CELEX: 31973R1626
Language: en
Date: 1973-06-18 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1626/73 of the Council of 18 June 1973 subjecting to authorization the importation into Italy of tape recorders from third countries

21 . 6 . 73                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 164/ 1
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                                            (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 1626/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                       of 18 June 1973
               subjecting to authorization the importation into Italy of tape recorders from third
                                                           countries
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                        have increased to 478 000 units in 1972, which
COMMUNITIES,                                                       represents an average annual increase of 69 °/o ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community ;                                          Whereas during the same period the annual Italian
                                                                   production of these products has decreased from
                                                                   380 000 to approximately 136 000 units ; whereas
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                      the share of imports from third countries in the
1025 /70 ( 1 ) of 25 May 1970, establishing common                 Italian market has increased continuously, rising
rules for imports from third countries, and in parti­              from 18 °/o in 1969 to approximately 54 %> in
cular Article 10 thereof ;                                         1972 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No 109/
70 (2) of 19 December 1969, establishing common                    Whereas these imports, especially those originating
rules for imports from state-trading countries, and                from certain third countries, are obtained at rela­
in particular Article 7 thereof ;                                  tively low prices, generally at a level considerably
                                                                   lower than that prevailing on the Italian market ;
After consultation with the Advisory Committees set
up under Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1025/70
and of Regulation ( EEC) No 109/70 ;                               Whereas it is clear, from these facts, that tape recor­
                                                                   ders are being imported into Italy in such greatly
                                                                   increased quantities and under such conditions as to
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis­                     cause   serious   harm  to   the   interests of  Italian
sion ;                                                             producers of like products, and that the situation
                                                                   threatens to get worse and would be difficult to
Whereas, on 9 March 1973 , the Italian Government                  remedy, unless immediate action were taken in
informed the Commission, by telex, of the increased                order to safeguard the interests of the Community ;
difficulties in the Italian tape recorder market
caused by the rising imports of these products and
requested the Commission to summon urgently                        Whereas the imports in question are at present parti­
meetings of the Advisory Committees required                       cularly detrimental to Italy but are not so far
under Regulations (EEC) Nos 1025 /70 and 109/70 ;                  causing similiar harm in other Member States of the
                                                                   Community ; whereas it is consequently justified to
                                                                   limit the protective measures to imports into Italy ;
Whereas, according to the information supplied by
the 'Italian Government, particularly the information
given at the consultation meetings, and from the                   Whereas discussions with the main supplier country
other information available to the Commission,                     with a view to avoiding a deterioration of the situa­
imports of tape recorders from third countries to                  tion in the Italian market have not changed the
Italy have increased considerably during the last                  trend of imports ;
three years ; whereas this information discloses that
imports which amounted to 99 000 units in 1969
                                                                   Whereas it is therefore necessary as regards the
(') OJ No L 124, 8 . 6. 1970, p. 6 .                               importation of these products into Italy to take
(2) OJ No L 19 , 26 . 1 . 1970, p . 1 .                            provisional protective measures consistent with the
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relevant international rules ; whereas these measures              trends in the imports in question should threaten
must limit the imports in question, and, given the                 serious harm to the interests of other Community
interim nature of the measures, limit them for a                   producers besides Italian producers ;
period not exceeding the time necessary to enable                  Whereas, in view of the necessity to take urgent
consideration of any further measures which may                    measures, the Commission has adopted, in accord­
be required ;                                                      ance with Article 10 of Regulation (EEC ) No 1025 /
                                                                   70 and Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 109/70,
Whereas the seriousness of this situation is due to                Regulation (EEC) No 1060/73 i 1 ) subjecting to
the greatly increased quantities imported and to the               authorization the importation into Italy of tape
price at which they are imported ; whereas a ceiling               recorders from third countries and establishing
should therefore be provisionally adopted which                    Community surveillance over these imports ;
would reduce the serious impact of these imports                   whereas, in accordance with the provisions referred
and eliminate the threat of the situation becoming                 to above, it is desirable that the appropriate
worse ;                                                            measures should be taken ;
Whereas, depending on trends in imports of tape                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
recorders into the Community markets ( including                                              Article 1
 the Italian market), the safeguard measures under
consideration might be amended, or might be                         1.    The importation from third countries into Italy
 repealed when the serious situation has been reme­                of the products listed below shall be subject to the
died, as a result, possibly, of an understanding with              production of an import authorization, and shall
the   third   countries    concerned ;     whereas   these         not exceed, in respect of the period 1 April 1973 to
measures might be extended to other Member States                   31 December 1973 , the number of units given
 of the Community, or to the . whole Community, if                  below :
                    CCT
                  heading                          Description of goods ,                                     Units
                     No
              92.11             Gramophones, dictating machines and other sound recor­
                                ders and reproducers, including record-players and tape­
                                decks, with or without sound-heads ; television image and
                                 sound recorders and reproducers , magnetic :
                                 A. Sound recorders and reproducers :
                                    III . Combined sound recorders and reproducers                           225 000
              2.     Paragraph 1 shall not apply to the products referred to above imported into the
              Community under an agreement establishing a customs union or free-trade area (or
              providing for their establishment) between the Community and one third country or
              more .
              3.      The import authorizations referred to in paragraph 1 shall be issued by the Italian
              Republic.
                                                          Article 2
              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the
              Official Journal of the European Communities.
                                                                    (») OJ No L 121 , 8 . 5 . 1973 , p . 1 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Luxembourg, 18 June 1973 .
                                                                    For the Council
                                                                      The President
                                                                       A. LAVENS