CELEX: 31978D0794
Language: en
Date: 1978-09-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 14 September 1978 authorizing the United Kingdom not to apply Community treatment to women's, girls' and infants' woven overcoats, raincoats and other coats, cloaks and capes, jackets and blazers, of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling within subheading ex 61.02 B of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 61.02-31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40), originating in Yugoslavia and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 261 /24                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                    26. 9 . 78
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                                of 14 September 1978
              authorizing the United Kingdom not to apply Community treatment to
              women's, girls' and infants' woven overcoats, raincoats and other coats, cloaks
              and capes, jackets and blazers, of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres,
              falling within subheading ex 61.02 B of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE
              codes 61.02-31 , 32, 33, 35 , 36, 37 , 39, 40), originating in Yugoslavia and in free
                                    circulation in the other Member States
                                         (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                      (78 /794/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
COMMUNITIES,                                                    already made, would be likely to aggravate these diffi­
                                                                culties ;
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 115 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 8                   for the application of protective measures under the
September 1978 by the United Kingdom Government                 first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
to the Commission of the European Communities, for              tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 /202/ EEC
authorization not to apply Community treatment to               of 12 May 1971 (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
women's, girls' and infants' woven overcoats, raincoats
and other coats, cloaks and capes, jackets and blazers,         Whereas, however, the application for a licence which
of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres,               gave rise to the application in question does not need
falling within subheading ex 61.02 B of the Common              to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes : 61.02-31 , 32, 33, 35,           small amount involved,
36, 37, 39, 40), originating in Yugoslavia and in free
circulation in the other Member States,
Whereas the importation into the Community of the               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
products in question originating in Yugoslavia is
covered by an Agreement negotiated between the
Community and that country ;
                                                                                        Article 1
Whereas, under that Agreement, Yugoslavia has under­            The United Kingdom is authorized not to apply
taken to take all necessary steps to limit its exports of       Community treatment to the products indicated
the products in question to the Community up to the             below, where they originate in Yugoslavia and are in
amount of certain ceilings allocated among the                  free circulation in the other Member States, and in
Member States ;                                                 respect of which applications for import licences were
                                                                lodged after 7 September 1978 :
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­
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cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the                      heading                     Description
individual markets ; whereas there are therefore dispar­                    No
ities existing between the import conditions in the
various Member States ; whereas uniformity can only             ex 61.02 B              Women's, girls' and infants' woven
be achieved progressively ;                                     (NIMEXE codes :         overcoats, raincoats and other coats,
                                                                61.02-31 , 32, 33, 35, cloaks and capes, jackets and
                                                                36, 37, 39, 40)         blazers of wool, of cotton or of
Whereas it appears from the application submitted                                       man-made textile fibres
that there are serious difficulties in the industrial
sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in
 production and employment ;                                    (!) OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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                     Article 2                            Done at Brussels, 14 September 1978 .
This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
arise in the United Kingdom for the importation of
these products from Yugoslavia for imports or until 31
December 1978 whichever is the earlier. .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                     Article 3                                                    Étienne DAVIGNON
This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom .                            Member of the Commission