CELEX: 31979D0283
Language: en
Date: 1979-02-23 00:00:00
Title: 79/283/EEC: Commission Decision of 23 February 1979 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to tableware and other articles of a kind commonly used for domestic or toilet purposes of porcelain or china or of earthenware or of other kinds of pottery, falling within heading No 69.11 or subheadings 69.12 C and D of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States

20 . 3 . 79                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No L 69 / 17
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                                of 23 February 1979
             authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to table­
             ware and other articles of a kind commonly used for domestic or toilet purposes
             of porcelain or china or of earthenware or of other kinds of pottery, falling
             within heading No 69.11 or subheadings 69.12 C and D of the Common Customs
               Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                          (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                    (79/283/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
COMMUNITIES,                                                  tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 /202/ EEC
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European         of 12 May 1971 (>), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­         Whereas, however, the application for a licence which
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                               gave rise to the application in question does not need
Having regard to the application under the first para­        to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
                                                              small amount involved ,
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 20
February 1979 by the French Government to the
Commission of the European Communities, for                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
authorization not to apply Community treatment to
tableware and other articles of a kind commonly used                                     Article 1
for domestic or toilet purposes of porcelain or china
or of earthenware or of other kinds of pottery, falling       The French Republic is authorized not to apply
within heading No 69.11 or subheadings 69.12 C and            Community treatment to the products indicated
D of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in                below, where they originate in Japan and are in free
Japan and in free circulation in the other Member             circulation in the other Member States, and in respect
States,                                                       of which applications for import licences were lodged
                                                              after 15 February 1979 :
Whereas in France the importation of the products in
question originating in Japan is subject to an annual
                                                                     CCT
quota ;                                                             heading                        Description
                                                                      No
Whereas the disparities which exist in the commercial
policy measures applied in connection with these
                                                              69.11 or         Tableware and        other articles of a kind
 products by the Member States are causing deflection
 of trade, thereby preventing the execution of those
                                                               69.12 C         commonly used for domestic or toilet
                                                              and D            purposes of porcelain or china or of
 commercial policy measures which are in force                                 earthenware or of other kinds of pottery
 because of the difficult economic situation in the
 sector concerned ;
 Whereas it appears from the application submitted                                       A rticle 2
 that there are serious difficulties in the industrial
 sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in            This Decision shall apply until 30 June 1979 .
 production and employment and a progressive decline
                                                                                         Article 3
 in its market share ;
 Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those        This Decision is addressed to the French Republic .
 already made or proposed, would be likely to aggra­
 vate these difficulties ;
                                                               Done at Brussels, 23 February 1979
 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 ;
                                                                                             Etienne DAVIGNON
 Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
 for the application of protective measures under the                                   Member of the Commission
                                                               (■) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .