CELEX: 31978D0944
Language: en
Date: 1978-10-31 00:00:00
Title: 78/944/EEC: Commission Decision of 31 October 1978 authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to men' s and boys' shirts, woven, of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling within heading No ex 61.03 of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 61.03-11, 15, 19), originating in Bulgaria and in free circulation in the other Member States

22 . 11 . 78                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No L 327/ 11
                                                  COMMISSION
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 31 October 1978
              authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to men's and boys'
              shirts, woven , of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling within
              heading No ex 61.03 of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 61.03-11 ,
              15 , 19), originating in Bulgaria and in free circulation in the other Member
                                                             States
                                              (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                         (78/944/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      operation, they are nevertheless likely, in view of the
COMMUNITIES,                                                        substantial volume of the imports, 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 115 thereof,                                       machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
                                                                    tion from the other Member States ;
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty made on 26
                                                                    Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
October 1978 by the Irish Government to the
                                                                    for the application of protective measures under the
Commission of the European Communities, for                         first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
authorization not to apply Community treatment to                   tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 / 202/ EEC
men's and boys' shirts, woven, of wool, of cotton or of             of 12 May 1971 (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
man-made textile fibres, falling within heading No ex
61.03 of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE
codes 61.03-11 , 15, 19), originating in Bulgaria and in
free circulation in the other Member States,
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas in Ireland the importation of the products in
question originating in Bulgaria is, in accordance with
Council Decision 78/545/ EEC of 12 June 1978 ( J ),                                          Article 1
subject to a quantitative restriction ;
Whereas the disparities which exist in the commercial               Ireland is authorized not to apply Community treat­
 policy measures applied in connection with these                   ment to the products indicated below, where they orig­
 products by the Member States are causing deflection               inate in Bulgaria and are in free circulation in the
 of trade, thereby preventing the execution of those                other Member States, and in respect of which applica­
 commercial policy measures which are in force                      tions for import licences were lodged after 21 October
because of the difficult economic situation in the                   1978 and are, at the date of this Decision pending
                                                                    with the Irish authorities :
 sector concerned ;
 Whereas it appears from the application submitted                             CCT
                                                                              heading                       Description
 that there are serious difficulties in the industrial                          No
 sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in
 production and employment ;                                         ex 61.03                Men's and boys' shirts, woven, of
                                                                    (NIMEXE codes            wool, of cotton or of man-made
 Whereas, although the imports which gave rise to the                61.03-11,15,19)         textile fibres
 application submitted would appear to be an isolated
 (») OJ No L 168 , 26. 6. 1978 , p. 1 .                              (2) OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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                     Article 2                            Done at Brussels, 31 October 1978 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                               Christopher TUGENDHAT
This Decision is addressed to Ireland .                                       Member of the Commission