CELEX: 31978D0171
Language: en
Date: 1977-11-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 17 November 1977 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to suits, jackets, blazers and the like, falling within heading No ex 61.01 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other Member States

24 . 2 . 78                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No L 53 / 19
                                                              II
                                      (Acts whose publication is not obli»utory)
                                                COMMISSION
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                 of 17 November 1977
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to suits ,
              jackets, blazers and the like , falling within heading No ex 61.01 of the Common
              Customs Tariff, orginating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other
                                                     Member States
                                           ( Only the French text is authentic)
                                                      (78 / 171 / EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in
COMMUNITIES ,                                                       motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              sary cooperation from the other Member States ;
 Economic Community, and in particular the first para­              Whereas authorization should accordingly be given,
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                     for a limited period , for the application of protective
 Having regard to the application under the first para­             measures under the first paragraph of Article 115,
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 9                       subject to the conditions specified in the Commission
 November 1977 by the French Government to the                      Decision of 12 May 1971 ('), and in particular Article
Commission by telex from the office of its Permanent                1 thereof,
Representative to the European Communities, for
authorization not to apply Community treatment to                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
imports of suits, jackets, blazers and the like, falling
within heading No ex 61.01 of the Common Customs                                            Article 1
Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in free circula­
tion in the other Member States ,                                  The French Republic is authorized not to apply
Whereas the importation into the Community of the                  Community treatment to suits, jackets, blazers and the
                                                                    like, falling within heading No ex 61.01 of the
products in question originating in Hong Kong is
covered by an Agreement negotiated between the                     Common Customs Tariff, where they originate in
                                                                    Hong Kong and are in free circulation in the other
Community and Hong Kong and concluded on 8
April 1976 ;                                                       Member States, and in respect of which applications
                                                                   for import licences lodged after 27 October 1977 are
Whereas under the Agreement Hong Kong has under­                   before the French authorities at the date of this Deci­
taken to take all necessary steps to limit its exports of          sion .
certain textile products to the Community to certain
ceilings allocated among the Member States ;                                                Article 2
Whereas according to information supplied by the
French Governement there are serious economic diffi­
                                                                   This Decision is addressed to the French Republic .
culties in the clothing industry resulting in a progres­
sive decline in production and a reduction in the                  Done at Brussels, 17 November 1977 .
number of workers employed ;
                                                                                              For the Coin mission
Whereas, because of the appreciable amount in ques­
tion , the execution of the indirect transactions that                                      Christopher TUGENDHAT
prompted this application would be likely to aggravate
the abovementioned economic difficulties ;                                                Member of the Commission
                                                                   (') OJ No L 121 , 1 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .