CELEX: 31978D0759
Language: en
Date: 1978-08-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 25 August 1978 authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany not to apply Community treatment to woven fabrics of regenerated textile fibres, unbleached or bleached, falling within subheading ex 56.07 B of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the USSR and in free circulation in the other Member States

14. 9 . 78                          Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 251 / 19
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 25 August 1978
              authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany not to apply Community treat­
              ment to woven fabrics of regenerated textile fibres, unbleached or bleached,
              falling within subheading ex 56.07 B of the Common Customs Tariff, origi­
                  nating in the USSR and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                            (Only the German text is authentic)
                                                       (78/759/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
COMMUNITIES,                                                     tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 /202/ EEC
                                                                 of 12 May 1971 (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 18 August                                     Article 1
 1978 by the Government of the Federal Republic of
Germany to the Commission of the European                       The Federal Republic of Germany is authorized not to
Communities, for authorization not to apply Commu­               apply Community treatment to the products indicated
nity treatment to woven fabrics of regenerated textile           below, where they originate in the USSR and are in
 fibres, unbleached or bleached, falling within                  free circulation in the other Member States, and in
subheading ex 56.07 B of the Common Customs                      respect of which applications for import licences were
Tariff, originating in the USSR and in free circulation          lodged after 9 August 1978 :
in the other Member States ,
                                                                       CCT
Whereas in the Federal Republic of Germany the                        heading                      Description
importation of the products in question originating in                  No
the USSR is , in accordance with Council Decision
77/806/ EEC of 20 December 1977 (1 ), subject to an             ex 56.07 B       Woven fabrics of regenerated textile fibres,
annual quota of 138 tonnes, which has already been                               unbleached or bleached
wholly taken up ;
Whereas the disparities which exist in the commercial
                                                                                          Article 2
policy measures applied in connection with these
products by the Member States are causing deflection
of trade, thereby preventing the execution of those             This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
                                                                arise in the Federal Republic of Germany for the
commercial policy measures which are in force
because of the difficult economic situation in the              importation of these products from the USSR or until
                                                                31 December 1978 , whichever is the earlier.
sector concerned ;
Whereas it appears from the application submitted                                         Article 3
that there are serious difficulties in the industrial
sector concerned ;                                              This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of
                                                                Germany.
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
already made or proposed, would be likely to aggra­
vate these difficulties ;
                                                                Done at Brussels, 25 August 1978 .
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­                                         For the Commission
tion from the other Member States ;
                                                                                             Gtienne DAVIGNON
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
for the application of protective measures under the                                    Member of the Commission
(») OJ No L 360, 31 . 12. 1977, p. 1 .                          (2) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.