CELEX: 31978D0946
Language: en
Date: 1978-10-31 00:00:00
Title: 78/946/EEC: Commission Decision of 31 October 1978 authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to men' s and boys' woven breeches, shorts and trousers (including slacks); women' s, girls' and infants' woven trousers and slacks, of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling within heading No ex 61.01 or subheading ex 61.02 B of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 61.01-62, 64, 66, 72, 74, 76; 61.02-66, 68, 72), originating in Singapore and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 327/ 14                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                  22. 11 . 78
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                 of 31 October 1978
              authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to men's and boys'
              woven breeches, shorts and trousers (including slacks) ; women's, girls' and
              infants' woven trousers and slacks, of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile
               fibres, falling within heading No ex 61.01 or subheading ex 61.02 B of the
              Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 61.01-62, 64, 66, 72, 74, 76 ; 61.02-66, 68 ,
                72), originating in Singapore and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                          (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                     (78/946/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                Whereas it appears from the application submitted
COMMUNITIES,                                                  that there are serious difficulties in the industrial
                                                              sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in
                                                              productions and employment ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­         Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
graph of Article 1 1 5 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 25                for the application of protective measures under the
October 1978 by the Irish Government to the                   first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
Commission of the European Communities, for                   tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 /202/ EEC
authorization not to apply Community treatment to             of 12 May 1971 (*), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
men's and boys' woven breeches, shorts and trousers
(including slacks) ; women's, girls' and infants' woven
trousers and slacks, of wool, of cotton or of man-made
textile fibres, falling within heading No ex 61.01 or
subheading ex 61.02 B of the Common Customs
Tariff (NIMEXE codes 61.01-62, 64, 66, 72, 74, 76 ;            HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
61.02-66, 68, 72), originating in Singapore and in free
circulation in the other Member States,
                                                                                       Article 1
Whereas the importation into the Community of the
products in question originating in Singapore is               Ireland is authorized not to apply Community treat­
covered by an Agreement negotiated between the                 ment to the products indicated below, where they orig­
Community and that country ;                                   inate in Singapore and are in free circulation in the
                                                               other Member States, and in respect of which applica­
                                                               tions for import licences were lodged after 18 October
                                                               1978 :
Whereas under that Agreement Singapore has under­
taken to take all necessary steps to limit its exports of
the products in question to the Community up to the                      CCT
                                                                        heading                      Description
amount of certain ceilings allocated among the                            No
Member States :
                                                               ex 61.01 or             Men's and boys' woven breeches,
                                                               ex 61.02 B              shorts and trousers (including
                                                               (NIMEXE codes           slacks) ; women's, girls' and infants'
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­          61.01-62, 64, 66, 72, woven trousers and slacks, of wool,
cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the           74, 76 ; 61.02-66, 68 , of cotton or of man-made textile
individual markets ; whereas there are therefore dispar­       72)                     fibres
ities existing between the import conditions in the
various Member States ; whereas uniformity can only
be achieved progressively ;                                    (») OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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                       Article 2                             Done at Brussels, 31 October 1978 .
This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
arise in Ireland for the importation of these products
from Singapore or until 31 December 1978 ,
whichever is the earlier.
                                                                                    For the Commission
                        Article 3                                                    Henk VREDELING
This Decision is addressed to Ireland .                                                Vice-President