CELEX: 31978D0989
Language: en
Date: 1978-11-20 00:00:00
Title: 78/989/EEC: Commission Decision of 20 November 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to natural honey, falling within heading No 04.06 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Mexico and Argentina and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 340/20                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                6. 12. 78
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                               of 20 November 1978
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to natural
              honey, falling within heading No 04.06 of the Common Customs Tariff, origi­
              nating in Mexico and Argentina and in free circulation in the other Member
                                                        States
                                          (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                    (78/989/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
COMMUNITIES,                                                   tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 /202/EEC
                                                               of 12 May 1971 (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the application under the first para­                                  Article 1
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 13
November 1978 by the French Government to the                 The French Republic is hereby authorized not to
Commission of the European Communities, for                    apply Community treatment to the products indicated
authorization not to apply Community treatment to              below, where they originate in Mexico and Argentina
natural honey, falling within heading No 04.06 of the          and are in free circulation in the other Member States,
Common Customs Tariff, originating in Mexico and               and in respect of which applications for import
Argentina and in free circulation in the other Member          licences were lodged after 1 November 1978 :
States ;
                                                                     CCT
Whereas in France the import of the products in ques­               heading                      Description
tion originating in Mexico and Argentina is subject to                No
an annual quota which is currently being distributed
entirely ;                                                     04.06            Natural honey
Whereas the disparities which exist in the commercial
policy measures applied in connection with these                                        Article 2
products by the Member States are causing deflection
of trade, thereby preventing the execution of those            This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
commercial policy measures which are in force                  arise in France for the importation of these products
because of the difficult economic situation in the             from Mexico and Argentina or until 31 December
sector concerned ;                                             1978, whichever is the earlier.
Whereas according to information supplied by the                                        Article 3
French Government the honey production sector,
which is characteristic of certain economically less­          This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
favoured mountain regions (Alps, Pyrenees, Massif
Central), is faced with a serious economic crisis ;
                                                               Done at Brussels, 20 November 1978 .
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­                                       For the Commission
tion from the other Member States ;
                                                                                         Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
for the application of protective measures under the                                           Vice-President
                                                               (») OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.