CELEX: 31973D0376
Language: en
Date: 1973-10-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 12 October 1973 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to toys of wood and other (except motors and movement mechanisms for toys and working models of a kind used for recreational purposes, and parts thereof) falling within heading No 97.03 A and ex B of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other Member States

7. 12. 73                             Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 338 /43
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 12 October 1973
             authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to toys of
             wood and other (except motors and movement mechanisms for toys and
             working models of a kind used for recreational purposes, and parts thereof)
             falling within heading No 97.03 A and ex B of the Common Customs Tariff,
               originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                              (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                         (73/376/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    products, where they originate in Hong Kong and are
COMMUNITIES,                                                      in free circulation in the other Member States, and in
                                                                  respect of which applications for import licences were
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             lodged after 25 September 1973.
Economic Community and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 115 thereof ;                                          CCT
                                                                      heading                        Description
Having regard to the application under the first para­                   No
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty made on 8 October
1973 by the French Government to the Commission                   97.03             Other toys ; models of a kind used for
by telex from the office of its Permanent Representa­                               recreational purposes
                                                                            A       — of wood
tive to the European Communities, for authorization
not to apply Community treatment to toys of wood                        ex B        — other (except motors and movement
                                                                                       mechanisms for toys and working
and other (except motors and movement mechanisms                                       models of a kind used for recreational
for toys and working models of a kind used for recrea­                                 purposes, and parts thereof)
tional purposes and parts thereof) falling within
heading No 97.03 A and ex B of the Common
Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in free                                       Article 2
circulation in the other Member States ;
Whereas differences in the measures of commercial                 This Decision shall apply up to the date when new
policy taken in connection with these products by                 import possibilities will open up for Hong Kong for
France and by the other Member States as regards                  the products in question and in any event not later
Hong Kong are giving rise to deflection of trade ;                than 30 June 1974.
Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the
execution of measures of commercial policy taken by
France as regards Hong Kong ;                                                              Article 3
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in
motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­
sary cooperation from the other Member States ;                   This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Whereas authorization should be given, for a limited
period, for the application of protective measures,
under the first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the
conditions laid down by the Commission Decision of
 12 May 1971 (l), and in particular Article 1 thereof,            Done at Brussels, 12 October 1973 .
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                                              For the Commission
                         Article 1
                                                                                                  The President
The French Government is authorized not to apply
Community treatment to imports of the following                                              François-Xavier ORTOLI
(») OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.