CELEX: 31978D0497
Language: en
Date: 1978-05-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 29 May 1978 authorizing the Italian Republic not to apply Community treatment to synthetic textile fibres, acrylic, falling within subheading ex 56.04 A of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE code 56.04-15), originating in Romania and in free circulation in the other Member States

10 . 6. 78                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                     No L 154/21
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 29 May 1978
               authorizing the Italian Republic not to apply Community treatment to synthetic
               textile fibres, acrylic, falling within subheading ex 56.04 A of the Common
               Customs Tariff (NIMEXE code 56.04-15), originating in Romania and in free
                                       circulation in the other Member States
                                            (Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                       (78 /497/ 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
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 23 May                                            Article 1
1978 by the Italian Government to the Commission
of the European Communities, for authorization not                The Italian Republic is hereby authorized not to apply
to apply Community treatment to synthetic textile                 Community treatment to the products indicated
fibres, acrylic, falling within subheading ex 56.04 A of          below, where they originate in Romania and are in
the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE code 56.04­                     free circulation in the other Member States, and in
 15), originating in Romania and in free circulation in           respect of which applications for import licences were
the other Member States,                                          lodged after 16 May 1978 and are, on the date of this
Whereas in Italy the importation of the products in               Decision, pending with the Italian authorities :
question originating in Romania is, in accordance
with the Council Decision of 20 December 19 77 ('),                          CCT
                                                                                                            Description
                                                                            heading
subject to an annual quota, which has already been                            No
wholly taken up ;
Whereas according to the application submitted there              ex 56.04 A                  Synthetic textile fibres, acrylic
are    serious   difficulties  in  the   industrial  sector       ( NIMEXE code
concerned, involving a considerable drop in produc­               56.04-15)
tion and employment and a progressive decline in its
market share ;
                                                                                              Article 2
Whereas although the imports which gave rise to the
application submitted would appear to be an isolated              This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
operation, they are nevertheless likely, owing to the
appreciable amount of the imports, to aggravate these
difficulties ;
                                                                   Done at Brussels, 29 May 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 ;
                                                                                                  Étienne DAVIGNON
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
 for the application of protective measures under the                                        Member of the Commission
 (•) OJ No L 360, 31 . 12. 1977, p. 1                              (2 ) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26.