CELEX: 31977D0056
Language: en
Date: 1976-11-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 17 November 1976 authorizing Ireland to maintain protective measures under Article 135 of the Act of Accession in respect of footwear with uppers of leather (Common Customs Tariff subheading 64.02 A)

No L 11 /26                           Official Journal of the European Communities                             14. 1 . 77
                                                             II
                                         (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                 COMMISSION
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                  of 17 November 1976
               authorizing Ireland to maintain protective measures under Article 135 of the
               Act of Accession in respect of footwear with uppers of leather (Common
                                          Customs Tariff subheading 64.02 A)
                                             (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                        (77/56/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    competent Ministry and is the subject of consultation
COMMUNITIES,                                                     with industry and unions ; whereas the finalization of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             the reorganization plan is anticipated for the end of
Economic Community,                                               March 1 977 ; whereas a certain period of stability in
                                                                  the conditions of competition within the Irish
Having regard to the Act of Accession, and in parti­              domestic market is indispensable for the elaboration
cular Article 135 thereof,                                        and implementation of such a plan ; whereas the
Having regard to Commission Decision 76/ 176/EEC                  prolongation of existing protective measures until 31
of 22 December 1975 (*), as amended by Decision                   December 1977 would appear strictly necessary and
76/571 /EEC of 25 June 1976 (2), whereby Ireland was              sufficient to enable the parties concerned to finalize
authorized under Article 135 of the abovementioned                and implement an agreed programme of reorganiza­
Act to take and maintain until 31 December 1976                   tion,
protective measures in respect of imports of certain
footwear,                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the application by Ireland dated 8
October 1976,                                                                            Article 1
Whereas in the period since the assessment of the situ­           Commission Decision 76/ 176/ EEC of 22 December
ation made in the said Decision of 25 June 1976 the               1975 is amended as follows :
Irish footwear industry has continued to encounter
serious difficulties which are liable to persist ; whereas        In Article 1 the date '31 December 1976' is replaced
statistics available for the period January to July 1976          by '31 December 1977' ; in Article 3 (2) the date '1
indicate continuing and increased import penetration              November 1976' is replaced by '1 April 1977'.
of the Irish market from both Member State and third
country producers ;                                                                      Article 2
Whereas it is considered that reorganization of the               This Decision is addressed to Ireland.
Irish footwear industry is a first pre-requisite to the
solution of these difficulties ; whereas in pursuance of
                                                                  Done at Brussels, 17 November 1976.
Commission Decision 75/478/EEC of 10 July
1975 (3), the Irish Government commissioned manage­
                                                                                           For the Commission
ment consultants to draw up a reorganization plan for
the footwear industry ; whereas the management                                              Finn GUNDELACH
consultants have recently completed and submitted
their report, which is currently under study by the                                    Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 32, 6. 2. 1976, p. 22.
(2) OJ No L 182, 8 . 7. 1976, p. 24.
(3) OJ No L 212, 9 . 8 . 1976, p. 17.