CELEX: 31977D0482
Language: en
Date: 1977-05-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 27 May 1977 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to blouses falling within heading No 61.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the Republic of Korea and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 198 /30                      Official Journal of the European Communities                               5. 8 . 77
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 27 May 1977
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to blouses
              falling within heading No ex 61.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating
               in the Republic of Korea and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                          (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                     (77/48 2/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 subject to the conditions laid down by the Commis­
COMMUNITIES,                                                   sion Decision of 12 May 1971 ('), and in particular
                                                               Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty made on 20 May                                       Article 1
1977 by the French Government to the Commission
by telex from the office of its Permanent Representa­          The French Republic is authorized not to apply
tive to the European Communities, for authorization            Community treatment to imports of blouses and shirt­
to apply protective measures to imports of blouses             blouses for women, girls and infants within heading
                                                               No ex 61.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, where
falling within heading No ex 61.02 of the Common
Customs Tariff, originating in the Republic of Korea           they originate in the Republic of Korea and are in
and in free circulation in the other Member States,            free circulation in the other Member States, and in
                                                               respect of which applications for import licences were
Whereas the importation into the Community of the              lodged after 8 May 1977.
products in question originating in the Republic of
Korea is the subject of an Agreement negotiated                                         Article 2
between the Community and the Republic of Korea
and signed on 22 December 1976 ;                               This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
                                                               arise in the French Republic for the importation of
Whereas under the Agreement the Republic of Korea              the products in question from the Republic of Korea
has undertaken to take all necessary steps to limit its        and in any case not later than 31 December 1977.
exports of certain textile products to the Community
to certain requirements of the markets concerned ;
                                                                                        Article 3
Whereas the indirect imports in question, which
would be in addition to those already effected, would          This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
be likely to aggravate these economic difficulties ;
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in       Done at Brussels, 27 May 1977.
motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­
sary cooperation from the other Member States ;                                           For the Commission
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given,                                         fitienne DAVIGNON
for a limited period, for the application of protective
measures, under the first paragraph of Article 1 1 5,                                 Member of the Commission
                                                               (') OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.