CELEX: 31974D0250
Language: en
Date: 1974-04-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 10 April 1974 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to toys of wood and other (except motors and movement mechanisms for toys and working models of a kind used for recreational purposes, and parts thereof), falling within heading No 97.03 A and ex B of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Taiwan, and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 135/28                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                    18 . 5 . 74
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                                       (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                               COMMISSION
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 10 April 1974
               authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to toys of wood
               and other (except motors and movement mechanisms for toys and working models of
               a kind used for recreational purposes, and parts thereof), falling within heading
              No 97.03 A and ex B of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Taiwan, and in
                                      free circulation in the other Member States
                                            (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                      ( 74 /250/EEC )
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas authorization should be given , for a limited
COMMUNITIES ,                                                     period, for the application of protective measures,
                                                                  under the first paragraph of Article 115 , subject to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                the conditions laid down by the Commission Decision
pean Economic Community, and in particular the                    of 12 May 1971 ( x ), and in particular Article 1
 first paragraph of Article 115 thereof ;                         thereof,
Having regard to the application under the first
paragraph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
9 April 1974, by the French Government to the Com­
mission by telex from the office of its Permanent                                           Article 1
Representative to the European Communities, for
authorization not to apply Community treatment to                The French Government is authorized not to apply
toys of wood and other (except motors and movement               Community treatment to imports of the following
mechanisms for toys and working models of a kind                 products, where they originate in Taiwan and are in
used for recreational purposes , and parts thereof),             free circulation in the other Member States, and in
falling within heading No 97.03 A and ex B of the                 respect of which applications for import licences were
Common Customs Tariff, originating in Taiwan,                    lodged after 31 March 1974 :
and in free circulation in the other Member States ;
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Whereas differences in the measures of commercial                     heading                         Description
                                                                        No
policy taken in connection with these products by
France and by the other Member States as regards
Taiwan are giving rise to deflection of trade ;
                                                                 97.03            Other toys ; models of a kind used for
                                                                                  recreational purposes :
Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the                         A      — Of wood
execution of measures of commercial policy taken                       ex B       — Other (except motors and movement
by France as regards Taiwan ;                                                         mechanisms for toys and working
                                                                                      models of a kind used for recreational
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set                                 purposes, and parts thereof)
in motion the machinery for bringing about the ne­
cessary cooperation from the other Member States ;               (>) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p . 26.
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                     Article 2                             Done at Brussels, 10 April 1974.
This Decision shall apply until 31 January 1975 .                                  For the Commission
                     Article 3                                                         The President
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic .                              François-Xavier ORTOLI
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