CELEX: 31977R0561
Language: en
Date: 1977-03-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 561/77 of 16 March 1977 concerning import arrangements in the Community for shirts and blouses originating in the Republic of India

18 . 3 . 77                         Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 71 /29
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 561 /77
                                                     of 16 March 1977
                concerning import arrangements in the Community for shirts and blouses origi­
                                             nating in the Republic of India
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Whereas these developments, in conjunction with the
 COMMUNITIES,                                                   pressure of imports from other third countries, have
                                                                taken place to the detriment of the Community
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          industry where production has declined considerably
 Economic Community,                                            over the past few years and where a substantial propor­
                                                                tion of workers have become unemployed ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
  1439/74 of 4 June 1974 on common rules for
 imports ('), and in particular Article 1 2 thereof,             Whereas all these factors have caused market disrup­
                                                                tion and substantial injury to Community producers ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
  1023/70 of 25 May 1970 establishing a common proce­
 dure for administering quantitative quotas (2), and in         Whereas a further sharp and substantial increase in
 particular Articles 2 and 8 thereof,                           imports of these products may be considered to be
                                                                imminent ; whereas, in the absence of immediate
                                                                protective measures, such an increase would aggravate
 After consultation within the Advisory Committee               the injury already caused to Community producers,
 established by Article 5 of that Regulation ;                  creating a situation of damage difficult to remedy ;
 Whereas in the context of the Arrangement regarding
 international trade in textiles, the European Economic         Whereas, taking into account that developments in
 Community and the Republic of India have                       the manufacture and production of shirts and blouses
 concluded an Agreement on trade in textile                     in the handloom sector of the Indian textile industry
 products (3) ;                                                 have been such as to make it difficult or impossible
                                                                for Community authorities to distinguish between
Whereas the said Agreement makes provision, subject             shirts and blouses made up by the cottage industry of
 to certain conditions, for the admission into the              cotton handloom fabrics from similar products made
 Community without quantitative limit of textiles               otherwise and consequently to verify the conformity
 products made up by the cottage industry from cotton           of the said products with the requirements of the said
 handloom fabrics ;                                             Agreement ;
Whereas imports into the Community of cotton shirts
and blouses originating in the Republic of India and            Whereas, in the view of the Community, the opera­
certified by the Indian authorities as being made up            tion of the said Agreement, so far as the matters
by the cottage industry from cotton handloom fabrics,           described above are concerned, is unsatisfactory ;
have increased sharply and substantially since the
conclusion of the said Agreement ;
                                                                Whereas during consultations the Community has
Whereas the products concerned are generally offered            repeatedly drawn the attention of the Indian authori­
                                                                ties to the seriousness of the situation within the shirt­
for sale on the Community markets at prices consider­
ably below those prevailing for similar goods                   making sector of the Community and to the urgent
produced by Community producers ;                               need to find a means of arresting the deterioration of
                                                                the situation , taking due account of the importance of
                                                                this sector of the textiles industry to the Indian
Whereas since the conclusion of the said Agreement              economy, nevertheless no mutually acceptable solu­
imports of the products in question from India have             tion has been found in consultations ;
increased in such a proportion that they now account
for 28 % of Community imports and 14% share of
the Community market ;
                                                                Whereas, in these highly unusual and critical circum­
(') OJ No L 159, 15. 6. 1974, p. 1 .                            stances, the Community has no alternative but to take,
(2) OJ No L 124, 8 . 6. 1970, p. 1 .                            pending a mutually acceptable solution to the
(3) OJ No L 297, 17. 11 . 1975, p. 8 .                          problem , immediate action to safeguard its interests ;
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Whereas, therefore, quantitative limits should be esta­                  hereby made subject to the production of an import
blished for the products in question and these should                    authorization issued by the competent authorities of
be allocated among Member States taking into                             the Member State concerned.
account the disparities existing in Member States'
markets and the particular sensibility of the Commu­
                                                                         2. Without prejudice to the quantitative limits esta­
nity textile industry,
                                                                         blished in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3364/75
                                                                         of 23 December 1975 ( 1) for women's cotton shirts
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                            and blouses ( heading No ex 61.02) and men's cotton
                                                                         shirts (heading No ex 61.03) which remain applicable,
                           Article 1                                      the total quantity of the products for which import
                                                                         authorizations may be issued during the period
1 . The putting into free circulation into the                           commencing on the date of entry into force of this
Community of the products set out in the Annex                            Regulation and ending on 31 December 1977 shall
hereto and originating in the Republic of India is                        not exceed the following amounts :
                    NIMEXE
                                                                                                              Quantity in
                      code
                                                           Description of goods                               '000 pieces
                                                                                                                 ( 1977)
               61.02-82            Women's, girls' and infants outer garments :
                                   — Blouses and shirt blouses of cotton
                                                                                                                23 637
               ex 61.04            Women 's, girls' and infants ' outer garments :
               ex 95
                                   — Shirts and the like of cotton
                61.03-15           Men's and boys' under garments, including collars, shirt fronts
                                   and cuffs :
                                   — Shirts of cotton                                                           18 862
 However, the volume of the quotas fixed for 1977                          the following information in respect of import authori­
 shall be reduced by the amount of imports effected in                     zations issued in accordance with this Regulation
 that year before the entry into force of this Regula­                     during the preceding calendar month :
 tion .
                                                                           — total quantity authorized, expressed in pieces,
 3 . The quotas are allocated, in accordance with the
 procedure laid down in Article 1 1 of Regulation (EEC)                    — total price of products authorized.
 No 1023/70, in such a way as to ensure the orderly
 development of trade in the textiles products
 concerned . Details of the said allocation are set out in                 This information shall be broken down into the two
 the Annex hereto .                                                        categories laid down in Article 2 (a) and (b).
                             Article 2
                                                                                                     Article 4
 The application by the importer for the import author­
  ization referred to in Article 1 above shall indicate
  clearly whether the product in question is :
                                                                            1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
  (a) made up by the cottage industry from cotton hand­                     following its publication in the Official Journal of
       loom fabric, as defined in Article 4 of the Agree­                   the European Communities.
       ment, or
  (b) made up otherwise than by the cottage industry
       from cotton handloom fabric as defined in Article                    2.     It shall be applicable until the entry into force of
                                                                            appropriate measures to be taken by the Council
       4 of the Agreement.
                                                                            pursuant to Articles 12 (6) and 13 of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                            No 1439/74 or until the expiry of a period of six
                             Article 3                                      weeks following the entry into force of this Regula­
                                                                            tion , whichever is the earlier.
  Each    Member       State   shall  communicate       to   the
  Commission, not later than the 20th day each month ,                      (') OJ No L 333, 30 . 12. 1975, p. 5 .
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              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 16 March 1977.
                                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                                   Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
                                                                                                         Vice-President
                                                                            ANNEX
              Quantitative limits established under Article 1 for cotton shirts and blouses originating in
                                                                              India
                      CCT                                                                                                           Member            Quantity
     Category                             NIMEXE                                                                                                       in '000
                    heading                  code
                                                                                    Description of goods                            States of
       No                                                                                                                                                units
                       No                                                                                                          destination
                                                                                                                                                        ( 1977)
        1        61.02               61.02-ex 82              Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments :                             D                8 218
                                                                                                                                        F                2 501
                                                              — Blouses and shirt blouses of cotton
                                                                                                                                        I                1 005
                                                                                                                                     BNL                 3 699
                 61.04               ex 61.04-ex 95           Women's, girls' and infants' under garments :                           UK                 7 436
                                                                                                                                      IRL                   412
                                                              — Shirts and the like of cotton
                                                                                                                                      DK                    366
                                                                                                                                     EEC              23 637
        2        61.03               61.03-15                 Men's and boys' under garments, including col­                            D                7 465
                                                              lars, shirt fronts and cuffs :                                            F                   795
                                                                                                                                        I                2 389
                                                              — Shirts of cotton
                                                                                                                                     BNL                 2 307
                                                                                                                                      UK                 5 450
                                                                                                                                      IRL                   108
                                                                                                                                      DK                    348
                                                                                                                                     EEC              18 862
              The quantitative limits set out above shall apply to imports of cotton shirts and blouses without
              distinction as to the process by which they have been manufactured. Within these limits, the quan­
              titative limits presently applied ('), in respect of products other than those which are certified by the
              Indian authorities as conforming to the description set out in Article 4 of the bilateral Agreement,
              shall remain in force .
              (') These limits are set out in Articles 3 and 4 of Council Regulation ( EEC) No 2992/ 75 of 10 November 1975 , OJ No L 297, 17. II .
                  1975, and Annex A to Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 3364/ 75 of 23 December 1975 , OJ No L 333 , 30 . 12 . 1975 .