CELEX: 31976D0637
Language: en
Date: 1976-07-22 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 22 July 1976 extending the period of validity of Decision 76/273/EEC authorizing Ireland to take protective measures in respect of footwear with uppers of leather originating in Iceland

16 . 8 . 76                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 223 /21
                                                     COUNCIL DECISION
                                                         of 22 July 1976
               extending the period of validity of Decision 76/273/EEC authorizing Ireland to take
               protective measures in respect of footwear with uppers of leather originating in Iceland
                                                           (76/637/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            Whereas, therefore, similar measures should be taken
                                                                    in respect of imports of this product originating in
                                                                    Iceland   in   accordance    with   Article  27   of  the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                        Agreement between the European                  Economic
European Economic Community,                                        Community and the Republic of Iceland ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) No                       Whereas consultations have been held with Iceland
2843/72 of 19 December 1972 concerning safeguard                    in accordance with Article 28 of the aforementioned
measures provided for in the Agreement between                      Agreement,
the European Economic Community and the
Republic of Iceland (x ), and in particular Article 4
thereof,
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas following the adoption of " Council
 Decision 76/273 /EEC of 24 February 1976 authorizing                                       Article 1
Ireland to take protective measures in respect of
footwear with uppers of leather originating in                      In Article 1 of Decision 76/273 /EEC '31 December
Iceland (2), the Irish footwear industry has continued               1976' shall be substituted for '30 June 1976'.
to encounter serious difficulties which are liable to
persist; whereas statistics available for 1976 indicate
 a further increase in imports, a decline in exports                                         Article 2
 and a continuing deterioration in the production and
 employment situation ;                                              This Decision is addressed to Ireland.
Whereas the period of validity of Commission
Decision      76 / 176 /EEC       of   22   December      1975
 authorizing Ireland to take protective measures in
respect of footwear with uppers of leather, falling                  Done at Brussels, 22 July 1976.
 within      Common          Customs      Tariff   subheading
 64.02 A, under Article 135 of the Act concerning the                                                    For the Council
 conditions of accession and the adjustments to the                                                        The President
 Treaties (3), has been extended by Decision 76/571 /
 EEC («);                                                                                             L. J. BRINKHORST
 (!)  OJ  No L 301 , 31 . 12. 1972, p. 162.
 (2)  OJ  No L 58, 5 . 3 . 1976, p. 9.
 (8)  OJ  No L 32, 6. 2. 1976, p . 22.
 (4)  OJ  No L 182, 8. 7. 1976, p. 24.