CELEX: 31976D0883
Language: en
Date: 1976-10-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 1 October 1976 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to woven fabrics of synthetic textile fibres (discontinuous or waste) falling within subheading 56.07 A of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Thailand and in free circulation in the other Member States

25 . 11 . 76                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                        No L 326/23
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                                     (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                              COMMISSION
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                                 of 1 October 1976
                authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to woven
                fabrics of synthetic textile fibres (discontinuous or waste) falling within
                subheading 56.07 A of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Thailand and
                                in free circulation in the other Member States
                                          (Only the French text is authentic )
                                                    (76/ 883 / EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   whereas authorization should accordingly be given,
COMMUNITIES,                                                    for a limited period , for the application of protective
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           measures, under the first paragraph of Article 11.5,
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­           subject to the conditions laid down by the Commis­
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                 sion Decision of 12 May 1971 ('), and in particular
                                                                Article 1 thereof ;
Having regard to the application under the first para­          Whereas the requests for licences that gave rise to the
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 22                  application under Article 1 1 .5 need not be covered by
September 1976 by the French Government to the                  this authorization in view of the small quantity
Commission by telex from the Office of its Perma­               involved (22 metric tons), which could have no
nent Representative to the European Communities for             perceptible effect on the difficult situation of the
authorization not to apply Community treatment to               industry in question ,
woven fabrics of synthetic textile fibres discontinuous
or waste) falling within subheading 56.07 A of the              HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Common Customs Tariff, originating in Thailand and                                         Article 1
in free circulation in the other Member States ,
                                                                The French Republic is authorized not to apply
Whereas France applies quantitative import restric­             Community treatment to imports of the following
tions to the products in question originating in Thai­          products :
land ;
Whereas according to information supplied by the                      (XT
French authorities there are serious economic diffi­                 heading                     Description of goods
                                                                       No
culties in the branch of the textile industry in ques­
tion resulting in a decline of production and a
constant      reduction  of the  number     of   workers
                                                                56.07 A          Woven fabrics of man-made fibres (discon­
                                                                                 tinuous or waste) :
employed in that sector ;
                                                                                 A. Of synthetic textile fibres :
Whereas indirect imports which would be in addition
to those already effected would be likely to aggravate                                1 . Gauze weighing not less than 80
these economic difficulties ;                                                             g/ m J but not more than 120 g/ m '
                                                                                      H. Other
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in
motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­
sary cooperation from the other Member States ;                 (') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p . 26 .
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where they originate in Thailand and are in free circu­                           Article 3
lation in the other Member States and in respect of
which applications for import licences were lodged          This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
after the date of this Decision .
                                                             Done at Brussels, 1 October 1976 .
                       Article 2
                                                                                    For the Commission
This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
arise in the French Republic for the importation of                                  Christopher SOAMES
the products in question from Thailand and in any
case not later than 31 December 1976 .                                                  Vice-President