CELEX: 31978D0405
Language: en
Date: 1978-03-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 20 March 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to bleached or unbleached cotton fabric and woven fabrics of man-made fibres (discontinuous or waste), falling within heading No ex 55.09 or subheading ex 56.07 A of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Thailand and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 116/46                       Official Journal of the European Communities                               28 . 4. 78
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                                  of 20 March 1978
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to bleached
              or unbleached cotton fabric and woven fabrics of man-made fibres (discon­
              tinuous or waste), falling within heading No ex 55.09 or subheading ex 56.07 A of
              the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Thailand and in free circulation in
                                              the other Member States
                                          (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                     (78/405/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                concerned, involving a considerable drop in produc­
COMMUNITIES,                                                  tion and employment and a progressive decline in its
                                                              market share ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­         Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                 already effected, would be likely to aggravate these
                                                              difficulties ;
Having regard to the application under the first para­        Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 15 March          machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
1978 by the French Government to the Commission               tion from the other Member States ;
of the European Communities, for authorization not
to apply Community treatment to bleached or un­               Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
bleached cotton fabric and woven fabrics of man­
                                                              for the application of protective measures under the
made fibres (discontinuous or waste), falling within          first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
heading No ex 55.09 or subheading ex 56.07 A of the           tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
Common Customs Tariff, originating in Thailand and            May 1971 (•) and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
in free circulation in the other Member States,
                                                              Whereas, however, the request for a licence which
Whereas the importation into the Community of the             gave rise to the application in question does not need
products in question originating in Thailand is               to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
covered by an Agreement negotiated between the                small amount involved,
Community and this country ;
Whereas under that Agreement Thailand has under­
                                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
taken to take all necessary steps to limit its exports of
the products in question to the Community to certain
ceilings allocated among the Member States ;
                                                                                        Article 1
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­
cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the          The French Republic is authorized not to apply
                                                               Community treatment to the products indicated
individual markets ; whereas for that reason disparities
persist between the import conditions in the various          below, where they originate in Thailand and are in
                                                               free circulation in the other Member States, and in
Member States ; whereas uniformity can be achieved
only progressively ;                                           respect of which applications for import licences were
                                                               lodged after the date of this Decision :
Whereas disparities in the commercial policy                        CCT
measures applied in connection with these products                 heading                       Description
                                                                     No
by the Member States are giving rise to deflection of
trade, thus preventing the execution of those commer­
cial policy measures, which are in force because of the        ex 55.09 or      Bleached or unbleached cotton fabric and
difficult economic situation in the sector concerned ;         ex 56.07 A      woven fabrics of man-made fibres (discon­
                                                                                tinuous or waste)
Whereas according to the application submitted there
are   serious    difficulties in the   industrial  sector     (') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26 .
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                        Article 2                           Done at Brussels, 20 March 1978 .
This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
arise for the importation of these products from Thai­
land or until 31 December 1978 , whichever is the
earlier.
                                                                                  For the Commission
                        Article 3                                                   Guido BRUNNER
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.                              Member of the Commission