CELEX: 31976D0635
Language: en
Date: 1976-07-22 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 22 July 1976 extending the period of validity of Decision 76/274/EEC authorizing Ireland to take protective measures in respect of footwear with uppers of leather originating in Austria

16. 8 . 76                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 223/19
                                                     COUNCIL DECISION
                                                         of 22 July 1976
              extending the period of validity of Decision 76/274/EEC authorizing Ireland to take
              protective measures in respect of footwear with uppers of leather originating in Austria
                                                          (76/635/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            Whereas, therefore, similar measures shoiild be taken
                                                                    in respect of imports of this product originating in
                                                                    Austria   in   accordance    with   Article  26  of  the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                        Agreement between the European                 Economic
European Economic Community,                                        Community and the Republic of Austria;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        Whereas consultations have been held with Austria
2837/72 of 19 December 1972 conoerning safeguard                    in accordance with Article 27 of the aforementioned
measures provided for in the Agreement between the                  Agreement,
European Economic Community and the Republic
of Austria (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas following the adoption of Council
Decision 76/274/EEC of 24 February 1976 authorizing                                         Article 1
Ireland to take protective measures in respect of
footwear with uppers of leather originating in                      In Article 1 of Decision 76/274/EEC '31 December
Austria (2), the Irish footwear industry has continued               1976' shall be substituted for '30 June 1976'.
to encounter serious difficulties which are liable to
persist; whereas statistics available for 1976 indicate
a further increase in imports, a decline in exports                                         Article 2
and a continuing deterioration in the production and
employment situation ;                                              This Decision is addressed to Ireland.
Whereas the period of validity of Commission
Decision     76/ 176/EEC        of    22   December      1975
authorizing Ireland to take protective measures in
respect of footwear with uppers of leather, falling                 Done at Brussels, 22 July 1976.
within Common Customs Tariff subheading
64.02 A, under Article 135 of the Act concerning the                                                    For the Council
conditions of accession and the adjustments to the                                                       The President
Treaties (3), has been extended by Decision 76/571/
EEC («);                                                                                              L. J. BRINKHORST
 (*) OJ  No L 300, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 94.
 (*) OJ  No L 58, 5. 3 . 1976, p. 9 .
 (8) OJ  No L 32, 6. 2. 1976, p. 22.
 (4) OJ  No L 182, 8 . 7. 1976, p. 24.