CELEX: 31978D0409
Language: en
Date: 1978-04-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 17 April 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to tableware and other articles of a kind commonly used for domestic and toilet purposes, of porcelain or china or of other kinds of pottery, falling within heading No 69.11 or subheading 69.12 C or D of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the People's Republic of China and in free circulation in the other Member States

28 . 4. 78                         Official Journai of the European Communities                                  No L 116/ 51
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 17 April 1978
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to table­
              ware and other articles of a kind commonly used for domestic and toilet
              purposes, of porcelain or china or of other kinds of pottery, falling within
              heading No 69.11 or subheading 69.12 C or D 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)
                                                      (78/409/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Whereas these economic difficulties are caused largely
COMMUNITIES,                                                    by unequal conditions of competition , whereby
                                                                exports can be effected at prices appreciably lower
                                                                than those of the Community products in question ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­           already effected, would be likely to aggravate these
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                 difficulties ;
                                                                Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
                                                                machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
Having regard to the application under the first para­          tion from the other Member States ;
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 10 April
1978 by the French Government to the Commission                 Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
of the European Communities, for authorization not              for the application of protective measures under the
to apply Community treatment to tableware and other             first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
articles of a kind commonly used for domestic and               tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
toilet purposes, of porcelain or china or of other kinds        May 1971 (2) and in particular Article 1 thereof,
of pottery, falling within heading No 69.1 1 or
subheading 69.12 C or D of the Common Customs
Tariff, originating in the People's Republic of China           HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
and in free circulation in the other Member States,
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas in France the importation of the products in            The French Republic is authorized not to apply
question originating in the People's Republic of                Community treatment to the products indicated
China is, in accordance with the Council Decision of            below, where they originate in the People's Republic
                                                                of China and are in free circulation in the other
20 December 1977 ('), subject to a quota, which is
                                                                Member States, and in respect of which applications
being distributed in full ;
                                                                for import licences were lodged after 4 April 1978 :
                                                                       CCT
Whereas disparities in the commercial policy                          heading                        Description
                                                                        No
measures applied in connection with these products
by the Member States are giving rise to deflection of
trade, thus preventing the execution of those commer­           69.11 or          Tableware and       other articles of a kind
cial policy measures, which are in force because of the         69.12 C or D      commonly used for domestic and toilet
difficult economic situation in the sector concerned ;                            purposes, of porcelain or china or of other
                                                                                  kinds of pottery
Whereas according to the application submitted there
are   serious   difficulties in  the   industrial   sector                                  Article 2
concerned, involving a considerable drop in produc­
tion and employment and a progressive decline in its            This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
market share ;                                                  arise for the importation of these products from the
(') OJ No L 357, 31 . 12. 1977 .                                (2 ) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .
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Peoples Republic of China or until 31 December              Done at Brussels, 17 April 1978 .
1978 , whichever is the earlier.
                                                                                   For the Commission
                       Article 3                                                   Étienne DAVIGNON
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.                              Member of the Commission