CELEX: 31978D0531
Language: en
Date: 1978-06-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 2 June 1978 authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to outer garments and clothing accessories, other than blouses and shirt blouses, knitted or crocheted (not elastic or rubberized), or woven, for women, girls and infants, of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling within subheadings ex 60.05 A II or ex 61.02 B of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 60.05-22, 23, 24, 25 - 61.02-78, 82, 84) originating in India and in free circulation in the other Member States

20 . 6. 78                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                   No L 163/ 11
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 2 June 1978
              authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to outer garments and
              clothing accessories, other than blouses and shirt blouses, knitted or crocheted
              (not elastic or rubberized), or woven , for women , girls and infants, of wool , of
              cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling within subheadings ex 60.05 A II or
              ex 61.02 B of the Common Customs Tariff ( NIMEXE codes 60.05-22, 23, 24, 25 —
              61.02-78 , 82 , 84) originating in India and in free circulation in the other Member
                                                          States
                                           (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                      (78/531 /EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
COMMUNITIES,                                                     already effected, would be likely to aggravate these
                                                                 difficulties ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
Economic Community, and in particular the first                  machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
subparagraph of Article 115 thereof,                             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 30 May                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 specified in the Commission Decision of 12
apply Community treatment to outer garments and                  May 1971 (') and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
clothing accessories, other than blouses and shirt
blouses, knitted or crocheted (not elastic or rubber­           Whereas, however, the request for a licence which
ized), or woven , for women , girls and infants, of wool,       gave rise to the application in question does not need
of cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling within          to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
subheadings ex 60.05 A II or ex 61.02 B of the                   small amount involved,
Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 60.05-22,
23 , 24, 25 — 61.02-78 , 82, 84) originating in India
and in free circulation in the other Member States,              HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas the importation into the Community of the
                                                                                           Article 1
products in question originating in India is covered by
an agreement negotiated between the Community and
this country ;                                                   Ireland is authorized not to apply Community treat­
                                                                 ment to the products indicated below, where they orig­
                                                                 inate in India and are in free circulation in the other
Whereas, under that agreement, India has undertaken             Member States, and in respect of which applications
to take all necessary steps to limit its exports of the          for import licences were lodged after the date of this
products in question to the Community to certain ceil­           Decision :
ings allocated among the 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 for that reason disparities        ex 60.05 A II or          Outer garments and clothing acces­
persist between the import conditions in the various            wx 61.02 B                sories, other than blouses and shirt
Member States ; whereas uniformity can be achieved              ( NIMEXE codes 60.05      blouses, knitted or crocheted (not
only progressively ;                                            22,    23 ,   24,   25 — elastic or rubberized), or woven , for
                                                                61.02-78 , 82, 84)        women , girls and infants, of wool ,
                                                                                          of cotton or of man-made textile
Whereas, according to the application submitted,                                          fibres
there are serious difficulties in , the industrial sector
concerned, involving a considerable drop in produc­
tion and employment,                                            (') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .
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                       Article 2                             Done at Brussels, 2 June 1978 .
This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
arise for the importation of these products from India
or until 31 December 1978 whichever is the earlier.
                                                                                    For the Commission
                        Article 3                                                   Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
This Decision is addressed to Ireland .                                                 Vice-President