CELEX: 31975D0525
Language: en
Date: 1975-07-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 29 July 1975 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to radio receivers, whether or not combined with a sound recorder or reproducer, falling within subheading 85.15 A III 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/ 17
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 29 July 1975
             authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to radio receivers,
             whether or not combined with a sound recorder or reproducer, falling within sub­
             heading 85.15 A III of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in
                                    free circulation in the other Member States
                                           (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                     (75/525/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set
COMMUNITIES ,                                                  in motion the machinery for bringing about the
                                                               necessary cooperation from the other Member States ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          Whereas , in order to ensure that the implementation
Economic Community, and in particular the first                of the abovementioned commercial policy measures
paragraph of Article 115 thereof;                              is not obstructed, authorization should be given, for
                                                               a limited period, for the application of protective
                                                               measures, under the first paragraph of Article 115 ,
                                                               subject to the conditions laid down by the
Having regard to the application under the first               Commission Decision of 12 May 1971 ( 1 ), and in
paragraph of Article 115 of the Treaty made on                 particular Article 1 thereof,
24 July 1975 by the French Government to the
Commission by telex from the office of its permanent
representative to the European Communities , for
authorization not to apply Community treatment to
radio receivers, whether or not combined with a
                                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
sound recorder or reproducer, falling within sub­
heading 85.15 A III of the Common Customs Tariff,
originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in
the other Member States ;                                                                 Article 1
                                                               The French Government is authorized not to apply
                                                               Community treatment to imports of the following
Whereas since the application of Article 115 the               products, where they originate in Hong Kong and
importation into France of the product in question              are in free circulation in the other Member States,
originating in Hong Kong is subject to an annual               and in respect of which applications for import
quota of 45 000 radio receivers which is exhausted ;            licences were lodged after 23 July 1975 :
                                                                     CCT
Whereas differences in the measures of commercial                   heading                          Description
                                                                      No
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 ;
                                                                85.15 A III      Radio receivers, whether or not combined
                                                                                 with a sound recorder or reproducer
Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the
execution    of  the   abovementioned    measures      of
commercial policy currently being taken by France
as regards Hong Kong ;                                          (!) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26 .
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                       Article 2                                                   Article 3
                                                            This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
This Decision shall apply until the opening of new          Done at Brussels, 29 July 1975 .
import possibilities of the product in question into                                         For the Commission
France from Hong Kong and in any case not later                                                 The President
than 31 December 1975 .                                                                   Francois-Xavier ORTOLI