CELEX: 31974D0081
Language: en
Date: 1974-02-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 7 February 1974 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to toys of wood and other (except motors and movement mechanisms for toys and working models used for recreational purposes, and parts thereof) falling within heading Nos 97.03 A and ex B of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States

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                                              COMMISSION
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                                 of 7 February 1974
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to toys of
              wood and other (except motors and movement mechanisms for toys and
              working models used for recreational purposes , and parts thereof) falling within
              heading Nos 97.03 A and ex B of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in
                          Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                          (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                      (74/81 / EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in
COMMUNITIES,                                                     motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­
                                                                 sary cooperation from the other Member States ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            Whereas authorization should be given, for a limited
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­            period, for the application of protective measures,
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof ;                                 under the first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the
                                                                 conditions laid down by the Commission Decision of
                                                                 12 May 1971 ( J ), and in particular in Article 1 thereof ;
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty made on 25                    Whereas a uniform system of imports could be
January 1974 by the French Government to the                     adopted for the products in question as part of a
Commission by telex from the office of its Permanent             common commercial policy as regards Japan ;
Representative to the European Communities, for                  whereas the period of validity of these protective
authorization not to apply Community treatment to                measures should expire upon the introduction of such
toys of wood and other (except motors and movement               a system ,
 mechanisms for toys and working models used for
 recreational purposes, and parts thereof) falling within
 heading Nos 97.03 A and ex B of the Common
 Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circu­          HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 lation in the other Member States ;
                                                                                            Article 1
 Whereas differences in the measures of commercial
 policy taken in connection with these products by               The French Republic is authorized not to apply
 France and by the other Member States as regards                 Community treatment to imports of the following
 Japan are giving rise to deflection of trade ;                   products, where they originate in Japan and are in
                                                                  free circulation in the other Member States, and in
                                                                  respect of which applications for import licences were
 Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the               lodged after 22 January 1974.
 execution of measures of commercial policy taken by
 France as regards Japan ;                                        (!) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26.
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                                                             as part of the common commercial policy as regards
     heading                Description of goods             Japan and in any event not later than 31 December
       No
                                                              1974 .
97.03          Other toys ; models of a kind used for
               recreational purposes :                                             Article 3
            A  — of wood
                                                             This Decision is addressed to the French Republic .
        ex B   — other ( except motors and movement
                  mechanisms for tovs and working
                   models of a kind used for recreation­
                   al purposes, and parts thereof )
                                                              Done at Brussels, 7 February 1974.
                                                                                      For the Cotnmission
                       Article 2
                                                                                          The President
The period of validity of this Decision shall expire
upon the introduction of a uniform system of imports                                 Francois-Xavier ORTOLI