CELEX: 31978D0530
Language: en
Date: 1978-06-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 2 June 1978 authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to jerseys, pullovers, slip-overs, twinsets, cardigans, bed-jackets and jumpers, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized, of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling within subheading ex 60.05 A (NIMEXE codes 60.05-01, 27, 28, 29, 30, 33, 36, 37, 38) of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other Member States

20 . 6 . 78                       Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 163/9
                                                          II
                                     (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                              COMMISSION
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 2 June 1978
              authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to jerseys , pullovers , slip­
              overs , twinsets, cardigans, bed-jackets and jumpers, knitted or crocheted, not
              elastic or rubberized, of wool , of cotton or of man-made textile fibres , falling
              within subheading ex 60.05 A ( NIMEXE codes 60.05-01 , 27 , 28 , 29, 30 , 33 , 36, 37 ,
              38 ) of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in free circu­
                                        lation in the other Member States
                                          (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                    (78/ 530/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­
COMMUNITIES,                                                  cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the
                                                               individual markets ; whereas for that reason disparities
                                                               persist between the import conditions in the various
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                               Member States ; whereas uniformity can be achieved
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                  only progressively ;
                                                               Whereas, according to the application submitted,
                                                               there are serious difficulties in the industrial sector
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty made on 26 May              concerned, involving a considerable drop in produc­
1978 by the Irish Government to the Commission of              tion and employment ;
the European Communities for authorization not to
apply Community treatment to jerseys, pullovers, slip­         Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
overs, twinsets, cardigans, bed-jackets and jumpers,           already effected, would be likely to aggravate these
                                                               difficulties ,
knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized, of
wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling
                                                               Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
within subheading ex 60.05 A (NIMEXE codes 60.05­
01 , 27, 28 , 29, 30, 33, 36, 37, 38) of the Common
                                                               machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
                                                               tion from the other Member States ;
Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in free
circulation in the other Member States,
                                                               Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
                                                               for the application of protective measures under the
Whereas the importation into the Community of the              first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
products in question originating in Hong Kong is               tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
covered by an agreement negotiated between the                 May 1971 (x) and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
Community and this country ;
                                                               Whereas, however, the request for a licence which
                                                              gave rise to the application in question does not need
Whereas, under that agreement, Hong Kong has                   to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
undertaken to take all necessary steps to limit its            small amount involved,
exports of the products in question to the Community
to certain ceilings allocated among the Member States,         (•) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                                            Article 2
                        Article 1                              This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
                                                               arise for the importation of these products from Hong
Ireland is authorized not to apply Community treat­            Kong or until 31 December 1978 whichever is the
ment to the products indicated below, where they orig­         earlier.
inate in Hong Kong and are in free circulation in the
other Member States, and in respect of which applica­
tions for import licences were lodged after the date of                                Article 3
this Decision :
                                                               This Decision is addressed to Ireland .
           CCT
          heading                     Description
            No
                                                               Done at Brussels, 2 June 1978 .
ex 60.05 A              Jerseys, pullovers, slip-overs, twin­
(NIMEXE codes           sets, cardigans, bed-jackets and
60.05-01 , 27, 28 , 29, jumpers, knitted or crocheted, not                               For the Commission
30, 33 , 36, 37, 38 )   elastic or rubberized , of wool, of
                        cotton   or  of   man-made     textile                          Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
                        fibfes
                                                                                             Vice-President