CELEX: 31977D0725
Language: en
Date: 1977-06-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 22 June 1977 authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany not to apply Community treatment to woven fabrics of cotton other than of cotton gauze or of unbleached terry towelling and similar terry fabrics, falling within heading No ex 55.09 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the People's Republic of China and in free circulation in the other Member States

24 . 11 . 77                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 300 /21
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 22 June 1977
              authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany not to apply Community treat­
              ment to woven fabrics of cotton other than of cotton gauze or of unbleached
              terry towelling and similar terry fabrics, falling within heading No ex 55.09 of
              the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the People's Republic of China and
                                   in free circulation in the other Member States
                                            (Only the German text is authentic)
                                                       (77/725/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   first paragraph of Article 115 of the Treaty, subject to
COMMUNITIES,                                                     the conditions specified in the Commission Decision
                                                                 of 12 May 1971 (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 15 June                                           Article 1
 1977 by the Government of the Federal Republic of
Germany to the Commission by telex from the office               The Federal Republic of Germany is hereby autho­
of its Permanent Representative to the European                  rized not to apply Community treatment to woven
Communities, for authorization not to apply Commu­               fabrics of cotton other than of cotton gauze or of
nity treatment to woven fabrics of cotton other than             unbleached terry towelling and similar terry fabrics,
of cotton gauze or of unbleached terry towelling and             falling within heading No ex 55.09 of the Common
similar terry fabrics, falling within heading No ex              Customs Tariff, where they originate in the People's
55.09 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in               Republic of China and are in free circulation in the
the People's Republic of China and in free circulation           other Member States, and in respect of which applica­
in the other Member States,                                      tions for import licences were lodged after 7 June
                                                                 1977 .
Whereas for fabrics falling within heading No ex
55.09 of the Common Customs Tariff, the Federal                                               Article 2
Republic of Germany, in accordance with the Council
Decision of 13 December 1976 ('), opened in respect              This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
of the People's Republic of China a quota of DM                  arise in the Federal Republic of Germany for the
3 000 000 for 1977, which has been used up ;                     importation of the products in question from the
                                                                 People s Republic of China, and in any case not later
Whereas, according to information supplied by the                than 31 December 1977 .
Government of the Federal Republic of Germany, the
textile industry concerned is faced with a serious crisis
                                                                                              Article 3
which shows itself especially by a decrease in produc­
tion and by a reduction in its share of the market ;             This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of
Whereas indirect imports, which would be in addition             Germany .
to those already effected, would be likely to aggravate
these economic difficulties ;
                                                                 Done at Brussels, 22 June 1977.
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in
motion rapidly the machinery for bringing about the                                             Fur the Commission
necessary cooperation from the other Member States ;
                                                                                               Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
for the application of protective measures, under the                                                Vice-President
(') OJ No L 365 , 31 . 12 . 1976 .                               (2 ) OJ No L 121 , .3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .