CELEX: 31978D0499
Language: en
Date: 1978-05-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 31 May 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to woven fabrics of man-made fibres (continuous) (including woven fabrics of monofil or strip falling within heading No 51.01 or 51.02), other than those for tyres and those containing elastomeric yarn, other than unbleached or bleached, falling within subheading ex 51.04 A of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 51.04-15, 17, 18, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 32, 34, 42, 44, 46, 48), originating in South Korea and in free circulation in the other Member States

10 . 6. 78                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                      No L 154/23
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 31 May 1978
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to woven
              fabrics of man-made fibres (continuous) (including woven fabrics of monofil or
              strip falling within heading No 51.01 or 51.02), other than those for tyres and
              those containing elastomeric yarn , other than unbleached or bleached, falling
              within subheading ex 51.04 A of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes
              51.04-15 , 17 , 18 , 23 , 25 , 26, 27, 28 , 32, 34, 42, 44, 46, 48), originating in South Korea
                                 and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                               (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                            (78/499/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         concerned, involving a considerable drop in produc­
COMMUNITIES,                                                           tion and employment ;
                                                                       Whereas the imports which gave rise to the applica­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                       tion submitted are likely, owing to the appreciable
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
                                                                       amount of the imports, to aggravate these difficulties ;
graph of Article 115 thereof,
                                                                       Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
Having regard to the application under the first para­                 machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 26 May                     tion from the other Member States ;
1978 by the French Government to the Commission
of the European Communities, for authorization not                     Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
to apply Community treatment to woven fabrics of                       for the application of protective measures under the
man-made fibres (continuous) (including woven                          first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
fabrics of monofil or strip falling within heading No                  tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
51.01 or 51.02), other than those for tyres and those                  May 1971 (') and in particular Article 1 thereof,
containing elastomeric yarn , other than unbleached or
bleached, falling within subheading ex 51.04 A of the
Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 51.04-15,
17, 18 , 23, 25, 26, 27, 28 , 32, 34, 42, 44, 46, 48), origi­          HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
nating in South Korea and in free circulation in the
other Member States,
                                                                                                Article 1
Whereas the importation into the Community of the
products in question originating in South Korea is                    The French Republic is hereby authorized not to
covered by an Agreement negotiated between the                         apply Community treatment to the products indicated
Community and that country ;                                           below, where they originate in South Korea and are in
                                                                       free circulation in the other Member States, and in
                                                                       respect of which applications for import licences were
Whereas under that Agreement South Korea has                           lodged after 15 May 1978 and are, on the date of this
undertaken to take all necessary steps to limit its                    Decision, pending with the French authorities :
exports of the products in question to the Community
to certain ceilings allocated among the Member                                   CCT
States ;                                                                        heading                       Description
                                                                                  No
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­                 ex 51.04 A                Woven fabrics of man-made fibres
cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the                  (NIMEXE codes             (continuous)     (including   woven
individual markets ; whereas for that reason disparities               51.04-15, 17, 18 , 23,   fabrics of monofil or strip falling
persist between the import conditions in the various                   25, 26, 27, 28 , 32, 34, within heading No 51.01 or 51.02),
Member States ; whereas uniformity can be achieved                    42, 44, 46, 48 )          other than those for tyres and those
only progressively ;                                                                            containing elastomeric yarn , other
                                                                                                than unbleached or bleached
Whereas according to the application submitted there
are   serious   difficulties   in   the     industrial   sector       (') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26 .
 ---pagebreak--- No L 154/24                    Official Journal of the European Communities                        10 . 6 . 78
                     Article 2                            Done at Brussels, 31 May 1978 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic .                                 Vice-President