CELEX: 31968D0397
Language: en
Date: 1968-10-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 30 October 1968 relating to the exclusion from Community treatment by the Benelux countries under the first paragraph of Article 15 of the Treaty of certain paving and tiles originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States

Official Journal of the European Communities                                         379
No L 281/ 16                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                    20.1 1.68
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 30 October 1968
               relating to the exclusion from Community treatment by the Benelux countries under the first
               paragraph of Article IS of the Treaty of certain paving and tiles originating in Japan and In
                                          free circulation in the other Member States
                                         (Only the Dutch and French texts are authentic)
                                                         (68/397/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNI                               Whereas, since similar treatment is applied to Japan by
TIES,                                                                all the Member States, it is advisable in this particular
                                                                     case, in the first instance, to seek methods of cooperation
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                     which may avoid the need to apply protective measures;
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 1 15 thereof;
                                                                     Whereas, pending the application of these methods, the
                                                                     Benelux countries should be authorized to suspend the
Having regard to the Commission Decision of 22
                                                                      issue of licences for these products,
November 1967 authorizing the Benelux countries to
exclude from Community treatment 'setts , flags and                  HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING DECISION :
paving, hearth and wall tiles' of heading Nos ex 69.07
and ex 69.08 of the Common Customs Tariff originating
in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member                                            Article 1
States;
                                                                     Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands are hereby
                                                                     authorized, as an interim protective measure, to suspend
Having regard to the request for an extension of that                the issue of import licences for setts, flags and paving,
Decision by the Benelux countries in the communica­                  hearth and wall tiles (Tariff heading Nos ex 69.07 and ex
tions of 28 June, 4 and 5 July 1968 from the offices of              69.08) originating in Japan and in free circulation in the
their Permanent Representatives ;                                    other Member States .
Having regard to the note verbale of 12 September 1968                                          Article 2
from the Belgian Government requesting application of
protective measures and reporting to the deflection of               This Decision shall apply until the entry into force of a
                                                                     definitive Commission Decision on the matter.
trade involving 55 metric tons of the products in ques­
tion originating in Japan and coming from Italy ;
                                                                                                Articles
Whereas, the importation of the products in question is
subject to quantitative restrictions in all the Member               This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium,
States under bilateral quotas as regards the Benelux                 the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of
countries, France and Italy, and as regards Germany by               the Netherlands .
a voluntary restraint agreement concluded between the
German and Japanese Governments;
Whereas the importation into the Benelux countries of                Done at Brussels , 30 October 1968 .
setts, flags and paving, hearth and wall tiles through the
intermediary of the other Member States would consti­                                                 For the Commission
tute defelctions of trade which would hinder the imple­
                                                                                                          The President
mentation of measures of commercial policy adopted by
the Benelux countries in respect of the country of origin;                                                 Jean REY