CELEX: 31976D0312
Language: en
Date: 1975-12-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 4 December 1975 concerning the application made by the United Kingdom under Article 115 of the Treaty of Rome for authorization to apply protective measures in respect of certain products falling within heading Nos ex 61.01 and ex 61.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the Federal Republic of Germany

No L 76/8                         Official Journal of the European Communities                               23 . 3 . 76
                                                          II
                                     (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                              COMMISSION
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                                of 4 December 1975
              concerning the application made by the United Kingdom under Article 115 of
              the Treaty of Rome for authorization to apply protective measures in respect of
              certain products falling within heading Nos ex 61.01 and ex 61.02 of the
              Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in
                                        the Federal Republic of Germany
                                          (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                    (76/312/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                Whereas, under the Agreement, Hong Kong has
COMMUNITIES,                                                  undertaken to take all necessary steps to limit its
                                                              exports of certain textile products to the Community
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European         to certain ceilings allocated among the Member
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­         States ;
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,
                                                              Whereas, however, in the particular case of waterproof
Having regard to the application under the first para­        garments and raincoats, other than raincoats of the
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 27                overcoat type for men and women , Hong Kong has,
November 1975 by the United Kingdom Government                in accordance with the Protocol annexed to the above­
to the Commission by telex from the office of its             mentioned Agreement, undertaken to limit its exports
Permanent Representative to the European Communi­             solely to the United Kingdom (1 522 000 items in
ties, for authorization to apply protective measures in        1975), while no restrictive measure is applied to
respect of the importation of certain waterproof              exports of these same products being sent to other
garments and raincoats, other than raincoats of the           Community markets ;
overcoat type for men and women falling within
heading Nos ex 61.01 and ex 61.02 of the Common               Whereas there is reason , arising from the disparities in
Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in free          the conditions for importation of the products
circulation in the Federal Republic of Germany,               concerned , to fear that the requests for licences on
                                                              which the application is based may create an indirect
Whereas the importation into the Community of        the      trade flow into the United Kingdom , which would
products in question originating in Hong Kong is     the      further aggravate the persistent economic difficulties
subject of an Agreement negotiated between           the      in the sector, thereby compromising the objectives of
Community and Hong Kong and initialled on             13      the abovementioned Protocol ;
August 1975 ;
                                                              Whereas, in these circumstances, it is appropriate to
Whereas, pending the completion of the procedures             authorize the application of measures of protection
necessary for the conclusion and entry into force of          under the first paragraph of Article 115 of the Treaty,
that Agreement, the Community and Hong Kong                   bearing in mind that the first period of application of
have agreed to recognize the de facto application of its      the Community Agreement will expire on 31
provisions with effect from 18 July 1975 ;                    December 1975 ,
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                    respect of which applications for import licences were
                                                               lodged after 26 November 1975 .
                       Article 1
The United Kingdom is authorized to exclude from                                     Article 2
Community treatment imports of the following
products :                                                     This Decision shall apply until 31 December 1975.
      CCT
     heading                                                                         Article 3
                            Description of goods
        No
                                                               This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom .
ex 61.01       Waterproof garments and raincoats, other
                than raincoats of the overcoat type :
               — Men's anoraks
                                                               Done at Brussels, 4 December 1975 .
ex 61.02        Waterproof garments and raincoats, other
                than raincoats of the overcoat type :
                — Women's anoraks                                                       For the Commission
                                                                                         Finn GUNDELACH
originating in Hong Kong and put into free circula­
tion in the Federal Republic of Germany, and in                                    Member of the Commission