CELEX: 31978D0468
Language: en
Date: 1978-05-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 12 May 1978 authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to tyre cases of the kind used on motor cars falling within heading No ex 40.11 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the German Democratic Republic and in free circulation in the other Member States

3 . 6 . 78                         Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 147/43
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 12 May 1978
               authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to tyre cases of the kind
               used on motor cars falling within heading No ex 40.11 of the Common Customs
               Tariff, originating in the German Democratic Republic and in free circulation
                                            in the other Member States
                                          (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                     (78/468/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
COMMUNITIES,                                                   tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
                                                               May 1971 (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 4 May                                       Article 1
1978 by the Irish Government to the Commission of
the European Communities, for authorization not to             Ireland is authorized not to apply Community treat­
apply Community treatment to tyre cases of the kind            ment to the products indicated below, where they orig­
used on motor cars falling within heading No ex                inate in the German Democratic Republic and are in
40.1 1 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in            free circulation in the other Member States, and in
the German Democratic Republic and in free circula­            respect of which applications for import licences were
tion in the other Member States,                               lodged after 30 April 1978 and are, on the date of this
                                                               Decision , pending with the Irish authorities :
Whereas in Ireland the importation of the products in
question originating in the German Democratic Repu­
                                                                     CCT
blic is, in accordance with the Council Decision of 20
                                                                    heading                       Description
December 1 977 ( 1 ), subject to an annual quota ;                    No
Whereas there are serious difficulties in the industrial
sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in             ex 40.1 1        Tyre cases of the kind used on motor cars
production and employment and a progressive decline
in its market share ;
                                                                                        Article 2
Whereas although the imports which gave rise to the
application submitted would appear to be an isolated           This Decision is addressed to Ireland .
operation , they are nevertheless likely, owing to the
appreciable amount of the imports, to aggravate these
difficulties ;
                                                               Done at Brussels, 12 May 1978 .
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­                                        For the Commission
tion from the other Member States ;
                                                                                              Guido BRUNNER
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
for the application of protective measures under the                                   Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L .157, 31 . 12. 1977.                               (') OJ No L 121 , .V 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .