CELEX: 31978D0427
Language: en
Date: 1978-04-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 21 April 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to bed linen, table linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen, falling within heading No ex 62.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the People's Republic of China and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 123/36                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                11 . 5. 78
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 21 April 1978
                authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to bed
                linen, table linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen, falling within heading No ex
                62.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the People's Republic of
                              China and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                             (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                       (78/427/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
 COMMUNITIES,                                                    tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
                                                                 May 1971 (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Community, and in particular the first paragraph of
Article 1 1 5 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 17 April
 1978 by the French Government to the Commission                 The French Republic is authorized not to apply
 of the European Communities, for authorization not              Community treatment to the products indicated
 to apply Community treatment to bed linen, table                below, where they originate in the People's Republic
 linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen, falling within           of China and are in free circulation in the other
 heading No ex 62.02 of the Common Customs Tariff,               Member States, and in respect of which applications
 originating in the People's Republic of China and in            for import licences were lodged after 4 April 1978 :
 free circulation in the other Member States,
Whereas in France the importation of the products in                   CCT
                                                                      heading                      Description
 question originating in the People's Republic of                       No
 China is, in accordance with the Council Decision of
 20 December 1977 ( J), subject to an annual quota,              ex 62.02         Bed linen, table linen, toilet linen and
which has already been wholly taken up ;                                          kitchen linen
Whereas disparities in the commercial policy
 measures applied in connection with these products
by the Member States are giving rise to deflection of                                     Article 2
 trade, thus preventing the execution of those commer­           This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
 cial policy measures, which are in force because of the         arise for the importation of these products from
 difficult economic situation in the sector concerned ;
                                                                 France for imports originating in the People's Repu­
Whereas according to the application submitted there             blic of China or until 31 December 1978, whichever
 are    serious   difficulties  in the   industrial  sector      is the earlier.
concerned, involving a considerable drop in produc­
 tion ;                                                                                   Article 3
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those           This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
 already effected, would be likely to aggravate these
difficulties ;
                                                                 Done at Brussels, 18 April 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 ;
                                                                                               Antonio GIOLITTI
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
for the application of protective measures under the                                    Member of the Commission
(>) OJ No L 357, 31 . 12. 1977, p. 1 .                           (2) OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.