CELEX: 31978D0496
Language: en
Date: 1978-05-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 24 May 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to women's, girls' and infants' (other than babies') dresses, of woven fabric or knitted or crocheted, falling within subheading ex 60.05 A II or heading No ex 61.02 of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 60.05-41, 42, 43, 44; 61.02-48, 52, 53, 54), originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the other Member States

10 . 6 . 78                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                      No L 154/ 19
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 24 May 1978
                authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to
                women's, girls' and infants' (other than babies') dresses, of woven fabric or
                knitted or crocheted, falling within subheading ex 60.05 A II or heading No ex
                61.02 of the Common Customs Tariff ( NIMEXE codes 60.05-41 , 42, 43, 44 ; 61.02­
                48 , 52 , 53 , 54), originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the other Member
                                                                 States
                                                 (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                            (78 /496/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
COMMUNITIES,                                                            machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
                                                                        tion from the other Member States ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                           Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
                                                                        for the application of protective measures under the
                                                                        first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
Having regard to the application under the first para­                  tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 18 May
                                                                        May 1971 (3), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
 1978 by the French Government to the Commission
of the European Communities, for authorization not
to apply Community treatment to women's girls' and                      Whereas, however, the request for a licence which
infants' (other than babies') dresses, of woven fabric or               gave rise to the application in question does not need
knitted or crocheted, falling within subheading ex                      to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
60.05 A II or heading No 61.02 of the Common                            small amount involved,
Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 60.05-41 , 42, 43, 44 ;
61.02-48 , 52, 53, 54), originating in Taiwan and in free
circulation in the other Member States,
Whereas the importation into the Community of the
products in question originating in Taiwan is subject                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
to a Community quantiative quota allocated among
the Member States by Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 3020/77 of 30 December 1977 ( ] ), confirmed by
Council Regulation (EEC) No 255/78 of 7 February
 1978 (2),                                                                                         Article 1
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­
cate these quotas on the basis of the needs of the indi­                The French Republic is hereby authorized not to
vidual markets ; whereas for that reason disparities                    apply Community treatment to the products indicated
persist between the import conditions in the various                    below, where they originate in Taiwan and are in free
Member States ; whereas uniformity can be achieved                      circulation in the other Member States, and in respect
only progressively ;                                                    of which applications for import licences were lodged
                                                                        after 18 May 1978 :
Whereas according to the application submitted there
are     serious   difficulties     in  the   industrial   sector                   CCT
                                                                                  heading                        Description
concerned, involving a considerable drop in produc­                                 No
tion and employment and a progressive decline in its
market share ;                                                          ex 60.05 A II or          Women's girls' and infants' (other
                                                                        ex 61.02                  than babies') dresses, of woven
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those                  ( NIMEXE codes            fabric or knitted or crocheted
already effected, would be likely to aggravate these                    60.05-41 , 42, 43 , 44 ;
difficulties ;                                                          61.02-48 , 52, 53 , 54)
(!) OJ No L 357, 31 . 12. 1977, p. 51 .
 2) OJ No L 39 , 9 . 2. 1978 , p. 1 .                                   P ) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .
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                     Article 2                           Done at Brussels, 24 May 1978 .
This Decision shall apply until 30 September 1978.                              For the Commission
                     Article 3                                                 Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.                                 Vice-President