CELEX: 31976D0694
Language: en
Date: 1976-07-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 20 July 1976 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to sound recorders or reproducers, falling within subheading 85.15 A III of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 235/ 34                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                   26 . 8 . 76
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 20 July 1976
             authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to sound
             recorders or reproducers, falling within subheading 85.15 A III of the Common
             Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other
                                                         Member States
                                                (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                           (76/694/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       these measures should apply only until such arrange­
COMMUNITIES ,                                                        ments are introduced,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­                HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,
                                                                                             Article 1
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 13 July                  The French Republic is authorized not to apply
 1976 by the French Government to the Commission                     Community treatment to imports of the following
by telex from the office of its Permanent Representa­                products :
tive to the European Communities, for authorization
not to apply Community treatment to radio receivers,                       CCT
whether or not combined with a sound recorder or                          Va-miing                Description of goods
                                                                            No
reproducer, falling within subheading 85.1 5 A III of
the Common Customs Tariff and in free circulation
in the other Member States ,                                         85.15 AMI        Radio receivers, whether or not combined
                                                                                      with a sound recorder or reproducer
Whereas according to this application under Article
 115 the importation into France of the products in
question originating in Japan is currently subject to a              where they originate in Japan and are in free circula­
six-monthly quota of 195 000 sets, which is being allo­              tion in the other Member States, and in respect of
cated ;                                                              which applications for import licences were lodged
                                                                     after 30 June 1976.
Whereas differences in the commercial policy
measures applied in connection with these products                                           Article 2
by France and by the other Member States as regards
Japan are giving rise to deflection of trade ;                       This Decision shall apply only until uniform import
                                                                     arrangements are introduced under a common
Whereas this deflection of trade is obstructing the                  commercial policy vis-a-vis Japan or until new oppor­
execution of the above commercial policy measures                    tunities arise for the importation of the products in
currently being applied by France as regards Japan ;                 question from Japan and in any case not later than 31
                                                                     December 1976 .
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in
motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­                                           Article 3
sary cooperation from the other Member States ;
Whereas authorization should be given , for a limited                This Decision is addressed to the French Republic .
period, for the application of protective measures
under the first paragraph of Article 1 15, subject to the             Done at Brussels, 20 July 1976.
conditions specified in the Commission Decision of
 12 May 1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;                                         For the Commission
Whereas uniform arrangements for imports of the                                                 Christopher SOAMES
products in question could be adopted under a
common commercial policy ris-ci-ris Japan ; whereas                                                 Vice-President
(!) O ) No L 121 ,  6 . 1971 , p . 26 .