CELEX: 31978D0120
Language: en
Date: 1977-11-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 29 November 1977 concerning the application made by the United Kingdom under Article 115 of the Treaty for authorization to apply protective measures in respect of men's suits of synthetic textile fibres, falling within heading No ex 61.01 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Poland and in free circulation in the other Member States

11 . 2. 78                        Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 41 /31
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                                      (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                              COMMISSION
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                of 29 November 1977
               concerning the application made by the United Kingdom under Article 115 of
               the Treaty for authorization to apply protective measures in respect of men's
               suits of synthetic textile fibres, falling within heading No ex 61.01 of the
               Common Customs Tariff, originating in Poland and in free circulation in the
                                                other Member States
                                          (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                     (78/ 120/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
 COMMUNITIES,                                                  for the application of protective measures, under the
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European         first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
 Economic Community, and in particular the first para­         tions laid down by the Commission Decision of 12
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                  May 1971 (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
 Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 23                 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 November 1977 by the United Kingdom Government
by telex from the office of its Permanent Representa­                                    Article 1
 tive to the European Communities, for authorization
 to apply protective measures in respect of the importa­       The United Kingdom is authorized not to apply
 tion of men's suits of synthetic textile fibres, falling      Community treatment to imports of men's suits of
within heading No ex 61.01 of the Common Customs               synthetic textile fibres, falling within heading No ex
Tariff, originating in Poland and in free circulation in       61.01 of the Common Customs Tariff, where they orig­
 the other Member States,                                      inate in Poland, are in free circulation in the other
Whereas, with regard to men's suits of synthetic               Member States and in respect of which applications
textile fibres of CCT heading No ex 61.01 , the United         for import licences lodged after 13 November 1977
 Kingdom, in accordance with the Council Decision of           are, on the date of this Decision, pending with the
                                                               British authorities.
 13 December 1976 ('), opened an annual quota of £
 2 438 550 for Poland, which is taken up completely ;
                                                                                         Article 2
Whereas, according to information supplied by the
 United Kingdom Government, there are serious                  This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom .
economic difficulties in the sector in question ;
Whereas the realization of the abovementioned indi­
rect operation, even though it appears to be an                Done at Brussels, 29 November 1977.
isolated operation, would be likely to aggravate this
difficult situation ;                                                                      For the Commission
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion the                                             Étienne DAVIGNON
machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
tion from the other Member States :                                                    Member of the Commission
(1) OJ No L 365, 31 . 12. 1976.                                (2) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.