CELEX: 31977D0132
Language: en
Date: 1976-11-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 16 November 1976 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to natural honey falling within heading No 04.06 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the People's Republic of China and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 43/28                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                 15 . 2. 77
                                                          II
                                     (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                              COMMISSION
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                               of 16 November 1976
             authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to natural
             honey falling within heading No 04.06 of the Common Customs Tariff, origi­
              nating in the People's Republic of China and in free circulation in the other
                                                   Member States
                                          (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                    (77/ 132/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas the indirect importation on which the appli­
COMMUNITIES,                                                   cation is based, although it appears to be an isolated
                                                               operation , would be likely to aggravate further the
                                                               precarious situation of the national production
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          concerned in view of the substantial amount involved
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­          (about 2 % of French imports of natural honey from
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                all third countries in 1975, namely 5 553 tonnes);
Having regard to the application under the first para­         Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 9                  machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
                                                               tion from the other Member States ;
November 1976 by the French Government to the
Commission by telex from the Office of its Perma­
nent Representative to the European Communities,               Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
for authorization not to apply Community treatment             for the application of the protective measures under
to natural honey falling within heading No 04.06 of            the first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the                  tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
People's Republic of China and in free circulation in          May 1971 (>), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
the other Member States,
                                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas there are no opportunities for the importa­
tion into France of the product in question from the
People's Republic of China on account of its sensi­
                                                                                          Article 1
tivity as regards national production ;
                                                               The French Republic is authorized not to apply
Whereas, according to information supplied by the              Community treatment to imports of natural honey
French Government, the honey-producing sector —                 falling within heading No 04.06 of the Common
which is a feature of certain economically underprivi­          Customs Tariff, where they originate in the People's
ledged mountain areas (the Alps, the Pyrenees and the           Republic of China and are in free circulation in the
Massif Central) — is facing a serious crisis resulting         other Member States, and in respect of which applica
largely from difficulties in disposing of this year's
exceptionally plentiful harvest ;                              ( 1 ) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26 .
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tions for import licences lodged after 28 October 1976      Done at Brussels, 16 November 1976 .
are, at the date of this Decision, pending with the
French authorities .
                                                                                   For the Commission
                       Article 2                                                    Finn GUNDELACH
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.                              Member of the Commission