CELEX: 31978D0486
Language: en
Date: 1978-05-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 12 May 1978 authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to men's and boys' woven industrial and occupational clothing; women's, girls' and infants' woven aprons, smock-overalls and other industrial clothing (whether or not also suitable for domestic use) of wool, of cotton or man-made textile fibres, falling within heading No ex 61.01 or subheading ex 61.02 B of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 61.01-13, 15, 17, 19; 61.02-12, 14), originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other Member States

9 . 6. 78                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No L 153/ 27
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 12 May 1978
               authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to men's and boys'
               woven industrial and occupational clothing ; women's, girls' and infants' woven
               aprons, smock-overalls and other industrial clothing (whether or not also
               suitable for domestic use) of wool, of cotton or man-made textile fibres, falling
               within heading No ex 61.01 or subheading ex 61.02 B of the Common Customs
               Tariff (NIMEXE codes 61.01-13, 15 , 17, 19 ; 61.02-12, 14), originating in Hong
                              Kong and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                           (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                      (78/486/ 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
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­           Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
graph of Article 1 1 5 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 4 May               for the application of protective measures under the
1978 by the Irish Government to the Commission of               first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
the European Communities, for authorization not to              tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
apply Community treatment to men's and boys'                    May 1971 (') and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
woven industrial and occupational clothing ; women's,
girls' and infants' woven aprons, smock-overalls and            Whereas, however, the request for a licence which
other industrial clothing (whether or not also suitable         gave rise to the application in question does not need
for domestic use) of wool, of cotton or man-made                to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
textile fibres, falling within heading No ex 61.01 or           small amount involved,
subheading ex 61.02 B of the Common Customs
Tariff (NIMEXE codes 61.01-13, 15, 17, 19 ; 61.02-12,
14), originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation           HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
in the other Member States,
Whereas the importation into the Community of the                                        Article 1
products in question originating in Hong Kong is
covered by an Agreement negotiated between the                  Ireland is hereby authorized not to apply Community
Community and that country ;                                    treatment to the products indicated below, where they
                                                                originate in Hong Kong and are in free circulation in
Whereas under that Agreement Hong Kong has                      the other Member States, and in respect of which
undertaken to take all necessary steps to limit its             applications for import licences were lodged after 4
                                                                May 1978 :
exports of the products in question to the Community
to certain ceilings allocated among the Member
States ;                                                                   CCT
                                                                          heading                     Description
                                                                            No
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­
cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the            ex 61.01 or              Men's and boys' woven industrial
individual markets ; whereas for that reason disparities        ex 61.02 B               and       occupational      clothing ;
persist between the import conditions in the various            (NIMEXE codes 61.01- women's, girls' and infants' woven
Member States ; whereas uniformity can be achieved               13, 15, 17, 19 ; 61.02- aprons, smock-overalls and other
only progressively ;                                             12, 14)                 industrial clothing (whether or not
                                                                                         suitable for domestic use) of wool ,
                                                                                         of cotton     or   man-made    textile
Whereas according to the application submitted there                                     fibres
are    serious   difficulties  in  the   industrial sector
concerned, involving a considerable drop in produc­
tion and employment ;                                           C ) OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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                        Article 2                           Done at Brussels, 12 May 1978 .
This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
arise for the importation of these products from Hong
Kong or until 31 December 1978 , whichever is the
earlier.
                                                                                   For the Commission
                        Article 3                                                   Guido BRUNNER
This Decision is addressed to Ireland .                                         Member of the Commission