CELEX: 31978D0980
Language: en
Date: 1978-11-15 00:00:00
Title: 78/980/EEC: Commission Decision of 15 November 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to bed linen, table linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen, falling within heading No ex 62.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Czechoslovakia and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 340/8                          Official Journal of the European Communities                              6. 12. 78
                                                            II
                                        (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                COMMISSION
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                 of 15 November 1978
               authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to bed
               linen, table linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen, falling within heading No ex
               62.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Czechoslovakia and in free
                                       circulation in the other Member States
                                            (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                      (78/980/EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 commercial policy measures which are in force
 COMMUNITIES,                                                   because of the difficult economic situation in the
                                                                sector concerned ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community, and in particular the first para­          Whereas it appears from the application submitted
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                   that there are serious difficulties in the industrial
                                                                sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in
                                                                production and emplyment ;
 Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 30
 October 1978 by the French Government to the                   Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
 Commission of the European Communities, for                    already made or proposed, would be likely to aggra­
                                                                vate these difficulties ;
 authorization not to apply Community treatment to
bed linen, table linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen,
 falling within heading No ex 62.02 of the Common               Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
 Customs Tariff, originating in Czechoslovakia and in           machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
 free circulation in the other Member States,                   tion from the other Member States ;
Whereas in France the importation of the products in           Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
question originating in Czechoslovakia is, in accor­            for the application of protective measures under the
dance with Council Decision 77/806/EEC of 20                    first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
 December 1977 (1), subject to an annual quota, 78 %            tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 /202/EEC
of which has been taken up ;                                    of 12 May 1971 (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
Whereas the disparities which exist in the commercial          Whereas, however, the application for a licence which
policy measures applied in connection with these               gave rise to the application in question does not need
products by the Member States are causing deflection            to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
of trade, thereby preventing the execution of those             small amount involved,
(») OJ No L 360, 31 . 12. 1977, p. 1 .                         (2) OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                   from Czechoslovakia or until 31 December 1978,
                                                              whichever is the earlier.
                         Article 1
The French Republic is hereby authorized not to
apply Community treatment to the products indicated                                  Article 3
below, where they originate in Czechoslovakia and are
in free circulation in the other Member States, and in
respect of which applications for import licences were        This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
lodged after 26 October 1978 :
      CCT
     heading                     Description
       No
                                                               Done at Brussels, 15 November 1978 .
ex 62.02          Bed linen, table linen, toilet linen and
                  kitchen linen
                                                                                        For the Commission
                         Article 2
                                                                                          Lorenzo NATALI
This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
arise in France for the importation of these products                                      Vice-President