CELEX: 31978D0151
Language: en
Date: 1977-11-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 23 November 1977 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 Bulgaria and in free circulation in the other Member States

16 . 2 . 78                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                          No L 45 / 27
                                                 COMMISSION
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                  of 23 November 1977
             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 Bulgaria and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                             (Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                       (78 / 1 51 / EEC)
THE. COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
 COMMUNITIES,                                                         for the application of protective measures under the
                                                                      first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                tions laid down by the Commission Decision of 12
 Economic Community, and in particular the first para­                May 1971 (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,
 Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 18                        HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 November 1977 by the Government of the Italian
 Republic to the Commission by telex from the office
                                                                                                   Article 1
of its Permanent Representative to the European
 Communities, for authorization not to apply Commu­
 nity treatment to synthetic rubber latex falling within             The Italian Republic is authorized not to apply
 heading No ex 40.02 of the Common Customs Tariff,                    Community treatment to synthetic rubber latex,
originating in Bulgaria and in free circulation in the                falling within heading No ex 40.02 of the Common
other Member States,                                                  Customs Tariff, where it originates in Bulgaria and is
                                                                      in free circulation in the other Member States, and in
Whereas , in accordance with the Council Decision of                  respect of which applications for import licences
 13 December 1 976 ( 1 ), the Italian Republic opened for             lodged after 7 November 1 977 are, on the date of this
 1977 a quota of 228 tonnes for imports of synthetic                  Decision , pending with the Italian authorities .
rubber latex from Bulgaria, which has been wholly
taken up ;                                                                                         Article 2
Whereas, according to information supplied by the
 Italian Government, the Italian industry concerned is               This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic .
facing a serious crisis, resulting in a reduced utiliza­
tion of its production capacity ;
                                                                      Done at Brussels , 23 November 1977 .
Whereas indirect imports, which would be in addition
to those already effected would be likely to aggravate
those economic difficulties ;                                                                        For the Commission
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the                                              Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
tion from the other Member States ;                                                                       Vict - President
(') OJ No L 365, 31 . 12 . 1976 .                                    ( 2 ) OJ No I. 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .