading 85.15 A            circulation in the other Member States, and in respect
III of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in                  of which applications for import licences were lodged
Japan and in free circulation in the other Member                 after 23 January 1979 :
States,
Whereas in France the import of the products in ques­                   CCT
                                                                       heading                       Description
tion originating in Japan is subject to an annual quota                  No
which is currently being distributed ;                                                            i
Whereas the disparities which exist in the commercial             85.15 A III      Receivers, whether or not incorporating
policy measures applied in connection with these                                   sound recorders or reproducers
products by the Member States are causing deflection
of trade, thereby preventing the execution of those
commercial policy measures which are in force                                              Article 2
because of the difficult economic situation in the
sector concerned ;                                                This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
                                                                  arise for the importation of these products from Japan
Whereas it appears from the application submitted                 or until 30 June 1979 whichever is the earlier.
that there are serious difficulties in the industrial
sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in
production and employment and a progressive decline                                         Article 3
in its market share ;
                                                                  This Decision is addressed to the French Republic .
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
already made or proposed , would be likely to aggra­
vate these difficulties ;
                                                                  Done at Brussels, 31 January 1979 .
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­                                           For the Commission
tion from the other Member States ;
                                                                                             Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
for the application of protective measures under the                                                Vice-President
                                                                  (•) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.