CELEX: 31976R0162
Language: en
Date: 1976-01-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 162/76 of 23 January 1976 subjecting to authorization imports into Italy of cast-iron tube and pipe fittings originating in Taiwan

27 . 1 . 76                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 18 / 13
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 162/76
                                                      of 23 January 1976
              subjecting to authorization imports into Italy of cast-iron tube and pipe fittings
                                                    originating in Taiwan
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     immediate intervention in order to safeguard the inter­
COMMUNITIES,                                                      ests of the Community is called for ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Whereas, for these reasons, it is necessary, as an excep­
Economic Community,                                                tional measure and without prejudice to the position
                                                                   to be adopted in other sectors and towards other
                                                                   exporting countries, to establish quantitative import
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       restrictions and to fix the level of such restrictions by
1439/74 of 4 June 1974 on common rules for                         reference to the volume of imports effected in 1975 ;
imports ('), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
                                                                   Whereas the concentration of Taiwanese exports on
Having consulted the Advisory Committee set up                     the Italian market justifies the limitation of the protec­
under Article 5 of the said Regulation ,                           tive measures to Italy ;
                                                                   Whereas, in view of the uncertainty of developments
Whereas, according to information furnished by the                 in the sector, the period of validity of the measures
Italian authorities, the Italian market in cast-iron tube          should not extend beyond 30 June 1976,
and pipe fittings is encountering a period of recession
both in consumption , which was reduced by half
between 1973 and 1975, and in production , which has
fallen from 20 000 metric tons in             1974 to 12 000
metric tons in 1975 ; whereas this development has                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
resulted in the accumulation of large quantities of
stocks and in a very significant reduction in the rate
of utilization of productive capacity ;                                                     Article 1
Whereas these developments have had extremely                      The importation into Italy of tube and pipe fittings
grave repercussions on employment in the relevant                  (for example, joints, elbows, unions and flanges) of
sector, two factories, including the largest one, having           malleable cast-iron corresponding to Nimexe code No
had to cease production and , consequently, to make                73.20-30 originating in Taiwan is hereby made subject
redundant approximately 1 000 workers and, of the                  to the production of an import authorization issued by
 1 600 workers who remain employed, 1 500 are                      the competent Italian authorities .
working half-time ; whereas the locality of the facto­
ries concerned makes it particularly difficult to re-de­           The total quantity of the said products for which
ploy the workers affected ;                                        import authorizations may be issued during the period
                                                                   commencing on the date of entry into force of this
Whereas in this situation the Italian authorities have             Regulation and ending on 30 June 1976 shall not
                                                                   exceed 8 20 metric tons .
requested the immediate taking of protective measures
with regard to Taiwan and have indicated that the
prices prevailing for exports from Taiwan , which hold
a large share of the Italian market, are very consider­                                     Artica- 2
ably lower than the prevailing domestic prices in Italy
and are also considerably lower than the average price              1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
of other imports of this product ;                                  following its publication in the Official Journal of
                                                                    the European Communities.
Whereas, in the exceptional crisis situation at present
facing this sector of Italian industry, the particular              2.    It shall apply until the entry into force of appro­
conditions under which Taiwanese products are                       priate measures to be taken by the Council in accor­
imported cause or threaten to cause substantial injury             dance with Articles 12 (6) and 13 of Regulation (EEC)
to Italian producers of like products, and whereas                  No 1439/74 or until the expiry of a period of six
                                                                   weeks after its entry into force, whichever is the
(') OJ No L 159 , 15 . 6 . 1974, p. 1 .                            sooner .
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 23 January 1976.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                     Christopher SOAMES
                                                                        Vice-President