CELEX: 31973D0016
Language: en
Date: 1973-02-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 14 February 1973 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to cutlery, spoons and forks of stainless steel falling within headings Nos ex 82.09 and 82.14 A of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States

24. 2 . 73                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No L 51 /33
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 14 February 1973
              authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
              Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to cutlery, spoons and
               forks of stainless steel falling within headings Nos ex 82.09 and 82.14 A of the Common
              Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member
                                                              States
                                      ( Only the French and the Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                         ( 73/ 16/EEC )
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                                           Article 1
pean Economic Community, and in particular the
first paragraph of Article 115 thereof ;                             The Kingdom of Belgium, the Duchy of Luxem­
                                                                     bourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are
Having regard to the application under Article 115                   authorized not to apply Community treatment to
of the Treaty, made on 9 February 1973 by the                        imports of the following products, where they origi­
governments of the Benelux countries by telex of                     nate in Japan and are in free circulation in the other
the Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to                   Member States, and in respect of which applications
 the European Communities, for authorization not to                  for import licences were lodged after 30 January
apply Community treatment to cutlery, spoons and                      1973 :
forks of stainless steel falling within headings No ex
82.09 and 82.14 A of the Common Customs Tariff,
originating in Japan and in free circulation in the                       CCT
                                                                         heading                        Description
other Member States ;                                                      No
Whereas differences in the measures of commercial                     ex 82.09       Knives with cutting blades, serrated or
policy taken in connection with these products by                                    not, including pruning knives, of stain­
                                                                                     less steel
the Benelux countries and by the other Member
States, as regards Japan are giving rise to deflection                   82.14 A     Snoons, forks, fish-eaters, butter-knives,
 of trade ;                                                                          ladles, and similar kitchen or tableware,
                                                                                     of stainless steel
 Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the
execution of measures of commercial policy taken
by the Benelux countries as regards Japan ;                                                  Article 2
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set                The period of validity of this Decision shall expire
in motion the machinery for bringing about the                       upon the introduction of a uniform system of
necessary cooperation from the other Member                          imports as part of the common commercial policy
States ;                                                             as regards Japan and in any event not later than 31
                                                                     December 1973 .
Whereas authorization should be given, for a
limited period, the application of protective                                                Article 3
measures, under the first paragraph of Article 115 ,
subject to the conditions laid down by the Commis­                   This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
sion Decision of 12 May 1971 ( 4 ), and in particular                Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
in Article 1 thereof,                                                Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Whereas a uniform system of imports could be                         Done at Brussels, 14 February 1973 .
adopted for the products in question as part of a
common commercial policy as regards Japan ;                                                     For the Commission
whereas the period of validity of these protective                                                 The President
measures should expire upon the introduction of
such a system ;                                                                              Francois Xavier ORTOLI .
(*) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 .