CELEX: 31978D0769
Language: en
Date: 1978-09-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 11 September 1978 authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to jerseys, pullovers, slip-overs, twinsets, cardigans, bedjackets and jumpers, of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling within subheading ex 60.05 A of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 60.05-01; 27; 28; 29; 30; 33; 36; 37; 38), originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 257/ 12                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                    20 . 9 . 78
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                 of 11 September 1978
              authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to jerseys, pullovers, slip­
              overs, twinsets, cardigans, bed-jackets and jumpers, of wool , of cotton or of man­
              made textile fibres, falling within subheading ex 60.05 A of the Common
              Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 60.05-01 ; 27 ; 28 ; 29 ; 30 ; 33 ; 36 ; 37 ; 38), origi­
                    nating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                            (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                       (78/769/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES,                                                     Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
                                                                 machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
                                                                 tion from the other Member States ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,
                                                                 Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
Having regard to the application under the first para­           for the application of protective measures under the
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty made on 1                     first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
                                                                 tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 /202/ EEC
September 1978 by the Irish Government to the
Commission of the European Communities, for                      of 12 May 1971 (3), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
authorization not to apply Community treatment to
jerseys, pullovers, slip-overs, twinsets, cardigans, bed­
jackets and jumpers, of wool, of cotton or of man­               Whereas, however, the application for a licence which
made textile fibres, falling within subheading ex 60.05          gave rise to the application in question does not need
A of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes                     to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
60.05-01 ; 27 ; 28 ; 29 ; 30 ; 33 ; 36 ; 37 ; 38), origi­        small amount involved ,
nating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the other
Member States,
Whereas the importation into the Community of the
products in question originating in Taiwan is subject            HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
to a Community quantitative quota allocated among
the Member States by Commission Regulation (EEC)
 No 3020/77 of 30 December 1 977 ('), confirmed by
Council Regulation (EEC) No 255/78 of 7 February
 1978 (2 );                                                                                Article 1
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­
cate these quotas on the basis of the needs of the indi­         Ireland is authorized not to apply Community treat­
vidual markets ; whereas there are therefore disparities         ment to the products indicated below, where they orig­
existing between the import conditions in the various            inate in Taiwan and are in free circulation in the
Member States ; whereas uniformity can only be                   other Member States, and in respect of which applica­
achieved progressively ;                                         tions for import licences were lodged after the date of
                                                                 the adoption of this Decision :
Whereas it appears from the application submitted
that there are serious difficulties in       the industrial                 CCT
                                                                           heading
sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in                           No
                                                                                                         Description
production and employment ;
                                                                 ex 60.05 A                Jerseys, pullovers, slip-overs, twin­
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those           ( NIMEXE codes            sets, cardigans, bed-jackets and
already made, would be likely to aggravate these diffi­          60.05-01 ; 27 ; 28 ; 29 ; jumpers, of wool , of cotton or of
culties ;                                                        30 ; 33 ; 36 ; 37 ; 38)   man-made textile fibres
(') OJ No L 357, 31 . 12. 1977, p. 51 .
(') OJ No L 39, 9 . 2. 1978 , p. 1 .                             (3) OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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                        Article 2                            Done at Brussels, 11 September 1978 .
This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
arise in Ireland for the importation of these products
from Taiwan or until 31 December 1978 whichever is
the earlier.
                                                                                    For the Commission
                        Article 3                                                   Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
This Decision is addressed to Ireland .                                                 Vice-President