CELEX: 31978D0950
Language: en
Date: 1978-10-31 00:00:00
Title: 78/950/EEC: Commission Decision of 31 October 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to woven suits (including coordinate suits consisting of two or three pieces, which are ordered, packed, consigned and normally sold together), of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling within heading No ex 61.01 of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 61.01-51, 54, 57), originating in Yugoslavia and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 327/20                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                    22. 11 . 78
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                                 of 31 October 1978
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to woven
              suits (including coordinate suits consisting of two or three pieces, which are
              ordered, packed, consigned and normally sold together), of wool , of cotton or of
              man-made textile fibres, falling within heading No ex 61.01 of the Common
              Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 61.01-51 , 54, 57), originating in Yugoslavia and
                                in free circulation in the other Member States
                                          (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                     (78/950/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                Whereas further indirect imports, 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 115 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 24                for the application of protective measures under 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 (J), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
woven suits (including coordinate suits consisting of
two or three pieces, which are ordered, packed,               Whereas, however, the application for a licence which
consigned and normally sold together), of wool, of            gave rise to the application in question does not need
cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling within          to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
heading No ex 61.01 of the Common Customs Tariff              small amount involved,
(NIMEXE codes 61.01-51 , 54, 57), originating in
Yugoslavia and in free circulation in the other
Member States ;
                                                              HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas the importation into the Community of the
products in question originating in Yugoslavia is
covered by an Agreement negotiated between the                                          Article 1
Community and that country ;
                                                              The French Republic is authorized not to apply
Whereas under that Agreement Yugoslavia has under­            Community treatment to the products indicated
taken to take all necessary steps to limit its exports of     below, where they originate in Yugoslavia and are in
the products in question to the Community up to the           free circulation in the other Member States, and in
amount of certain ceilings allocated among the                respect of which applications for import licences were
Member States ;                                               lodged after 20 October 1978 :
                                                                         CCT
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­                   heading                       Description
cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the                      No
individual markets ; whereas there are therefore dispar­
ities existing between the import conditions in the           ex 61.01                  Woven suits (including coordinate
various Member States ; whereas uniformity can only           (NIMEXE codes             suits consisting of two or three
be achieved progressively ;                                   61.01-51 , 54, 57)        pieces, which are ordered, packed,
                                                                                        consigned and normally sold
                                                                                        together), of wool, of cotton or of
Whereas it appears from the application submitted                                       man-made textile fibres
that there are serious difficulties in the industrial
sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in
production and employment ;                                   (») OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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                       Article 2                            Done at Brussels, 31 October 1978 .
This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
arise in France for the importation of these products
from Yugoslavia or until 31 December 1978 ,
whichever is the earlier.
                                                                                   For the Commission
                       Article 3                                                    Henk VREDELING
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.                                    Vice-President