CELEX: 31974R2967
Language: en
Date: 1974-11-25
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2967/74 of the Commission of 25 November 1974 establishing Community surveillance over imports of certain stockings made from acrylic fibres, originating in the Republic of Korea or Taiwan

26 . 11 . 74                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 316/7
                             REGULATION ( EEC) No 2967/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 25 November 1974
                establishing Community surveillance over imports of certain stockings made
                         from acrylic fibres , originating in the Republic of Korea or Taiwan
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     fibres, heading No ex 60.03 of the Common Customs
COMMUNITIES,                                                      Tariff, originating in the Republic of Korea or in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Taiwan is made subject to Community surveillance
Economic Community ;                                               pursuant to the provisions set out in Articles 8 and 1 1
                                                                   of Regulation (EEC) No 1439/74 and in this Regula­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       tion .
1439/74 (') of 4 June 1974 on common rules for
imports, and in particular Article 7, thereof ;
                                                                                             Article 2
Whereas consultations         have  been     held within     the
Committee set up under Article 5 of the said Regula­               The products set out in Article 1 may be put into free
tion ;                                                             circulation only on production of an import docu­
Whereas imports to the Community of knee-length,                   ment. The maximum period of validity of this docu­
                                                                   ment shall be three months .
calf-length and ankle-length socks, made from acrylic
fibres (2 ), originating in South Korea or Taiwan, have
increased considerably over the past number of years                                         Article 3
and these imports were affected at relatively low
prices ;                                                           The declaration or application made by the importer
                                                                   provided for in Article 8 of the aforesaid Regulation
Whereas , because of this , the Korean and Taiwanese
                                                                   shall give in addition to the particulars set out therein ,
exporters have acquired a very substantial share of the            the following information :
market to the detriment of the Community producers
in the regions principally affected who have been                  — the name and address of the exporter and of the
forced to reduce their production ;                                     producer ;
Whereas, this development is injurious to the Commu­               — the category : knee-length, calf-length, ankle­
nity producers of like or directly competing products ;                 length ;
Whereas, for these reasons, it is necessary to enable              — size : adults' or children 's ;
the developments on the market in this sector to be                — knitting : terry towelling or other (particularly
followed with the greatest possible precision so that a                 ribbed) ;
fuller knowledge may be gained of the development
of imports envisaged as well as those actually effected ;                                    Article 4
Whereas, in this situation , it is in the interests of the
Community to establish Community surveillance over                 Heading No ex. 60.03 of the Common Customs Tariff
these imports by means of the import document                      shall be entered in column 3 of Annex I to Regula­
provided for in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No                   tion (EEC) No 1439/74 .
1439/74 ; whereas it is convenient to fix the period of
validity of this document at three months,                                                   Article 5
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                   following its publication in the Official Journal of
                            Article 1                               the European Communities. It shall be applicable
The importation into the Community of knee-length,                 from 6 December 1974 and shall expire on 30 June
calf-length and ankle-length socks made from acrylic                1 975 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels , 25 November 1974 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                  The President
                                                                             Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(') OJ No L 159 , 15 . 6 . 1974, p. 1 .
(2) Tariff position : CCT heading No ex 60.03 . Statistical posi­
     tion : NIMEXE : ex 60.03.25 and ex 60.03.27 .