CELEX: 31978D0495
Language: en
Date: 1978-05-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 24 May 1978 authorizing the Italian Republic not to apply Community treatment to woven fabrics of cotton (other than gauze, terry fabrics, narrow woven fabrics, pile fabrics, chenille fabrics, tulle and other net fabrics), unbleached, falling within heading No ex 55.09 of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE code 55.09-74), originating in Hungary and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 154/ 18                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                       10 . 6. 78
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 24 May 1978
               authorizing the Italian Republic not to apply Community treatment to woven
               fabrics of cotton (other than gauze , terry fabrics, narrow woven fabrics, pile
               fabrics, chenille fabrics, tulle and other net fabrics), unbleached, falling within
               heading No ex 55.09 of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE code 55.09-74),
                 originating in Hungary and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                              (Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                         (78 /495/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
 COMMUNITIES,                                                        for the application of the protective measures under
                                                                     the first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
 Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
                                                                    May 1971 (2) and in particular Article 1 thereof,
graph of Article 115 thereof,
 Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 9 May                    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 1978 by the Italian Government to the Commission
 of the European Communities, for authorization not
 to apply Community treatment to woven fabrics of                                            Article 1
 cotton (other than gauze, terry fabrics, narrow woven
 fabrics, pile fabrics, chenille fabrics, tulle and other           The Italian Republic is hereby authorized not to apply
 net fabrics), unbleached, falling within heading No ex              Community treatment to the products indicated
 55.09 of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE code                    below, where they originate in Hungary and are in
 55.09-74), originating in Hungary and in free circula­              free circulation in the other Member States, and in
 tion in the other Member States,                                   respect of which applications for import licences were
                                                                     lodged after 4 May 1978 and are, on the date of this
Whereas the importation into the Community of the
                                                                     Decision, pending with the Italian authorities :
 products in question originating in Hungary is subject
 to a Community quantitative quota allocated among
 the Member States by Commission Regulation (EEC)                              CCT
                                                                              heading                       Description
 No 671 /78 of 3 April 1978 ;                                                   No
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­
cate these quotas on the basis of the needs of the indi­            ex 55.09                Woven fabrics of cotton (other than
vidual markets ; whereas for that reason disparties                 ( NIMEXE code           gauze, terry fabrics, narrow woven
 persist between the import conditions in the various               55.09-74)                fabrics, pile fabrics, chenille fabrics
Member States ; whereas uniformity can be achieved                                          tulle and other net fabrics), un­
                                                                                            bleached
only progressively ;
Whereas according to the application submitted there
are    serious   difficulties in    the   industrial  sector
                                                                                             Article 2
concerned, involving a considerable drop in produc­
tion and employment and a progressive decline in its
market share ;                                                      This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
Whereas although the imports which gave rise to the
application submitted would appear to be an isolated
                                                                    Done at Brussels, 24 May 1978 .
operation, they are nevertheless likely, owing to the
appreciable amount of the imports, to aggravate these
difficulties ;                                                                                  For the Commission
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the                                         Étienne DAVIGNON
machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
tion from the other Member States ;                                                        Member of the Commission
(«) OJ No L 96, 10. 4. 1978, p. 1 .                                 (2) OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.