CELEX: 31978D0494
Language: en
Date: 1978-05-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 23 May 1978 authorizing the Italian Republic not to apply Community treatment to synthetic rubber latex, falling within heading No ex 40.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Romania and in free circulation in the other Member States

10 . 6. 78                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 154/ 17
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 23 May 1978
               authorizing the Italian Republic not to apply Community treatment to synthetic
               rubber latex, falling within heading No ex 40.02 of the Common Customs Tariff,
                 originating in Romania and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                                 (Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                           (78/494/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                         Article 1
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                       The Italian Republic is hereby authorized not to apply
                                                                      Community treatment to the products indicated
Having regard to the application under the first para­                below, where they originate in Romania and are in
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 8 May                     free circulation in the other Member States, and in
 1978 by the Italian Government to the Commission                     respect of which applications for import licences were
of the European Communities, for authorization not                    lodged after 8 May 1978 :
to apply Community treatment to synthetic rubber
latex, falling within heading No ex 40.02 of the                            CCT
Common Customs Tariff, originating in Romania and                          heading                    Description
                                                                             No
in free circulation in the other Member States,
Whereas in Italy the importation of the products in                   ex 40.02         Synthetic rubber latex
question originating in Romania is, in accordance
with the Council Decision of 20 December 1 977 (*),
subject to an annual quota which has already been                                             Article 2
wholly taken up ;
Whereas according to the application submitted there                  This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
are    serious  difficulties     in   the    industrial  sector       arise for the importation of these products from
concerned, involving a considerable drop in produc­                   Romania or until 31 December 1978 , whichever is the
                                                                      earlier.
tion and employment ;
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those                                        Article 3
planned, would be likely to aggravate these diffi­
culties ;                                                             This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
tion from the other Member States ;                                   Done at Brussels, 23 May 1978 .
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
                                                                                                 For the Commission
for the application of protective measures under the
first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­                                         Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
May 1971 (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,                                                  Vice-President
(!) OJ No L 360, 31 . 12. 1977, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .