CELEX: 31977D0736
Language: en
Date: 1977-10-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 31 October 1977 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to knives with cutting blades, serrated or not including pruning knives (save for knives with handles of ivory or of gilt- or silver-plated base metals), falling within heading No ex 82.09 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 309 / 16                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                2 . 12 . 77
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                  of 31 October 1977
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to knives
             with cutting blades , serrated or not, including pruning knives (save for knives
             with handles of ivory or of gilt- or silver-plated base metals), falling within
              heading No ex 82.09 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and
                                 in free circulation in the other Member States
                                           (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                      (77/736/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas authorization should be given , for a limited
COMMUNITIES,                                                   period, for the application of protective measures
                                                               under the first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the
                                                               conditions laid down by the Commission Decision of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          12 May 1971 ( J ), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,
                                                               Whereas uniform arrangements for imports of the
                                                               products in question could be adopted under a
Having regard to the application under the first para­         commercial policy vis-d-vis Japan ;
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 26
October 1977 by the French Government to the                   Whereas these measures should apply only until such
Commission by telex from the office of its Permanent           arrangements are introduced,
Representative to the European Communities, for
authorization not to apply Community treatment to
knives with cutting blades, serrated or not, including
pruning knives (save for knives with handles of ivory
or of gilt- or silver-plated base metals), falling within
heading No ex 82.09 of the Common Customs Tariff,              HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
originating in Japan and in free circulation in the
other Member States ,
Whereas according to this application the importation                                    Article 1
into France of the products in question originating in
Japan is subject to a contractual quota of $ 117 000,
which has already been used up ;                               The French Republic is authorized not to apply
                                                               Community treatment to imports of knives with
Whereas differences in the commercial policy                   cutting blades, serrated or not, including pruning
measures applied in connection with these products             knives (save for knives with handles of ivory or of gilt­
by France and by the other Member States as regards            or silver-plated base metals), falling within heading
Japan are giving rise to deflection of trade ;                 No ex 82.09 of the Common Customs Tariff, where
                                                               they originate in Japan and are in free circulation in
                                                               the other Member States and in respect of which
Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the             applications for import licences were lodged after 20
execution    of   the   abovementioned      measures    of     October 1977 .
commercial policy currently being applied by France
as regards Japan ;
Whereas according to information supplied by the                                          Article 2
French authorities it appears that the cutlery industry
is faced with serious economic difficulties , as a result
of the massive increase in low price imports from
third countries ;                                              This Decision shall apply only until uniform import
                                                               arrangements are introduced under a common
                                                               commercial policy vis-a-vis Japan or until new oppor­
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in       tunities arise in the French Republic for the importa­
motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­
sary cooperation from the other Member States ;                (') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .
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tion of the products in question from Japan and in         Done at Brussels, 31 October 1977.
any case not later than 31 December 1977.                                         For the Commission
                      Article 3                                                    Antonio GIOLITTI
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.                             Member of the Commission