CELEX: 31975D0447
Language: en
Date: 1975-02-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 24 February 1975 authorizing the Italian Republic not to apply Community treatment to woven fabrics of cotton, other than gauze or terry towelling and similar terry fabrics, unbleached, falling within heading No ex 55.09 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the USSR and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 196/26                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                       26. 7. 75
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 24 February 1975
               authorizing the Italian Republic not to apply Community treatment to woven fabrics
               of cotton, other than gauze or terry towelling and similar terry fabrics, unbleached,
               falling within heading No ex 55.09 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the
                                 USSR and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                               (Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                         (75/447/EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas the machinery for bringing about the
 COMMUNITIES,                                                       necessary cooperation from the Kingdom of Belgium
                                                                    cannot be set in motion with sufficient speed ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                        Whereas in view of the above the application of
 European Economic Community, and in particular                     protective measures should be authorized as provided
 the first paragraph of Article 115 thereof;                        in the first paragraph of Article 115 subject to the
                                                                    conditions laid down in the Commission Decision
                                                                    of 12 May 1971 (2), and in particular Article 1
Having regard to the application under the first                    thereof,
paragraph of Article 155 of the Treaty, made on
 11 February 1975 by the Italian Government to the
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Commission by telex from the office of its Permanent
 Representative to the European Communities, for
authorization not to apply Community treatment to                                             Article 1
woven fabrics of cotton other than gauze or terry
towelling and similar terry fabrics, unbleached,                    The Italian Republic is authorized             not to apply
falling within heading No ex 55.09 of the Common                    Community treatment to imports of              woven fabrics
 Customs Tariff, originating in the USSR and in free                of cotton other than gauze or terry            towelling and
circulation in the other Member States ;                            similar terry fabrics, unbleached,            falling within
                                                                    heading No ex 55.09 of the Common Customs Tariff,
                                                                    originating in the USSR and in free circulation in
Whereas in pursuance of the Council Decision of                     the other Member States, in respect of which
2 December 1974 (*), Italy has opened a one-year                    applications for authorization to import were lodged
quota of 300 metric tons for imports of such woven                  after 5 February 1975 .
fabrics of cotton from the USSR while in Belgium no
quantitative restrictions are imposed on the                                                  Article 2
importation of such products from that third
country ;
                                                                    This Decision shall apply until 31 December 1975 .
Whereas, according to information supplied by the                                             Article 3
Italian Government, there are severe economic
difficulties in the weaving industry, evidenced by                  This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
decreased orders, an increase in stocks and a
considerable fall in production, resulting in                       Done at Brussels, 24 February 1975 .
unemployment in several factories ;
                                                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                                                             The President
Whereas indirect imports of the products concerned
are likely to aggravate these difficulties ;                                                           Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
H OJ No L 358 , 31 . 12. 1974, p. 1 .                              (2) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.