CELEX: 31976D0443
Language: en
Date: 1976-04-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 2 April 1976 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to toys of wood and other (except motors and movement mechanisms for toys and working models used for recreational purposes, and parts thereof), falling within subheadings 97.03 A and ex B of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States

7. 5. 76                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                    No L 120 / 27
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 2 April 1976
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to toys of
              wood and other (except motors and movement mechanisms for toys and
              working models used for recreational purposes, and parts thereof), falling within
              subheadings 97.03 A and ex B of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in
                             Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                                 (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                            (76/443/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        measures should expire upon the introduction of such
COMMUNITIES,                                                          a system ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­                 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,
                                                                                               Article 1
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty made on 26 March                   The French Republic is authorized not to apply
1976 by the French Government to the Commission                       Community treatment to imports of the following
by telex from the office of its Permanent Representa­                 products, where they originate in Japan and are in
tive to the European Communities, for authorization                   free circulation in the other Member States, and in
not to apply Community treatment to toys of wood                      respect of which applications for import licences were
and other (except motors and movement mechanisms                      lodged after 16 March 1976 :
for toys and working models used for recreational
purposes, and parts thereof), falling within subhead­                       CCT
ings 97.03 A and ex B of the Common Customs                                heading                  Description of goods
                                                                             No
Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in
the other Member States,
                                                                      97.03            Other toys, models of a kind used for
Whereas since the application of Article 1 1 5, the                                    recreational purposes :
importation into France of the product in question
                                                                          A           — Of wood
originating in Japan is subject to an annual quota of
518 000 dollars ;                                                     ex B            — Other (except motors and movement
                                                                                           mechanisms for toys and working
Whereas differences in the measures of commercial                                          models of a kind used for recreational
policy taken in connection with these products by                                          purposes, and parts thereof)
France and by the other Member States as regards
Japan are giving rise to deflection of trade ;
                                                                                               Article 2
Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the
execution    of   the     abovementioned          measures    of      The period of validity of this Decision shall expire
commercial policy currently being taken by France as                  upon the introduction of a uniform system of imports
regards Japan ;                                                       as part of the common commercial policy as regards
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in              Japan and in any event not later than 31 January
                                                                      1977 .
motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­
sary cooperation from the other Member States ;                                                Article 3
Whereas authorization should be given, for a limited
period, for the application of protective measures,                   This Decision is addressed to the French Republic .
under the first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the
conditions laid down by the Commission Decision of                    Done at Brussels, 2 April 1976.
12 May 1971 (•), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
                                                                                                  For the Commission
Whereas a uniform system of imports could be
adopted for the products in question as part of a                                                 Christopher SOAMES
common commercial policy as regards Japan ;
whereas the period of validity of the protective                                                      Vice-President
(') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .