CELEX: 31978D0561
Language: en
Date: 1978-06-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 2 June 1978 authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to shirts, T-shirts, lightweight fine knit roll, polo or turtle necked jumpers and pullovers, undervests and the like, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized, other than babies' garments, of cotton or synthetic textile fibres; T-shirts and lightweight fine knit roll, polo or turtle necked jumpers and pullovers of regenerated textile fibres, falling within heading No ex 60.04 (NIMEXE code 60.04-01; 05; 13; 18; 28; 29; 30; 41; 50; 58) of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Brazil and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 189/ 16                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                  12. 7 . 78
                                                             II
                                        (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                 COMMISSION
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 2 June 1978
               authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to shirts, T-shirts, light­
               weight fine knit roll, polo or turtle necked jumpers and pullovers, undervests
               and the like, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized, other than babies'
               garments, of cotton or synthetic textile fibres ; T-shirts and lightweight fine knit
               roll, polo or turtle necked jumpers and pullovers of regenerated textile fibres,
               falling within heading No ex 60.04 (NIMEXE code 60.04-01 ; 05 ; 13 ; 18 ; 28 ; 29 ;
               30 ; 41 ; 50 ; 58) of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Brazil and in free
                                       circulation in the other Member States
                                             (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                        (78/561 /EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­
COMMUNITIES,                                                      cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             individual markets ; whereas for that reason disparities
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­             persist between the import conditions in the various
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                   Member States ; whereas uniformity can only be
                                                                  achieved progressively ;
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 26 May                Whereas according to the application submitted there
                                                                  are   serious   difficulties    in   the industrial  sector
1978 by the Irish Government to the Commission of
the European Communities, for authorization not to                concerned involving a considerable drop in produc­
apply Community treatment to shirts, T-shirts, light­             tion and employment ;
weight fine knit roll, polo or turtle necked jumpers              Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
and pullovers, undervests and the like, knitted or                already effected, would be likely to aggravate these
crocheted,    not elastic     or rubberized, other than           difficulties ;
babies' garments, of cotton or synthetic textile fibres ;
T-shirts and lightweight fine knit roll, polo or turtle           Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
necked jumpers and pullovers of regenerated textile               machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
fibres, falling within heading No ex 60.04 (NIMEXE                tion from the other Member States ;         •
code ; 60.04-01 ; 05 ; 13 ; 18 ; 28s 29 ; 30 ; 41 ; 50 ; 58)      Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Brazil               for the application of protective measures under the
and in free circulation in the other Member States,
                                                                  first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
Whereas the importation into the Community of the                 tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
products in question originating in Brazil is covered             May 1971 ( J ), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
by an Agreement negotiated between the Community                  Whereas, however, the request for a licence which
and that country ;
                                                                  gave rise to the application in question does not need
Whereas under that Agreement Brazil has undertaken                to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
to take all necessary steps to limit its exports of the           small amount involved,
products in question to the Community to certain ceil­
ings allocated among the Member States ;                          (') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                                               Article 2
                          Article 1
                                                                  This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
Ireland is authorized not to apply Community treat­               arise for the importation of these products from Brazil
ment to the products indicated below, where they orig­            or until 31 December 1978 , whichever is the earlier.
inate in Brazil and are in free circulation in the other
Member States, and in respect of which applications
for import licences were lodged after the date of this
Decision :                                                                                Article 3
             CCT                                                  This Decision is addressed to Ireland.
            heading                      Description
              No
ex 60.04 (NIMEXE          Shirts, T-shirts, lightweight fine
code 60.04-01 ; 05 ;      knit roll, polo or turtle necked
13 ; 1 8 ; 28 ; 29 ; 30 ; jumpers and pullowers, undervests       Done at Brussels, 2 June 1978 .
41 ; 50 ; 58)             and the like, knitted or crocheted,
                          not elastic or rubbertized, other than
                          babies' garments, or cotton or
                          synthetic textile fibres ; T-shirts and                           For the Commission
                          lightweight fine knit roll, polo or
                          turtle necked jumpers and pullovers                              Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
                          of regenerated textile fibres
                                                                                                Vice-President