CELEX: 31978D0748
Language: en
Date: 1978-08-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 25 August 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to men's and boys' shirts, woven, of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling within heading No 61.03 (NIMEXE codes 61.03-11, 15, 19) of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Pakistan and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 247/34                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                    9 . 9 . 78
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                  of 25 August 1978
               authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to men's
               and boys' shirts, woven , of wool , of cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling
               within heading No 61.03 (NIMEXE codes 61.03-11 , 15 , 19) of the Common
               Customs Tariff, originating in Pakistan and in free circulation in the other
                                                    Member States
                                           (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                     (78/748/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
COMMUNITIES,                                                   May 1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          Whereas, however, the request for a licence which
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­          gave rise to the application in question does not need
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
Having regard to the application under the first para­         small amount involved ,
graph of Article 1 15 of the Treaty, made on 17 August
1978 by the French Government to the Commission                HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
of the European Communities, for authorization not
to apply Community treatment to men's and boys'                                         Article 1
shirts, woven , of wool, of cotton or of man-made
textile fibres, falling within heading No 61.03                The French Republic is authorized not to apply
(NIMEXE codes 61.03-11 , 15, 19) of the Common                 Community treatment to the products indicated
Customs Tariff, originating in Pakistan and in free            below, where they originate in Pakistan and are in free
circulation in the other Member States ;                       circulation in the other Member States, and in respect
Whereas the importation into the Community of the              of which applications for import licences were lodged
products in question originating in Pakistan is covered        after 9 August 1978 :
by an Agreement negotiated between the Community
and that country ;                                                        CCT
                                                                         heading                       Description
Whereas under that Agreement Pakistan has under­                           No
taken to take all necessary steps to limit its exports of
the products in question to the Community to certain           61.03                    Men's and boys' shirts, woven, of
ceilings allocated among the Member States ;                   ( NIMEXE codes           wool , of cotton or of man-made
                                                               61.03-11 , 15, 19)       textile fibres
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­
cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the
individual markets ; whereas for that reason disparities                                 Article 2
persist between the import conditions in the various
Member States ; whereas uniformity can only be                 This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
achieved progressively ;                                       arise for the importation of these products from
                                                               Pakistan or until 31 December 1978 , whichever is the
Whereas according to the application submitted there           earlier.
are   serious   difficulties in  the   industrial  sector
concerned ;
                                                                                         Article 3
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
already effected, would be likely to aggravate these           This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
difficulties ;
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the        Done at Brussels, 25 August 1978 .
machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
tion from the other Member States ;                                                        For the Commission
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given                                           Étienne DAVIGNON
for the application of protective measures under the
first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi                                 Member of the Commission
                                                               (') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.