CELEX: 31975D0523
Language: en
Date: 1975-06-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 24 June 1975 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to clothing and clothing articles in textiles other than cotton, falling within heading Nos ex 61.01, ex 61.02 and ex 61.03 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong, and in free circulation in the other Member States

8 . 9 . 75                          Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 236/ 1
                                                             II
                                       (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                               COMMISSION
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 24 June 1975
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to clothing and
              clothing articles in textiles other than cotton, falling within heading Nos ex 61.01, ex
              61.02 and ex 61.03 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in
                                      free circulation in the other Member States
                                             (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                       (75/523/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the
COMMUNITIES ,                                                    execution of     the      abovementioned measures  of
                                                                 commercial policy currently being taken by France
                                                                 as regards Hong Kong ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first
paragraph of Article 115 thereof;                                Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set
                                                                 in motion the machinery for bringing about the
                                                                 necessary cooperation from the other Member States ;
Having regard to the application under the first
paragraph of Article 115 of the Treaty made on                   Whereas, in order to ensure that the implementation
20 June 1975 by the French Government to the                     of the abovementioned commercial policy measures
Commission by telex from the office of its permanent             is not obstructed, authorization should be given, for
representative to the European Communities, for                  a limited period, for the application of protective
authorization not to apply Community treatment to                measures, under the first paragraph of Article 115,
clothing and clothing articles in textiles other than            subject to the conditions laid down by the
cotton, falling within heading Nos ex 61.01 , ex 61.02           Commission Decision of 12 May 1971 (1), and in
and ex 61.03 of the Common Customs Tariff,                       particular Article 1 thereof,
originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation
in the other Member States ;
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas since the application of Article 115 the
importation into France of the product in question
originating in Hong Kong is subject to an annual                                            Article 1
quota of FF 347 000 which is wholly taken up ;
                                                                 The French Government is authorized not to apply
                                                                 Community treatment to imports of the following
Whereas differences in the measures of commercial
policy taken in connection with these products by
France and by the other Member States as regards
Hong Kong are giving rise to deflection of trade ;                (!) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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products, where they originate in Hong Kong and
are in free circulation in the other Member States,                                     Article 2
and in respect of which applications for import
licences were lodged after 10 June 1975 :                        This Decision shall apply until the opening of new
                                                                 import possibilities of the product in question into
                                                                 France from Hong Kong and in any case not later
    CCT
                                                                 than 31 December 1975 .
   heading                      Description
     No
                                                                                        Article 3
  ex 61.01  Men's and boys' outer gar­                           This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
            ments
  ex 61.02  Women's, girls' and infants'      In textiles
                                            • other than         Done at Brussels, 24 June 1975 .
            outer garments
                                              cotton
  ex 61.03  Men's and boys' under gar­                                                            For the Commission
            ments, including collars,
            shirt fronts and cuffs                                                                   The President
                                                                                               Francois-Xavier ORTOLI