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Language: en
Date: 1978-09-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 12 September 1978 authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to men's and boys' pyjamas, knitted or crocheted, of cotton or of synthetic textile fibres and women's and girls' and infants' (other than babies') knitted or crocheted pyjamas and night dresses, of cotton or synthetic fibres, falling within heading No ex 60.04 of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 60.04-15; 21; 25; 47; 51; 53), originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 257/ 14                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                      20 . 9 . 78
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                of 12 September 1978
              authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to men's and boys'
              pyjamas, knitted or crocheted, of cotton or of synthetic textile fibres and
              women's and girls' and infants' (other than babies') knitted or crocheted pyjamas
              and night dresses, of cotton or synthetic fibres, falling within heading No ex
              60.04 of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 60.04-15 ; 21 ; 25 ; 47 ; 51 ;
              53), originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other Member
                                                          States
                                           (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                      (78/770/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
COMMUNITIES,                                                     already made, would be likely to aggravate these diffi­
                                                                 culties ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­            Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                    machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
                                                                 tion from the other Member States ;
Having regard to the application under the first para­           Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 31 August            for the application of protective measures under the
1978 by the Irish Government to the Commission of                first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
the European Communities, for authorization not to               tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 /202/EEC
apply Community treatment to men's and boys'                     of 12 May 1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
pyjamas, knitted or crocheted, of cotton or of
synthetic textile fibres and women's and girls' and              Whereas, however, the application for a licence which
infants' (other than babies') knitted or crocheted               gave rise to the application in question does not need
pyjamas and night dresses, of cotton or synthetic                to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
fibres, falling within heading No ex 60.04 of the                small amount involved,
Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 60.04-15 ;
21 ; 25 ; 47 ; 51 ; 53), originating in Hong Kong 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 Hong Kong is                                           Article 1
covered by an agreement negotiated between the
Community and that country ;                                     Ireland is authorized not to apply Community treat­
                                                                 ment to the products indicated below, where they orig­
Whereas under that agreement Hong Kong has under­                inate in Hong Kong and are in free circulation in the
taken to take all necessary steps to limit its exports of        other Member Spates, and in respect of which applica­
the products in question to the Community up to the              tions for import licences were lodged after the date of
amount of certain ceilings allocated among the                   the adoption of this Decision :
Member States ;
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                                                                           heading                       Description
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­                        No   -
cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the
individual markets ; whereas there are therefore dispar­         ex 60.04                  Men's and boys' pyjamas, knitted or
ities existing between the import conditions in the              (NIMEXE codes             crocheted, of cotton or of synthetic
various Member States ; whereas uniformity can only              60.04-15 ; 21 ; 25 ; 47 ; textile fibres   and     women's    and
be achieved progressively ;                                      51 ; 53)                  girl's and infants' (other than
                                                                                           babies') knitted or crocheted
                                                                                           pyjamas and night dresses, of
Whereas it appears from the application submitted                                          cotton or synthetic fibres
that there are serious difficulties in the industrial
sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in
production and employment ;                                      (') OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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                       Article 2                             Done at Brussels, 12 September 1978 .
This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
arise in Ireland for the importation of these products
from Hong Kong or until 31 December 1978
whichever is the earlier.
                                                                                    For the Commission
                        Article 3                                                     Antonio GIOLITTI
This Decision is addressed to Ireland .                                          Member of the Commission