CELEX: 31976D0240
Language: en
Date: 1976-01-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 27 January 1976 authorizing the Italian Republic not to apply Community treatment to transistorized radio-receivers, falling within subheading ex 85.15 A m of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States

25 . 2. 76                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                    No L 49/25
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 27 January 1976
              authorizing the Italian Republic not to apply Community treatment to transisto­
              rized radio-receivers, falling within subheading ex 85.15 A III of the Common
              Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other
                                                       Member States
                                              (Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                         (76/240/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas furthermore the validity of such measures
COMMUNITIES,                                                       should expire on the opening of direct import possibil­
                                                                   ities into Italy from Japan,
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
                                                                                            Article 1
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 16
January 1976 by the Italian Government to the                      The Italian Republic is authorized not to apply
Commission by telex from the office of its Permanent               Community treatment to imports of the following
Representative to the European Communities, for                    products, where they originate in Japan and are in
authorization not to apply Community treatment to                  free circulation in the other Member States, and in
transistorized     radio-receivers,       falling     within       respect of which applications for import licences were
subheading ex 85.15 A III of the Common Customs                    lodged after 9 January 1976 :
Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in
the other Member States,
                                                                         CCT
Whereas differences in the measures of commercial                       heading                  Description of goods
                                                                          No
policy taken in connection with these products by
Italy and by the other Member States as regards Japan              ex 85.1 5 A III  Transistorized radio-receivers
are giving rise to deflection of trade ;
Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the
execution of measures of commercial policy taken by                                         Article 2
Italy as regards Japan, such measures consisting in a
prohibition of imports, no quota being at the moment               The period of validity of this Decision shall expire
open for the products in question ;                                upon the introduction of a uniform system of imports
                                                                   as part of the common commercial policy as regards
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in           Japan or on the opening of direct import possibilities
motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­                 into Italy from Japan and in any event not later than
sary cooperation from the other Member States ;                    31 July 1976.
Wherreas authorization should be given, for a limited                                      Article 3
period, for the application of protective measures,
under the first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the         This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
conditions laid down by the Commission Decision of
 12 May 1971 (*), and in particular in Article 1 thereof ;
                                                                   Done at Brussels, 27 January 1976.
Whereas a uniform system of imports could be
adopted for the products in question as part of a
                                                                                              For the Commission
common commercial policy as regards Japan ;
whereas the period of validity of these protective                                             Christopher SOAMES
measures should expire upon the introduction of such
a system ;                                                                                        Vice-President
(») OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.