CELEX: 31976D0445
Language: en
Date: 1976-04-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 7 April 1976 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to radio-receivers, whether or not combined with a sound recorder or reproducer, falling within subheading 85.15 A III of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other Member States

7 . 5 . 76                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                       No L 120 / 29
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 7 April 1976
             authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to radio-­
             receivers, whether or not combined with a sound recorder or reproducer, falling
             within subheading 85.15 A III of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in
                      Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                          (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                     (76/445/ EEC)      •
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  subject to the condition, laid down by the Commis­
COMMUNITIES,                                                    sion Decision of 12 May 1971 (>), and in particular
                                                                Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the application under the first para­                                    Article 1
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty made on 29 March
 1976 by the French Government to the Commission               The French Republic is authorized not to apply
by telex from the office of its Permanent Representa­           Community treatment to imports of the following
tive to the European Communities, for authorization             products, where they originate in Hong Kong and are
not to apply Community treatment to radio-receivers,            in free circulation in the other Member States, and in
whether or not combined with a sound recorder or                respect of which applications for import licences were
reproducer, falling within subheading 85.15 A III of            lodged after 21 March 1976 :
the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hong
Kong and in free circulation in the other Member                      CCT
States ,                                                            heading                     Description of goods
                                                                       No
Whereas since the application of Article 1 1 5, the
importation into France of the product in question             85.15 A III        Radio-receivers, whether or not combined
originating in Hong Kong is subject to an annual                                 with a sound recorder or reproducer
quota of 50 000 radio-receivers ;
Whereas differences in the measures of commercial
                                                                                          Article 2
policy taken in connection with these products by
France and by the other Member States as regards               This Decision shall apply until the opening of new
Hong Kong are giving rise to deflection of trade ;             import possibilities of the product in question into
                                                                France from Hong Kong and in any case not later
Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the             than 31 December 1976 .
execution   of   the   abovementioned      measures    of
commercial policy currently being taken by France as                                      Article 3
regards Hong Kong ;
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in
                                                               This Decision is addressed to the French Republic .
motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­
sary cooperation from the other Member States ;                Done at Brussels, 7 April 1976
Whereas, in order to ensure that the implementation
                                                                                            For the Commission
of the abovementioned commercial policy measures is
not obstructed , authorization should be given , for a                                       Christopher SOAMES
limited period, for the application of protective
measures, under the first paragraph of Article 115,                                              Vice-President
                                                               (') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1^71 , p. 26 .