CELEX: 31977D0371
Language: en
Date: 1977-03-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 16 March 1977 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

No L 140/24                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                  8 . 6. 77
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                                     (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                              COMMISSION
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                                  of 16 March 1977
             authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to certajjn
             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)
                                                     (77/371 /EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 currently being applied by France as regards Japan,
COMMUNITIES,                                                   especially because of the critical situation that domi­
                                                               nates this sector of industry ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­          Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                  motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­
                                                               sary cooperation from the other Member States ;
Having regard to the application under the first para­         Whereas authorization should be given, for a limited
graph of Article 1 15 of the Treaty, made on 10 March
                                                               period, for the application of protective measures
1977 by the French Government to the Commission
                                                               under the first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the
by telex from the Office of its Permanent Representa­          conditions laid down by the Commission Decision of
tive to the European Communities, for authorization
                                                               12 May 1971 (!), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
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              Whereas uniform arrangements for imports of the
and B ex II of the Common Customs Tariff, origi­               products in question could be adopted under a
nating in Japan and in free circulation in the other           common commercial policy vis-h-vis Japan ; whereas
Member States,                                                 these measures should apply only until such arrange­
                                                               ments are introduced,
Whereas according to this application under Article
115 the importation into France of the products in
question originating in Japan is subject to a contrac­         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
tual quota, which for 1977 amounts to $ 180 320 ;
Whereas differences in the commercial policy                                            Article 1
measures applied in connection with these products
by France and by the other Member States as regards            The French Republic is authorized not to apply
Japan are giving rise to deflection of trade ;                 Community treatment to imports of the following
                                                               products :
Whereas this deflection of trade is obstructing the
execution of the above commercial policy measures              (>) OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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                                                                                     Article 2
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                              Description of goods
     heading No
                                                               This Decision shall apply only until uniform import
69.07            Unglazed setts, flags and paving, hearth      arrangements are introduced under a common
                 and wall tiles :                              commercial policy vis-d-vis Japan or until new
           ex A  — Stoneware        tiles    and   cubes   for opportunities arise in the French Republic for the
                     mosaics, the longest side of which        importation of the products in question from Japan
                     does not exceed 5 cm                      and in any case not later than 31 December 1977.
       Bex II    — Stoneware,      other     than  with  sides
                     exceeding 40 cm
                                                                                     Article 3
69.08            Glazed setts, flags and paving, hearth and
                 wall tiles :
           ex A  — Tiles and cubes for mosaics, other
                                                               This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
                     than of common pottery, of which
                     the longest side does not exceed 5
                     cm
       B ex II   — Other, of ceramic materials other           Done at Brussels, 16 March 1977 .
                     than common pottery
                                                                                       For the Commission
where they originate in Japan and are in free circula­
tion in the other Member States, and in respect of                                     Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
which applications for import licences were lodged
after 27 February 1977.                                                                    Vice-President