CELEX: 31976D0606
Language: en
Date: 1976-04-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 29 April 1976 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to tableware and other articles of a kind commonly used for domestic or toilet purposes, of porcelain or other kinds of pottery, other than common pottery and stoneware falling within heading Nos 69.11 and 69.12 C and D of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States

22. 7. 76                        Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 196/7
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                                    (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                            COMMISSION
                                           COMMISSION DECISION
                                                of 29 April 1976
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to table­
              ware and other articles of a kind commonly used for domestic or toilet
         y    purposes, of porcelain or other kinds of pottery, other than common pottery and
              stoneware falling within heading Nos 69.11 and 69.12 C and D of the Common
              Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other
                                                 Member States
                                        (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                  (76/606/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                              Whereas difference in the measures of commercial
COMMUNITIES,                                                policy taken in connection with these products by
                                                            France and by the other Member States as regards
                                                            Japan are giving rise to deflection of trade ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­       Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the
graph of Article 115 thereof,                               execution of measures of commercial policy taken by
                                                            France as regards Japan ;
                                                            Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in
Having regard to the application under the first para­      motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty made on 26 April         sary cooperation from the other Member States ;
1976 by the French Government to the Commission
by telex from the office of its Permanent Representa­
tive to the European Communities, for authorization         Whereas authorization should be given, for a limited
not to apply Community treatment to tableware and           period, for the application of protective measures,
other articles of a kind commonly used for domestic         under the first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the
or toilet purposes, of porcelain or other kinds of          conditions laid down by the Commission Decision of
pottery, other than common pottery and stoneware            12 May 1971 ('), and in particular in Article 1 thereof ;
falling within heading Nos 69.11 and 69.12 C and D
of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan
and in free circulation in the other Member States,        Whereas a uniform system of imports could be
                                                            adopted for the products in question as part of a
                                                            common commercial policy as regards Japan ;
                                                           whereas the period of validity of these protective
Whereas since the application of Article 1 1 5 the          measures should expire upon the introduction of such
importation into France of the product in question          a system ,
originating in Japan is subject to an annual quota of
320 000 dollars ;                                          (') OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                                           Article 2
                         Article 1                              The period of validity of this Decision shall expire
The French Republic is authorized not to apply                  upon the introduction of a uniform system of imports
Community treatment to imports of the following                 as part of the common commercial policy as regards
                                                                Japan and in any event not later than 31 January
products, where they originate in Japan and are in               1977.
free circulation in the other Member States, and in
respect of which applications for import licences were
lodged after 20 April 1976 :
                                                                                      Article 3
      CCT
     heading
       No
                             Description of goods               This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
69.11           Tableware and other articles of a kind
                 commonly used for domestic or toilet
                 purposes, of porcelain or china (including     Done at Brussels, 29 April 1976
                 biscuit porcelain and parian)
69.12           Tableware and other articles of a kind
                 commonly used for domestic or toilet
                 purposes, of other kinds of pottery                                    For the Commission
                 C. Earthenware or fine pottery                                          Christopher SOAMES
                 D. Other
                                                                                            Vice-President