CELEX: 31976R1887
Language: en
Date: 1976-07-29
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1887/76 of 29 July 1976 subjecting to authorization imports into Italy of electric filament lamps originating in certain State-trading countries

31 . 7. 76                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 206/79
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1887/76
                                                        of 29 July 1976
              subjecting to authorization imports into Italy of electric filament lamps origi­
                                   nating in certain European State-trading countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas this injury to the Community producers is
COMMUNITIES,                                                      likely to become irreparable, unless a defensive
                                                                  measure is immediately adopted ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,                                              Whereas in these critical circumstances, it is necessary
                                                                  that immediate action be taken to safeguard the inter­
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     ests of the Community, these measures to consist of
 109/70 of 19 December 1969 on common rules for
                                                                  the introduction of temporary limitation of imports ;
imports from State-trading countries ('), and in parti­
cular Article 7 thereof,                                          Whereas the concentration of the difficulties on the
                                                                  Italian market justifies the limitation , for the moment,
Having consulted the Advisory Committee set up                    of the application of these safeguard measures to
under Article 5 of the said Regulation ,                          imports into that region of the Community ;
Whereas the imports on the Italian market of electric             Whereas, consultations are in progress with Hungary,
filament lamps originating in European State-trading              Poland and Romania and it is justified therefore,
countries, which up to now, were not subjected to
                                                                  pending a mutually acceptable solution , to exclude,
quantitative restrictions, have increased sharply                 for the moment, these three countries from the scope
(according to the information provided by the Italian '           of application of these measures of autonomous restric­
authorities, from approximately six million items in              tions ;
 1971 they have increased to 18-3 million items in
 1975);                                                           Whereas these safeguard measures instituted in
                                                                  respect of those other countries can be rescinded
Whereas these products are offered for sale on the                should those same countries enter into consultations
Community market in Italy at prices which are                     with the Community and should these consultations
substantially below those prevailing for similar goods
                                                                  result in mutually satisfactory solutions,
 produced by Community producers ;
Whereas consequently these imports represented in
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 1975 a market share of 78 % of the total imports
from third countries and 13 % of the Italian consump­
tion ;                                                                                    Article 1
Whereas this development occurred to the detriment                The importation into Italy of the products listed
of the industry in Italy, where production has                    below, originating in Bulagaria, the German Democ­
decreased considerably in the past years and where                ratic Republic, Czechoslovakia and in the USSR, is
 more than 20 factories have been forced to cease                 hereby made subject to the presentation of an import
production of these goods resulting in several thou­              authorization issued by the competent Italian authori­
sand workers being laid-off, transferred or their                 ties .
working hours reduced ;
                                                                  The total quantity of the products for which import
Whereas all     these    factors    have caused    substantial    authorizations shall be issued during the year 1976
injury to the Community producers ;                               shall not exceed the following amounts :
(■) OJ No L 19 , 26 . 1 . 1970 , p. 1 .
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              Nimexe code                Description                    Origin         Quantity (itemps)
          85.20.15          Electric     filament    lamps     Bulgaria                     400 000
                            exceeding 28 volts                 German     Democratic
                                                               Republic                   2 000 000
                                                               Czechoslovakia             4 000 000
                                                               USSR                       1 300 000
          The quantities listed above are reduced by the quantities imported into Italy, originating
          from the countries concerned, since the 1 January 1976.
                                                     Article 2
          1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the
          Official Journal of the European Communities.
          2. It shall apply up to the entry into force of appropriate measures to be taken by the
          Council in accordance with Articles 7 (6) and 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 109/70 and at the
          latest until the expiry of a period of six weeks after its entry into force.
          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States .
          Done at Brussels, 29 July 1976.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                          P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                  Member of the Commission