CELEX: 31975R1522
Language: en
Date: 1975-06-13 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1522/75 of the Commission of 13 June 1975 subjecting to authorization imports into France of knitted gloves originating in the Republic of Korea

No L 154/72                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                 14. 6. 75
                            REGULATION ( EEC) No 1522/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 13 June 1975
               subjecting to authorization imports into France of knitted gloves originating in
                                                    the Republic of Korea
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    whereas these highly unusual and critical circum­
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      stances , which the Commission have made known to
                                                                   the Korean authorities in consultations which have
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             been opened with them in accordance with Article 3
 Economic Community ;                                              of the Arrangement regarding international trade in
                                                                   textiles (2), make it necessary that immediate action be
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      taken to safeguard the interests of the Community,
  1439/74 (') of 4 June 1974 on common rules for                   these   measures    to    consist   of the introduction  of
 imports, and in particular Article 12 thereof ;                   temporary limitation of imports, in accordance with
                                                                   the provisions of the said Arrangement, accounting
 Having consulted the Advisory Committee set up                    being taken , however, of the interests of Korea, espe­
 under Article 5 of the said Regulation ;                          cially in regard to its stage of development and the
                                                                   importance of the textiles sector to the economy of
 Whereas imports of knitted gloves originating in the              that country ;
 Republic of Korea have increased sharply and substan­
 tially in the past few years ;                                    Whereas this substantial injury originates in imports
                                                                   into France and whereas it appears to be justified, for
 Whereas this development has manifested itself princi­            the moment, bearing in mind existing trade flows, to
 pally on the French market, with the result that,                 limit the application of these protective measures to
 according to information furnished by the French                  those imports ;
 authorities, imports have increased from 271 000 pairs
 in 1972 to about 2-7 million pairs in 1974 ;                      Whereas these measures are without prejudice to the
                                                                   result of the consultations and negotiations which, in
 Whereas these products are offered for sale on the                accordance with the said Arrangement, are at the
 market principally affected at prices which are substan­          moment taking place between the European
 tially below those prevailing for similar goods                   Economic Community and the Republic of Korea,
 produced in France ;                                              and whereas they may be adapted having regard to the
                                                                   results of these negotiations, .
Whereas, according to the information available to the
 Commmission, these imports already represented at
 the end of 1974 a market share of approximately
 20 % of French consumption and equalled 75 % of                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 the production of this sector in France ;
Whereas this development has taken place to the detri­                                         Article 1
 ment of the Community industry and particularly of
 the French industry, whose production has fallen                 The importation into France of gloves, mittens and
considerably over the past few years and where 30 %                mitts, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized,
of the staff employed have become unemployed since                corresponding to Nimexe Code :
 1973 ;
                                                                   60.02-40 (gloves impregnated or coated with artificial
Whereas all these factors have caused market disrup­                          plastic materials), and
tion and have caused substantial injury to Community              60.02-60 (other : of synthetic textile fibres),
 producers ;
                                                                  originating in the Republic of Korea is hereby made
Whereas a further sharp and substantial increase in               subject to the presentation of an import authorization
imports of these forecasted products may be consid­               issued by the competent authorities of the importing
ered to be imminent in view of the fact that imports              country .
into France for the period January to May 1975
amounted to more than 2-5 million pairs and whereas ,             The total quantity of the product for which import
in the absence of immediate protective measures, this             authorizations shall be issued during a period of six
aggravation of the injury already caused to Commu­                months commencing on the date of entry into force
nity producers would make it difficult to remedy ;                of this Regulation shall not exceed 1-35 million pairs .
(>) OJ No L 159 , 15 . 6 . 1974, p. 1 .                           (-') OJ No L 1 18 , 30 . 4 . 1974, p. 1 .
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                       Article 2                            2. It shall apply until the entry into force of appro­
                                                            priate measures to be taken by the Council in accor­
                                                            dance with Articles 12(6) and 13 of Regulation (EEC)
1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on the day       No 1439/74 or until the expiry of a period of six
following its publication in the Official Journal of        weeks after its entry into force, whichever is the
the European Communities.                                   sooner .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 13 June 1975.
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                          The President
                                                                     Francois-Xavier ORTOLI