CELEX: 31976D0272
Language: en
Date: 1976-02-24 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 24 February 1976 authorizing Ireland to take protective measures in respect of footwear with uppers of leather originating in Finland

5 . 3 . 76                          Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 58/7
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                                       (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                   COUNCIL
                                                  COUNCIL DECISION
                                                    of 24 February 1976
              authorizing Ireland to take protective measures in respect of footwear with uppers of
                                               leather originating in Finland
                                                       (76/272/EEC)
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                       52-1% in April to June 1975 and 51-4% in July to
                                                                 September 1975 ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
 European Economic Community,                                    Whereas these developments are liable to bring about
                                                                 a serious deterioration of the economic situation of
                                                                 this region of the Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
3288/73 of 3 December 1973 concerning safeguard
measures provided for in the Agreement between the               Whereas it is therefore necessary to maintain
European Economic Community and the Republic                     temporarily an adequate level of tariff protection in
of Finland (1 ), and in particular Article 4 thereof,            Ireland for this industry;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,               Whereas Ireland is applying the following rates of
                                                                 duty to footwear with uppers of leather as from
Whereas the Irish footwear industry is currently                 1 January until 30 June 1976, following authorization
encountering serious disturbances, involving notably             by the Commission in its Decision of 22 December
                                                                  1975 :
a reduction in employment from 5 000 persons in
 1973 to approximately 3 500 in October 1975, with                       United Kingdom                   9-0%
a further loss of 310 jobs forecast as imminent;
                                                                         Other Member States             18-5%
whereas the Irish footwear sector is mainly situated
in the regions where it often represents the main if                     Full rate                       23-5%
not the only local source of employment;
                                                                 Whereas it is therefore appropriate to take similar
Whereas production declined by 30% in the first half             measures as regards imports of this product
of 1975 compared with the same period of 1974 and                originating in Finland in accordance with Article 26
declined even further in the third quarter of 1975 ;             of the Agreement between the European Economic
whereas exports for the first three-quarters of 1975             Community and Finland of 5 October 1973 (2) which
dropped by 20% compared with 1974 ; whereas                      would result in a tariff reduction lower than that
import penetration has risen from 34-1% in 1973 to               foreseen by Article 3 (2) of that Agreement, according
41-8% in 1974, to 45-4% in January to March 1975,                to which the duty applied by Ireland to imports of
0 OJ No L 338, 7. 12. 1973, p. 2.                                (2) OJ No L 328, 28 . 1J . 1973 , p. 2,
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this product originating in Finland should otherwise        uppers of leather falling within subheading 64.02 A
be reduced to 10-8% or £0-09 per pair whichever is           of the Common Customs Tariff originating in
the greater;                                                 Finland.
Whereas consultations have been held with Finland                                   Article 2
in accordance with Article 27 of the EEC-Finland
Agreement,                                                   This Decision is addressed to Ireland .
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                             Done at Brussels, 24 February 1976.
                       Article 1                                                                 For the Council
                                                                                                  The President
Ireland is hereby authorized to apply, until 30 June
1976, a rate of duty of 18-5% to footwear with                                                       M. MART