CELEX: 31973R2631
Language: en
Date: 1973-09-27 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2631/73 of the Council of 27 September 1973 providing for licences for the import of cotton yarn into the United Kingdom from non-member countries

No L 272/ 16                       Official Journal of the European Communities                              29 . 9 . 73
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 2631 /73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                 of 27 September 1973
              providing for licences for the import of cotton yarn into the United Kingdom from
                                                 non-member countries
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas to remove the threat of injury, protective
 COMMUNITIES,                                                  measures should be adopted for a period extending
                                                               up to 31 December 1973 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community ;                                  Whereas given that the threat of substantial injury
                                                               originated in imports intended for United Kingdom
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   markets, it appears justified at present, having regard
1025/70 (*) of 25 May 1970 establishing common                 to existing trade flows, to restrict the application of
rules for imports from non-member countries, and               protective measures to imports into the United
in particular Article 11 ( 1 ) thereof;                        Kingdom;
After consultation with the Advisory Committee set             Whereas these imports should be restricted to the
up by Article 5 of that Regulation ;                           relevant level in the United Kingdom before 1 April
                                                               1973 ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
                                                               Whereas these protective measures may be amended
                                                               or repealed in the light of the trend in imports into
Whereas in response to a request from the British              other regions of the Community,
Government the Commission, by Regulation (EEC)
No 1831 /73 (2 ) of 4 July 1973 providing for licences
for the import of cotton yarn into the United Kingdom
originating in and coming from non-member
countries, took interim protective measures limiting
the importation into the United Kingdom of cotton              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
yarn ;
Whereas it appears from the information supplied                                        Article 1
by the British Government, in particular during the
consultation in the abovementioned Committee, and
also from other information, that until 1 April 1973 ,         1.     The importation into the United Kingdom of
the date on which Regulation (EEC) No 1025/70                  Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the
came into operation in the United Kingdom,                     non-member countries listed in Annex II to Council
importation into the United Kingdom of the                     Regulation (EEC) No 1025/70, excepting those
products in question was subject to quantitative               countries set out in the Annex hereto, of the products
restrictions in relation to the countries concerned ;          shown below shall be subject to production of an
whereas the increase in such imports which would               import licence, and the total tonnage so imported
follow the liberalization thereof would be likely              during the period 1 April 1973 to 31 December 1973
to cause substantial injury, which it would be difficult       inclusive shall not exceed the number of metric tons
to repair, to the cotton spinning industry in the              indicated against the names of those products :
United Kingdom and to affect the employment
situation by jeopardizing the reconversion process in
that industry;
                                                                     CCT
                                                                  heading No
Whereas interim protective measures must therefore
be taken and should consist in a limitation on the                  55.05     Cotton yarn, not put
importation of cotton yarn ;                                                  up for retail sale
                                                                                                      12 750 metric tons
                                                                    55.06     Cotton yarn, put up
                                                                              for retail sale
H OJ No L 124, 8 . 6. 1970, p. 6.
(2) OJ No L 185, 7. 7. 1973, p. 13.
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2. The imports licences referred to in paragraph 1                                 Article 2
shall be issued by the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland .                              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
                                                            following its publication in the Official Journal of
                                                            the European Communities.
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 27 September 1973 .
                                                                          For the Council
                                                                            The President
                                                                           I. N0RGAARD
                                                     ANNEX
                                           Australia
                                           Austria
                                           Canada
                                           Cyprus
                                           Finland
                                           Greece
                                           Iceland
                                           Israel
                                           Lebanon
                                           Malta
                                           Morocco
                                           New Zealand
                                           Norway
                                           Portugal
                                           Spain
                                           Sweden
                                           Switzerland (including Liechtenstein)
                                           Tunisia
                                           Turkey
                                           USA