CELEX: 31976D0238
Language: en
Date: 1975-10-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 22 October 1975 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to certain setts, flags and paving, hearth and wall tiles, falling within subheadings 69.07 ex A and B ex II and 69.08 ex A and B ex II of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States

25. 2. 76                         Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 49/21
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                                     (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                              COMMISSION
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                                 of 22 October 1975
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to certain
              setts, flags and paving, hearth and wall tiles, falling within subheadings 69.07 ex
              A and B ex II and 69.08 ex A and B ex II of the Common Customs Tariff, origi­
                     nating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                          (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                     (76/238 /EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the
COMMUNITIES,                                                   execution    of  the     abovementioned   measures    of
                                                               commercial policy currently being taken by France as
                                                               regards Japan ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­          Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                  motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­
                                                               sary cooperation from the other Member States ;
Having regard to the application under the first para­         Whereas, in order to ensure that the implementation
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 16                 of the abovementioned commercial policy measures is
October 1975 by the French Government to the                   not obstructed, authorization should be given, for a
Commission by telex from the office of its Permanent           limited period, for the application of protective
Representative to the European Communities, for                measures, under the first paragraph of Article 115,
authorization not to apply Community treatment to              subject to the conditions laid down by the Commis­
certain setts, flags and paving, hearth and wall tiles,        sion Decision of 12 May 1971 (*), and in particular
falling within subheadings 69.07 ex A and B ex II and          Article 1 thereof,
69.08 ex A and B ex II of the Common Customs
Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in
the other Member States,
                                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas since the application of Article 115 the                                         Article 1
importation into France of the product in question
originating in Japan is subject to an annual quota of          The French Government is authorized not to apply
139 000 dollars which is exhausted ;                           Community treatment to imports of the following
                                                               products, where they originate in Japan and are in
                                                               free circulation in the other Member States, and in
Whereas differences in the measures of commercial              respect of which applications for import licences were
policy taken in connection with these products by              lodged after 9 October 1975 :
France and by the other Member States as regards
Japan are giving rise to deflection of trade ;                 (») OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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    CCT heading                                                                    Article 2
        No
                                  Description
                                                             The period of validity of this Decision shall expire
69.07             Unglazed setts, flags and paving, hearth   upon the introduction of a uniform system of imports
                  and wall tiles :                           as part of the common commercial policy as regards
      ex A        — Tiles and cubes for mosaics, of          Japan and in any event not later than 31 March 1976.
                     stoneware, the largest side of which
                     does not exceed 5 cm
                                                                                   Article 3
          B ex II — Of stoneware, other than those
                     having a side of more than 40 cm        This Decision ié addressed to the French Republic.
69.08             Glazed setts, flags and paving, hearth
                  and wall tiles :
      ex A        — Tiles and cubes for mosaics, other        Done at Brussels, 22 October 1975.
                     than those of common pottery, the
                     largest side of which does not
                     exceed 5 cm
                                                                                     For the Commission
          B ex II — Others, of ceramic materials, other                               Christopher SOAMES
                     than of common pottery
                                                                                         Vice-President