CELEX: 31978R1574
Language: en
Date: 1978-07-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1574/78 of 5 July 1978 making the importation of certain textile products originating in Greece subject to quantitative limitation

7 . 7 . 78                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 185/31
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1574/78
                                                       of 5 July 1978
               making the importation of certain textile products originating in Greece subject
                                                 to quantitative limitation
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    tion under Article 55 of the Agreement of the protec­
COMMUNITIES ,                                                     tive measures necessary to overcome these difficulties ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            Whereas, in view of the appreciable increase in the
Economic Community,                                              volume of certain of these aided imports, and in order
                                                                  to avoid irreparable damage to Community producers,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      immediate action is necessary to make such imports
 1439/74 of 4 June 1974 on common rules for                       subject to quantitative limits ; whereas, having regard
imports ('), and in particular Article 12 thereof,                to existing trade flows, such measures should be
                                                                  limited to imports into the three areas most affected,
Having regard to the formal requests submitted by the
United Kingdom , France and Italy,
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
After consultation within the Advisory Committee
established by Article 5 of the aforesaid Regulation ,
                                                                                             Article 1
Whereas     there  has been      a substantial  increase  in
imports of textiles into the Community from the                   1 . The importation of textile products as specified
supplier countries ; whereas this has given rise to               in the Annex hereto originating in Greece shall be
market distortion and is causing serious damage to               subject, within the region indicated in the said Annex
Community producers ;                                            and until 31 December 1978 , to the quantitative
                                                                  limits specified in that Annex .
Whereas, in consequence of this situation , imports of
certain textile products originating in the majority of           2. The preceding paragraph shall not apply to
low-cost supplier countries are at present regulated by           products which have been placed on board and are in
a system of Community authorization and quantitative             the course of shipment to the Community before the
limitation , either under bilateral agreements or under          entry into force of this Regulation .
autonomous arrangements ;
                                                                 3.      Imports effected between 1 January 1978 and
Whereas Greek exports of textile products benefit                the date of entry into force of this Regulation shall be
from the application of a number of incentives, the              deducted from the quantities referred to in paragraph
most important being an interest rate subsidy on                  1.
supplier credit in the form of a variable percentage of
the export price ; whereas such exports qualify more­            4.      The regional quantitative limits specified in para­
over for a flat-rate percentage deduction from the               graph 1 shall be administered in accordance with the
exporter's taxable income ; whereas these measures                provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1023 /70
constitute aids within the meaning of Article 92 of the          of 25 May 1970 establishing a common procedure for
Treaty ;                                                         administering quantitative quotas (2).
Whereas no final decision as to the rules and condi­             5. The entry into free circulation of the products
tions for the application    of the principles laid down in      referred to in paragraph 1 shall be subject to the pres­
Article 92 of the Treaty     has as yet been taken by the        entation of an import authorization or equivalent
Council of Association       under Article 52 ( 1 ) of the       document issued by the authorities of the Member
Agreement establishing        an Association between the         States .
EEC and Greece (hereinafter called the 'Agreement') ;
whereas, furthermore, the Community has informed                                             Article 2
the Council of Association of the difficulties these
aids are causing within the Community, but no deci­               1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
sion thereon has yet been taken by the Council of                of its publication in the Official Journal of the Euro­
Association ;                                                    pea n Com mun ities.
Whereas these export aids have contributed appreci­              2.      It shall apply until 31 December 1978 , subject to
ably to an increase in Greek textile exports to the              the adoption of a Regulation by the Council pursuant
extent of aggravating the cumulative disruption of the           to Articles 12 (6) and 13 of Regulation ( EEC) No
Community market and consequently justify the adop­               1439 / 74 .
(') OJ No L 159 , 15 . 6 . 1974, p. 1                            ( 2 ) OJ No L 124, 8 . 6 . 1970 , p. 1 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 5 July 1978 .
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                  fitienne DAVIGNON
                                                             Member of the Commission
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                                                          ANNEX
                                                                                                                    Quantity
                                 NIMEXE code                                                    Member             (1 January
  Category  CCT heading No                                           Description                 States
                                                                                                         Unit
                                     ( 1978)                                                                    to 31 December
                                                                                                                      1978)
     4     ex 60.04        60.04-01 ; 05 ; 13 ;      Under      garments,        knitted     or    I    1 000         118
                           18 ; 28 ; 29 ; 30 ; 42 ;  crocheted, not elastic or rubber­           UK     pieces        955
                           50 ; 58                   ized :
                                                         Shirts, T-shirts, lightweight fine
                                                         knit roll, polo or turtle necked
                                                         jumpers and pullovers, underv­
                                                         ests and the like , knitted or
                                                         crocheted, not elastic or rubber­
                                                         ized,     other       than     babies'
                                                         garments, of cotton of synthetic
                                                         textile fibres ; T-shirts and light­
                                                         weight fine knit roll , polo or
                                                         turtle necked jumpers and
                                                         pullovers, of regenerated textile
                                                         fibres
     7     ex 60.05 A II   60.05-22 ;      23 ; 24 ; Outer garnments and other articles,           F    1 000         274
                           25                        knitted or crocheted, not elastic or        UK     pieces        227
                                                     rubberized :
                                                     A. Outer garments and clothing
                                                         accessories :
                                                         II . Other
           ex 61 .02 B     61.02-78 ; 82 ; 84        Women's, girls' and infants' outer
                                                     garments :
                                                     B. Other :
                                                         Blouses     and       shirt   blouses,
                                                         knitted or crocheted (not elastic
                                                         or rubberized), or woven , for
                                                         women , girls and infants, of
                                                         wool , of cotton or of man-made
                                                         textile fibres