CELEX: 51979PC0217
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Date: 1979-04-20
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION AMENDING THE QUOTAS FOR IMPORTS INTO ITALY AND FRANCE OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN ROMANIA (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                    COM ( 79 ) 217 final
                                                    Brussels , 20th April 1979
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                          PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
             AMENDING THE QUOTAS FOR IMPORTS INTO ITALY AND FRANCE
                    OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN ROMANIA
                  ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
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COM ( 79 ) 217 final
( Only the Italian and French' texts are authentic )
 ---pagebreak---                              EXPLANATORY MMORAMDUM
1 . In accordance with Article 3 of Council Decision 75/2 10/EEC of
                      1                                 :
      27 March 1975 Q*1 unilateral import arrangements in respect of State-
      trading countries , Itlaly and Prance have submitted the following
      requests for the exceptional opening of additional import quotas for
      certain products from China and Romania, viz :
      ( a) Italy-China ? 50 » 000 anoraks falling within category 21 and
                            200 tonnes of cotton fabric ( absorbent gauze )
                            falling within category 2 ;
      (b ) " Italy-Romania : bearings ( OCT 84*62 ) to the value of Lit . 940 million ;
      ( c ) France-Romania : radio and television sets ( CCT ex 85-15 ) to the
                               value of FF 2.79 million .
2.    The following observations may be made in connection with these requests :
      – in the context of the negotiations with China on textile products , it
         is planned to make imports of anoraks subject to the basket system ,
         which has a threshold of 487 » 000 pieces ; in the light of that figure
         the request toade by Italy , which is the only Member State to have a
         quota for China, may be considered modest ;
      - in 1976 absorbent gauze came within tariff heading No . 30.04 » which
         was liberalised in Italy , and imports under that heading were not~
         taken into account in establishing the internal Community ceiling for
         category 2 .           This    product , after first being sterilised
         and packed, is used for medical and surgical purposes ( imports of
         gauze sterilised and put up for retail sale are still free in Italy);
          Nevertheless , on account of the textile negociations with China ,
           the oppofctunity of granting Italy the proposed increases should
          be examined in the context of the solutions which may be adopted
          by the Council in the near future in connection with the problems
             *
           of textile négociations vith China *
( 1 ) OJ No . L. 99 » 21 . *. 75
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  - bearings are subject "to quantitative restriction in Italy alone , and
    radio and television sets only in France and the United Kingdom .
    In these circumstances , the quota increases requested by Italy and France
    would not seem to pose any particular economic problems , and could have
    been approved by the Commission in accordance with the usual procedure .
3.   However , in view of the trade negotiations , authorised by the Council ,
being carried on with                                  Romania ( agreement on
industrial products ), under the first indent of Article 7 of DsciBion 75/210 ,
only the Council can at the moment approve these measures .
4.   The Commission therefore proposes that the Council ?
     – adopt the decision , the draft of which, is annexed hereto ;
     – authorise its publication in the Official Journal of the European
       Communities 4
     – examine tha advisability of according the increases requested from
       Italy for the taxtilss products from China in the context of the
       solutions to b® adopted ia c;OEa®ction vrith th® problems arising
       out of th« textile sisgociatior® with this country®
 ---pagebreak---                                                                  ANNEX
                             Proposal for a
                            COUNCIL DECISION
amending the quotas for imports into Italy and France of certain products
                        originating in Romania
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Article 113 thereof .
Having regard to Council Decision 75 / 210/ EEC of 27 March 1975 on unilateral
                                                            1
import arrangements in respect of State-trading countries , and in particular
the first indent of Article 7 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,     .   . 4
Whereas Italy and France , pursuant to Article 3 of Decision 75/ 210/ EEC
referred to above , have requested that amendments be made to the import arrange
                                                                        2
ments applied to Romania and laid down in Council Decision 79/ 252/ EEC ;
Whereas the amendments requested by Italy and France will not give rise to any
particular economic problems ; whereas it is therefore necessary to adopt the
measures desired by those Member States ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
1 0J No L 99, 21.4.1975, p. 7
20J No L 60, 12.3.1979, p. 1
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                               ARTICLE 1
Italy shall , by way of exception , open for 1979 an import quota of
Lit . 940 million in respect of Romania for bearings falling within
heading No 84.62 of the Common Customs Tariff .
France shall , by way of exception , open for 1979 an additional import
quota of FF 2.79 million in respect of Romania for radio and television
broadcast receivers and parts thereof falling within heading No ex 85.15
of the Common Customs Tariff .
                               ARTICLE 2
This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic and the French Republ
Done at                                              For the Council
                                                     The President