CELEX: 31974D0400
Language: en
Date: 1974-07-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 23 July 1974 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to clothing in textiles other than cotton, umbrellas and sunshades, falling within heading Nos ex 61.01, ex 61.02, ex 61.03 and ex 66.01 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 215/ 14                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                    6. 8 . 74
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 23 July 1974
             authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to clothing
             in textiles other than cotton, umbrellas and sunshades, falling within heading
             Nos ex 61.01 , ex 61.02, ex 61.03 and ex 66.01 of the Common Customs Tariff, orig­
               inating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                             (Only the French text is authentic)
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                                                        (74/400/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   products, where they originate in Hong Kong and are
COMMUNITIES,                                                     in free circulation in the other Member States, and in
                                                                 respect of which applications for import licences were
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            lodged after 7 July 1974 :
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof ;
                                                                     CCT
Having regard to the application under the first para­             heading                  Description of goods
                                                                      No
graph of Article 115. of the Treaty made on 16 July
1974 by the French Government to the Commission
by telex from the office of its Permanent Representa­
tive to the European Communities, for authorization              ex 61.01       Men's and boys' outer \
not to apply Community treatment to clothing                                    garments                        J
textiles other than cotton , umbrellas and sunshades,
falling within heading Nos ex 61.01 , ex 61.02, ex               ex 61.02      Women's, girls' and infants' i in textiles
61.03 and ex 66.01 of the Common Customs Tariff,
                                                                                outer garments                 ) other than
                                                                                                               i cotton
originating in Hong Kong, and in free circulation in             ex 61.03       Men's and boys' under gar- I
the other Member States ;                                                       ments, including collars, 1
                                                                               shirt fronts and cuffs          J
Whereas differences in the measures of commercial                ex 66.01       Umbrellas and sunshades
policy taken in connection with these products by
France and by the other Member States as regards
Hong Kong are giving rise to deflection of trade ;
                                                                                          Article 2
Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the
execution of measures of commercial policy taken by
France as regards Hong Kong ;                                    This Decision shall apply until 30 April 1975.
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in
motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­                                        Article 3
sary cooperation from the other Member States ;
Whereas authorization should be given, for a limited             This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
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
 12 May 1971       and in particular Article 1 thereof,
                                                                 Done at Brussels, 23 July 1974.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                                             For the Commission
                         Article 1
                                                                                                 The President
The French Republic is authorized not to apply
 Community treatment to imports of the following                                            Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(i) OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.