CELEX: 31979D0178
Language: en
Date: 1979-01-23 00:00:00
Title: 79/178/EEC: Commission Decision of 23 January 1979 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to tableware and other articles of a kind commonly used for domestic or toilet purposes, of porcelain or china or of earthenware or of other kinds of pottery, falling within heading No 69.11 or subheading 19.12 C or D of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States (Only the French text is authentic)

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31979D0178

79/178/EEC: Commission Decision of 23 January 1979 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to tableware and other articles of a kind commonly used for domestic or toilet purposes, of porcelain or china or of earthenware or of other kinds of pottery, falling within heading No 69.11 or subheading 19.12 C or D of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States (Only the French text is authentic)  

Official Journal L 040 , 15/02/1979 P. 0034 - 0034

****( 1 ) OJ NO L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , P . 26 .    COMMISSION DECISION   OF 23 JANUARY 1979   AUTHORIZING THE FRENCH REPUBLIC NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO TABLEWARE AND OTHER ARTICLES OF A KIND COMMONLY USED FOR DOMESTIC OR TOILET PURPOSES , OF PORCELAIN OR CHINA OR OF EARTHENWARE OR OF OTHER KINDS OF POTTERY , FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 69.11 OR SUBHEADING 19.12 C OR D OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , ORIGINATING IN JAPAN AND IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES  ( ONLY THE FRENCH TEXT IS AUTHENTIC )  ( 79/178/EEC )   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN   COMMUNITIES ,   HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 115 THEREOF ,   HAVING REGARD TO THE APPLICATION UNDER THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 115 OF THE TREATY , MADE ON 17 JANUARY 1979 BY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT TO THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , FOR AUTHORIZATION NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO TABLEWARE AND OTHER ARTICLES OF A KIND COMMONLY USED FOR DOMESTIC OR TOILET PURPOSES ; OF PORCELAIN OR CHINA OR OF EARTHENWARE 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 JAPAN AND IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES ,   WHEREAS IN FRANCE THE IMPORT OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN JAPAN IS SUBJECT TO AN ANNUAL QUOTA ;   WHEREAS THE DISPARITIES WHICH EXIST IN THE COMMERCIAL POLICY MEASURES APPLIED IN CONNECTION WITH THESE PRODUCTS BY THE MEMBER STATES ARE CAUSING DEFLECTION OF TRADE , THEREBY PREVENTING THE EXECUTION OF THOSE COMMERCIAL POLICY MEASURES WHICH ARE IN FORCE BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULT ECONOMIC SITUATION IN THE SECTOR CONCERNED ;   WHEREAS THERE ARE SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES IN THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR CONCERNED , INVOLVING A CONSIDERABLE DROP IN PRODUCTION AND EMPLOYMENT AND A PROGRESSIVE DECLINE IN ITS MARKET SHARE ;   WHEREAS THESE ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES ARE CAUSED LARGELY BY UNEQUAL CONDITIONS OF COMPETITION , WHICH ALLOW EXPORTS TO BE MADE AT PRICES APPRECIABLY LOWER THAN THOSE OF THE COMMUNITY PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ;   WHEREAS , THE IMPORTS WHICH GAVE RISE TO THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED ARE NEVERTHELESS LIKELY , IN VIEW OF THE SUBSTANTIAL VOLUME OF THE IMPORTS , TO AGGRAVATE THESE DIFFICULTIES ;   WHEREAS IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO SET IN MOTION RAPIDLY THE MACHINERY FOR BRINGING ABOUT THE NECESSARY COOPERATION FROM THE OTHER MEMBER STATES ;   WHEREAS AUTHORIZATION SHOULD ACCORDINGLY BE GIVEN FOR THE APPLICATION OF PROTECTIVE MEASURES UNDER THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 115 , SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN IN COMMISSION DECISION 71/202/EEC OF 12 MAY 1971 ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 1 THEREOF ;   WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THE APPLICATION FOR A LICENCE WHICH GAVE RISE TO THE APPLICATION IN QUESTION DOES NOT NEED TO COVER THE ENTIRE AMOUNT BY SUCH AN AUTHORIZATION ,   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :   ARTICLE 1   THE FRENCH REPUBLIC IS AUTHORIZED NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO THE PRODUCTS INDICATED BELOW , WHERE THEY ORIGINATE IN JAPAN AND ARE IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES , AND IN RESPECT OF WHICH APPLICATIONS FOR IMPORT LICENCES WERE LODGED AFTER 7 JANUARY 1979 AND ARE , AT THE DATE OF THIS DECISION , PENDING WITH THE FRENCH AUTHORITIES . HOWEVER , THIS AUTHORIZATION DOES NOT COVER AN AMOUNT OF FF 1 000 000 IN RELATION TO THE RESPECTIVE VALUES OF THE PRESENTED APPLICATIONS .    // CCT HEADING NO  //  DESCRIPTION  //  // 69.11 OR 69.12 C OR D //  TABLEWARE AND OTHER ARTICLES OF A KIND COMMONLY USED FOR DOMESTIC OR TOILET //  //  PURPOSES ; OF PORCELAIN OR CHINA OR OF //  //  EARTHENWARE OR OF OTHER KINDS OF POTTERY //   ARTICLE 2   THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE FRENCH REPUBLIC .   DONE AT BRUSSELS , 23 JANUARY 1979 .   FOR THE COMMISSION   WILHELM HAFERKAMP   VICE-PRESIDENT