CELEX: 31978D0817
Language: en
Date: 1978-09-19 00:00:00
Title: 78/817/EEC: Commission Decision of 19 September 1978 authorizing the Italian Republic not to apply Community treatment to woven fabrics of flax, falling within heading No ex 54.05 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hungary and in free circulation in the other Member States

6. 10. 78                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 281 / 19
                                                  COMMISSION
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                  of 19 September 1978
                authorizing the Italian Republic not to apply Community treatment to woven
                fabrics of flax, falling within heading No ex 54.05 of the Common Customs
                Tariff, originating in Hungary and in free circulation in the other Member
                                                            States
                                             (Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                       (78/817/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     whereas authorization should accordingly be given
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      for the application of protective measures under the
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
                                                                   tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 /202/ EEC
 Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                    of 12 May 1971 (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
 Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 8                      HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
September 1978 by the Italian Government to the
 Commission of the European Communities, for
authorization not to apply Community treatment to                                           Article 1
woven fabrics of flax, falling within heading No ex
 54.05 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in               The Italian Republic is hereby authorized not to apply
 Hungary and in free circulation in the other Member               Community treatment to the products indicated
States ;                                                           below, where they originate in Hungary and are in
                                                                   free circulation in the other Member States, and in
Whereas in Italy the importation of the products in                respect of which applications for import licences were
question originating in Hungary is, in accordance                  lodged after 30 August 1978 and are, at the date of
with Council Decision 77/806/ EEC of 20 December
                                                                   this Decision, pending with the Italian authorities :
 1977 ( 1), subject to quantitative restriction ;
Whereas the disparities which exist in the commercial                    CCT
policy measures applied in connection with these                        heading                      Description
                                                                          No
products by the Member States are causing deflection
of trade, thereby preventing the execution of those
commercial policy measures which are in force                     ex 54.05          Woven fabrics of flax
because of the difficult economic situation in the
sector concerned ;
Whereas there are serious difficulties in the industrial                                    Article 2
sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in
production and employment ;                                       This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
Whereas, although the imports which gave rise to the
application submitted would appear to be an isolated
operation, they are nevertheless likely, in view of the            Done at Brussels, 19 September 1978 .
substantial volume of the imports, to aggravate these
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 ;                                                                Vice-President
(') OJ No L 357, 31 . 12. 1977, p. 51 .                             2 OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.