CELEX: 31975R0766
Language: en
Date: 1975-03-25 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 766/75 of the Council of 25 March 1975 setting up a system of licences for imports into Ireland of certain textile products originating in the Republic of Korea

26. 3 . 75                            Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 77/ 1
                                                              I
                                            (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 766/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                     of 25 March 1975
              setting up a system of licences for imports into Ireland of certain textile
                                    products originating in the Republic of Korea
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Ireland since the latter half of 1974 with an accelera­
COMMUNITIES,                                                      tion in the rate of unemployment, increased short­
                                                                  time working and threats of permanent closure for
                                                                  many factories ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113
thereof ;
                                                                  Whereas the Arrangement regarding International
                                                                  Trade in Textiles (2), to which the European Economic
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      Community and the Republic of Korea are both party
1439/74 (•) of 4 June 1974 on common rules for                    provides particularly in Article 3, for consultations to
imports, and in particular Articles 12 and 13 thereof ;           be held with a view to removing market disruption
                                                                  caused by imports of certain textile products ;
After consultations with the Advisory Committee set
up under Article 5 of that Regulation ;
                                                                  Whereas the Community has requested and held
                                                                  consultations with representatives of the Government
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;               of the Republic of Korea in accordance with Article 3
                                                                  (3) of the aforesaid Arrangement ;
Whereas imports originating in the Republic of Korea
on to the Irish market have not previously been
subject to restrictions ; whereas the Irish authorities           Whereas it appears from the factors indicated above
have recently recorded a sharp and substantial                    and from the statistics and other information supplied
increase in imports of shirts of all fibres from that             by the Irish authorities in the course of the consulta­
country ;                                                         tions mentioned above that the Irish market is being
                                                                  disrupted by imports of shirts originating in the Repu­
                                                                  blic of Korea ;
Whereas the products concerned are offered for sale
on the Irish market at prices substantially below those
 prevailing on that market for goods similar or of
comparable quality ;                                              Whereas, during the said consultations the representa­
                                                                  tives of the Government of the Republic of Korea indi­
                                                                  cated their willingness to cooperate in order to avoid
Whereas in 1974 imports of such products greatly                  disruption on the Irish market ;
 exceeded imports of similar products from all other
 sources outside the European Economic Community
 and likewise exceeded the 1973 volume of imports of
 similar products originating in that same country ;              Whereas a further sharp substantial increase in
                                                                   imports of shirts originating in the Republic of Korea
                                                                   is believed to be imminent, and failure to take immed­
 Whereas the aforementioned sharp substantial                      iate protective action would result in further injury to
 increase in imports of shirts originating in the Repu­            the Irish textile industry in general and to Irish
 blic of Korea has had deleterious effects on the                  producers of like or directly competing products in
 employment situation in the shirtmaking industry in               particular, which would be difficult to remedy ;
 (') OJ No L 159, 15 . 6 . 1974, p. 1 .                            (2) OJ No L 118 , 30 . 4. 1974, p. 2 .
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Whereas, in view of the need to take measures                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
urgently, the Commission has adopted, pursuant to
Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 1439/74, Regula­
tion (EEC) No 434/75 0 ) of 21 February 1975,                                               Article 1
providing for a system of import authorizations with
respect to imports into Ireland of certain textile
products originating in the Republic of Korea ;                      Imports into Ireland of the products listed below, orig­
whereas, the Council should adopt appropriate                        inating in the Republic of Korea, shall be subject to
measures pursuant to the aforementioned Article 12 ;                 the production of an import licence, to be issued by
                                                                     the competent Irish authorities on presentation of an
Whereas, given that the threat of substantial injury is              export visa issued by the competent authorities of the
due to imports intended for the Irish market, and in                 Republic of Korea. The total quantities of such
view of existing patterns of trade, it appears justified at           products for which import licences are' issued during
present to restrict the application of the protective                the period 1 March 1975 to 31 August 1975 shall not
measures to the imports in question,                                 exceed the figures shown for such products.
                       CCT
                                                           Description                            Total quantities
                  heading No                                                                          (dozens)
              ex 60.04            Men's and boys' knitted or crocheted shirts of synthetic
                                  textile fibres
                                  Women's and girls' knitted or crocheted shirts of               } 7 750
                                  synthetic textile fibres
                                  Knitted or crocheted cotton shirts                              J
              ex 61.03            Men's and boys' shirts of synthetic textile fibres
              ex 61.04            Women's and girls' shirts of synthetic textile fibres           J 6 250
                                                           Article 2
              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official
             Journal of the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 25 March 1975 .
                                                                                 For the Council
                                                                                  The President
                                                                                     R. RYAN
(') OJ No L 48, 22. 2. 1975, p. 15.