CELEX: 31978D0701
Language: en
Date: 1978-07-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 24 July 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to receivers, whether or not combined with a sound recorder or reproducer, falling within subheading ex 85.15 A III of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other Member States

29 . 8 . 78                           Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 237/23
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 24 July 1978
                authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to
                receivers , whether or not combined with a sound recorder or reproducer, falling
                within subheading 85.15 A III of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in
                         Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                              (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                         (78/701 /EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas, however, the request for a licence which
COMMUNITIES ,                                                      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 Treaty establishing the European              small amount involved ,
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 115 thereof,
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 12 July
1978 by the French Government to the Commission                                            A rticle 1
of the European Communities, for authorization not
to apply Community treatment to receivers, whether                 The French Republic is authorized not to apply
or not combined with a sound recorder or reproducer,               Community treatment to the products indicated
falling within subheading 85.15 A III of the Common                below, where they originate in Hong Kong and are in
Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in free               free circulation in the other Member States, and in
circulation in the other Member States,                            respect of which applications for import licences were
                                                                   lodged after 11 July 1978 :
Whereas in France the import of the products in ques­
tion originating in Hong Kong is subject to an annual                    CCT
quota which is already wholly taken up ;                                heading                     Description
                                                                          No
Whereas disparities in the commercial policy
measures applied in connection with these products                 85.15 A III      Receivers, whether or not combined with a
by the Member States are giving rise to deflection of                               sound recorder or reproducer
trade, thus preventing the execution of those commer­
cial policy measures which are in force because of the
difficult economic situation in the sector concerned ;
                                                                                         ' Article 2
Whereas according to the application submitted there
are     serious   difficulties in  the     industrial  sector      This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
concerned involving a considerable drop in produc­                 arise for the importation of these products from Hong
tion and employment and a progressive decline in its               Kong or until 31 December 1978 , whichever is the
market share ;                                                     earlier.
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those                                     Article 3
already effected, would be likely to aggravate these
difficulties ;
                                                                   This Decision is addressed to the French Republic .
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
tion from the other Member States ;                                Done at Brussels, 24 July 1978 .
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
                                                                                               For the Commission
for the application of protective measures under the
first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­                                         Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
May 1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof,                                                Vice-President
(») OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.