CELEX: 31974D0357
Language: en
Date: 1974-06-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 11 June 1974 on the application by Ireland to take protective measures in respect of sisal baler twine (CCT heading No 59.04) under Article 135 of the Act concerning the conditions of accession and the adjustments to the Treaties

19 . 7. 74                       Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 196/ 13
                                                COMMISSION
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 11 June 1974
              on the application by Ireland to take protective measures in respect of sisal baler twine
              (CCT heading No 59.04) under Article 135 of the Act concerning the conditions of
                                   accession and the adjustments to the Treaties
                                           (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                     (74/357/EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 polypropylene twine which binds fodder together
 COMMUNITIES,                                                   can present a serious danger to the health of
                                                                livestock;
 Having regard to the Treaty           establishing the
European Economic Community ;                                   Whereas if suitable measures are not taken to check
                                                                large-scale deliveries of sisal baler twine outside
 Having regard to the Act concerning the conditions             Ireland, more than a quarter of the hay-harvest will
 of accession and the adjustments to the Treaties,              be severely damaged ; whereas this would bring
 and in particular Article 135 ;                                about serious difficulties which would be liable to
                                                                persist in that sector of Irish agriculture dependant
 Having regard to the application of 28 May 1974 by             upon the hay harvest ; whereas this harvest has
Ireland ;                                                       already begun ; whereas in the longer term these
                                                                difficulties would have repercussions in the area of
Whereas sisal baler twine is indispensable in Ireland           animal fodder; whereas there would result from this
 for the harvesting of hay and straw ;                          a serious and substantial increase in production
                                                                costs which could not be borne by Irish farmers;
 Whereas the manufacture of sisal baler twine in
Ireland is concentrated in one factory ; whereas the           Whereas furthermore those regions where this type
production of this factory is traditionally sufficient          of agricultural activity is carried on are those in the
to meet home market requirements only;                          south and west of Ireland, where small farms
                                                               worked as family concerns predominate; whereas,
Whereas it has been established that for some                  in the absence of substantial alternative sources of
months, there have been massive exports of sisal               income, the abovementioned difficulties could bring
twine from Ireland, and that if this situation is not          about      serious  deterioration    of  the   economic
changed, Irish production will not be sufficient to            situation of these regions ;
cover domestic demand, independently from price­
level ;                                                        Whereas such a situation would result in a slowing
                                                               down in the execution of the Irish policy of
Whereas for reasons of time and by virtue of the                industrialization and economic development, whose
world supply situation in this sector, it would be             objectives have been recognized in Protocol No 30
extremely difficult and costly to meet this demand             annexed to the Act of Accession ;
by means of imports, from whatever origin, given
that there is no traditional import trade in sisal             Whereas to diminish the consequences of this
twine in Ireland ;                                             situation it is necessary to authorize Ireland to take
                                                               protective measures ;
Whereas in Ireland, and particularly in the southern
and western parts, farming is still in the process of          Whereas to meet this situation the measure causing
modernization ; whereas, as a result, the great                the least disturbance to the functioning of the
majority of baling machines used by the farmers of             common market and contributing to a re­
these regions are unable to utilize synthetic twine,           equilibrium of the situation is the control of exports
particularly in polypropylene; whereas moreover                and deliveries of sisal baler twine referred to above
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to third countries and Member States by the                                            Articles
introduction of a licence system ; whereas the regime
to be applied to other Member States may in no                  1.    The    Commission     shall   ensure  that     the
circumstances be more restrictive than that relating            provisions of this Decision are applied, in particular
to third countries ;                                            with regard to the drawing-up and use of the
                                                                licences.
Whereas the duration of applicability of the measure
provided for by this Decision must be limited to the           2. The Commission shall, if appropriate, adopt
period strictly necessary to achieve the objectives set        the provisions necessary for the application of this
out in Article 135 of the Act of Accession,                    Decision.
 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                                           Article 4
                        Article 1                              The Commission may alter or revoke this Decision
                                                                if it determines that the conditions which led to its
Ireland is authorized to establish in respect of sisal          enactment have changed or that its effects prove to
baler twine (CCT heading No 59.04) a licence                    be more restrictive than its purpose requires, or
system in order to :                                            involve particularly serious consequences for all or
                                                               part of the Community.
— limit exports of this product to third countries ;
— control and, in so far as is necessary, limit                                        Article 5
    deliveries of this product to other Member
    States,   such   regime    however       may     in   no    Without prejudice to the application of Article 4,
    circumstances    be  more      restrictive  than    that   this Decision shall be applicable until 31 August
    applied to exports to third countries.                      1974.
                        Article 2
                                                                                       Article 6
1.    Ireland     shall   notify       the     Commission       This Decision is addressed to Ireland .
immediately of those measures taken in application
of Article    1  and shall   inform the Commission
regularly    concerning   the     application     of    such
measures .
                                                               Done at Brussels, 11 June 1974.
2.    Ireland shall inform the Commission of the                                          For the Commission
development of the situation in the sector concerned                                         The President
with specific reference to the state of supplies of the
product referred to in Article 1 .                                                      Francois-Xavier ORTOLI