CELEX: 31974D0139
Language: en
Date: 1974-03-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 13 March 1974 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to knives with cutting blades, serrated or not (including pruning knives), except knives with handle in ivory or in gilded or silvered base metal falling within heading No ex 82.09 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States

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  22. 3. 74                        Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 77/35
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                                      (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                               COMMISSION
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 13 March 1974
               authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to knives
               with cutting blades, serrated or not (including pruning knives), except knives
               with handle in ivory or in gilded or silvered base metal falling within heading
               No ex 82.09 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free
                                     circulation in the other Member States
                                           (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                      (74/ 139/ EEC)
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in
  COMMUNITIES,                                                   motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­
                                                                 sary cooperation from the other Member States ;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          Whereas authorization should be given, for a limited
  Economic Community, and in particular the first para­          period, for the application of protective measures,
  graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof ;                               under the first photograph of Article 115, subject to
                                                                 the conditions laid down by the Commission Deci­
                                                                 sion of May 1971 ('), and in particular Article 1
  Having regard to the application under the first para­         thereof ;
  graph of Article 115 of the Treaty made on 5 March
  1974 by the French Government to the Commission                Whereas a uniform system of imports could be
  by telex from the office of its Permanent Representa­          adopted for the products in question as part of a
  tive to the European Communities, for authorization            common commercial policy as regards Japan ;
  not to apply Community treatment to knives with                whereas the period of validity of these protective
  cutting blades, serrated or not (including pruning             measures should expire upon the introduction of such
  knives), except knives with handle in ivory or in              a system ,
  gilded or silvered base metal falling within heading
  No ex 82.09 of the Common Customs Tariff, origi­
  nating in Japan and in free circulation in the other           HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
  Member States ;
                                                                                             Article 1
  Whereas differences in the measures of commercial
  policy taken in connection with these products by              The French Republic is authorized not to apply
  France and by the other Member States as regards               Community treatment to imports of the following
  Japan are giving rise to deflection of trade ;                 products, 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
  Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the             lodged after 4 March 1974 :
  execution of measures of commercial policy taken by
  France as regards Japan ;                                      (') OJ L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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                                                               as part of the common commercial policy as regards
    heading                 Description of goods               Japan and in any event not later than 31 December
      No                                                        1974 .
ex 82.09       Knives with cutting blades, serrated or not                           Article 3
               (including pruning knives), except knives
               with handle in ivory or in gilded or silvered   This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
               base metal
                                                                Done at Brussels, 13 March 1974.
                                                                                       For the Commission
                        Article 2
                                                                                           The President
The period of validity of this Decision shall expire
upon the introduction of a uniform system of imports                                  François-Xavier ORTOLI