CELEX: 31978D0766
Language: en
Date: 1978-09-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 7 September 1978 authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to gloves, mittens and mitts, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized, impregnated or coated with artificial plastic materials or of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling within heading No ex 60.02 of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 60.02-40; 50; 60; 70), originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 257/ 8                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                     20 . 9 . 78
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                of 7 September 1978
              authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to gloves, mittens and
              mitts, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized, impregnated or coated
              with artificial plastic materials or of wool , of cotton or of man-made textile
              fibres, falling within heading No ex 60.02 of the Common Customs Tariff
              ( NIMEXE codes 60.02-40 ; 50 ; 60 ; 70), originating in Hong Kong and in free
                                     circulation in the other Member States
                                          (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                     (78/766/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES,                                                   Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
                                                               already made, would be likely to aggravate these diffi­
                                                               culties ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                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 application under the first para­
graph of Article 1 15 of the Treaty, made on 31 August         Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
 1978 by the Irish Government to the Commission of              for the application of protective measures under the
the European Communities, for authorization not to              first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
apply Community treatment to gloves, mittens and               tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 / 202/ EEC
mitts, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized ,       of 12 May 1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
impregnated or coated with artificial plastic materials,
or of wool , of cotton or of man-made textile fibres
falling within heading No ex 60.02 of the Common               Whereas, however, the application for a licence which
Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 60.02-40 ; 50 ; 60 ;              gave rise to the application in question does not need
70), originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation          to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
in the other Member States :                                   small amount involved ,
Whereas the importation into the Community of the               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
products in question originating in Hong Kong is
covered by an agreement negotiated between the
                                                                                          Article 1
Community and that country ;
                                                               Ireland is authorized not to apply Community treat­
Whereas under that agreement Hong Kong has under­              ment to the products indicated below, where they orig­
taken to take all necessary steps to limit its exports of      inate in Hong Kong and are in free circulation in the
the products in question to the Community up to the            other Member States, and in respect of which applica­
amount of certain ceilings allocated among the                 tions for import licences were lodged after the date of
Member States ;
                                                               the adoption of this Decision :
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­                     CCT
                                                                         heading                        Description
cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the                       No
individual markets ; whereas there are therefore dispar­
ities existing between the import conditions in the            ex 60.02                  Gloves, mittens and mitts, knitted
various Member States ; whereas uniformity can only            ( NIMEXE codes            or crocheted, not elastic or rubber­
be achieved progressively ;                                    60.02-40 ; 50 ; 60 ; 70) ized, impregnated or coated with
                                                                                         artificial plastic materials or of
                                                                                         wool , of cotton or of man-made
Whereas it appears from the application submitted                                        textile fibres
that there are serious difficulties in the industrial
sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in
production and employment ;                                    (') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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                        Article 2                            Done at Brussels, 7 September 1978 .
This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
arise in Ireland for the importation of these products
from Hong Kong or until 31 December 1978 ,
whichever is the earlier.
                                                                                    For the Commission
                        Article 3                                                    Etienne DAVIGNON
This Decision is addressed to Ireland .                                          Member of the Commission