CELEX: 31973D0092
Language: en
Date: 1973-04-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 18 April 1973 authorizing the Italian Republic not to apply Community treatment to films in rolls, sensitized, unexposed, perforated or not falling within heading No 37.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 117/38                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                     3 . 5. 73
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                                       (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                COMMISSION
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 18 April 1973
               authorizing the Italian Republic not to apply Community treatment to films in rolls,
               sensitized, unexposed, perforated or not falling within heading No 37.02 of the
               Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other
                                                      Member States
                                             (Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                       (73/92/EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    measures, under the first paragraph of Article 115 ,
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      subject to the conditions laid down by the Commis­
                                                                   sion Decision of 12 May 1971 (1), and in particular
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                 in Article 1 thereof ;
 pean Economic Community, and in particular the
first paragraph of Article 115 thereof ;                           Whereas a uniform system of imports could be
                                                                   adopted for the products in question as part of a
                                                                   common commercial policy as regards Japan ;
 Having regard to the application under the first                  whereas the period of validity of these protective
 paragraph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on                   measures should expire upon the introduction of
 17 April 1973 by the Italian government to the                    such a system ;
 Commission by telex from the office of its Permanent
 Representative to the European Communities, for
 authorization not to apply Community treatment to
 films in rolls, sensitized, unexposed, perforated or              HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 not, falling within heading No 37.02 of the Common
 Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free                                           Article 1
circulation in the other Member States ;
                                                                  The Italian Government is authorized not to apply
Whereas differences in the measures of commercial                 Community treatment to imports of the following
policy taken in connection with these products by                 products, where they originate in Japan and are in
Italy and by the other Member States, as regards                  free circulation in the other Member States, and in
Japan are giving rise to deflection of trade ;                    respect of which applications for import licences
                                                                   were lodged after 8 April 1973 :
Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the
execution of measures of commercial policy taken
by Italy as regards Japan ;                                             CCT
                                                                       heading                        Description
                                                                         No
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set
in motion the machinery for bringing about the                    37.02             films in rolls, sensitized, nnexposed, per­
necessary cooperation from the other Member                                         forated or not
States ;
Whereas authorization should be given, for a
limited period, for the application of protective                 (') OJ No L 121, 3. 6. 1971 .
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                      Article 2                                                  Article 3
                                                           This Decision is addressed to the Italian Govern­
The period of validity of this Decision shall expire       ment .
upon the introduction of a uniform system of
imports as part of the common commercial policy
as regards Japan and in any event not later than           Done at Brussels, 18 April 1973 .
30 September 1973 .                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                       The President
                                                                                 Francois-Xavier ORTOLI