CELEX: 31976D0053
Language: en
Date: 1975-11-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 20 November 1975 authorizing the United Kingdom not to apply Community treatment to jackets, suits, jeans, shorts and similar articles, falling within heading No ex 61.01 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 10/40                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                        17 . 1 . 76
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                 of 20 November 1975
               authorizing the United Kingdom not to apply Community treatment to jackets,
               suits , jeans, shorts and similar articles, falling within heading No ex 61.01 of the
               Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in
                                               the other Member States
                                           (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                       (76/53/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   circulation in the other Member States, and that this
COMMUNITIES,                                                     indirect trade flow may increase ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            Whereas, according to the information given in the
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­            application , it appears that serious economic diffi­
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                  culties exist in the sector of the textile industry in
                                                                 question , which manifest themselves particularly in a
Having regard to the application under the first para­           high rate of unemployment ;
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 14                   Whereas , in these conditions, these economic diffi­
November 1975 by the United Kingdom Government                   culties may be aggravated by indirect imports being
to the Commission by telex from the office of its                added without limit to those already effected ;
Permanent Representative to the European Communi­
ties, for authorization to apply protective measures in          Whereas it is not possible at the moment to bring
respect of the importation of certain men's and boys'            into effect methods by which the other Member States
cotton outer garments (jackets, suits, trousers, jeans,          could provide the necessary cooperation ;
shorts and similar articles), falling within heading No
ex 61.01 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating               Whereas it is appropriate to authorize, for a limited
in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other                time, the application of protective measures under the
Member States,                                                   first paragraph of Article 115, under the conditions
                                                                 specified in the Commission Decision of 12 May
Whereas the importation into the Community of the                1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
products in question originating in Hong Kong is the
subject of an Agreement negotiated between the                   Whereas it is inappropriate to cover, by this Decision ,
Community and Hong Kong signed on 13 August                      the request for a licence with which the application in
 1 975 ;
                                                                 question originated , because of its especially low
                                                                 amount ,
Whereas, pending the completion of the procedures
necessary for the conclusion and entry into force of
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
that Agreement, the Community and Hong Kong
have agreed to recognize the dc facto application of its
provisions with effect from 18 July 1975 ;                                                 Article 1
Whereas, under the Agreement, Hong Kong has                      The United Kingdom is authorized to exclude from
undertaken to take all necessary steps to limit its              Community treatment, imports of the following
exports of certain textile products to the Community             products :
to certain ceilings allocated among the Member
States ;                                                               CCT
                                                                      heading                    Description of çoods
                                                                        No
Whereas, as a result of the temporary exceptional situa­
 tion resulting from the application at a late stage in
the year of the provisions of the export restraint agree­        ex 61.01         Men's and boys' outer garments (jackets,
                                                                                  suits, trousers, jeans, shorts and similar arti­
 ment, there is a danger that actual imports in 1975                              cles)                               v
will be greater than the annual quantities provided for
 in the Agreement concluded with Hong Kong ;
                                                                 originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in
 Whereas , in these circumstances , it is to be feared that      the other Member States, and in respect of which
 an indirect trade flow may arise for the products in
 question , originating in Hong Kong and put into free           (') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p . 26 .
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applications for import licences were lodged after 13                             Article 3
November 1975 .
                                                            This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom .
                       Article 2                             Done at Brussels, 20 November 1975 .
This Decision is applicable until new import possibili­                             For the Commission
ties are opened in the United Kingdom in respect of                                  Finn GUNDELACH
Hong Kong for the products in question, and at the
latest until 31 December 1975 .                                                  Member of the Commission