CELEX: 31976D0692
Language: en
Date: 1976-07-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 16 July 1976 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to shirts, T-shirts, under vests and the like, falling within heading No ex 60.04 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 235 / 32                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                   26 . 8 . 76
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 16 July 1976
             authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to shirts,
             T-shirts , under vests and the like, falling within heading No ex 60.04 of the
             Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in
                                             the other Member States
                                          (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                     (76/ 692/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  1976, are likely to aggravate these economic difficul­
COMMUNITIES,                                                    ties ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­           for the application of protective measures under the
graph of Article 1 1 5 therepf,                                 first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
                                                                tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
Having regard to the application under the first para­          May 1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 12 July
1976 by the French Government to the Commission
by telex from the office of its Permanent Representa­           HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
tive to the European Communities, for authorization
not to apply Community treatment to shirts, T-shirts,                                     Article 1
under vests and the like, falling within heading No ex
60.04 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in              The French Republic is authorized not to apply
Hong Kong and in free circulation in the United                 Community treatment to imports of shirts, , T-shirts,
Kingdom ,                                                       under vests and the like, falling within heading No ex
                                                                60.04 of the Common Customs Tariff, where they orig­
Whereas the importation into the Community of the               inate in Hong Kong and are in free circulation in the
products in question originating in Hong Kong is the            other Member States, and in respect of which applica­
subject of an Agreement negotiated between the                  tions for import licences were lodged after 20 May
Community and Hong Kong ;                                        1976 .
Whereas, under the Agreement, Hong Kong has
undertaken to take all necessary steps to limit its                                       Article 2
exports of certain textile products to the Community
to certain ceilings allocated among the Member                  This Decision shall apply until 31 December 1976.
States ;
                                                                                          Article 3
Whereas for shirts, T-shirts, under vests and the like
the quota share laid down for the French Republic is            This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
221 000 items (annual quota 1976);
Whereas, according to information supplied . by the             Done at Brussels, 16 July 1976 .
French Government, there are serious economic diffi­
culties in the textile and clothing sector leading to                                        For the Commission
large-scale unemployment ;
                                                                                              Christopher SOAMES
Whereas the indirect imports of the products in ques­
tion , taking into account those already effected in                                              Vice-President
                                                                (>) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p . 26 .