CELEX: 31978D0906
Language: en
Date: 1978-10-16 00:00:00
Title: 78/906/EEC: Commission Decision of 16 October 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to men' s and boys' shirts, woven, of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling within heading No ex 61.03 of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 61.03-11, 15, 19) originating in South Korea and in free circulation in the other Member States

11 . 11 . 78                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No L 318/69
                                               COMMISSION
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                  of 16 October 1978
               authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to men's
               and boys' shirts, woven , of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling
               within heading No ex 61.03 of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes
               61.03-11 , 15, 19) originating in South Korea and in free circulation in the other
                                                    Member States
                                           (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                     (78/906/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 sector concerned involving a considerable drop in
COMMUNITIES,                                                   production and employment ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­          already made or proposed, would be likely to aggra­
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                vate these difficulties ;
                                                               Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
Having regard to the application under the first para­         machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 5 October          tion from the other Member States ;
1978 by the French Government to the Commission
of the European Communities, for authorization not             Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
to apply Community treatment to men's and boys'                for the application of protective measures under the
shirts, woven , of wool , of cotton or of man-made             first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
textile fibres, falling within heading No ex 61.03 of          tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 /202/EEC
the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes                        of 12 May 1971 (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
61.03-11 , 15, 19), originating in South Korea and in
free circulation in the other Member States,
                                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas the importation into the Community of the
products in question originating in South Korea is
covered by an Agreement negotiated between the                                           Article 1
Community and that country ;
                                                              The French Republic is authorized not to apply
Whereas under that Agreement South Korea has                   Community treatment to the products indicated
undertaken to take all necessary steps to limit its            below, where they originate in South Korea and are in
exports of the products in question to the Community           free circulation in the other Member States, and in
up to the amount of certain ceilings allocated among           respect of which applications for import licences were
the Member States ;                                            lodged after 26 September 1978 :
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­                     CCT
cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the                     heading                       Description
                                                                           No
individual markets ; whereas there are therefore dispar­
ities existing between the import conditions in the
various Member States ; whereas uniformity can only
                                                              ex 61.03                  Men's and boys' shirts, woven, of
                                                              (NIMEXE codes             wool, of cotton or of man-made
be achieved progressively ;                                    61.03-11 , 15, 19)       textile fibres
Whereas it appears from the application submitted
that there are serious difficulties in the industrial         (>) OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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                       Article 2                            Done at Brussels, 16 October 1978 .
This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
arise in France for the importation of these products
from South Korea or until 31         December 1978,
whichever is the earlier.  ,
                                                                                   For the Commission
                       Article 3                                                 Christopher TUGENDHAT
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.                              Member of the Commission