CELEX: 31979D0474
Language: en
Date: 1979-04-27 00:00:00
Title: 79/474/EEC: Commission Decision of 27 April 1979 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to woven table linen, toilet and kitchen linen other than of cotton terry fabric, falling within subheading ex 62.02 B of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 62.02-41, 43, 47, 65, 73, 77) (category 39), originating in the People' s Republic of China and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 121 /30                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                      17. 5. 79
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 27 April 1979
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to woven
              table linen, toilet and kitchen linen other than of cotton terry fabric, tailing
              within subheading ex 62.02 B of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes
              62.02-41 , 43 , 47 , 65 , 73, 77) (category 39), originating in the People's Republic of
                           China and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                             (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                        (79/474/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
COMMUNITIES,                                                      tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 /202/ EEC
                                                                  of 12 May 1971 (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
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
                                                                  to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
Having regard to the application under the first para­            small amount involved,
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 20 April
1979 by the French Government to the Commission
of the European Communities, for authorization not                HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
to apply Community treatment to woven table linen,
toilet and kitchen linen other than of cotton terry                                        Article 1
fabric, falling within subheading ex 62.02 B of the
Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 62.02-41 ,
                                                                  The French Republic is authorized not to apply
                                                                  Community treatment to the products indicated
43, 47, 65, 71 , 77) (category 39), originating in the
                                                                  below, where they originate in the People's Republic
People's Republic of China and in free circulation in             of China and are in free circulation in the other
the other Member States,
                                                                  Member States, and in respect of which applications
Whereas in France the importation of the products in              for import licences were lodged after 17 April 1979 :
question originating in the People's Republic of
China is, in accordance with             Council   Decision                  CCT
79/252/EEC of 21 December 1978 ('), subject to an                           heading                       Description
                                                                              No
annual quota ;
Whereas the disparities which exist in the commercial             ex 62.02 B               Woven      table   linen,  toilet  and
policy measures applied in connection with these                  (NIMEXE codes            kitchen linen other than of cotton
products by the Member States are causing deflection              62.02-41 , 43, 47, 65, terry fabric.
of trade, thereby preventing the execution of those               73, 77)
commercial policy measures which are in force                     (category 39)
because of the difficult economic situation in the
sector concerned ;
                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas it appears from the application submitted
that there are serious difficulties in the industrial             This Decision shall apply until 30 June 1979.
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 or proposed, would be likely to aggra­
vate these difficulties ;
                                                                  Done at Brussels, 27 April 1979.
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 ;
                                                                                               Étienne DAVIGNON
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
 for the application of protective measures under the                                     Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 60, 12. 3 . 1979, p. 1 .                              (2) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.