CELEX: 31978D0747
Language: en
Date: 1978-08-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 22 August 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to certain setts, flags and paving, hearth and wall tiles, falling within subheadings 69.07 ex A and B ex II, and 69.08 ex A and B ex II of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States

9 . 9 . 78                              Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 247/33
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 22 August 1978
               authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to certain
               setts, flags and paving, hearth and wall tiles, falling within subheadings 69.07 ex
               A and B ex II , and 69.08 ex A and B ex II of the Common Customs Tariff, origi­
                      nating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                                 (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                           (78/747/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       below, where they originate in Japan and are in free
COMMUNITIES,                                                         circulation in the other Member States, and in respect
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                of which applications for import licences were lodged
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­                after 6 August 1 978 :
graph of Article 115 thereof,
                                                                               CCT
Having regard to the application under the first para­                        heading                     Description
                                                                                No
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 1 1 August
 1978 by the French Government to the Commission
of the European Communities, for authorization not                   69.07                   Unglazed setts, flags and paving,
to apply Community treatment to certain setts, flags                                        hearth and wall tiles :
and paving, hearth and wall tiles falling within                            ex A            — Tiles and cubes for mosacis, of
subheadings 69.07 ex A and B ex II, and 69.08 ex A                                              earthenware or fine pottery, the
and B ex II of the Common Customs Tariff, origi­                                                longest side of which does not
nating in Japan and in free circulation in the other                                            exceed 5 cm
Member States,                                                                  B ex II     — Of earthenware or fine pottery,
                                                                                                other than    those with a side
Whereas in France the import of the products in ques­                                           longer than 40 cm
tion originating in Japan is subject to an annual quota
which is almost wholly taken up ;                                    69.08                  Glazed setts, flags and paving,
                                                                                             hearth and wall tiles :
Whereas disparities in the commercial policy                                ex A            — Tiles and cubes for mosaics,
measures applied in connection with these products                                              other than of common pottery,
by the Member States are giving rise to deflection of                                           the longest side of which does
trade, thus preventing the execution of those commer­                                           not exceed 5 cm
cial policy measures which are in force because of the                          B ex II     — Other     of    ceramic   materials
difficult economic situation in the sector concerned ;                                          other than common pottery
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
already effected, would be likely to aggravate these
difficulties ;                                                                               Article 2
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the              This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­                  arise for the importation of these products from Japan
tion from the other Member States ;                                  or until 31 December 1978 , whichever is the earlier.
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
for the application of protective measures under the                                         A rticle 3
first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­              This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
May 1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
                                                                     Done at Brussels, 22 August 1978 .
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                                                For the Commission
                           Article 1
                                                                                                 Henk VREDELING
The French Republic is authorized not to apply
Community treatment to the products indicated                                                       Vice-President
(') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .