CELEX: 31977D0428
Language: en
Date: 1977-04-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 29 April 1977 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to tableware and other articles of a kind commonly used for domestic or toilet purposes, of porcelain or china (including biscuit porcelain and parian) or other kinds of pottery, except common pottery and stoneware, falling within heading No 69.11 or subheading 69.12 C or D of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States

8 . 7. 77                             Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 170/25
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 29 April 1977
               authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to table­
               ware and other articles of a kind commonly used for domestic or toilet
               purposes, of porcelain or china (including biscuit porcelain and parian) or of
               other kinds of pottery, except common pottery and stoneware, falling within
               heading No 69.11 or subheading 69.12 C or D of the Common Customs Tariff,
                  originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                                (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                          (77/428/EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas uniform arrangements for imports of the
 COMMUNITIES,                                                       products in question might be adopted under a
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             common commercial policy vis-d-vis Japan ; whereas
 Economic Community, and in particular the first para­              the validity of these measures should apply only until
 graph of Article 115 thereof,                                      such arrangements are applied,
 Having regard to the application under the first para­
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 22 April
  1977 by the French Government to the European
                                                                                           Article 1
 Communities for authorization not to apply Commu­
 nity treatment to tableware and other articles of a kind           The French Republic is authorized not to apply
 commonly used for domestic or toilet purposes, of                  Community treatment to imports of tableware and
 porcelain or china (including biscuit porcelain and                other articles of a kind commonly used for domestic
 parian) or of other kinds of pottery except common                 or toilet purposes, of porcelain or china (including
 pottery and stoneware, falling within heading No                   biscuit porcelain and parian), falling within heading
 69.11 or subheading 69.12 C or D of the Common                     No 69.11 of the Common Customs Tariff, and table­
 Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circu­            ware and other articles of a kind commonly used for
 lation in the other Member States,                                 domestic or toilet purposes, of other kinds of pottery :
 Whereas according to this application under Article               — Earthenware or fine pottery
  115 the importation into France of the products in                — Other
 question originating in Japan is subject to a contrac­
 tual quota amounting in 1977 to $ 480 000, the whole               falling within subheading 69.12 C or D, where they
 of which is being allocated among the importers ;                  originate in Japan and are in free circulation in the
                                                                    other Member States, and in respect of which applica­
 Whereas differences in the commercial policy                       tions for import licences were lodged after 12 April
 measures applied in connection with these products                 1977 .
 by France and by the other Member States as regards
Japan are giving rise to deflection of trade ;                                             Article 2
 Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the                This Decision shall remain valid only until uniform
 execution    of  the    abovementioned          measures   of
                                                                   import arrangements are applied under a common
 commercial policy currently being applied by France               commercial policy vis-d-vis Japan or until 31
 as regards Japan, notably in order to protect the                  December 1977, whichever is the earlier.
 industry concerned, which is facing serious economic
difficulties resulting in a decline of production and                                      Article 3
 the consequent closure of certain firms ;
                                                                   This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in
motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­
sary cooperation from the other Member States ;                    Done at Brussels, 29 April 1977.
Whereas authorization should be given, for a limited                                         For the Commission
period, for the application of protective measures
under the first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the                                    Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
conditions laid down by the Commission Decision of
 12 May 1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;                                          Vice-President
(•) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26 .