CELEX: 31976D0571
Language: en
Date: 1976-06-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 25 June 1976 authorizing Ireland to maintain protective measures in respect of footwear with uppers of leather, falling within Common Customs Tariff subheading 64.02 A, under Article 135 of the Act of Accession

No L 182/24                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                8 . 7 . 76
                                                                II
                                          (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                  COMMISSION
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 25 June 1976
              authorizing Ireland to maintain protective measures in respect of footwear with
              uppers of leather, falling within Common Customs Tariff subheading 64.02 A,
                                       under Article 135 of the Act of Accession
                                              (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                         (76/ 571 / EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       consultations with industry and the unions ; whereas
COMMUNITIES,                                                         the extension of existing protective measures for a
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                further period of six months is strictly necessary to
Economic Community,                                                  enable the parties concerned to decide upon and to
                                                                     start to put into effect measures of reorganization to
Having regard to the Act of Accession ('), and in parti­             bring the situation back into balance and to adapt the
cular Article 135 thereof,                                           sector to the economy of the common market,
Having regard to the application by Ireland of 31 May
 1976,                                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas the Commission Decision of 22 December
                                                                                             Article 1
 1975 (2) authorized Ireland to take protective measures
in respect of certain footwear under Article 135 of the              Commission Decision of 22 December 1975 is hereby
Act of Accession ;                                                   amended as follows :
Whereas during the period since the assessment of                    In Article 1 for '30 June 1976' read '31 December
the situation made at the time of the said Decision                  1976 '.
the Irish footwear industry has continued to encounter               In Article 3 (2) for '1 March 1976' read '1 November
serious difficulties which are liable to persist ; whereas           1976'.
statistics  available   for  1976    indicate   a  continued
increase in imports, a continued decline in exports                                          Article 2
and a continued deterioration in the production and
                                                                     This Decision is addressed to Ireland.
employment situation ;
Whereas arising out of the Commission Decision of
 10 July 1975 (3) the Irish Government commissioned                  Done at Brussels, 25 June 1976.
management consultants to draw up a plan for the
reorganization of the footwear industry ; whereas the                                          For the Commission
management consultants have recently completed and                                              Finn GUNDELACH
submitted their report which is currently under study
by the competent ministry and will be the subject of                                        Member of the Commission
(•) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14.
(2 ) OJ No L 32, 6. 2. 1976, p. 22.
(3) OJ No L 212, 9 . 8 . 1975, p. 17.