CELEX: 31978D0566
Language: en
Date: 1978-06-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 21 June 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to men's and boys' woven overcoats, raincoats and other coats, cloaks and capes, other than those of category 14A, of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling within heading No ex 61.01 (NIMEXE code 61.01-41; 42; 44; 46; 47) of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in South Korea and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 189/24                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                   12. 7. 78
                                           COMMISSION DECISION
                                                 of 21 June 1978
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatments to men's
              and boys' woven overcoats, raincoats and other coats, cloaks and capes, other
              than those of category 14A, of wool, of cotton or man-made textile fibres, falling
              within heading No ex 61.01 (NIMEXE code 61.01-41 ; 42 ; 44 ; 46 ; 47) of the
              Common Customs Tariff, originating in South Korea and in free circulation in
                                            the other Member States
                                         (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                    (78/566/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                               Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
COMMUNITIES,                                                 already effected, would be likely to aggravate these
                                                             difficulties ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­        Whereas is is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
                                                             tion from the other Member States ;
Having regard to the application under the first para­       Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 14 June          for the application of protective measures under the
1978 by the French Government to the Commission              first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
of the European Communities, for authorization not           tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
to apply Community treatment to men's and boys'              May 1971 (J), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
woven overcoats, raincoats and other coats, cloaks and
capes, other than those of category 14A, of wool, of         Whereas, however, the request for a licence which
cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling within         gave rise to the application in question does not need
heading No ex 61.01 (NIMEXE code 61.01-41 ; 42 ;             to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
44 ; 46 ; 47) of the Common Customs Tariff, origi­           small amount involved,
nating in South Korea and in free circulation in the
other Member States,
Whereas the importation into the Community of the            HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
products in question originating in South Korea is
covered by an Agreement negotiated between the
Community and that country ;
                                                                                       Article 1
Whereas under that Agreement South Korea has                 The French Republic is authorized not to apply
undertaken to take all necessary steps to limit its          Community treatment to the products indicated
exports of the products in question to the Community         below, where they originate in South Korea and are in
to certain ceilings allocated among the Member               free circulation in the other Member States, and in
States ;                                                     respect of which applications for import licences were
                                                             lodged after 14 June 1978 :
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­
cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the                    CCT
                                                                       heading                      Description
individual markets ; whereas for that reason disparities                 No
persist between the import conditions in the various
Member States ; whereas uniformity can only be               ex    61.01     (NIMEXE Men's and boys' woven overcoats,
achieved progressively ;                                     code 61.01-41 ;      42 ; raincoats and other coats, cloaks
                                                             44 ; 46 ; 47)             and capes, other than those of cate­
                                                                                       gory 14A, of wool, of cotton or of
Whereas according to the application submitted there                                   man-made textile fibres
are   serious   difficulties in the   industrial  sector
concerned involving a considerable drop in produc­
tion and employment ;                                        (!) OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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                        Article 2                           Done at Brussels, 21 June 1978 .
This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
arise for the importation of these products from South
Korea or until 31 December 1978 , whichever is the
earlier.
                                                                                   For the Commission
                        Article 3                                                    Richard BURKE
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.                              Member of the Commission