CELEX: 31978D0958
Language: en
Date: 1978-11-09 00:00:00
Title: 78/958/EEC: Commission Decision of 9 November 1978 authorizing the French Republic 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 Sri Lanka and in free circulation in the other Member States

23 . 11 . 78                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No L 328 /31
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                  of 9 November 1978
              authorizing the French Republic 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 Sri Lanka and in free circulation in the other
                                                     Member States
                                            (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                      (78/958/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Whereas further indirect import, in addition to those
COMMUNITIES,                                                    already made or proposed, would be likely to aggra­
                                                                vate 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 1 1 5 thereof,                                 machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
                                                                tion from the other Member States ;
Having regard to the application under the first para­          Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 31                  for the application of protective measures tinder the
October 1978 by the French Government to the                    first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
Commission of the European Communities, for                     tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 /202/ EEC
authorization not to apply Community treatment to               of 12 May 1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
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 Sri Lanka and           HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
in free circulation in the other Member States ;
Whereas the importation into the Community of the                                         Article 1
products in question originating in Sri Lanka is
covered by an Agreement negotiated between the
Community and that country ;                                    The French Republic is authorized not to apply
                                                                Community treatment to the products indicated
                                                                below, where they originate in Sri Lanka and are in
                                                                free circulation in the other Member States, and in
Whereas under that Agreement Sri Lanka has under­               respect of which applications for import licences were
taken to take all necessary steps to limit its exports of       lodged after 19 October 1978 :
the products in question to the Community up to the
amount of certain ceilings allocated among the
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Member States ;
                                                                          heading                       Description
                                                                            No
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­           ex 61.03                 Men's and boys' shirts, woven , of
cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the            ( NIMEXE codes           wool , of cotton or of man-made
                                                                61.03-11 , 15, 19)       textile fibres
individual markets ; whereas there are therefore dispar­
ities existing between the import conditions in the
various Member States ; whereas uniformity can only
be achieved progressively ;
                                                                                          Article 2
Whereas it appears from the application submitted               This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
that there are serious difficulties in the industrial           arise in France for the importation of these products
sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in
production and employment ;                                     (') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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from Sri Lanka or until 31 December 1978 , whichever       Done at Brussels, 9 November 1978 .
is the earlier.
                                                                                  For the Commission
                      Article 3                                                  Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic .                                  Vice-President