CELEX: 31978D0768
Language: en
Date: 1978-09-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 8 September 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to gloves, mittens and mitts, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized, falling within heading No 60.02 of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 60.02-40; 50; 60; 70; 80), originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other Member States

20 . 9 . 78                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No L 257/ 11
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                               of 8 September 1978
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to gloves,
              mittens and mitts, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized, falling within
              heading No 60.02 of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 60.02-40 ; 50 ;
              60 ; 70 ; 80), originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other
                                                   Member States
                                          (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                    (78/768/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 ( 1 ), 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 115 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
graph of Article 1 15 of the Treaty, made on 28 August        small amount involved,
1978 by the French Government to the Commission
of the European Communities, for authorization not­           HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
to apply Community treatment to gloves, mittens and
mitts, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized,                                 Article 1
falling within heading No 60.02 of the Common
Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 60.02-40 ; 50 ; 60 ;             The French Republic is authorized not to apply
                                                              Community treatment to the products indicated
70), originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation
in the other Member States ;                                  below, where they originate in Hong Kong and are in
                                                              free circulation in the other Member States, and in
Whereas the importation into the Community of the             respect of which applications for import licences were
products in question originating in Hong Kong is              lodged after 27 August 1978 :
covered by an Agreement negotiated between the
Community and this country ;                                            CCT
Whereas under that Agreement Hong Kong has                             heading
                                                                         No
                                                                                                     Description
undertaken to take all necessary steps to limit its
exports of the products in question to the Community
up to the amount of certain ceilings allocated among          60.02                     Gloves, mittens and mitts, knitted
the Member States ;                                           (NIMEXE codes             or crocheted, not elastic or rubber­
                                                              60.02-40 ; 50 ; 60 ; 70 ; ized
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­         80)
cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the
individual markets ; whereas there are therefore dispar­
ities existing between the import conditions in the                                     Article 2
various Member States ; whereas uniformity can only           This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
be achieved progressively ;                                   arise in France for the importation of these products
Whereas it appears from the application submitted             from Hong Kong or until 31 December 1978
that there are serious difficulties in the industrial         whichever is the earlier.
sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in
production and employment ;                                                             Article 3
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those        This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
already made, would be likely to aggravate these diffi­
culties ;
                                                              Done at Brussels, 8 September 1978 .
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 ;
                                                                                              Richard BURKE
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.