CELEX: 31978D0491
Language: en
Date: 1978-05-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 18 May 1978 authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to women's, girls' and infants' blouses and shirt-blouses, knitted or crocheted (not elastic or rubberized), or woven, of wool, cotton or man-made textile fibres, falling within subheading ex 60.05 A or ex 61.02 B of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE) codes 60.05-22, 23, 24, 25; 61.02-78, 82, 84), originating in the Philippines and in free circulation in the other Member States

9 . 6. 78                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                      No L 153/ 37
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 18 May 1978
              authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to women's girls' and
              infants' blouses and shirt-blouses,       knitted or crocheted (not elastic or rubber­
              ized), or woven , of wool, cotton         or man-made textile fibres, falling within
              subheading ex 60.05 A or ex 61.02         B of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE
              codes 60.05-22 , 23 , 24, 25 ; 61.02-78 , 82, 84), originating in the Philippines and in
                                   free circulation in the other Member States
                                          (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                      (78/491 /EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
COMMUNITIES,                                                     machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
                                                                 tion from the other Member States ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­            for the application of protective measures under the
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                  first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
                                                                 tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
                                                                 May 1971 (J) and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 9 May
1978 by the Irish Government to the Commission of
the European Communities, for authorization not to               Whereas, however, the request for a licence which
apply Community treatment to women's girls' and                  gave rise to the application in question does not need
infants' blouses and shirt-blouses, knitted or crocheted         to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
(not elastic or rubberized), or woven, of wool, cotton or        small amount involved ,
man-made textile fibres, falling within subheading ex
60.05 A or ex 61.02 B of the Common Customs Tariff
(NIMEXE codes 60.05-22, 23, 24, 25 ; 61.02-78 , 82,
84), originating in the Philippines and in free circula­
tion in the other Member States ;                                HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas the importation into the Community of the
products in question originating in the Philippines is
covered by an Agreement negotiated between the                                              Article 1
Community and that country ;
                                                                 Ireland is hereby authorized not to apply Community
Whereas under that Agreement the Philippines have
undertaken to take all necessary steps to limit their            treatment to the products indicated below, where they
exports of the products in question to the Community             originate in the Philippines and are in free circulation
                                                                 in the other Member States, and in respect of which
to certain ceilings allocated among the Member
States ;                                                         applications for import licences were lodged after 9
                                                                 May 1978 :
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­                       CCT
                                                                           heading                        Description
cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the                         No
individual markets ; whereas for that reason disparities
persist between the import conditions in the various             ex 60.05 A or             Women's, girls' and infants' blouses
Member States ; whereas uniformity can be achieved               ex 61.02 B                and     shirt-blouses,      knitted  or
only progressively ;                                             (NIMEXE codes 60.05­ crocheted (not elastic or rubber­
                                                                 22, 23, 24, 25 ; 61.02- ized), or woven , of wool, cotton or
                                                                 78 , 82, 84)              man-made textile fibres
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
already effected, would be likely aggravate these diffi­
culties ;                                                        (») OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .
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                       Article 2                            Done at Brussels, 18 May 1978 .
This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
arise for the importation of these products from the
Philippines or until 31 December 1978 , whichever is
the earlier.
                                                                                   For the Commission
                       Article 3                                                  Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
This Decision is addressed to Ireland .                                               Vice-President