CELEX: 31978D0467
Language: en
Date: 1978-05-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 11 May 1978 authorizing the United Kingdom not to apply Community treatment to fabrics of jute falling within heading No 57.10 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in India and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 147/42                          Official Journal of the European Communities                               3 . 6 . 78
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 11 May 1978
               authorizing the United Kingdom not to apply Community treatment to fabrics
               of jute falling within heading No 57.10 of the Common Customs Tariff, origi­
                       nating in India and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                             (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                        (78/467/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas, however, the requests for a licence which
COMMUNITIES,                                                      gave rise to the application do not need to be covered
                                                                  by such an authorization in view of the small amount
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            involved,
 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 4 May
 1978 by the United Kingdom Government to the                                              Article 1
Commission of the European Communities, for
authorization not to apply Community treatment to
                                                                  The United Kingdom is authorized not to apply
 fabrics of jute falling within heading No 57.10 of the           Community treatment to the products indicated
Common Customs Tariff, originating in India and in                below, where they originate in India and are in free
free circulation in the other Member States,                      circulation in the other Member States, and in respect
                                                                  of which applications for import licences were lodged
Whereas the importation into the Community of the                 after the date of this Decision :
products in question originating in India is covered by
an Agreement negotiated between the Community                           CCT
and this country on trade in jute products ;                           heading                     Description
                                                                         No
Whereas under that Agreement India has undertaken
to take all necessary steps to limit its exports of the           57.10            Fabrics of jute
products in question to the Community to certain ceil­
ings allocated among the Member States ;
                                                                                          Article 2
Whereas according to the application submitted there
are    serious   difficulties  in  the    industrial  sector
                                                                  This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
concerned, involving a considerable drop in produc­               arise for the importation of these products from India
tion and employment ;                                             or until 31 December 1978 whichever is the earlier.
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
already effected, would be likely to aggravate these                                      Article 3
difficulties ;
                                                                  This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom.
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
 machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
tion from the other Member States ;                               Done at Brussels, 11 May 1978 .
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
                                                                                             For the Commission
 for the application of protective measures under the
 first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­                                       Henk VREDELING
tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
May 1971 ( !), and in particular Article 1 thereof,                                               Vice-President
(») OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.