CELEX: 31978D0452
Language: en
Date: 1978-05-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 3 May 1978 authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to certain undergarments, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized: T-shirts of cotton falling within heading No ex 60.04 of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE code 60.04-01), originating in Macao and in free circulation in the other Member States

30 . 5. 78                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No L 141 /23
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 3 May 1978
               authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to certain undergar­
               ments, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized : T-shirts of cotton falling
               within heading No ex 60.04 of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE code
               60.04-01), originating in Macao and in free circulation in the other Member
                                                          States
                                           (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                      (78/452/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
COMMUNITIES,                                                     machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
                                                                 tion from the other Member States ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­            Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                    for the application of protective measures under the
                                                                 first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
Having regard to the application under the first para­           tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 28 April             May 1971 (*) and in particular Article 1 thereof,
1978 by the Irish Government to the Commission of
the European Communities, for authorization not to
apply Community treatment to certain undergar­                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
ments, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized :
T-shirts of cotton falling within heading No ex 60.04                                       Article 1
of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE code 60.04­
01 ), originating in Macao and in free circulation in the        Ireland is authorized not to apply Community treat­
other Member States,                                             ment to the products indicated below, where they orig­
                                                                 inate in Macao and are in free circulation in the other
Whereas the importation into the Community of the                Member States, and in respect of which applications
products in question originating in Macao is covered             for import licences were lodged after 17 April 1978
by an Agreement negotiated between the Community                 and are, on the date of this Decision , pending with
and that country ;                                               the Irish authorities :
Whereas under that Agreement Macao has undertaken
to take all necessary steps to limit its exports of the                 CCT
products in question to the Community to certain ceil­                 heading                        Description
                                                                         No
ings allocated among the Member States ;
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­            ex 60.04          Certain      undergarments,      knitted  or
cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the             ( NIMEXE          crocheted , not elastic or rubberized : T-
individual markets ; whereas for that reason disparities         code 60.04-01 )   shirts of cotton
persist between the import conditions in the various
Member States ; whereas uniformity can be achieved
only progressively ;                                                                        Article 2
Whereas according to the application submitted there             This Decision is addressed to Ireland .
are    serious   difficulties in   the   industrial sector
concerned, involving a considerable drop in employ­
ment ;                                                            Done at Brussels, 3 May 1978 .
Whereas although the import which gave rise to the
                                                                                               For the Commission
application submitted would appear to be an isolated
operation, it is nevertheless likely, owing to the apprec­                                    Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
iable amount of the import, that the aims of the above­
mentioned Agreement would be called into question ;                                                 Vice-President
                                                                  (■) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .