CELEX: 31974D0396
Language: en
Date: 1974-07-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 17 July 1974 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to toys of wood and other (except motors and movement mechanisms for toys and working models used for recreational purposes, and parts thereof), falling within heading No 97.03 A and ex B of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong, and in free circulation in the other Member States

30 . 7 . 74                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                     No L 208 /27
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 17 July 1974
             authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to toys of
             wood and other (except motors and movement mechanisms for toys and
             working models used for recreational purposes, and parts thereof), falling within
             heading No 97.03 A and ex B of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in
                         Hong Kong, and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                                (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                           (74/396/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                              Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­               The French Government is authorized not to apply
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof ;                                    Community treatment to imports of the following
                                                                    products, where they originate in Hong Kong and are
Having regard to the application under the first para­              in free circulation in the other Member States, and in
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty made on 11 July                  respect of which applications for import licences were
1974 by the French Government to the Commission                     lodged after 1 July 1974 :
by telex from the office of its Permanent Representa­
tive to the European Communities, for authorization                       CCT
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not to apply Community treatment to toys of wood                        heading                     Description of goods
                                                                           No
and other (except motors and movement mechanisms
for toys and working models used for recreational
purposes, and parts thereof), falling within heading
                                                                    97.03            Other toys ; models of a kind used for
No 97.03 A and ex B of the Common Customs Tariff,                                    recreational purposes :
                                                                               A     — Of wood
originating in Hong Kong, and in free circulation in
the other Member States ;
                                                                           ex B      — Other (except motors and movement
                                                                                         mechanisms for toys and working
Whereas differences in the measures of commercial                                        models of a kind used for recreational
policy taken in connection with these products by                                        purposes, and parts thereof)
France and by the other Member States as regards
Hong Kong are giving rise to deflection of trade ;                                            Article 2
Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the                  This Decision shall apply until 30 April 1975 .
execution of measures of commercial policy taken by
France as regards Hong Kong ;                                                                 Article 3
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in            This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­
sary cooperation from the other Member States ;                     Done at Brussels, 17 July 1974.
Whereas authorization should be given , for a limited
                                                                                                  For the Commission
period, for the application of protective measures,
under the first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the                                            The President
conditions laid down by the Commission Decision of
 12 May 1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof,                                           Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(>) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26.